I've always wanted to play Diablo, and Warcraft, and Starcraft, because I heard from people all around that these games are the best. So back in December of 2003, I bought myself Warcraft III: Battle Chest, which included Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne. As soon as I loaded it up on my computer, I was hooked. I believed that this game I was playing was one of the best I had ever played in Real Time Strategy (RTS) games.....EVER!!! So naturally, I wanted to follow up on this company called "Blizzard", to see any up coming projects or any types of hints and stuff to help me in the game. I went on their site http://www.blizzard.com and I found an upcoming project game called "World of Warcraft". I read up on it and I found it was going to be an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. I didn't in particular like those kinds of games because they cost you every month. But over the months as Blizzard release more and more info, and then started taking apps for closed beta, I was ready and waiting for release. So finally in November 2004, after months of waiting, and YEARS for everyone else, I finally got my hands on the special edition of World of Warcraft. This game is OUTSTANDING!! This is my first exposure to MMO games and I'm glad WoW was my first choice. The artwork, the expanding storyline, and just the overall environment of the game including: quests, emotes and etc, made this game excellent. Blizzard has outdone themselves in creating a game that not only hardcore gamers can play, but casual gamers as well. In booting up the game you have lots of different choices, first you pick what race you want to be, and they're all devided into opposing factions which is the staple of the game, the Horde and the Alliance. For the Alliance there is: Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes and Night Elves. For the Horde there is: Orcs, Trolls, Undead and Tauren. Then you choose classes like Paladins, Warriors, Shamans and priests. Just for noting to you, this game has plenty to do, and since this is an MMO, this game is never ending, which means you can play this game on and on, and still not get bored, because as the months and years go by, Blizzard will already have inserted new content such as quests, items and etc....so don't expect this game to be ending any time soon..^_^ There is just so much to this game that as many words can describe, there is nothing like experiencing it for yourself. This game is absolutely worth your time, and the money if you have a job, even a bad one you don't like..lol...will afford you this game. For all the time that you can spare, WoW will take it from you like THAT!!! That's how good the game is. GREAT JOB BLIZZARD!!!
I played WoW for much of a year and during that time I didn't do much else. After I emerged from the bottomless void, I realized that the engrossing nature of the game is both its greatest strength and its greatest weakn... Read Full Review
There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said. So I won't say it again - however, WoW is a very overrated game. It's hailed as "innovative" and "revolutionary", but the only way in which it is... Read Full Review
