World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

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  1. ddwrt
    Nov 2, 2018
    2
    Ставлю 2 только из за последнего реп батла если они принесут извинения всему комьюнити поменяю на 4
  2. smilinmaniacc
    Nov 1, 2018
    4
    Blizzard tried to tear the game to cater towards everyone possible, but failed miserably: this feat required effort, precise tuning, balancing and content.

    PVE: Boring. Nothing to do. Raid is good, mythic+ are worse (too much trash between bosses leads to infuriating experience on certain modifiers), world quests are more repetitive than in legion, warfonts and expeditions are glorified    Blizzard tried to tear the game to cater towards everyone possible, but failed miserably: this feat required effort, precise tuning, balancing and content.

    PVE: Boring. Nothing to do. Raid is good, mythic+ are worse (too much trash between bosses leads to infuriating experience on certain modifiers), world quests are more repetitive than in legion, warfonts and expeditions are glorified group mobs farm. Rewards even **** than before, getting Invincible drop is easier than a weapon, trinkets are beyond useless.

    PVP: World PvP doesn't work, low level players murder max level/high geared ones (what? why the **** Alliance is nowhere to find (at least on my server). Gear is random again.

    Overall: too much randomness, class balance is worse, heavy pruning (again), added global cooldowns to every ability makes game feel retardedly clunky (as if tab targeting is not clunky enough by itself). Stay away from this one, save your money.    … Expand
  3. 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.
  4. BayJay
    Oct 30, 2018
    0
    Legion 2.0
    It should not be a separate addon, but an addon to the legion ..
    I stopped playing it a month after the release)
  5. 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.
  6. RSC89
    Oct 26, 2018
    0
    One of the biggest scam in the history of gaming, don't fall for it. It's on par with No man's sky. The game is nothing like the trailer and full of bugs, lag and unfinished content. When you log in, the game has directx 12 enabled, but it's not made for it because you'll get fps drops and freezes every 10 seconds, solved only by setting the game to directx 11.

    They made leveling take 3    One of the biggest scam in the history of gaming, don't fall for it. It's on par with No man's sky. The game is nothing like the trailer and full of bugs, lag and unfinished content. When you log in, the game has directx 12 enabled, but it's not made for it because you'll get fps drops and freezes every 10 seconds, solved only by setting the game to directx 11.

    They made leveling take 3 times longer, implemented a GCD on all abilities, everything is tied behind boring and tedious reputation grind, even advancing in the main story, they removed active and passive abilities that were baseline and put them in the talent "tree", made 20 reskinned horses as "new" mounts. That's just 1% of all the issues and I can write a book of all of them.

    It's an expansion done on a budget with a lazy ass self-absorbed dev team who ignores all feedback and tells players to play how they tell them to play and it shows well. I was not expecting such low quality from Blizzard, but here we are. It's more important for them to scam people to give them money right away instead of thinking long term, making a good game and profit from it.

    I wouldn't play it even if it was free to play. It's a dying game with dungeon queues taking more than an hour. If it wasn't for realm sharding, you would barely see anyone in the game.

    If you're looking for an alternative mmo with fast paced combat, great gameplay and talent trees, instant queues and millions of players online, I recommend Neverwinter online. I quit BfA for that game and I won't return to wow unless they bring back mop class design, mage tower-like challenges and class specific questlines. When I miss wow, I just play on a Legion private server which is 1000% better than the current beta for azeroth crap.    … Expand
  7. Nerliss
    Oct 26, 2018
    7
    There were a lot of problems when pre-patch came out. Plenty of them were fixed after few weeks summary. When the new addon came out, i saw no problem. Yes, first month of BfA was very specific(monotonous), but it happens when any new addon came out. After Uldir release, we've got few things to do: m+ keys, raid, world bosses, warfronts, but still is it not enough? No, i think its enoughThere were a lot of problems when pre-patch came out. Plenty of them were fixed after few weeks summary. When the new addon came out, i saw no problem. Yes, first month of BfA was very specific(monotonous), but it happens when any new addon came out. After Uldir release, we've got few things to do: m+ keys, raid, world bosses, warfronts, but still is it not enough? No, i think its enough and more will come with 8.1. I like this new addon, but it brought a lot of technical problems(the greatest problem-creator is WarMode system which brings us a lot of people at the same place, and makes us lag and "spike"). My estimation mark is 7 because of that lags. It pisses me of, especially in raid.… Expand
  8. Antt
    Oct 26, 2018
    0
    Worst f*ucking Xpac ever.
    Balance is sh*t Story is sh*t Gameplay is sh*t.
    There is only one thing that can save BfA - 8.1.
    If the game in 8.1 will remain a sh*t I will delete it and wait for a new addon.
  9. 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.
  10. Stuvok
    Oct 24, 2018
    2
    It's still early and the initial excitement has seemingly made some people feel like it's great. But!!!
    I think the best way to describe it is... aggressively mediocre. Now that more time has been spent with it I change my review from aggressively mediocre... to a new low for the once great game.
  11. m00
    Oct 23, 2018
    1
    After 14 years of playing sometimes due to nostalgia or loyalty, the game has finally lost it completely for me.
    iLevel reduction, lack of weapons, tedious dungeon crawling with underpowered teams also with the same lack of weapon and the associated nerfs that came with removing all weapons from legion which removed a lot of the games fun for me.
    No new PVP (the azerite resources map is    After 14 years of playing sometimes due to nostalgia or loyalty, the game has finally lost it completely for me.
    iLevel reduction, lack of weapons, tedious dungeon crawling with underpowered teams also with the same lack of weapon and the associated nerfs that came with removing all weapons from legion which removed a lot of the games fun for me.
    No new PVP (the azerite resources map is a joke). No new spells/abilities, removal of class hall usefulness. Professions are next to useless, scrapping is an awful idea. Dalaran now not a hub, the new hub also has no AH (way to go devs). Zone monster auto ivlving ruined so there's no high level and low level zone, now they are all equal, yay! gold medals for all. Nice idea in theory, in practice it simply removes the high/low level zone areas altogether.

    The iLvl reduction from legion to this reminds me of everything having a similar feel to timewalking dungeons from the past, the players are all scaled no matter what their iLvl is making the dungeon tedious and frustrating.
    All of the fun of becoming a super iLvl killing machine was *fun*, going back and demolishing old content was *fun*, currently it feels like the fun factor has been removed from the game alltogether.

    Legion was a blast, i leveled almost every character up having fun along the way. BFA i leveled one tank and it burnt me out (tedious run after run with underpowered players by my side)

    Finally over this game, the gfx are looking dated, the games fighting mechanics are boring, world quests are the same thing over and over.
    Oh and all of that you have to PAY to play this is insulting to seasoned players (Feels more like a reboot with nerfs than an expac)

    Still fun(ish) play through for veteran fans of the series, definately play once, then cancel sub.    … Expand
  12. justcruel
    Oct 23, 2018
    0
    I wish I could rate this useless RNG machine lower than 0. Incredibly dissapointing experience.
  13. Zharkos
    Oct 21, 2018
    1
    Very simply put, battle for azeroth took every system from the previous expansions and made them worse. "New" additions include, a matching card game with no penalty for losing, snake, and making an already rng heavy loot system even more of a dice roll. Every fix they add is a band-aid over a broken bone. It isn't helping, it won't fix the problem, and you're only making things worse.
  14. 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.
  15. shvecel
    Oct 21, 2018
    0
    This isn't an RPG anymore.it blizzard slot machine now.It is downfall of company i believe
  16. 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
  17. 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 :(
  18. blinddog
    Oct 19, 2018
    3
    Pros: The world Blizzard created in Battle for Azeroth is gorgeous. The new characters and factions are fairly interesting. Both faction cities are well designed and you feel like you are home after raiding, doing dungeons or questing.

    Cons: Artifact weapons, legendary items AND class tier sets have all been replaced with the Heart of Azeroth and Azerite armor system. The heart of    Pros: The world Blizzard created in Battle for Azeroth is gorgeous. The new characters and factions are fairly interesting. Both faction cities are well designed and you feel like you are home after raiding, doing dungeons or questing.

    Cons: Artifact weapons, legendary items AND class tier sets have all been replaced with the Heart of Azeroth and Azerite armor system. The heart of Azeroth is a necklace that you use to collect azerite which in turn raises the item level and power of the necklace. Azerite armor has many passive abilities that can be unlocked as the Heart of Azerite gains power. None of these powers do anything to changes the way you play.

