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	World of Warcraft Review For the Horde! Oooohhh. Big, bad, Warcraft. The game that "only nerds play". That one MMORPG that "ruins your social life". Meh. I don't care what people say, WoW is one of my absolute favorite games of all time. It combines Player Vs. Player aspects with questing and dungeon raiding. The game lives up to its name of being a "Massive Multiplayer Online" RPG, as the world itself can take hours to cross on foot and there's always people to quest with. one of the many maps you can play on When you finish installing all the patches you've missed for WoW, you're greated with a delightful login screen. After putting in your account info (which should be kept secret), you're able to select a server and go to the character page. From here, you can create your own hero to brave the realm of Blizzard's most succesful series. There are 8 races to choose from in the orginal WoW- Dwarves, Gnomes, Humans, Night Elves, Orcs, Undead, Tauren, and Trolls (the first four being Alliance races and the last four being Horde races). There are also 9 classes- Mage, Warlock, Druid, Shaman, Hunter, Warrior, Rogue, Priest, and Paladin. As you adventure, your character will increase in level and power. PvP (player vs. player) combat is the second largest focus of WoW (the first being group dungeon raiding) and uses the best system I've seen so far. There are 3 types of PvP- World, Battleground, and Arena. World PvP is simply that- PvP combat in the world. Depending on the server type, you'll often find members of the opposing faction snooping around in your questing zones. Attacking that person would be an example of World PvP. Many guilds and high-level players enjoy raiding the other faction's towns for fun and to cause grief for the enemy. Battlegrounds are special PvP zones that pull players from a select group of servers (called Battlegroups) and pit them against each other in war zones. These war zones are seperate from the world in that only the pulled players will be in it- that is, multiple battlegrounds can run at the same time with different players. There are no quests in Battlegrounds, only pure combat between the Horde and the Alliance. Battlegrounds are usually made up of more than 10 players per side.Arenas are a big deal among the high-level players. In these, players are put against each other in smaller teams (think 5v5 and smaller) for carefully planned combat. PvE (player vs. environment/monsters) is the other focus of WoW. PvE refers to both questing and dungeon raiding. Questing is generally done alone, while dungeon raiding is done with a group. Dungeons in WoW are different from what you'd expect. These dungeons (called Instances) are unique to each group that enters them. It's like a battleground- each group has their own dungeon with their own monsters with nobody else to come in and muck things up. Instances are great sources of experience (especially for low level players). The best equipment for PvP can be found in the high level dungeons. World of Warcraft is a game that is great because it's simple. It uses some of the most basic RPG elements- you won't find many fancy features here- to create an experience that'll keep you on the edge of your seat for hours/days/weeks/months/years. Closing Comments If you're on the edge about buying World of Warcraft, do it. 15 dollars/9 pounds per month really isn't bank-busting and it's definitely worth it. If you're worried about looking nerdy, just don't talk about WoW at school/work. That's totally understandable. Good/Bad Points + fun with friends + long lasting + good combat system + interface can be easily modified + Blizzard is constantly updating it - the graphics are a bit outdated - a wee bit expensive for some - some class balances issues Presentation: 8.5/10.0 Graphics: 6.5/10.0 Sound: 9.5/10.0 Gameplay: 9.8/10.0 Lasting Appeal: 10.0/10.0 9.0 Awesome overall score is not an average Review by The-Professor Labels: pc, reviews posted by Alex-KoG at 7:17 PM on Monday, June 9, 2008 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home

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