World of Warcraft can really be just a matter of personal opinion. I am more of a slow, kind of casual mmo player who really doesn't take things seriously in these types of games. Once you enter the "World" of warcraft you are either sucked in from the beginning, you like the game and decide to give it a try, or you just find it unappealing and eventually quit. The quests are very easy as is pretty much the entire game. Levels 1-58 or so are spent going from zone to zone in the lands of Azeroth going from quest giver to quest giver and fighting mobs, collecting quest items,exploring, or doing lower level instances (dungeons). This may sound tedious, and for me it was later on in the game more often than not. But many people enjoy the gameplay and find it quite fun and enjoyable from 1-60. Like I said above most of it is just a matter of one's own personal opinion. The game can be either fun or tedious until you hit 60. Now I am not going to say it sucks at 60 or anything, what I am going to say is it all depends on what you are looking for. This is where players who are sick of grinding or doing quest are able to run the big raid instances. I myself am very fond of solo-able content. If you want to go rogue (no pun intended) and solo stuff on your own, you won't get anywhere in end game. Unless you want to grind mobs for faction all the time or do battlegrounds and what not. If you want gear your only option is to join 5 man groups (for your dungeon armor set, which is basically your superior level 60 armor) and do dungeon instances. After that, if you want to go for the epic good looking armor you have to join huge groups with 20+ people and enter a raid instance for 3+ hours. I am not implying that this is bad however. If raiding is your sort of thing, you may find this bit of the game quite enjoyable. But for a player like myself who likes to solo something if possible rather than group you wont find much of anything in end game. Battlegrounds are fun, however to join a bg instance you must wait on a queue before you can join. These can last anywhere from 10 minutes to 3+ hours depending on the battleground and the number of people playing. I found these to be actually very exciting but the biggest drawback are the wait times and the occasional lag. The depth of the game's tradeskills is a huge issue with me. The entire game is just fighting all the time, going from place to place and level to level. Most tradeskills (or professions) dont offer any incentive to making certain items other than getting you another point closer to the 300 mark. Some tradeskills make useful items, like someone with first aid makes bandages, someone with engineering can make bombs and such. But none of professions offer any customization features or diversity, such as crafting an item with great stats one second, and crafting the same item the next with poor stats. All the items you craft will be the same as well as the quality of your components. I found the tradeskills/professions to be extremely poor and relatively unrewarding to lower level players and even high level ones who have not looted that one epic sword recipe. As for the depth of the game itself, the world is very small, with quite a bit to see. However if you are like me who just came from Star Wars Galaxies and liked to explore massive zones, you wont find much here. Most of the zones are very small with little to see or encounter after you have been there once.
The UI is extremely simple and easy to use. Even if you get bored with the same old look, you can choose from several user-created interface mods online which can do anything from rearranging your UI completely, or being able to change the games soundtrack to your own, personal playlist. Graphics are quite cartoony yet that is a given granted the entire warcraft rts series had cartoon-like graphics. If you want more "realistic" graphics like you may find in everquest or DaoC. Steer clear. Personally I didn't mind the graphics themselves. But they are very clear and it is easy to see what exaclty you are getting into. World of Warcraft can be either a very fun, or a very tedious, boring game. Even both. I found this game to be fun for a couple weeks, then completely boring the next few months. Like I said above you will either be addicted to it and level up to 60 in no time, you will dislike the game and not play it at all, or you will be like me and like it from the start, but keep finding it boring off and on as you play until you hit end game. At which it all matters on what you like to do, where the game doesn't offer you much of a choice. It is all a matter of what you like and what you are looking for. This may be the most popular mmo out there due to all of the promotion, but it is certainly nowhere near the best. I give this a 5/10.
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