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Average Ratings
Addiction Level9/10 Based on 14 ratings
Graphics8.6/10 Based on 15 ratings
Value for Money7.8/10
Reviewer Rating8.3/10
Overall Rating8.5/10 Based on 25 ratings
75% Recommended12 out of 16 Reviews

Review of World of Warcraft for PC

By illonavamp Rank: Corporal on 4th Oct 2005

illonavamp's Ratings
Addiction Level10/10
Graphics10/10
Multi-playerYes
Value for money10/10
Overall value10/10
yes illonavamp's recommendation

Good Points

Interactive and interesting content

Bad Points

Addictive

General Comments

I read the previous review and, whilst I agree, mostly, it didn't really help the non World of Warcraft user to decide whether to pay money for it.

I'm what's considered a casual gamer: I've never played an online game, and I don't own any other games consoles or tee shirts relating to any games.

However, a friend bought this for me and it was for that reason I thought I'd give it a try.

For the non-gamer: There are two factions you can choose from, and each has four races: Alliance (Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes) or Horde (Undead, Orc, Troll, Tauren). Of these, you can choose to be a certain class (Warrior, Warlock, Rogue, Mage, Shamen, Priest, Hunter, or Druid) - apologies if I've missed any.

You choose your professions which help you earn money to buy newer/better armor and weapons as your character progresses, and then you can sell to other players, auction your stuff, or sell to in-game vendors. These are all the underlying factors to set your character off to a decent start.

To gain experience and levels you fight monsters, and you quest (someone tells you to go kill 20 dragons in exchange for a reward). You can do this by going it alone ('soloing'), or you can group with other players.

You can also choose whether you want to level in a PVP environment (fighting the opposing faction), or PVE (fighting beasties). As your level increases, your quests get more challenging and you are introduced to dungeons and instances.

Of course, I can't say with any qualification that this is the most interesting game I've played; the last game I played was about 15 years ago on a Sega.

However the fact that it's had my attention since March of this year, gives it a certain amount of credit.

Yes it costs money to play, but the fact that it's captured my attention and interest for that long means that it's captivating entertainment, and a good measure of escapism gets my vote.

The graphics are outstanding, the story lines are great, and I think if I played it for the next year I'd still be finding new things about it.

Of course there are the hardcore gamers out there who will nonchalantly call you a 'noob' if you happen to make a mistake in a dungeon, or get your group killed in PVP, but really, those basement kiddies aren't really the focus.

I'd recommend this to anyone who's thinking about getting a PC game who hasn't before. It's superb.

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