It's 2020. I am now a father and i play this soundtrack to my daughter as it helps her sleep. As a GW1 vet i gota say..Nostalgia and i wana cry everytime
I am glad you all think the same, I am a happy father and not a single day goes by that I think about all my old guildies and it crosses my mind "How are they all doing. I wish they are happy and well"
I'll probably check it when it comes out, GW2 has its good aspects but it just doesn't feel the same as GW1, I'm scared new Cantha will be an empty shell similar to what PoF has become :(
@@bobbyxan111 loved PoF but it lacked replayability imo. once you've done the storyline, there's almost no reason to come back. something I hope will change with cantha in gw 2 (even tho I won't be able to play anyway)
I'm 27 and I spent few thousands hours in GW1 as kid and couple of thousands in GW2. I gave up this addiction in 2016 but every time I want to give up on my life this OST gives me a lot of hope. The power of nostalgy soothes me and reminds about times when I didn't have to care about anything. Sometimes I cry, sometimes I think about all friends I made through all these years. Once a year I login to GW2 just to send reminders to my most important friends with my personal data. Even I tried to finish my GWAMM few months ago, but after all these years Tyrian explorer is still beyond me. I can't say if this game was good or I was extremely addicted, but it's still a huge part of my life.
Jeremy Soule IS amazing. He makes so much music. Elderscrolls Marrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim and Online are all his works and you can hear his style and similarities in those compositions as well. Even the music in GW2 is fantastic! I miss this game so much. GW2 had so much hype but in the end just wasn't the same for me.
@@joej3225 yeah GW2 is all about skins and gems now. Guild Wars was a real competitive game, it was all about skill, intelligence and talent. I miss the tournaments, the favor of the Gods, the pantheon, the PvP with Kurzick and Luxons... We were all equals on the battlefield, the differences between players lied in skills and smart moves. Now it's all about bombing doors and walls at 50 vs 50 in a massive melee lol. Where is the balance now? Man... the feeling of missing these things is strong.
Starting playing GW1 Prophecies in 2005 when I was 16. Now I'm 35 with a family and a child. Time to time the GW1 OST pop up in my feed, and i start listening to it. I'm not sure I'll ever feel and live again through all the emotions I had when I played GW1. Surely nostalgia is hitting strong on this one.
You re absolute right dude. Even GW2 was less emotional with sound (except Fear Not this Night)...I feel a lot of nostalgy since almost 20 years...and no game can fix it...just GW...but no more people inside and the guild is done since...sad...
The comments here are a bunch of adults down to tears recalling the memories they collected over the years of playing this game, this shows you how much power game and music combined has, they touch the heart and take you to other worlds. Cry not children but rather enjoy the present and make new epic memories! Life is amazing.
+Danny Kundzinsh When you make a sequel to a huge world, I expect a huge world in return.....not LESS. I do recognize it took time to develop each expansion's worlds, but just tyria alone is limited compared to just prophecies. Hell, Cantha had more places to go xD
+Jason Burns This is why I have actually left GW2 behind for now because It just aggravates me more and more when they ignore the community. A lot of companies seem to do this lately: Arenanet, Wargaming, EA, Bungie etc. I will be back in GW2 if cantha returns....if it doesnt than I will prob move onto another MMO.
I started playing this game in 2005 when I was 12... with all my friends, every day, every evening. I shared so many things with unknown and known people, so many memories. Feeling so sad right now... too much emotion to hold.
@@elyzzabeth It isn't the same. I tried to do it. I went back just for lore in prophecies. I knew where my love for the game was and I could see it, but I couldn't feel it. It just wasn't the same. I got down to frostgate I think it was and I remember the laughter with friends as we got smashed by the large cannon balls. I remember all the spiders coming up in the jungle and ripping off my face and enjoying it. Now it seems too easy (as I have grown up :(). I replayed factions and I realized how short it really was, not that it was bad at the time but now it was like, wow, this isn't the same. Alliance Battles spending endless hours in there pushing for the luxons, and now, stalled at one point . Guild vs Guild at its it finest, reaching the top 50 in my guild was so amazing and now it is full of bots and henchmen . This game will always be in my memories and the good times that I had. This track helps me relive them and god bless ^^.
@@robsoe Same for me. The memories and feelings are still here but that's all. The game is empty now compared to the millions playing it ten years ago. You can't forget that feeling of sharing a common thing with thousands of persons everyday.
I'm honestly real glad they didn't close it up in the end. And there's not at all as many ppl playing as there used to be, but you can still find players around. I still enjoy playing today, got happy as heck when I found I could recover my account from when I was 11 xD
I missed Prophecies on release and picked Factions up first, I remember first loading into the logging screen to the theme song, I was 16 and started playing the Sunday night before starting my first job on the Monday and not getting off until 5:00am. I was hooked from then and I poured years into this amazing game and met some great people. This will always be my all time favorite game.
My experience was almost entirely the same. 16 years old, missed proph and started during the Factions 3-day trial ("day of the Tengu"?). I want to go back in time!
Thinking about it im sure this was the first game i new a girl who played haha. I stopped playing mostly down to running out of time on it, I picked up Guild Wars 2 on release and was playing in WvW, the group I played with bumped into another group and as I was downing one on them I caught his guild tag which was the same one we used on GW1. I transferred servers on a hunch and ended up meeting 6 of them from over 5 years of not speaking and loosing all contact, one of them was the girl I met back then.
Same here, also started when factions came out. Somewhere around the Dragon Festival time. I still do have the jade wind orbs which remind me of that great time. I don't regret any second I have spent on guild wars. The music was so intense and continues to inspire me to this day. Glad to see people who share the same experience.
