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  1. Feb 25, 2019
    7
    After the heights of Legion, BfA feels like a filler expansion with a lot to love but a lot more to hate.
    Questing is better than ever, zone design is top notch (big props to the art team) and the music is on point as usual, but the story feels really lackluster, specs suck and the azerite system was a big miss.
    Overall this xpac feels rushed out the door, hope Blizz get it together for
    After the heights of Legion, BfA feels like a filler expansion with a lot to love but a lot more to hate.
    Questing is better than ever, zone design is top notch (big props to the art team) and the music is on point as usual, but the story feels really lackluster, specs suck and the azerite system was a big miss.
    Overall this xpac feels rushed out the door, hope Blizz get it together for the next one, not much opportunity left for fillers and errors.
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  2. bfa
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
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  3. Feb 23, 2019
    0
    If you're attracted to cringe and idiocy, buy it and play it. You'll absolutely love it. It's a paradise for morons.
  4. Feb 23, 2019
    0
    This may be the worst expansion Blizzard has ever produced. At least WoD had some new features/concepts. This expansion is just...boring. This is coming from a fan since the original friends and family Alpha test. I have 14 characters at level 120, both horde and alliance; so it isn't like I didn't give this xpack a shot. If I didn't already have several months of subscription timeThis may be the worst expansion Blizzard has ever produced. At least WoD had some new features/concepts. This expansion is just...boring. This is coming from a fan since the original friends and family Alpha test. I have 14 characters at level 120, both horde and alliance; so it isn't like I didn't give this xpack a shot. If I didn't already have several months of subscription time already pre-paid, I would have unsubscribed by now.

    Maybe it's unreasonable to expect a 15 year old game to continue to produce interesting content, but the Legion expansion was pretty good overall, and there was certainly hope that this one would follow suit. Sadly, it has not.
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  5. Feb 22, 2019
    0
    The worst expansion made yet, may Ion find a new job as a custodian, away from development.
  6. Feb 22, 2019
    0
    Pay to play
    Subscription
    Pay to win (WOW Tokens) to get boosted in game
    Cash shop
    Pay to do anther chartacter transfer ETC

    and a game built around forcing people to part with money with a soft reset every 4 months
  7. Feb 18, 2019
    2
    The positives of Battle for Azeroth are the work done by the art and music team and level designers. Beyond that, everything is bad. Classes are pruned beyond belief and not fun to play, the game is shallow, the loot system is broken because of random loot with Titanforging and sockets, the story is "meh", the Azerite system is boring, Artifact/Azerite power is a chore and would be betterThe positives of Battle for Azeroth are the work done by the art and music team and level designers. Beyond that, everything is bad. Classes are pruned beyond belief and not fun to play, the game is shallow, the loot system is broken because of random loot with Titanforging and sockets, the story is "meh", the Azerite system is boring, Artifact/Azerite power is a chore and would be better off not existing at all in the game, and everything is boring. It doesn't feel like an actually enjoyable game, it feels like a checklist and a collection simulator. Expand
  8. Feb 17, 2019
    3
    The best part was when I unsubscribed, Artifact power can get stuffed, awful world quests ect yet again, The new races where okay but there is no saving grace when i look for it, 3/10 you've changed Blizzard, slowly they are seemingly killing all their games.....Blizzard use to make my absolute favorite games and I was always satisfied and binged them for hours on end. what happened? alsoThe best part was when I unsubscribed, Artifact power can get stuffed, awful world quests ect yet again, The new races where okay but there is no saving grace when i look for it, 3/10 you've changed Blizzard, slowly they are seemingly killing all their games.....Blizzard use to make my absolute favorite games and I was always satisfied and binged them for hours on end. what happened? also people who are scoring 8+ are completely disillusion or sellouts end of story (still better than fallout 76) Expand
  9. Feb 15, 2019
    10
    Cостоянием на сегодня большая часть багов пофикшена, новый рейд (в отличии от Ульдира) весьма интересен и не прост. Игра выравниваеться, это не Легион но все еще лучшая ММОРПГ на рынке.
  10. Feb 13, 2019
    0
    Worst addon.
    Worst addon. Misunderstood Sylvana, screenwriter adding himself to the game.
  11. Feb 7, 2019
    10
    Я удивляюсь как у бфа оценки 0!
    В дополнении потрясающий сюжет и история. Много интересных механик и идея. 9 из 10 т к мало пвп контента и всё слишком казуально.
  12. Feb 7, 2019
    10
    after reading all the **** reviews i had to create a profile.

