World of Warcraft (PC)

...- Introduction to WoW World Of Warcraft (Also known as WoW) as released on Feb 11, 2005, published by Blizzard Entertainment, developed by Blizzard. This is an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Roll Playing Game), which means you can only pay for it online. It boasts stunning graphics, brilliant music and game play that for me is second to none. But what attracts around 9million people to play this gaming masterpiece? I am going to explain the ...
...b2. Storyline World Of Warcraft comes from the strategy series of Warcraft, traditionally Orcs Vs Humans, however as the series began to evolve, so did the armies. This lead to races such as dwarves, humans, undead, orcs, trolls, elves, gnomes and taurens. I always thought the storylines in the series were rather weak and thrown together until Warcraft 3 came out. The Warcraft3 storyline for me, although not brilliant, became the foundation of Warcraft's ...

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With over 11 million subscribers, World of Warcraft (or 'WoW') clearly has done something right within the MMO world. Anyone who has already played Everquest 2 will recognise the game from the start; the interface, levelling system and quest system is pretty much exactly the same. ==The Characters== World of Warcraft plays very much like a typical MMO. You create your character from 8 races (10 if you own Burning Crusade) and choose one of 9 (10 ...
...==The World== The world of Azeroth consists of two continents; The Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor. Generally speaking, Eastern Kingdoms is considered to be Alliance territory and Kalimdor is Horde, but there is a mix of towns and cities on both continents. If you own The Burning Crusade you can also get to The Outlands and with Wrath of the Lich King you can get to a third continent, Northrend. Each continent is split into sub-zones. These are generally ...

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...for the introduction to the World of WarCraft. The game doesn't exactly hold your hand, it doesn't treat you like you're five years old. On the other hand, you don't feel lost. The game gives you just enough instruction and story so that you know what you are supposed to do, and, just as importantly, the quest givers tell you a little background as to why they ask you to do this. For these first few starter levels, I certainly feel the game has ...
...even with 9 million subscribers world wide, I have yet to find a group on my (new player/character recommended) realm in a shorter time than it takes to grind that next level. In short, I can go for hours at a time without so much as seeing someone else. '''The Game Economy''' Well, I don't think I can describe it any better than the worst I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. Basing your whole player economy around a less-than-easy to search ...

SporadicReapage 20.11.2007 · Read full review
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...problems that I have with World of Warcraft and get it out of the way straight away. The quests, whilst having differing storylines, are fairly samey. They're mostly of the "Kill these" and "Collect that" and "Talk to him" variety. The game comes on FIVE discs that eat up a fairly significant 6Gb of hard drive space. I am having MAJOR trouble registering with the community forum. And to top it all off, it eats £8.99 a month from my bank account for ...
...absolutely justified. The game world is absolute HUGE! Each territory takes around 5 minutes (estimate, I've never timed it) to run across non-stop. Off the top of my head, that means it will take approximate 45 minutes to span a continent from North to South. And there are TWO of them, each territoy containing differing terrain features from the dense forest of Elwynn to the snowy peaks surrounding Ironforge. And within this gargantuan world are ...

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World of Warcraft: I recently started playing War of Warcraft, (WOW), mainly as a way to pass the time but it has become a bit of a habit each day. I decided I needed a break, (well actually my trial subscription has run out and I am waiting for the full game to turn up, lol), so I thought I'd write a review of it instead. For those of you that haven't heard of World of Warcraft it is a MMORG, (massively mult-player online role-playing game), that ...
...like Drainai and Taurans. The world that you play in in WOW is HUGE and the game is fairly free-roaming. The quests are level based so you need to complete them in order to some extent but within each area and each level you can do them in any order you wish. The huge world is one of the games downfalls for me; I tend to spend ages running from one area to the other rather than actually 'playing' the game. It is also this same vast universe that ...

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...players from many countries. The World of warcraft servers are slightly different in the way that they are group by country. Being from the uk there are loads of servers to choose from. A lot of them contain other nationalties (mainly swedish or dutch) which are only european as the american and asian versions of the game have entirely different servers. Choosing your server: There are 4 types of server to choose from when you first start the game ...
...Normal: these types of server are classed as the neutral servers. They enable you to create a character on each side of the fight within one server, although you wont be able to trade communicate or anything with opposite sides. This server is less pvp based and focuses more on epic quests and raids. The only time you can be attacked by a member of the opposing side is when you are in a battleground or you enter an enemy stronghold. PVP: This type ...

smivs953 10.08.2007 · Read full review
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World of Warcraft is a highly addictive online game where you can play alongside other people from all over the world. The game costs around £9.99 and you can purchase from all good retailers and online. It has 5 disks to install which can take a while (just short of an hour it took me first time) System requirements are 256mb memory and 3.3 gigabytes of free hard disk space. You get the first month free and then after that you start paying a ...
...itself is based in a world caled Azeroth. The Aliance and Horde are in battle against each other and it's up to you and the side you choose to play on to save the world in a variety of quests across many different areas of the world of Azeroth. You can pick whether you want to be on Aliance and play a Human, Dwarf, Night Elf or Gnome, or you can play a Undead, Orc, Troll or Tauren on the Horde side. Once you've selected which side and class you ...

stephy666 07.10.2007 · Read full review
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...best online RPG to date. World of Warcraft has established itself as THE standard for what MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role playing games) should aim to beat. It is not uncommon to see reviews of other such games being compared to (and often belittled) World of Warcraft. I have played this game for several months now, and although I love it, and do agree that it is perhaps the best MMORPG game out there, I will try to be unbiased in my ...
...to explore an online virtual world which never ends. If you are tired of single player games that have no replay value, then give this game a shot. It could end up being the ONLY game you play. The graphics in the game are slightly outdated, but its still pleasant to look at. The sound is awesome, having 5.1 speakers will really make the most of this game. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, and im sure many people are wondering why this game ...

