GW2 had its place as a game you could just "explore." As in, you wander around, get involved in some quest going on, or do some sort of wierd world puzzle. In that regard it was a refreshing pace in the "WoW clone" era, but had so little to do with GW1 that it might have hurt it to use the name considering the retarded decisions they made with the lore.

GW1 was a lot more of a planning game, where you had to know what you were doing and git gud to succeed, as the low level cap and lack of gearing meant skill was important.

I've been working on my "God walking among mortals" title for 20 years now, and I doubt I'll ever get it, but GW1 is one of the last pre-WoW mmos still around and its so amazing.