    looking at most of the reviewers giving 0, you will notice the only have 1 review. which leads me to believe the are trolls. Yes i realize i also have one review (this one) , but its because i couldnt take the bs anymore. I have been playing WoW on and off since Vanilla back in 2004. I'm now in my mid 20s with a full time
    after reading all the **** reviews i had to create a profile.

    looking at most of the reviewers giving 0, you will notice the only have 1 review. which leads me to believe the are trolls. Yes i realize i also have one review (this one) , but its because i couldnt take the bs anymore.

    I have been playing WoW on and off since Vanilla back in 2004. I'm now in my mid 20s with a full time job, and i can tell you that playing casually for a few hours a night is a great experience, regardless of the expansion. All these go hard, no life gamers who basically speed run through any new content and then complain they have nothing else to do have bigger problems than the ones with the game. Simply put, they need a life.

    Not everyone will grind this game day in and day out and run out of content in 3 days. Not everyone runs macros and treats the game like a job. In fact im willing to be most people play casually. And thats what games are for... to play casually and have fun. Which this game has plenty of. Sure, some the class changes dont tickle my fancy ( i play Disc Priest and the spells got a little **** with the latest patch) but even so I was able to adapt in probably 30 min of CASUAL play.

    So enough with the 0 score reviews, enough with the baseless complaining, because all you're doing is ruining the work of people who put thousands of hours of work into making this game, and basically spitting in their face.

    Enjoy the game, stop complaining, or if you dont like it ask for your money back, and stfu and go play fortnite.

    i'm giving this a 10 just to offset the troll 0 reviews, but id say its more of an 8.5
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  13. Feb 4, 2019
    1
    the visuals and the sounds are good... but thats it, once you have seen and heard the content in this expansion, you are done with the good stuff, and the rest is a ****
  14. Feb 4, 2019
    3
    I play wow since vanilla.
    We arrived at a point where this game is zero fun in the gameplay.
    They added two new main game "features" in this exp, wanna talk about it? The warfronts: an awful battle you cannot lose (really, you can't) that is absolute boredom. The island expeditions: the idea is good, but they developed it very very bad. Not to talk about the world quests... playng
    I play wow since vanilla.
    We arrived at a point where this game is zero fun in the gameplay.
    They added two new main game "features" in this exp, wanna talk about it?
    The warfronts: an awful battle you cannot lose (really, you can't) that is absolute boredom.
    The island expeditions: the idea is good, but they developed it very very bad.
    Not to talk about the world quests... playng memory or guiding a turtle trough a maze? i mean...wtf?
    I found myself doing annoyng things like those, not for the sake of having fun (that is what a game is made for...right?) but just in the hope to achieve randomly the reward i needed.
    I found myself sayng, oh noes...i dont wanna to do that stupid warfront now, but...i need to take the high ilv piece to raid exc.
    Not to speak about M+ dungeons... seriously.
    Racing trough a dungeon to get a downgrade of my gear as a reward is no fun.

    Tl;dr;
    i'ts a casino.
    You will be forced to do annoyng things in the hope to get a prize.
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  15. Feb 3, 2019
    1
    Take everything that was fun in Legion and divide it in half , that's BFA. Class identity is dead. Azerite armor system is a broken Legion legendary system but kept the grind. Warfonts are the biggest con job scam ever release by blizzard , you fight npc and no way to lose. cash shop tactics should be investigated. donot buy
  16. Feb 3, 2019
    2
    It's the same thing over and over... Subscription cancelled. I've been playing since 2006.
  17. Feb 2, 2019
    0
    BFA creates a feeling that developers are trying to develop as much as possible as quick as possible. Hence the quality of this product is pretty low. Good adv, poor product.
  18. Jan 30, 2019
    0
    I play in wow since Burning Crusade. We learn all these time, that we should be together, nobody want this war, the story is garbage, all chars looks like they have no brain. All we got - is all Legion stuff but much WORSE. Horde/Alliance attack? It's same legion attack but without scenario. The locals? Same as legion, but we tired of it. All gear is just lottery, maybe you have luckI play in wow since Burning Crusade. We learn all these time, that we should be together, nobody want this war, the story is garbage, all chars looks like they have no brain. All we got - is all Legion stuff but much WORSE. Horde/Alliance attack? It's same legion attack but without scenario. The locals? Same as legion, but we tired of it. All gear is just lottery, maybe you have luck today, and you will get what you want but 90% of time you get garbage. Even if you want to start a new char, it's pain to go from 1 to 120 lvl. Global cooldown is mistake. All was mistake, and how they kill Alliance(now only 28% from ALL WORLDS is Alliance) is just unbearable. And they have some many lags and problem in game, most of old content and quest just don't work correctly!
    Never buy this addon, never try it, it totally worst expansion ever! Even WOD have more fun than these.
    Shame on you, Blizz.
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  19. Jan 25, 2019
    2
    Im writing this review after playing a lot of hours of BFA.

