Guild Wars Factions: Collector's Edition

List Price: $69.99 Discount Price: $61.80

Features:

• Factions campaign can be played either as part of the regular Guild Wars or as its own separate game
• Large-scale alliance battles pit teams from opposing factions against each other in a struggle to conquer new territory
• New elite missions allow the most skilled players exclusive access to areas of the ultimate cooperative challenge
• Features the addition of two new professions, Factions' Assassin and Ritualist
• Collector's Edition features bonuses such as a CD of game's soundtrack, and a double-sided poster with Map of Cantha/Factions Poster

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Guild Wars Factions [Posted on 2006-07-30]
The 2nd Installment is almost as fun as the first. Graphics are awesome. Could do with out all the NPC's constant talking before missions/quests start.

No more pay per month!! [Posted on 2006-08-24]
Games have certainly come a long way and Guild Wars: Factions is no different!

Characters: Both classes offer niche offerings. For example, the Ritualist is a great support character with either healing or damage-dealing properties. The Assassin on the other hand can rush in and do damage every second, slicing and dicing the enemy before they have time to react. What is the most important feature of Guild Wars over all though? Your secondary profession! It MUST compliment your first one if you want a well-rounded character as elite skills are just the tip of the iceberg.

PvP: Howabout PvP you say? Guild Wars: Factions has it in the form of unlimited potential sporting actual missions that can be done over and over again with guild members or with randomly grouped comrades in arms.

PvE: Quests and missions do abound, but not as greatly as in Guild Wars: Prophecies. Guild Wars: Factions only contains thirteen missions total where Guild Wars: Prophecies contained more than twenty. Does this hurt the game? Well, there are plenty of areas to explore, but the continent is not as large as the landmass of Tyria by any means so technically, you could finish exploring all of Cantha in less time then the later. BUT, the game does manage to balance this out though with a very good placement of enemies including enemies that roam in semi-predictable paths making strategizing even more important as you may find an enemy that was running away from you suddenly coming up behind you!

All in all, I'm still playing through Factions on my third completed character and still finding new nooks and crannies to explore. If you're a fan of in-depth RPG's, then you'll enjoy Guild Wars: Factions.

good game, poor extras [Posted on 2007-01-18]
the game is excellent and the graphics are cool. What dissapointed me are all the extras,(map, poster etc.)they are of poor quality and actually it looks they only put them to get more money. I know that's the point of any special edition, but I would like to see someting better for the extra money.

Guild Wars Factions [Posted on 2007-01-25]
The collector's edition is worth the money, you get weapons for any of the starting class that turn out to be very nice weapons to start w/ and once they get the skills built up for all the effects on the weapons. I like this game as a stand-alone rpg but not that impressed as a "multi-player" game. If you are looking for a fun game for solo playing I think you would be happy w/ this game, but if you want a multi-player game I would recommend WOW or EQII.

Guild Wars - Factions: Collector's Edition [Posted on 2008-05-09]
This is a quality product with many extra features making the Collector's Edition well worth purchasing. The depth of details in the game itself is inspiring and the world setting is rich in flavor. For anyone who likes the original Guild Wars, they will find this game a welcome addition providing hundreds of hours of fun. The additional character classes this game allows players to utilize (assassin & ritualist) meld well with the other Guild Wars character types. For PvE players, the number of NPCs and quests to become involved with are extensive and enthralling. For PvP players, the new skill sets will spice up your encounters. Overall, a well thought out game setting that should appeal both to new Guild Wars players and long-timer players as well.

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