World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

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  1. EdgarPoe
    Sep 16, 2018
    1
    Prepare yourselves...

    From Mythic crate bugs, to Warfront afk 390 gear, this expansion has everything! Ignoring balancing issues, the team really dropped the ball this time. The AMA was a joke, and was held specifically because things are BAD right now. All the people pretending everything is just fine, remind me of that picture where a dog is in a burning room. Just run a    Prepare yourselves...

    From Mythic crate bugs, to Warfront afk 390 gear, this expansion has everything!

    Ignoring balancing issues, the team really dropped the ball this time. The AMA was a joke, and was held specifically because things are BAD right now. All the people pretending everything is just fine, remind me of that picture where a dog is in a burning room.

    Just run a comparison of this xpacs features versus Legion or others.. If they added two new classes in BfA it would have made up for some of this nonsense.. but instead, they still don't have the existing classes finished, until 8.1... Good Lord...    … Expand
  2. Maxorzed
    Sep 18, 2018
    0
    This is WoD .5. Can you believe it? WoD had more endgame content at the beginning than this pile of garbage. Ion is what is ruining this game, with his lawyer mindset only appealing to shareholders and not the actual player base. Its a shame seeing a game you have been playing for 14 years go down the drain because of laziness. I will be letting my sub run out at the end of the month andThis is WoD .5. Can you believe it? WoD had more endgame content at the beginning than this pile of garbage. Ion is what is ruining this game, with his lawyer mindset only appealing to shareholders and not the actual player base. Its a shame seeing a game you have been playing for 14 years go down the drain because of laziness. I will be letting my sub run out at the end of the month and then its on to another game.… Expand
  3. mayor1122
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    Hi. Alliance sub rogue here. Between the "hotfixes" and faction based warfront rewards, you should avoid this game like the plague. They have nerfed rogue pvp into the ground so badly that I've had to reroll. Rerolling in this expac isn't easy due to the grind of rep and azerite power that severely puts you behind other players. I have had to choose to play a healer to have any chance ofHi. Alliance sub rogue here. Between the "hotfixes" and faction based warfront rewards, you should avoid this game like the plague. They have nerfed rogue pvp into the ground so badly that I've had to reroll. Rerolling in this expac isn't easy due to the grind of rep and azerite power that severely puts you behind other players. I have had to choose to play a healer to have any chance of catching up to the current content.

    As for warfronts, they gave major rewards to the horde while alliance got nothing for two weeks. Horde guilds are now leading the world first raiding purely due to the blunders of Blizzard developers. Decisions like these are riddled throughout this game. Once again, save your money and forget that this game exists.    … Expand
  4. Deadlyclaw
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    It really feels like the weakest WoW expansion i have ever played World quest grind and island expeditions are just no fun and Warfronts feel very unsatisfying to play.
  5. howtobe
    Sep 17, 2018
    1
    It is a total impasse. The story is wrong, the characters are wrong, and the balance between each classes is as bad as any other Blizzard games.
    But the worst thing is the newly added 'two garbage cans', the 'first garbage cans' island is too monotonous. It gives you the same boredom as playing Diablo III. Warfront, the 'second garbage bin', was boring and rather caused a chaos in the    It is a total impasse. The story is wrong, the characters are wrong, and the balance between each classes is as bad as any other Blizzard games.
    But the worst thing is the newly added 'two garbage cans', the 'first garbage cans' island is too monotonous. It gives you the same boredom as playing Diablo III. Warfront, the 'second garbage bin', was boring and rather caused a chaos in the auction house.
    Former Blizzard developers were not criticized for their arrogant attitude. That's because at least they have made a great game. However, current developers who have received the legacy are dancing puddles with the vomit turned over in the trash pile.
    We have been patient with patience and will soon reach the limit. Other game developers want to learn a lot from Blizzard's failure.    … Expand
  6. Hard4
    Nov 13, 2018
    0
    Critics 79 ??? corrupt officials. 3/10 The worst, unfinished patch to WOW. It is a patch, not an addon.
  7. SlimShadre
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    Easily the worst Xpac yet. Whereas with Legion there were content additions that were not perfect (pros and cons), with BfA the very little content additions they have added broke the game. This is ignoring all the bugs and problems they have had so far. The Reddit talk was icing on the cake.. when is the last Xpac they had a reddit discussion on the state of the game besides BfA?Easily the worst Xpac yet. Whereas with Legion there were content additions that were not perfect (pros and cons), with BfA the very little content additions they have added broke the game. This is ignoring all the bugs and problems they have had so far. The Reddit talk was icing on the cake.. when is the last Xpac they had a reddit discussion on the state of the game besides BfA?

    Apologists here are being dismissive, or not understanding the issue. Look up what Warmode has done as an example.    … Expand
  8. NTRedmage
    Sep 17, 2018
    0
    BFA is Blizzard 7th expansion to the original World of Warcraft from late 2005, however with as mechanically bankrupt as this expansion is you could easily mistake it for an MMO produced in the early 2000s. It's little more than a shell of it's former expansions; boiled down to the lowest common denominator with next to no player agency, nuance and will less content than a single playerBFA is Blizzard 7th expansion to the original World of Warcraft from late 2005, however with as mechanically bankrupt as this expansion is you could easily mistake it for an MMO produced in the early 2000s. It's little more than a shell of it's former expansions; boiled down to the lowest common denominator with next to no player agency, nuance and will less content than a single player rpg from 1991.

    That's not to say that the expansion has no redeeming qualities; for an engine as dated as it is the art team absolutely nailed the feel for the expansion. The horde zones run the gambit from Bright, lush forests to barren wastes with a little dark swampy moodiness in between. The alliance side is both depressing ans spooky, setting up some fantastic world building for how the people of Kul Tiras live their lives.

    However, that's where the good ends for this expansion. The shiny exterior hides the hollow shell of a game that it actually is. Not a game that was made by people that care, but one that could be mistaken as being made by a corporate office run by EA.

    Story: While the Alliance side has some of the best story telling the game has ever seen the Horde side is,to avoid spoilers; sorely lacking. Characters and factions move and act illogically when compared to previous confirmed lore, even so much as completely retconning entire motivations, reasoning and culture to push a narrative that feels both forced and artificial. Each zone contains its own side story that doesn't exactly mesh well with the main narrative of the game and leaves the players constantly thinking "but what about X" only to have them grasping at straws. At best it compares well with low-tier middle school fan fiction at worst it's a broken mess that even the author of those sparkly vampire books would be ashamed of.

    Sound: While nothing in BFA is objectively BAD there are quite a few instances of remixes from previous expansions strewn about. Also a multitude of poor Q&A work has led to some issues with the sound sometimes stuttering or stopping entirely, usually requiring a interface reload to fix if not a full logout sequence. Depending on zone this can be immersion breaking , depending on personal musical taste. My personal favorite is Vol'dun's music; it sings that this place is a depressing, desolate and dangerous all in one tune. Exactly like Cleveland, oddly enough.

    Control: At one point wow was blessed with some of the better controls in terms of interface and timing. While it has not aged particularly well compared to others in its genre it cannot be called bad as it got the job done. However, BFA manages to take the one massive step back from Legion; the global cooldown change. While Legion combat and responsiveness will never be on par with say Tera's combat, it was still quick and to the point. Now, every single class in the game feels unresponsive , clunky and in the case of some caster classes (poor shamans) outright criminally slow. I went from combat being fluid and to the point to mistiming my attacks because of some dumb timer that's now far longer than it originally was.

    Optimization: Put blankly; wow runs like hot garbage. Zones and dungeons take far longer to load than they should; even on SSD and the game under utilizes powerful video cards. While this is good for those on a budget it's not exactly good for those that want more out of their gaming experience. This continues Blizzards trend of their games running on nearly everything, but not on anything exceptionally well.

    This isn't a deal breaker for most, but the engine is certainly showing it's age.

    Content: As I am limited to 5000 Character I will have to make this section brief, but needless to say many parts of the game are bankrupt. Casual PVP is entirely dead as warmode did next to nothing to revitalize world pvp. The rewards are randomized, not worth the hassle and the wanted marker is reported on the map too slow to catch griefers; especially ones with stealth. Rated pvp is and always has been a mess, made even worse by randomized rewards.

    Heroic dungeons are pointless as the very dull warfronts mode entirely invalidates their existence 3 week in. The same could be said for the Mythic 0 dungeons as warfronts give away epic gear as if it were candy.

    The Azerite gear system is simply there to add more grind on time of grind and is far less rewarding than legions Artifact weapon system. This leaves players feeling weaker and shafted as their new drop gets an absolutely terrible random set of passive abilities they don't want.

    I could easily go on for another 10,000 words , but the shorter answer is this;

    They took everything bad about legion and turned it up to 11. From the unrewarding rep grind to the invalidation of so much content early on; BFA is a dark mark on WOW,s history on par with WOD.

    If 8.1 doesn't fix the problems, bail on this sinking ship and go play something more worth your time.    … Expand
  9. g913
    Sep 14, 2018
    0
    Its a paid beta, every day there are tons of new updates, bugs, nerfs, classes getting so nerfed that you have to reroll.
  10. wiilly
    Sep 17, 2018
    0
    boring, grindy, repetitive. every expansion has made the game worse. I'm not excited about the new level cap or the new grinding. there have to be better ways to add content to a game.
  11. lunarius001
    Sep 18, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The world design is stunning, the cinema-graphics are gorgeous! Those are the highlights of the expansion.

    The problems are with the gameplay, game design, and QA.

    GAMEPLAY:
    The expansion instantly reverted to WQ grinds, boring island expeditions, and even more boring warfronts within 3 weeks of the expansion launching.

    - RNG is needed but it's taken over too much of the game and is being used to take the place of proper content:
    The raids are fun, and M+ does provide a challenge, but the gear systems involved with those two though have just become way too RNG. They aren't even letting guilds guide loot anymore, making raiding and M+ a skinner box on steroids. With skinner boxes, there's only so many times a rat will pull a lever before it stops seeing the resulting treat to be worth the effort. Right now, RNG has tuned that lever to give drops of water instead of a trickle. For example, M+ had up to 3 drops all through beta. Then, without warning, the first chest had 1 piece. Instead of preparing the community, they replied officially that it was always supposed to be one piece of gear. When called out, Blizzard responded about bad luck protection rolls, which is even more of an insult. Not only is there RNG in getting loot, but now you've got to roll/fail on the first roll to get a weapon. That means your first roll has to fail, assuming it doesn't give you a piece you don't want or need already...then roll again and hope that roll doesn't fail or give you a weapon with stats you don't want! It's RNGxRNG to get a decent weapon in M+??? I've seen Blizzard eat crow many times, but this time...they flat-out allowed the community to be, albeit inadvertently, deceived in regards to M+ rewards by YT content creators without ever even addressing it with so much as a sentence of correction. Then they answered with a system that is atrocious! I place no fault here with the YT content creators, because the logic was solid all through beta, and the thought process was all over YT and not limited to even just a few WoW YT channels.

    - Game Design:
    Blizzard is showing more and more that they don't care what the community wants, thinks, or feels in regards to their product. Just think about GCD changes which no one asked for, nor was ever really justified in a really meaningful way. The recent changes are bleeding the fun out of the game. I mean, you can't even guide your own toon's pvp gear progression anymore. It's ALL RNG! And why is it RNG, and why has 'bad luck protection' become a thing...simply put, it's because RNG and gated content is the direction Blizzard wants. It allows them to spend less creating new and high-quality content so they can opt to build-on-a-budget. They simply feel they can't generate enough quality content to keep up with the rate that players can churn through it, and so droplets of content are what we are going to get form now on. That wouldn't even be a deal-breaker except that the content that does come out is trash. I'd love to see how many people play warfronts or island expeditions in 3 months.

