World of Warcraft Classic

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6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 272 Ratings

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  1. Landonitis
    Nov 30, 2020
    7
    I had not played World of Warcraft for years, then COVID hit. I was in a position that I did not want to learn a new MMO and had friends playing so I decided to jump in. It was like a giant bowl full of "member berries" and I thoroughly enjoyed that feeling of being a teenager hiding in the dark to play all night when I should have been studying or doing something else useful.

    The game    I had not played World of Warcraft for years, then COVID hit. I was in a position that I did not want to learn a new MMO and had friends playing so I decided to jump in. It was like a giant bowl full of "member berries" and I thoroughly enjoyed that feeling of being a teenager hiding in the dark to play all night when I should have been studying or doing something else useful.

    The game is just as I remember it, hours of slaying Murlocs, and mindlessly exploring the expansive world. So many people to play with and explore with, it was so much fun. I spent enough time through this playthrough to reach level 60 and built up my gear to 2nd tear and above. It was all glorious, and then, tedious.

    In order to do get the gear I had, I would spend hours grinding to get the gold for the consumables required to Raid. Once I received all my gear I was ecstatic, then I realized. I am going to have to commit to this Raid schedule for the next two months until the next dungeon is released, and the 2-3 hours twice a week, plus grind was way too much for me, especially when I had all the gear I needed with the exception of one item or two, which I was in the back of the line for.

    So I decided to start a new character, and now the world seems vacant, with the only levelers power leveling new alts. It seems that I joined when the big wave joined and my first play through, though magical, was a fluke. If the game was the same as it was in April, when I started playing, this would be an 8 or a 9, but the sparsely populated leveling world just doesn't have the appeal a full world does, and the highly competitive and time consuming end game does not come with the feeling of accomplishment it once did.    … Expand
  2. FeddyGuru
    Sep 8, 2020
    7
    I am late to the party meaning I only just recently played Classic and it was for a good reason. I knew that the hype train for Classic would be immense and the que times would be insufferable. I instead chose to wait and let all that die down before I jumped in. I myself started on WoW day 3 after launch (due to being in the Army and having to go to the range for a few days I missedI am late to the party meaning I only just recently played Classic and it was for a good reason. I knew that the hype train for Classic would be immense and the que times would be insufferable. I instead chose to wait and let all that die down before I jumped in. I myself started on WoW day 3 after launch (due to being in the Army and having to go to the range for a few days I missed opening day). Here are the two things I was looking for in Classic WoW!

    1) Nostalgia: I have to be frank when I say that this did not feel like Vanilla at all. I agreed with Breck when he said "We didn't want to do that either... we think we do but we don't" which has become one of the most infamous memes to date. It's true that Lightning doesn't strike twice. The magic of experiencing and doing something for the first time can never be recaptured and Classic WoW is proof to that. I never felt Nostalgic, I never had to read a single quest, I never had to ask in chat how to do something........ because I have already done it all.

    2) Community: The community of Vanilla was very different to the community of Classic. That tight knit feel you had on your server just wasn't there. There was no talking in global city chat, just decked out guilds selling runs for gold. There was no random whispers asking to party on a quest, just someone waiting to get the tag before you tagged it. The community of Classic is no different than the cesspool community on Retail.

    Overall Classic WoW is still much much better than all the expansions since Cataclysm by far. I don't think anyone can argue that since Cata WoW has only taken turns for the worse. Is it the Vanilla that the few of us knew and loved..... Not even close. I give this game a 7/10 simply because it's still better than the putrid muck that we have today in Retail.    … Expand
  3. Og_loc
    May 1, 2020
    7
    no progressive itemization, retarded server transfers and layering. blizzard managed to **** up the best mmo there ever was. the chore is still good, sadly blizzard didn't give a single **** about #nochanges
  4. kezzyhko
    Aug 3, 2020
    7
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  5. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    6
    It is wow classic, what more is there to say, people still want to play it, because al the new mmo's including the bloated current wow version suck
  6. Kwwak
    Nov 14, 2019
    5
    The experience from Vanilla wow is here! I could stand the long (6h queues) but the phases are way too delayed. Come on, the game is here for 3 months and there's no honor system.... I could understand the gaps between PvE content, but the basic honor system being that delayed? After hitting 60, pre-bis takes about week and a half. After that other then MC and Onyxia (3h per week) there'sThe experience from Vanilla wow is here! I could stand the long (6h queues) but the phases are way too delayed. Come on, the game is here for 3 months and there's no honor system.... I could understand the gaps between PvE content, but the basic honor system being that delayed? After hitting 60, pre-bis takes about week and a half. After that other then MC and Onyxia (3h per week) there's literally nothing to do. Shame!… Expand
  7. Horlthas
    Feb 4, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rating this game is quite hard because the leveling 1-60 is extremely well done, the main reason is the fact that by leveling you learn every map and after getting to level cap you will feel it as your trip into this game. The negative aspect are the end game pve contents that feels boring and ripetitive( i got also ragnaros and onyxia killed) because boss in raid and in dungeon dont have a lot of mechanics and feel like random trash mob.… Expand
  8. Bunkerbudy
    Jul 9, 2020
    6
    Was a great game 15 years ago, but playing it on this day is not as fun.
    Biggest issue is the people playing it. I think most of them dont know its an MMO.

    It was a good time when people helped each other.
  9. vahn
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    When I was 16 I played WoW and it was about 1 year off from TBC: it was one of the most amazing games I ever played, with such a big vast world that I couldn't wait to explore it, and so much content that I never experienced before in my life. Before then my experience with mmorpgs was with smaller ones like GW1 or even Phantasy Star Online on the dreamcast, but this game was THE game thatWhen I was 16 I played WoW and it was about 1 year off from TBC: it was one of the most amazing games I ever played, with such a big vast world that I couldn't wait to explore it, and so much content that I never experienced before in my life. Before then my experience with mmorpgs was with smaller ones like GW1 or even Phantasy Star Online on the dreamcast, but this game was THE game that I was looking for in a long while and it got me addicted for several years.
    And to think I wanted to play FF11 instead!