    I don't want to type a book here. The number of cons caused by just the Azerite system alone could fill an entire page. I think one of the biggest is that overall your character is so much less powerful feeling in BfA than in Legion. Despite the leveling zones being gorgeous and the quest pacing feeling brisk enough to not be overly grindy IMO, leveling is not enjoyable because each level you start feeling less and less powerful. If you are looking for an action MMO with a bland reward system, have at it. If you want to play an MMORPG, look elsewhere for now.    … Expand
  19. Dimmex
    Oct 18, 2018
    10
    its really good addon. Uldir really cool. Warmode too. Just stop cry kids. No new skills? What? surv hunters and demonologs too? rly?
  20. RiaskoFF
    Oct 17, 2018
    3
    So we are few weeks after expansion launched and here are my thoughts:
    1) storytelling is pathetic. whoever writes this plot is absolutely bad. It is exact 100 percent copy of Mists of pandaria Siege of Orgrimmar. Again we raid a horde city, again one of the hordes warchiefs is a menace we fighting. All the plot twists are just a poor copy. Pathetic.
    2) Azerite armor, which supposed to    So we are few weeks after expansion launched and here are my thoughts:
    1) storytelling is pathetic. whoever writes this plot is absolutely bad. It is exact 100 percent copy of Mists of pandaria Siege of Orgrimmar. Again we raid a horde city, again one of the hordes warchiefs is a menace we fighting. All the plot twists are just a poor copy. Pathetic.
    2) Azerite armor, which supposed to fill the emptiness that was created after turning our artifact weapons off, is garbage. It does not fill anything, it is hard to get, its perks are absolutely random and stupid. Overall - today's gearing is the worst in all 14 years we play that game (trust me, i play since 2005).
    3) The idea of the expansion, its selling point were Island expedition and warfronts. Both of these things are a joke. While Islands are ok as a levelling alt tool, warfronts are a stupid AFK scenario with 370 piece of gear reward. It just makes no sense, its ez, stupid, fast and not fun.
    4) dungeons contain way to much trash, its boring to fight. Some affixes are far more difficult than the others which makes you just skip the whole weak of doing certain dungeons (tyrannical in KR, for example).
    5) The whole game now is around gambling. Everything is a lootbox where you might get something, or you might not, maybe it will be good. And thats gambling is in everything: in gear, in cosmetic rewards, in petmount rewards. Everything is random. And we still got no pvp vendors.
    6) Professions are a joke. Skins are cheap af, you wont get any gold on em. While the flasks and pots are extremely expensive and most of the players use flasks and potions FROM THE PREVIOUS EXPANSION!!! That said, blizzard does not decrease the amount of ingredients to craft potions but increases it. It does not make any sense.    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. Kilmeister
    Oct 17, 2018
    4
    The zone designs are great. Everything else is a downgrade from previous expansions. Some of the game design decisions are mind boggling.
  23. 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
  24. warlockdots
    Oct 17, 2018
    9
    (Edit listed at bottom to address WarlocksHotss comments)

    Ive played WoW since Vanilla and have been enjoying Battle for Azeroth so far. Its clear that the negative feedback/frustrations from players last expansion over long patches of content drought was heard by the Devs and they've inserted much more variety of content into this expansion, perhaps maybe TOO many things to    (Edit listed at bottom to address WarlocksHotss comments)

    Ive played WoW since Vanilla and have been enjoying Battle for Azeroth so far. Its clear that the negative feedback/frustrations from players last expansion over long patches of content drought was heard by the Devs and they've inserted much more variety of content into this expansion, perhaps maybe TOO many things to do/directions to be pulled, as it seems some of the systems aren't polished and require constant adjustments. I don't doubt these wrinkles will be ironed out as the expansion continues. But the introduction of a variety of Allied Races has been great, I personally cannot wait to play a Zandalari Troll Druid.

    Island Expeditions are a creative way to bring old expansion content/mob types into BfA while offering unique pets/toys/transmog set rewards. I hope to see more variety, perhaps special events (large scale PVP or seasonal islands) mixed in. Im neutral on Warfronts atm, I see those more for gearing alts as the expansion continues as most people's main characters are well above the 340 gear that drops.

    During legion many players were frustrated that abilities and spells were being removed, we no longer had raid buffs, our classes were slowly creeping towards 3-button rotations. I've been happy to see that slowly being reversed, and spells/buffs being reintroduced back to classes. I hope that trend continues and that player have more variety regarding talents/spec choices, etc. The Azerite system was an interesting concept as a possible fix for the issues players were having with carrying multiple gear sets and being forced to farm certain content for 1 item... but I don't think its a well-received nor successful replacement. Traits are unbalanced and we're still having to carry multiple azerite pieces around for different encounters. Additionally, classes with healing/tank offspecs have to carry around even more pieces as they're seeking out the best traits.

    In regards to the zones themselves, the art team has continued to just keep making better and more beautiful zones with each expansion. It was very nostalgic to once again have these expansive and big "main" city with Boralus and Dazar'alor. The music and ambiance is excellent, the variety of creatures and NPCs is refreshing, especially after a legion of puke green fel splattered over literally everything. The dungeons and interior of Uldir is equally as impressive.

    * 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). 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.

    I don't believe these streamers want this of their community, these streamers LOVE this game, its a huge part of their life, they want it to work. They want their concerns and voices heard, valued, and their suggestions for improvement taken seriously, in an attempt at hopefully improving some of these issues so more people can continue playing the game.

    All the trolling posters, going around spamming 0 reviews on every website is going to do is dilute the reviews/feedback with actual listings of frustrations, issues, concerns, and suggestions- making it even harder for Blizzard to "hear" your concerns.

    Edit #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.
    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. You gave a 1/10... a ONE..So do you really want to start insinuating "inflated" reviews. 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). Seems pretty extreme. People in glass houses you know.    … Expand
  25. 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
  26. keyserv
    Oct 16, 2018
    3
    This expansion is Legion 2.0 but worse, somehow.

    I wish Blizzard could admit that they had to rush the game and water it down because of Activision. On release it was full of bugs and bad class balancing(this has improved but there are still plenty of bugs and weak specs). Azerite traits are boring and uninspired(most of them barely affect gameplay at all while some are clearly    This expansion is Legion 2.0 but worse, somehow.

    I wish Blizzard could admit that they had to rush the game and water it down because of Activision.

    On release it was full of bugs and bad class balancing(this has improved but there are still plenty of bugs and weak specs). Azerite traits are boring and uninspired(most of them barely affect gameplay at all while some are clearly superior to others. This can lead to an upgrade actually being a downgrade. They'll fix it eventually, I'm sure. But I thought that was why they have beta testing). At level 120, outside of raiding and mythic plus dungeons, there's nothing interesting to do besides grind reputation and Azerite power(most of my play time at level 120 is spent getting legacy items and achievements. The main quest line is short, the exalted rep rewards are rather stingy, and warfronts barely add anything to the game. I actually miss Suramar). If you really hate yourself, you can run Island Expeditions and maybe you'll get something interesting after 500 runs.

    This is a good time to talk about the randomness of BfA. Those sweet, crafted BoP items require an absurd amount of resources to begin with. Then, imagine the pain of going through all that trouble to end up with an item with mastery and versatility(the two most unwanted secondary stats in the game at the moment). There is the option to recover some of the resources required if you scrap the item, but losing all that Expulsom just isn't worth it in my opinion(Again, I'm sure they'll improve this, but why even make such a terrible system in the first place, especially considering there was already a beta to test these systems!) Why even bother going through all the trouble when I could rely on an interesting form of luck like heroic raiding? I can get a free 390 titanforged, if I get lucky of course, by doing content I enjoy.

    The only reason I didn't give this a 1 is because I like the visual design of the new continents. Sadly, I don't see them much because I've all but ignored world quests after getting BfA Pathfinder Part 1. There just isn't any point to them besides filling up a green bar.

    I've only covered the things that pertain to me, otherwise this review would be a lot longer. There are plenty of other gripes people have, and justifiably so.

    "Well, Tom, just unsubscribe if you don't like the game!" I don't want to unsubscribe. I still enjoy the universe and some of the content. My friends play, and I enjoy socializing and doing activities with them.

    You can stop reading now, but I have more to add that's mostly unrelated to what I've already covered. Recently, lots of "WoW nostalgia" videos have been popping up in my YouTube feed. Objectively, Vanilla WoW was a pretty crappy game. It was full of all sorts of bizarre, time-consuming design choices and hurdles that amplified the difficulty. However, over time as the game became more modern, most of what made WoW an RPG is gone. It was just more epic in vanilla; it felt more alive(I find server phasing incredibly lame), and the rewards you received felt so much more worthwhile because of those time-consuming and downright insane-at-times design philosophies.

    In Vanilla, when I was going to a raid AQ or Ony(attunements were cool, I don't care), I had to fly to Menethil, take a boat to Theramore, take another flight, run through a high level zone, and wait for my 39 other buddies. Yeah it took forever, but it felt like an RPG. I felt like I was doing something.

    Now, I can AFK in Stormgarde and get some great piece of loot for literally just waiting around. It's not the WoW I fell in love with. /rant    … Expand
  27. 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
  28. Gowsh
    Oct 16, 2018
    8
    Although not the first of its kind World of Warcraft is at the heart of the MMORPG genre. Almost 14 years into its life it continues to be the biggest title in its relatively niche genre. Being a sequel to the Warcraft RPG series world of Warcraft expanded and shed a greater light on the Warcraft universe, character and story involved. What WoW did differently to its predecessors was haveAlthough not the first of its kind World of Warcraft is at the heart of the MMORPG genre. Almost 14 years into its life it continues to be the biggest title in its relatively niche genre. Being a sequel to the Warcraft RPG series world of Warcraft expanded and shed a greater light on the Warcraft universe, character and story involved. What WoW did differently to its predecessors was have customized characters that you could make your own in the huge world.

