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Advantages Extremely fun and long-lasting.

Disadvantages Addictiveness can get the better of you.

World of Warcraft is a physically enthralling, highly addictive video game series which has lasted more than 6-years and hopes to continue on into the future with the latest expansion pack release, 'Cataclysm'. this however, is the second to last expansion release, 'Wrath of the Lich King'.

After having lots of fun over the years, playing and talking about this game with friends I have so far never got round to expressing in detail the illuminating ice-world of the Wrath of the Lich King (the expansion between 'The Burning Crusade' and 'Cataclysm' release).

~ SO WHO IS THE LICH KING? ~

In essence, the Lich King is an undead human death knight who rules the scourge (an evil race) telepathically from the Frozen Throne of the Icecrown Glacier in the arctic (new) region of Northrend. Basically, he's the most powerful NPC (non-player-character) to enter the world of Warcraft since its creation.

The Lich King features heavily in and around the main quest lines, instances and raids of the expansion pack, which ultimately culminate in the inhalation of his being in the final raid of the game - Icecrown. His appearance is not dissimilar to that of a giant (about 3-times the size of man) age-less human, iced in silver body armour, and wielding a humongous magic infused two-handed sword as old as the ground
he engulfs.

His presences is truly terrifying, and when you do finally face him along-side a band of 25 allies, defeating this monster is as emotional as any film, game or TV series I have witnessed. You see, the Lich King's character dates back to Blizzard's (the makers) pre-world of Warcraft days, with the Warcraft series. His story evolved him from, Arthas a Prince of Lorderon, to the evil king he becomes in the expansion.
People who played the original Warcraft games in the past are extremely critical of this particular Warcraft story development, but most are accepting of how blizzard handled the Lich King and his end.

~ WHAT NEW PLAYER FEATURES DOES THE LICH KING AND HIS LAND BRING? ~

A new class, the Death Knight, which can only be activated and played if a person has a character over level 50, plus new class-to-race combinations have been released since the last expansion (The Burning Crusade) with the WOTLK (Wrath of the Lich King). This new class combines magic influenced physics (the ability to drag enemies from a distance to your exact location before attacking them with fist weapons, swords and axes) with basic weapon moves and further magical spells and auras to create a ferocious character which can be recruited by both the Horde and Alliance (Bad and Good factions in the game).

When you first start your Death Knight character it begins at level 55 and is born in the shadow of the Lich King himself. This gives players a chance to look up close at the king and test out his ghostly voice, commanding walks and stance as he parades around the fortress. You then begin an opening (and highly interactive) quest line which sends you all around the Lich King's place of invasion, and the region he has descended upon.

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bilbobaginz123 since 22 Jun 2011

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