    - QA:
    Lastly, this launch, and its following hotfixes, have been the worst since this game has been around. Not because of one big bug, but because of all of the bugs aggregated which should have easily been caught by a half-decent QA team. Every single new feature has been broken, lackluster in execution, or broken something else upon deployment. I work in software, and if our team deployed like Blizz has done since August, we'd lose customers left and right. You can't have people going into pvp and watching their mana drain passively, c'mon!

    LOST THAT LOVIN FEELIN (Ion's 'No Man's Sky Approach):
    All this to say that Blizzard's passion for the game is gone. The teams that brought the original magic to this game are no longer around, and Ion is constantly playing defense to justify the major problems in the culture of development and the design changes that have gotten progressively worse over the last few years. Go and read what Ion himself said on the AMA, "We see the current system as a foundation upon which to continue building".

    - More Money for Blizzcon Virtual Tickets Shows the Heart of The Matter:
    Well that's great Blizzard, I can't wait to pay $50.00 instead of the normal $35.00 for a Blizzcon virtual ticket to listen to your team's next set of ideas. I also really hope that extra $15.00 gouge goes in ticket pricing is going to go to hiring back some of the original dev team who knew how to    … Expand
  12. chsoo9543
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    Everything has been in decline before. Foolish stories, boring content, unfair coercion, global cool time, all are rubbish.
  13. Fio_
    Sep 12, 2018
    3
    A hodgepodge of timegated gamemechanics catering only to those with more spare time in their life than they know what to do with.

    The Battle for Azeroth leveling experience is fun, though.
  14. khennu
    Sep 14, 2018
    0
    blisurd has learned that extending waiting times is more profitable than creating quality content. This expansion will make WoD look good. DO NOT play this ****

    0 points.
  15. kasproviez
    Sep 19, 2018
    0
    Within minutes of playing the new expansion the game has negative after negative. All new features were over hyped and end content felt more like a mini patch than a expansion. Leveling, combat, PVE, PVP are unbalanced, slow, or boring.
  16. FlynShin
    Sep 16, 2018
    1
    Totally disgust. I'd believe if someone introduce this expansion as 7.4 of The Legion to me (Or even downgraded)

    Worst story for Horde, nothing changed from The Legion and even worse without traits of Relic Weapons and the legendary item talents. (Happy that the legendary items has been removed from the game though), Azerite Armors are combined bad things from Relic Weapons and the    Totally disgust. I'd believe if someone introduce this expansion as 7.4 of The Legion to me (Or even downgraded)

    Worst story for Horde, nothing changed from The Legion and even worse without traits of Relic Weapons and the legendary item talents. (Happy that the legendary items has been removed from the game though),

    Azerite Armors are combined bad things from Relic Weapons and the legendary items from The Legion. Barely get what you want, most of the traits are trash, STILL collecting relic power from the world quest etc.

    Broken balance of each class. Everyone only looking for Rouge, Mage, Warlock, Hunter for DPS in Mythic Keystone, Death Knight only for Tank, Shamans are banned from every role.

    Most disgusting thing is, global cooldown. Even FF XIV which has 2.5 sec global cooldown doesn't apply it to the big skills such as Tranquility or Empower Rune Weapon, Healing Tide Totem. I don't know what Blizzard is expecting from such a dumb thing like this.

    Wanted to score 0, but gave 1 because of Bwonsamdi.    … Expand
  17. IAmHaunter
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    Grindy garbage. Why develop a game when you can put 1/4th of the content and make it grindy to make it seem like you did something. This is the activision influence of laziness and garbage to meet quotas.

    Save your time, do not buy this.
  18. iero7
    Sep 12, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This expansion feels like a job and not an escape or fun, constant grind for near meaningless rep. very few drops in quests or dungeon.

    I don't take the bait for world quests or azerite grinding unless there is a specific item.
    keep your azerite.

    Pvp can be fun at times, but basically seems you v macros or botting.

    and occassionally tank but if get azerite instead of something substantial that will stop.

    Blizzard is already trying to bribe people into tanking or alliance into battlegrounds with added "bonuses"
    It's basically how corporations treat their workers,long hours for a pat on head(rep)
    Instead of getting gear you get IOUs in the form of azerite and rep.

    And you can barely craft anything even food    … Expand
  19. Solaric
    Sep 20, 2018
    0
    This expansion is sad. Warfronts, just a longer boring dungeon/raid. Islands, even more boring with no actual reward that's worth a damn. New races, no just recolored old races. No new class, no garrison/class hall type place. This game is going backwards. Draenor had your own personal garrison, gone. Legion had class hall, gone. Story is lackluster, then when you hit 120 it's justThis expansion is sad. Warfronts, just a longer boring dungeon/raid. Islands, even more boring with no actual reward that's worth a damn. New races, no just recolored old races. No new class, no garrison/class hall type place. This game is going backwards. Draenor had your own personal garrison, gone. Legion had class hall, gone. Story is lackluster, then when you hit 120 it's just the same old gated grind of world quests, for crap rewards. Even the Uldir raid is locked, and if you're not in a guild, which really don't serve much of a purpose anymore you have to wait for LFR to become available. And if you're into transmog, forget that raid. Gear looks terrible. So disappointed in this garbage of an expansion.… Expand
  20. Taronn93
    Sep 17, 2018
    0
    Edit: So, as i said i came back to change my rating about his game, because of the horrible AmA that proved that the game designer of WoW doesn't care about the playerbase at all this point. They purposely deleted most of the questions from reddit that pointed out the problems of the game or just dodged them with answers that had nothing to with the question. So, my new rating of thisEdit: So, as i said i came back to change my rating about his game, because of the horrible AmA that proved that the game designer of WoW doesn't care about the playerbase at all this point. They purposely deleted most of the questions from reddit that pointed out the problems of the game or just dodged them with answers that had nothing to with the question. So, my new rating of this expansion is 0 and nothing will change my mind. I will leave my first review below this, because those bad things are still relevant.

    I give it a 2 because its still WoW, but that's the only good thing i can say about it. 90% of the "new" main content are content from Legion that became boring after Nighthold, the other 10% are the warfronts and expeditions and they were boring the first time i did them. In the end it just became a downgraded version of Legion. The new Azerite system is boring and flawed as well.

    The story is bad compared to every other expansion so far, its boring. Classes are not well balanced and most of them doesn't feel good to play at all.

    I might come back and change this review in the future, but for now i can only give it a 2, because there are tons of bugs, its unfinished and i can't play for more than 10 minutes without getting bored.    … Expand
  21. Raven78
    Aug 18, 2018
    3
    Really sad to say, but this is the first xpack i dont even feel like i want to login or level at all.
    Its really just Legion Gameplay (as in WQ, grind for AP,..) but more like a downgrade.
    Further Class "pruning", no new Talents or spells, you actually get weaker from leveling due to their scaling system, new GCD added on every spell so Gameplay is slower and less fluid. They keep    Really sad to say, but this is the first xpack i dont even feel like i want to login or level at all.
    Its really just Legion Gameplay (as in WQ, grind for AP,..) but more like a downgrade.
    Further Class "pruning", no new Talents or spells, you actually get weaker from leveling due to their scaling system, new GCD added on every spell so Gameplay is slower and less fluid.
    They keep removing the RPG out of this MMORPG since a while now.
    3 for Art, Sound and Story Teams, rest is more then meh.    … Expand
  22. nodq
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    It is impressive how much they can get out of such an old engine. Graphics wise. But that alone does not make the game good or bad. The gameplay, especially the class and talent/specc design is horrible. This expansion was released way too early. Many classes/speccs are unfinished and Developers said themself that the time was not enough to finish them and that we would need to wait for aIt is impressive how much they can get out of such an old engine. Graphics wise. But that alone does not make the game good or bad. The gameplay, especially the class and talent/specc design is horrible. This expansion was released way too early. Many classes/speccs are unfinished and Developers said themself that the time was not enough to finish them and that we would need to wait for a content patch like 8.1, which will take MONTHS after release to come out.
    Also, the leveling experience is the worst i have ever had in any WoW addon. When you played LEGION before and you started leveling a good geared character. Then it felt awful. Every level you became weaker even tho you gained more level and higher ilvl gear. Your character became horribly weak and slow.
    Also, over that couple of years class design is on an all time low. They gave us artifact weapons with tons of traits and stuff that interacted with your base spells. Then they took this away, dumbed down the classes even more, and that feels really really bad. Especially, as you do NOT gain any new talent/spell or whatsoever over leveling 110-120. You LOSE things. And that is the worst exp. in an WoW addon since 13years.

    Too many WorldQuest grind. And at the end after you have done WQ and rep grind, it is all over the same stuff again as in legion. Raids, Arena/BGs, Mythic+... thats it. Same old content same old stuff, boring as ****

    Island expeditions are a joke. Warfronts are Ashran WITHOUT the enemy team / without PvP. These two new things, are the most boring stuff ever introduced into the game, ever.

    The Asterith gear and traits are just annoying and nothing special. And for that we no longer have raid set gear and set boni. It is a very lazy implementation. They just removed stuff that needs lot of work and time, like creating class specific raid gear and boni. And added like nothing to compensate. it feels like they wanna remove more and more from the game so they have less to work and need less time investment. So they can maximize the income of money. It really feels like that.

    Most important thing, this addon is not fun, at all. After 4-5 weeks I am really bored because there is the same **** we did 2+ years already and nothing new. At least PvP is better than LEGION, you can get gear again, and gear matters again in PvP. But overall PvP is still worse than other addons years ago.
    I canceled my SUB, because I think it is not worth the money for what it offers (the same stuff as legion but with so much worse classes and speccs...) therfor boring.    … Expand
  23. nowayx
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    Came back to a dead server, no guilds looking for members because there is no one there. Blizzard doesn't want to provide an MMO game experience, then screw them.

    Quote from GM I completely get the frustration with not being able to play with other people in a multiplayer game, but there is nothing that we can do to assist you in this case. If you would like to transfer, you could    Came back to a dead server, no guilds looking for members because there is no one there. Blizzard doesn't want to provide an MMO game experience, then screw them.

    Quote from GM

    I completely get the frustration with not being able to play with other people in a multiplayer game, but there is nothing that we can do to assist you in this case. If you would like to transfer, you could purchase the character transfer service if you ever came around to it.

