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World of Warcraft Review (continued)
More User Submitted World of Warcraft Reviews
Date: 2008-02-19
BEST GAME EVER!!!
AWESOME!!! I never thought I would like MMORPGs. I've always played games like Baldur's Gate II, Neverwinter Nights, and Diablo, but after the trial, I had to have more!!! I bet right now they have clinics for people with WOW (World of Warcraft) addiction.
Date: 2008-01-28
Addictive, Fun Online Role-Playing Game
World of Warcraft is an excellent, but not ground-breaking, online fantasy role-playing game with the potential for unlimited fun. The gameplay is typical of the genre: you select a class and race, start at level one, go off on a lot of quests, gain experience and money, complete tougher quests, repeat. Where this game shines, though, is the online experience with other players.
Blizzard has succeeded in creating an online environment with great opportunities for interaction with other players. You can formally team up with other players in groups to complete individual quests, sharing loot and experience, or you can join guilds to have a larger group of friends ready and willing to help you out. Also, as often happens, you can informally help another player out with a battle or quest by simply helping them with a tough fight or casting a helpful spell on them.
So far I've found the other players, by and large, courteous and very helpful. I've had more experienced players spend lots of their time helping me out by showing me new areas or features, and almost all are willing to answer a question or two.
The gameplay is very well-done, with an intuitive but customizable interface. Often the quests aren't overly challenging, especially because of the poor AI of the bad guys, but they're still fun.
Finally, Blizzard has created a huge world in World of Warcraft, and populated it with two factions. Players at higher levels may raid the homelands of the other factions, while players at lower levels experience the thrill and terror of real (not AI) threats bearing down on them. The opportunity to interact with other players, both on friendly and deadly terms, gives this game unlimited potential for exploration and fun. This is a highly-addictive game!
Date: 2008-01-17
Great graphics
Looks impressive, but we weren't ready for the extensive downloads and pay to play. We gave up when we saw a 12 hour download time, after already spending 3 hours downloading the game and signing up. Only for the strong of heart!
Date: 2008-01-16
Removing A Game's Fun
I bought (WoW Battlechest) as a Xmas gift for my hubby. It was one of the few PC games I thought we could play together. After setting up his account, I set up my characters to play with him on a trial account. Now, with the trial about to expire, I find that (to continue playing) we must drive an hour and 30$ worth of gas to the nearest city and physically purchase a 2nd set of software disks or wait 2 weeks for a mail order (with his characters stuck in limbo since we were cooperating & I can't continue). They won't even make a second key available for purchase online.
When I bought the game I was told that we only needed one copy. It's fair for Blizzard to charge their monthly for two accounts but this is completely unreasonable.
Furthermore Blizzard absolutely inundates a player with legal contract mumbo-jumbo over and over and over again just to play. As a semi-retired software designer, game designer, and graphics artist, I can say that Blizzard has done excellent work in these fields. However, their bean counters and bureaucrats have managed to take all the fun out of the game for me. I'm not willing to put up with this short term stupidity and will recommend to hubby that he cancel (though he loves it) after his subscription expires.
This is consumer fraud and extortion up with which I will not put. Should Blizzard correct this policy I shall change this review. Meanwhile may their slimy lawyers get exactly what they put out.
Date: 2008-01-14
WOW is a good name for it
When a friend told of WOW about 3 years ago, I blew it off as he gets excited about games a bit too easily. However, as each year went by, he kept talking about this game and how great it was. So great that he stopped buying a new game once or twice a month as he had been.
So I tried it. In fact not only did I like it, but my daughters liked it and wanted to play often enough that we were competing for time. They have their own account now!
Looks like a kids game, but great play value for this 40 something.
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