cherokeexp 05.06.2007 · Read full review
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...now, dont click off it. World of Warcraft is seriously one of the best computer games thats ever been around. With stunning effect and great storylines, you just cant help but keep playing. Every player gets addicted atleast once to this game, and i dont blame them. Blizzard has just made it too fantastic! World Of Warcraft has become so popular because it has over 10 Million subscribers! With many Towns and Lands to explore, you cant help but play ...
...and SO MUCH MORE! World of Warcraft is divided into 2 fractions. Alliance and Horde. Alliance are of the good side of WoW, with Horde being the evil. Both are fighting to preserve their way of life in the wake of the Chaos War. In WoW, the 2 sides have their own races, which there are 10 races in total so far. (8 which you have without the Burning Crusade):- •Alliance• Humans - A Resilient breed. The Humans survived an invasion of savage ...

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World Of Warcraft Having been introduced to this game by my partner I can say this has been one of the most enjoyable entertainment experiences I have the pleasure to indulge in. Now its taken over my entire household and we love it. World of warcraft is a Massively multilayer on-line role playing game, or MMORPG, where the player is able to completely emerge themselves in a fantasy world of dungeons, epic quests and social interaction never before ...
...before it World of Warcraft, or WoW, has been able to transverse the line into the public realm, the current player base now reaches over twelve million players world wide, with smooth 3d graphics and easy learning curve leading to challenging experiences the game appeals to all walks of life from the nerdiest die hard gamer to the casual office worker. It seems WoW has something for everyone. But what is it all about? At it's core the game is about ...

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World of Warcraft is an MMORPG enjoyed by over 10 million people world-wide - it's an ever-changing, ever-growing gaming phenominom which has fueled the likes of litterally millions of hungry wow-addicts for the past three years! So, what's all the fuss about? World of Warcraft (PC) is the origional WoW - throughout this review you'll need to bare in mind there has already been an expansion to WoW, released not too long ago (The Burning Crusade). ...
...levels 1-60). The world is open - Minimum loading screens and a whole host of Creative transportation make it relatevely easy for any level to navigate their daily-doings. The sole purpose of nearly all the worlds activities before reaching the highest level WoW has to offer, is the collection of 'Experience Points'. These are what you collect to level, and as you progress, the amount needed will increase. Slay monsters, instance, quest or raid - ...

bilbobaginz 06.07.2009 · Read full review
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I've been playing world of warcraft for a good few months now, firstly on the beta server and more latterly on one of the european servers. Its fair to say during that period i've abandoned what remains of my normal existence and can now be found pretty exclusively in Azeroth. Over the last few years i've played quite a few of the other mmo games out there and this is without question the best though admittedly its not the most intellectually demanding, ...
...Now just click the enter world of warcraft icon, watch the jaw dropping movie and then sob as you get you need to obtain the latest patches which come in varying shapes and sizes and do require some time to download. I would go make a cup of tea and setttle down to read the manual, its not essential since the game features a very user intuitive tutorial system, but hey extra info never hurts. Okay, games installed, patched upto date, time to select ...

chorlton666 31.05.2005 · Read full review
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...right mortals give up a world of hardship and misery and replace it with erm another place of hardship and misery? The world is warcraft, the playing field is online, and your opponents…. Net freaks, geeks, housewives and bin men throughout Europe! "What is this mad former Ciao junkie talking about?" I hear you cry. I'm talking about one of the most successful online multiplayer games in existence! I was coerced into playing World of Warcraft by ...
...differing non-players characters within this world and effect the quests that you will be allowed to perform. Once you have chosen your race you must chose your class. Available classes at present are Warrior, priest, Mage, Warlock, Druid, Rogue, Paladin, Hunter, Shaman. Some classes are available to both sides and all races, such as the Warrior. Other classes are Race specific ie if you want to be a Shaman you will have to be a Tauren. So what ...

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...what does that actually entail? World of Warcraft is a fantasy world with magic, monsters and everything else required to help people escape the reality of... well reality. Before you start playing, you pick your character, choosing from a range of magical creatures such as elves, undead, dwarves or, if you're boring, humans. Half of these form the alliance, the good guys (kinda), and the other half form the horde, the bad guys. It's a pretty arbitrary ...
...players to the death. The world in which you play is vast, and is constantly being added to. Unfortunately I can't tell you about huge chunks of it as my character isn't a high enough level, so I get beaten up by big hairy monstery things when I try to sneak in, but as soon as I've wasted a bit more time getting better, I'll let you know. Relatively speaking, I haven't got very far through the game yet, but what I've seen so far is truly fantastic. ...

simonscott36 06.06.2006 (12.06.2006) · Read full review
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World of Warcraft is an MMORPG that has been around for a little over a year. For those of you who are not sure of what MMORPG stands for, it means 'Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game'. And by massive, I mean, MASSIVE. In the world of Warcraft, you control one character in a huge online only world called Azeroth. Within this world are thousands of other players, who you can interact with, form bonds with, and complete quests and other ...
...will follow you in the world and attack enemies alongside you. Paladin - Only the Alliance can be Paladins. They are knights of the holy side, with the ability to wield large weapons like warriors, but they can also cast holy spells to aid their allies in battle Shaman - Only Horde can become Shaman. They are also healers for their allies, as well as having the ability to lay down totems on the ground which give various abilities to anyone in range ...

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