World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

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2.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2487 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. Bluehydra
    Jul 23, 2019
    0
    Lack of Content, endless same grind with no worth full rewards, short story with no sense in direction and half baked warfront and island expeditions that need heavy rework.

    Imo warcraft is not worth the money and most important, the time. maybe Wow classic will be worth a little, but i expect Activision to do something to ruin the party New edit: after trying again, with free    Lack of Content, endless same grind with no worth full rewards, short story with no sense in direction and half baked warfront and island expeditions that need heavy rework.

    Imo warcraft is not worth the money and most important, the time.

    maybe Wow classic will be worth a little, but i expect Activision to do something to ruin the party

    New edit:

    after trying again, with free weekend, i must say.. Its still a complete disaster. still same broken husk as before. even now there's more stuff broken, such as quest which greatly ruins it.
    classes has become even more boring to play. pvp is a lackluster and warfront and expeditions are still barebone.

    Save your money and try to avoid everything from blizzard.    … Expand
  4. cpzimmer
    Sep 21, 2018
    2
    Sigh, where do we begin?

    The story drops your character into the midst of another contrived race war between the factions of the Alliance and Horde. Because we didn't have five straight years of that already with Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria. Players are called upon to recruit new allies to the campaign with long reputation grinds in now-obsolete areas. Stubborn developers    Sigh, where do we begin?

    The story drops your character into the midst of another contrived race war between the factions of the Alliance and Horde. Because we didn't have five straight years of that already with Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria.

    Players are called upon to recruit new allies to the campaign with long reputation grinds in now-obsolete areas. Stubborn developers sabotage the Alliance's prospects, leaving them with underwhelming themepark mascots for some Void vs Light patch that probably won't materialize until the expansion after next. Design lead Ion Hazzikostas tells us "the Horde is there waiting for you."

    But if being smugly derided with veiled accusations of Neo-Nazism for daring to suggest they finally make High Elves playable wasn't enough, Alliance players also have to deal with the developers funneling the best players to Horde for years with imbalanced racial abilities (funny how Arcane Torrent was finally "nerfed" from a silence to a dispel just in time to be faced with a ton of content that requires heavy dispelling) and then handing them a bunch of gearing advantages through the initial Warfront schedule.

    But at least the questing content for Alliance is good, right? Well, sure, but after doing enough repetitive world quests to reach exalted with the three major factions on Kul Tiras, you can look forward to some 10,000g generic horses for your mount collection that look like they should have sold for 500g on a generic rep-free vendor outside of Norwington Estate.

    Moving on...

    Combat at level cap is irksomely sluggish thanks to the new Azerite gearing system where three pieces of your armor will have no secondary stats, so have fun getting enough haste without mythic raid gear. The developers tried to distract from this by putting offensive buffs (and for some reason, the Ret Paladin defensive?!) on the global cooldown, which is also obnoxious.

    Most of the power of this expansion-exclusive rental gear is tied up in traits that you must grind endless amounts of Artifact Power to unlock - a system that was already thoroughly panned when it was released in the previous expansion.

    World mobs still scale with item level, making every trivial enemy into a damage sponge you can drill multiple finishing moves into. This was also wildly unpopular, anathema to the concept of an RPG, AND something the lead developer said they would NEVER do.

    In summary, you might enjoy this expansion if you play primarily Horde and don't mind dull, slow-paced combat that never really improves even with full epic gear, but otherwise, avoid.    … Expand
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. 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 $@%#@$@#@$
  10. jujodeve
    Sep 12, 2018
    2
    World of Beta. Battle for the Bugs.
    pay for AAA game-expansion and i receive a pay-to-win android stupid game
  11. Bashey
    Sep 18, 2018
    1
    Class design - very, very boring, especially compared to previous expansions. With every new expansion they just remove some spells, gate some more spells behind talents, and... done! Nothing new, just pruned and simplified versions of previous classes we loved. Combat is dull, and i just cant find single class i enjoy - and without the main class, i cant really do much of content.Class design - very, very boring, especially compared to previous expansions. With every new expansion they just remove some spells, gate some more spells behind talents, and... done! Nothing new, just pruned and simplified versions of previous classes we loved. Combat is dull, and i just cant find single class i enjoy - and without the main class, i cant really do much of content.

    Reputations - they were always in the game, but they were optional, if u wanted some reward they provided. But now, they are mandatory! On each new character you have to spend weeks farming the same reputation all over again, or your main piece of gear would be weak. I do not complain because farming rep is hard, it is not. It is very, very easy, but also very boring, repetitive and time consuming.

    New races - one of the new, greatly advertised BFA features were new races. In advertisement: complete quest line to unlock them! In reality? Spend !! months !! farming reputations from irrelevant outdated content from previous expansion before you can start quest line to unlock new races. When I first hear this I thought it is some scam, because no one could be so stupid to implement this... but here we are.

    On the other hand, new zones are great, story is great, music is great, and both dungeons and raids are great. I would really like to enjoy them, but it's kinda hard, when fundamental basics of this game are so, so broken.

    Overall 2/10, unsubscribed, and because i love WoW, i am going back to private servers to play previous expansions. Yes, private servers are buggy, they might also crash sometimes, but at least the actual class gameplay is fun - and thats all that matters.    … Expand
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. redbutnotdead
    Nov 25, 2018
    0
    It's a shame we had to play and support this expansion. Clearly blizzard made an expansion from Legion. You can clearly see the same map layout, same features, same events, same quest applications, same logic everywhere. I knew this was gonna be a revision when after all this epic story with the Legion they announced the so lame HordeVsAlliance battle as a continuation of the story. ButIt's a shame we had to play and support this expansion. Clearly blizzard made an expansion from Legion. You can clearly see the same map layout, same features, same events, same quest applications, same logic everywhere. I knew this was gonna be a revision when after all this epic story with the Legion they announced the so lame HordeVsAlliance battle as a continuation of the story. But the downfall does not stop there. Here we have some totaly unbalanced raids with people choosing among 4-5 raid classes and specs because noone will choose you if you have something else. The very same applies to pvp with 3-4 specs to be chosen as viable. A boring with no imagination expansion by Blizzard.… Expand
  18. Demiurgus
    Nov 5, 2019
    1
    Написал текст на 5ть страниц где подробно рассказал об этой игре, но увы лимит 5к. Игра не стоит денег, близам не интересен ваш опыт игры, им интересны цифры для инвесторов, в игре много проблем и они не решаются ГОДАМИ. Весь процесс одевания в этой игре построен на рандоме(вы не выбираете вещь которая вам падает и статы в ней) как следствие гринд, гринд, гринд, закрывайте по 20Написал текст на 5ть страниц где подробно рассказал об этой игре, но увы лимит 5к. Игра не стоит денег, близам не интересен ваш опыт игры, им интересны цифры для инвесторов, в игре много проблем и они не решаются ГОДАМИ. Весь процесс одевания в этой игре построен на рандоме(вы не выбираете вещь которая вам падает и статы в ней) как следствие гринд, гринд, гринд, закрывайте по 20 подземелий что бы получить нужную вещь. вообще это вся игра про гринд. пвп мертво, через пвп нельзя одеваться, профессии нужны для красоты, но и в них очень много гринда. Вся игра рассчитана на однообразное социальное пве, но зачем оно когда есть ведьмак три? В этой игре близы всё решают за вас, что вы любите и что нет, игра вам диктует! Вы заходите и вот что вам игра говорит: ты любишь делать дейлики по три часа каждый день как работа только после основной работы в реальном мире где вам платят деньги что бы летать, ты любишь пве и проходить по 20 раз одно и тоже подземелье, ты любишь рейды по 6 часов но ты не любишь получать шмотки в рейдах, ты просто любишь бить мобов 6 часов к ряду и терять на ремонте по 2000 голды вообще без выгоды для себя, ты не любишь пвп. Ты любишь платить мне деньги. Вот что игра вам говорит, и у вас нет выбора, вы делаете то, что игра вам говорит. Если это вам не по духу, и вы топите за свободу эта игра не для вас.
    Не рекомендую к покупке и призываю голосовать рублём.
    1 из 10 , где единица это ностальгия и старая память.    … Expand
  19. Tsyuko
    Feb 21, 2020
    0
    Worst expansion for PvP to date. As 10+ year PvP only player I am unable to gear for PvP via PvP. Forcing mythics, world quest, reps and artifact power grinds to be good in PvP. Differences between item levels so huge you have no chance to boost your rating with your 410 ilvl pvp gear cause everybody on 1400 rat already has 430 pve gear and 100k more HP(those differences are actualy worseWorst expansion for PvP to date. As 10+ year PvP only player I am unable to gear for PvP via PvP. Forcing mythics, world quest, reps and artifact power grinds to be good in PvP. Differences between item levels so huge you have no chance to boost your rating with your 410 ilvl pvp gear cause everybody on 1400 rat already has 430 pve gear and 100k more HP(those differences are actualy worse than attack somebody for example 8 lvl higher while levelling). It's so bad I created acc here just to rant which I never did before for any game or medium in general. If you love PvP and hate any kind of PvE from world to instanced this is just 'never touch' expansion. Even basic random battlegrounds are unplayable if you dont invest to PvE. Its just ridiculous. Can't rate PvE, I just dont play it, I will rather unsub than play PvE.
    Edit: I came back to try 8.3... I have no Idea how are they even doing this, but somehow they made PvP even more broken than before and I thought it's not even possible to do. Even bigger differences between ilvl and completly broken coruption gear in PvP means there is no place for any skill, everything is about gear and rng. This expansion is now like -3/10 from PvP only point of view    … Expand
  20. spiritofthecoyo
    Sep 21, 2018
    0
    I bought the collectors edition and was super hyped to play. I lasted all of two weeks and was so bored out of my mind I cancelled my sub and was out the hundred dollars. I have been playing since Vanilla WoW and never have I seen such a huge failure as BFA. This entire development team should be fired and a relaunch like what Final Fantasy did needs to happen. This is unacceptable!
  21. domong0907
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    it really sucks. new contents arent fun. azerite system is annoying. i think blizzard pooped.
  22. pirex426
    Sep 21, 2018
    1
    All stick no carrot all you do is grind rep, grind ap, grind m+, and grind world quests all there is the the grind with no real reward.