    So yea, a way to extort more money is the only thing they are interested in.    … Expand
  24. Vorfare
    Sep 11, 2018
    0
    Awful game. i play every expansion of this game, but previous - Legion, and this - BfA - are the worst expansions.
  25. bozboz123
    Nov 8, 2018
    1
    it's such a shame that this game is in such a bad state... Lack of class design, No tier sets, no new talents or abilities, the azerite gear / trait system is a complete joke, world questing is terrible...
    I gave this game a 2 out of 10 because of how gorgeous the art work, zones and music is, the art team nailed it. The game play deserves a solid 0. There is literally nothing rewarding    it's such a shame that this game is in such a bad state... Lack of class design, No tier sets, no new talents or abilities, the azerite gear / trait system is a complete joke, world questing is terrible...
    I gave this game a 2 out of 10 because of how gorgeous the art work, zones and music is, the art team nailed it. The game play deserves a solid 0. There is literally nothing rewarding about playing this game at all, it was the first time since the burning crusade that I've unsubscribed, I don't intend on paying for, or supporting, a product like this. It seriously feels like a time-gated, artificially elongated mobile game with zero reward for time spent. Blizzard's worst game in the franchise no doubt. I really hope they learn from this and pick up their game or I fear this might be the end of a beautiful franchise.    … Expand
  26. torethepore
    Aug 17, 2018
    1
    Sometimes I just wonder why I should even try with these expansions anymore jeez
  27. cyph42
    Sep 4, 2018
    0
    Unfortunately this game misses the mark. The visual and audio experiences are truly this expansions only carry. The questing is the same as it has always been, artifacts and world quests aren't new, more skills taken away from the last expansion (nothing new added to replace them). Island Expeditions, the heralded new feature, is a complete letdown; it's just a scenario with a timer on it.Unfortunately this game misses the mark. The visual and audio experiences are truly this expansions only carry. The questing is the same as it has always been, artifacts and world quests aren't new, more skills taken away from the last expansion (nothing new added to replace them). Island Expeditions, the heralded new feature, is a complete letdown; it's just a scenario with a timer on it. The story is jarring and feels out of place somehow. For a full priced game (that's just an expansion) I can't help but feel a bit ripped off.… Expand
  28. Varlord
    Oct 14, 2018
    0
    Legion was a giant step backwards into a way of free to play browser games with all that grinding staff and random to all aspects of gameplay, but with this expention it came even further:
    -titanforge, one of the worst legion “features” is still here. MORE GRIND TO THE GOD OF GRIND and be the heavens mercy to you if some stupid robot desides you are unlucky today.
    -loot system. In legion    Legion was a giant step backwards into a way of free to play browser games with all that grinding staff and random to all aspects of gameplay, but with this expention it came even further:
    -titanforge, one of the worst legion “features” is still here. MORE GRIND TO THE GOD OF GRIND and be the heavens mercy to you if some stupid robot desides you are unlucky today.
    -loot system. In legion you could at least try to minimize the harm of titanforge and random by giving your mate some good loot in a raid. Now if that stupid bot is against you will not get anything.
    -storytelling. I don’t know who thought that awful 6-year old “writer” could write a good script but it is here in cooperation with boring quests and old fashioned cinematics (not that from a trailer even for 1%). Cc-combo baby!
    -outdated class mechanics or just odd ones. Sometimes you just don’t know where to put one of your hands so... try to be careful.
    - if you want new races... grind old content. And they are just a remarked old ones.
    So this game is a money trap not worth to start. Better give these money to some charity because I feel bad when giving them to a lazy and disgraceful company which treats you like a money bag.    … Expand
  29. Zelliaind
    Sep 24, 2018
    0
    If I could rate this lower than a zero I would. Trust me, BfA makes WoD looks like Wrath of the Lich King.

    I'm trying to figure out a way to word this as eloquently as I can without coming across as an **** So let me start off with this. I've played WoW for about 14 (almost 15) years. I'm a WoW Veteran that has cleared higher end content for most of that time. In Legion (the previous    If I could rate this lower than a zero I would. Trust me, BfA makes WoD looks like Wrath of the Lich King.

    I'm trying to figure out a way to word this as eloquently as I can without coming across as an **** So let me start off with this. I've played WoW for about 14 (almost 15) years. I'm a WoW Veteran that has cleared higher end content for most of that time. In Legion (the previous expansion) I decided to wind down and go an easier more casual route with only raiding once a week with some seriously great people. Legion was a blast compared to WoD and I had fun raiding all the way through. When BfA came out, immediately I was let down by Azerite armor, by the lack of things to do with professions, by my abilities and passives that went away with my awesome legendary weapon, by forced personal loot in dungeons, with the bugs that I know I and others reported in beta, with the reduced reputation gains from world quests that literally DOUBLED the amount of time it took to get reputation leveled, GCD being added to almost every ability, RNG for your RNG with your RNG, Warfronts being like Wintergrasp except boring, Island Expeditions that are Cataclysm Scenarios with a timer, classes not even being finished on launch and told to wait for a patch, a game designer that gives little to no f*cks about the player base and displays his arrogant attitude every single livestream or AMA, once again being stuck to the ground with no flying mount, boring dungeons that feel like rehashes of other dungeon mechanics, the irritating timegating using reputation or gear...oh and did I mention the bugs (I've fallen through the ground more times than I can count in BfA than I ever did in all the other expansions COMBINED). I could literally go on for the entire 5000 maximum character count in this text box with the problems and issues this expansion has. I keep going back and adding more **** that's wrong with this expansion.

    Needless to say, if you're an old WoW Veteran looking to come back and play again, don't. Just stay away. It's hot garbage. If you're a new player, I encourage you to wait until either the next expansion or the current game developer gets ****canned for this mess of an expansion. Don't listen to all the shills defending the developers or gameplay. Trust me, this is worse than WoD by a wide margin.

    What a disgrace. I'm going to go take a shot now. I need one after writing that review and remembering all the **** that is wrong with a game that I used to love.

    Ugh.    … Expand
  30. Abraxas79
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    Minimal effort. No new abilities, no new talents, pruned spells and abilities and GCD that no one asked for. I don't care how pretty the smells and bells are, if the core character class design is lacking, it is not worth playing.
  31. justcruel
    Oct 23, 2018
    0
    I wish I could rate this useless RNG machine lower than 0. Incredibly dissapointing experience.
  32. wybrem
    Sep 13, 2018
    0
    World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth is a Freemium game hiddin in a pay 2 play package.

    No longer is it a fun and relaxing game. EVERYTHING you want is gated behind tedious rep grinds. Something as simple as a reskin is gated behind weeks upon weeks of tedious rep grinding, which means as much doing the EXACT same boring quests over and over again. Leveling has been slowed down so much    World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth is a Freemium game hiddin in a pay 2 play package.

    No longer is it a fun and relaxing game. EVERYTHING you want is gated behind tedious rep grinds. Something as simple as a reskin is gated behind weeks upon weeks of tedious rep grinding, which means as much doing the EXACT same boring quests over and over again. Leveling has been slowed down so much that wow is now only for the most dedicated of unemployed.

    Wow should just go free2play as it is no longer a premium game nor is it worth the subscription.    … Expand
  33. OldSkoolGamerz
    Aug 31, 2018
    3
    Easily the worst addition to the series. Considering the value of your time and the amount of better gaming entertainment out there - cancelling your subscription has never been easier.
  34. Miloratello
    Sep 4, 2018
    3
    I have to agree with a majority of the user comments in this review. Although the areas are beautiful, most of the changes to the game make it extremely boring. I'm not a PVP'er so I could care less about battling other players, which means I have nothing but World Quests to do.

    It's been 3 weeks since launch and I'm already bored to tears. I have 16 characters on my account and I can't    I have to agree with a majority of the user comments in this review. Although the areas are beautiful, most of the changes to the game make it extremely boring. I'm not a PVP'er so I could care less about battling other players, which means I have nothing but World Quests to do.

    It's been 3 weeks since launch and I'm already bored to tears. I have 16 characters on my account and I can't imagine taking the time to do all of this mundane grind on each of them. I expected Legion to be a disappointment, but it was surprisingly robust. It offered class missions for each spec, custom armor, class mounts and the introduction of appearance collections. I also liked the PVP tokens you could earn doing world quests to collect the classic PVP sets. All of that is gone with this expansion.

    I'm feeling that World of Warcraft should be renamed 'War of World Quests' since both factions have different, but unique sets to do. I haven't noticed them involving any Alliance vs. Horde missions, most are still against a common foe in each faction.

    With any launch, you expect bugs to come up from time to time. I'm finding that a lot of the changes that were made to the game were not properly thought out or handled correctly. In Beta, people commented that the stat squish made older raids and dungeons unsoloable. It's something many did to collect the armor sets for the appearance collection. And many of the changes to the classes made them clunky and awkward, taking away from the game. None of this was fixed so now we all get to experience this frustration. They also added pets to a lot of the classic dungeons and raids, and cut back on the amount of armor dropping from mobs and bosses, so it takes even longer to collect the desired set piece. More grinding ahead for those that still care.

    I've had a lot of friends already put their account on hold hoping that they can come back in 6 months or so to see improvements based on player feedback. I'm not there yet, but with each repeat World Quest, I'm getting really close.    … Expand
  35. Dman2
    Sep 12, 2018
    3
    Pros: The Art work, quests, story line, cut scenes and cinematics are top notch as always. Dungeons are bit buggy, overall fresh and fun. World PvP is probably my favorite aspect of this expansion so far, love the bounty system.

    Cons: Island Expeditions were poorly implemented, and are completely dead after the first week...they need to be rework or removed asap. Warfronts: The    Pros: The Art work, quests, story line, cut scenes and cinematics are top notch as always. Dungeons are bit buggy, overall fresh and fun. World PvP is probably my favorite aspect of this expansion so far, love the bounty system.

    Cons: Island Expeditions were poorly implemented, and are completely dead after the first week...they need to be rework or removed asap.

    Warfronts:
    The gameplay is buggy, rewards are great; they really should be made into a 20 vs 20 battleground...

    Class game play:
    "Class fantasy" (as blizzard puts it), is pretty clunky. Damage is currently being balanced, but the skills and GCD flow need a lot more work

    The response from Blizzard to the community is a train wreck... just about everything they do with weekly updates gives me one less reason to play...

    I love Blizzard and their games, but they really need to listen to the community and reflect on the feedback.    … Expand
  36. Slain
    Oct 16, 2018
    0
    I knew going into this game that it would be more of a streamlined, watered down world of warcraft. I have been worried about this issue since MoP and ever expansion it continues to get worse and worse. They are caring far less for the veteran and hardcore players to cater to new and younger, more casual players. I really think the best thing that can happen at this point is for newI knew going into this game that it would be more of a streamlined, watered down world of warcraft. I have been worried about this issue since MoP and ever expansion it continues to get worse and worse. They are caring far less for the veteran and hardcore players to cater to new and younger, more casual players. I really think the best thing that can happen at this point is for new leadership that can bring back the complexity of early days wow and cater to both casuals and veteran hardcore players at least equally. In fact i think legion was better, the class halls were a great addition and concept that was fun. Its really dissapointing because i really want WoW to succeed, it holds a special place in my heart, but its been 3 expansions since ive truly been immersed in this game and i am really losing hope.… Expand
  37. earlyman56
    Sep 17, 2018
    0
    The game has been simplified and reduced greatly. Character customization is extremely limited and simplistic compared to before. Total amount of character abilities have also been reduced. Content is streamlined to a treadmill of scheduled quests, dungeons and raids. You are not given any time to just do whatever you want.
  38. unloco
    Sep 12, 2018
    4
    First time in WoW's expansion History that I have un-subbed after 1 month of play.

    Everything is time gated. All classes feel like garbage, GCD changes to "make the game slower paced" (quote from game director)
  39. MadViking
    Aug 30, 2018
    4
    There is very little in the game players who've played Legion (the previous expansion). Only warfronts (which per writing isn't out yet) and Island expeditions are the new features of this expansion. The rest are just lifted from Legion, like the azerite system (which is a watered down version of Legion's Artifact system) and World Quests - which is the mandatory end-game content requiredThere is very little in the game players who've played Legion (the previous expansion). Only warfronts (which per writing isn't out yet) and Island expeditions are the new features of this expansion. The rest are just lifted from Legion, like the azerite system (which is a watered down version of Legion's Artifact system) and World Quests - which is the mandatory end-game content required to get reputation which is needed to advance the story.