    - Blizzard just learned nothing from their awesome work with Legion. They killed the good things that we loved in the last xpac while the bad things still stay here. Good: - Artwork, the new zones are beautiful. - Leveling is fun the first time. - Great raid and boss design (Talking about Uldir only at this point) Bad:
    Im writing this review after playing a lot of hours of BFA.

    - Blizzard just learned nothing from their awesome work with Legion. They killed the good things that we loved in the last xpac while the bad things still stay here.

    Good:
    - Artwork, the new zones are beautiful.
    - Leveling is fun the first time.
    - Great raid and boss design (Talking about Uldir only at this point)

    Bad:
    - Terrible class design and even more pruning plus CDG changes are weird.
    - M+ is a total **** with some affixes. Some dungeons are terrible.
    - REMOVING CLASS TIERS - Probably the worst decision in years, they were a total sign of identity of WoW and there's no possible excuses to stop making them.
    - No class-focused content like Legion
    - Story looks rushed af
    - Pvp still being crap and reward system is even worse.
    - Warfronts and Island expeditions could be potential great ideas but what we got was terrible.

    And i could continue but it's enough... I love wow and have played for so many years but its too hard to defend BFA, what a missed oportunity to keep the game in the good way...
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  20. Jan 24, 2019
    0
    There is no MMO in this game. It is single player with online connection rpg, like diablo 3. People who play this game nowadays even don't want to communicate with others. I tried to speak with my LFG group in dungeon, but nobody responsed, they just run forward, push their 3 dps buttons, loot the boss and leave party. I see no people in this game. My guild is dead with 4 players online inThere is no MMO in this game. It is single player with online connection rpg, like diablo 3. People who play this game nowadays even don't want to communicate with others. I tried to speak with my LFG group in dungeon, but nobody responsed, they just run forward, push their 3 dps buttons, loot the boss and leave party. I see no people in this game. My guild is dead with 4 players online in prime time. It was about 100 when in MoP (Soulflayer realm).

    If i want a single player rpg I go Witcher 3 which i bought in steam less than 10$, and it even has no subscription. I want to communicate with other people in this game. I need a challenge, which i can't deal solo. I mean not mythical difficulty, i mean every aspect of the game. From level 1, when i create a new character. Throught leveling my character i don't see any progression. Every mob is one shotted, i don't run out of manna, i don't even need any gear to be strong against mobs.

    So that's why i quit BfA. That's why i wait for Vanilla. See ya.
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  21. Jan 23, 2019
    2
    1) Worst character development (its feels like all characters have lost thier unique specs), all have been downed to single rotation. Playing Balance druid feels like playing FREAKING ARCANE HUNTER.
    2) Story is bad;
    3) Azerite is total freaking fiasco; 4) Two new mods (warfronts - total AFK Encounter. Island expeditions, total boring piece of garbage) Battle for Azeroth have so much
    1) Worst character development (its feels like all characters have lost thier unique specs), all have been downed to single rotation. Playing Balance druid feels like playing FREAKING ARCANE HUNTER.
    2) Story is bad;
    3) Azerite is total freaking fiasco;
    4) Two new mods (warfronts - total AFK Encounter. Island expeditions, total boring piece of garbage)