    WoW is a PC exclusive game with intricate yet enjoyable combat mechanics. The game is rewarding to those who put the time into it and are at the peak of skill whilst keeping the game interesting enough for the less skilled or casual players. you start the game as a level one character with race and class of your choosing. You then work your way through a huge amount of different interesting and unique questing zones, travelling to other continents and even other planets, Leveling and increasing your characters power as you go. This part of the game could be considered the most boring part of the game for an experienced player but as a new player it feels fulfilling leveling your character and exploring the corners of the vast World of Warcraft. Once your character reaches maximum level the ‘End Game’ content begins for you and your character. Majority of this content is group based PvP or PvE that has different levels of difficulty, therefore requiring increasing levels of skill and co-ordination as you progress through them. Completing this content rewards you with new and better gear for your character hense increasing its power.

    One of world of warcrafts perks is it doesn't require amazing PC specs to run. Its graphics are simplistic and almost cartoony at time but there is detail where needed. However, some of the graphics in the zone created in the early stages of the game can look quite outdated which could off put some players as its where your characters level through initially. Overall the graphics in the game suit the feel and match the mechanics and abilities well.

    WoW releases Expansions to the game every 2 years that include a new continent or zones to level your character and raise the level cap of your characters. These expansions add an abundance of new content to the game throughout their life cycles. Within each expansion there are normally 2-4 major patches adding more major content such as new raids and dungeons as well as up to 4 minor patches that add new features and content to the game but in a lesser quantity. Each of these expansions cost upwards of £30 on top of the subscription fee of £10/month. Some find this too expensive for a game and have issue with the fact that it's so much money but to the hardcore player it is worth it for the sheer number of hours of play spent on the game.

    The narrative of the warcraft games is well known to be one of the best and most complex and intricate of any game. The shear amount of small intricate stories in each zone mixed in with the greater narrative of the game makes the world really feel alive. There is always something to discover as a new player or a veteran the immense amount of small details and stories are impressive to say the least.

    The user interface of world of warcraft is simple and easy for a new player to pick up although can be modified by add-ons or key binds to make things more efficient for the experienced player. There are many addons that can be used on world of warcraft that improve visual aspects or quality of life improvements.

    Overall world of warcraft is an extremely versatile game with many aspects to it for many types of player. However, the game does still have elements it could improve on. Many experienced players have been complaining about how simple the gearing system is currently and how receiving items doesn't fell as rewarding as it used to. This is defiantly an issue in my eyes, I feel the game caters slightly to the casual audience in all aspects of the end-game experience and makes it very simple to improve your gear with little skill. Hopefully in the future this can be changed to reward the players at a higher level more in a more suited way.

    Another issue is depending on what your style of gameplay is the game can have spells of down time and waiting around that feel very unfun and not rewarding for your time at all. (although most of the content isn't this way)

    I would give World of Warcraft a 7.8 out of ten it is a great fantasy MMO that is very inclusive but could be seen as relatively niche in style and gameplay.    … Expand
  29. 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
  30. Zorqq
    Oct 15, 2018
    0
    Literally paid Beta for Azeroth. No new spells, no new abilities, no new talents, killed professions, killed lore. Utter garbage.
  31. NormalGamer
    Oct 15, 2018
    0
    Sjw propaganda, all quest givers, npc's, lead characters are womens! I don't want to play game like this. Legion was good expansion but this... this is just a mess.
  32. FIXER322
    Oct 15, 2018
    1
    I hate what you did with classes such as warlock (demo), hunter (MM), druid (resto), shaman (elem). They are unplayable now. I hate your azerite traits system. You ruined the game. 1 point for visual design and sound design, otherwise this is $@%#@$@#@$
  33. Oviron
    Oct 15, 2018
    2
    The plot, story and scenery are quite pleasant, but all the things about class mechanics, gear and loot system are awful. Wow became a gambling simulator.
  34. chrisnorris
    Oct 15, 2018
    0
    As a long time subscriber I can tell you that this game is not good. it is without a doubt the worst expansion they have released. save your money find something better. WoW is dead.
    I unsubscribed after 14 years without unsubscribed
    I loved what WoW used to be not what it has become. avoid disappointment don't return. don't even give it a chance. the developers aren't interested in    As a long time subscriber I can tell you that this game is not good. it is without a doubt the worst expansion they have released. save your money find something better. WoW is dead.
    I unsubscribed after 14 years without unsubscribed

    I loved what WoW used to be not what it has become. avoid disappointment don't return. don't even give it a chance. the developers aren't interested in what the player base want. they are basically forcing people to buy there in game currency.

    Mythic plus is decent. raiding is not bad. too many outside influences wether you can get in groups though.
    heavily reliant on outside sources to know if an item is good or not.

    class design sucks.
    if you can play for like an hour a week but are willing to pay for that then maybe id suggest trying it.
    you have as much chance as top end players to get the items you need and are actually useful.
    they new systems azurite armour warfronts and island expeditions are not exciting or intuitive.
    it is garbage.
    if you loved Warcraft when it was a real game that rewarded effort. then I urge you go to the private servers. they are doing wonderful things. or wait for classic to be released.    … Expand
  35. Drean
    Oct 15, 2018
    1
    I don't usually write reviews but this game has been a part of my life for more than 10 years so I feel the need to. The story is meh. The art and the music are beautiful, but doesn't matter when the core system which the game is based of is just awful.
    - Lame history. Zandalar trolls is ok tbh, the rest is bad.
    - Lots of bugs on Mythic+ (timed and harder versions of normal/heroic    I don't usually write reviews but this game has been a part of my life for more than 10 years so I feel the need to. The story is meh. The art and the music are beautiful, but doesn't matter when the core system which the game is based of is just awful.
    - Lame history. Zandalar trolls is ok tbh, the rest is bad.
    - Lots of bugs on Mythic+ (timed and harder versions of normal/heroic dungeons)
    - Extremely unbalanced classes, more than (The Burning Crusade) TBC. And this is coming from a rogue, one of the most op classes atm. Shaman is basically non-existant, if you play one, better reroll another class.
    - No sense of accomplishment. You main item is a NECKLACE that does nothing, nothing at all.
    - There's a kind of event every 2 weeks aprox. that you can afk for 30min and get the most op itens (Warfronts)
    - Warforge, Titanforge, Megaforge, Ultraforge, Lameforge. You can basically get 50 versions of the same item.
    - Las Vegas mode on. You don't need much effort to get the best itens, just pay your monthly fee and hope to get what you need for your character development.
    - Time-gated content. Progressing through the story, reputations, missions and character development is time-gated. You'll have access to some things only when they say you will, even though you already could but they want you subscribed for longer.
    - PvP is bad. They advertised this expansion as THE PvP expansion, but nothing was added, just "warmode". A on/off option to attack the opposite faction and ONE new battleground, NOTHING new was added. Even PvP Gear is RNG! WTF
    - They don't give a sh*t about player feedback. I've played beta and like many pointed out most of the flaws this expansion would have. Guess what? They didn't hear us.

    This game is no longer WoW, it's a warcraft themed game with slot machines being it's main core system. Blizzard has lost it's way with WoW. I might not be an expert in game mechanics or the most theorycrafter guy but some things are simple to see.    … Expand
  36. terriptus
    Oct 15, 2018
    2
    Safe to say it really IS Beta for Azeroth at this point. Wont give it a 0 because that's just hyperbolic, but really the development team needs to actually start listening to feedback and stop pissing on the players' legs and telling us it's raining. Yes, the art team has been top notch but a game can't be carried on it's graphics alone. The Hubris exhibited by Ion Hazzikostas and hisSafe to say it really IS Beta for Azeroth at this point. Wont give it a 0 because that's just hyperbolic, but really the development team needs to actually start listening to feedback and stop pissing on the players' legs and telling us it's raining. Yes, the art team has been top notch but a game can't be carried on it's graphics alone. The Hubris exhibited by Ion Hazzikostas and his team will be the downfall of this once mighty titan in gaming. In any other industry heads would be rolling at such a failure of a launch, but for some reason the gaming industry goes out of it's way to reward failure and punish success.