Brilliant game, I'll always love it. As much as I like GW2, I'm afraid it'll never be the same as the good old GW1. A masterpiece it was, and still is.
fuuuck i could cry 6:30 this song reminds me of a difficult life time when i came home, turned the pc on, guild wars 1 login into Factions place "Seafarer's Rest" then closed the eyes and let the dreaming began -> Guild Wars changed (saved) my life i want this time back where gaming was like family and a place with no FUCKING mobbing or discrimination because of bodysize, color or age etc.. For me and many other people, Guild Wars 1 was a haven while real life was shit
I been playing all day and have seen a lot of people on recently. It's starting to pick back up bro. Lot's of new players on lately that have never played before.
Oh guys, I am truly holding back some tears ... I miss these old days ... standing in Shing Yea watching the perfect players standing on the stairs talkin some funny crap 'bout each other, and now where all of my characters have an elite, they are gone ... I still remember battling in PvP and always trying to have the newest best strategy for my build, but staying always with my knockDown assassine. :'D I wish GW2 would have been never released and those fucking great days would have never had to end. I am still playing it and I am so glad I still found an active guild of my language, and I guess I can shit on all the Zeldas, CoD's, N64 games, final fantasy Vii, castlevania, the kingdom hearts series i own if they'd just fuckin' update this game and bring to the old popularity ... and this music makes me feel so epic writing this shit xD Oh, memories ... :')
Guild wars is still around - granted, the player numbers are nothing like they used to be, but Guild Wars is still alive and well, and believe it or not it's possible to find people talking in the major outposts still.
If i could i would invent a time machine for all of us die hard gw1 fans to step in and embrace every moment of the past we never made i miss this game so much i downloaded it again yes it is dead but i will never forget 55 and i started again 9 years later back on the drastically skill changed game and it depresses me how it can be so easily forgotten this game was a relic of the past and i like guildwars one better then guildwars two and there is hundreds of reasons why i still go back to guildwars one regardless of the harsh nerf hits and fixes of solo there will ALWAYS ALWAYS still be that build that still solos ALWAYS
I started to play GW1 with this expansion. Good memories. Sometimes i am online in GW1 doing some Missions, but nothing will bring back the feeling i had, when this game had thousands of active players. Im so thankful i had the chance to experience this. Its sad for all those GW2 Hippster Kids who complain against GW1, tho they never experienced the Game like we did. Thanks GuildWars.
Start gw2 like I did, you can display titles above your name which you have earned in GW1 like "God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals" to show were a true passionated gw1 god :)
Kevin Guillemette been playing GW1 10YRS ago and wished GW2 was the same but hopefully they make a remaster version down the line. Also would through GW2 out of the window if I bought the entire GW1 set again.
I remember when my dad bought this game for my me and my brother, when we really wanted to play WoW with our friends, because he didn't think paying for a game monthly was worth it/managable back then. Best decision he made. He passed away in 2013, but memories like these remain when I listen to these soundtracks. I miss 2006...
I'm age 27 and this tears me up! Brings so much good memories... such a masterpiece. I'm glad i had the chance to play this game so many years ago. Thank you for this!
Bro...you have done me a great favor by commenting on your comment again. I will now listen to this masterpiece and have the memories and music connect again. Thanks man! Coincidentally, this year, I am 27.
This was probably the best expansion after a base game for any MMO, ever to date. I loved everything; the sweeping visuals, the oriental-themed music, the story - how layered the city was. This really felt historic just playing through when I did (back in beta-launch+Expansion releases.) So beautiful, in many aspects - and The Jade Sea is still one of my favorite areas to date. So pretty; and the music that accompanied it.
Not only is GW1's soundtrack far superior to GW2's but the actual technicality of the game, the challenge and fun of the game, the stories told through the campaigns, blow GW2 out of the water.
Luxon theme is one of the few songs in this world that I know, that can make me feel so emotional and self-reflecting on life and me as a human being. It's my favourite song ever, too short too.
Yup, Luxon Theme is probably one of the best songs in GW1 throughout all the expansions. It FEELS like an ocean...it sounds like waves and time and tradition all compounding into one. Soule is a master at creating diegetic music that feels like it is part of the environment you are in. This is why this soundtrack and frankly all of his work is legendary, it becomes part of the world rather than just a soundtrack to it.
gotta miss the old fort aspenwood battles, they were probably my favourite thing in GW! such a great game! i still play GW2 maybe once a month, but it didn't capture the magic that GW1 had.
+Raptor Jesus Boy did you get it right. GW2 didn't nearly catch the magic that GW1 had. Even the music for GW1 so sublimely paints the perfect picture. Ahh I miss that game, and I feel bad for Anet, who just don't seem to have a clue!
I feel that the problem with GW2 is that it's just too easy. It doesn't capture the challenges we faced in GW1, I still remember failing a mission repeatedly and the rewarding feeling that was finally beating the final boss! I have never failed a single mission in GW2...
I remember playing my Warrior to Death... 12 Elite-Armors, but i never finished my Obsidian... but i did manage to finish all Missions with bonus/Master-degree on Hard Mode, becoming Legendary Guardian. The Atmosphere of this game was unique. Still remember running around in prophecies tutorial, never wanting to leave... i have a bunch of screenshots of me and my 20 buddies, we were all in the same guild. Hours and hours of sitting in the guildhall, chatting and drinking over Skype, doing ridiculous runs in lvl 2 maps, grabbing the occasional noob in Monastery and dragging them through the maps with one of our 10 char slots and each char had at least 2 elite armors... in every map there was one very beautiful place that didnt contain any mobs, you could just sit down there and chill out and enjoy the view. damn i put so much time into that game. its such a shame it died.
