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Guild Wars: Eye of the North

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is the first expansion for Guild Wars with content geared exclusively for level 20 characters. Return to the battle-scarred continent of Tyria, the home of the original Guild Wars…

80 31 August 2007

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is an adventure developed by ArenaNet, released 31 August 2007 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Guild Wars: Eye of the North is

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is an adventure game developed by ArenaNet and released in 2007. It was published by NCSOFT. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on ArenaNet Guild Wars.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is an expansion pack to the multiplayer online role-playing game Guild Wars by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT. It was released worldwide on August 31, 2007. Unlike other games in the Guild Wars sequence, Eye of the North requires players to own one of the earlier three campaigns. It features no tutorial content and is intended for characters that have already reached level 10 or higher.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Guild Wars: Eye of the North holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or equivalent, 512 MB RAM and ATI Radeon 8500 or NVIDIA GeForce 3 Series Video Card with 64 MB of RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Guild Wars: Eye of the North launched on 31 August 2007, within three weeks of BioShock, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Rome: Total War - Collection and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: BioShock, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Rome: Total War - Collection, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Guild Wars: Eye of the North yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Guild Wars: Eye of the North — frequently asked questions

When did Guild Wars: Eye of the North come out?
Guild Wars: Eye of the North was released on 31 August 2007 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Guild Wars: Eye of the North?
At minimum, Guild Wars: Eye of the North needs Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or equivalent, 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon 8500 or NVIDIA GeForce 3 Series Video Card with 64 MB of RAM graphics, 3 GB Available HDD Space of storage.
Does Guild Wars: Eye of the North have multiplayer?
Yes. Guild Wars: Eye of the North supports multiplayer, including co-op for up to 16 players online.
How many GB is Guild Wars: Eye of the North?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "3 GB Available HDD Space" and the recommended line says "4 GB Available HDD Space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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