In Guild Wars 2 you start the game by creating your own character. You can choose between 5 fantasy races, ranging from humans to anthropomorphic cats. After that grand decision you choose your profession, this decides what powers you have, and then you can go on and customize your character to your wishes.

After completing the character creation part you get thrown into the world of Tyria, the setting of the game. As you level up you go through the personal story of your character, which is different for each race, with the climax being the battle against the evil dragon that is threatening the peace of Tyria.

But this is only just the beginning to a much bigger story. Your personal story sets the stage for a continuing story with new worlds and new villains to fight. A story that is currently still in the making and updating as I am writing this.

I started playing the game last year in the summer of 2015 after the game had been made free for all to play, with some features of the game behind a 'pay once to play' wall. I had never played an online game like this before, because I often feared they would be full of teenage boys throwing slurs at each other. But I am happy I got past this fear and tried it out anyway.

The game immediately sucked me in with its gorgeous graphics and environments and has yet to bore me. It also did not take long for me to buy the upgrade to get access to all the features and I have not regretted it at all.

You do not have to be a die-hard gamer to play this game, you can play it at your pace and you can do what you want, within the limits of the game of course. You don't even have to play the personal story if you do not want to do it! Also, the community is generally nice and people will not shy away from thanking each other when others help them in-game.

In general I would highly recommend this game, as I think this is a better introduction to MMORPGs than World of Warcraft.