Wikipedia

User:The Millionth One/Races of Guild Wars 2

< User:The Millionth One
The five playable races of Guild Wars 2, represented by members of the "Destiny's Edge". From left-to-right: Caithe (Sylvari), Rytlock (Charr), Logan (Human), Eir (Norn), Zojja (Asura).

ArenaNet's MMO Guild Wars 2 has five playable races, chosen at character creation. Players may be human, a resilient race recently pushed back and abandoned by their gods; asura, a race of small intellectual geniuses; charr, a race of militaristic cats; norn, giant hunters who can shapeshift into animal form; or sylvari, a new young and curious race of plant people.

Development edit

Asura edit

Jonathan Leack of Game Revolution drew attention to their funny dialogue.[1]

Charr edit

Human edit

Norn edit

Sylvari edit

 

A young place race, the sylvari were first unveiled during , and first made playable in the game's Beta Weekend Event in July 2012.[2] They are a race of plant people, and are only 25 years old.

The sylvari's initial concept description consisted of three words: "noble, beautiful, plant".[3] Ree Soesbee, one of Guild Wars 2's game designers, called them the sylvari a wholly new concept.[4] The designers wanted a race that could evoke the "fantasy" and "mysticism" of the world.[4] They were made as an "elf-like, plant race", and went through different design changes.[4] Their first designs resembled "gnarled, wooden figures", before being turned to children; they were again changed from children as the developers did not want child warriors in battle.[5] Then, in their first public design they were made as humans with plant accessories and pointy ears. Their next redesign largely focused on changing the anatomy, making them more plant-like.[4] An "illusion of anatomy" was used in order to find a middle-ground between painted humans and plant monsters.[3][6] Initially, the sylvari had telepathic powers, but this was changed to empathy due to gameplay and story concerns.[5]

 
Initially released models for the sylvari. A redesign made them more plant-like.

Lucas Sullivan of GamesRadar listed them as one of the "most intriguing MMO races",[7] a sentiment shared by IGN's Nick Kolan.[8] After playing them in the Beta Weekend, Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Richard Cobbett praised their friendliness and their lack of an environmentalist message, calling them "a much more appealing race than I expected".[9]

Reception edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jonathan Leack (August 11). "A Guide To Choosing A Race In Guild Wars 2". Game Revolution. Retrieved August 29, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Robert Purchese (July 9, 2012). "Guild Wars 2 July Beta Weekend Event has playable asura, sylvari races". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 29, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b Kristen Perry (August 8, 2011). "Kristen Perry on Designing and Redesigning the Sylvari". ArenaNet Blog. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d "Growing the Sylvari: Art Design Revealed". GameTrailers. August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "The Sylvari Soul – Angel McCoy on Writing the Sylvari". ArenaNet Blog. August 9, 2011. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013.
  6. ^ Mike Fahey (August 8, 2011). "How Do You Make a Race of Intelligent Plant People Sexy?". Kotaku. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  7. ^ Lucas Sullivan (October 9, 2012). "The 12 most intriguing MMO races". GamesRadar. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  8. ^ Nick Kolan (August 11, 2011). "Guild Wars 2: The Sylvari". IGN. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  9. ^ Richard Cobbett (July 16, 2012). "Guild Wars 2: Every Crowd Has A Sylvari Line-Up". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:The_Millionth_One/Races_of_Guild_Wars_2&oldid=770924250"