    Class balance is awful leaving some classes and specs declined or benched from most dungeons and raids. Leveling is unrewarding with no talents for level 110 or 120. Azerite armor system as a whole is horrible can't really control upgrading armor    All stick no carrot all you do is grind rep, grind ap, grind m+, and grind world quests all there is the the grind with no real reward.

    Class balance is awful leaving some classes and specs declined or benched from most dungeons and raids.

    Leveling is unrewarding with no talents for level 110 or 120.

    Azerite armor system as a whole is horrible can't really control upgrading armor slots and if you do happen to get an upgraded slot you lose traits you did unlock because ever raising azerite neck requirement. The reforging costs are insane.

    Story is jumbled and makes little sense.

    The Devs don't listen to feed back and sit back in their safespace ignoring outcry for fixes.    … Expand
  23. mirg
    Sep 21, 2018
    1
    -Everything is locked being a reputation rank, even the main story of the expansion.
    -The 'new' azerite system is just completely botched.
    -The new dungeons are just trash mob cities with the mechanics being so lazily designed. -The new gear is just so lazy that you'd swear they put no thought into them. -The reputation rewards are just lazy, re-using the same assets for the blue's    -Everything is locked being a reputation rank, even the main story of the expansion.
    -The 'new' azerite system is just completely botched.
    -The new dungeons are just trash mob cities with the mechanics being so lazily designed.
    -The new gear is just so lazy that you'd swear they put no thought into them.
    -The reputation rewards are just lazy, re-using the same assets for the blue's meanwhile reusing the same models for most of them on the red's. But clearly showing more care being done on the red's rewards though.
    -The story centers around the red team, there is no question about it. This whole expansion starts off because of the horde and throughout the whole expansion thus far the horde continue to cause more atrocities and give the alliance more reasons to retaliate. There is no 'grey' in the storyline, horde are clearly evil and the alliance are clearly good. I don't know what the game director meant when they said it would be a grey storyline.
    - The warfront scenario is soo boring. All you do is grind resources to get siege tanks then kill boss, that's it. You also have to defend yourself from 'attack waves' and retake 'points' by just zerging down more bosses with other players and that's really it. Honestly this would of been a more interesting game mode if they just turned it into a RTS minigame instead. But since they didn't it's just zerg zerg zerg, so boring.

    If you are a Warcraft fan then I'd suggest you save yourself from this dull expansion and just watch the cutscenes and storylines on yotube, you'd honestly have a more fun time watching then actually playing through this expansion.    … Expand
  24. Meira1
    Sep 21, 2018
    1
    You want to be dd you need an azerite armor, you want to be a tank you need a new azerite armor, you want to pvp you need a new azerite armor, you want good aoe damage you need a new azerite armor

    pve fronts in general scrap
  25. 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.
  26. k1mtaku
    Oct 2, 2018
    1
    Blizzard that ignores user feedback through their own irritated philosophy.
  27. 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.
  28. IamAlwaysSleepy
    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...    … Expand
  29. 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)
  30. Kinetik1985
    Dec 4, 2018
    0
    The game systems in BfA are deeply flawed, only that this time there are no big baddies or fancy artifacts/class storylines to hide behind, this been ongoing since MoP.

    No surprise why the best rating were for TBC/LK. Some hints why it is so bad, and why BFA is just a Legion patch 1. Warforging/Titanforging killed the gearing system 2. LFR/LFD + sharding killed social interaction &    The game systems in BfA are deeply flawed, only that this time there are no big baddies or fancy artifacts/class storylines to hide behind, this been ongoing since MoP.

    No surprise why the best rating were for TBC/LK.
    Some hints why it is so bad, and why BFA is just a Legion patch

    1. Warforging/Titanforging killed the gearing system
    2. LFR/LFD + sharding killed social interaction & communities identity
    3. New talent system is a fraud compared to the old one (not talking about talents but the system)
    4. Forced personal loot combined with 1. & 2. and easy repeatable MM+ dungeons = no need for a guild
    5. Azerite system was not tested by people who actually know something about the gamen the beta feedbacks were removed after release critics to not embarrasse devs & show that all the flaws were already pointed out in the alpha/beta
    6. The class pruning and the loss of the old talent system made the class design bland
    7. World quest are copy pasted no brainer and AP grinding is dump
    8. To attunement, an unborn fœtus can gear his character to very high ilvl in two weeks
    9. BC/Vanilla had a philosophy for making content stay relevant : make it challenging with a sens of fulfillment, Since MoP and in BFA the philosophy is : anyone can get anything anywhere anytime and to make the content stay relevant around excitement of Titanforging while being easy to be accessible.

    I can go for pages how BFA is the worst expansion (yes they managed to put something worse than WOD) and for those who say we have to wait for the end of it to judge i say if you don't know anything about the game maybe but if you played it since Vanilla or BC you know how things work even the dev said we have to deal with the down sides of this flawed system while it exists !!    … Expand
  31. tiganas719
    Dec 16, 2018
    1
    First let me start off by saying the art and zone design is still amazing. And that is where the good part ends. The rest of the game is so lackluster it should never have been made. The faction conflict is stale, island expeditions are completely boring, grindy and repetitive. Warfronts are a joke, afk and win. Class design is the worst it has ever been and no flying until later inFirst let me start off by saying the art and zone design is still amazing. And that is where the good part ends. The rest of the game is so lackluster it should never have been made. The faction conflict is stale, island expeditions are completely boring, grindy and repetitive. Warfronts are a joke, afk and win. Class design is the worst it has ever been and no flying until later in the expansion for about a month. Blizzard should be ashamed of themselves for releasing this garbage.… Expand
  32. inqus
    Jan 3, 2019
    1
    The game just has nothing to do. After 4 months there is no content. There is no class balance. I played for 10 years, now I’m going to and I’m definitely not going back anymore.
  33. bfaisboooooooor
    Mar 29, 2019
    0
    HOW??? LIKE SERIOUSLY HOW THE CRITICS HAVCE NOT GOVEN THIS GAME A SINGLE NEGATIVE REVIEW?????