    Seriously Blizzard, quit puking in our hair and telling us it's shampoo. It's not the players who "just don't get it" it's you.    … Expand
  37. facehugger22
    Oct 15, 2018
    2
    One of the worst expansions. The community manager and lead dev are both really hideous people. It's a shame to see a once great game fall so far.
  38. Winni2556
    Oct 15, 2018
    10
    I liked the addition, I recommend! I play for the alliance, everything suits me.
  39. Jasekreview
    Oct 15, 2018
    0
    In WoD people thought this game was dying. They were so very wrong. BFA actually killed the game in all aspects. Litterly zero content besides trash warfronts and overtuned dungeons with no interesting lore or gameplay. This makes me miss warlords of dreanor, sad times. I don't think this game is reviveable anymore after this. I belive for the first time in six years that the game is dying.
  40. 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
  41. sharkman265
    Oct 14, 2018
    1
    Worst Expansion yet , i regret upgrading digitally and resubbing , while i did like one of the new dungeons "Waycrest Manor" it seems the other ones seemed recycled , then we get to the worst mistake blizzard has ever done and it is locking a story mission behind a mythic only dungeon(could lead to FTC fines for ethics concerns among other shady practices) meaning that you have to actuallyWorst Expansion yet , i regret upgrading digitally and resubbing , while i did like one of the new dungeons "Waycrest Manor" it seems the other ones seemed recycled , then we get to the worst mistake blizzard has ever done and it is locking a story mission behind a mythic only dungeon(could lead to FTC fines for ethics concerns among other shady practices) meaning that you have to actually find a group willing to do the dungeon with you and has an open slot for the role (healer,tank,DPS) but so far (2 weeks and counting) i cant find a single group that hasnt declined my request to join the dungeon :( this expansion is worse than Warlords of Draenor by far and the "genius" who came up with the Mythic dungeon quest gating should be fired and barred from working in the gaming industry for life !!!… Expand
  42. Atharne
    Oct 14, 2018
    0
    The game is getting worse by the day. It's virtually still in beta with the unprecedented number of changes and hotfixes they're applying day in, day out. Game Director Ion Halitosis needs to step down and be fired. End of story.
  43. DMPawnReviews
    Oct 14, 2018
    2
    This game suffers from many engineering and perception problems, which I will inventory below:

    1) The method by which incremental rewards are dished out is little more than an obvious skinner box. It's clear the manufacturer is making an attempt at player psychology and data driven design, but it falls very short of the mark, leaving many frustrated and apathetic toward the game. 2)    This game suffers from many engineering and perception problems, which I will inventory below:

    1) The method by which incremental rewards are dished out is little more than an obvious skinner box. It's clear the manufacturer is making an attempt at player psychology and data driven design, but it falls very short of the mark, leaving many frustrated and apathetic toward the game.

    2) The game's developer community has grown increasingly arrogant with each of the last three expansions, becoming less human and more alien to the community with each post. The lead designer in particular is entirely disconnected with the customer experience, and refuses to take feedback to heart. The company's entire design team has taken a stance of the enlightened master, rather than as passionate creators, and the quality of all of their products suffers for it.

    3) The expansion's features feel like a step back from previous offerings in the series, most notably the artifact system. In the previous expansion, the artifact system was the cornerstone of a rich, well designed chunk of content designed around selling the game's lore and class identity fantasy. In the current iteration, the artifact is just another item to grind and has little if any bearing on the story. Even the NPCs with whom one must interact while dealing with this new artifact narrative is in an ancient zone from wow's history that has no relevance outside of needing to go there to click on this one guy and then return.

    4) Overall, this game has a very shovelware feel to it - rushed out the door for a quick buck like your average call of duty or madden yearly release. The passion and perfectionism of Blizzard as a studio has been abandoned in favor of releasing subpar content before it's ready.

    With these glaring flaws, it's difficult to see where the game is positive. Uldir, the initial raid included with the expansion, as well as the initial dungeons are all fairly well made, if a bit bland. The Uldir raid in particular is barren of lore and excitement, merely putting the heroes up against an invented villain who represents an invented threat. Uldir is a far cry from Ulduar of wow's past, but it is a serviceable raid with a few memorable moments and mechanics. The dungeons, on the other hand, appear for the most part lovingly crafted, if a bit buggy.

    The leveling experience and story, particularly for the alliance side are enjoyable, but ultimately deliver the player to an endgame that is underdeveloped, unfinished, unfun, and unrewarding. It never feels like a commitment to the game is going to yield rewards, as all reward systems of previous expansions have now been replaced with a thinly veiled algorithm based reward system that is frequently frustrating and unfun to interact with.

    Overall verdict: 2/10. The introduction to the world is great, but there is no longevity in that content. None of the 'evergreen' styled content feels meaningful or rewarding, and most dangerously - it does not feel like being a member of a community within this game yields any benefits beyond the social benefits, which other products like Discord and other games can replicate nearly effortlessly.    … Expand
  44. Hiigara1356
    Oct 14, 2018
    8
    WAY better than the scores a lot of folks here are heaping on it. A zero? Really? There's lots of fun to be had here.
  45. billpinknye
    Oct 14, 2018
    0
    Very poor expansion. It's like Legion never happened and they learned nothing from WoD. The current dev team doesn't seem to care one little bit about this game.
  46. Arseron
    Oct 14, 2018
    1
    Ох-хо-хо, Вы убили моего сы.. , так вообщем очень много багов, скучно, много фарма (очень нудного и бесполезного), можно было бы назвать это Легионом 2.0, НО КАК ЖЕ ЭТО НАГЛО И УЩЕРБНО.
  47. wowhelgewow
    Oct 13, 2018
    0
    this is the worst expension ever. cant belive how bad it .......................
  48. Weron
    Oct 13, 2018
    0
    The worst expansion yet. Anybody who gives this game over 5 rating is paid.
  49. domong0907
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    it really sucks. new contents arent fun. azerite system is annoying. i think blizzard pooped.
  50. oriondc
    Oct 10, 2018
    0
    Bad class design, unfinished classes and content. Current dev team very unprofessional and being led by a former DC lawyer. Not much else to say - needs new management.
  51. Mir15
    Oct 10, 2018
    1
    Играю очень давно, но это самое худшая версия расширения для WoW . Очень жаль
  52. koo521
    Oct 7, 2018
    3
    Not Fun at all. the battle for Azeroth at least on horde side is recruiting some new troll faction who we could care less about and they are in a situation where they can't even help themselves against a rebellion in their own people.BORING! and it has been done in other expansions. It's old already.

    This should have been done on the main continents alliance Vrs horde in your face    Not Fun at all. the battle for Azeroth at least on horde side is recruiting some new troll faction who we could care less about and they are in a situation where they can't even help themselves against a rebellion in their own people.BORING! and it has been done in other expansions. It's old already.

    This should have been done on the main continents alliance Vrs horde in your face battle. Make it fun like an old area like xroads, Tirisfal Glades, Hillsbrad front line with events that pushes it forward per side and resets each week. hero joins the fight questlines or fuel the war machine fetch quests spying on the enemy or destroy stockpile or supply route instances. Huge ship battles around some of the islands so much could have been done and could have been great fun.
    but what we got was rehashed lazy boring slapped together cash grab of an expansion with nothing interesting or new worth doing.    … Expand
  53. Nightveil
    Oct 7, 2018
    0
    The ultimate problem with Battle For Azeroth isn't that it's a bad game, but that it's the same game.

    While the previous expansion, Legion, had its issues, the overall feel of the game as a whole was better. The issues. Legion had its issues, but they were relatively minor and could be overlooked for the most part because the whole of the expansion was entertaining. Battle For    The ultimate problem with Battle For Azeroth isn't that it's a bad game, but that it's the same game.

    While the previous expansion, Legion, had its issues, the overall feel of the game as a whole was better. The issues. Legion had its issues, but they were relatively minor and could be overlooked for the most part because the whole of the expansion was entertaining.

    Battle For Azeroth tries to recapture that fun but fails because they're far too similar and that sameness is boring.    … Expand
  54. Unkindled
    Oct 7, 2018
    1
    A major step back from Legion. Time gates, unispiring azerite gear, boring warfronts, terrible story ( night elf forsaken, what a joke.) Top it all off with arrogant developers who refuse to look at their players as anything else other than an ant farm.
  55. XbcTV
    Oct 7, 2018
    0
    The game is pretty, but it's plagued with bugs and awful game progression systems thats a complete and total downgrade from legion. There have also been several awful changes made to core aspects of the game that make no sense and take player agency away from them. Changes like enforced personal loot, removal of master loot, and gear locking in mythic+ takes player agency out of the game.The game is pretty, but it's plagued with bugs and awful game progression systems thats a complete and total downgrade from legion. There have also been several awful changes made to core aspects of the game that make no sense and take player agency away from them. Changes like enforced personal loot, removal of master loot, and gear locking in mythic+ takes player agency out of the game.

    The game is essentially a rail-mmo now, you just got on your cart and o through the content the way blizzard wants you to, not the way you want to.    … Expand
  56. ruthven78
    Oct 7, 2018
    2
    This expansions has way too much RNG. Nearly everything is RNG right now. The azerite gear system takes the worst parts of the previous expansion's legendary and artifact system and combines them. Weapons above 300 are hard to come by as they are often given for a specialization you dont play. Liike for example assassin rogues getting swords or axes which can only be used by outlaw rogues.This expansions has way too much RNG. Nearly everything is RNG right now. The azerite gear system takes the worst parts of the previous expansion's legendary and artifact system and combines them. Weapons above 300 are hard to come by as they are often given for a specialization you dont play. Liike for example assassin rogues getting swords or axes which can only be used by outlaw rogues. The game is heavily geared to repeatedly rerunning mythic plus dungeons or normal and above raids. There is very little to do in the end game for players who dont like to repeatedly rerun mythic+ or raids. WoW has gone downhill ever since Activision Blizzard became the majority shareholder back in 2013. They continuously add new elements to the game designed to prolong the time it takes to progress through the game instead of adding more game to progress through. This was to keep players from unsubscribing between large content patches. However, these systems cause player burnout at an even faster rate.… Expand
  57. bukaGG
    Oct 7, 2018
    0
    Worst exp for sure till now. WoW: BFA should not be labeled as MMORPG anymore since it's not a MMO nor RPG.
    I think the proper description is an envelope of various mobile games, where no skill or effort required at all, only daily grinding awarding loot boxes. The only two exception to this is mythic raiding and mythic +. Mythic raiding itself while time consuming (as it should be ) does    Worst exp for sure till now. WoW: BFA should not be labeled as MMORPG anymore since it's not a MMO nor RPG.
    I think the proper description is an envelope of various mobile games, where no skill or effort required at all, only daily grinding awarding loot boxes. The only two exception to this is mythic raiding and mythic +. Mythic raiding itself while time consuming (as it should be ) does not feel rewarding at all in this expansion, you really need to be extremely passionate about mythic raiding or streaming/playing is your job to afford doing it. Mythic+ while challenging like all other features keep the daily grind for loot boxes feature.
    Mind blowing fact: after level 100 the only development of your character is the trashy Azerite armor,
    that means legendary items, tier sets and artifact weapon abilities were cut down to a dumb down boring
    game play.
    Not even new talent point raw in this exp only some minor changes including removing of some talent
    and re using some of Legion abilities that were removed as new talents ( how lazy can you be ), couple this with the GCD changes and you found your self with no will to play your chars after the new exp.