    Battle for Azeroth have so much in it that actually doesn't have ANYTHING in it. During WOD i haven't cancelled mine sub for half of its duration, yet ActiBlizz manage to force me cancel my sub in BfA in just 4 months.
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  22. Jan 23, 2019
    3
    I have played for around 12 years and i have 8 characters that are 120, and 10 that are 110.
    I have 2 main, one on ally side that I started with, and another one on horde that I created just to get the whole story, because the lore where really good in the beginning. The rest I made to better understand the "do`s and dont`s" of each classes in pvp,
    I have played so many hours that it is
    I have played for around 12 years and i have 8 characters that are 120, and 10 that are 110.
    I have 2 main, one on ally side that I started with, and another one on horde that I created just to get the whole story, because the lore where really good in the beginning. The rest I made to better understand the "do`s and dont`s" of each classes in pvp,
    I have played so many hours that it is embarrassing to actually say it out loud and I have used a lot more real money than I like to admit.

    From I started and all the way up to Mop I subbed the entire year, and loved every minute of it.
    After Mop I played for 5 months before I unsubbed. The magic was gone.
    When Wod came I played for 2 months, went away for 3-4 and played for 1 more.
    It was almost the same with Legion. When Bfa came I played for a month at launch, stopped and played trough December before I unsubbed again, and this time it will be a really long time until I start another sub.

    With every expansion it feels more and more stale. The story is completely gone, and so are the rewards for hours and hours of "work" you put in. Not to mention class balance ...
    The irony is that my nephew that never played it before liked it, or at least he did until he started to notice the bugs, lag spikes, incompetent gm`s. and almost nonexistent support when he tried to get help. If you add cheaters, bots, premade pvp teams, a pretty toxic community, the greed on average gear and items in the ah a new player actually need to enjoy the game, i understand why he left and i pity the poor saps that actually bought and are playing this game for the first time.
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  23. Jan 21, 2019
    0
    I am sorry for low score, but I just Surrender. This patch is really bad.

    Story wise it is lame and extremely dumb, how can you make us, heroes of Azeroth, continue to follow this stupid orders, By now we must have achieved level of trust when our opinion matters. We do not want all of this. We deserved to be informed, just go to Sylvannas and ask WTH?! Go to Anduin and ask WTH?!
    I am sorry for low score, but I just Surrender. This patch is really bad.

    Story wise it is lame and extremely dumb, how can you make us, heroes of Azeroth, continue to follow this stupid orders, By now we must have achieved level of trust when our opinion matters. We do not want all of this. We deserved to be informed, just go to Sylvannas and ask WTH?! Go to Anduin and ask WTH?!

    Content is timegated. Considering that we pay monthly, we get to play max of 3 hours until next week or even patch. And every patch we have - Wait for next one for fixes, and Zandalari, yes what we were promised at start, we dont have yet in 8.1 FFS! Want to play game? Just wait until last BFA patch!

    Game is still full of bugs that comes from beta time!

    Dungeons are made for pro mythic runners and kills all joy for participating. Just make special difficulty for you MDI. You have full of Dark elves there anyway. Keys were awesome in Legion, dungeons were different. Now it is only - mobs, more mobs, here is mobs too. And there is heavy class favors, example - "We will wait for Blood Dk only!"."We need rogues for skipping, sorry", "You are Shadow Priest, go drown yourself already or go healer. We need healer, Respec"..

    And I seriously think that critics green score is payed BS. Have some shame!

    WoD was even better, WoD... How weird this can be...
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  24. Jan 17, 2019
    0
    I used to write detailed reviews explaining exactly what is good and bad about a game. This expansion is so pathetic that honestly I can't be bothered. Only here to add my 2 cents to the overall negative score that this game deserves. World of Warcraft will never be good again, because the main focus of the company behind it is short term profitability instead of customerI used to write detailed reviews explaining exactly what is good and bad about a game. This expansion is so pathetic that honestly I can't be bothered. Only here to add my 2 cents to the overall negative score that this game deserves. World of Warcraft will never be good again, because the main focus of the company behind it is short term profitability instead of customer retention/satisfaction. Mark my words - WoW will soon be going mobile for Whale hunting. Expand
  25. Jan 14, 2019
    0
    This game is an absolute disgrace to true Blizzard. The Blizzard that unfortunately no longer exists. The name lingers behind the shadows of Activision, but Activision has poisoned, infected, and killed off every inch of Blizzard. Honestly ask yourself this one question: Who is left that holds the true vision of WOW?