    BLIZZARD WHO ELSE IS ON UR PAYROLL? besides reddit mods ofc,

    ARE THE PLAYERS THE ONLY ONES NOT ON UR PAYROLL?

    LIKE COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!
  34. meydi
    Jul 9, 2019
    0
    Its a garbage grind mobile game with daily egg timer, only buy this game if you have too much time in your life.

    Most of the thing that you'll do is daily chores over and over again with mobile mechanics such as mission table and bejeweled.

    Just dont buy this game, its pure garbage.
  35. kittyanya
    Aug 9, 2019
    0
    Rinse repeat mechanics, skippable content, a race to endgame only for it to be rinse and repeat mechanics and skippable content. Bad writing, forgettable lore. Finally quitting after 14 years.
  36. Thorage
    Aug 14, 2019
    1
    BFA before patch 8.2 was empty, boring world with nothing to do except Mythic +. Whole questing system build around the idea of world quests which are trivial and provide progressively better rewards which depend from player item level. So, in nutshell players keep doing the same stuff getting better and better rewards....
    Patch 8.2 gave us two new locations and very disgusting trick...    BFA before patch 8.2 was empty, boring world with nothing to do except Mythic +. Whole questing system build around the idea of world quests which are trivial and provide progressively better rewards which depend from player item level. So, in nutshell players keep doing the same stuff getting better and better rewards....
    Patch 8.2 gave us two new locations and very disgusting trick... Now, everyone who cares about his character stats must make 3-4 alts, get them to 120 and then farm pearls in Nazjatar in order to buy benthic gear and then transfer that gear to his main... Unbelievable trick to force players to spend more time with the game. Another new thing, essences are designed around the idea to force players to do stuff they really don't want to do... Besides that, World quests, mythics.. and nothing new really... I had more fun with World of Warcraft when I logged into Classic stress test for a weekend than during last 10 years since end of WotLK..... That says a lot about state of the game and anti-social mechanics implemented by Blizzard. Current WoW - 1, Classic - 10.    … Expand
  37. Splash86
    Aug 18, 2019
    0
    From someone who has the played the game for 15 years and reached a point to quit, Here's my 2 cents: Game game that was pretty good for a long shot, very fun with lots of content,except for 2 periods: Warlords of Draenor, and Battle for Azeroth. The difference is: the game survived Warlords of Draenor eventhough it lost a significant part of its community. The only thing that is keep theFrom someone who has the played the game for 15 years and reached a point to quit, Here's my 2 cents: Game game that was pretty good for a long shot, very fun with lots of content,except for 2 periods: Warlords of Draenor, and Battle for Azeroth. The difference is: the game survived Warlords of Draenor eventhough it lost a significant part of its community. The only thing that is keep the last 3 million subscribers playing at the moment is Mythic plus, which is infested with toxic insecure players that are not stable enough to walk a dog in a public park. It is a sinking titanic, and a cashcow getting milked quickly with a new mount every 2 months before the game finally dies out.

    After 15 years, I've reached a point where I cant even bring myself to log in the game anymore. All classes are boring, everything is getting simplified, and I think it is damaging to your mental health to actually press the same 3 buttons for hours for 1-2 years hoping for some miracle expansion to save the game. DONT, leave the game die and keep the good nostalgic memories of vanilla, tbc, and wotlk.    … Expand
  38. AlexRedfern
    Sep 22, 2019
    0
    BfA is Draenor 2.0 with Garrosh 2.0. Cant even imagine that WoW lore writers could degrade that much.
    I could forgive bugs, classes imbalance, grinding, boredom, etc. But a poor lore, which creators are tooo lazy and just made a female version of Garrosh as main antagonist? No thx. Dont waste your $ on this Bucks for Awfullness!
  39. VolosatuyeNogi
    Jan 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From quality Blizzard, there is only a reminder. worse addon is hard for me to imagine… Expand
  40. justpunki
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Probably the worst Addon next to Warlords of Draenor

    - imagine Legion, just all the good points turned to ****
    - removed many iconic things that made WoW a good game
    - RNG RNG RNG RNG RNG, who cares about skill or dedication, RNG rules the game
    - grindfest without fun
  41. 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.
  42. WdMac
    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.
  43. 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 .
  44. Arkelias
    Dec 4, 2018
    5
    I see a few puzzled people wondering why people hate the game so much. They don't understand why someone would rate a game a 0. After all, BfA has some amazing zone stories, and some memorable moments. That's worth something, right?

    No. Not to a lifelong fan who feels betrayed. Not to someone who, for the first time, feels like Blizzard rushed an expansion, and that everything was    I see a few puzzled people wondering why people hate the game so much. They don't understand why someone would rate a game a 0. After all, BfA has some amazing zone stories, and some memorable moments. That's worth something, right?

    No. Not to a lifelong fan who feels betrayed. Not to someone who, for the first time, feels like Blizzard rushed an expansion, and that everything was designed to support a drip feed of content. Bolt on monotonous systems that can be run over and over for random loot, and all of a sudden you can see the walls of the maze.

    Let me try to articulate what I mean with some in game examples. When I played the new GW2 expansion I liked the story. I binged the crap out of it until I beat it. I played it at my own pace, and when it was done wow was I hyped. I loved it.

    I started to get the same feeling in WoW. I was getting into the story. Then Blizzard slammed on the brakes. Not because the content hadn't been released yet, but because I needed more rep to continue. I had to run a bunch of world quests for weeks to be able to continue the story. By the time I did I only half remembered the exciting events of the first part of the story, and of course there were multiple rep breaks. Do a few quests, then need to do a few dozen world quests to progress.

    Do you know what it reminded me of? Commercials on cable TV. I only see them in hotel rooms these days, but the idea of being held hostage and having to tolerate things I don't like to get bits of things I do simply doesn't cut it any more.

    I've moved on to the Elder Scrolls Online. Holy crap the difference. I can just...play. The stories are good, but not necessarily better than wow stories. BfA has some bad ones, but it also has some downright amazing moments (Bwonsamdi). But both ESO and GW2 let me just play, and play at my own pace.

    Wow does not. WoW time gates the crap out of everything. Worse, the rewards I'm given aren't tied to my character. They reset every raid tier. If I log into GW2 all my gear is still relevant, a year later. If I log into ESO I keep all the things I've unlocked, because they're a part of my character. If I level in either game I get skill points. In WoW, I lost a LOT from Legion. I gained nothing. Not a new talent tier. I was, quite literally, far weaker at 120 than I was at 110, and I had no abilities I hadn't already had back at level 100.

    In BfA your new abilities are tied to your gear. If you outlevel the gear, you lose the ability. That's bad design. Having core abilities tied to gear is beyond frustrating. Get something you like? Don't get too attached, because soon you'll be vendoring or scrapping it.

    And, of course, this whole expansion suffers from feeling less than Legion. World quests aren't as good. Classes aren't as good. Tanking isn't as fun. The GCD bugged me, right up until I stopped logging in a few weeks ago. Professions? lol

    Blizzard made a bunch of changes that they claim are to make the game more sustainable. Trouble is that it gutted the game. They did a stat squish, took away all your gear and abilities from Legion, and then didn't replace them with anything you cared about.

    Is that enough to give this expansion a 0? No. I think a 5 is fair. But I understand the people who gave it a zero. They aren't trolling. They aren't review bombing. They're angry. They feel betrayed, because the company that used to be by gamers, for gamers, has proven they aren't any more.

