# Guild Wars

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/guild-wars-1/

6 people recommended Guild Wars in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips”.

**Verdict:** Players recommend it for its fun gameplay, its skill system and the many lasting memories from its long campaign, though one notes most outposts are empty.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fondly remembered, long-lasting enjoyment (3 comments in the sample): "GW1 remains one of my favorite games and the source of many good memories" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47272379)) "Too much of my life sunk into GW1. Beat all 4(?) expansions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47270354)) "Guild Wars was one of the most fun games ever." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457090))
- Long time spent playing (1 comment in the sample): "having spent thousands of hours in gw1 and hundreds in gw2, I don't think I ever had an actual crash" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50310418))

## What people warn about

- Outposts often empty (1 comment in the sample): "It did rekindle my love for the game, but most outposts are empty, even in the international districts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47273016))

## Other MMORPGs people recommend

- [World of Warcraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/world-of-warcraft/): 39 recommend, 22 mixed, 61 criticize
- [EVE Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eve-online/): 28 recommend, 18 mixed, 18 criticize
- [RuneScape](https://hackerapproved.com/p/runescape/): 23 recommend, 11 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Ultima Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-online/): 21 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Guild Wars", https://hackerapproved.com/p/guild-wars-1/ (6 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.