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The best MMORPG EVER!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 24
Date: September 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just got finished with the stress test beta for WOW, and I must say, THIS IS THE GREATEST!

Blizzard is known for its graphics and engaging storylines and for making the best damn games period. So when they try something new, they take the art, perfect it, and sell it for 50 bucks a pop. So their newest project is WOW, the greatest game ever made.

In World of Warcraft, you get to pick of one of 8 races, each lying on a different side. The orcs, taurens (massive cow beasts), trolls and undead are on the side of the horde, and the humans, night elves, dwarves and gnomes are on the side of the alliance. And that's were the story starts. You create your character, male or female, killer cow or bloodthirsty orc, blonde or blue, and that's your character. You can also pick between a few classes that determine how your character will fight and what kind of items they will use. There is the warrior, mage, warlock, rogue and other old favorites, but there are a few new classes like the hunters, who are all about ranged skillz and training killer pets from wolves to kodos.

Once you get out in the world you get quests, or objectives, and you go out into the limitless world and complete them. You can make friends, put them on your friends list and start guilds, which are huge groups of people that fight and die together. The combat system is amazing, and it makes killing ostriches feel like an epic battle. As you gain experience and levels, you learn new skills, spells and techniques that help make battle more diverse, or even create your own armor using leather you've skinned off corpses. Later on, you can even get mounts like horses and such, but even later on you can get flying mounts, like gargoyles, griffins and others depending on your race.

I played it for 9 days and its all I can think about. Preorder this as soon as possible, and that means right now. If you're an MMORPGer and you need a fix right now, check out City of Heroes. BUY WOW NOW!

Blizzard did it right.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have played both EQ 2 & WoW. I had to choose between them, because I can't justify playing them both, considering the amount of time it takes to be involved with one of them. WoW won my decision & I'm leaving SOE behind. The reasons I prefer this game over EQ/EQ2 are:
1. The game REALLY can be played independently 90-95% of the time.
2. The quests are straight forward & FUN, not convoluted & deliberately confusing.
3. The in game issues, such as money, death, auctions etc. are handled in a much more user friendly manner.
4. Overall, the game is designed to be fun, to be a game and not to become a second career.
5. The graphics are good and the game runs great on my laptop. Lag is a minor problem.

Blizzard has done a really fine job in creating a game that's both nice to look at & fun to play. I expect it will only get better from this point, and I look forward to the changes & improvements that I know will be coming up.

Blizzard seems to be listening to the input of their customers & implementing changes for the greater good, instead of catering to a small percentage of their customer base, as Sony chose to do with EQ.

As far as character design goes, I really do like the character creation & design in EQ 2 better, it's more flexible & gives a greater variety of character features. Since I don't spend much of my in-game time just admiring my character's physical appearance, I chose gameplay & fun over this.

I think EQ 2 is a great improvement over EQ, but Sony has yet to learn something Blizzard already knows. Making a game complicated, confusing & frustrating doesn't make it a good game. It has to fun, enjoyable & playable. World of Warcraft is a great game. Blizzard has done a really good job & I expect more good things from them in the future.

The Only Problem Is Lack Of Sleep...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the most enjoyable game I have ever played. The graphics are not cutting edge, as this allows for users who do not have the latest PCs - I believe the processor requirement is only 800mhz, but graphics are only part of the story and they are actually quite good.

The only problem we have encountered (the 'we' being my wife and I - she was never a gamer in the past but she LOVES this one) is tearing ourselves away to go to bed at night!

Let me say that in the past I have been dead set again pay-to-play games, but I was talked into trying the beta of WoW and it sold me.

I was forced to limit my rating to 5 stars, on scale of 1 to 5 I give it a 6. Enjoy!

Nice game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: July 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Seeing that Amazon deleted my last good review of this game... if they delete this one, I WILL remove all photos I have taken the time to post for other items that I reviewed. Nothing like wasting my time typing this out. Apparently they don't like my comments about Everquest.

As for this game, its definitely better than some are making it here. It is FAR better than Everquest. I have played Everquest for 7 years so I do know what I'm talking about. Anyone complaining here about wasting time in World Of Warcraft has never played Everquest... the king of wasted time, along with the king of poor customer service.

