Guild Wars Preview
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One of the unique things about Guild Wars is the technology. The installer is pathetically small since the game gets its content straight from the servers. It all gets streamed while you are roaming the landscape or while you're creating a new character. For a broadband connection the download traffic isn't that big to be worried about. The biggest advantage of this technique is that the developers can change areas, quests or other content within a blink of an eye. I said before that you are actually questing/fighting monsters in your own world/instance. Some quests might have an outcome where the world should undergo a change (f.e. you managed to destroy a dam so certain areas should get flooded) and that really does happen and remains that way in your own instance. Things get even more impressive when you realise what kind of graphics are shown on your display. Pure eyecandy or better put: a whole candystore is presented. Simply amazing what ArenaNet achieved here.