I LOVED Guildwars. especially the variety in builds and team composition. I had Obsidian for Warrior, Necromancer, Ranger, Assassi, Dervish and Paragon.
For anyone wondering now about the Guild Wars series, Guild Wars 2 developers Arenanet have confirmed that they are now working on a third expansion and they teased concept art that looks alot like Cantha... It's time to go back home for the Guild Wars Factions fans!
I switched often due to changing guilds every few months. Remember, whenever I was a Kurzick I'd call Luxons, Suxons. Whenever I was on Luxons I'd call Kurzicks, Kurdicks. Man 12/13 year old humour was amazing
Damn im just laying here, watching and listening to Guild Wars 1 Videos while sinking deep into nostalgic feels.. :/ I always remember the moment i talked with some strangers in kamadan about Guild Wars 2 and how hyped we are about its release... What a fool i was, should have been glad to play GW1 in its full Beauty :/
This game will ever be a part of me, my game experience and imagination are really influenced by this game. Just the first 3 sec of the song make me so much nostalgic. I will really miss this game. Please A.net bring us cantha in Guild Wars 2 with the same ambiance, I'll be so so much happy to play it again with a new point of view !
I am glad to announce that GW1 is still surprisingly active people. There honestly still are lots of very large and active alliances that not only do everything in the game you can think of, but are also very helpful towards new players. I recently started playing again and I'm having loads of fun!
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Discovered this game 10 years ago, was entering high school, spent thousand of hours playing with people who became friends. I remember playing GW1 all night, parents could not understand but this game was bringing so much emotions. Never bought GW2 Happy to see I'm not the only one missing it. Thank you GW1!
I remember getting the collectors edition as a kid and listening to the games soundtrack on CD every night to help me fall asleep. The next day I would jump on guild wars and everything else in life did not matter. Those early morning wake up's just to see friends across the world from my guild... damn the memories are haunting.
This makes me dream of a new Guild Wars 1 spin-off with everything Guild Wars 1 had, just a completely re-written engine so there can be updates like in GW2. Dual-spec and the old 8 skill system, with a balance team isn't very hard. I don't remember many people crying about balance in Guild Wars 1 very often, they did a great job, no matter how hard it was.
I am now 53 years old and 15 years have passed since I played this game with my son. I so miss Guild Wars and the time we spent together. The game was simple. I still visit at least once a year to relive those memories. Thank you to AN for keeping the servers alive even though people have moved on. At least you can pull the leaver and get through the gate on your own these days....
To be honest, I will probably keep listen to these pieces until I'm old. Man I miss treasure hunting everywhere just for that one special zone specific skin with hopefully good stats. Haha just me :D
So many great memories! Im usually not the type of guy who is subsceptible for nostalgia but I played it too many years for not feeling it when I hear this. Kind of sad I will never live through this experience again.
@@ryanv640899 yeah! It's just been teased currently but on the website the most recent post. Last paragraph, i can hear the music already... The hype is real!
The one I played GW1 with the most, since day one. Passed away about a year and half ago, even the slightest sound of GW1 music tears my eyes. I will never forget!
A place where I learned my first language. I remember I started in Shing Yea Monastery and got an invitation to a guild I was amazed and proud to wear that cape on my back. My first black dye drop was in cantha, I didn't know what it was so I dyed my longbow xD I just love it, a great journey and experience carved in my heart.
Oh god, the nostalgia. I remember coming home from high school every day to play this game. I used to sprint home, grab some soda, some candy out of the cupboard, and then play until my dad came home from work. I had a warrior main and a 55 hp monk in prophecies, but made an assassin when factions came out and was in love with the class. I used to come up with some crazy ass pvp builds that virtually raped anyone. Oh god, im crying. This game was amazing.
+tom091178 "What has happened....the temple! I remained blind until it was too late.... Ai abaddon, jah hahna almighty abaddon! Varesh, what have you done!"
I do remember Guild Wars fondly. It was there for me during a very difficult part of my life. The people I got to know there probably stopped me from going deeper into despair and starting to do drugs as a means of escape.
I was 9 when my parents bought this game for me (missed Prophecies, I started with Factions). I'm still owning my very first character, my beloved Ranger. He's older than many people running around here on RUclips, considering I'm now 21 (and a half) years old. I played many other MMOs and enjoyed a lot of them, I really liked Guild Wars 2 and I recentely started playing WoW which I also enjoy playing now. But nothing comes close to the amazing time I spent with Guild Wars. This game is something very special among the hundreds of games I've played in my life so far and it will always be.
Been like 7+ years since i listened to this and played the game, still love the feeling I've got playing it and exploring it. it's just out of this world!
Wow I did not appreciate this music when I was younger. Game literally changed my life though as I met my now wife playing this all those years ago. Ultimate nerd quest achieved, marry favorite guildy. Cant wait for End of Dragons
Thank you for the upload. I always thought that whoever wrote the scores for guild wars was one of the greatest video game music composers ever. When I first booted up Guild Wars back around when Prophecies was still in its first month, I would always idle the client in the background just for the music. Since then I've played the latest Elder Scrolls games. I always wondered why Oblivion's soundtrack sounded so nostalgic. Now I know that Jeremy Soule's music was its backbone. :') Skyrim's too.