The graphics in World of Warcraft can look a little cartoony. But even so, they still look great. The lighting in the game is very well done. The characters even sometimes talk with voices which can be quite funny at times.

Some of the cities are just massive also.

The only drawback to this game which I see is the monthly fee. You can play Guild Wars for free each month (another great game). But World Of Warcraft definitely is a nice game.

Wow in comparison with EQ2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 29
Date: October 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been in WoW beta as well as Eq2 beta. Notice they're coming out at the same time, so that means more than likely you'll want to only pick one. I'm here to persuade you to make the right decision.
EQ2 has outstanding graphics and the NPCs actually talk to you. Plus, you can pay $90 and get an entertaining dragon in your home to animate for you. The music is okay as well. That is about it for EQ2.
WoW has mediocre graphics, outstanding emotes, cute fuzzy pets that anyone can have, more diverse classes that EQ2, addicting quests and gameplay, a "living" world, voice emotes, and has by FAR less bugs than EQ2. I've ran this game on 3 systems: P4 2.6c with a GeForce Ti4600; P4 2.4c with a Radeon 9600; and P4 3.2c with a GeForce 6800 Ultra. All three systems worked great as a setup. Only the 6800 Ultra setup works with EQ2.
Both of these games are due out in less than a month. There is no way EQ2 can clean all the bugs by that time... Sounds to me like SoE is going for the Coaster of the Year Award again (Star Wars Galaxies was the original winner of this award).

Disclaimer: Everything stated above is my opinion, and I don't really care if you like it or not -- so don't bother me

:)

A winning recipe...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: November 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just completed the open beta last night. Initially, it was a friend of mine that convinced me to even register for it. I registered more as a favor to him than out of any real desire to see this game.

When I first loaded the game, I was met with a beautiful opening cinematic clip that left me curious to see the actual game play. Entering character creation, I was disappointed. Customization is somewhat lacking. While you can customize the character's faces and skin color, height and weight were absent. Also, on initial impression, there did not seem to be a very diverse collection of races and classes with eight of the former and nine of the latter. Nonetheless I was determined to press on and see what the game had to offer.

Initially entering the world - I was also disappointed. I was expecting EQ2 style graphics and got what some other reviewers have termed a "cartoonish" looking world. Put another way (and also borrowing from another reviewer) it seemed like Warcraft 3 zoomed in all the way.

Gameplay also initially seemed dull. The initial quests were to the effect of "kill some of these, now kill some more of these, etc".

All in all I played for two hours that first night and met my friend for lunch the next day. I told him pretty much the same thing I have written in this review so far and he echoed my feelings.

Out of curiousity, I logged in again the next night, and then again the night after, and then again for every day remaining in the open-beta. The graphics, while seeming cartoonish at first, are actually quite beautiful. Around every corner, over every hill, and through every clearing in the forest lies another gorgeous and meticulosly detailed landscape.

I had mentioed earlier that I was initially disappointed in the level of character customization. I will address that in this simple way: I never once saw two characters (of even the same race and class) that looked the same. The clothing and armor you buy, the weapons you elect to use, and even the pets you choose to acquire all go a long way to altering your character's appearance.

The gameplay was excellent. The quests, while initially boring, go a long way toward telling a broader story. While most quests can be done solo, grouping is also available, fun, and necessary for "elite" quests. Unlike other games, where quests are more of a necessary evil, they were fun in World of Warcraft and resulted in significant experience, some unique items, and some cash. The storyline and gameplay go a long way to helping you avoid the feeling of level grinding. By tenth level, I was out of that mindset completely and was content to just go about my business exploring to see what lies around the next corner - all the while acquiring experience.

In conclusion, I would suggest this game to anyone and intend to buy it myself on opening day. When you first try it, expect to be somewhat disappointed. This is something that grows on you and I now have to find some way to entertain myself until the retail version arrives in stores ;-)

One of the best MMORPGs of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: May 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

World of Warcraft is an excellent game, that may almost be considered too good. "Warning" If you start playing this game you may never want to stop. The ease of use for new players in the game is great, it's pretty simple for almost anyone to just pick up and play. You will continue to have fun to hours on end. The amount of quests in this game is what keeps it going. You are rarely left with the feeling that you don't know what to do next to advance your character. If this ever does happen just ask people close by what would be a good quest or place to quest for your level. Anyway I can't recommend this game more.

