World of Warcraft

Plot synopsis:
Intent on settling in Durotar, Thrall's Horde expanded its ranks by inviting the undead Forsaken to join orcs, tauren, and trolls. Meanwhile, dwarves, gnomes, and the ancient night elves pledged their loyalties to the Alliance, guided by the human kingdom of Stormwind. After Stormwind's king, Varian Wrynn, mysteriously disappeared, Highlord Bolvar Fordragon served as Regent but his service was affected by the mind control of the black dragon Onyxia, who ruled in disguise as a human noblewoman. As heroes investigated Onyxia's manipulations, the ancient elemental lord Ragnaros resurfaced to endanger both the Horde and Alliance. The heroes of the Horde and Alliance defeated Onyxia and sent Ragnaros back to the Elemental Plane.
=== Assault on Blackwing Lair ===
Deep within Blackrock Mountain, the black dragon Nefarian conducted twisted experiments with the blood of other dragonflights. Intent on seizing the entire area for his own, he recruited the remaining Dark Horde, a rogue army that embraced the demonic bloodlust of the old Horde. These corrupt orcs, trolls, and other races battled against the Ragnaros and the Dark Iron dwarves for control of the mountain. Nefarian created the twisted chromatic dragons and a legion of other aberrations in his bid to form an army powerful enough to control Azeroth and continue the legacy of his infamous father, Deathwing the Destroyer. Nefarian was vanquished by the heroes from the Horde and the Alliance.
=== Rise of the Blood God ===
Years ago, in the ruined temple of Atal'Hakkar, loyal priests of the Blood God Hakkar the Soulflayer attempted to summon the wrathful deity's avatar into the world. But his followers, the Atal'ai priesthood, discovered that the Soulflayer could only be summoned within the Gurubashi tribe's ancient capital, Zul'Gurub. Newly reborn in this jungle fortress, Hakkar took control of the Gurubashi tribe and mortal champions of the trolls' mighty animal gods. The Soulflayer's dark influence was halted when the Zandalari tribe recruited heroes and invaded Zul'Gurub.
=== The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj ===
The great desert fortress of Ahn'Qiraj, long sealed behind the Scarab Wall, was home to the insectoid qiraji, a savage race that had once mounted an assault to devastate the continent of Kalimdor. But something far more sinister lurked behind Ahn'Qiraj's walls: the Old God C'Thun, an ancient entity whose pervasive evil had suffused Azeroth since time immemorial. As C'Thun incited the qiraji to frenzy, both the Alliance and Horde prepared for a massive war effort. A mixed force of Alliance and Horde soldiers, dubbed the Might of Kalimdor, opened the gates of Ahn'Qiraj under the command of the orc Varok Saurfang. The heroes laid siege to the ruins and temples of Ahn'Qiraj and vanquished C'Thun.
=== Shadow of the Necropolis ===
In the Lich King's haste to spread the plague of undeath over Azeroth, he gifted one of his greatest servants, the lich Kel'Thuzad, with the flying citadel of Naxxramas, as a base of operations for the Scourge. Consistent attacks from the Scarlet Crusade and Argent Dawn factions weakened the defenses of the floating fortress, enabling an incursion from the heroes that led to Kel'Thuzad's defeat. However, a traitor among the ranks of the knightly order of the Argent Dawn ran away with Kel'Thuzad's cursed remains and fled to Northrend, where the fallen lich could be reanimated.

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Review:
is it a great game you can spend days, weeks, months and even years on?
I've had some really really great times playing wow and I've had some really really boring moments.
I admit there were some weeks and even months where I did nothing but play WoW.
I have friends who have done nothing but play WoW for over a year.
10+ hours of gaming every day of the week.
You want to see your character looking all hot and being able to churn out lots of damage or keep the members in your party alive so you can prevail and yell "Victory!".I've had many great times and met a lot of great people during my time in Azeroth and Kalimdor.
Level 1 to 60 is great for casual gamers who play some hours a day a few days of the week.
And then when you hit level 60 you can just chill out and do the 5-10 man instances for the best and nicest blue gear possible from them, and have a hell of a good time doing it with good friends.
There must be a better way to spend your real life time on.