First time I started Guild wars factions I didn't have idea the impact this world would had on me. Many memories and friends, epic moments and epic pvp matches. Sure, WoW was a big thing and I kinda regret my parents didn't allowed me to pay the subscription but thanks to that I discovered this world and here I am, retaking Guild wars 2 and getting ready for the new expansion in my dear Cantha
Luxon Theme 6:30 .... I've been trying to find this again. Close your eyes and remember when the World didn't feel so screwed up .... Just log online and let go of reality and all of your worries.
The nostalgia is almost tear enducing - this was my first MMO and I'll never forget the good, no mamzing time I had playing this game with friends i have to this day. Such a pity GW2 was so poor in comparison.
Thank you for uploading this... As soon as I started this video and the theme started playing it brought me back to a more simple time in my life and remembering this playing on my start up screen.. Thank you.
It's 2020. I am now a father and i play this soundtrack to my daughter as it helps her sleep. As a GW1 vet i gota say..Nostalgia and i wana cry everytime
did the same, and palnned to make a board game to let her know how wonderfull this game was ...
The endorphin high i get from this music is insane. What I would do to be 12 again
Grear idea, going to do the same! :d
I am glad you all think the same, I am a happy father and not a single day goes by that I think about all my old guildies and it crosses my mind "How are they all doing. I wish they are happy and well"
I use to help me alot
They just announced a new Guild Wars 2 expansion which apparently will take place in Cantha. We're going home, guys. We're going home.
I'll probably check it when it comes out, GW2 has its good aspects but it just doesn't feel the same as GW1, I'm scared new Cantha will be an empty shell similar to what PoF has become :(
It will never be the same or beat original Cantha
For real?!! I'm goin home alas!!!
@@smallisbigdoe6550 what are you talking about lmao
@@bobbyxan111 loved PoF but it lacked replayability imo. once you've done the storyline, there's almost no reason to come back. something I hope will change with cantha in gw 2 (even tho I won't be able to play anyway)
I'm 27 and I spent few thousands hours in GW1 as kid and couple of thousands in GW2. I gave up this addiction in 2016 but every time I want to give up on my life this OST gives me a lot of hope. The power of nostalgy soothes me and reminds about times when I didn't have to care about anything. Sometimes I cry, sometimes I think about all friends I made through all these years. Once a year I login to GW2 just to send reminders to my most important friends with my personal data. Even I tried to finish my GWAMM few months ago, but after all these years Tyrian explorer is still beyond me. I can't say if this game was good or I was extremely addicted, but it's still a huge part of my life.
Ditto😭
Too much nostalgia man, I cant even listen to this without getting emotional. Jeremy Soule you are one talented man.
same here dude :')
We all feel the pain... 05' player
Jimmy Eff If only we could go back and experience it all over again :(
Minitell I wish man.
Jeremy Soule IS amazing. He makes so much music. Elderscrolls Marrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim and Online are all his works and you can hear his style and similarities in those compositions as well. Even the music in GW2 is fantastic!
I miss this game so much. GW2 had so much hype but in the end just wasn't the same for me.
Damn Im 30 years old next month, I still remember 2005 very clearly when I started Guild Wars... The music, the graphics, so beautiful...
same my old friend, same :)
I agree. Wonderful times. 32 almost
@@sonnyps2 Im back in GW bro haha
Yeah I'm like 4 years younger but I feel it too.. good to meet frenz
Same just turned 30. I’m glad we all could experience this - Cantha will forever have a special place in our hearts.
I can almost hear my character's steps in the background, ah... I miss the atmosphere GW used to make.
MegaCatVomit we all do as fellow hardcore fans
By far the best MMORPG experience ever, its like we were part of that story, shame GW2 couldn't live up to its steps.
@@synthzee GW2 and their skin loving content. I miss the unique skill building...
why miss it? come back online
@@joej3225 yeah GW2 is all about skins and gems now. Guild Wars was a real competitive game, it was all about skill, intelligence and talent. I miss the tournaments, the favor of the Gods, the pantheon, the PvP with Kurzick and Luxons... We were all equals on the battlefield, the differences between players lied in skills and smart moves. Now it's all about bombing doors and walls at 50 vs 50 in a massive melee lol. Where is the balance now? Man... the feeling of missing these things is strong.
Starting playing GW1 Prophecies in 2005 when I was 16. Now I'm 35 with a family and a child. Time to time the GW1 OST pop up in my feed, and i start listening to it. I'm not sure I'll ever feel and live again through all the emotions I had when I played GW1.
Surely nostalgia is hitting strong on this one.
You re absolute right dude.
Even GW2 was less emotional with sound (except Fear Not this Night)...I feel a lot of nostalgy since almost 20 years...and no game can fix it...just GW...but no more people inside and the guild is done since...sad...
I CAN'T HANDLE ALL THESE EMOTIONS
+Eliott Duckers Ikr!!!!!
im cryin'
IKR, here's a tissue :P, you're not the only one crying!
The comments here are a bunch of adults down to tears recalling the memories they collected over the years of playing this game, this shows you how much power game and music combined has, they touch the heart and take you to other worlds.
Cry not children but rather enjoy the present and make new epic memories! Life is amazing.
so true tho
+Danny Kundzinsh When you make a sequel to a huge world, I expect a huge world in return.....not LESS. I do recognize it took time to develop each expansion's worlds, but just tyria alone is limited compared to just prophecies. Hell, Cantha had more places to go xD
+Jason Burns This is why I have actually left GW2 behind for now because It just aggravates me more and more when they ignore the community. A lot of companies seem to do this lately: Arenanet,
Wargaming, EA, Bungie etc. I will be back in GW2 if cantha returns....if it doesnt than I will prob move onto another MMO.
so many friends so many memories
all these things lost in time like tears in the rain time to die
indeed....indeed.....
im 20 years old... this was my first computer game ever in childhood. now its ends... this game is a part of my life .
beotho im 21 i started to play GW at 12, my first online game , this game is deep in my heart...
beotho Same for me, im listening and crying. I have huge sentiment for this game.
