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Complete Art of Guild Wars, The
£29.00£36.10 (-20%)
A glorious, oversized, full-colour tome that includes art and commentary chronicling the ongoing development of the Guild Wars universe. Explore the living history of Tyria through an expansive collection of never-before-seen concept art, production material, and creator commentary from Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 that offers exclusive insight into an every-changing world inhabited by millions of players] The continuing growth of the Guild Wars franchise is lovingly detailed by the ArenaNet artists themselves in a volume that commemorates the studio’s twentieth anniversary. Dark Horse Books and ArenaNet invite all asura, sylvari, norn, char, and humans to add this wonderful art book as a centerpiece to their collections]
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Additional information
| Publisher | Dark Horse, Anniversary edition (30 April 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 192 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1506715990 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1506715995 |
| Dimensions | 28.7 x 2.03 x 26.29 cm |
by Amazon Customer
As a guild wars veteran, it was amazing to add this to my collection. However, the product came with one issue. I don’t know whether it is due the the atmosphere the product was made in. By the time it arrived and I had it open, the whole book had become warped. Regardless, its a very good slice of the guild wars world and a great recommendation
by Amazon Customer
I played GW1 from beta, the same for GW2. I haven’t played much lately, but log in every now and then. So the games have a place for me and this book was going to be a nice bit of nostalgia for me.
However, this feels like such a missed opportunity. Yes, it has a lot of art. Yes it is decently formatted. But is lacks many many things. It seems like low hanging fruit to make the loading screens from the games page sized. But they aren’t except for the occasional page.
It seems like low hanging fruit to show the art next to screenshots from the games and expansions… To really bring you back to the games, to show just how closely the art was followed as a guideline for the in-game modelling and texturing, and to even make this more interesting to someone who wouldn’t have played these games. But it doesn’t do this, and that’s such a shame. It’s what’s making me return this book, because without it, it just feels empty.
The short blurbs of text sound repetitive and uninspired.
I also appreciate Arenanet have gone through plenty of personnel changes recently, so this probably wasn’t viable, but when it comes to art, credit where credit is due counts. So seeing interviews with the creators and descriptions of inspiration and creative process would have been really fun and interesting to read. Sadly, again, there is nothing.
So calling this ‘all’ of the GW art is an overstatement in my opinion, because it barely shows the art of producing artwork for games such as these. It doesn’t convey the art direction it took to deliver the finish of the game. They could have spoken about so many things, even bits like the UI design and the feeling of it. But they did nothing of the like. They made a picture book a ten year old could make. Arenanet / the creators of this book should have done better, the game and players deserve that.
If you care about Guild Wars, don’t buy this book. Your memories of the game will have stronger imagery than this.
by André Calheiros
includes art from prophecies, factions, nightfall, eotn and the cancelled utopia, as well as gw2 (base), a great read and visual walkthrough tho
by Amazon Customer
Perfect
by Jorge
This art book is stunning and incredible. So much lore and so well crafted. A must-buy for a Guild Wars fan.