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Great game. Buy it three months from now.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 18
Date: January 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

World of Warcraft is experiencing HORRIFIC server problems. Queues of an hour or more just to log into the game. Server crashes that delete the past 10 minutes of gameplay, AND require you to start over at the beginning of the queue. When the server doesn't crash, the game (or major features of the game like, say, resurrecting after a death) is unplayable due to lag.

This is truly a great game, but it's absolutely NOT ready for prime-time yet. Watch the game's forums at forums.worldofwarcraft.com; when you stop seeing posts like "server issues" on a daily basis, THEN you should consider purchasing the game.

Super addicting, life ruining, not worth the risk to buy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 39
Date: December 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for my 13 year old for christmas last year. It has now been smashed to pieces, my son has be banned from the computer for who knows how long....WHY.......
Sneaking up and staying up all night to play
Skipping school to play
Stealing credit cards to reinstate account after child restricted and account terminated.
Lying beyond belief
Personality Changes
Shirking responsibilities, friends, family, school work
Grads went from A's & B's
to D's & F's
The child nearly had a nervous breakdown from loss of sleep playing this stupid game, and then again when the game was taken away from him.
I WARN YOU....DO NOT BUY THIS GAME FOR YOR CHILD, you will live to regret it. They become creatures you don't even recognize.

The game demands your soul and money

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 23
Date: June 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay. This game is great to play BUT it will demand all of your time. Ever. Say goodbye to family, friends, and social life once you get hooked. Time for pros and cons, kids!

Pros: AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME graphics. Smooth play. Made for gamers who love to figure out strategies. Shamans and Warlocks. :)

Cons: Sometimes WoW encounters errors, some which last days. Sometimes you can't sign on. Guilds are unstable and you can't trust anyone. People in your guilds are 10 years younger than you. WoW demands your time to get to level 60 (which takes MONTHS) so you will grind and quest till about 50 and give up because there are better things to do with weekends, nights, and days off. 60 is where it all comes to life but you'll never know that because you're not a 10 year old geek whose parents neglect and enable you to sit in a chair glued to a monitor for 2 years of your short and precious life. You'll notice while playing that WoW DESIGNS it to where you have to spend time doing useless crap like running back to your corpse after you die and sometimes that takes about 5+ minutes depending on where the nearest graveyard is to you. And if you get camped or you have to spawn hop... you have to log and there's a whole day wasted. They also make you move very slowly through the world on default and at level 40 you can get a mount that costs you 100g (or less depending on honor blah blah blah) and let me tell you... you can either farm that for days or buy it online. One eats your time, the other your pocket. JUST TO MOVE A LITTLE FASTER IN THE GAME. Then for an epic mount its 1000g (give or take). WTF. You can't get good gear because guilds are shaky or don't know how to raid bosses. And you can't PvP against a faction with better gear than you. General chats explode with stupidity and nerdly arrogance. People cursing each other out because they asked for help or directions.

In short, this game is for nerdly, single, jobless nerds. If you are a gamer who likes to do your thing for the moment and get on with life... uh uh. WoW is only after $s$. I pity the fool.

So Much To Do, So Little Time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I want to keep this review brief but there's so much to say. I'll try and keep things short and sweet.

This is a role-playing game. It's not just some action game with a dungeons and dragons theme. You really feel like you're part of this world (of warcraft) and that you're actually making a difference when you complete quests or help others. It's easy to get attached to your character too. Physically the characters don't look very different, but it's almost impossible to find another character with the same skills and abilites as you. Other than appearance you can really mold this character however you want.

The quests are great. When you complete one you really feel like you've done something special. Even on a "seek and destroy" type of quest you get the feeling you're actually part of the story. Basically I've never completed a quest without understanding the plot behind it.

The world (of warcraft) is huge too. I know if I wanted to visit every town it would take me weeks to do. That is partially due to the fact that you run pretty slowly. Sometimes things are a little too spread out.