+2big4u Not enough players to create the atmosphere it once had.
guild wars 1 never ended its still alive
@@xewi60 Same for me here. Started at 10 with my whole family, now I am 20 and pretty lonely in Gw2. The nostalgia hits me like a truck here.
I started playing this game in 2005 when I was 12... with all my friends, every day, every evening. I shared so many things with unknown and known people, so many memories. Feeling so sad right now... too much emotion to hold.
the game is quite active at the moment so you might as well get yo' ass online boiii
@@elyzzabeth It isn't the same. I tried to do it. I went back just for lore in prophecies. I knew where my love for the game was and I could see it, but I couldn't feel it. It just wasn't the same. I got down to frostgate I think it was and I remember the laughter with friends as we got smashed by the large cannon balls. I remember all the spiders coming up in the jungle and ripping off my face and enjoying it. Now it seems too easy (as I have grown up :(). I replayed factions and I realized how short it really was, not that it was bad at the time but now it was like, wow, this isn't the same. Alliance Battles spending endless hours in there pushing for the luxons, and now, stalled at one point . Guild vs Guild at its it finest, reaching the top 50 in my guild was so amazing and now it is full of bots and henchmen . This game will always be in my memories and the good times that I had. This track helps me relive them and god bless ^^.
@@robsoe Same for me. The memories and feelings are still here but that's all. The game is empty now compared to the millions playing it ten years ago. You can't forget that feeling of sharing a common thing with thousands of persons everyday.
I'm honestly real glad they didn't close it up in the end. And there's not at all as many ppl playing as there used to be, but you can still find players around. I still enjoy playing today, got happy as heck when I found I could recover my account from when I was 11 xD
I missed Prophecies on release and picked Factions up first, I remember first loading into the logging screen to the theme song, I was 16 and started playing the Sunday night before starting my first job on the Monday and not getting off until 5:00am. I was hooked from then and I poured years into this amazing game and met some great people. This will always be my all time favorite game.
My experience was almost entirely the same. 16 years old, missed proph and started during the Factions 3-day trial ("day of the Tengu"?).
I want to go back in time!
I was 15 and I felt like the only girl in the whole game. hahaha... :D
Thinking about it im sure this was the first game i new a girl who played haha. I stopped playing mostly down to running out of time on it, I picked up Guild Wars 2 on release and was playing in WvW, the group I played with bumped into another group and as I was downing one on them I caught his guild tag which was the same one we used on GW1. I transferred servers on a hunch and ended up meeting 6 of them from over 5 years of not speaking and loosing all contact, one of them was the girl I met back then.
same man, same.
Same here, also started when factions came out. Somewhere around the Dragon Festival time. I still do have the jade wind orbs which remind me of that great time. I don't regret any second I have spent on guild wars. The music was so intense and continues to inspire me to this day. Glad to see people who share the same experience.
This game was art. The music. The setting. The style. It was a project of love
Brilliant game, I'll always love it. As much as I like GW2, I'm afraid it'll never be the same as the good old GW1. A masterpiece it was, and still is.
+HompieGompie indeed it is!
fuuuck i could cry 6:30 this song reminds me of a difficult life time when i came home, turned the pc on, guild wars 1 login into Factions place "Seafarer's Rest" then closed the eyes and let the dreaming began -> Guild Wars changed (saved) my life i want this time back where gaming was like family and a place with no FUCKING mobbing or discrimination because of bodysize, color or age etc.. For me and many other people, Guild Wars 1 was a haven while real life was shit
I miss this game so much.
Then play it, it's still here.
Ethan Schenck no shit lmao
Ethan Schenck not enough people play anymore, and I'm pretty sure I lost my password
I been playing all day and have seen a lot of people on recently. It's starting to pick back up bro. Lot's of new players on lately that have never played before.
Nick sick dude, I might actually try to get back into my account. Had my favorite armor. Dread mask chaos gloves and elite kurzick everything else lol
It sounded even better combined with the ingame nature's sound-effects, those mysterious wildlife screeches...
you mean the echowald right?
@@n.c.kupfermann1023 No even in the cities and slums..
Oh guys, I am truly holding back some tears ... I miss these old days ... standing in Shing Yea watching the perfect players standing on the stairs talkin some funny crap 'bout each other, and now where all of my characters have an elite, they are gone ... I still remember battling in PvP and always trying to have the newest best strategy for my build, but staying always with my knockDown assassine. :'D I wish GW2 would have been never released and those fucking great days would have never had to end. I am still playing it and I am so glad I still found an active guild of my language, and I guess I can shit on all the Zeldas, CoD's, N64 games, final fantasy Vii, castlevania, the kingdom hearts series i own if they'd just fuckin' update this game and bring to the old popularity ... and this music makes me feel so epic writing this shit xD Oh, memories ... :')
;_;
We all know that feel, bro...
I probably was the guy who standing right next to you in Shing Yea.
Guild wars is still around - granted, the player numbers are nothing like they used to be, but Guild Wars is still alive and well, and believe it or not it's possible to find people talking in the major outposts still.
Orientalmentor um, have you guys forgotten it's actually Shing JEA?
