VoE Story is Great!

!Minor Spoilers Ahead!

Playing through the VoE story felt really good. While I have to say that I liked the story on intial release of SotO and JW as well, this one hit different.

First of all: Two of my favorite characters made a return, Canach and Rytlock. Canach is such an iconic character and I smiled multiple times while he was talking. And Rytlock was... just there I guess? Although I felt he could have played a more important role in the story, it was simply great to see that guy around again.

Next thing: Vloxx. What a cool character. Very cool Intro cut scene (I loved the cutscenes but there could have been more, please Anet!). And they build this character as a "good" bad guy, meaning that there is more depth to his evilness then simply being bad. What Vloxx says and thinks about Isgarren and the future of Tyria seems very interesting and I am looking forward to find out more during the following releases.

Lastly: I kinda liked that they put achievements into the story. Definetly better and more engaging than the "fill the bar" sections. Achievements so far have been hidden away and they finally get integrated into the regular gameplay flow. I have a minor concern though: Casual players could be put off by that content as they "just want to play the game". Let me explain: While I had fun testing around to get one of these done and went to a Yt guide for another collection, I wonder whether this might be too much for a "not-that-invested" player. Maybe that notion is wrong though, what do you guys think?

Overall, very cool story set-up. We will have to see though what the next releases will bring. I myself am cautiously optimistic, more so at least then I have been for JW! And if I could make a wish for the next story chapters (and future story content as well), that would be it: More and longer cutscenes!