Leveling isn't always a momentus occasion. Just because you leveled doesn't mean you get a new skill or the next best armor. Aside from trade skills you only get new class skill options every few levels. The trade skills are great though. You don't learn leatherworking just to make inferior armor and sell it away. I've actually used armor that I've made. I can even sell it at a very good profit.

I don't know much about this but some characters only start off with certain weapon proficiencies. Well, if you're a mage who wants to learn how to use a sword you can. Aside from class skills you can do a lot of things the other classes can.

I don't have many gripes. You run pretty slowly and it gets annoying sometimes. There are ways to run faster or get animals to ride, but they don't come early on. Also the map really lacks detail. When you have a quest it doesn't mark where to go to. Or when you're done it doesn't mark who to talk to unless you're within view of the person. I guess it would make quests more mundane to tell you where to go, but it would be nice if you could annotate the map yourself. I think the queue system could use some work too. From playing other MMORPGs I think the concept of waiting in line to login is ridiculous. Also compared to other MMOGs I've played the downloader/updater sucks. I had no idea my computer could download so slowly.

I think my gripes aren't major ones but they're viable so I couldn't give the game quite 5 stars. However, if you want a serious RPG then this is it.

Its abbreviation speaks for itself

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: September 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

WoW. After playing over Labor Day weekend during the Stress Test, this is by far the best MMORPG that I have encountered. Its sleek, smooth, and polished, regardless of what "fanboys" of other games say. WoW has the cartoony look, yes, but it fits PERFECTLY to the Warcraft universe. After reading some comments, and paying attention to the WoW forums, I get tired of reading threads about how the graphics are horrible. The truth is, considering the minimum requirements, and what universe the game is based off of, this game is going to favor everyone, even those with low end PCs. To those that say graphics are horrible, but have never played the game: deal with it. Graphics don't make a game, they simply enhance it.

The gameplay of WoW is, granted, somewhat run of the mill, and no, the entire game isn't "revolutionary", but its the little things that Blizzard has added into this game that hardly any other MMORPGs have: TradeSkills, yes, a lot of MMO's have them, but none quite like WoW, I mean Fishing... This drew me to the game right away, any availability to fish in a game to spend your time is absolute genious; Quests, Yeah, every MMO has them, but I doubt it is comparable to the mass of the World of Warcraft. All little things like this make this game what it is, and Blizzard has done a beatiful job in creating this.

As a long time subscriber to Dark Age of Camelot, I will be one to say that WoW blows it away, same goes to FFXI, CoH, and many many others.

WoW!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: April 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

World of Warcraft is a great game. Plain and simple. The great thing about this game is that there is something for everyone. There is way too much content in this game to write about on some quick online review. Basically it all comes down to variety. The following review isn't the definitive review, but a quick overview. There are many nuances that would take me a while to explain/review.... Onward!

If you've never played a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) before....
... the initial challenge of learning the basic gameplay may seem daunting at first but this game is very accessible. When you first start, it can help you get around and it guides you. Not too much hand-holding, but should be easy enough to understand. I've known 50+ year olds pick up this game and enjoy themselves (she has 3 lvl 60 characters). The only possible problem people might have at this point is that there is quite a lot of reading involved if you want to know more about the story (and sub-stories.. and subsub-stories). And you might not know the benefits of certain racial skills/bonuses and whether you'll enjoy a certain class, but WoW is pretty nice in that it lets you create as many as 8 characters per server so you can have room to experiment to find out what you like.

If you HAVE played MMORPGs..
.. then you might have a better idea of the gameplay involved. You can use your mouse, or you can set up your keys anyway you want. I've played Star Wars Galaxies (prior to the new revision), City of Heroes and Final Fantasy XI and I think WoW blows them out of the water. Final Fantasy was a lot slower and though the worlds were large and awesome looking, the content was a bit shallow in comparison. City of Heroes lacked the balance for the hardcore gamer and the casual. Warcraft is a must try.