    The game is heavily time gated and constricted and doesn't really offer anything. The story isn't that driving and well put together, and has loopholes the size of the sun all over the place. It's easy to feel burned out rather quickly, since the game has very few things to do, and fewer still that are rewarding. I would recommend sitting this one out, it's not really worth the money in its current stage.    … Expand
  40. calcal2019
    Sep 9, 2018
    0
    Been playing since the beginning (With breaks of course) I loved Legion and thought it brought alot of new features however I am very sad to say that BFA is the worst expansion I have ever played.
    There are no new talents or changes between 110 and 120, the only difference is that you lose your legendary items which dumbs down your rotation.
    The removal of tier gear means that your    Been playing since the beginning (With breaks of course) I loved Legion and thought it brought alot of new features however I am very sad to say that BFA is the worst expansion I have ever played.
    There are no new talents or changes between 110 and 120, the only difference is that you lose your legendary items which dumbs down your rotation.
    The removal of tier gear means that your rotations will stay exactly the same so basically class design is non-existent and classes are all; very boring, repetitive and similar.
    Then they have added scaling to the game which means that 110's with legendaries can destroy level 120s even if they have spent 30 hours farming mythic dungeons. So you get the feeling that you become weaker as you level.
    The art looks really good and the music is some of the best in the game but you may aswell put spotify on and walk round an art gallery if you wanted 'Music and art'

    The worst games i have played in order in the past few years are BFA, Sea of Thieves, No mans sky

    Vanilla - 10/10
    TBC - 9/10
    Wotlk - 10/10
    Cata - 5/10
    MOP - Didnt play
    WOD - 4/10
    Legion - 10/10
    BFA - 0/10    … Expand
  41. johnnybgood8
    Sep 11, 2018
    4
    Really sad to say, but this is the first xpack i dont even feel like i want to login or level at all.
  42. freakbot
    Aug 27, 2018
    0
    Simply the worst expansion of the WOW, storytelling is boring and quests are scattered so distractedly that it's hard to focus on the main story. Contents after level 120 are very similar to the Legion, but the rewards are very small so it is not motivating at all. Even no talents and skills are added after legion , and this means your play will be almost same through the whole expansion.
  43. destta
    Aug 22, 2018
    1
    Nothing new, boring questing, stupid stories. Same local quests, same artifact power grind.
  44. Napieracz
    Aug 23, 2018
    4
    tldr: If you have friends to play with, it's the same old WoW that you know. You're going to have a good time. I just expected something more.

    This is coming for a WoW veteran. Perhaps i'm just done with the game altogether but lack of originality is really something that comes to my mind in every area when it comes to BFA. I find BFA lacking in content. Compared to legion, the    tldr: If you have friends to play with, it's the same old WoW that you know. You're going to have a good time. I just expected something more.

    This is coming for a WoW veteran. Perhaps i'm just done with the game altogether but lack of originality is really something that comes to my mind in every area when it comes to BFA.

    I find BFA lacking in content. Compared to legion, the story is very weak and hardy even believable (I know it's a fantasy world but still). Blizzard over-promises and delivers very little content. At the moment, there is not much to do and features like island expeditions which were heavily advertise, disappoint.

    One can do dungeons but the time-gating on blizzard's side is really visible here. Warfronts, raids and mythic+ dungeons are coming, allied races as well. It is clear for me that this expansion focused on player retention and moneymaking mechanics rather than something original. Something created not out of heart but in a corporate conference room.

    I really have problems with game mechanics at 120. Players can do world quests or farm azerite power. Thing I've done in excess during the last expansion. They are straight up revolting for me and are nothing more than time-wasters put in place just to engage players in meaningless activities. I feel restricted like I'm getting some fun, just to stay and play but not enough to be really satisfied.

    Writing in WoW has never been great but I feel like it is stagnating. C'mon blizzard, your players age. The game is almost 15 years old but the story is written for teenagers and very young at best. Characters are one-dimensional and their actions illogical. Maybe I'm just looking for a more mature story after we've all seen fantasy world created in eg. GoT.

    The good thing are the visuals. It's astounding what can be done with such an old engine. I've only done the horde part but voldun is one of the best looking zones in the game, especially at the night. This is probably what designers envisioned for Tanaris or Uldum.

    It's really hard for me to say 'don't buy it'. I personally feel like bfa does not changes enough. Yet, it is still good ol' WoW. Dungeons are fine, the raids will probably be as well. Classes play mostly like they have in Legion. I expected a different direction.    … Expand
  45. xDarkOne
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    Bad quest design. Kill 15 mobs. Perfect.
    Bad story.
    A lot of bugs.
    Good azerite armor.
  46. G412M
    Sep 1, 2018
    0
    It´s hard to believe what happened to most played and best selling MMO of all times. Developers are completely out of touch with their playerbase. Terrible unexciting leveling, dull gameplay, boring new quests, not really feel of any kind of progression, it´s all there. Final product feel like a BETA at best. Some classes are barely playable. Shame on you blizzard. This is GARBAGE!
  47. activateawesome
    Sep 3, 2018
    0
    Let me start by saying I use to really like wow. I have put countless hours into the game. This expansion feels like Blizzard is spitting in our face. I feel like no effort has been put in to improving the game and they are continuing with the same recipe.

    In addition to my disappointment, I ended up deleting my account due to Blizzards lack of support. I tried to escalate an issue but    Let me start by saying I use to really like wow. I have put countless hours into the game. This expansion feels like Blizzard is spitting in our face. I feel like no effort has been put in to improving the game and they are continuing with the same recipe.

    In addition to my disappointment, I ended up deleting my account due to Blizzards lack of support. I tried to escalate an issue but there is no where to escalate, you just have to accept whatever the game master tells you. This was a deal breaker for me as any company I have dealt with has somewhere to escalate an issue if you don't feel it is dealt with correctly. I feel sorry for you if you ever have to deal with their support.

    I would steer clear of this one and steer clear of Blizzard support. Blizzard support sucks! But I'm sure you already know.    … Expand
  48. broccoligold
    Aug 17, 2018
    4
    The graphics are incredible but the gameplay coming from Legion is extremely subpar. Classes are clunky and awkward, the quests are all thinly veiled pick up quests (and there are a looottt of them this time around), lack of any new content. Island Expeditions are just MoP scenarios. The actual War Campaign missions you go on feel like your a minion in a MOBA, grind up relatively easy mobsThe graphics are incredible but the gameplay coming from Legion is extremely subpar. Classes are clunky and awkward, the quests are all thinly veiled pick up quests (and there are a looottt of them this time around), lack of any new content. Island Expeditions are just MoP scenarios. The actual War Campaign missions you go on feel like your a minion in a MOBA, grind up relatively easy mobs until you breach a wall and so on but it is so easy it becomes a grindfest. Order hall (esque) missions are back to also offer you a daily dose of Facebook game and time gates.… Expand
  49. gX-kiD
    Sep 3, 2018
    3
    Corporate greed killed the video game star. Let's not kid ourselves, every video game these days is about making money, games in general just became too mainstream to be about the art first, and money second.

    However, there is an amount of monetization that is acceptable, that doesn't kill the immersion into a game. Blizzard always walked rather carefully on this fine line, but now    Corporate greed killed the video game star. Let's not kid ourselves, every video game these days is about making money, games in general just became too mainstream to be about the art first, and money second.

    However, there is an amount of monetization that is acceptable, that doesn't kill the immersion into a game. Blizzard always walked rather carefully on this fine line, but now they've clearly stepped over it, at least in my perception. This is a pay2play game, with a monthly sub fee, full price expansions, ridiculously overpriced character services, a cash shop for cosmetics, and with the manufacturer even (indirectly) selling gold for real moneyz via the wow token.

    We all accepted that for years, because the game still felt immersive and all the monetization around it didn't impact the game itself too much. But those days are over. Blizzard introduced Allied Races in Legion, and they made sure to gate them behind a reputation grind at the end of Legion. Now the next set of Allied Races made it to the game, and yet again they're locked behind a tedious rep grind. And if you actually managed to grind the reputation required, you will need to level your Allied Race character. And how convenient that Blizzard massively slowed down the overall leveling process in all zones of the game, turning it into a mindnumbingly boring grind. And how convenient again that the infamous character boost is now even 10 bucks more expensive, if you want to bypass all the grind.

    Grind and timegates are the key words in this expansion, as Blizzard controls the player progression at every single step. The most ridiculous aspect of this is probably the item level scaling. No matter which level you are, no matter how powerful your gear becomes, every random pig in the open world will take you the exact same time to kill as it did 10 levels or 100 item levels earlier. And scaling now even applies to PVP, turning Warmode, which is pretty much the same thing as PVP servers before BfA, into a total travesty. Level 110 players farming level 120 players with ease, because the scaling is horrendously broken.

    This whole expansion is about nothing but slowing the player down, and removing all RPG aspects from the game. You get to level 10 additional levels for absolutely no reason, as you won't even get a single skill or passive, and you don't become any more powerful.

    Island expeditions, one of the new selling points of this expansion, are the most dull and uninspired PVE content this game has ever offered. And the only reason to do them is to boost your Heart of Azeroth via Ass-erite, the new Artifact power. It works pretty much the same way, just in a way more boring and meaningless fashion.

    I do give them 1 point for the graphics of the new zones, 1 point for the music, and 1 point for ....well, I don't even know, guess I feel sorry for them - and all the players keeping up with this crap.

    This expansion will tank harder than WoD, and if Blizzard doesn't correct course on a massive scale, this might turn into the worst expansion so far, or even be the final nail in the coffin of a once great game.

    It sure is the end of the line for me, as I'm a player, and not a cow to be milked dry while being kept in a closed and controlled stall.    … Expand
  50. PresCthulhu
    Aug 28, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To be fair this expansion is nothing short, but a zero.

    Blizzard is one of the greatest game developers with vast resources. Obviously the expectations are high, but even taking this into consideration this "expansion" is an insult to every fan. This is not what you can call an "expansion" and sell it for AAA price. This is horse ****

    What does it offer:
    1. They restructure how world pvp works and call it a feature. No, it's like a patch.
    2. They add "new" races that are essentially recolors of existing models and literally not interesting in any possible way (I understand it is subjective, but even the **** pandas everyone hate were more interesting). They add nothing to the game and overall feel extremely lazy
    3. I absolutely love Blizzard's stories, the animations they release, the cinematic, how come the game itself has a script that feels like it's written by a 8 year old. Its horrible.
    4. Level scaling in zones is a good idea in general, but they done it in a way that your character feels weaker as they progress.
    5. Beside the new zones (that look good, but otherwise I would not call it grand), the **** island expedition and the war zones it adds nothing new...
    6. No new classes/abilities
    7. They removed the artifacts (lazy) that we worked for years then add a **** trinket with the same mechanics AND **** abilities.

    +1 This game is so old no matter how they tweak the engine it will never look as good how it could look if Blizzard would actually grew some **** balls and release a new game already. This is perhaps Blizzards greatest crime. They keep pushing this **** down on the masses' throats instead of moving on. I swear the best word to describe this is LAZY. And don't give me this "wow has a cartoon style" excuse as even cartoon styled games can potentially look at least ten times better. Not to mention the animations. I watch one in-game cinematic that supposed to be serious and cry that this is something that comes out in 2018. There is no excuse. Just look at battle of Lordearon cinematic when the lithe Sylvanas jumps off a rock after her monologue. I could cry, it's like a satire.

