WORLD OF WARCRAFT
Time has come, I have waited all to long to write a review for this game... If you have a family and full time job and any kind of social life My advice is to stop here and never think about this game again
This game is Highly addictive and to the loyal followers has been renamed "World of Warcrack"
This game is a "Mass Multiplayer, Online Role Playing game" and as such does incurr a $15 a month subscription to play the game. (A small price for the nonstop entertainment it provides)
Set in the Glorious world of Azeroth Blizzards World of Warcraft takes players deep into the heart of the Warcraft Franchise.
Once you have started up the game the first choice as a player you have to make is What kind of server to play on. I will go through the server types in a minute So you can make a choice that best suits you.
firstly there is the traditional
RP-realms.. (Role playing Servers. Where you act as you think your character would in the game..) Some examples would be, When chatting to another player, Do not say "Hey there Hows it hanging dude" But more like "Greetings Warrior, How goes your travels" Personaly i find these realms full of uptight people who just dont seem interested in general chit chat. (after all alot of this game is interacted with other people, So finding like minded people is priority.
Next you have the
PVE realms (Player v's Environment) These servers are great if its your first time in the game, As it is strictly you against the game.. Again still based soley on interaction with other people (by this I mean in order to get some things done you will need a group to accomplish it) Although this realm type is still not my cup of tea...
Last but not least, My favorite
PvPRealm (Player v's Player) Choosing a PVP realm is like getting a game and setting it to Extremly crazy hard mode, Because now not only do you have to keep an eye on the creatures you are attacking, But at any time a member of the opposing faction (factions will be mentioned in a little bit) can come up and kill you. for me this is the best server type to make a class on as it offers the most variation for the game. It is where i have leveled all my characters and will continue to do so.
Now that the realm choice is made, Its time to choose your character and "Race" World of Warcraft offers players 9 different class types over 8 different races spread amongst two facions.
First the factions. Again there is two. The HORDE and the ALLIANCE. There are no good guys or bad guys, This is just a personal choice made by the player.
Next we have the races. Firstly on the horde side we have.
-The orcs (Think of shrek and you will get an idea of what they look like)
-The trolls (Not much in way of discription thier trolls
)
-The Undead (These are basically re-risen corpses, a fun race to play as)
-The tauren (These guys are big cows. They fit into the game lore somewhere and thier towns remind you of native American indians)
On the Alliance we have.
-Humans (Men and women, Not much explaining here)
-Gnomes (Short little guys with wackey hair do's)
-Dwarfs (My favorite race. Dont know why but My main character is a dwarf and I like them)
-Night Elves ( Just like Elves in Lord of the rings)
Now the classes. Each factions have all classes available to them bar 1 each (Shaman are Horde only) and (Paladins, Alliance Only)
*Warrior- Your general damage taker and in most cases group leader. A group cannot hope to achieve victory in a dungeon without a warrior
*Priest - Again another Essential Class to the game, As a priest your primary job is to heal dying Allies.
*mage- If you like doing damage and blowing stuff up this is for you, These guys really pack a punch.
*Warlock-Like to be in controll of demons and such, Play a warlock, Great at doing major damage with thier Damage over time spells
*Hunters-The second most popular class in the game, for the sheer simplicity and ease to level, Basically with one of these guys you can tame animals which then do mass damage for you up close while you sit back and shoot the enemy to death.
*Druid- The shape shifting class, This class is a jack of all trades class, You can heal, Do damage and run fast.
*Rogue- The most popular class in the game, You can attack enemys from stealth. Alot of good rogues are able to have thier enemy walking from the graveyard before they even know they are there.
*Paladin The holy healer/warrior class. You can do a warriors job if needed or you can do a priests job if needed, A great class built around Survivability. (Wouldn't recommend this class to a begginer, Even though thats what it was intended for)
*Shaman The powerhouse Character, These guys are the ones everyone hates, They can interupt your spells, Slow you down and also buff themselves up with the elements. A hard class to manage, But very powerfull in the hands of a great player.
After you have made your choices its now time to enter the game. you start in your respective Race town as a level one character, With aspiration to reach level 60 (an expansion is due around september when the level cap will be maxed to 70) Its now time to find quests and gain the experience you need to advance through the game.
Graphics: 9/10- Very pleasing graphics, And every zone has something that makes you think WOW look at that.
Gameplay: 9.5/10 - Very easy to learn to play, The learning curve is not hard at all.
Longevity: 10/10- 18 months of playing and i still log in everyday. (I think its more of an addiction than longevity
Difficulty: 9/10- With the pictures i will post below, You will see that organising 40 people to go to one dungeon and kill multiple bosses is no easy task, But the rewards are phenominal.
Overall:10!!! no if buts or whatever, This game just delivers, And with constant updates (One of the reasons you pay a monthly fee) its never the same.
There are other aspects of the game I have left out here, Such as the Auction houses and the Trade skills you can learn, But i'll leave all those good things for you to find yourself
If you do decide to pick this game up, there are over 120 different realms to choose from, But if you want a helping hand to get started out jump on the server named "Aegwynn" (Its the first in the US server lists) and look up moejoe on the alliance side. (To do that type in your chatbox "/who moejoe" and send me a message, I'll hook you up with some knowledge to get you started and on your way.
Here is a picture of me and my guild on the Aegywnn server just after we killed Ragnaros, Who is a the final boss in the epic dungeon Moltencore. Our guild was the first on the server to do this, So we all thought it Screenshot worthy