    Profession examples zero effort as well, looks like copy pasta of legion profession with new names with some minor changes that cause trouble and needed to be hot fixed.

    Moreover this expansion was rushed to launch with many bugs that weren't even fixed between the beta testing to game launch. The amount of ridiculous hot fixing (changes tens of different abilities power by 50-200% as a hot fix )
    which also require to do more grinding since BIS gear changed.

    Overall I think Blizzard went way to greedy mode thinking the captive audience of the Warcraft world will swallow
    this trash and say thank you backlashes , players are waking up and noticing very easily this game turned to
    a mobile game loot boxes centered instead of MMORPG.

    The only way to fix it is players stop throwing money on Blizzard, that means first of all stop with the pre order. its abusrd how flashy new trailer just caused huge amount of players pre-order this game without any idea what they are getting, also it requires players to have standards and unsubscribed when the game is bad.    … Expand
  58. Mikaso
    Oct 6, 2018
    1
    Hands down the worst expansion so far, at least the worst launch and first months ever. It's easier to list the good sides, because there's so few of them and really all of them are unrelated to the gameplay itself. Music is good, environment is nice and clean, first raid - Uldir has pretty good encounters, nothing extraordinary though, dungeons are quite nice as well with minor issues. AsHands down the worst expansion so far, at least the worst launch and first months ever. It's easier to list the good sides, because there's so few of them and really all of them are unrelated to the gameplay itself. Music is good, environment is nice and clean, first raid - Uldir has pretty good encounters, nothing extraordinary though, dungeons are quite nice as well with minor issues. As to bad things, my biggest grudge is the amount of RNG involved in gearing your character and the pace of it. Gearing up to the normal raid gear drop level is ridiculously easy. As long as you do a couple of dungeons weekly, log in for world quests, maybe do a battleground or two and of course finish a warfront once a month you're pretty much set and can go with random people to normal Uldir within… Expand
  59. 4_giant_games
    Oct 6, 2018
    1
    WoW.Best of The Best MMO ever 10/10 giant game,giant world, a world in which you forget about real 10/10
    But BATTLE FOR AZEROTH 1/10 disappoints me.Reheated chop.
  60. 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
  61. Ownion
    Oct 3, 2018
    0
    minor copy of legion. so many glitches, leveling up to weaken, terribly boring new contents. the worst Xpac ever.
  62. Krombopulos
    Oct 3, 2018
    0
    So, so, SOOOOOOO much UNREWARDING grinding. And I know grinding is part of mmos as a genre, but being unrewarding is just bad game design.
  63. Rankore
    Oct 3, 2018
    8
    This expansion of WoW is fine and shouldn't be considered even close to the worst Blizzard has every offered. That easily still belongs to WoD.

    I think the main issue is people excepting everything to be easily handed to them like it was in Legion. People seem to want the end game Legion catch up systems at the very beginning of this expansion. We haven't even made it to the first big    This expansion of WoW is fine and shouldn't be considered even close to the worst Blizzard has every offered. That easily still belongs to WoD.

    I think the main issue is people excepting everything to be easily handed to them like it was in Legion. People seem to want the end game Legion catch up systems at the very beginning of this expansion. We haven't even made it to the first big story patch and people are losing their minds.

    Blizzard has tried to give us something new each expansion because if they didn't, these same people crying about the new systems would be crying that we didn't get anything different from Legion.

    I swear some of these people would complain even if an expansion was perfect.    … Expand
  64. Adrianusus
    Oct 3, 2018
    0
    The worst Xpac yet. A lot of bugs and disbalance. A lot of unplaibal classes, worst pvp balance in game hystory.
  65. Thembones0320
    Oct 2, 2018
    2
    I have every class leveled to 110 except warrior at 90. I have two 120's. I've been playing WoW since BC and I hit the ground running coming into BfA. This expansion is the worst thing I've ever seen come out of Blizzard. It doesn't even feel like it's a Blizzard game. It feels like a soul less free to play MMO that you actually have to pay for.

    World of Warcraft has turned into a    I have every class leveled to 110 except warrior at 90. I have two 120's. I've been playing WoW since BC and I hit the ground running coming into BfA. This expansion is the worst thing I've ever seen come out of Blizzard. It doesn't even feel like it's a Blizzard game. It feels like a soul less free to play MMO that you actually have to pay for.

    World of Warcraft has turned into a massive RNG Casino. Every facet of this expansion is a slot machine. It's a huge addictive slot machine RNG Loot Box which feels like it's straight out of the EA playbook.

    World Boss drops = Good luck even getting a piece to drop. Waste literal thousands of gold on re-roll tokens for chump change gold reward or a bit Azerite Power which in the end will mean NOTHING. All the azerite you grind out during this expansion will amount to NOTHING!!! It's all meaningless.

    Azerite Gear = The whole system is trash. Hope for a piece to drop on top of hoping for titan forging on top of hoping for a good ability to be on the piece of gear. (How many pieces do you have to farm to get all that to happen? Don't forget it might not even drop, so how many times will you kill that boss?)

    It's all just a gigantic RGN Casino. The game has no soul, It's got nothing to offer. It squeezes time from your life requiring you to re-subscribe by time gating or making you grind out worthless crap that takes so long to get you WILL pay for another month subscription for something Blizzard hardly even put any effort into for example Re-Skinned models called "New Races"

    The game just feels like it's on autopilot. Like it's driving straight for a cliff and Blizzard just doesn't give a damn.

    It feels like EA and Activision created this expansion and told Blizzard to claim it as their own. It's a money grubbing soul less expansion made by CEO's who have never played a game a day in their life.    … Expand
  66. duffm
    Oct 2, 2018
    1
    Pros:
    Zones look nice
    Cons: Rep grinds to unlock new races Rep grinds to unlock flying Grinding to improve Azerite gear Azerite gear feels unrewarding and terrible The whole expansion feels like its designed by shareholders trying to get you to stay in the game. If only they realized that a FUN game does the same thing. Don't buy this. Don't get/continue your subscription.    Pros:
    Zones look nice

    Cons:
    Rep grinds to unlock new races
    Rep grinds to unlock flying
    Grinding to improve Azerite gear
    Azerite gear feels unrewarding and terrible

    The whole expansion feels like its designed by shareholders trying to get you to stay in the game. If only they realized that a FUN game does the same thing.

    Don't buy this. Don't get/continue your subscription. This is a terrible expansion.

    (I know there is more to the expansion, but these are the things that ruined it for me. Cant comment on raids.)    … Expand
  67. k1mtaku
    Oct 2, 2018
    1
    Blizzard that ignores user feedback through their own irritated philosophy.
  68. sonmug
    Oct 2, 2018
    3
    exp zones --> 10/10
    music --> 10/10
    lore --> 9/10 (as a horde player, alliance would be 10 imo)

    end game --> 1/10

    I really believe that in mmorpg games, the endgame is the main factor to grade the game. And so i will use a 20% weight for the first three factors and the resulting grade is 2.7/10 --> 3/10 for me. Things would be simpler if blizzard made the game a single RPG game. (not mmo)
  69. aymanhboiii
    Oct 1, 2018
    3
    There is literally nothing in BfA that is an improvement over Legion. Absolutely NOTHING in this expansion is better than it was in Legion. Nothing.

    That isn't how expansions are supposed to work.