    All in all: "just wow"    … Expand
  51. marlmoro
    Sep 14, 2018
    3
    Lot of years playing WoW, and this is the poor expansion release. Bugs everydays questing, dungeons, raids, stats... This is a really beta. Metagame is now Uldir Mythic, and seconds boss have invisible lasers killing you, wtf.
    I'm a mythic raider, and actually i'm playing beta game. Probably dont buy next expansion, and go another mmo can be playeable.
  52. Schrodin
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    Fukking azerite! All contents of BFA are minor copy of Legion. This can't be called a game.
  53. snimrod
    Sep 10, 2018
    0
    I'm so sad to say that BFA is not only the worst expansion for wow but it has completely ruined all classes, specs etc.
    Its so boring 0/10 seems generous, feel like blizzard have stolen £50 from me (40 for game 10 for a month sub, which got cancelled after 3 days)
  54. WarSongg
    Sep 17, 2018
    4
    legion get criticized because too much grind on artifact, the response they give only to give more grinding for player. New player cant pick two new race because they need to grind their reputation to exalted which is take forever to do so, new profession system push player to grind the old expansion. Class design which they're promised to be more "balanced" so people who want to push tolegion get criticized because too much grind on artifact, the response they give only to give more grinding for player. New player cant pick two new race because they need to grind their reputation to exalted which is take forever to do so, new profession system push player to grind the old expansion. Class design which they're promised to be more "balanced" so people who want to push to mythic progression have more variety class in their roster are not fullfilled until now, take example feral class which is are now the lowest dps compared to the other class, even that class dps have more lower dps than tank, this making people who want to play feral not getting invited or must reroll to balance spec so they can keep their head up to other dps. the other example i can give maybe fire mage, where some people reroll to frost or arcane to push their progression. Holy paladin where they given a strong cooldown with aura of sacrifice now they change it with exact effect like devotion aura but worse, they also change warrior prot with lowest damage mitigation compared to other tank. i dont get the idea why they need to change playstyle some of the classes so much where that class have some positive feedback before, are they have diffrent persons to design some of the classes and they get no idea what are they doing for?

    legion introduce alot of future that people can enjoy, but this one? the new feature like island of expedition lack of interest for player and not rewarding, even for warfront i still have no idea what i should do in here except killing rare or world bosses.    … Expand
  55. monsterman45
    Aug 24, 2018
    1
    Scaling makes it so that your character gets weaker and weaker as you level up making the game more and more of a "battle" to want to log in. Once you hit max level this trend just continues as mobs scale in health to your characters equipment so there is zero progression no matter how long you play.

    The only thing that getting equipment is worthwhile for is for instances (dungeons,    Scaling makes it so that your character gets weaker and weaker as you level up making the game more and more of a "battle" to want to log in. Once you hit max level this trend just continues as mobs scale in health to your characters equipment so there is zero progression no matter how long you play.

    The only thing that getting equipment is worthwhile for is for instances (dungeons, raids, etc) and for PvP, but the class imbalances are the worst they have been since 2004/2005 with certain classes being unkillable and others capable of one-shotting players.

    Overall not a lot of thought was put into the core work of the game and it's just made to look pretty so they can sell a lot of copies.    … Expand
  56. Painless73
    Sep 30, 2018
    0
    BfA is ... well it's not a bad expansion to be honest. The scenery, surroundings & graphics are awesome and beautiful, but honestly it's just eyecandy for 'covering up' the fact that the grindfest is neverending and quite unrewarding in my opinon.
    Level- & item scaling - the higher my level is the weaker I feel. I can't remember feeling this weak in Legion once hitting max level.    BfA is ... well it's not a bad expansion to be honest. The scenery, surroundings & graphics are awesome and beautiful, but honestly it's just eyecandy for 'covering up' the fact that the grindfest is neverending and quite unrewarding in my opinon.
    Level- & item scaling - the higher my level is the weaker I feel. I can't remember feeling this weak in Legion once hitting max level. (disregarding legendaries & artifact weapons).
    I played extensively since launch until ... now. I'm calling the quits. Let someone else take over this neverending grind.
    Edit: This expansion feels bereft of imagination and interest in making an actual game that's fun to play and not insanely tedious. I've been away and back and then a few days away after a ragequit over TW. But I still end up with the feeling of not sure why I logged on and then logging off momentarily after.
    The RNG is spreading throughout the expansion like a plague of not caring about the game. The more RNG - the less Bli$$ard has to care about the game. It's an expansion running in circles. I really, REALLY wanted to like, heck even love the expansion. But I find little or no love for this expansion. This expansion is fundamentally flawed beyond repair - I'm afraid. Or FUBAR if you will.    … Expand
  57. Exterium
    Aug 21, 2018
    0
    So far is the most boring expansion I've experienced, and I've experienced them all.

    This expansion (It hurts to even call it that) takes away more than it brings. All classes are slow, boring and uninteresting. Half the new zones feel like old zones with a facelift. Also, they introduced a marvelous scaling system, once you are lvl 120, mobs scale to your item level, making gear    So far is the most boring expansion I've experienced, and I've experienced them all.

    This expansion (It hurts to even call it that) takes away more than it brings. All classes are slow, boring and uninteresting. Half the new zones feel like old zones with a facelift.

    Also, they introduced a marvelous scaling system, once you are lvl 120, mobs scale to your item level, making gear next to useless, great idea for an RPG.    … Expand
  58. farside79
    Aug 20, 2018
    0
    Came back for this expac and leaving again. Nothing new - they actually took away more than they offered. Definitely not worth the money unless you get it in battle chest down the road.

    The global cool down is atrocious. Azerite armor is atrocious. Blizzard has become very anti-player and supporter - this is evident when they respond to questions/concerns on the forums as well as    Came back for this expac and leaving again. Nothing new - they actually took away more than they offered. Definitely not worth the money unless you get it in battle chest down the road.

    The global cool down is atrocious. Azerite armor is atrocious. Blizzard has become very anti-player and supporter - this is evident when they respond to questions/concerns on the forums as well as when Lon (the lead developed) does any sort of interview. Shame really, used to have mad respect for Blizzard as a developer but they have shattered that but fully cementing themselves in bad decision after bad decision. I wanted to like it, came back expecting to like it. It failed to deliver on all counts for me.    … Expand
  59. Sheiny
    Oct 4, 2018
    0
    DONT SUPPORT BLIZZARD ANYMORE!

    BFA is by far the worst WoW-addon. Grinding your way to collect reputation, you are forced to do the same (quality missing) quests with genocide and clicking over and over again. Every zone is separated and you will often observe enemy players shifting into other instances, while you are fighting them. The story is trivial and boring, there is absolutely    DONT SUPPORT BLIZZARD ANYMORE!

    BFA is by far the worst WoW-addon. Grinding your way to collect reputation, you are forced to do the same (quality missing) quests with genocide and clicking over and over again.
    Every zone is separated and you will often observe enemy players shifting into other instances, while you are fighting them.
    The story is trivial and boring, there is absolutely nothing worthwhile remembering.
    The gameplay feels like a slow metronome.

    You can exchange 1000$ directly with tokens into WoW Gold. With the overall very low weapon drop rate in the world of BFA its not only recommended, but merely mandatory to buy a weapon in the AH. I did more than 60 heroics and not a single weapon dropped for me, or my friends. Therefore its the biggest of small past steps into the direction of pay to win.

    Change their cash politics with your decline to play such garbage.
    Thanks and praise the sun. :-)    … Expand
  60. Kikkenmursel
    Sep 4, 2018
    0
    New and returning players beware!! Everything is time gated, you have to grind boring and dull world quests for weeks just to unlock your new main character, even in outdated Legion content. And then if you don't want to give more money to Blizzard for a race change, you have to level it again to level 120, so more boring outdated stuff. Everything seems time gated, even quest items haveNew and returning players beware!! Everything is time gated, you have to grind boring and dull world quests for weeks just to unlock your new main character, even in outdated Legion content. And then if you don't want to give more money to Blizzard for a race change, you have to level it again to level 120, so more boring outdated stuff. Everything seems time gated, even quest items have an absurd cooldown of 20 seconds, just to make sure that you are slowed down as much as possible. What a joke. WoW used to be great fun, but this is too much. Sorry.… Expand
  61. JasPlun1971
    Sep 2, 2018
    1
    I have played WoW ever since Vanilla without too many breaks. It has always been fun to me until now. With the addition of item scaling the "fun factor" has pretty much left the game for me as a player. I like to feel like I am getting more and more powerful as I level. BFA it got even worse and you pretty much feel like you are getting weaker and weaker instead of the opposite. TimeI have played WoW ever since Vanilla without too many breaks. It has always been fun to me until now. With the addition of item scaling the "fun factor" has pretty much left the game for me as a player. I like to feel like I am getting more and more powerful as I level. BFA it got even worse and you pretty much feel like you are getting weaker and weaker instead of the opposite. Time gating is everywhere, the quests are tedious and a pain to get too. Most terrain is rough and it is simply designed to be that way to slow your leveling progress down. This is a PVP expansion the perks come from being flagged for pvp and Warfronts. I got to 115 and finally said screw this POS expansion. I do not give a crap about how the end game is because I can't even make myself play through this pissy poor design. This is not worth $49 as it is pretty much just a game patch. Save your money and pass on this POS. I predict in about a month when people hit 120 there will be a mass exodus and a lot of backlash. I see Ion Hazzakotos getting the Boot soon after.… Expand
  62. lawgcul
    Aug 15, 2018
    0
    Boring for Azeroth.
    Blizzard really put forth minimal effort on this expansion.
  63. cerberlok
    Sep 13, 2018
    0
    Scaling your gear on 120 get your character weaker and no progress usles expedicion and Mission on Table only for farm ussles azerite power
  64. flashtone
    Aug 20, 2018
    3
    Lack luster attempt at an expansion. Let me preface by saying i've played hundreds and hundreds of days on wow and every expansion going back to the start. This review only speaks on behalf of the leveling from 110 to 120. Its garbage, cookie cutter quests that replicate themselves in different skins over and over the whole way though. It becomes so tiresome you feel you accomplishedLack luster attempt at an expansion. Let me preface by saying i've played hundreds and hundreds of days on wow and every expansion going back to the start. This review only speaks on behalf of the leveling from 110 to 120. Its garbage, cookie cutter quests that replicate themselves in different skins over and over the whole way though. It becomes so tiresome you feel you accomplished nothing but wasted time. The story line leaves nothing to be desired. landscapes are the same over used hard to navigate mountainous terrains. Huge step back from legion and even legion i thought was going down the wrong leveling path. We want something new out of an expansion not kill 10 mobs pick up 10 things, click this item on this mob x 1000. Im not even kidding thats all you do over and over in BFA. its the same quests but different NPCs. I expected something more out of the front runners of the MMO industry. Should you buy it? YES because you have no life and its all they gonna give us.… Expand
  65. feardarkness88
    Aug 14, 2018
    0
    Blizzard's model: Remove abilities and don't add any new ones. (among other things) There's no new 120 talent tree spells. No new abilities for any class. instead, they removed abilities like they did in WoD, or hid them behind the pvp talent tree. (Like in legion)

    They also added a GCD on all classes for all spells, which means you have to wait before casting a spell, making the    Blizzard's model: Remove abilities and don't add any new ones. (among other things) There's no new 120 talent tree spells. No new abilities for any class. instead, they removed abilities like they did in WoD, or hid them behind the pvp talent tree. (Like in legion)

    They also added a GCD on all classes for all spells, which means you have to wait before casting a spell, making the gameplay even slower than it was. (and more tedious)

    The game is trying to go back to it's roots with Alliance vs Horde, Orc, vs Human. But it doesn't make any sense, since PVP has been completely cut from the knees as well. Blizzard had the bright idea of removing PVP servers and replacing it with "Warmode". If you have this mode turned on you get increased experience and it flags you for PVP. Basically every server now is a Normal server and you flag yourself for PVP if you want to. The irony is palpable. It's ironic since the game is advertising itself as a PVP oriented expansion even though It's not. The New "Warfront" game mode was advertised as a PVP mode, but it's not. It's not even PVP. It's PVE. It's basically a 20 man dungeon that is incredibly boring and gets old after the first time.

    "Island expeditions" are also incredibly boring and repetitive and serve no real purpose other than filler.