Either you want to try out the opposite faction or just another class so you can experience the game from a different point of view.
Downside here is that the game won't feel as fresh as before and leveling can become a bit boring as you've done most of the quest before.
Here you say to yourself, it was a great game and fun while it lasted.
But it's time to move on.World of Warcraft is a great game if you can manage to control your game time.
You meet great people and it's fun to see your character getting stronger and wiser.
Vastly more complicated than just hitting a lever for a banana, World of Warcraft is an adventure game with a great story that unfolds as you play.
If you grew up loving fantasy books such as Lord of the Rings, and social interaction games like Dungeons and Dragons, you will probably like World of Warcraft.World of Warcraft may not be appropriate for uptight, impatient, junior-college behavioral psychology students, who were never allowed to play games as a child and therefore have no understanding of their value.Cheers!.
When this game was announced, it already had many fans (prospective players): those who played the original Warcraft games (of which there were three).This game now has 50.6% of the entire MMORPG market (according to http://www.mmogchart.com/) at the time of this writing.
Yes, it has some things that need to be fixed, but far less that any other MMO I've played.The world in which this game is set is absolutely stunning and brilliant in complexity as well as it's immersive nature.
The Warcraft series has already developed a full, rich lore on which the World of Warcraft can draw it's own story line.I know that Wikipedia isn't always overly accurate, but I must say, if you're curious about this game, I'd say read the Wikipedia article..
This is unlike any game you will ever play.
You will be hooked as soon as you start to play as this game is SO darn addictive !!
World of Warcraft is a massively multi-player online game that enables thousands of players to come together online and battle against the world and each other.
Players from across the globe can leave the real world behind and undertake grand quests and heroic exploits in a land of fantastic adventure.
At long last, the world of Azeroth, first glimpsed in Warcraft 1 and further enhanced in subsequent strategy games, is realised in glorious detail and ready for the arrival of millions of prospective players.
World of warcraft is 20 times better than all current MMORPG's, simply because it is 20 times more FUN.There are a few reasons why WOW is ten times MORE FUN than other MMORPG's.
Warsong gulch is like capture the flag in Quake except its an RPG game instead of a First Person Shooter.
Plus all the high level elite bosses roaming around the world that takes 30-40 people some effort to take down.
Also, a lot of younger players play this game and some more mature people will find this difficult, as playing with 12 year old children that spam the chat channels is not their idea of an Online game.
As a final word, World of Warcraft is the best Computer game available for the PC to date, and seeing its huge amount off success across the world, will be for a long time..
There is no way of completing it, once you have reached the maximum level there are endless ways of bettering your character.
If you look at the trivia section in IMDb and have a look, some of them are really obvious but you don't see them.Best game i have ever played.
If you are thinking of starting to play be very careful as it is highly addictive.
But like i said it is the best game i have ever played.
This game lets you explore the closest thing to an alternate reality that one could experience.
Loyalty, intelligence and a world, yeah, a HUGE world of exploring will make your social life take a turn, for a great way.
It makes friends and draws people to, at least for me, make the phrase "For the Horde" less dorky to the monumental amount of people I meet that play this game.
An Amazing game, but please don't play 5+ hours a day!.
World of Warcraft is by far one of the greatest games i have ever played.
--Pros -Excellent game play and graphics.-interesting environments -creative spells/abilities/talents -Raids!--Cons -Way to seductive and addicting..(but can you really blame the game) -ocassionally pointless quests.-having to deal with irritating players who will not leave you alone.-Often having high latency, especially on heavily populated realms.-people who tend to use 1337 so much you don't have a clue to what they are trying to tell you.-Tuesday maintenance To some it up, World of Warcraft is a great game, and before you tear it down, try playing it.
For those who have played it already and dislike it then i respect your opinion and i guess World of Warcraft isn't for everyone.
People also need to realize there is a life out side of WoW, 1 hour....good, 2 hour....okay, 3 hour....well?, 4 hour.....rap it up!, 5 hour.......your done...
Its also surprising what you could learn in the time that you spent playing a game....
Still never the less, great game, try it out if you have self control...