    I mean I could go into detail but I don't feel I need to.
  70. yulz
    Oct 1, 2018
    0
    This is just an overextended version of legion, nothing new and special about it. The central story is **** as hell and you cannot create a kultiras human/zandalari troll yet. This suppose to be a pvp expansion and by far this had been the worst pvp experience that i ve had. RNG its all over the game now, even for professions, classes, drops and pvp rewards, making this unplayable at all.This is just an overextended version of legion, nothing new and special about it. The central story is **** as hell and you cannot create a kultiras human/zandalari troll yet. This suppose to be a pvp expansion and by far this had been the worst pvp experience that i ve had. RNG its all over the game now, even for professions, classes, drops and pvp rewards, making this unplayable at all. I love this franquise and its content, as a fan this game is like opium to a junkie for me, but i absolutely dont recommend to play this wow expansion. I feel that legion had so much acceptance and success on the community that blizz doesnt try something different and they overextended legion in order to get profits.… Expand
  71. Folan
    Oct 1, 2018
    1
    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
  72. Azragaash
    Oct 1, 2018
    0
    Если на баги, дисбаланс классов и постоянные зубодробительные нерфы еще можно закрыть глаза... прыгая с чара на чара, то с сюжетом это не прокатит
    Сценаристы по всей видимости употребляют наркотики. Я не могу больше в это играть... простите. Худший аддон Варкрафта.
    10/10 раненых Оленей-Малфурионов.    Если на баги, дисбаланс классов и постоянные зубодробительные нерфы еще можно закрыть глаза... прыгая с чара на чара, то с сюжетом это не прокатит
    Сценаристы по всей видимости употребляют наркотики. Я не могу больше в это играть... простите. Худший аддон Варкрафта.

    10/10 раненых Оленей-Малфурионов.
  73. Loinnir
    Oct 1, 2018
    0
    What is the point of expansions? Exactly, adding new content! How did BfA handle it? Terribly!
    Sure, it's worth pointing out that BfA's storytelling, art and all that are the best this game has ever seen. But after all, it is a game, not a movie.
    So what did we get from BfA? Nothing new. They basically took all of the new features of Legion, downgraded them and called it an expansion.    What is the point of expansions? Exactly, adding new content! How did BfA handle it? Terribly!
    Sure, it's worth pointing out that BfA's storytelling, art and all that are the best this game has ever seen. But after all, it is a game, not a movie.
    So what did we get from BfA?
    Nothing new. They basically took all of the new features of Legion, downgraded them and called it an expansion. Azerite system is garbage, Island Expeditions are so boring, that the word "boring" itself should be replaced by "expeditions", cause that's how they're described best. Warfronts are a joke, where you can't possibly lose. Seriously, all 20 people can gather up to stay afk and they'll still win a warfront in 15-20 minutes. Top notch gameplay, eh?
    Balance is broken. Some classes are absolutely unplayable, while others are broken.
    Remember how some features in Legion were time/rep-gated? Right, 95% of BfA is time/rep-gated, so you have to wait at least a month (obvious subscription stretching) to get yourself new 30 minutes of gameplay.
    If you used to play WoW and now considering returning - don't. Game is viciously murdered and is not worth your time and money.    … Expand
  74. Torque
    Oct 1, 2018
    1
    | feel like im playing some beta of the legion, crappy unfinished. In legion we have epic artifacts, here just necles, and the scailing system just kill all the fun for me. what the point of getting the better gear if im not a hardcore raider. I think i take 2-3 month off, or maybe year.
  75. tiberiuss
    Sep 30, 2018
    0
    +No random drop legendary items

    - Poor fps optimization. dx 12 its a joke ( 15-20 fps drops & stutters in mythic uldir at gtx 1080) - dickhead developers - large number of texture & geodata bugs - personal loot in guild raids. absolutely not acceptable - azerite **** system progression - idiotic craft-system - grind grind grind grind grind everywhere hight level mythic raider    +No random drop legendary items

    - Poor fps optimization. dx 12 its a joke ( 15-20 fps drops & stutters in mythic uldir at gtx 1080)
    - dickhead developers
    - large number of texture & geodata bugs
    - personal loot in guild raids. absolutely not acceptable
    - azerite **** system progression
    - idiotic craft-system
    - grind grind grind grind grind everywhere

    hight level mythic raider since 2009    … Expand
  76. Birouse
    Sep 30, 2018
    4
    Ну а что вы хотели по сути? Порог доступа в кресло гейм-дизайнеров и сценаристов опустился и всякие бездари плотно на него присели. Так было с Диабло и так сейчас происходит с Вовом, хотя произошло и продолжает происходить с 2014 года. Когда вышел Дренор вов полностью потерял свою стилистику, игровую механику и любимые всеми модельки. Та самая ранг 1 ММОРПГ, у которой даже ее минусы можноНу а что вы хотели по сути? Порог доступа в кресло гейм-дизайнеров и сценаристов опустился и всякие бездари плотно на него присели. Так было с Диабло и так сейчас происходит с Вовом, хотя произошло и продолжает происходить с 2014 года. Когда вышел Дренор вов полностью потерял свою стилистику, игровую механику и любимые всеми модельки. Та самая ранг 1 ММОРПГ, у которой даже ее минусы можно было считать за плюсы, т.к куча мелочей дополняло атмосферу масштабного мира, просто скатилась до очередной корейской грындилки с сюжетом на уровне клишейных американских фентези сериалов 90х-2000х.
    Первые 2 дополнения - лучшее что видел жанр ММОРПГ в истории ИМХО, потом разрабы сократили штат сотрудников, перекинули талантливых людей на другие проекты и полилась моча. В итоге сами сбились с маршрута по созданию успешных дополнений и забили. Нужно было всего-то добавлять что-то новое и оставить как есть старое. Проследите путь популярности Варкрафта: 2005 ММОРПГ по любимой всеми вселенной - 2007 Скверна - 2008 Плеть - 2010 Переделали Азерот и первый раз Вов пошатнулся - 2012 Глоток воздуха после Каты, Новый оригинальный контент. - 2014 Снова Запределье и Орки - 2016 Снова Скверна - 2018 Что-то отдаленно напоминающее вов.    … Expand
  77. 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
  78. UDhunter
    Sep 30, 2018
    0
    Out of all of the WoW expansions I have played, Battle For Azeroth is by far the worst. Blizzard has removed good mechanics like Legendaries and Artifact Weapons and replaced them with something much worse. The Azerite system contains all the worst parts of Legendaries/Artifact yet none of the good. This makes building up your character extremely underwhelming. Blizzard has also madeOut of all of the WoW expansions I have played, Battle For Azeroth is by far the worst. Blizzard has removed good mechanics like Legendaries and Artifact Weapons and replaced them with something much worse. The Azerite system contains all the worst parts of Legendaries/Artifact yet none of the good. This makes building up your character extremely underwhelming. Blizzard has also made combat feel clunky and awkward by adding a bunch of crucial abilities to the GCD. Now in battles you are often standing around waiting for cooldowns to end. It feels horrible. The end game activities of Island Expiditions, Warfronts, World quests, etc feel like busy work and I have zero desire to do them.

    We're barely a month after release and I have already unsubscribed.    … Expand
  79. Indrigis
    Sep 30, 2018
    3
    The Battle for Azeroth is over with the Legion expansion. Now it's Battle for Azerite, sadly. You literally grind azerite to improve your necklace and that is about it.

    Gameplay: No new classes, no new skills, no new talents, and the artifacts are also gone. Nothing has been added except a global cooldown for all skills. And since everything scales to your level, you're guaranteed to    The Battle for Azeroth is over with the Legion expansion. Now it's Battle for Azerite, sadly. You literally grind azerite to improve your necklace and that is about it.

    Gameplay: No new classes, no new skills, no new talents, and the artifacts are also gone. Nothing has been added except a global cooldown for all skills. And since everything scales to your level, you're guaranteed to have a pleasurable, if immensely dull, solo experience.

    Content: Well, there are two new islands, but the story is downright absent. You come to Kul Tiras, watch a cutscene, run a short dungeon and off you go sidequesting. If you absolutely want to see a resolution for the initial conflict, you better hit up the wiki because most of your plot progression quests make no sense whatsoever - they're there to drag you around the zone on a forced sightseeing tour, not to tell you a story.

    PvP: What PvP? World PvP is dead and organized PvP is just the same as before, except with even less incentive to do it.

    WoD gave us garrisons all for ourselves, Legion gave us class halls, again - virtually for ourselves, BfA gave us a whole game all for ourselves. And I have a hard time justifying paying Blizzard for a right to play with myself...    … Expand
  80. AngryReview
    Sep 30, 2018
    1
    Absolutely blank and boring expansion. Literally nothing new was added to the game, but only taken. Azerite system is awful and pretty useless.
  81. mattyfresh
    Sep 29, 2018
    0
    The first couple of days were great, despite the technical issues. However once you get half way leveled, the first kick to the groin comes in level scaling. All of a sudden every upgrade you get causes enemies to become .... harder? to kill. Goes directly against power growth. People found out unequipping gear was actually better than gearing up.

    Once you reach end game, the real    The first couple of days were great, despite the technical issues. However once you get half way leveled, the first kick to the groin comes in level scaling. All of a sudden every upgrade you get causes enemies to become .... harder? to kill. Goes directly against power growth. People found out unequipping gear was actually better than gearing up.

    Once you reach end game, the real problems and hubris of this company become evident. RNG has always been present. It is not inherently bad. However, nested RNG pervasive in every facet of the game, frankly, has ruined it. Azerite armor is the worst example, with ilvl and multiple traits to roll.

    Blizzard seems to think that would get people to endlessly hunt the best items. Nah. It made me quit a little over a month into the expansion. Azerite armor is in fact the worst gearing system in the history of the game. Contrary to Lore's ignorance, I would rather go farm low level dungeons in order to raid AQ40. Every piece of azerite armor I got has made me feel negatively.

