Updating Guild Wars - Guild Wars Forums

jayson · Mar 13, 2011, 07:03 PM // 19:03

Quite awhile back there was a video with one of the Anet team (can't remember who) That stated GW campaigns would get a face lift in regards to textures and whatnot. They used the fire and waterfalls from Eye of the North as an example of what people could expect. At first I thought this would be a dead issue because of GW2 but this announcement was made during the release of EotN so GW2 was already in the works. Is this ever really going to happen? Has anyone else ever heard about this?

To help people out, the video was showcasing a monk in the burning forest I believe.

razerbeak · Mar 13, 2011, 08:31 PM // 20:31

I can't recall ever having heard this. Although it would be amazing, the amount of resources it would require would be ridiculous - especially considering that Prophecies was introduced almost 6 years ago and Factions almost 5.

kupp · Mar 13, 2011, 08:40 PM // 20:40

I remember something about it too. But yeah it's probably a project that was lost in time and now it'd be pointless to do it since we're getting closer to GW2 release and it'd require people to be taken off of it.

Yol · Mar 13, 2011, 09:12 PM // 21:12

Some of the Kryta explorables were given such an update for the War in Kryta content (Talmark Wilderness for example). It would be nice to see it done for the rest of Tyria, but I suspect the work involved would be too much for the team.

Chrisworld · Mar 14, 2011, 01:16 AM // 01:16

One could say their primary focus is on GW2 right now. But, I wouldn't doubt that they would revisit GW1 once they have less and less work to do development wise once the majority of GW2 is done and released. Don't worry, they're not going to forget their old game, things tend to get stale for previous releases when they work on other projects. No one ever talks of a specific market for GW1 directly related to GW2, the market I refer to is people new to the series who never played GW1. If these people ever want to play the GW1 storyline, you'd bet they'd buy it. Arena Net would do well to re-tex and face-lift the old areas to make it more appealing and advantageous of today's (and "tomorrow's") hardware.

RedDog91 · Mar 14, 2011, 01:22 PM // 13:22

I never heard about this. I tried searching the forums, and have come up with nothing. You would think if it was said that there would have been 2 or 3 threads about it at the time...

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayson

this announcement was made during the release of EotN so GW2 was already in the works.

Actually, they didn't begin GW2 until after EotN was released. The devs will even admit that the fact GW2 has "taken so long" is because they announced it a few months before they even began working on it.

MisterB · Mar 14, 2011, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Is this the video you refer to? Watch it again, and Ben Miller says (0:54) that Eye of the North has updated graphics, but nothing was said about adding new effects or replacement of textures to the previous campaigns.

By the way, a link to that video may be found on the official wiki's Eye of the North page, here.

Mar 13, 2011, 07:03 PM // 19:03	#1
jayson Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2007	Updating Guild Wars Quite awhile back there was a video with one of the Anet team (can't remember who) That stated GW campaigns would get a face lift in regards to textures and whatnot. They used the fire and waterfalls from Eye of the North as an example of what people could expect. At first I thought this would be a dead issue because of GW2 but this announcement was made during the release of EotN so GW2 was already in the works. Is this ever really going to happen? Has anyone else ever heard about this? To help people out, the video was showcasing a monk in the burning forest I believe.

Mar 14, 2011, 07:51 PM // 19:51	#7
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	Is this the video you refer to? Watch it again, and Ben Miller says (0:54) that Eye of the North has updated graphics, but nothing was said about adding new effects or replacement of textures to the previous campaigns. By the way, a link to that video may be found on the official wiki's Eye of the North page, here. Last edited by MisterB; Mar 14, 2011 at 07:54 PM // 19:54..

Mar 13, 2011, 08:31 PM // 20:31	#2
razerbeak Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2006 Profession: R/	I can't recall ever having heard this. Although it would be amazing, the amount of resources it would require would be ridiculous - especially considering that Prophecies was introduced almost 6 years ago and Factions almost 5.

Mar 13, 2011, 08:40 PM // 20:40	#3
kupp Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Shiverpeaks Guild: [KISS] Profession: W/	I remember something about it too. But yeah it's probably a project that was lost in time and now it'd be pointless to do it since we're getting closer to GW2 release and it'd require people to be taken off of it.

Mar 13, 2011, 09:12 PM // 21:12	#4
Yol Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Feb 2007 Guild: GameAmp Guides [AMP] Profession: E/	Some of the Kryta explorables were given such an update for the War in Kryta content (Talmark Wilderness for example). It would be nice to see it done for the rest of Tyria, but I suspect the work involved would be too much for the team.

Mar 14, 2011, 01:16 AM // 01:16	#5
Chrisworld Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2010 Guild: Gameamp Guides [AMP] Profession: W/	One could say their primary focus is on GW2 right now. But, I wouldn't doubt that they would revisit GW1 once they have less and less work to do development wise once the majority of GW2 is done and released. Don't worry, they're not going to forget their old game, things tend to get stale for previous releases when they work on other projects. No one ever talks of a specific market for GW1 directly related to GW2, the market I refer to is people new to the series who never played GW1. If these people ever want to play the GW1 storyline, you'd bet they'd buy it. Arena Net would do well to re-tex and face-lift the old areas to make it more appealing and advantageous of today's (and "tomorrow's") hardware.