Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is Breathtaking

Thank you for joining me and Gizmo in this dive into Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.

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[MuklukYoutube]

1. Love the video. I've also had many conversations with people who love or hate the jungle zones for all the reasons you mentioned.
2. Fractals were actually one of the inspirations for the original WoW Mythic dungeon system!
3. I'm an shocked/impressed you went all the way to Deimos (one of the raid bosses he showed) for a review. That is a very respectable encounter, a significant step up from the bosses leading up to him.

Subbed and looking forward/hoping to see gizmo reach path of fire someday!

[pyrix]

The neat thing is that Sylvari players get a bit of custom plot (Some NPCs are wary of you, you hear Mordremoth in your head, stuff like that.) due to the plot of HoT.

[Mercurite]

Your reaction to pocket raptors is perfectly natural. So is dying to them the first (few) time(s).

Made me feel nostalgic.

[xvoidgamer]

Been playing GW2 for 10 years, sometimes it's easy to forget how amazing GW2 is when you've been playing for so long but thankfully there are people like you who can make us remember.A sub and like from me and keep the GW2 vids coming! Have Fun in Tyria!

[Daiska_Plays]

One thing I love about ANet, is when they decide to do something, they go all in. When the game released, initially the format planned was to not do expansions, just frequent episodes like the living world series. So when they changed their mind, they made an absolute epic expansion that was so different from anything anyone had ever seen in a game.
"There will never be mounts in the game" they were pretty adamant about that, and we all came to pretty much accept it. Waypoints were faster anyway, once you uncovered them. But there were a fair number who kept begging for them. They finally give in and it's "Fine, we'll put mounts in, but they're going to be integral to the exploration we didn't want them to take away from" Then proceed to make their collection of mounts that undeniably are industry leaders, and coined the phrase "the joy of movement"
They define the word "developers"

[ShimmerSPF]

i love the style of this expansion. the glider is epic too


epic timestamps
0:26 - rollerbeetle sonic
0:28 pocket raptor 👑
0:54 - plane? bird? superman?
1:03 - gizmo sleeping
1:05 - gizmo dancing
1:53 - kevin
3:30 - frogs
3:44 - glider
3:50 - mushroom bounce (mid-air)
3:59 - raptor running in a beautiful area
4:13 - glider scene 2
4:16 - mushroom bounce (mid-air 2)
4:45 - glider scene 3 (i think) and gizmo bumping his head
4:49 - another cool area
4:53 - tairr the forgotten city?
4:59 - gilder scene 4
5:09 - tairr the forgotten city music plays and explaining about some stuff (i can agree with this)
5:47 - glider scene 5
5:55 epic cloud to end the timestamps

that moment when you have to get 250 of each lws4 material for a specific thing? yea. me too

EDITS:
9 likes, wow thx!!
10 likes, 1+ more
lalalalalal thx for 13 likes

[Bear_AZ]

You and Gizmo have not only made me download Guild Wars 2 and spend my money, But also have convinced me to subscribe to the channel.

[mangoman]

You didn't even mention my favorite part of the expanison! The map wide meta events are a fair step up from most things in the core game. Pushing out from little outposts, getting to know the struggling survivors and helping them to get a footing against overwhelming odds in a hostile environment, and all of that in the open world and culminating in boss fights that get over 50 players together just feels awesome. And since it's all max level content with great rewards, it's all still super relevant, so people still run these metas all the time.

[yashiro]

I waited for this Video since your first Video about the base game and it was completely worth it, great Job 💯

[shadowkras]

Man, those small dinossaurs are so OP. It took me getting gear from two maps AFTER that one before I could jump into those and come out alive.

[lilphoenix]

It's important to note the Living World episodes are free during their initial release (or during the "Return to..." event last year, when they offered each episode again once per week.) You only need to pay if you happened to miss them when they were free, and you can use in-game currency to trade for them as well. I think that's fair for a game that doesn't run on a subscription and has such an unintrusive cash shop, though it is a bit bothersome that they don't include the relevant LW seasons when you purchase their respective expansions. I can definitely understand some disappointment and confusion when a player gets to the expansion and realizes they're missing a chunk of the story. I'm glad they provide a proper "complete edition" in the Steam store, at least.

Also, kudos for using my two favorite songs in the entire game, Tarir and Spicy Tarir. 😁

[jimdnew]

I started going back into HoT maps recently and I forgot how incredible they are. First you hate them, then you learn them, then you love them. Great videos! Please do Path of Fire.

[ryltair]

Ahhh the Pocket Raptor experience. The baptizing of any doe-eyed adventurer wandering into the Maguuma jungle for the first time.

[GuildMM]

I expected the pocket raptors to come up, and I was entertained!

Great video reviewing the game, giving out enough information to know what's needed!
I like the fast style of transition from point to point, as they are not overloaded with information!

Loving this series, keep it up!

[DRabenstein]

Lovely follow up on your previous video! Keep it up, Gizmo seems the type of hero that may conquer it all.

[Rinnn]

Always always always remember, if you get lost, frustrated, or ENRAGED by these tangled complicated maps PLEASE let a veteran player know. GW2 community loves all folks and is endlessly happy to help learn and play and grow (or even port you to the end of nasty jp's)!

[alexanderabel-ferretti]

As someone who has been on a long, extended hiatus from gw2, your videos on them really help re-ignite the nostalgia and drive to play the game again. They help bring back those early memories of my very first play through. Would love to see more and definitely would be interested in your takes on the PoF expansion. Keep up the good work!!

[michu]

The fact that MitchManix finished core game living world episodes and expansion just to make 2 videos is ridiculous. I can't wait for next one.

[MythXRaser]

It should be noted that back when HoT launched, there was no raptor mount for every player. The jungle felt dangerous as you had to fight yourself through the enemies. But now you can easily run through. The exploration is still there and fun, but getting from A to B should be a lot easier nowadays.

[Geiir]

Heart of Thorns is to me the greatest expansion to a game I have ever played. They simply nailed it.

Visuals are stunning. Mob design is amazing. Story is very good. Events are fun. New specializations, raids. It offered so much!