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Developers | |
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ArenaNet | |
Publishers | |
NCSOFT | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 28, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 89 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC, Expansion pack |
Microtransactions | Cosmetic, Free-to-grind |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | MMORPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Guild Wars | |
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Guild Wars | 2005 |
Guild Wars 2 | 2012 |
Guild Wars is an online multiplayer RPG developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSOFT.
Guild Wars was released for Windows on April 28, 2005.
As of April 2021, Guild Wars receives occasional updates that aim to fix issues and to ensure the game performs better on modern hardware.[1]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | ||||
Steam | GOTY Edition. Also available as part of Guild Wars® Trilogy. | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
Essential Improvements
Restore EAX support for modern hardware
Use Creative ALchemy Universal |
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Notes
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Install high-quality and bonus music tracks
- Guild Wars featured additional music tracks that could be installed to the game which were sold by the game's composer. They are no longer available for purchase, but can be downloaded and installed by following the instructions in this Reddit post.
- Replaces some of the game's soundtrack with higher bitrate versions (up to 320kbps).
- Supplements the soundtrack with additional bonus tracks.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/29720/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/29720/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Slider does not show numerical values. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Toggle to turn on 16x anisotropic filtering with "Use best texture filtering" option. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Above 60hz the game seems more susceptible to stutter. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Background, Effects, Dialog, UI | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Traditional Chinese |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows[2] | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7 | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or equivalent | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or equivalent |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | 5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce 3 or 4 MX Series 32 MB of VRAM | ATI Radeon 9000 Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti Series 64 MB of VRAM |
- At the game's launch, the game also supported Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, and XP. 16-bit operating system support was dropped in 2012. Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, and ME support was dropped in 2019. Windows 2000 and XP support was dropped on January 1, 2021.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (29720) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Game updates - last accessed on 2021-04-17
- ↑ Guild Wars System Requirements
- ↑ An update on Guild Wars technology and Windows XP