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Addiction Level	9.5/10
Graphics	8.5/10
Value for Money	7.3/10
Reviewer Rating	8.3/10
Overall Rating	9.3/10

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By DELTAGOLF on 4th Jan 2007

DELTAGOLF's Ratings

Addiction Level	10/10
Graphics	9/10
Multi-player	Yes
Value for money	8/10
Overall value	9/10
DELTAGOLF's recommendation

Good Points

Large on-line community
Very addictive gameplay

Bad Points

Eats up your social life - requires a lot of game-time to level your characters up
Expensive

General Comments

WOW, as it is more commonly known is arguably the most successful MMORPG ever created! It has the highest number of players subscribed, and it delivers the goods day in day out.

The setting is a sprawling fantasy world, where two distinct factions battle it out; the Alliance (Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves and Gnomes) and The Horde (Undead, Orcs, Trolls and Tauren). When you create a character you can choose their gender, race (certain race-specific traits differentiate all races) as well as class. There are a number of classes (Warriors, Mages, Shamen, Paladins amongst others), all with distinctive skills.

Once you have created a character and selected the realm (server) of your choice, you start on an epic journey, which can be quite rewarding and immersive. You quickly master the control interface, and human interaction is plentiful from early on. Most quests can be more easily completed if you join parties of other players.

The graphics and sound are very solid, and even though they have a distinctively cartoonish feel, they do not subtract from the enjoyment of the game; if anything they add to it. I will never forget the first time I rode a gryphon from one area to another (you can ride some beasts like a taxi service to transport you over large distances). It was spectacular!

A special mention has to be made of the in-game economy. Every server develops its own mini-economy, based upon the players' trade skills, natural resources exploited by players and items and loot that players put up for sale. The hub of activities in all the major cities of the game tends to be the Auction House, where a player can find vital items, ingredients and other paraphernalia necessary for quests, or simply powering up your avatar. The whole system is well conceived, and shrewd businessmen can make a good in-game profit. However, unscrupulous gold farmers and on-line gold sellers threaten to destabilise World of Warcraft as any other MMORPG out there.

I would highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys fantasy RPG's or MMORPG's. It is a quality product, and it has an established fan base; however, be prepared to spend a lot of time behind your screen. It will eat up your life!

The best thing WOW offers for me, is the ability to freely roam anywhere in the game world, with minimal loading times, in a very stable (graphically and technically) setting. Just imagine: You find yourself outside the Dwarven capital of Ironforge. You can just mount your horse, and take a long trek through several territories, forests, deserts, snow-capped mountains, encountering evil beasts along the way, picking up quests, or just exploring for the sheer fun of it! The game world is truly massive, and if you combine the early game questing with the end game guild runs on special high powered dungeons (called instances), you have a very long-term playability life. The PvP (player vs player) element is another thing that might keep you hooked. There is a ranking system that rewards player vs player combat. So, if you are good at ambushing and slaughtering enemy faction players (rather than just killing NPC monsters), you will get some tasty rewards in terms of armour and weapons, as well as more respect from your fellow players.

WOW is definitely the best MMORPG out there, so if you can afford to waste some time, and on-line sword and sorcery is your thing, don't lose another minute. Go play it!

Total Respect: +1