World of Warcraft

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Release date
November 24th, 2004
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PC DVD-ROM
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All-time sales rank
Top 10
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Description

Four years have passed since the aftermath of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, and a great tension now smolders throughout the ravaged world of Azeroth. As the battle-worn races begin to rebuild their shattered kingdoms, new threats, both ancient and ominous, arise to plague the world once again.

World of Warcraft is an online role-playing experience set in the award-winning Warcraft universe. Players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world. Being "Massively Multiplayer," World of Warcraft allows thousands of players to interact within the same world. Whether adventuring together or fighting against each other in epic battles, players will form friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory.

A dedicated live team will create a constant stream of new adventures to undertake, lands to explore, and monsters to vanquish. This content ensures that the game will never be the same from month to month, and will continue to offer new challenges and adventures for years to come.

Features:
  • Adventure together with thousands of other players simultaneously.
  • Explore an expansive world with miles of forests, deserts, snow-blown mountains, and other exotic lands.
  • Join the Horde or the Alliance as one of 8 playable races.
  • Select from 9 classes, including holy Paladins, shape-shifting Druids, powerful Warriors and Mages, demon-summoning Warlocks, and more.
  • Encounter many familiar and new Warcraft characters and monsters.
  • Enjoy hundreds of hours of gameplay with new quests, items, and adventures every month.
  • Journey through an epic world filled with dungeons of different styles and depths.
  • Explore 6 huge capital cities, which serve as major hubs for the races inhabiting them.
  • Practice various trade skills to help locate reagents, make and enhance custom items, acquire wealth through trade with other players, and more.
  • Purchase tickets for travel along a number of air routes flown by creatures such as Gryphons and Wyverns. For global transportation, travel by Boat or Goblin Zeppelin.
  • Once a certain level has been achieved, players can choose to purchase permanent personal mounts, such as Dire Wolves and Horses.
  • Establish a guild, purchase a custom guild tabard, and promote or demote recruits to different ranks within the guild.
  • Locate and engage other players with easy-to-use features and tools, including chat channels, friends lists, and animated and audible character expressions.
  • Customize the game’s interface via XML.
  • Enjoy hundreds of hours of gameplay with new quests, items, and adventures every month.
World of Warcraft is an ever-changing online RPG and as such requires an Internet connection to play. Additionally, a subscription fee of $14.99US per month applies after the first month (payable with either Credit Card or Game Card).
 

System Requirements:

Operating System: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP or MAC OS 10.3.5 or Higher
Processor: 800 MHz
RAM: 256MB RAM
Hard Drive: 4GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 32 MB 3D Graphics Card

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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful:
Review by Pascal on 6th October, 2006
"More addictive than ..."
Coming from Guild Wars this feels fresh and new. If you are a PvE player the lush environments, sweeping music and hours of entertainment will quickly see you hooked. The gear advantage does unbalance PvP a bit when compared to more skill based PvP games like Guild Wars, but the non instanced world PvP option certainly adds to the general dread you feel when wandering into contested or enemy territory.

Criticism is often levelled at the grinding nature of quests, the time consuming walks between zones and so forth and if you are not looking for an immersive experience this game will probably not appeal as much to you. But allowing yourself to be swept along by the World of Warcraft creates a wonderful game that will soon have you longing for more hours behind the keyboard.

The subscription model is one of it's hindrances, but becomes a cost/benefit comparison. Spending $49.95 (See Game Card here) every two months for what amounts to at least a hundred hours of entertainment seems more than reasonable, but this is a value judgement that every consumer will need to make for themselves.

Overall, if you have the time, patience and funds to play the game I would definately recommend it.
 
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful:
Review by Sam on 24th November, 2006
"Great, if you have friends."
I know this sounds stupid, but this game is incredibly boring if you are the only one who plays this, out of everyone you know.
That is why I enjoy it.
About 100 people from my school of about 1000 play it, and it is incredibly fun to all join up and complete quests and generally stuff around together. In this circumstance, WoW doubles as an internet chat-room.

But I can understand why some people may not enjoy this game, as they simply don't know anyone else who plays it. I would find this game alot less fun if I were the only person who played, and the whole game was simply walking around killing things.

Repeating myself, I believe this game is excellent, so long as you know other friends who play it as well.
 
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:
Review by Cameron on 27th March, 2008
"Too addictive..."
I'm sure you've all heard the warnings etc about WoW's addictive style of play. I have to assure you that this couldn't be closer to the truth. Sure, the game's not for everyone; no game ever has been. But the numbers really do speak for themselves. Over 10 million subscribers.

There's just so much to do, and it all takes so much of your time, and it feels so worthwhile when you've done it. It's almost impossible to get an 'absolutely complete' character, trust me. Professions to max out, Reputations to earn, gear to get, honor to earn, countless instances to beat, bosses to conquer etc. I've been playing since Open Beta, over 300 days /played, and I still haven't come aross a game to match it.

Try playing LotRO after WoW, for example. You'll see exactly what I mean. The animations and movement in WoW make LotRO's look like absolute rubbish. It's almost painful to watch. WoW really has set the standard, and I only hope Warhammer: Age of Reckoning can surpass this standard. Pure PvP games ftw!
 
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:
Review by paul on 21st July, 2007
"Master"
The best online game ever, especially with expansion.
Fun game and easy to get started on.
I don't know why people say that this game is addictive and make your grades go down etc.
In fact, mine have just gotten better while i've played this.
(I'm still at school)
=)
 
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful:
Review by Chris on 20th June, 2007
"A never-ending adventure"
Thrilling, yet tedious. Exciting yet boring at times. This game has so many goals that you can create for yourself that there's always something to do! Sometimes it doesn't feel like fun, but still you strive on to get done what you've started.

Or, if that doesn't work out, you can always create another character and start over :)

Other MMORPGs just don't cut it - WoW is where it's at.
 
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