Other fun things to do in the game include:
Auction House
Auctioning the items you find off various monsters or quest at what is called the Auction House(simple), or AH. I have tons of fun with this at the end of the day, make most of my in game money this way, it can be very addictive and fun.

Dungeons
There are some great dungeons that you need a full group to do in this game. The really fun thing about dungeons in this game is that they are actually instanced, which means only you and your group can be in the instance. All of the enemies in an instance are Elite(about 2-5 levels harder than their level). You also find some of the best items in these Instanced dungeons.

Player Verses Player Combat
This is some of the greatest time I have had with the game, I wouldn't recommend this below level 20, some would say wait till level 30. But I have had great times at level 20-30 pvping. The only problem with this at the moment is higher level players will sometimes attack you at random, and that is just lame in my opinion. Now when I say higher level I mean over 10 levels above you, in these cases you really have no chance against them. But it is only a slight drawback of the game. They did recently introduce a new system called the "Honor System." This is supposed to keep higher level players from doing this to lower level players. What it does is rewards you for killing players around your level. The Honor System will not reward points for killing someone that is more than a certain amount of levels below you, I blieve it is 8 or 10. You will get honor points for these kills, and they can be used to buy really nice items that you couldn't get otherwise. But this needs more implementation for it to work and make it fun for everyone. Currenty it does not give a penalty for higher levels killing lower level players, or repeated killing of the same person as they spawn.

One thing of note, I would very much recommend getting this game new, and not buying it used. Actually never buy it used, you will not be able to use that copy of the game unless the person gives you there user name and ID. So go for a new copy. It includes 30 days of free play time, after that, $15 a month(pay to play), which it more than worth it for a game of this caliber. Blizzard hit a home run with this one!

Warning: Game extremely addictive and fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: March 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To be honest, when I first heard of World of Warcraft when it was feature on Techtv, I was not impressed. The graphics didn't make me jump out of my seat, and the thought of trying out another MMORPG did not really interest me. One of my sorority sisters recently got the game from a friend in the mail, and invited me over to check it out. Being a very long and devoted fan of Dark Age of Camelot, she was skeptical as well, to try something new.
The first night she started playing, she was hooked. I watched her play the game for about an hour, and immediately went back to my dorm room and ordered the game off of Amazon for myself, and received it two days later. I'm an avid fan of MMORPGs. I enjoy being able to group up with my friends and get help on my quests. I had played Dark Age of Camelot for a month, and while I was impressed with that interface, it felt like something was missing from the overrall picture.
I had even gotten my own copy of Final Fantasy XI, which couldn't have been a bigger mistake. The game was a complete hassle; just thinking about how much of a hassle FFXI was makes me tense! But the beautiful thing about WoW is that there is very little hassle; installing the game is easy, patching and downloading the necessary new files at the beginning of the game isn't even nearly as bad as some of the other MMORPGs I've played.
And while WoW has some negative aspects to it (Which I will get to in a bit), overrall I think it is quite frankly, the hit of the year.

The Gameplay

The gameplay in WoW is simple enough for ages 13-70. There are 8 races total in the game, and two different factions. The Alliance faction consists of humans, night elves, dwarves and gnomes. The Horde consists of orcs, tauren, undead, and trolls. Depending on which race you choose determines on your starting point in the game. For example, if you choose a gnome or dwarf, you will start off in a small village full of snow, wolves and other dangerous creatures. As you explore your surroundings, there are people who will give you various quests.
These quests can be anything as simple as running around slaying 6-10 beasts, collecting the items the creatures have dropped, to travelling all the way across the continent. The higher level you are, the easier taking on different quests will be. There are many different difficulty levels to the quests, making gameplay fun and always challenging.
There are also many classes to the game. For example, I have a level 11 Hunter and a level 11 Warlock. Each class brings something different to the table; My hunter specializes in agility and using her "pet" to aid her in battles. My warlock uses spells and fear to gain victory.
The gameplay is great for anyone--whether you're an MMORPG aficianado or just starting out.