    Nu-WoW is all about the aesthetics like most games today. It's completely empty and devoid of any real challenge or atmosphere. It's all about how long can we keep the player subscribed. Once you get past looking at the dungeons and raids, you'll soon see the game is a hallow shell. There's almost nothing to do outside of dungeons and raiding.

    And since they've pruned so many abilities and added no new ones, added a GCD that the community did not want and was very vocal about it, dungeon gameplay and raid gameplay is even slower than it was. Your basically looking at a 4 button rotation for most classes and with the added GCD, I feel like I'm watching a golf tournament.

    I was recently refunded after thinking the game would change after playing Beta. I honestly did not thing they would still have the GCD change after the community even signed petitions to get it removed. Blizzard-Activision does not care about you. They only care about your money. Which is ironic since if they listened to the community that has supported the game for a better part of almost 15 years, they would probably make more money if they didn't add changes that nobody wanted in the first place.

    Blizzard is currently in panic mode. They're trying to get back the old players that have unsubbed a long time ago (look at their TV ads) by bringing back the Horde vs Alliance nostalgia that hasn't been a thing since Vanilla. They are also releasing "Classic WoW" which they are trying to get the thousands of players that are playing Vanilla on private servers. They are losing subscribers fast. it seems though that the Nu-Blizzard design team has no clue what they're doing. The old design team is long and gone, the magic is gone. It's a corporate business model now like most "Triple A" games today.

    And if your wondering if change is good, yes it is. WoW needs change every expansion. The problem is when you make the gameplay more and more tedious and boring to play it makes the game a chore to play. And incredibly boring. Google "Warrior GCD GIF".

    But people will continue to buy every wow expansion. Either out of habit, being a "loyal" blizzard customer or maybe thinking the beta changes would be reversed at launch.

    You want Blizzard to improve it's game? Stop giving them money. Vote with your wallet. That's the only way these companies listen to customers.

    Money talks and **** walks.    … Expand
  66. Gugap
    Sep 4, 2018
    0
    World of Warcraft is past its prime and the developers slowly turned an amazing social and challenging MMORPG into a casual theme park singleplayer game with coop.
    All content is scaled to match your level, regardless of the other players, which really breaks the immersion and makes the world feel really inconsistent. Everything is one click away and you dont need to work for anything.    World of Warcraft is past its prime and the developers slowly turned an amazing social and challenging MMORPG into a casual theme park singleplayer game with coop.
    All content is scaled to match your level, regardless of the other players, which really breaks the immersion and makes the world feel really inconsistent. Everything is one click away and you dont need to work for anything. Same goes for classes - the amount of "skill" and knowledge one needs to have to master his class is fraction of what it used to be in WOTLK for example. I honestly find this game being a disgrace and I feel like it's closer to lobby games like League of Legends than the kind of MMO it used to be - you barely make any friends nowadays, everything is anonymous and minimum social interaction is required. The game might as well be singleplayer and i dont think it would make much difference at this point.    … Expand
  67. wouldnt_even
    Aug 30, 2018
    1
    I was very excited about new expension to WoW since i started playing from vanilla back in 2005. first of all in first two days on my server (EU Draenor) we have 6000+ queues so it was almost impossible to log in. When i finally started playing i got to 120 lvl by 18.08. Then i started doing dungeons and island expeditions and i was greatly disappointed when i realized that with higherI was very excited about new expension to WoW since i started playing from vanilla back in 2005. first of all in first two days on my server (EU Draenor) we have 6000+ queues so it was almost impossible to log in. When i finally started playing i got to 120 lvl by 18.08. Then i started doing dungeons and island expeditions and i was greatly disappointed when i realized that with higher item level i get killing mobs was becoming harder and harder... at ilvl 315 i wasnt able to pull more that one mob doing WQs. That killed feel of progression completely. I just cant understand this particular design decision so unsub and uninstall on the 7th day after launch. The game now is just boring and i cant find better word to describe BFA.… Expand
  68. NoticeMe
    Aug 15, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unending quests like kill 15 this dudes and after this kill 20 this dudes. Nothing new in gameplay comparing to Legion. Completely garbage storytelling. I just don't see any reason to play this game anymore.… Expand
  69. Anatar90
    Aug 25, 2018
    0
    I am a casual player. I like interesting story lines, moderate difficulty with proper rewards, new challanges that makes you overcome yourself and get better rewards. WoW offers you none of it in the way it has to be. Grinding is the core mechanic of this game. And it would be alright for mmo but the only progress you get - small numbers in description of you gear. All of your equipmetnI am a casual player. I like interesting story lines, moderate difficulty with proper rewards, new challanges that makes you overcome yourself and get better rewards. WoW offers you none of it in the way it has to be. Grinding is the core mechanic of this game. And it would be alright for mmo but the only progress you get - small numbers in description of you gear. All of your equipmetn are going to be epic (purple) and look the same for item level 300 or 350. Storyline is made for teenagers and kids.

    It is worht to play only if you haven't try WoW before. And I highly reccomend not to buy BfA. If you are a new player just get the sub and play until Legion.    … Expand
  70. muruurummuru
    Sep 11, 2018
    1
    Art 10/10
    Quests 9/10
    Story in general 6/10
    Optimization 6/10
    RNG+GCD 0/10
    Everything else 1/10
    And by everything else i mean a lot of positions
  71. spirothedragon
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    I use to enjoy World of Warcraft but I think they have stopped caring about what the players want. Which shows in the release of this expansion. It's more focused towards the hardcore players.
    I've also had to deal with their support and it is absolute rubbish. On top of that the forum is filled with keyboard warriors who troll the forums looking for people to criticize on behalf of    I use to enjoy World of Warcraft but I think they have stopped caring about what the players want. Which shows in the release of this expansion. It's more focused towards the hardcore players.
    I've also had to deal with their support and it is absolute rubbish. On top of that the forum is filled with keyboard warriors who troll the forums looking for people to criticize on behalf of Blizzard in the aim to become moderators. It appears that Blizzard has purposely provided incentive for these Blizzard minions to scour through each and every post to express their arrogant and condescending opinions. Just have a look at any complaint posted and you'll see them.
    Like with all things this game has come to an end.    … Expand
  72. cloudwebber
    Aug 15, 2018
    0
    Totally bad. Same system, same contents. infinite rotation of "kill 12", "kill what", and "collect 6 things". No new talent, no new skills. It is just a big patch of Legion expansion.
  73. progamerr
    Aug 25, 2018
    1
    here are the facts about this game

    People still playing it. Never understood that. This game builds upon one thing, Farm! Farm! Farm! And that never changes. Maybe because of genre. Yes it's MMORPG. new dungeon's new raids new areas (like every new expansion) Same linear quest line. take mission go kill go back... Buy or not buy. It's up to you Also, I was    here are the facts about this game

    People still playing it. Never understood that.

    This game builds upon one thing, Farm! Farm! Farm!

    And that never changes.

    Maybe because of genre. Yes it's MMORPG.

    new dungeon's new raids new areas (like every new expansion)

    Same linear quest line.

    take mission go kill go back...

    Buy or not buy. It's up to you

    Also, I was remember wrote the something like that in my legion review. two years ago

    "1,5 or 2 years after, blizzard announces new expansion,4 years after another expansion,6 years after another one with new class and they always continue like this."

    And I realized that statement completely true (again)"    … Expand
  74. Bruuz
    Aug 22, 2018
    6
    Every expansion introduced something new, except for this last one:

    TBC: 2 new races (Bloodelf eand Dranei), flying mounts, new spells (Bloodlust) and talent trees, new profession (Jewelcrafting) WotLK: new hero class (DK), new profession (Inscription), new talents, dual talent spec, heirloom items, heroic dungeons CATA: 2 new races (Worgen and Goblins), changes to existing world,    Every expansion introduced something new, except for this last one:

    TBC: 2 new races (Bloodelf eand Dranei), flying mounts, new spells (Bloodlust) and talent trees, new profession (Jewelcrafting)

    WotLK: new hero class (DK), new profession (Inscription), new talents, dual talent spec, heirloom items, heroic dungeons

    CATA: 2 new races (Worgen and Goblins), changes to existing world, new profession (Archaeology), guild advancement system, reforging

    MoP: new race (Pandaren), new class (Monk), new talent system, scenarios, dungeon challenge mode, pet battles, proving grounds, brawlers guild

    WoD: Garrisson (central to the whole expansion), toy box, adventure guide, new player models

    Legion: new hero class (DH), artifact weapons, order halls

    BfA: The 6 re-skins of existing races? Artifact necklace with passive upgrade and passive skills? Gear with passive skills?

    There's nothing new to this expansion. It feels barebones. Almost as if they needed a filler expansion.    … Expand
  75. Smilomaniac
    Aug 28, 2018
    1
    If you like losing everything from 110 to 120 without gaining anything new, then BfA is for you!
    Experience re-introduced content like inscription glyphs in the form of "Azerite Armor", mission tables, scaling content, not being able to fly for the first year and much, much more, all for a premium price expansion pack that doesn't even give you a months game time. If you were on the fence    If you like losing everything from 110 to 120 without gaining anything new, then BfA is for you!
    Experience re-introduced content like inscription glyphs in the form of "Azerite Armor", mission tables, scaling content, not being able to fly for the first year and much, much more, all for a premium price expansion pack that doesn't even give you a months game time. If you were on the fence before, don't bother, save your money and do something with your life instead.    … Expand
  76. bassfu
    Aug 19, 2018
    4
    I haven't hit level cap yet but seeing how end game has been the same in every expansion I doubt it'll be any different now. Leveling is an absolute bore in BFA, I never enjoyed leveling since I started playing over a decade ago but I could at least put on music or something and get through it. Up until now you could always look forward to a new ability or talent point, BFA removes allI haven't hit level cap yet but seeing how end game has been the same in every expansion I doubt it'll be any different now. Leveling is an absolute bore in BFA, I never enjoyed leveling since I started playing over a decade ago but I could at least put on music or something and get through it. Up until now you could always look forward to a new ability or talent point, BFA removes all that. Once you hit 100 that's it, that's as far as you're rewarded for hitting a new level. Your character will play exactly the same at 120 as they did at level 100, albeit worse because you've lost so many stats due to leveling. Gone are the skill tree you had with your artifact weapons, now it's replaced by the "Heart of Azeroth" a necklace that does nothing but collect points to unlock boring passives for Azerite armor, pieces of gear that have no secondary stats attached to them. Azerite armor was Blizzard's way of not taking the time to create new abilities, instead they offer passives that prior two-piece set bonuses would laugh at. Thanks to Ion's crazed obsession with removing things from classes, most characters now have a piddly four button rotation, and even fewer have any procs to make things interesting. Hope you didn't spend a lot of money on a shiny new Naga or Scimitar because all you need these day is a mouse wheel. Too much has been removed from gameplay to make it fun or engaging anymore, I've never felt more bored playing the classes I've loved over the last decade, my sub runs out in October and once it's gone I think it'll be time to walk away from WoW or look at private servers.… Expand
  77. Justmygaming
    Aug 15, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The pre launch expansion event totally destroyed my desire to play WoW, and I’ve been playing on and off since burning crusade. The story is contrived, predictable, and I have no desire to go through it. Maybe an unsubscription is in order. Once again, the Azerite system is here, but this time it’s a necklace. Kul Tiras is visually impressive and is a good looking environment, but the only good I can see in Battle for Azeroth is its detailed environments and art style for bosses. The rest is where it pales in comparison to its former days. Here’s why:

    Story- the Horde and Alliance are at their throats again. But why? How many times have we worked together when the sky is falling down? We’ve fought Arthas, Deathwing, and the Legion. The Horde vs Alliance plot may have worked back in TBC or Vanilla but it’s no longer relevant. I mean, they’ve written themselves in a corner because they’ve exhausted the same tired old Saturday morning cartoon villain plot all they can do is try to make a contrived plot about war when it doesn’t even make a lick of sense. The trailers were a little misleading, the burning of Teldrassil was so unsafisfying, depressing, and filled with bad writing that it genuinely has made me move on from the game. Just that alone, but the siege of Lordaeron was incredibly underwhelming. Nothing like it was advertised in the trailer. And let’s not kid ourselves, this entire story is going to end with an old god being a baddie, or the heroes save the day once again, just for another baddie to appear. Wohoo, i’m totally digging the old god and garrosh 2.0 cliche. Jaina is neither a compelling or interesting enough character to get through the story with, she’s just a deus ex machina character. Saurfang is a one sided character who just drills “honor honor honor” watch him save the day in the end, because Blizzard is terrible at story writing and if you can think of the most predictable ending to the expansion, it’ll probably happen.

