Tyria Vs Cantha

now, I've been in GW since WPE (and then BWE's) so you can say my monk was brought up in Tyria. like most people here I've been waiting for Factions with great anticipation, and when I was launched I rushed to explore the new continent.

however, this time something was different. something didn't feel right. the atmosphere has changed, and I can't say it changed to better. but that feel of adventure that I had when I played through Tyrian missions was gone.

so I am wondering if there's anybody else here who feels the same way. I know I can't keep coming back to Tyria because I simply like it better than Cantha.

The only reason theres less of a sense of adventure is it is still Guild Wars. It's just more content. All the new areas are great first time I see them, but for me, that little something mission is because it just isn't a new game. It really is an expansion.

I don't really like the poor city part, nor those dark woods (Kurzick)
But The starters island and the Luxon area are verrry nice ^^

I'm finding the opposite. I prefer the "look and feel" of Cantha so far. Seems much more deeply immersive to me.

It's definatly a different feel, but I have to say that I like the explorable areas in Kaineng. It's very cool that your in the middle of a huge city and there's still monsters and stuff.
It reminded of City of Heroes, and I absolutely loved the environment of City of Heroes (the game takes place entirely in a single city seperated into different zones)

as i will never forget my homeland in Tyria i do prefer Cantha, much more beautiful since there is no shiverpeaks (Living in wisconsin i get enough i hate getting reminded of it)

The massive ghetto we call the "city" gives me mixed feelings. On one hand it seems really cool that its a city, and we have never been given the opportunity to fight in a city setting before. On the other hand, it is extremely drab, dark, and the walls feel extremely 2D.

I've never liked big cities..so that part of Cantha was a huge negative for me. Tyria will always be my favorite, because it's the first. Looking back, I like the multi-faceted nature of it; the desert, the jungle, Shiverpeaks, etc. Many different kinds of things with no emphasis on any one. So far I haven't enjoyed the Asian theme of Cantha, and although I haven't gotten far..It's obvious its kind of a big part of the game..

Things will probably change, but for now the most fun part of GW:Fs for me is getting my Mesmer back to Tyria. 'Course, I never finished the game anyway.

I kinda am getting tired of the city. Factions is harder than Tyria, that's for sure. The locations we were shown during the FPE (that being in that field and beyond) are now obviously a ways through the game. Kinda bugging me, as I liked those areas.

As for Tyria vs. Cantha....I dunno. There's some things I like about Cantha, to be sure, but it feels like I'm only slowly crawling on my way out of the city. >.<

On a side note, it is freakin' hard for an Assassin to get a group. Anyway...

Cantha sure doesnt have the feel of Tyria, I know I hate being all cooped up in the city like thats all trashed in Cantha, no it doesnt have the feel of the first time I've went through the Tyria Missions.

I do like it, just gotta get use to it.

Tyria has that traditional RPG feel. Its very diverse. You go from waste lands to snowy mountains to tropics to jungle to desert then to an evil place.

In Cantha you start in a nice rural area, then to a well established city, then more then enough slums (Bah I got bored of the undercity so fast), then jade sea or petrified forest (both which repeat themself rather often). Then finally back into the slums, then into the city.

Tyria = A nice progressing feel, thus gives you the feeling of an adventure.
Cantha = A lot of back tracking, thus gives you the feeling of being a messanger boy.

My personal thoughts, less slums in Cantha. More regal "Market Place" type enviorments.

The city doesn't bother me. I still prefer Tyria, but I think Factions is no longer about the casual gamer. The quests are way too long for a short hop before work or before going somewhere.

I will always like Tryia just the thought of sitting in fishermans haven is nice place to get warm when it is winter where I am or yaks when it is to hot.It will be nice when Ascalon returns to it former glory of not looking like Nuclear Waste land.I really hate the Tengu over there.

Yes this is called Guild Wars about Guilds battleing it out with each other but it is a game no less and it is about haveing fun with it otherwise there would be no fun just by playing PvP all the time.I thought that once I got to post in beta I would be doing just that and never knew what guild I would be playing for.This where I get the misconception of it being Guild Wars as in Tryria guilds should hold certian terrian and not just 2 sided factions.I thought when I went through the academy I would be looking for guild to join and fighting guilds all over the place not just in halls.

I like the new environment better in Cantha, But i feel the same as the OP. In Tyria, quest to gain skills push me further into the game and opens new environments to explore, in short adventure.

In Cantha, i find 20+ quest in just 3 zones of the places with just different NPCs and they only large amounts of exp to push me to level and minute amounts of gold. Sorry buying skills were never something i enjoy.

As i have mentioned before, though i like factions, i find it hard to recommend to others to buy it.

Tyria, less crime against humanity!

Anet really rushed this one...really crap quests, everything repeats itself...

I believe that in a month its simply going to be Farm Wars to me

I can't keep coming back to some areas in Tyria. Quarrel Falls and Denravi, Fisherman's Heaven and Lion's Arch - so far I have not found a worthy substitute for those beauties in Cantha.

under no circumstances am I criticizing Cantha, I like the fact that there's something more to explore, I love the new title system and other improvements. I just can't find anything in Cantha that would make me stop and go "woooow, this is some awesome landscape there" like I did and still do in Tyria. I didn't feel that any quest or mission (like the Villainy of Galrath, THK , Riverside Province or Gates of Kryta) in Cantha was worth doing again.

I can't wait for E3 2006 to see what's coming in Chapter 3 and no matter what they're making I'm sure as hell getting it.

The shrines and temples are breathtaking, the cityscapes (full of pathing nightmares and texture anomalies) are... bad.

I'll be buying Factions soon, but rather reluctantly. Two more mule characters and some sweet new armors and items are the biggest draw for me.

I agree with most of you, cantha isnt particularly good, it all feels rushed, like all a-net are trying to do is get more money for cheap cost. The graphics of some places are a really good, amazing infact, but the quests and the missions! most bugged game ive ever come across in my whole life! And a-net havent done to well with thier anti farming recently....econemy can stick its head between its knee's and kiss its ass good bye Thier basicly killing gw....

Finding it much more open. You aren't as hemmed in (at least so far, I'm not far into the game, only on second mission - I'm taking my time) - what I mean is that for example you can go across a valley in a veriety of ways, and hills that would have been direction forcing in GW:P aren't. It's nice.