The Graphics

Like I said, the graphics didn't blow me away when I first started playing it. On a 1-10 scale, I would give them an 8. And while the graphics could possibly be a little better, the rest of the game content more than makes up for it.

The Sound

WoW has a beautiful soundtrack. The choruses of tenor male voices that greet you as you enter the human city, StormWind, are breathtaking. The whimsical, often mysterious melodies of the Elven lands of Darnassus are reminiscent of Lord of the Rings. No matter where you go in WoW, a gorgeous soundtrack is sure to follow.

The only problem I have with WoW is some of the technical difficulties and constant matinence. On slower PCs, there is frequent latency. You're going to want to make sure you definitely meet the system requirements for this game, otherwise playing it may get frustrating.

What makes this game so much fun is that whether you are in a guild, grouping with your friends, or going solo...the game is a blast. There is always something to do. My sister's father was recently introduced to the game, reluctantly (he plays another MMORPG), and has now gotten his own account so he can play with his daughter.

If you want an MMORPG that brings everything to the table, give WoW a try!

WOW, good bye EQ

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Warcraft universe has already been established for years. And I have loved those games. Bought Warcraft I, II and III. And loved every minute. The graphics of World of Warcraft reminds me of these games. And too me that is very appealing. It is really nice when you zoom back and watch your character run across snow...you can see your footprints appear and your boots kick up snow. Really nice.

I have found that you can solo and group to accomplish quest, and I like that. Quests have meaning here. When you complete them you acquire something you can use. And they can be from as simple as taking item X to person Y. Or very involved quest that involve professions and crossing the lands.

Now as far as characters...you are able to play to either the Alliance, which includes the Humans, Gnomes, Dwarves and Night Elves, or you can play to the Horde, which includes the Orcs, Trolls, Taurens and the Undead. Then once you have chosen your faction and race. It is time to chose one of the many different classes: Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin (Alliance only), Priest, Rogue, Shaman (Horde only), Warlock and Warrior.

This game is visually pleasing, has very nice music and sound effects, and enough content it seems to keep you very busy. So buy it when released and come and play. I'll be there...

A frank description of what's in the box

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: December 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For the collector's edition, you're getting:

- A BIG box that looks like a tome.
- A hardcover "coffee table" book of artwork
- A DVD (haven't watched it yet, sorry)
- A CD soundtrack
- The CD-Rom version of the game
- The DVD version of the game
- A printed cloth map of the world with all the cities marked on it, rolled up and held shut with a metal band. (No travel routes. It has more info than your in-game map starts out with, but less than the maps in your game manual.)
- Some ads
- A card containing a "guest pass", which gives your friend 10 days free play if you give them the game disks you're not using.
- A game manual that has the programmers' signatures printed on the back cover (not real signatures!)
- An in-game pet. When you create your character, there will be a letter in your inventory that puts you on a brief quest (safe for level 1) to get your pet. This is a decorative pet so don't expect it to fight for you.

Now, I love this game. There seems to be no shortage of things to do. Money has value. Things are set up so that people have to cooperate in very real ways to be most effective... but you can get by without that if you have to.

I think the very best thing is the use of the in-game mail system. You can communicate with friends when they're not logged in by sending mail. You can even send items. If you set up a trade in chat, you can mail the item COD and get paid. You can safely transfer items from one of your characters to another via mail... as long as your characters are of the same faction.

I think this edition is worth the extra $30... but only JUST. And that depends on how much money $30 is to you, or how much you'd like to show off in game with the pet.

After playing WAY too much of this game over the last two months, I can say its worth paying for. To address some other reviews:

- It's an online game. You have to pay a monthy maintenance fee so they keep the servers going. This is not a trivial thing to do.

- Pack space is limited, but you can buy up to 4 more packs. You can even buy slots to add packs to your bank account. Storage is always a problem but it makes you be selective in what you keep. You can also create "mule" characters and mail them your extra stuff to store.

- You can play solo or you can group, just learn how to ask politely. For getting thru the game content, a duo works well except for instances, where you need a full group of 5.

- Every class has its strengths and weaknesses. There's no one "best" class. Give things until level 6 at least in order to understand the flavor of the class.

- I haven't yet felt the need to "grind" for XP. I just do quests. Sometimes I run around hunting for herbs and kill whatever is nearby.

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