    Gameplay: I don’t mind the longer GCD, as I play FFXIV, but no new spells? No new talents? Where’s the class fantasy Blizzard? Haha who are we kidding, you took that out in WOTLK.

    Some of the allied races are ok, and their lore is fleshed out, but others are just lazy reskins (void elf and high mountain anyone?) Kul Tirans don’t look like they belong in WoW. Anyways, that’s just my opinion. I don’t have any desire to play WoW in its non immersive world, with its boring and predicable story, deus ex machina plot, and streamlined game.    … Expand
  78. Vertran187
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    Pay to play
    Subscription
    Pay to win (WOW Tokens) to get boosted in game
    Cash shop
    Pay to do anther chartacter transfer ETC

    and a game built around forcing people to part with money with a soft reset every 4 months
  79. Coach_mc
    Aug 26, 2018
    1
    I'll be honest, I bought the expansion without doing DD. I have the expectation that in any new expansion I would see some new abilities for my toon to try out. After playing a little bit I realized no new abilities after a few levels. I do some homework. Come to find out they added NO abilities to this expansion to any of the classes. Instead they shuffled old abilities while pruningI'll be honest, I bought the expansion without doing DD. I have the expectation that in any new expansion I would see some new abilities for my toon to try out. After playing a little bit I realized no new abilities after a few levels. I do some homework. Come to find out they added NO abilities to this expansion to any of the classes. Instead they shuffled old abilities while pruning others. I was slightly disappointing that you could only choose three pvp abilities, but was even more disappointing that the list of abilities to choose from was very small (10 aprox).

    I feel like the devs got lazy with adding abilities so they just reworked on existing ones calling that a new feature. WTF blizzard. New Map (boring btw), new races (o boy), revamped pvp system, new warfront mode. 60 bucks. Not worth it IMO. I quit after 2 weeks of playing.

    BTW: love these critic fluff reviews. Con: Drop rates in dungeons leave a lot to be desired. Yea, not a paid review....    … Expand
  80. cadem
    Aug 14, 2018
    0
    Quests in WOW are terrable they always have been leveling is as bad as ever no flying makes it hard to find objectives and no challance makes a time consuming frustracting process with no sence of achievement the thought of leveling a alt through thease quests again im 10 hour in after a 2 year break and im burnt out. The game now looks like the toy line Dino Riders.
    Im done i cant be    Quests in WOW are terrable they always have been leveling is as bad as ever no flying makes it hard to find objectives and no challance makes a time consuming frustracting process with no sence of achievement the thought of leveling a alt through thease quests again im 10 hour in after a 2 year break and im burnt out. The game now looks like the toy line Dino Riders.
    Im done i cant be assed to level anymore its mind numbing    … Expand
  81. Vendaron
    Aug 15, 2018
    2
    Battle for Azeroth does not really offer anything new over the previous expansion (Legion). Launch was a disaster. For over 5 hours I wasn't able log into their servers to be able to play. I just gave up on being able to play that day, and had to wait 'til the next day to start leveling. Blizzard really should have compensated affected players with a complimentary day of game play.

    The    Battle for Azeroth does not really offer anything new over the previous expansion (Legion). Launch was a disaster. For over 5 hours I wasn't able log into their servers to be able to play. I just gave up on being able to play that day, and had to wait 'til the next day to start leveling. Blizzard really should have compensated affected players with a complimentary day of game play.

    The world of BFA is expansive. The questing and leveling though isn't really improved over recent Warcraft expansions. The legendary neck item increases in level as you collect more azerite. It does seem poorly implemented in comparison to the legendary weapons in Legion. For one thing, you can't see how close you are to attaining the next level.

    In Legion, classes were disastrously balanced for mythic+ dungeons. If you watched any of the MDI matches, only specific classes were represented like BDK, holy pallies, resto droods, and affliction warlocks. It will be interesting to see if other classes will be represented this season in MDI. Time will tell but I don't have much faith in Blizzard's ability to balance classes.    … Expand
  82. Lobomau
    Aug 16, 2018
    3
    Compared to Legion, this expansion has less nonsense RNG and less grind but it also comes with less content and even more bland class design. Gap between good and bad players has been even further reduced, as intended by developers according to interviews.
    Still the best MMORPG for dungeons and raids but not by much and i no longer consider worth it given the grind it takes to do those    Compared to Legion, this expansion has less nonsense RNG and less grind but it also comes with less content and even more bland class design. Gap between good and bad players has been even further reduced, as intended by developers according to interviews.
    Still the best MMORPG for dungeons and raids but not by much and i no longer consider worth it given the grind it takes to do those contents properly, unsubbed and deleted the game after about 10 hours at lvl 120.    … Expand
  83. mmosun
    Aug 20, 2018
    0
    there used to be good times on playing wow from TBC to CTM, after that,its getting more and more* boring:(6
  84. JakeNoLastName
    Aug 13, 2018
    10
    It's got trolls, it's got Mesoamerican art and architecture and its got dinosaurs. What more do you need? 13/10 Would recommend. I'm sure there's some good Alliance stuff too, but whatever. For the Horde!
  85. Sooshiii
    Oct 21, 2018
    1
    I gave it a 1 because some of the visuals were interesting.

    But otherwise don't waste your money and most importantly save your time.

    Garbage RNG simulator with no sense of achievement.
  86. Enerla
    Oct 20, 2018
    2
    With each and every new expansion World of Warcraft tries to attract new and returning players. Blizzard does the same trick: In a short trial nostalgia can bring you back and you don't have time to get fully bored with it and as you can't level much without buying, resubscribing so you won't see the issues you will face. And at first you will pretend everything is fine, there were issuesWith each and every new expansion World of Warcraft tries to attract new and returning players. Blizzard does the same trick: In a short trial nostalgia can bring you back and you don't have time to get fully bored with it and as you can't level much without buying, resubscribing so you won't see the issues you will face. And at first you will pretend everything is fine, there were issues before. It is time to justify the investment. After that you might play a bit more. You have friends in game after all.

    Now lets see what would be the next? It takes time to find the motivation to quit and Blizzard makes a fortune on a game that gets worse and worse every year. If at any way to try the game after launch of expansion it is a still a bad game both in the new areas and in low level content not paying a cent is far easier and far more wise than feeding Blizzard for ages.

    It is a very broken game now.    … Expand
  87. dorout
    Jan 14, 2019
    0
    This game is an absolute disgrace to true Blizzard. The Blizzard that unfortunately no longer exists. The name lingers behind the shadows of Activision, but Activision has poisoned, infected, and killed off every inch of Blizzard. Honestly ask yourself this one question: Who is left that holds the true vision of WOW?

    There are forever fan-boys that are brainwashed into believing that    This game is an absolute disgrace to true Blizzard. The Blizzard that unfortunately no longer exists. The name lingers behind the shadows of Activision, but Activision has poisoned, infected, and killed off every inch of Blizzard. Honestly ask yourself this one question: Who is left that holds the true vision of WOW?

    There are forever fan-boys that are brainwashed into believing that this expansion holds value and is made with quality and care, but it is not. I genuinely feel bad for them; I truly do.

    Pros:
    -Cinematic
    -Fun with friends (as long as it lasts)
    -2 hours flasks
    -Grind azerite power using follower missions
    -Purchase WOW subscription with gold

    Cons:
    -No class depth/development/skill cap
    -Mindlessly push 1 of 3 buttons to do dps
    -Raids are terrible (more people in older raids than new raids)
    -Dismantled community (feels like a roller coaster single player game)
    -Most professions can be maxed within 15 minutes
    -Azerite armor makes no sense (give us abilities rather than a fist full of passives)
    -Simcraft (requirement)
    -Neck grind becomes extremely dull/lame/bored very quickly because there is no end
    -After initial expansion, flooded microtransactions appear
    -Gear grind feels exactly like Diablo 3 (farm for the same gear in hopes for a minor upgrade to titanforge)
    -Epics still feel like greens since everyone gets them
    -Elites are still a joke (excluding mythic+ 10)
    -Tons of bugs
    -Overall terrible gaming experience
    -Inflated economy
    -Ability to essentially purchase gold (selling token)
    -New capital is constantly empty (disappointing)
    -Participation trophy (constantly rewarded gear over and over)
    -Followers
    -Complete disconnect from player to developer (Lore does not do his job. Like.. at all. He would rather call the players d*ckbags than interact with them. Or, to resolve sincere issues.)

    This is my opinion. Take it how you wish, but don't say I didn't warn you if you try this expansion despite my laundry list of cons. However, if you do think BFA is good, then maybe you should consider selling your PC for an expensive phone to play Diablo Immortal because you are the demographic here. I am not being sarcastic although it may appear this way. I am 100% serious.    … Expand
  88. WarlocksHotss
    Oct 17, 2018
    1
    I started to write this review blind, but admittedly I couldn't help reading others reviews first. The reviews that are above 7 i question heavily.

    Allow me to quote a review that gave this game a 9/10 by "warlockdots": ""* On a side note about the negative user reviews below- its quite obvious that most of them are viewers of a certain popular WOW streamer on Twitch- not only from    I started to write this review blind, but admittedly I couldn't help reading others reviews first. The reviews that are above 7 i question heavily.

    Allow me to quote a review that gave this game a 9/10 by "warlockdots":

    ""* On a side note about the negative user reviews below- its quite obvious that most of them are viewers of a certain popular WOW streamer on Twitch- not only from the time of the posts (he visited the site on stream), but because most of them are over dramatic, over-generalizations about how EVERYTHING sucks in the game and "OMG BfA is so bad blah blah blah" (but don't really lists specifics, nor can they come up with 1 positive thing about the expansion).""

    Either your projecting, or this is beyond baseless regarding a twitch streamer being the cause for all negative reviews... The reviews appear to be slowly written over 2 months.. that would be one persistent streamer to visit the rating sites long ago, and many viewers that would have visited frequently thereafter. Tinfoil hat much?

    As far as positive aspects to this xpac, I personally liked the art (visuals, graphics, and music), and the story. So that's two things.

    warlockdots:
    ""Its unfortunate that they are being given platforms to express their specific concerns with the game, say how they believe it should be fixed... and instead they just want to jump on the "I hate this game, gamers rise up, lets stick it to Blizzard" hate-wagon, drop a 0 review on every review platform they can find, and then log back into the game and continue to play while they farm Reddit karma and wait for a transmog contest. ""

    Mentioned many times in these reviews are the issues that exist, if blizzard felt the need to fix them. If I can find the issues, a team at blizzard better be able to. Here are a few of the problems with this xpac listed below. The specifics of the issues within can be extrapolated further, but they have been reviewed ad nauseam already.