    They're here to make money, and they're going to do it on a shoe string budget. Everything in BfA is a recycled Legion system, except for Warfronts and Island Expeditions. Try both, and tell me how excited you are about doing either. They miss the mark in such a fundamental way, and it shows that Blizzard really doesn't understand what we want from them any more.

    It feels like WoW has finally been put into sunset mode, and it makes me a little sad. I left the game for a lot of years and came back for legion. I was so excited about BfA coming out, and I feel so let down.

    To those conspiracy theorists who argue that these reviews have no merit because of score I'd ask you to consider this. When were these reviews posted? It didn't come in a 48 hour window. It's a trickle of simmering discontent that's been building for months.

    Players are angry, and you can see it reflected here, the forums, Amazon reviews, YouTube, and anywhere else people talk about WoW. Blizzard screwed up bad, and nothing they're currently developing has the slightest chance of drawing me back.

    I hate the go go go of Mythic +. I hate that my main from Legion isn't viable, and is sitting on a shelf. I hate that the class balance is so bad this expansion, and that my DH is the best at every part of the game, while my shaman can't get a group for anything. I hate that no gear I get matters, because a random pvp match can invalidate the drop from Heroic G'huun that took my guild a month of hard work to do    … Expand
  45. LaDix
    Dec 15, 2018
    2
    The game is OKAY the first 2 weeks, nothing big nothing small,l and then you will just die of boredom, in vanilla wow ,you was a nobody that did heroic things, now you are a hero that do nothing.
  46. iseir
    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 ****
  47. ctacikas
    Jan 11, 2019
    0
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  48. KardinaluZ
    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.    … Expand
  49. Br0m0s
    Mar 25, 2019
    3
    Legion DLC. Killed classes, meaningless leveling, many intentional bugs for the visibility of progress. Thank you Bobby Cat.
  50. KITR
    Jul 25, 2019
    0
    I wanted to say that BFA is the worst addon, but I remember MoP and Legion, so I can't choose what's the worst one. I'm playing WoW since BC, and last 5 years were just a joke. I can't stand that blizzard hire people to rate 10 here, I can't believe that there actual humans with functional brain can rate 10. There's no gameplay in BFA, there's no story in BFA, there's no source of fun inI wanted to say that BFA is the worst addon, but I remember MoP and Legion, so I can't choose what's the worst one. I'm playing WoW since BC, and last 5 years were just a joke. I can't stand that blizzard hire people to rate 10 here, I can't believe that there actual humans with functional brain can rate 10. There's no gameplay in BFA, there's no story in BFA, there's no source of fun in any part of BFA.… Expand
  51. Backbone
    Aug 19, 2019
    0
    It is heartbreaking for me to see what happened to the game of my youth. While PvP has been dead for a couple of expansions, Raider.IO and logs finally ruined advanced PvE. Nowadays community is quite toxic and would rather roast newbies rather than help them to get better.
    Modern WoW is all about farming Artifact Power and Logs. If you play it for some other reasons, be ready to be    It is heartbreaking for me to see what happened to the game of my youth. While PvP has been dead for a couple of expansions, Raider.IO and logs finally ruined advanced PvE. Nowadays community is quite toxic and would rather roast newbies rather than help them to get better.
    Modern WoW is all about farming Artifact Power and Logs. If you play it for some other reasons, be ready to be misunderstood.

    The reason critics gave BfA 80 points is that they had been playing it only for a couple of weeks and had not seen grinding in high end content.    … Expand
  52. Thaksin
    Sep 24, 2019
    3
    После легиона взял даже отпуск, чтобы как следует поиграть в BfA, собственно играя в нем и выйдя из отпуска, я больше не играл в данный контент, было очень весело, пока не прошли 2 недели :)
    Я думаю они не верно поняли "работу над ошибками" легиона и выкрутили их под max.
    Хорошие стороны у допа безусловно есть, правда уже их не вспомню.    После легиона взял даже отпуск, чтобы как следует поиграть в BfA, собственно играя в нем и выйдя из отпуска, я больше не играл в данный контент, было очень весело, пока не прошли 2 недели :)
    Я думаю они не верно поняли "работу над ошибками" легиона и выкрутили их под max.
    Хорошие стороны у допа безусловно есть, правда уже их не вспомню.
  53. ifurymachine
    Sep 22, 2019
    0
    On the real, that was the worst game I've ever seen in my life.i wasted time.
  54. kenobi92
    Feb 6, 2020
    0
    Game is just trash.
    Full of Bugs, full of nonsense, full of blizzards lies.
  55. Sheddy
    Dec 14, 2019
    0
    Battle for Azeroth is maximal bad expansion for all 15 years of its existence. They take money for this game, but it's a scam!!! Terribie faction balance. Horde outperforms alliance by 85% in pve and pvp aspect. Play as alliance you begin hate this game. Horded power less in warmode, what did the developer do? Nothing! This disgrace has been happening for the second year, the outflow ofBattle for Azeroth is maximal bad expansion for all 15 years of its existence. They take money for this game, but it's a scam!!! Terribie faction balance. Horde outperforms alliance by 85% in pve and pvp aspect. Play as alliance you begin hate this game. Horded power less in warmode, what did the developer do? Nothing! This disgrace has been happening for the second year, the outflow of players is increasing. The proof will be the same classic, the superiority of the horde is. But the classic is very good, despite the fact that the game was released in 2004. The game is worse than even any korean grind game. Battle for Azeroth bad that Draenor. You can also say about the worst class design.… Expand
  56. Chadicus15
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Boring classes, more rented abilities locked behind grinds and time gating. Worst expansion yet in a line of bad expansions.
  57. Labido711
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    I have pre purchased every single expansion since tbc, but bfa (and the other recent expansions) is the reason I will not explore Shadowlands.
  58. Rhegdar
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    This expansion is just awful, we have so many expectations about this, we dreamed with an expansion like Legion but enhanced, but was all contrary
  59. Breakfast
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    Let's get this out of the way first: the art department outdid themselves here. The zones are some of the nicest looking in the entire game. Unfortunately, the rest of Blizzard really let these artists down by filling these new zones with the most uninspired, half-baked content I've ever seen in this game, and I've been playing since vanilla. Coupled with this half baked content areLet's get this out of the way first: the art department outdid themselves here. The zones are some of the nicest looking in the entire game. Unfortunately, the rest of Blizzard really let these artists down by filling these new zones with the most uninspired, half-baked content I've ever seen in this game, and I've been playing since vanilla. Coupled with this half baked content are anti-consumer systems that are designed to maximize time played metrics for shareholders. I know WoD is generally perceived as the worst expansion yet, but I was not this bored and disillusioned by WoD as quickly as I've become with BFA. The magic is just gone now and it's been replaced by the type of systems you see in mobile games.

    The Azerite armor system is completely broken in its current state and it makes itemizing your character a Sisyphean task. If you're wearing a piece of 325 blue gear and you get a piece of 340 purple gear for the same slot it should be a no brainer that the 340 piece is an upgrade. But not here. More often than not you will not have the required Azerite Power to unlock the new Azerite abilities on that 340 piece and indeed your DPS will suffer if you equip it. Of course, you'll only notice your DPS suffering in raids and dungeons, as the new scaling system means that mobs in the open world take just as much time to kill at level 120 as they did at level 1, regardless of how good your gear is.

    Island Expeditions promised procedurally generated content and exploration but instead they are a mindless zergfest that reward absolutely nothing except a measly amount of AP and the occasional pet. Yippee.

    Warfronts are content that you can only do every 2 weeks. One side gets 8 "kill 20 X" quests which can only be done once per cycle. 7 of these quests reward Warfront materials, which are largely useless because the Mission Table, which requires Warfront materials to operate, is also largely useless. The other side gets a scenario that they can spam over and over again for 340+ gear.. After 2 weeks, the sides swap and the cycle starts over. This was a heavily advertised feature of this expansion and it turned out to be little more than a catch up mechanic for alts. Why there's already a catch up mechanic like this in the game let alone why you'd ever have an alt in this expansion with the terrible rep grinds is something I don't understand.

