29th April 2009, 6:29 PM
Yesterday (the 28th) was the official anniversary, technically, and the 26th was the anniversary of the first day people who preordered (like me) could play the full final retail version.
And that's just since the official release, it'll be the fifth anniversary of the first public test open beta (when I first played the game) next month.
Amazing... it's already been that long? It doesn't feel it... it's still the best game released since, well, Guild Wars came out. Starcraft II will beat it I'm sure, but until then, nothing else matches it. I haven't been playing it all that much in the last year or two, compared to previously (I'm only at a thousand hours total, including beta) and haven't yet finished two of the four campaigns (though I am two thirds of the way through one of those two), but still, it's an amazing, amazing game that I still love. Because of the anniversary I've started playing again, and played over four hours yesterday... it's such an addictive game, it's so easy to play for a long time without even noticing...
The music and art design is as great as ever, too. Just amazing stuff, and it's great to see the game doing so well. :)
And that's just since the official release, it'll be the fifth anniversary of the first public test open beta (when I first played the game) next month.
Amazing... it's already been that long? It doesn't feel it... it's still the best game released since, well, Guild Wars came out. Starcraft II will beat it I'm sure, but until then, nothing else matches it. I haven't been playing it all that much in the last year or two, compared to previously (I'm only at a thousand hours total, including beta) and haven't yet finished two of the four campaigns (though I am two thirds of the way through one of those two), but still, it's an amazing, amazing game that I still love. Because of the anniversary I've started playing again, and played over four hours yesterday... it's such an addictive game, it's so easy to play for a long time without even noticing...
The music and art design is as great as ever, too. Just amazing stuff, and it's great to see the game doing so well. :)