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

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

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

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

    This is my opinion. Take it how you wish, but don't say I didn't warn you if you try this expansion despite my laundry list of cons. However, if you do think BFA is good, then maybe you should consider selling your PC for an expensive phone to play Diablo Immortal because you are the demographic here. I am not being sarcastic although it may appear this way. I am 100% serious.
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  26. Jan 11, 2019
    0
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  27. Jan 11, 2019
    2
    The end game gear progression is trash. In an era where personalized loot is a thing, im sick of doing mythic dungeons and lfr to NEVER get any loot. This game is garbage. Only reason it gets a 2 is because its a functional game.
  28. Jan 10, 2019
    0
    Дополнение к Легиону, дрочи мифики, делай локалки, качай артефакт, подтирай жопу и у тебя будет много пенопласта.
  29. Jan 9, 2019
    1
    The game sadly is trash at the moment. I was subbed nearly the whole time from Wrath to Legion, even WoD had better class balance and was more engaging despite the content drought.

    BfA is without doubt the worst WoW expansion ever released. I pre-ordered the deluxe edition and wish I hadn't as I am no longer subscribed to the game. BfA is essentially a series of frustrating chores
    The game sadly is trash at the moment. I was subbed nearly the whole time from Wrath to Legion, even WoD had better class balance and was more engaging despite the content drought.

    BfA is without doubt the worst WoW expansion ever released. I pre-ordered the deluxe edition and wish I hadn't as I am no longer subscribed to the game.

    BfA is essentially a series of frustrating chores for very little reward. Of course WoW has always been about the grind, but getting any sort of tangible reward is almost entirely dependent on RNG and not your skill or time spent in the game.
    The allied races advertised (Kul Tiran and Zandalari) are not even in the game. BfA was released in August. I am writing this review in January. Kul Tirans and Zandalari are STILL not in the game. They are also (like all other allied races) gated behind reputation grinds, another chore that no one really wants to do.

    Also, the Azerite system that was advertised as being fun and engaging is almost meaningless, with ilvl upgrades having different Azerite traits that require grinding Azerite in order to unlock. However, all traits are similarly valid, and unlike the legendary weapon system in Legion there is no personality or interesting aspects to the Azerite system. There is almost zero lore behind it, and in game the system is very confusing and makes you wonder why they added it to the game at all.
    There are a myriad of other problems with the game currently but in a nutshell:

    Unless you absolutely love Mythic+ or Uldir (the only raid released so far) there is very little reason to stay subscribed to the game in it's current state.

    Hopefully the next expansion will be better than this one, but I doubt it.
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  30. Jan 8, 2019
    2
    DO YOU GUYS NOT HAVE BETA TESTING?

    As a player and a fan for more than 12 years, I am disappointed by this expansion. tl;dr: It feels rushed and lazy, do not buy. Unfortunately, this MMORPG is losing the RPG part more and more with every major patch. The plot is meh, but this time around you can't even experience most of it without a character on the opposing fraction, which is,
    DO YOU GUYS NOT HAVE BETA TESTING?

    As a player and a fan for more than 12 years, I am disappointed by this expansion. tl;dr: It feels rushed and lazy, do not buy.

    Unfortunately, this MMORPG is losing the RPG part more and more with every major patch.

    The plot is meh, but this time around you can't even experience most of it without a character on the opposing fraction, which is, essentially, nothing more than a ploy to force you into spending more time on the game.

    Leveling doesn't feel like an improvement for the character, as does gearing: thanks to scaling (in both PvE and PvP) the impact of you having better equipment is no longer as noticeable as it was before.

    Class design is almost unchanged as compared to Legion, with the exception of features being removed rather than added. Remaining class features are extremely often locked behind a wall of grind in the form of a new artifact.

    Quality control has also shat the bed this time around, probably as a result of beta test keys being given out mostly to streamers for free promotion; the game is filled with bugs and underdeveloped design decisions.

    2 points for the work of the sound and visual designers, other than that this game in it's current state is the worst it's ever been.
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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 39
  2. 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. 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.