Its ok.
The movement and the feel of the game in general feels a little dated and certainly nothing exciting unfortunately.
The graphics I would say the same about even if it is a large scaled world. The graphics seem dated for a 2012 game.
The combat brings nothing new either, I was in another thread discussing this and was told the combat was more similar to TERA compared to other MMO's but this is not true and disappointed me. Its the same old tab - 1,1,1,2 rhythm
The game in general, interface, character, skills etc... Wasnt too simple to figure out and will definitely take some time getting used to.
The quests I enjoyed though, they are pretty straight forward and satisfactory fun.
I was excited to try out the PvP so joined the WvW thingy and I found that way to overwhelming for the little time I had, definitely something thats gonna take some time getting used too also. I felt lost, not knowing what I am doing and stuff. Even with an instructor there giving me a sort of manual I didnt have a clue lol
Friend of mine put it a little more simpler in shorter words and believes the game is abit of a mess atm, I guess I agree. It is only a beta though, and shouldnt affect my final judgement of the game at release.
All in all, I dont think the game has been made very welcoming to noobies at all. Ive no idea how similar everything works to Guild Wars 1 but all I can say is if you havent played Guild Wars 1 then you will probably feel confused most of the time playing Guild Wars 2 if this weekend will be the first time you play it anyway.