Time listed Guild Wars 2 as the top video game of 2012.

Editor Matt Peckham noted that “Guild Wars 2 is one of those rare games that unexpectedly knocks your life off-kilter, like a meteoroid banging into a satellite”, adding on that “Guild Wars 2 [has] the feel of a living world, and the sort of compulsive anywhere-you-go playability other MMOs only dream of e listed Guild Wars 2 as the top video game of 2012. Editor Matt Peckham noted that “Guild Wars 2 is one of those rare games that unexpectedly knocks your life off-kilter, like a meteoroid banging into a satellite”, adding on that “Guild Wars 2 [has] the feel of a living world, and the sort of compulsive anywhere-you-go playability other MMOs only dream of