    Either you get an upgrade with the wrong traits, a good trait item with lower ilvl, or can't tell which piece is actually better without sim tools. You also have to keep separate gear sets for every type of encounter. Long story short, I stopped giving a crap about my gear.

    So hey maybe I'll have fun with the other features. Nope. War mode = horde mode. The faction disparity has turned it into a one sided buff, for only one side of the player base to enjoy.

    Islands? Everyone hates them. Playing to win doesn't get you the rewards. They are like a dungeon with no bosses and exponentially low chances to get anything other than AP.

    Warfronts are even worse. Take no skill and spammable for 340 gear, with a free 370 every 3 weeks. Just a mess.

    The missions tables don't reward enough gold to care about after getting your reps. Speaking of reps, the rewards are nothing special. They are more like a chore to get out of the way so you can fly as soon as pathfinder comes along.

    And then there are the bugs. Not small stuff, that happens and it's fine. I'm talking things like one faction getting spammable warfronts while the other has to wait and get an ilvl 320 requirement, creating huge disparity. I'm talking people getting mythic chests based off of legion mythics completed the last week before bfa launch. There are many more examples like this that had lasting negative impact and frankly blizzard QC is a JOKE compared to the company that used to put things out "when it's ready".

    The only thing I enjoyed about BfA before I unsubbed was the leveling and zone design - excluding the whole scaling problem of course. Maybe I'll come back, but for now I won't stay subbed and let blizzard think this crap is acceptable.    … Expand
  82. flowerpower
    Sep 29, 2018
    0
    Been playing this game since 2005, and obviously I am not going to stop playing it now, but with BFA it's like someone, on purpose, decided to strip the game of everything that once made it great. It's a mess riddled with bugs. Not to mention the awful lag as soon as there are more than 5 players in a zone. You blocked a bunch of group finder addons to deal with just that. Give me a break,Been playing this game since 2005, and obviously I am not going to stop playing it now, but with BFA it's like someone, on purpose, decided to strip the game of everything that once made it great. It's a mess riddled with bugs. Not to mention the awful lag as soon as there are more than 5 players in a zone. You blocked a bunch of group finder addons to deal with just that. Give me a break, Blizzard.… Expand
  83. Cozdehierro
    Sep 28, 2018
    1
    Trying to be like Legion but worst
    Nonsense in some parts of the lore
    Pathetic implementation of island expeditions and warfronts
    Lot of duplicated quests with different skins...
    Thos is not WoW, this is the attemp to enlarge the duration of a game to farm dolars for Bli$$ard
  84. wisemen
    Sep 28, 2018
    3
    Personal loot + no loot with Azerite talents items in mythic+ = epic fail
    Balance many class and spec is terrible and we must wait 2-3 month until company try to fix it. But we must pay all this time.
    Think about this if you want play in this addon
  85. TheRealRage333
    Sep 28, 2018
    1
    Riddled with bugs that not only breaks immersion but also game systems causing frustration as never seen before since it's original release, World of Warcraft now tries to dumb down the game even more with it's latest expansion "Battle for Azeroth", or as the community dubs it: "Beta of Azeroth".

    Coming from a temporary high that the expansion dubbed Legion set, the gameplay gets more    Riddled with bugs that not only breaks immersion but also game systems causing frustration as never seen before since it's original release, World of Warcraft now tries to dumb down the game even more with it's latest expansion "Battle for Azeroth", or as the community dubs it: "Beta of Azeroth".

    Coming from a temporary high that the expansion dubbed Legion set, the gameplay gets more bare-boned than ever and many, many things are put in without the polish Blizzard Entertainment has previously been known for. Gamebreaking bugs that causes disconnects and loss of content is an everyday occurrence, and with each passing day it feels more and more like you are still playing on the Beta server.

    For new players the game drags on incredibly hard with no reward besides a number by your portrait which denotes your level. Rewards like new spells or abilities to change up the gameplay can take as much as 20 levels to come across, something that could equal several days for any player with just an hour or two of time to play, and at max level still doesn't feel different enough.

    When finally at the end-game where the real game begins. There are a lot of things to do in Battle for Azeroth, but for seasoned players, many of the now old systems have been watered down to be incredibly unrewarding when compared to past expansion that it feels bad and more of a chore to do them. Incentive is lacking and the few additions made to the game also follow down this path. Also, for some reason, a lot of the systems and mechanics in place have no explanation to be found in-game and forces you to visit World of Warcraft's website and search for articles or forums posts made by the developers. In some cases, the most recent being a topic on a mechanic called "Reorigination Array", you are even forced to use third-party sites to get to know how it works, and this is a VERY important mechanic in current content! It took Blizzard a few weeks and three long paragraphs, something comparable to a short essay as forum posts go, to explain it. And if you don't choose to scour World of Warcraft's own website or third-party sites for this information, you have no idea that it even exists in the background as a hidden, but very important to do, mechanic! This is unacceptable!

    Now, probably the biggest damning thing this expansion has going for it is the lack of choices the players can make. There has never been less customisation of how to progress in the game as far as rewards go and there are less skill ceilings on every class. There's not only no incentive to learn the intricacies of a class, they are not even there. Blizzard has homogenised the game and it's systems so much that it's no longer a world to explore, but rather a roller coaster where you are simply along for the ride.

    It's not all bad though, thankfully. In Battle for Azeroth, Blizzard has made the world alive again with the addition of a mode called War Mode, an option that gives players extra rewards at the cost of opening themselves up to player vs. player combat in the world, something that has been considered almost dead before this expansion. The first raid, a challenge done with up to 30 people, seems to have been generally positively received. If you only play this game to this type of content raid and do not do anything else, you might like this expansion. That is, if you can get over how slow and dumbed-down the gameplay has become.

    Unfortunately, all in all, Battle for Azeroth scares away new players with a slow and tedious introduction with no feeling of accomplishment or reward for working their way towards the end-game where the real content of any World of Warcraft expansion begins. Seasoned players are met with bland systems, removed choices for progression, less incentives to do content and a flood of bugs. It all feels incomplete and Blizzard has stated publicly that the game might feel barren now, but that it will feel better after a couple of updates towards the end of the expansion where systems will finally make sense, and why they are so barren now.

    Going by Blizzard's statements, sit this one out for now and come back in a year when the systems have gotten their content they are supposed to have, and should have had on release. That is, if you can cope with being forced to progress the only way the game makes you at the mercy of dice rolls, the homogenised gameplay with no incentive or rewards, and no real feeling of accomplishment of mastering the game.

    Summary: Azeroth paid a terrible price to end the apocalyptic march of the Legion's crusade, and it shows.

    Verdict: Wait a year or until next expansion.    … Expand
  86. DrThrax
    Sep 27, 2018
    0
    PROS:
    - Good story (only Alliance; not so great for Horde)
    CONS - Probably the worst item system implemented in the history of WoW. - Grind-RNGfest with weekly chest looting - Time-gating elements that restrict user choices in almost every content. - Beta test-level of balancing in classes and in the BfA hallmark "Azerite traits" - Attempt to polish item contents in the Legion,    PROS:
    - Good story (only Alliance; not so great for Horde)

    CONS
    - Probably the worst item system implemented in the history of WoW.
    - Grind-RNGfest with weekly chest looting
    - Time-gating elements that restrict user choices in almost every content.
    - Beta test-level of balancing in classes and in the BfA hallmark "Azerite traits"
    - Attempt to polish item contents in the Legion, but fail to do so; only made it worse by its core "Azerite"

    Hands down, this is probably the worst expansion for WoW, worse than the Warlords of Draenor in many aspects.    … Expand
  87. 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.
  88. jakaclank
    Sep 25, 2018
    1
    Very disappointing expansion. A real downgrade from Legion. I am not at all intrigued by the story, unbelievable and hypocritical storytelling on both sides (‘Honorable’ Horde burns down the capital of the most passive faction of the Alliance and commits mass genocide; Alliance and Horde have fought together countless times, and are still waging war, even though they obviously have similarVery disappointing expansion. A real downgrade from Legion. I am not at all intrigued by the story, unbelievable and hypocritical storytelling on both sides (‘Honorable’ Horde burns down the capital of the most passive faction of the Alliance and commits mass genocide; Alliance and Horde have fought together countless times, and are still waging war, even though they obviously have similar values; Tauren would've left the Horde a long time ago (death of Cairne, Garrosh, Sylvanas), Nightborne join the horde because of the unnecessairy 10.000 year old distrust of Tyrande (Who has lost all her character due to bad writing), even though they have just as much reason to join the Alliance). I'm forced to do quests which I don’t support, I am supposed to be 'the champion of Azeroth' but I can make zero decisions in this war. It has become more of a Marvel movie-type story than the story on which WoW was based on. The obligatory PvP was a terrible decision (you can switch it off, but then you miss out on 10% bonus xp, loot and rep, so you would be stupid not too turn it on, even for PvE players). This results in constant random deaths at ANY level by ANY level character (up to a point where it becomes impossible to progress in an area). Overall boring everything: Questing has become boring and dumbed down, mobs scale with your level which makes you feel like you’re not growing stronger but weaker; World quests were an interesting new addition in Legion but has become boring and old by now, grinding azerite in land expeditions should've been a battleground (What is this with azerite anyway, shouldn’t this bet he main story of the expansion? Healing Azeroth? Instead it is your new uninteresting artifact). Boralus is unimpressive. No new spells and abilities (I rather have a 100 spells, which might not be useful, but at least are fun, than to be limited to a few like Guild Wars). They’ve killed a lot of characters (either in reality or through bad writing), and there aren’t that many left that are interesting (and there used to be a bunch). To end on a positive note, dungeons are quite fun, Zul’dazar is a beautiful city, some classes are still fun to play, new races are nice (even though Void Elves’ and Nighborne’s loyalty to Alliance and Horde don’t truly make sense)). Still fun, WoW will always be fun, just the worst expansion to date.… Expand
  89. KaliHeart
    Sep 25, 2018
    10
    Absolutely loving it, as of 8.0. Maining Horde, but having played both factions, the stories of the Zandalari have captured my heart in loving embrace. The music, the voice acting, the zones and the atmosphere itself - all are fantastic. Comparative to previous expansions, even the launch was smooth.