    Speaking of which, allied races are locked behind awfully tedious rep grinds that can only be done through extremely repetitive and uninspired world quests. 4 of these races require you do these world quests in the previous expansion.

    Class abilities and talents have been pruned to death and every spec of every class is dreadfully boring. I suspect this pruning is because Blizzard is preparing for a console release of their next expansion. Tacked on top of boring 3-4 button rotations is a new GCD which makes combat arguably slower and worse than FFXIV's combat used to be.

    What does that leave? Dungeons and a raid, i guess. Again, the art department shines here. Most of the dungeons look spectacular. However, since time played metrics is all Blizzard cares about now, these new dungeons are designed to take a very long time and as such are stuffed to the brim with an absurd amount of trash mobs. There's only so many times you can run a dungeon like The Motherlode before losing your mind on the 40th trash mob pull.

    All in all it's mostly a dumpster fire of an expansion, albeit a very nice looking dumpster fire. Sadly I'm not entirely sure the game can be salvaged at this point. Not until certain lead designers are canned and the company no longer remains beholden to its shareholders.    … Expand
  60. Kamrann
    Sep 13, 2018
    0
    This is the worst wow you ever played. all the outplay potential is out of the picture. we have many few abilities. new azurite system is 100 times worst than artifact system we had. they kept the grind part of it and removed the cool stuff from artifact system.

    This is worst than wod don't buy it.
  61. Monsterskill
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    They have murdered this game. I will start by saying that I have played WoW since 2005. I have been a hardcore top 10 US guild raider, and I have been an LFR trashcan pug. I can tell you guys that right now (and at launch as well), the game is not in a polished state characteristic of a full release game. It is clear that the game was rushed out, and that is why people are calling it "BetaThey have murdered this game. I will start by saying that I have played WoW since 2005. I have been a hardcore top 10 US guild raider, and I have been an LFR trashcan pug. I can tell you guys that right now (and at launch as well), the game is not in a polished state characteristic of a full release game. It is clear that the game was rushed out, and that is why people are calling it "Beta for Azeroth".

    A few key issues with the game:

    1) Numerous bugs on release, such as invisible mobs, exploits, combat bugs, UI bugs, main story quest for Alliance was bugged and let people bypass Siege of Boralus (which means nobody even bothered to level an Alliance character on the live candidate to discover this bug) and once you were done with the quest, you couldn't zone into Siege lol! Just recently, there was a bugged mythic world quest in Atal'Dazar which resulted in double spawning of all the trash mobs (wtf?)!! Stuff like this is ridiculous, and pure beta quality.

    2) GCD changes: The fact that everything is now on the GCD is extremely frustrating for most players. I don't think anyone enjoys this change, and it slows down the combat and makes the game feel clunky and less fun.

    3) Azerite power/Artifact power/Azerite traits: Basically, the Azerite trait system feels very lackluster and RNG based due to it being tied to gear. The traits themselves often don't have much of an impact on how you play. The catchup mechanics of Artifact power makes farming Azerite feel pointless. Also, there are no new abilities from leveling the artifact. They also took away our Legion artifacts and legendaries, which were very exciting and fun traits. This is horrible design.

    4) Scaling - The stat squish nerfed all secondary stat ratings across the board for every class. This makes combat slow, clunky, and awkward. The world mob health also scales with itemlevel, which is extremely frustrating. Furthermore, their scaling system is horribly broken and results in painfully long leveling for lowbies. The devs clearly don't have a clue. (For example, on live, they released a "fix" to PVP healing that resulted in lowbie chars having -1000 mana regeneration...wtf?)

    5) Storyline - The game's story is pretty generic and scattered. They injected a feminist agenda into the game. I am all for feminism and equal rights/representation, etc. But when the vast majority of female characters are in leadership positions, and the male characters are portrayed as idiots, it is kind of obvious there is an agenda being pushed. Also, the whole way Darnassus was burned left a really bad taste in my mouth. I am not happy with the direction the story has taken, and I feel like WoW's lore has become mostly a joke ever since WoD. There is no context for Siege of Boralus to Horde, and no context for Uldir and King's Rest for Alliance (like there isn't even an intro quest to send you there.).

    6) Faction bias: It really seems like the devs favor Horde. The recent warfront fiasco illustrates this. Alliance players feel like an afterthought. The way they sharded warmode doesn't seem to work correctly either. Overall, the imbalance leads to many unhappy players. Most top PVE and PVP guilds are now Horde.

    7) Timegates/Rep Grinds/Grind: There is lots of waiting around in this game. (Wait for warfronts, wait for worldquests, wait for lockout resets, etc) You only get a limited number of world quests to do, and a lot of progress is tied to rep grinds where world quests are the only source of rep. The way they dealt with Allied Races was extremely dishonest (They seriously expect players to go back and run Legion's worst content to unlock these races?) Horrible grinds for crafted items. Mats are scarce. They have made demand for gold very high to incentivize token purchases.

    8) Lack of polish: Be it the lack of flavor quests for raids and dungeons, lack of class fantasy and class specific quests, lack of profession quests, lazily not even making the make loh go quests randomly generated, etc, there is no shortage of a lack of polish here. The game feels like a crude beta. It seems like they meant to add things, but never bothered. The Uldir raid was released to be extremely difficult on normal, and unrealistic for pugs. They then stealth nerfed a lot of it. It's just dumb that they need to tune the entry level raid this much after having months of beta testing.

    9) Class balance : PVP feels more Rock. Paper, Scissors than ever before, and PVE class balance is horrible. Feral druids and elemental shamans are really having a horrible time right now, and it's just sad.

    So why do I give it a zero? In spite of all these issues, doesn't it deserve at least a 2? I say no because it is a HUGE step backwards from what WoW was. I have watched the quality of this game slowly decline due to Activision's greed and poor decisions by the dev team. I am giving it a zero because this is WoW, and we, the players, expected and deserved better than this.    … Expand
  62. Karakhan
    Sep 22, 2018
    0
    Game systems that haven't changed much, boring new content.
    In effect, the 7.4 patch of the "world of warcraft : legion"
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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.
  66. realistic_one
    Sep 22, 2018
    2
    Same old archaic combat mechanics (even though horde NPCs in Island expeditions have been updated)

    New races marketed for new expac gated behind weeks of old Legion content grinding Warfront is biggest disappointment in 9 years I have been playing- just one lengthy collect/kill quest with no fluidity and with lengthy downtime between scenarios. A lot of players queuing on the first    Same old archaic combat mechanics (even though horde NPCs in Island expeditions have been updated)

    New races marketed for new expac gated behind weeks of old Legion content grinding

    Warfront is biggest disappointment in 9 years I have been playing- just one lengthy collect/kill quest with no fluidity and with lengthy downtime between scenarios. A lot of players queuing on the first day were bored after the first run and then began queuing and going afk to simply collect gear at the end and this tactic is escalating.

    PVP, worse than ever no true pvp gear and scaling for pvp and pve that does not work (gear drop for best arena damage right now)

    Azerite collecting to level neck is one continuous grind that is repeating the same WQ over and over and over(no complaints on rep grinding as eventually that repetition can be ignored)

    Big class imbalances being ignored weeks in

    Horrible mistakes with warfront one of which gave one faction a two week edge over another on gear and an item level put into place preventing other faction from same benefit on gearing alts
    Mount for alliance consists of drab horses and more drab horses.

    Lots of server downtime in the first week but this has improved for most servers.