If i could i would invent a time machine for all of us die hard gw1 fans to step in and embrace every moment of the past we never made i miss this game so much i downloaded it again yes it is dead but i will never forget 55 and i started again 9 years later back on the drastically skill changed game and it depresses me how it can be so easily forgotten this game was a relic of the past and i like guildwars one better then guildwars two and there is hundreds of reasons why i still go back to guildwars one regardless of the harsh nerf hits and fixes of solo there will ALWAYS ALWAYS still be that build that still solos ALWAYS
We are going back boys. Cantha expansion confirmed to GW2.
I started to play GW1 with this expansion. Good memories. Sometimes i am online in GW1 doing some Missions, but nothing will bring back the feeling i had, when this game had thousands of active players. Im so thankful i had the chance to experience this. Its sad for all those GW2 Hippster Kids who complain against GW1, tho they never experienced the Game like we did. Thanks GuildWars.
Start gw2 like I did, you can display titles above your name which you have earned in GW1 like "God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals" to show were a true passionated gw1 god :)
Rather display it in GW1 and throw the shit GW2 into the bin.
Kevin Guillemette been playing GW1 10YRS ago and wished GW2 was the same but hopefully they make a remaster version down the line. Also would through GW2 out of the window if I bought the entire GW1 set again.
I remember when my dad bought this game for my me and my brother, when we really wanted to play WoW with our friends, because he didn't think paying for a game monthly was worth it/managable back then. Best decision he made. He passed away in 2013, but memories like these remain when I listen to these soundtracks. I miss 2006...
I'm age 27 and this tears me up! Brings so much good memories... such a masterpiece. I'm glad i had the chance to play this game so many years ago. Thank you for this!
You Must be 29 now?
@@Jaguartmb turning 30 this year, still has alot of love for this ;)
@@Jaguartmb 31 in a couple of months, forgot that i had this comment to be honest, still coming back to this lol
Bro...you have done me a great favor by commenting on your comment again. I will now listen to this masterpiece and have the memories and music connect again.
Thanks man!
Coincidentally, this year, I am 27.
@@Jaguartmb You're welcome! Have a great time! All for the love
This was probably the best expansion after a base game for any MMO, ever to date. I loved everything; the sweeping visuals, the oriental-themed music, the story - how layered the city was. This really felt historic just playing through when I did (back in beta-launch+Expansion releases.)
So beautiful, in many aspects - and The Jade Sea is still one of my favorite areas to date. So pretty; and the music that accompanied it.
Jump to Lightspeed baby!
anyone else think guild wars 2 just doesnt even come close to matching up to guild wars 1? This whole soundtrack just tugs at my heart strings.
I've never played GW1 but GW2's soundtrack is definitely better - more memorable melodies, more intricate arrangements, more emotional power.
Not even close, GW1 has a much better soundtrack.
Not only is GW1's soundtrack far superior to GW2's but the actual technicality of the game, the challenge and fun of the game, the stories told through the campaigns, blow GW2 out of the water.
In other news: in 2003 the grass was greener.
Guild Wars 2 has included many songs from the original.
Luxon theme is one of the few songs in this world that I know, that can make me feel so emotional and self-reflecting on life and me as a human being. It's my favourite song ever, too short too.
beautiful comment
Yup, Luxon Theme is probably one of the best songs in GW1 throughout all the expansions. It FEELS like an ocean...it sounds like waves and time and tradition all compounding into one. Soule is a master at creating diegetic music that feels like it is part of the environment you are in. This is why this soundtrack and frankly all of his work is legendary, it becomes part of the world rather than just a soundtrack to it.
gotta miss the old fort aspenwood battles, they were probably my favourite thing in GW! such a great game! i still play GW2 maybe once a month, but it didn't capture the magic that GW1 had.
+Raptor Jesus Miss Fort Aspenwood, too ... :(
NightwishaL sniping from the walls as a ranger was amazing :D
+Raptor Jesus tipHug
+Raptor Jesus Boy did you get it right. GW2 didn't nearly catch the magic that GW1 had. Even the music for GW1 so sublimely paints the perfect picture. Ahh I miss that game, and I feel bad for Anet, who just don't seem to have a clue!
I feel that the problem with GW2 is that it's just too easy. It doesn't capture the challenges we faced in GW1, I still remember failing a mission repeatedly and the rewarding feeling that was finally beating the final boss! I have never failed a single mission in GW2...
I remember playing my Warrior to Death... 12 Elite-Armors, but i never finished my Obsidian... but i did manage to finish all Missions with bonus/Master-degree on Hard Mode, becoming Legendary Guardian. The Atmosphere of this game was unique.
Still remember running around in prophecies tutorial, never wanting to leave...
i have a bunch of screenshots of me and my 20 buddies, we were all in the same guild.
Hours and hours of sitting in the guildhall, chatting and drinking over Skype, doing ridiculous runs in lvl 2 maps, grabbing the occasional noob in Monastery and dragging them through the maps with one of our 10 char slots and each char had at least 2 elite armors... in every map there was one very beautiful place that didnt contain any mobs, you could just sit down there and chill out and enjoy the view.
damn i put so much time into that game. its such a shame it died.
i want to see those screenshots!
I LOVED Guildwars. especially the variety in builds and team composition.
I had Obsidian for Warrior, Necromancer, Ranger, Assassi, Dervish and Paragon.
long time no see cantha. but finally ....
For anyone wondering now about the Guild Wars series, Guild Wars 2 developers Arenanet have confirmed that they are now working on a third expansion and they teased concept art that looks alot like Cantha...
It's time to go back home for the Guild Wars Factions fans!