    Honestly, the hate toward this xpac is unfounded. This is perhaps my favourite yet,    Absolutely loving it, as of 8.0. Maining Horde, but having played both factions, the stories of the Zandalari have captured my heart in loving embrace. The music, the voice acting, the zones and the atmosphere itself - all are fantastic. Comparative to previous expansions, even the launch was smooth.

    Honestly, the hate toward this xpac is unfounded. This is perhaps my favourite yet, with Legion a close second. Bwonsamdi is worth 10 points alone.

    Highly recommended, very excited for future patches.

    ZANDALAR FOREVER!    … Expand
  90. tsem13
    Sep 25, 2018
    4
    UPDATED

    Hardware Critique :

    Graphics ==> 6
    Sound ==> 9
    Controls ==> 6

    Gameplay Critique :

    Story ==> 6
    WQ ==> 4
    Loot ==> 2
    Professions ==> 1
    Leveling ==> 4
    Blizzard Store ==> 5
    Warmode ==> 3
    Transmogs ==> 7
    War Expeditions ==> 4
    Wow Token ==> 5
    Allied Races ==> 3
    Item Scaling ==> 5

    General Score ========> 4.5
  91. 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
  92. cheshireee
    Sep 24, 2018
    4
    Artifact weapon and legendary system were so much better than azerite armor system. Azerite armor is just not giving enough feeling of achievement as it requires tons of AP and the traits are not interesting while artifact traits were so much interesting and it stayed with us for the whole expansion so we actually cared about it so much
  93. Cleric670
    Sep 24, 2018
    1
    All the hype and no substance, every new feature is either boring or a rehash of other systems from the past. World of Timegatecraft as usual but reputation is gated behind world quests AGAIN, power gain is gated behind artifact power AGAIN, island expeditions are a joke and not even a clever way to gate artifact power, warfronts have no purpose whatsoever besides an interesting one-timeAll the hype and no substance, every new feature is either boring or a rehash of other systems from the past. World of Timegatecraft as usual but reputation is gated behind world quests AGAIN, power gain is gated behind artifact power AGAIN, island expeditions are a joke and not even a clever way to gate artifact power, warfronts have no purpose whatsoever besides an interesting one-time romp through a feature that offers no reward outside of a once a month quest.

    Overall seriously disappointed, the ONLY redeeming quality is the storylines which are a one-time-per-expansion sort of thing.    … Expand
  94. Wildberryjack
    Sep 24, 2018
    1
    This is nothing but a watered down patch to Legion with all the fun removed, more time gating added, and every single thing is RNG on top of RNG. It is not fun, it is not innovative. Add almost everything being put on the GCD, abilities pruned, no new talents added, and game play is slow and plodding. Then toss in item level scaling and you get weaker as you level and get better gear. TheyThis is nothing but a watered down patch to Legion with all the fun removed, more time gating added, and every single thing is RNG on top of RNG. It is not fun, it is not innovative. Add almost everything being put on the GCD, abilities pruned, no new talents added, and game play is slow and plodding. Then toss in item level scaling and you get weaker as you level and get better gear. They say get raid gear to outpace the ilvl scaling but since when should we need raid gear to quest?!! I am incredibly disappointed in this expansion, it is indeed a dumpster fire of bad design choices by a dev team that clearly needs to be replaced.… Expand
  95. Volkul
    Sep 24, 2018
    0
    The game suffers from an over abundance of RNG and grinding. You have to grind out everything to include the new trait Azerite. There comes a point when the the player base is just plain tired of grinding and they have reached that point. Blizz needs to start to rethink the game and return to what made it great.
  96. vampgirl
    Sep 24, 2018
    1
    A slot machine in beta state designed to keep you online as long as possible with no reward. Expensive game for such low quality .
  97. Argel
    Sep 24, 2018
    1
    Playing wow for like 13 years. This patch is the worst. Even pandaria was 4/10. That one is terrible. Its just a Legion 2.0 but way worse, with cutted off balls.
    Grind. Grind. Grind. Useless azerite traits, boring World quests again. No pvp content again. Warmode is made wpvp worse than it was cause of phasing. Bounties, aridrops, bgs, expeditions, warfonts - all of these are just a big    Playing wow for like 13 years. This patch is the worst. Even pandaria was 4/10. That one is terrible. Its just a Legion 2.0 but way worse, with cutted off balls.
    Grind. Grind. Grind. Useless azerite traits, boring World quests again. No pvp content again. Warmode is made wpvp worse than it was cause of phasing. Bounties, aridrops, bgs, expeditions, warfonts - all of these are just a big fail, which is nonregarding for players, so they forced to play Myth+, myth raids and arena again, to get any gear. And if you want to gear in pve you forced in raids strongly, cause of 3 cd in a week, and azerite armor drop instead of hoping for random loot for myth+ chest. To gear up in pvp you need at least 300 games on 2.1 rate in arena to get same ilvl as mythic raids, but arena is way harder, so unbalanced pvp vs pve again. Game for casuals and pve players.
    No new talents, spells and features for classes, but they add a GCD between half of the spells, which made 123 rotation and 5-8 main buttons in general even more boring and depressing.
    No pvp events, no pvp world quests, no pvp rewards for world pvp. 10% bonus from warmode is just a silly joke, nobody playing in warmode tho.
    Terrible class balance. My class, dk - having 2300 rate on arena as possible cap, cause of how useless and weak he is. Dk taking 0.7% of pickrate in 2v2 and 1.2% in 3v3 in first top 5000 of arena, Check arenamates. Dk cannot do anything to retpala, hunter, rogue, arcane mage, enhashama 1v1.
    Removed artifacts, set bonuses, classhalls and class qutst lines - nothing new instead. Just pathetic azerite armor which is so cringe, useless and frustrating to lvl up.
    Quests and lore are mainly the same - go there, kill these leaders, destroy key objects to make great villain weak and finally kill him with assistance of main hero of the quest line, talanji princess or jaina, we are not a heroes anymore, we are just SylvanasAnduin's garrison companions, and BFA in lore side is just a big garrison world quest for these two.    … Expand
  98. Thunderian
    Sep 24, 2018
    0
    I have been playing wow since TBC. So there are some pros/cons from me.
    Pros:
    - nice music - beautifull zones Cons: - world quests grind - time/reputation gated content - "new" allied races (just a recolor version of old races) - tons of bugs - global cooldown on some skills (really Blizzard???) - classes unbalance in pve - a lot of fun abilities were pruned (i cant watch on my    I have been playing wow since TBC. So there are some pros/cons from me.
    Pros:
    - nice music
    - beautifull zones
    Cons:
    - world quests grind
    - time/reputation gated content
    - "new" allied races (just a recolor version of old races)
    - tons of bugs
    - global cooldown on some skills (really Blizzard???)
    - classes unbalance in pve
    - a lot of fun abilities were pruned (i cant watch on my mm hunter without tears)
    - pvp balance is awful
    - no pvp gear vendor (conquest points are useless)
    - dungeons are boring (more trash mobs for the Trash God)
    - warfronts are badly designed (you need to wait 1 month to play several hours)
    - expeditions are very boring and unrewarding
    - some classes are unplayable (shamans / mm hunters / shadow priests etc)
    - warmode is broken (most of time you will see raid of horde versus 1 ally player)
    - servers are lagging (try 40 vs 40 pvp in open world)

    Dont waste your time on this crap.    … Expand
  99. GB34RD
    Sep 24, 2018
    0
    It's just such a disappointment from what it was in Legion. I want to like it because it's a game that I've played since Vanilla, but it really does feel like Blizzard has changed the game just enough to keep me subbed through keeping me one small step above dissatisfied all the time.

    I'm a filthy casual and found there to be so much fun content and game-play in Legion for me; BFA is a    It's just such a disappointment from what it was in Legion. I want to like it because it's a game that I've played since Vanilla, but it really does feel like Blizzard has changed the game just enough to keep me subbed through keeping me one small step above dissatisfied all the time.

    I'm a filthy casual and found there to be so much fun content and game-play in Legion for me; BFA is a huge let down, as is the cynical way that Blizz has started to treat its customers.    … Expand
  100. MuF_AsA
    Sep 24, 2018
    1
    It's revolution Blizzard! Deluxe Edition was poured into the toilet! I have not seen such an abomination for a long time.
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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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