Guild Wars Reforged

Guild Wars Reforged Review: The Whole 2005 MMO on a Phone, Mouse Not Included

Not a Mobile Version — the PC Game, Same Account, Same Servers

The July 6, 2026 Google Play review with the most votes says it in one line: this is not a mobile version, it is access to the entire PC game. A former player recovered their account and found every old character and inventory item as if logged into the PC client; an August 2 App Store five-star found the expansions and character slots bought 17 years earlier still there. That buys the full saga — Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall and Eye of the North — with ten professions, thousands of collectable skills, builds you cook from armour, weapons and skill bars, and parties filled with other players, NPC henchmen or customisable heroes, PvP and hard mode. ArenaNet released it alongside the Reforged relaunch on Steam; a June 24 reviewer who paid for ad-free Prophecies and used a Backbone controller calls it basically the same as the Steam version.

Targeting by Scrolling, Books That Will Not Open, iPhones That Cook

The port's problems are the ones you would guess for a mouse-and-keyboard MMO on glass. An August 19 Play four-star finds targeting tedious — you scroll through every enemy, including distant ones — and flagging heroes awkward; the July 6 reviewer cannot open a book; a June 30 App Store three-star from an original player calls it a very clunky but faithful port without accessibility features. A September 13 four-star wants saved builds and shortcut icons, and notes explorable areas get laggy after a while. Heat is the recurring hardware complaint: an August 24 review closed the game after an iPhone 17 became hot within minutes, and a July 18 iPhone 17 Pro Max owner reports the screen dimming and refusing to brighten until they stop. Against that, a July 9 player since 2006 calls the port solid and says ArenaNet pushes builds frequently.

Free Prophecies With Ads, $6.99 Campaigns, No Subscription — on iOS 26

The pricing is the old boxed model translated: Prophecies is free with advertising, and $6.99 removes the ads; Factions and Nightfall are $6.99 each and Eye of the North $9.99; Xunlai storage panes and material storage are $3.99, an extra character slot $5.99, and Google Play's range runs $3.99 to $29.99. There is no subscription, no gacha and no energy — a September 14 one-star uninstalled at the sight of the pay-to-remove-ads offer, which is the whole of the free-tier cost. Google's data-safety card lists personal info, financial info and four other types collected, with device IDs shared with third parties; Apple lists usage data linked to you. The iOS build is 1.47 GB and requires iOS 26 — a 2025 iPhone or later — while Android needs only 7.0. Numbers at three months: 100,000-plus installs and 3,130 reviews at 3.8 on Play, 521 App Store ratings at 4.1. Prices are regional.