We spread the message to all GW vids I see
Cantha has since then been confirmed. I was over the moon... finally get to revisit my favorite areas from GW1
The sound of leveling up or gaining a skillpoint constantly runs through my head listening to this. So much Nostalgia
Can't wait for the new expansion so I'm here - 10 years on and we'll finally revisit Cantha!
I miss this game...
Where my Luxons at?
I know right...Luxons ftw !
I really wish I could go back in my childhood and play GW again...
+Azartax Same ;(
Luxon here praise thy turtle overlords
I switched often due to changing guilds every few months. Remember, whenever I was a Kurzick I'd call Luxons, Suxons. Whenever I was on Luxons I'd call Kurzicks, Kurdicks. Man 12/13 year old humour was amazing
yams oh my god i completely forgot about those abbreviations, makes me smile so much
Damn im just laying here, watching and listening to Guild Wars 1 Videos while sinking deep into nostalgic feels.. :/
I always remember the moment i talked with some strangers in kamadan about Guild Wars 2 and how hyped we are about its release... What a fool i was, should have been glad to play GW1 in its full Beauty :/
Never talk to strangers in kamadan or the monastery likely to get pulled into some kinky shit xD
I had a gay kid tried to woo me at the Monastery once 🤣
The Factions theme is the first piece of GW music I ever heard, back when I started in 2006.
I never asked for this... Adam
4. Luxon Theme 6:30 ---> PERFECTLY WONDERFUL
And that's why Luxon > Kurzick
I love this soundtrack so much! Factions was my fav campaign, and still is! The Kurzick Theme gets me every time!!
Same here
In praise of an eternal savior of the Kurzick.
This game will ever be a part of me, my game experience and imagination are really influenced by this game. Just the first 3 sec of the song make me so much nostalgic. I will really miss this game. Please A.net bring us cantha in Guild Wars 2 with the same ambiance, I'll be so so much happy to play it again with a new point of view !
Loved prophecies so much. Like you say the ambience just takes you away to a whole new level of feeling,
I am glad to announce that GW1 is still surprisingly active people. There honestly still are lots of very large and active alliances that not only do everything in the game you can think of, but are also very helpful towards new players. I recently started playing again and I'm having loads of fun!
My first mmo, god what a joy.
Its 2023, and i still love it. Good old times
7 years... my god. Seems like ages but somehow not, well I miss Shiro... and my Dragon Mask =)
Damn, i forgot about my dragon mask. The dragon and chinese new year festivals were always top notch. Never thought id miss those as an adult
Nostalgie... J'en reve encore parfois ....
Pareil...cette vidéo me donne des frissons...mais comme on dit toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin
Leïla Laurent Passez vos Facebook, pourquoi pas refaire un personnage ..
En tout cas nous sommes une génération très chanceuse d'avoir connu un tel jeux ...
Assassin's theme... WOW Nostalgia attack. My first ever character in GW taking his first steps.
Over a thousand glorious hours of my childhood is in this game... really brings up tears.
Discovered this game 10 years ago, was entering high school, spent thousand of hours playing with people who became friends. I remember playing GW1 all night, parents could not understand but this game was bringing so much emotions.
Never bought GW2
Happy to see I'm not the only one missing it. Thank you GW1!
I remember getting the collectors edition as a kid and listening to the games soundtrack on CD every night to help me fall asleep. The next day I would jump on guild wars and everything else in life did not matter. Those early morning wake up's just to see friends across the world from my guild... damn the memories are haunting.
This makes me dream of a new Guild Wars 1 spin-off with everything Guild Wars 1 had, just a completely re-written engine so there can be updates like in GW2. Dual-spec and the old 8 skill system, with a balance team isn't very hard. I don't remember many people crying about balance in Guild Wars 1 very often, they did a great job, no matter how hard it was.
Luxon theme...
Trop de souvenir ...Prophecies , factions et nightfall mes préférées
XTytoy on est les gameurs les plus chanceux d'avoir connu ce jeu
Exact Nick danielz :)
The Luxon Theme is so haunting and beautiful!
I am now 53 years old and 15 years have passed since I played this game with my son. I so miss Guild Wars and the time we spent together. The game was simple. I still visit at least once a year to relive those memories. Thank you to AN for keeping the servers alive even though people have moved on. At least you can pull the leaver and get through the gate on your own these days....
To be honest, I will probably keep listen to these pieces until I'm old. Man I miss treasure hunting everywhere just for that one special zone specific skin with hopefully good stats. Haha just me :D
Nostalgia is too strong!!! This game is a part of my soul
So many great memories! Im usually not the type of guy who is subsceptible for nostalgia but I played it too many years for not feeling it when I hear this.
Kind of sad I will never live through this experience again.
I feel like tearing up, so many distant emotions.. everything is just so beautiful even after years
ok, let's bring this game back to life, everyone install it and lets play again together like the good old days
+Arlindo Baby please “val” I have it, but sicne they abandoned it the lag makes it totally unplayable, I gave up :/
lag? i dont get any lag on it
@@Ninnisha I no have lag..
i lost my passwords ... Got all expansions ... so sad.
@@frederiqueleguennic7816 write to arena net if they still exist haha
Cantha we'll see you later !
I miss this game so much... it was just perfect
i miss this so much :'(
the feels............
Anyone still listening to this today? I miss playing this game so much, such great times, wish it was still popular. GW2 doesn't have the same feel...
It might have it again in the new cantha expansion \o/
@@ImmortalityV oh really? I'll have to check that out
@@ryanv640899 yeah! It's just been teased currently but on the website the most recent post. Last paragraph, i can hear the music already... The hype is real!
Nice. I really enjoyed the factions expansion. Probably my favorite
The one I played GW1 with the most, since day one. Passed away about a year and half ago, even the slightest sound of GW1 music tears my eyes.