You can choose your name, crafting it into any form you like.Then the journey begins.World of Warcraft is an enthralling game that unfolds as you cross the worlds of Azeroth and Kalimdor and discover new locations, fight epic battles, finish quests, level up and much more.
With new spells, weapons, skills and enemies, there's always a way you can improve yourself and strive to become the most powerful being in the World of Warcraft.Definitely the best fantasy game ever made.But there are downsides.
World of Warcraft is like any online game if anyone plays it too much.
After spding months playing the game, the gamer will start to get more ruthless and addicting to it, straying away from his real life and making the game replace it.
These are the things that make a game addict, so be careful when playing World of Warcraft, do not get too addicted to it, and also keep in mind the things that matter more in life.
But don't get me wrong, it is a great game, and I recommend it only to mature gamers, those who know to control their lives.Total Mark: 8/10By HowlingRabbit334.
I do not blame the game, but myself, for losing hundreds of hours that with ease could have been spent doing something constructive/more fun.
It took me a good two years before realizing the complete nonsense of actually devoting even a minute to this game, and at the point of recognizing this fact it took me less than no time to stop playing for good.
Play it through with one character and you've explored all there is to it.
At top level all you can do to further build up your character is to grind, grind, and grind some more for equipment that is slightly better than what you already have.
PvP is another means to drain you of yet another couple of hundred hours and dreadfully predictive unless you are a dimwit, reaching ne plus ultra meaning (take a wild guess) better equipment.At level 70 _everything_ boils down to getting better equipment?
Playing with your friends is fun for a while, but there are better and more intricate games that actually give something in return while doing so.
Clearing an end-game instance is fun the first time, after which it gets repetitive.
This game is flawed in so many ways it's a wonder that people continue to play it.Wow is a hoax and you're all being cheated..
Don't get how people can play it non-stop for days and not get sick of it.
Have seen my friends play and they all have 60's and I cant see any difference from my level 20.
Unfortunately, this means many computers will struggle in highly populated areas, which can spoil the whole experience a bit.Something that really disappointed me about this game were the customisation options, which are, to say the least, few.
You end up feeling very un-unique.The game has a good system for instances, unique dungeons for a party, however its quests come in 3 different types, and all of which are basically a grind.When you get down to it this is a grind game, and will lose its appeal to many people after the first 20-30 levels.I give it 7 stars..
The game has a very simple structure; go around and receive "tasks/quests" from various persons (controlled by other players) and solve these tasks/quests by killing animals and monsters, thus getting rewarded by "items".The ultimate goal of the game is to gather more and more powerful items and make you character more powerful.
To gather all the best items probably takes years(!).Diablo and Diablo II had both the same structure as World of Warcraft.
I liked them both but not World of Warcraft.There are many reasons why I don't like World of Warcraft:1)World of Warcraft costs money per month2)It is very evident that the game is constructed to be as slow as possible so that people never reach the ultimate end.
Sometimes you have to gather insane amounts of items to solve quests.3)The action is very slow, and your character can't die (just turns into a ghost for a short time), so there is never any danger to speak of.10 years into the future everybody will probably hate how much time they wasted playing this garbage..
Let me point out first,if the title of this review has misled you,I DO NOT hate WoW.I have played the game for about half a year.I saw it's flaws,I saw it's good aspects.But the reason why I'm giving it a fairly low rating is not due to poor gameplay and such,but due to Blizzard's policy.When WoW came out in 2004 it was considered groundbreaking,everyone was hyped and soon it became one of the most popular games ever.But with every expansion the game began to decay.Instead of focusing on newer projects,Blizzard just want to keep WoW on life support.You have to pay for subscription,yet there are free-to-play MMOs available that surpass WoW in almost every aspect.Not to insult WoW,sure,leveling up is boring,but raiding is fun and the game is a blast if you play it with some friends.My main problem is the fact,that Wow has sort of a monopoly when it comes to MMOs,mainly because of the huge success after it's release and because of that it influences other MMOs to emulate it's gameplay instead of being their own thing.If not for this,I would have given this game a 7/10.And what's even worse,Blizzard don't care that they are slowing progress,they are only interested in the profit.So instead of saying "You know,Wow was a blast,but it's due time we move on.Let's give the other MMOs a chance and to keep the fans happy,we'll make Wow free-to-play.",they release expansion after expansion and really on the loyal fans to keep on playing(and paying).Shame on you Blizzard,shame on you.But,you know,there is hope,lately new MMOs have been coming out.MMOs with gameplay completely different from WoW,like "Dragon Nest" or "DC Universe Online".So maybe Wow is starting to loose it's influence,maybe Blizzard will soon realize that..