PvP and PvE and RP general overviews
There is the PvE (Player vs. Environment) gameplay where you can just kill monsters, do quests, get rewards/gold, and interact/trade/talk with other players in your world. Then there is the PvP (Player vs. Player) aspect where you can challenge other players in the PvP Battlegrounds for rewards and reputation. There is also a subset type of server labeled RP for Role-Playing. This is where you get into character and you chat and behave in the role you set up. This is a bit more... hardcore. I've never actually participated in this type of server, but if you want to completely immerse yourself.. RP is the way to go.

WoW's Gameplay
Generally speaking, WoW's gameplay can be divided into the PvE side of things and then the PvP side. For PvE, this would basically involve all the story and leveling up your character by gaining experience from killing monsters and completing quests. Interaction with other players could be kept at a minimum unless you wanted to take part in dungeons or instances (parts of the game where you and a party of other adventurers take on more difficult challenges for greater rewards). You could also learn trade and gathering skills. There is just a ton to do.
For PvP there is a different set of rules. On PvP servers, some zones are considered neutral and you can be subject to battle or ambush by the opposite faction at anytime while in that zone. Sometimes it's unfair and tedious, but turnabout's fair play. PvP is also used when competing against the opposite faction in the Battlegrounds mentioned earlier. Currently there are 3 different types of battlegrounds and they're varied to keep you from getting bored. Also there are rewards for gaining rank in the PvP rank structure.

The Looks and Feel of the World of Warcraft
The game looks great. Whether it's the solemn greenery of Ashenvale in Night Elf territory or the wintery mountains in the Dwarven lands of Dun Morogh, the environment has a to of variation. Then there's also the darker moods set in the burning city of Stratholme and the tarnished Eastern and Western Plaguelands. Blizzard went with a more cartoonish or drawn look for this game as opposed to the more "realistic" look used in other MMORPGs. This allows them to be more fantastical and it works really well. You can look at screenshots of this game and see how beautiful it can be.

The Cons
Well, in a game with as much content as WoW there is bound to be things that I personally don't like. Sometimes there is tedium in "farming XP". The game generally does a good job at disguising it by having a ridiculously low drop rate on the item forcing you to gain experience, but sometimes it gets frustrating. There is also necessary annoyances involving some trade skills. In my opinion, fishing is the most boring thing in the entire game.
Also, it seems that the only way to get really good gear is to go on numerous large scale battles. Running 40-man raids or spending all day doing Battlegrounds to get a high enough rank to get epic weapons. Although Blizzard has added the new .5 tier armor sets with the new patch, it still requires a lot of time and resources that more casual gamers might not have access too.
Also the monthly fee is a bit of a turn off, but given the usually high production quality and the number of updates that this game has gotten through patches it appears that it goes to some good use. Though I do wish the servers didn't have that tendency to go down for maintenance after the aforementioned patches.

Conclusion
This game is definitely recommended. Share it with friends. I've found that this game's worth has grown exponentially with the increase in the friends that I play this game with. It just adds to the fun and allows a different dynamic to the game's experience.
I really can't say enough good about this game and this review does the game poor justice. Try for yourself! If you know someone who can get you on a 10 day free trial then you could get a chance to try it out before buying it. Happy questing!

fundamental problem with core philosophy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am not going to recount all the individual positive and negative features, as there are 750 other reviews that do that. Instead, let's just get to the core of it.

The game would have been a solid 5/5 except for a single but fundamental problem. The design philosophy of the mechanics is severely geared towards obsessive-compulsive teenagers and grownup hardcore 24/7 gamers. The different embodiments of that philosophy are all the negative features that reviewers and players complain about all the time, e.g. game balance, many things designed to slow you down, and many things designed to prevent you from soloing superior mobs by clever strategies.

As a result, the game is fun for the first 20 levels of the first character. After that, mature players slowly start realizing that they have been put inside an unfair depressive repetitive grind. The grind wastes so much time that excitement and fun are replaced with frustration and boredom. After building a 52nd lvl character while expecting things to improve, I had enough.

In my opinion, it would have been a far better idea to make travel and leveling throughout the game to be at least three times faster, so that players can build up every combination of character class and race they desire. That probably would have kept my subscription far longer than two months, even with all the rest of the shortcomings still present.