I will never forget!
Sad times. But rejoice! Cantha is returning in gw2 \o/
@@ImmortalityV that doesnt bring his friend back
A place where I learned my first language. I remember I started in Shing Yea Monastery and got an invitation to a guild I was amazed and proud to wear that cape on my back. My first black dye drop was in cantha, I didn't know what it was so I dyed my longbow xD
I just love it, a great journey and experience carved in my heart.
years passed, lots of ups and downs and always feel nostalgic about this music :(, so heavy on my heart, wish me luck please i really need it.
Hope everything turns out okay for you buddy!
I can't wait to go back to Cantha in Guild Wars 2's next expansion!! This is my favourite music from the games.
Oh god, the nostalgia. I remember coming home from high school every day to play this game. I used to sprint home, grab some soda, some candy out of the cupboard, and then play until my dad came home from work. I had a warrior main and a 55 hp monk in prophecies, but made an assassin when factions came out and was in love with the class. I used to come up with some crazy ass pvp builds that virtually raped anyone. Oh god, im crying. This game was amazing.
Oh the 55 HP Monk!!! I had forgotten about that until I read this comment. Bless your heart, Strife Fitness. Bless your heart.
together, we can bring the game back to life
I love you, marry me
I was no longer there for 3 years,
until yesterday.
All the people are gone.
All cities empty.
Pierre Chamli
haha sure !
*****
I'm not In Kamadan.
Nightfall I just played through and made the title lightbringer, nothing else.
Nightfall was the worst add-on of all for me.
+tom091178 "What has happened....the temple! I remained blind until it was too late.... Ai abaddon, jah hahna almighty abaddon! Varesh, what have you done!"
Thank you, that's the reason why i'm still playing this game.
I still come back to GW1 all the time. I will always come back, because it's just too good to let it sit as a memory!
I do remember Guild Wars fondly. It was there for me during a very difficult part of my life. The people I got to know there probably stopped me from going deeper into despair and starting to do drugs as a means of escape.
this journey never ends. love this game so much and playing it active since 10 years now.
so many memories, still the best and most fun game i ever played. this game has a soul
Perfect way to hype up for the new expansion, whose trailer was just released.
I was 9 when my parents bought this game for me (missed Prophecies, I started with Factions). I'm still owning my very first character, my beloved Ranger. He's older than many people running around here on RUclips, considering I'm now 21 (and a half) years old. I played many other MMOs and enjoyed a lot of them, I really liked Guild Wars 2 and I recentely started playing WoW which I also enjoy playing now. But nothing comes close to the amazing time I spent with Guild Wars. This game is something very special among the hundreds of games I've played in my life so far and it will always be.
The Assassin theme .... so many memories...
Assassin's Theme realy is getting me back to all those sleepless nights with GW.
Loved this game. Sad, that it's empty now.
that is so beautiful, my heart breaks
Been like 7+ years since i listened to this and played the game, still love the feeling I've got playing it and exploring it.
it's just out of this world!
We going back bois! Never been more excited for an expansion
This puts me back to being 14 years old.
I just bought a factions collectors edition from ebay, totally worth the money :))
Wow I did not appreciate this music when I was younger. Game literally changed my life though as I met my now wife playing this all those years ago. Ultimate nerd quest achieved, marry favorite guildy. Cant wait for End of Dragons
Just logged to my GW account the other day and checked my oldest characters age and he’s over 18 now!
Still come here every now and then. So relaxing. One of the best OSTs I've ever listened to.
Can't wait Guild Wars 2 : Factions
THERE IS HOPE
Thank you for the upload. I always thought that whoever wrote the scores for guild wars was one of the greatest video game music composers ever. When I first booted up Guild Wars back around when Prophecies was still in its first month, I would always idle the client in the background just for the music.
Since then I've played the latest Elder Scrolls games. I always wondered why Oblivion's soundtrack sounded so nostalgic. Now I know that Jeremy Soule's music was its backbone. :') Skyrim's too.
This game was an absolute masterpiece that can not be topped for me. I miss those days more than anything.
If only Jeremy Soule would release the music from Prophesies Factions Nightfall and EotN on Spotify i would be so grateful
just...goose bumps.. the best best mmorpg ever created, played far more than 1500hours and it was still fun ! Never forget the Guild Wars jouney
My soul's crying...
First time I started Guild wars factions I didn't have idea the impact this world would had on me. Many memories and friends, epic moments and epic pvp matches.
Sure, WoW was a big thing and I kinda regret my parents didn't allowed me to pay the subscription but thanks to that I discovered this world and here I am, retaking Guild wars 2 and getting ready for the new expansion in my dear Cantha
The Assasin's Theme and the Ritualist's Theme. The Feels. Amazing.
Luxon Theme 6:30 .... I've been trying to find this again. Close your eyes and remember when the World didn't feel so screwed up .... Just log online and let go of reality and all of your worries.
Damn, it was 7 years ago when I bought Factions....good feelings. Unfortunatly I don't play it anymore.
Checking in again after 13 years.
Checking in again after 16 years!
Crying like a baby :'( all these memories...:)
The nostalgia is almost tear enducing - this was my first MMO and I'll never forget the good, no mamzing time I had playing this game with friends i have to this day. Such a pity GW2 was so poor in comparison.
Finally - GW2 Cantha Expansion confirmed *cry*
love it. always loved it so good. Miss guildwars 1
Thank you for uploading this... As soon as I started this video and the theme started playing it brought me back to a more simple time in my life and remembering this playing on my start up screen.. Thank you.