Great Game, but too consuming.
World of Warcraft or WOW whatever you want to call it is A great game.
Its fun, you meet with lots of other gamers, you feel a sense of accomplishment completing quests, and leveling up.
While this game is that great it has the ability to consume people.
This can take drastic effects on your life, and if you find yourself playing for more then 3 hours a day then you need to get help.I played the game myself spent sunny summer days inside playing WOW doing instances that took 4-5 hours when I could have been outside swimming, hanging out with friends.
I returned to the game got to level 40 but hung it up again after that.
People have to realize there are other good things out there besides this Love, Friendship.And if your in School playing this its simple find something else to do to kill time and make you forget it or if your out of school working go to the gym hang out with friends, my case I was in high school so I played on my high school football team to kill time and make me forget it.
I have seen friends get divorced because they got consumed don't let it happen.The game is fun and OK and a lot of fun to play, when it gets to the point where it consumes you, you have to know when to stop before it gets dangerous.
That is why it is the most common schedule of reinforcement in the game.The game also uses fixed interval schedules, when certain tasks can only be completed at certain times of the day or month.One of the keys in a reinforcement schedule is to not have the payoff require too many responses, otherwise there is ratio strain (too much effort for too little reward).The game gets around this by creating a strong reinforcement history, having a small Variable Ratio schedule maybe VR4 (an average of 4 attacks will kill a creature at level 1 or 2).
World of Warcraft gives blizzard a bad name in my eyes.
Even though new races and weapons have been added to the Warcraft series it still gets boring and annoying.World of Warcraft just brainwashes kids (and adults) into nothingness, i mean come on haven't you seen the south park episode.What was blizzard thinking?
Everyone has an enemy, thats probably where blizzard made all their money off this game.2/10.
Great Game, Old Story.
World of Warcraft is an excellent game.
Play time in this game is measured in days not hours.
Greatest game I've played..
I give the game World of Warcraft a 9/10 because not all games are perfect.
I currently own a Level 50 warrior, and I haven't got her there without having fun.
Making friends is what I've had fun with, and the game is just a bonus.
The game is called an MMORPG - Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.
In World of Warcraft you can do many things, fight, trade, put things up for auction as well as buy things at an auction house, found in Alliance cities like Stormwind, Ironforge, Darnassus, and Shattrah City and/or the Exodor, I don't know where they are in Horde, other than Oggrimar and I think The Undercity, but a funny thing to do is the emote system which is what I am talking about, you can enter in a word with a dash in front of it to see if you can do that action ie: /laugh makes your character laugh, or you can do /e then your name pops up and you can write your own action such as /e plays with a bunny rabbit.
, how many games have got you so gripped that you pretty much kiss you're social life goodbye?, well World of Warcraft , is one of these games.You make your account , log in , and begin to create your character , choosing from tons of features to make you're character look unique.
After you're done making you're character you are ready to take on a massive game.Now World of Warcraft is a MMORPG standing for Massivly Multi Player Online Role Playing Game.
As you begin to quest and kill the countless numbers of creatures in the game , you're start to feel like you are achieving something while spending you're time playing, witch i feel is a rare thing in most games.One of the key things to be careful about with World of Warcraft is that it does require a fair amount of time to play , as you will be running "instance's" ( basically Duengions witch you and your party do too get experience points and items ), and killing other players characters ( PVP ).Now i'll explain a bit about player vs player combat.
In world of warcraft there are two factions , these being the Alliance ( good guys if you like ) and the mighty Horde ( bad guys ).
Weather you enjoy making items , such as weapons armour , potions of all sorts, killing monsters and hunting items , trading , exploring lands , role-playing , player vs player combat, riding mounts , mining , skinning , leveling.In my opinion World of Warcraft is the best game ever made.