    Positive: Island expeditions. Rather new concept with various options: normal, heroic, pvp, mythic. This varies the degree of difficulty. NPC upgrade in this new segment of the game is greatly improved and feel immersive. This sort of action is what Wow needs across the board in game but this would take $, something Bliz seems to be cutting corners on when it comes to new content.    … Expand
  67. wowhelgewow
    Oct 13, 2018
    0
    this is the worst expension ever. cant belive how bad it .......................
  68. Antisceptic
    Sep 12, 2018
    2
    Everything added to the game is either broken or a worse version of previous systems which were removed. There are no new class abilities or talent rows, so progression from 110 to 120 goes backwards as you lose the benefits of legendary items from the last expansion. Game breaking bugs and glitches are appearing every day, the story is underdeveloped and the world hardly changes at allEverything added to the game is either broken or a worse version of previous systems which were removed. There are no new class abilities or talent rows, so progression from 110 to 120 goes backwards as you lose the benefits of legendary items from the last expansion. Game breaking bugs and glitches are appearing every day, the story is underdeveloped and the world hardly changes at all as a consequence of the actions of your character. Now is not the time to get back in to World of Warcraft.… Expand
  69. Shuwayze
    Sep 11, 2018
    0
    While the story line and continent art is decent. A lot of it is sadly locked away behind either a rep grind, time gate, or the fact you need to complete a mythic dungeon in order to see it. The new azerite system is pretty lack luster and doesn't meet the expectations of filling the role of loss abilities, loss of legendaries, or the loss of the artifact weapon system. Mythic + dungeonsWhile the story line and continent art is decent. A lot of it is sadly locked away behind either a rep grind, time gate, or the fact you need to complete a mythic dungeon in order to see it. The new azerite system is pretty lack luster and doesn't meet the expectations of filling the role of loss abilities, loss of legendaries, or the loss of the artifact weapon system. Mythic + dungeons feel like a Diablo-esk style theme to make you get better gear than having to earn in in an actual raid- ie. mythic raid or heroic.
    Pvp still doesn't have a vendor and it has about as much RNG added to it as PvE gear.    … Expand
  70. Icaanul
    Sep 11, 2018
    0
    Worst expansion they have ever released. Yes, worse than Warlord's of Draenor. None of the game's advertised features work properly, class imbalance is intense, the classes play like a mobile game, there are as many bugs as there are npc's...

    All fun has been sucked out of the game in an effort to put the players on a treadmill hopelessly searching for it. The inexperience of the    Worst expansion they have ever released. Yes, worse than Warlord's of Draenor. None of the game's advertised features work properly, class imbalance is intense, the classes play like a mobile game, there are as many bugs as there are npc's...

    All fun has been sucked out of the game in an effort to put the players on a treadmill hopelessly searching for it. The inexperience of the development team is clear. The disconnect between them and the players is at an all-time low.

    It doesn't get any worse than this.    … Expand
  71. Lumusta
    Sep 13, 2018
    1
    As someone who is playing since vanilla WoW and has experienced all the ups and downs that this game had I am extemely saddened what has become of it. BFA is the weakest and worst designed expansion this game ever had. Even WoD and Cata were much more enjoyable and better designed. Everything in BFA is dragged out to insanity. The rep grind is worse than ever before, I would rather grindAs someone who is playing since vanilla WoW and has experienced all the ups and downs that this game had I am extemely saddened what has become of it. BFA is the weakest and worst designed expansion this game ever had. Even WoD and Cata were much more enjoyable and better designed. Everything in BFA is dragged out to insanity. The rep grind is worse than ever before, I would rather grind mobs like old school vanilla or shahoa than do 30 world quests for 500 rep. World mobs that level with your gear is the dumbest thing they EVER introduced to this game. Even with a higher ilvl it takes me longer to kill mobs than at lvl 119.
    I am sorry but BFA is a failure.    … Expand
  72. OnceUponTime
    Sep 14, 2018
    0
    This game has become rat race in which you as a rat don't have control of your own pace and speed of the race. In fact freedom of choice doesn't exist because it's streamlined big time.

    Nothing really matters but your /played more than ever to be honest. It is designed precisely to suck your soul out of your body until you collapse of mind blowing and pointless grinds while whole system    This game has become rat race in which you as a rat don't have control of your own pace and speed of the race. In fact freedom of choice doesn't exist because it's streamlined big time.

    Nothing really matters but your /played more than ever to be honest. It is designed precisely to suck your soul out of your body until you collapse of mind blowing and pointless grinds while whole system is made to slow you even more and harder (scaling, dungeon trash, time gated stuff, rep etc.) Very very evil things indeed! This is the job you can't pay off bills with.

    If you like roleplaying a RAT that is told what and how to do things and have no self respect then this game is for you.    … Expand
  73. 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
  74. Haajib
    Sep 13, 2018
    1
    Its a paid beta, every day there are tons of new updates, bugs, nerfs, classes getting so nerfed that you have to reroll.
    Gear is a mess, you need so many calculators and guides to get gear upgrades.
    Much of the content is locked behind farm walls.

    Do not pay or play until they solved the issues.
  75. slanderbot
    Sep 22, 2018
    1
    -By far the worst loot acquisition system in all of WoW history
    -There is no meaningful World in World of Warcraft anymore
    -Pointless world quests/content (Warfronts and island expeditions are a complete waste of resources and poorly implemented) -Class toolkits trimmed down so far they feel unfinished -Azerite system is a complete joke -Absolutely beautiful landscapes and world    -By far the worst loot acquisition system in all of WoW history
    -There is no meaningful World in World of Warcraft anymore
    -Pointless world quests/content (Warfronts and island expeditions are a complete waste of resources and poorly implemented)
    -Class toolkits trimmed down so far they feel unfinished
    -Azerite system is a complete joke

    -Absolutely beautiful landscapes and world building
    -Great faction themes
    -PvP has actually viable gear
    -Transmog is still fantastic    … Expand
  76. Dameaus
    Sep 12, 2018
    1
    Was this farmed out to Blizz B team or something? do we have to wait until the next one to get an A team expansion? War Mode is literally the ONLY feature of this xpac that is even remotely fun. the rep grinds are a joke. the armor sets are a joke. azerite traits are a joke. the time gated content is a joke. island expeditions are a joke. warfronts are a HUGE joke. the lack of any war, inWas this farmed out to Blizz B team or something? do we have to wait until the next one to get an A team expansion? War Mode is literally the ONLY feature of this xpac that is even remotely fun. the rep grinds are a joke. the armor sets are a joke. azerite traits are a joke. the time gated content is a joke. island expeditions are a joke. warfronts are a HUGE joke. the lack of any war, in an expansion about a war is a joke. the bugs are a joke for a game that is like 15 years old. the list just goes on guys.

    This is literally the most half baked, least content, unfun expansion that blizzard has ever released for any of their games.

    it only gets a 1/10 because the art for this xpac is probably the best WoW has ever seen.    … Expand
  77. Meggimore
    Sep 12, 2018
    1
    I'd like to start with the obvious thing that is very dissatisfying. Battle For Azeroth is nearly the copy of Legion on different zones and new plot.
    - We were tired of world quests at the end of previous expansion and imediately when we finish main plot in each zone we received world quests which were of course based on the quests we had just ended. Emisary rewards are also some kind of    I'd like to start with the obvious thing that is very dissatisfying. Battle For Azeroth is nearly the copy of Legion on different zones and new plot.
    - We were tired of world quests at the end of previous expansion and imediately when we finish main plot in each zone we received world quests which were of course based on the quests we had just ended. Emisary rewards are also some kind of joke. 600 gold, it was a guaranteed award in legion + something else. here we receive AP, gold of item 340 (that's quite ok at the beginig)
    - Leveling was not a pleasure. Main plot was not separated from side quests and it was intermingling and I was confused what exactly I should have be doing. I got lost in Zuldazar main quest line and I was forced to contact with Blizzard support. Unbelievable
    - There's no endgame zone. There's no zone like Suramar or Tanaan Jungle that will keep us for some time, doing quests and going through the progress of the zone while upgrading the reputation with its
    main fraction.
    - Island Expedion, theoreticaly it should have been something new, creative and interesting. To be honest, after completing this activity twice I've already been tired of grinding Azerite Power. Only pvp mode is gripping, but on other dificulties it feels like 3v3 pve content which quickly gets boring and very repetitive
    - Oh yes, Azerite Power.. of course it's not a copy of Artifact Power tho...
    - When it comes to dungeons I enjoyed doing them, but huge disadvantageit's their lenght, numerous of trash which fills up the large halls for example Shrine of the Storm it's nearly tiring to enter this dungeon because you know that you will loose around 40 minutes of your life to complete it. Mechanics are repetitive from Legion. I almost cried of laugh when I saw the last boss mechanic from Freehold. Was that twin of Gul'dan? ;)
    - Another thing that is really anoying is that I completely don't feel the progress of my caracter. I can't say "Yeah, now I'm more powerful I can do things more easily or on higher dificulty"
    - Horde main town is beautiful when it comes to design but pragmatically it's horrible. Hundred of stairs, no portals up and down, profesions on the site that is only visited because the scrapper is there, We spend most of time in the harbour while trying to get to Alliance's zones.
    - Professions have lost on value. 3 stars of everything in first 2-3 days, but the frequency of a plant like Anchor Weed is on 5% lvl

