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product details and reviews (4.08 seconds for ASIN B000067FDW)
World of Warcraftproduct pricing List Price: Price: $19.61 You Save: $0.38 (2%) ![]() Publisher: Blizzard EntertainmentESRB Rating: TeenRelease Date: November 23, 2004Platforms: Mac, Windows XP, Mac OS X, WindowsMedia: DVD-ROMRelated ProductsView some of the @count@ related items available from eBay. Related Items Available from eBayFeaturesThis game requires a monthly fee, and an internet connection to play Product DescriptionWorld of Warcraft didn't invent the online role-playing genre, but it certainly benefits from the missteps of other titles that have come before. A mind-boggling array of improvements in graphics, gameplay, networking, and interface--really every category--makes this game the crown prince of the genre, a great starting place for newbies, and a challenge to any other MMORPG currently in the works.
WoW takes place just four years after the real-time strategy Warcraft series, which chronicles a 25 year struggle between the Alliance (humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves) and the Horde (orcs, tauren, trolls, and undead). Even though there's tons of accumulated story to the series, new players should not be daunted. The background is there for you to explore, but you don't have to tread a lot of Azeroth history to get into the action.
The game looks magnificent. There's plenty of detail and variety to the landscapes and interiors, and the artwork has a refreshingly playful style. There's not a lot of variety in the character creation process, but with all the skills and proficiencies to combine in the game, WoW focuses its customization not on the appearance of your character but rather on the character of your character. The game lets you adopt any two trade skills, regardless of character race or class, and combine those skills in useful ways. If you choose skinning and leatherworking, for example, you can fashion bags from the carcasses of monsters you defeat, which will allow you to carry even more inventory items. Expanded Commerce
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All of this makes for a very complicated game, but the well-designed interface puts all the game's elements into icons either visible framing the action or within a simple keystroke. The enemy's artificial intelligence is quite strong too: Monsters will join nearby fights to aid their comrades, switch targets strategically midbattle, and ambush players. The map system fills in details on places you've visited, so you always know where you are and where you've been. Overall, World of Warcraft is a game that's easy to learn, challenging to master, beautiful to watch, and tons of fun to play. --Porter B. Hall
Average Rating: 4.0 Product ReviewsWas a great game but now Once upon a time WoW was a great game to play. Then Blizzard ruined the game with a single innovation, Arena play. The biggest complaint with the battlegrounds prior to Arena was losing PvP reputation if you didn't constantly run battlegrounds. Even if you constantly ran battlegrounds, you could lose PvP reputation because you didn't run them enough. But at least the battleground scenarios were within the context of the game's Lore. Then came Arena where players could PvP either one on one or in groups of up to five. Arena had nothing to do with the game's internal Lore. This should have been a warning to Blizzard that innovations outside of a game's Lore is never a good idea. As a result began the Nerf-cycle.
Not Worth Your Money This game is ok at best. First off the game allows you to go up to level 80 in the game. Though you have a long way to go in leveling the game only kicks off at level 20 because at level 20 you get a mount, better spell and other things. But after level 21 it gets boring fast. Before you get to level 20 you are basically grinding for level 20. After level 20 you are still grinding for level 80. So basically you get a few hours of actual fun in the game.The game gets boring because the quests are empty and all of them are basically the same every time and basically when you get down to it you are paying 15 dollars a month just to get a better weapon for your character and better spells and other things. Now that wouldn't all be problem if they didn't charge you 15 dollars a month. If the game was free like guilds of war i wouldn't have a problem. Even if they had to be that greedy and charge you money at least charge 5 dollars a moth and that would be an acceptable price. WOW This game is great if you don't mind paying the 15 bucks a month to play online Highly addictive! Simply the best MMORPG of all time!! I've been playing WarCraft since the original "WarCraft: Orcs and Humans" debuted in the mid-nineties. Originally a real-time-strategy game (RTS), WarCraft has come a long way and has become Blizzard's flagship. The title, in my opinion, really gained major recognition with the release of WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos and WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne. Without the key characters introduced in these games (as well as WCII: Tides of Darkness and WCII: Beyond the Dark Portal) World of WarCraft never would have been possible.
DONT BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a horrible buy. I got the game as a christmas Gift. Never thinking that you could only play the game online and have to pay a fee to do so. I played warcraft in college with some buddies and enjoyed it greatly. But we never had to go online or pay a fee. That is what I thought this was just another cool and newer version of the game. Not a total ripoff of you money that you have to pay to play. I very disappointed with Bilzzard on this one. So unless you are willing to pay out money every month do not waste you time getting this product. I restate it is a total rip off. |
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