    Anyway, 15 years later classic servers are back because players are bored of an easy game with everything for granted, and yet it's not too different in here, with people getting addons to help in their game (didn't they want the whole vanilla experience, or just the ones convenient for them?) and overall the same mentality of **** you got mine" that is reeking in current wow.

    Let me be 100% perfectly honest here: Classic is fine, it does what it's supposed to do which is giving us a classic experience with few tweaks here and there, but to say this is the BEST wow has ever gotten is simply ludicrous. If WoW never changed people would've complained it was the same but people are complaining that wow is bad because it changed: it's stupid, plain and simple, and let me explain why.

    Classic wow didn't really allow your class to be that expansive, only one specc (MAYBE two) was good and if you want to raid you WILL be forced into that specific spec. Do you like Molten Core? Do you like fire mage? BZZZ, wrong, you gotta go frost. Don't like it? Well goodbye, we got more mages giving a **** about raiding than you do and we got 40 spots to fill.

    Secondly, the game is all sorts of unbalanced and I'm not talking about hard enemies or the likes, but about specific race/class combos who WILL be stronger than other no matter how hard your character is geared. Oh you're a human frost mage uh? Well nice but we want a gnome mage, they got more intellect! A human priest? Nice but we want a dwarf priest cause of fear ward, even if he's got level 40 loot.
    This is also a big problem in pvp because certain classes and races just nuke the crap out of others. Right now there's no BGs yet BUT it will be a big problem later on.

    Another issue is that the game is grindy, very grindy...but back then it was the norm: I remember grinding the last 2 levels killing the undead in Eastern Plaguelands and I was excited to start doing dungeons for loot. However, the leveling process is extremely long and not necessarily fun but again it was NORMAL back in 2004. People even now complain the game is grindy and leveling takes too long despite taking me literally a couple of days to reach level 90 and a couple of days more to level to 120, but taking a month worth of leveling is suddenly fine?

    And let's not beat around the bush: this is not the community of 2004, this is the new generation of people, the ones who like theme park MMOs and who only care about their single-player experience IN AN ONLINE GAME, which means that a lot of players won't be as helpful as they should be.

    See, in WoW it was normal for players to help each other, even if it was for a brief moment: grouping was a common thing and doing dungeons in premade practically the best solution - oh did I forget to mention that there's no LFG tool and you HAVE to run over to the dungeon yourself? Yeah, no teleports!
    But nowadays, where there's this **** you got mine" mentality, where everyone wants to do things on their own, this game won't be for them: these players will realize that current wow is more suited for their tastes because old WoW was from another time where people actually cared about helping and, yes, being a bad person could have repercussions. You know, like in real life?

    Bottom line, I feel this game will only stick for those who REALLY, REEEAAALLLYYY wanted to play Vanilla and was doing so in private servers, because I don't know who I would recommend it: this game lacks a lot of QoL that made wow simply better (dailies, available specs, multiple ways of leveling, etc) and it's more like an old relic you see in a book, rather than a treasure you want to keep.

    Do I recommend it though? I do recommend it to AT LEAST give it a shot: try the game for yourself and experience how WoW was in its beginning and how better (or worse?) it got during the years.

    But as a former Vanilla player from late 2005 who raided throughout vanilla until cataclysm, who experienced plenty of changes, liked some hated some, met and lost a lot of people, experienced love and hate, and overall had an unforgettable time and met some of the best and worst people of my life, I personally do not recommend it.

    I would rather recommend playing any other MMORPG and save your sub, even a crappy f2p.
    At least you can try for free and leave if it's bad!    … Expand
  10. jdog408
    Nov 4, 2019
    5
    Great game for friends. I do like the PvE in this game. Some of quest ,however is ridiculous. Waiting for something to re spawn to do an escort is a waste of time. Some quest you do need to grind, but 20% of the time, you're wasting your time waiting with other competition around. PVP gets a 0. I don't know if you played other games, but I never seen a class have so much of a disadvantageGreat game for friends. I do like the PvE in this game. Some of quest ,however is ridiculous. Waiting for something to re spawn to do an escort is a waste of time. Some quest you do need to grind, but 20% of the time, you're wasting your time waiting with other competition around. PVP gets a 0. I don't know if you played other games, but I never seen a class have so much of a disadvantage to other classes. You have to have outstanding gear, which by that time , everyone should have outstanding gear. PVP should be about the players skills. Not having OP abilities and gear. That's a Blizzard thing I guess.… Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
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  1. Shacknews
    Nov 3, 2019
    70
    WoW Classic targets the original WoW player base, the same player base that’s been playing since the game released in 2004, so if you started playing WoW at later expansions, like Cataclysm, or Mist of Pandaria, it may not hit you with the same nostalgia as so many other WoW veterans. I guess one could argue that the difference between WoW Classic and retail is, simply put, accessibility. What takes hours in WoW Classic, can take 20min or less in retail WoW. Which begs the question, does having a more or less accessible game make for a better or worse experience? This is the question I pose to you the reader. Ponder it and let us know what you think in the comments below.
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  2. Meristation
    Oct 17, 2019
    80
    One of the best mmorpg in the world returns with more force than ever. A perfect engineering work getting bringing the game as it was in the past with little change but with graphical improvements. The World of Warcraft we all wanted is here.
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  3. Vandal
    Oct 7, 2019
    85
    WoW is back with the classic experience. It’s hard, it’s rough… and it’s beautiful. A great way to rediscover the most important MMO ever made.
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