    To sum up, the plot and the story is great and that's the only thing I like in this expansion. I've got tired of this game and I won't subscribe for the next month, because it's just the waste of money for such terrible game.
    Wake up Blizzard or you will loose us, players that love World of Warcraft but are disgusted with the "changes"    … Expand
  78. Archdante
    Sep 14, 2018
    2
    This expansion LOOKS amazing. the art, level and story design is amazing. they are works of art.
    But the classes/ gameplay and overal content in the zones and besides the story is by far the most lacking, grindy and not player friendly blizzard has ever released. 0 new skills. 0 new talent rows 0 new classes or races. Reputation grinds are now required on every alt you create. endgame is    This expansion LOOKS amazing. the art, level and story design is amazing. they are works of art.
    But the classes/ gameplay and overal content in the zones and besides the story is by far the most lacking, grindy and not player friendly blizzard has ever released. 0 new skills. 0 new talent rows 0 new classes or races. Reputation grinds are now required on every alt you create. endgame is only WQ or high end dungeons or raiding. and they will just throw random gear at you. Usable or not..    … Expand
  79. pjh30915
    Sep 16, 2018
    1
    글로벌 쿨타임 부터 시작해서 닻 풀 희귀 현상까지 지금 확장팩에서 많은 불편함을 느낍니다. 격전지와 군도탐험을 왜 해야 하는건지도 잘 모르겠습니다. 컨텐츠도 기존의 군단 확장팩에서 가져온 것들이 많기에 신규 확장팩의 재미를 못 찾으니 새로운 캐릭터를 키우는게 그나마 더 재밌다고 느낍니다. 고작 확장팩 낸지 1달만에 말입니다. 그리고 드레노어의 전쟁군주부터 시작해서 왜 나는 탈것을 막아놓는 겁니까? 컨텐츠 소모 속도를 운운하던데, 주기적으로 돈을 받아가는 게임이라면 컨텐츠를 늘릴 생각을 해야하는게 조금 더 상식적이지 않습니까? 지금은 정액제 남은 시간이 아까워서 새로운 캐릭터 육성만 하다가, 정액제 남은시간이 모두 없어지면 미련없이 WoW에 정을 땔거 같습니다. 감사합니다. 꽉 막힌 소통과글로벌 쿨타임 부터 시작해서 닻 풀 희귀 현상까지 지금 확장팩에서 많은 불편함을 느낍니다. 격전지와 군도탐험을 왜 해야 하는건지도 잘 모르겠습니다. 컨텐츠도 기존의 군단 확장팩에서 가져온 것들이 많기에 신규 확장팩의 재미를 못 찾으니 새로운 캐릭터를 키우는게 그나마 더 재밌다고 느낍니다. 고작 확장팩 낸지 1달만에 말입니다. 그리고 드레노어의 전쟁군주부터 시작해서 왜 나는 탈것을 막아놓는 겁니까? 컨텐츠 소모 속도를 운운하던데, 주기적으로 돈을 받아가는 게임이라면 컨텐츠를 늘릴 생각을 해야하는게 조금 더 상식적이지 않습니까? 지금은 정액제 남은 시간이 아까워서 새로운 캐릭터 육성만 하다가, 정액제 남은시간이 모두 없어지면 미련없이 WoW에 정을 땔거 같습니다. 감사합니다. 꽉 막힌 소통과 본인들의 똥고집 덕분에 제 시간이 많이 늘어나게 되겠네요.… Expand
  80. soon2da
    Sep 18, 2018
    0
    새로운느낌이 전혀 안든다 군단에서 지겹게하던 전역퀘를 똑같이하고 있고 스킬도 그대로에 오히려
    글로벌 쿨타임으로 스킬쓰는맛이 전혀없고 답답함 이게 새로운 확팩맞냐 역대최악이다
  81. 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
  82. Ownion
    Oct 3, 2018
    0
    minor copy of legion. so many glitches, leveling up to weaken, terribly boring new contents. the worst Xpac ever.
  83. shvecel
    Oct 21, 2018
    0
    This isn't an RPG anymore.it blizzard slot machine now.It is downfall of company i believe
  84. taroyama
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    The worst expansion made yet, may Ion find a new job as a custodian, away from development.
  85. gencritic
    Sep 22, 2018
    4
    This expansion really feels like it was rushed, especially once you hit max level. There is plenty of content, but non of it feels fun or engaging, but rather like a chore I have to do to keep up. I still have hope for later patches, but until then I am unsubscribing.
  86. 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
  87. 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
  88. 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.
  89. mazi710
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    Had to unsub after the first week because there is nothing to do besides log in once a week random rolls like a pay to win phone app. It's clear they're just trying to milk money out of people by forcing them to stay subscribed to get better items instead of actually providing content where skill can make you better. Absolutely disgusting. And then on top of that every single thing wrongHad to unsub after the first week because there is nothing to do besides log in once a week random rolls like a pay to win phone app. It's clear they're just trying to milk money out of people by forcing them to stay subscribed to get better items instead of actually providing content where skill can make you better. Absolutely disgusting. And then on top of that every single thing wrong with the game Blizzard either knew in alpha and continued to ignore, and still ignore any community feedback. This game is a complete waste of time as there is no difference between skill anymore. Everything is so "balanced" that everything sucks and is boring.… Expand
  90. Echoes
    Dec 4, 2018
    3
    Three points for the art team, world design is amazing, music and maps are awesome, the initial Jaina quest is good too, the rest is **** class design is boring, content is boring. I came back in the end of legion and really liked that expansion, now I feel cheated for buying BFA on launch, and I never buy any game on launch.
  91. Calcal18
    Dec 3, 2018
    0
    The worst game ever The worst game ever The worst game ever The worst game ever The worst game ever The worst game ever The worst game ever The worst game ever
  92. Eveless
    Nov 5, 2018
    5
    Instead of a new expansion we get a Legion 0.5. New zones look great, but thats about it. Class balance and gameplay is made worse, some dumbed down to the point where you dont feel like you are playing different class at all. Story is made of plotholes and questionable decisions, no new endgame content e.t.c. It feels like Blizzard hired an entire cast of college students to make theirInstead of a new expansion we get a Legion 0.5. New zones look great, but thats about it. Class balance and gameplay is made worse, some dumbed down to the point where you dont feel like you are playing different class at all. Story is made of plotholes and questionable decisions, no new endgame content e.t.c. It feels like Blizzard hired an entire cast of college students to make their new expansion. If it is so - they did a good job. But i`m afraid we need a different level of quality from a company with this name.… Expand
  93. steamhammer
    Dec 4, 2018
    2
    First, I've played since 2004. I was part of the Alpha and Beta for Vanilla WoW. Yes, the game has evolved and grown into the beast it is today. It's had ups and downs with every expansion. This is the natural respiration of a living game. I've enjoyed WoW through every expansion other than Cata and BFA. Battle for Azeroth (BfA) is by far the worst expansion they've ever put out. It wasFirst, I've played since 2004. I was part of the Alpha and Beta for Vanilla WoW. Yes, the game has evolved and grown into the beast it is today. It's had ups and downs with every expansion. This is the natural respiration of a living game. I've enjoyed WoW through every expansion other than Cata and BFA. Battle for Azeroth (BfA) is by far the worst expansion they've ever put out. It was short changed, incomplete, and ripe with bugs.