    Azurite power gear issues
    Repetitive World Quests
    Island expeditions
    Inability to reroll (similar to legion legendary issues)
    War fronts
    Unfinished classes
    Conquest gearing system
    Warmode system (major problem that hasnt been addressed yet, please research this)
    Balance ineptitudes

    I would suggest not belittling every review at every website across the net, just because it suits your mental picture.

    I ask you warlockdots, is it also a conspiracy that this xpac has the lowest Critic review ratings vs any wow game ever? The Critics probably just obeyed that one streamers demands as well? Too much Tin Foil for me...

    Getting a 79 as AAA game from critics is pretty impressive. We all know Critic reviews are inflated :)

    warlockdots
    ""Edit #1- (1)I didn't mean to imply "every single bad review" as I referenced that the streamer was just currently on the Metacritic site. i know this because I was a viewer in the chat at the time and watched the reviews going up during that time period. I will accept that I could have worded it better as to what "group" of 0 reviews within the list I was directly referring to.""
    (2)Your attempt at accusing me of criticizing multiples sites is you projecting now, as this is actually one of the only times I've addressed it. Mainly because its technically also a derailment from the issues/solutions. (3)You gave a 1/10... a ONE..So do you really want to start insinuating "inflated" reviews. (4)Its pretty clear that deflated your review in the same way. Even if your argument was that the few things you listed are only 10% of the game so worth 1pt/10, then you're saying that you 100% hate every other single aspect of the expansion (as you gave 0 of the remaining 9 review pts). (5)Seems pretty extreme. People in glass houses you know.""

    (1)Yes, im sure posting to Meta increased due to a streamers visit. However it doesn't explain months of poor reviews (especially before he/she visited), or every site on the net, or the Critics worst wow score ever (trending downward btw).

    (2)Your second point, I assumed (incorrectly) you understood this was a widespread phenomenon. If you believe this is Meta only.. ok

    (3)I gave a 1 because I think that's what it deserves. My rating of 1 is unrelated to the known inflation of Critic reviews. I know you wish to conflate them, but its best if you don't try that.

    (4)You assume I deflated my review? You are incorrect, I think it deserves a 1. The reason you failed with your assumption here is reflected in your own retort. You weighted the problems I listed as 10% of the game? Says who? To me, that could be 100% of the game.. or more importantly, 100% of the additions/content in the expansion from Legion.

    (5)If that list carries enough weight TO ME (not you), it could easily justify me rating it to anything, including 0. Its my opinion...

    I wont try to assume what you find important that lead to a 9/10 aside from what you directly state. I am not that arrogant.    … Expand
  89. StefenMatias
    Oct 16, 2018
    1
    The main interaction everyone has within World Of Warcraft is with their character. Upon releasing BFA blizzard admitted that they indeed did not have enough time to balance classes within the game. Many players are now forced to play through the expansion with broken, boring, and incredibly weak characters that require such a high ilevel to compete with other classes who at the end of theThe main interaction everyone has within World Of Warcraft is with their character. Upon releasing BFA blizzard admitted that they indeed did not have enough time to balance classes within the game. Many players are now forced to play through the expansion with broken, boring, and incredibly weak characters that require such a high ilevel to compete with other classes who at the end of the day, bring more damage, healing, utility, suitability than the underpowered classes. In order for these classes to compete, they require a higher item level. The problem with this is due to the way the WoW community is, where everyone, even those who aren't completely within the competitive scene know the current meta it becomes increasingly harder to gain ilevel as an underpowered class due to groups of higher end content refusing to work with your class.

    It has been 2 months since the release of BFA and most if not all classes who were underpowered to broken within the beginning of the game remain at the same state with blizzard promising to help these classes even though some (marksmanship hunters) have received no indication as to changes in the future.

    Beyond that the constant amounts of RNG on top of RNG has made the game not only frustrating but unfun and unrewarding. It is clear with the current game design decisions the goal of bfa was not to create an exciting experience and to refresh world pvp and faction pride, but to test the player base and see how long subscriptions could be pushed with the least amount of content. Class specific raid gear, tier sets, removal of any sort permanent player progression and a complete draining of class skills has left BFA with less and forced players to grind more only with the knowledge that like Legion all your work at the end of the day will be worth nothing due to end game catch up mechanics and removal of the azerite necklace at the end of the expansion.

    Legion's game design set up BFA to feel bad when weapons were made to be removed but player were not to retain their benefits in some way. BFA will set up the next expansion in the same way with the removal the azerite necklace leaving the next expansion in a similar place where classes will feel empty and no actual amount of character progression has occurred over the next two years.

    World of Warcraft is setting itself up for a dangerous pattern of game design where mistakes are completely erased and not iterated upon and players who play the game for other amounts of content other than raiding in mythic plus will be left with nothing to do in the future due to the lack of iteration upon pvp systems and crafting systems within the game. World of Warcraft is on track for a downward spiral, and only new direction and acceptance of mistakes will help this dev team move forward in a positive direction.    … Expand
  90. neil8278
    Oct 16, 2018
    2
    Worst xpac of wow history so far. As a 12 years wow player, I do feel sad. Except average dungeon and raiding content, the rest of it is consuming and damaging wow's own player base. Endless grinding without much reward. it's a pain to play after you reach lv 120 and finished all the main quest. Not much motive for players to log in. Not much transmog and mounts to grind for. Not muchWorst xpac of wow history so far. As a 12 years wow player, I do feel sad. Except average dungeon and raiding content, the rest of it is consuming and damaging wow's own player base. Endless grinding without much reward. it's a pain to play after you reach lv 120 and finished all the main quest. Not much motive for players to log in. Not much transmog and mounts to grind for. Not much interesting quest line to go through. Level scaling basically tortures you for lving alts. Class design with nothing new and even worst than last xpac. "Too much pain not enough profit". it used to be so enjoyable and replayable. Now, i just feel saddened and frustrated whenever I log in.… Expand
  91. Maximsoldier
    Oct 19, 2018
    0
    I agree with all the criticism. Do not play this game until fixed! All blizzard systems are manipulative...even more so. I cringe at the thought of doing dailies :(
  92. Ryo4132
    Sep 26, 2018
    1
    Hotfixes all day long, Even sensitive matters.
    I am not the one Who thinks paying money for Beta. Whole system just like Legion and some get worse, like adding Global cooldown and poor story. While playing Uldir often wondering why i'm here for?
    Just hope make story better than this.
  93. Cureisia
    Oct 25, 2018
    0
    clueless storytelling - probability is gone
    global cool-time is boring
    mess system - ally:why do i must go ex expansion?
    not perfect lev-scale - if you make demon hunter, 98-100(mardum, vault of the wardens) is totally ****
    not prepared expansion - many problem
    annoying staff - user's opinion is wrong, and we are right
    total crisis.
  94. freeruns
    Oct 26, 2018
    0
    the worst expansion.! Beta for Azeroth, what it gives for wow? Nothing, no updates for M+, no updates for classes, alot of bugs, usless gring for no reason.
  95. lavandos
    Nov 3, 2018
    0
    Убито пвп и впвп,убраны вендоры,введена ущербная система получения экипировки,убитые классы,спасибо,лучшее воровство моих денег.
  96. Bambietta
    Nov 3, 2018
    0
    Bad writing. Repeating the story of Mists of Pandaria. False promises to not repeat it. Boring annoying gameplay. Very disappointing.
  97. Mbardo
    Feb 4, 2019
    3
    I play wow since vanilla.
    We arrived at a point where this game is zero fun in the gameplay.
    They added two new main game "features" in this exp, wanna talk about it? The warfronts: an awful battle you cannot lose (really, you can't) that is absolute boredom. The island expeditions: the idea is good, but they developed it very very bad. Not to talk about the world quests... playng    I play wow since vanilla.
    We arrived at a point where this game is zero fun in the gameplay.
    They added two new main game "features" in this exp, wanna talk about it?
    The warfronts: an awful battle you cannot lose (really, you can't) that is absolute boredom.
    The island expeditions: the idea is good, but they developed it very very bad.
    Not to talk about the world quests... playng memory or guiding a turtle trough a maze? i mean...wtf?
    I found myself doing annoyng things like those, not for the sake of having fun (that is what a game is made for...right?) but just in the hope to achieve randomly the reward i needed.
    I found myself sayng, oh noes...i dont wanna to do that stupid warfront now, but...i need to take the high ilv piece to raid exc.
    Not to speak about M+ dungeons... seriously.
    Racing trough a dungeon to get a downgrade of my gear as a reward is no fun.

    Tl;dr;
    i'ts a casino.
    You will be forced to do annoyng things in the hope to get a prize.    … Expand
  98. Okara
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    This is pretty much the worst expansion of wow and that is saying something considering how bad Draenor and Shadowlands are...

    It's also the expansion where the devs finally completely destroyed the Alliance as a playable faction. It started with blood elves in bc of course, continued with various acts like the destruction of several Alliance zones, racials and other disadvantages in    This is pretty much the worst expansion of wow and that is saying something considering how bad Draenor and Shadowlands are...

    It's also the expansion where the devs finally completely destroyed the Alliance as a playable faction. It started with blood elves in bc of course, continued with various acts like the destruction of several Alliance zones, racials and other disadvantages in favor of the Horde and well, the final nail on the coffin are better looking night elves/nightborne with a huge zone and city and more customisation options for the Horde, better looking troll based on the night elf model, aswell as the only cute race in this game in form of Vulpera/fox race.
    In return the Alliance became... no new race like Vulpera but instead disabled gnomes, blue discount elves with tentacle hair and almost no customisation options and awful hair styles and overweight humans. Just wow... plus the only elves city of the Alliance completely destroyed, 2 other zones/warfronts destroyed while the Horde... lost literally nothing.

    So yeah, the Alliance is unplayable thanks to the devs.

    The faction systems was always toxic, racist and unbalanced af, but the devs managed to make it even worse.

    Horrible game in general though.    … Expand
  99. ragdoll765
    Oct 30, 2018
    2
    Big disappointment. I don't know why exactly we had to purchase it, it is basically Legion but less fun.
    Stupid grindy mechanics, useless WQs and too obvious time-subscription-soaking.
  100. pointpleasant
    Oct 17, 2018
    0
    This expansion had a lot of potential, that was destroyed by Ion's vision of the game and his 'grand schemes'. Try it out if you'd like but don't expect to enjoy it much after the initial gearing phase. There is so much wrong that I just can't get into it. The entire experience has left a bad taste in my mouth unlike I've ever had from a blizzard product. This expansion is the embodimentThis expansion had a lot of potential, that was destroyed by Ion's vision of the game and his 'grand schemes'. Try it out if you'd like but don't expect to enjoy it much after the initial gearing phase. There is so much wrong that I just can't get into it. The entire experience has left a bad taste in my mouth unlike I've ever had from a blizzard product. This expansion is the embodiment of the "you think you do, but you don't" mentality.… Expand
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#72 Best PC Game of 2018
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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    60
    A quite well-made expansion, but not without flaws. If they get removed by the creators, the rating will improve. However, you won’t regret buying it. [Issue#290]
  2. CD-Action
    Dec 4, 2018
    70
    Battle for Azeroth offers everything you could expect from a World of Warcraft expansion, but its scale is visibly smaller than Legion’s and there’s no truly new quality here. All that doesn’t change the fact that the charm of this extraordinary MMORPG appeals to me almost as strongly as 13 years ago. [10/2018, p.42]
  3. Ragequit.gr
    Oct 12, 2018
    82
    Blizzard plays it safe, incorporating few innovations while trying to salvage the lore situation of Warcraft due to its constant escalation. Despite all this, BfA remains an entertaining expansion with a lot to offer in endgame for a casual player.
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