In the end, I would recommend the game for the environment and feel, but would also advise you read the negative reviews here to know what to look out for and be ready to quit when it is time.

Resistance is futile

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I resisted this game for a long time. I didn't like MMOs. I had played Ultima Online when it came out, thought it was awful; tried some EverQuest, didn't care for it. So I figured Blizzard's attempt suffered the same issues (namely, for me, annoying people), and was just something that could annoy me while waiting for a new, proper Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo game. So, for about a year and a half I scoffed at the game and shook my head disapprovingly at people who were getting hopelessly addicted.

Then one lazy afternoon I was bored and got a free 10-day trial from my brother. See what the sensation was all about. At first, I remained skeptical, and annoyed at the levelling process (mostly because I had no idea what I was doing. Read a manual? Are you kidding?). But once I progressed and got into it, there was no going back. They had managed to fix the things I disliked about UO and EQ, add their own substantial contributions to the genre, and not only that, capture the rich world of Blizzard's Warcraft universe, and allow millions of players to run through it without ruining or dampening the lore that we all knew so well.

The game looks superb. The graphics aren't ultra-realistic, but why would they be? It effectively captures the style that the Warcraft games have been evolving for the last ten years. Every race has its own unique flavor in its armor and architecture. The world is vast and varied, showing different locales from snowy mountaintops to barren deserts. And flying between zones is breathtaking the first couple times you go somewhere new.

And the content! Blizzard has littered this game with quests to keep you busy levelling up to 60 (well, 70 now). While some fall into distinct patterns (kill X beasts/collect X items), others are interesting, challenging, and rewarding. But the real heart of the game's content, I feel, is in the instanced dungeons. The game shines when you get together with a party and take on one of these quests. And the implementation of instances lets your party, and your party alone, be the heroes of your own personal adventure inside the dungeon. So there's no chance of some jerks coming and stealing your kill after you've battled to the end!

World of Warcraft is the first MMO I've actually sustained an interest in past the first month of gameplay. And now that it's so cheap, you might as well give it a try! If you like Warcraft, play this game. Though, with 8+ million subscribers, you probably already are!

Simply Wonderful

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a spectacular game. The artwork is beautiful - sometimes breathtaking (for doubters go hiking in the Alterac Mountains, sometime). The quests have a lot of variety: occasionally funny, usually exciting. The game is incredibly immersive: don't be surprised if you break out in a cold sweat the first time the Son of Arugal appears.

The gameplay itself depends a lot upon your style of play, and the choices you make. The classes (e.g. Warrior, Mage, Shaman) are very different in the way you play them. As a rogue you will probably be in the thick of battle. Often you will be sneaking past enemy forces to get at the prize deep in the enemy's territory. As a Hunter you will be more likely to hang back, using your impressive ranged attacks. The whole area of "professions" adds some very interesting opprtunity for both customizations and even unique gameplay. I spent a half hour one night building my own gun. This involved running all over and collecting and using items, raising my engineering skill, getting lost in the Undercity, repeatedly :), and not killing a single thing. Did I have to spend a half hour doing that? No, I could have bought the gun, but I wanted to try to make one myself, and the puzzle of getting that to happen was fun in itself, but getting to show off the gun I made to friends, and using it in combat thereafter, was especially sweet.

Is this game for everyone? I'm sure it is not, but I heartily recommend it as something for everyone to try.

The best MMORPG yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Simply the best MMORPG ever released. My expectations were low for this game, especially after the release of the horrid EQII, but after three weeks of play I'll have to say this is the best game of its kind I've ever played.

Finally, a MMORPG got it right for once! From game play, to graphics, to crafting, to questing, to fighting, to classes ... this game has such a wonderful COMPLETE feeling to it. A very innovative, original, completely balanced game where I'm level 20 and still actually ENJOYING it. No grinding, no camping, no lag, no forced grouping. Everything about the game is very intuitive and FUN. After playing just about every MMORPG out there I can't tell you how surprised I was to find a game like this that is so creative, fun, fully developed and full of possibilities for the future. I'm really pleased!

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