Fun for a while... Rent it first ( if it was possible ).
a 9 - 9.9 / 10"
So there i went and bought it expecting a good gaming, it did entertain me meeting people , forming guilds , adventuring the immense world of warcraft then I started thinking about what I was doing..
Hmm.. im spending about 6 or more hours a day on a game that has no real storyline, fighting it out for loot ( after lvl 40, where most of the epic weapons come along everybody fights it out for epics or superior class items) and im spending $15 a month.
I think the people who have rated WoW things above 8/10 haven't really thought in depth about this game because thats where the bad points of the game lie, instead people only rate it on the good side of the game..
Here are some bad points....
1. Immense Lag in either Ogrrimmar and Ironforge ( Im talking about 1-2 minutes of lag when flying into the cities, its even worse entering the cities by foot where i get my fps down to 10 or so it does ease up, i have 2mbps connection and 256mb video card, 512 mb ram). At times servers where held and people where qeueing up to get into the server.
2. No storyline
3. Repetitive
4. Time consuming - A 10 man raid like Scholomance or Stratholme took 1.5 hours minimum (that is if we had good groups which is hard if your not in a good helping guild cause there's alot of newbs that are frustrating) to 3 hours maximum. And then it turns out you didnt get any loot at all just a few silvers - so then thats 1.5 -3 hours wasted cause you didnt get the item you wanted. Instances like molten core will either be so long you get bored or you fall to sleep.
5. Costly - Boy!, does every blizzard worker have a mansion made of gold? i thought they were making enough money as it is from its popularity ( they say the monthly fee is for technical support :S )
6. Other Users - There were some friendly people but then there were imbeciles trying to be funny - person locks door to scarlet monastery ( instance) , person chases you wherever you go and moves his char into you and dances, obessed people - if you are a rogue ( benifit greatly from daggers ) and another rogue rolls on the dagger which is dropped from a monster which the dagger you have equipped, you accidently roll or purposely win it they go all angry and do everything to annoy you , e.g tell rumors that your guild is bad, message you annoyingly ( i know theres the ignore system , but i want to play a game feeling in a relaxed enviroment.
At the end its all about who has the best items FULLSTOP
When you finish a quest you get items, when you get gold you buy new items, its all the same.
This game had sooo much potential, all it needed was a story line and to make it less repetitive
Conclusion - If you buy this game be sure to be entertained till level 60 after that you are on your on, one very important thing all games need is the endurance. How long will it last till it gets boring, as of course ALL games get boring..." just hoooow looooooong?"....