    There is, at this time, nothing to do of any value in this game. Everything you did for 'fun' is about to be nullified, and you'll have to start over again looking to better your character. This is the natural progression, but many of us including myself, were able to cap out months ago.

    There is nothing to do once you hit max level other than gear out doing repetitive dungeons, world quests, and... that's about it. Warfronts are broke AF and are free giveaways. There is nothing else to do. I don't care about transmog, or pet battles, or achievements. I used to love PVP, but they broke that with loot boxes and RNG. Classes have been so harmoginized that there is very little to any stand out. I remember when PVP meant you looked for the class you could counter and avoided the ones that could counter you. It had strategy.

    There's nothing to work toward overall. The necklace is a joke and isn't worth the time you spend leveling it up.

    Flying is gated behind numerous patches and rep grinds that are MISERABLE to do. I've never had such disdain as I have for the turtle quests... never, ever again will I touch those.

    It felt like they spent the majority of the time on the terrain and quests with little to no effort on what people would do once they hit cap.

    If you complain on the forums you are told you are the problem, and told that you are having fun in the wrong way. WTF tells customers they aren't having fun 'the right way'?! Wow... Very little of the feedback the community gives blizz is taken to heart and implemented. Instead they do hot patches that break much more than they fix.

    Constant cycle of failures since launch by Blizzard on BFA. I don't know if they will ever get me back as a customer until Ion Hazikosis (or however you spell FKtards name) is gone.    … Expand
  94. Cidolfus
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    suck story, suck system, suck contents..
    There is nothing new to show and it is getting worse.
    The Mythic dungeon system is at the center of entry into the top content, but the players are not satisfied because they can not balance the characters.
  95. Ferdis
    Feb 27, 2019
    1
    This game is not engaging anymore, I miss chats with players in dungeons, bg's, in open world. Sometimes I feel like playing only with AIs. The gear system is not rewarding, you can't choose what you want, what u need, there is no choice anymore. I don't believe any expansion can change this, I just simply don't have any hope in any expansion. This game needs to be fundamentally redesignedThis game is not engaging anymore, I miss chats with players in dungeons, bg's, in open world. Sometimes I feel like playing only with AIs. The gear system is not rewarding, you can't choose what you want, what u need, there is no choice anymore. I don't believe any expansion can change this, I just simply don't have any hope in any expansion. This game needs to be fundamentally redesigned and I do believe it's time for WoW 2.… Expand
  96. Tankboi
    Feb 6, 2020
    0
    How do these things even make it into live.
    Players hate RNG
    players love Skill
    Yo I have an idea
    Stick a load of armour that's random with random affixes.
    Love being a multi glad getting farmed at 1.8k by people with better corruption effects
  97. Daner09
    Jan 23, 2020
    0
    Сравнивая с последними дополнениями, это заслуженно можно считать худшим. Разработчик решил сделать копипаст легиона, но забыл про классовую индивидуальность, контент стартового патча ещё можно было считать неплохим но по всей видимости компания решила сэкономить на производстве что привело к отсутствию классовых комплектов экипировки (трансмог), вменяемой системы наград и САМОЕСравнивая с последними дополнениями, это заслуженно можно считать худшим. Разработчик решил сделать копипаст легиона, но забыл про классовую индивидуальность, контент стартового патча ещё можно было считать неплохим но по всей видимости компания решила сэкономить на производстве что привело к отсутствию классовых комплектов экипировки (трансмог), вменяемой системы наград и САМОЕ наболевшее: к отсутствию новых анимаций у всего что имеет скелет, ибо всё новое это хорошо забытое старое со слегка обновлённой моделькой, таким образом каждый новый патч мы видим"новых" НПС взятых из последних рейдов… Expand
  98. Buttered1
    Dec 19, 2019
    0
    I did not play Warlords of Draenor, but I can't imagine it being much worse than this.

    The content imbalance is massive - the Horde have an involved, personal-feeling series of quests involving the leadership of the Zandalari Trolls, with all-unique quests and interesting characters and locations, as well as lots of cool lore stuff. The Alliance has... you go around and kill things.    I did not play Warlords of Draenor, but I can't imagine it being much worse than this.

    The content imbalance is massive - the Horde have an involved, personal-feeling series of quests involving the leadership of the Zandalari Trolls, with all-unique quests and interesting characters and locations, as well as lots of cool lore stuff.
    The Alliance has... you go around and kill things. Sometimes you're told to kill the same mobs in the same area for basically the same reasons. All in all, it feels like a poorly-executed attempt to return your character to a more down-to-earth experience. If the Horde had also had such mediocre quests this would not be such a problem, but as it is the Horde has good quests and the Alliance gets crap.

    That would not be so bad, if not for combat feeling very slow. I started playing again at the end of Legion, and when the BfA pre-patch was released combat went from feeling relatively fast and enjoyable to being slow, tedious, and far more of a chore. In Legion, combat was quick - killing a mob was fast, and so they didn't seem too overpowering even in small groups. Running past them on the way to your destination was easily possible... But in BfA, combat feels very slow. Fighting more than one mob can take long enough that you're caught by others respawning. They all have abilities to dismount you as you run past, necessitating a fight. Gameplay is generally a big step back from Legion, and even from Wrath.
    The story is contradictory - All the battles between the Alliance and Horde have the Horde winning, usually quite significantly, in the game... but then apparently the Alliance is actually winning. This feels like it's just part of the overall problem - the Devs seem to want to give the Horde all the cool stuff, but then they realize that if the Horde wins the Alliance will not exist. So they decide to say the Alliance is winning despite all in-game content practically dictating the opposite.

    And then they give the Horde Vulpera - which at least looks like a unique new race, and the Alliance get Mechagnomes, who look almost exactly like gnomes. Mechagnomes would be far better suited to a customization option then and Allied Race.

    When all this is combined, you get a thoroughly underwhelming game that has quarterly updates that add in little content. And the content that they do add in is often extremely heavily biased towards the Horde, meaning that the Alliance gets very little and the scraps they get are usually mediocre and/or based on things they already have a lot of... like horse mounts.

    Overall, I'd say that the game has two choices: Either keep trying to do the 'Alliance vs Horde', PvP, faction-based content stuff and die, or emphasize what Legion did right (Inter-faction co-operation, PvE, class-based unique content) and live on for a while longer.

    I know which on I'd prefer, but it's probably what won't happen due to a vocal minority, confirmation bias and general apathy of the stockholders towards things that require effort.    … Expand
  99. FiftyEightDK
    Jan 29, 2020
    4
    Худший аддон за всю историю варсрафта. Настолько унылое и отвратительное дополнение, что пытаешься игнорировать практически весь новый контент. А вместо того, чтобы улучшать игру, они покупают ботов, которые ставят восторженные отзывы. Хамутяше привет.
    Лучше бы бфа вообще не было — просидеть ещё пару лет на легионе уже не кажется такой плохой идеей.    Худший аддон за всю историю варсрафта. Настолько унылое и отвратительное дополнение, что пытаешься игнорировать практически весь новый контент. А вместо того, чтобы улучшать игру, они покупают ботов, которые ставят восторженные отзывы. Хамутяше привет.
    Лучше бы бфа вообще не было — просидеть ещё пару лет на легионе уже не кажется такой плохой идеей.
  100. darthfi
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    By far the worst expansion blizzard could launch even now at the end at patch 8.3. Crappy story nothing to do just grind
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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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