World of Warcraft Classic

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6.1

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  1. TheKaleidoscope
    Jun 9, 2020
    0
    From what it seems, the people that used to complain about the game not seem as fun as it used to be before, now it all makes sense for all the reasons, things like this were come with by them.

    Looks like growing up sucks for the most part, innit? But that's how life goes, and people eventually change, despite denying it all! I'm going to be honest in this one: People wanted to play    From what it seems, the people that used to complain about the game not seem as fun as it used to be before, now it all makes sense for all the reasons, things like this were come with by them.

    Looks like growing up sucks for the most part, innit?
    But that's how life goes, and people eventually change, despite denying it all!

    I'm going to be honest in this one: People wanted to play like the old days only because of this nostalgia that had been creeping us all, and that's a natural thing to happen.
    The problem is that most of us don't even know that nostalgia is part of what we used to enjoy back in the day and then realise it would not be the same to this,day. Well, for most part yes, but you reckon the game had got better mechanics wise and more or less design wise, especially for the character evolving part.
    And just because Blizzard-Activision's last expansion was considered a flop by the community, that doesnt mean it's not in a worse state than what WoW would've been , had it not changed at all in the first place. It was great back in the day, it was a novelty feeling, something innovative, and then things eventually evolve for the better or worse. As for my 11 year old me who loved this game, would have loved it back in the day, and prolly would have still played it today if I was that age still.
    What people don't understand that only a small fragment of no lifers genuinely emjoyed nonstop grinding with no substance at all, apart from the social one coming from their peers. Guess personally I moved on with life when I quit during Legion, and I can't say that I haven't enjoyed the game, because I have.
    I climbed onto 2's with rating, been a battleground hero with my guildies and had alot of fun wrecking people and still being chill , I became class leader on my warrior in the one of the best guilds on that server, and I have also roleplayed which seemed fun and also been part of terrible drama with no intentions of gettin in whatsoever.    … Expand
  2. mastertigra
    May 4, 2020
    0
    About ten years ago, the "era of remakes" began in the field of films and video games.
    Most of the best sellers have been redone for the worse because of the desire of developers to earn money on the innermost nostalgic emotions of people.
    As for the Blizzard company, its business has been especially bad lately. But the moment came when they realized that it’s not bad to raise their    About ten years ago, the "era of remakes" began in the field of films and video games.
    Most of the best sellers have been redone for the worse because of the desire of developers to earn money on the innermost nostalgic emotions of people.

    As for the Blizzard company, its business has been especially bad lately.
    But the moment came when they realized that it’s not bad to raise their rating (and improve the material component) by releasing a resuscitated version of the well-known 2004 game.

    The audience was ecstatic. They foreshadowed unreal hardcore, social component and other remnants of old games.
    Streamers literally went crazy in the first months after the release of WOW Classic, thereby igniting people's interest.

    But Blizzard did not take into account the fact that the MMO genre is no longer as popular as before, and people who grew up on the Classic WOW have matured. As it turned out, there is no particular hardcore in terms of leveling or raiding.
    Yes, indeed, people enjoyed communicating with each other, but to a greater extent this communication went beyond WOW to third-party voice communication programs.

    All content released during the existence of the "new old WOW Classic" was completed in a couple of days by most guilds. Leveling difficulties were beaten by speedrunners for 1-2 days too.

    Now the game is crowded with sellers of game currency, as well as player buyers who spend days on the battlegrounds or routinely visit morally obsolete raids a couple of times a week.

    There is nothing more to do in this game.
    I myself began to play WOW from the end of Vanilla, so I have something to say about this.    … Expand
  3. 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
  4. RDonnell
    Oct 14, 2021
    0
    A wasted opportunity. Ruined by the lack of region lock. Chinese gold selling and botting action not taken. My grinding was made to look stupid when a bot makes money 24/7. I cant compete with professional gold sellers. And phasing also ruined it. The game is not classic at all i played classic.

    This is a grubby cash grab by a failing company. Go woke go broke.
  5. AntiFTW
    Jun 8, 2020
    1
    The game is being ruined, the same way WoW retail has been. Sellers of Boosts and arrogant kiddies who only want instant gratification are flooding the game more and more.

    Sadly, If you want the original WoW experience, it's too late, this game also has been screwed up by the same kind of players that made people leave Retail and eventually join Classic. Also Blizzard does nothing    The game is being ruined, the same way WoW retail has been. Sellers of Boosts and arrogant kiddies who only want instant gratification are flooding the game more and more.

    Sadly, If you want the original WoW experience, it's too late, this game also has been screwed up by the same kind of players that made people leave Retail and eventually join Classic.

    Also Blizzard does nothing about multiboxers and other kinds of cheaters because it makes them money. They don't care about a good gaming experience anymore like they used to do. They just want to make money without taking into account the experience by the players that actually play the game for the content.

    It saddens me to say, but I think this was my last day I've played WoW, because Blizzard is becoming more like the other gaming studios that do not know how to write good content anymore, like EA studios etc.    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. Sever188896
    Jan 27, 2021
    0
    Игра полностью поломана механики не интересные геймплей затягивается как только может от странной механики того что чтобы сесть на маунта нужно подождать три секунды
  8. 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
  9. PaRadOx42
    Sep 17, 2019
    9
    Not perfect or easily accessible by modern standards, but compared to retail it's a refreshing (and vastly superior) experience.

    Oh, and it feels like an actual MMO, unlike BfA or any other expansion since WotLK.
  10. ajpearman
    Aug 29, 2019
    9
    The queues are insane right now, but it's the game we all loved returning to us after 15 years. I haven't had this much fun since TBC came out.
  11. Lawc
    Jan 31, 2020
    1
    Wow classic in nothing like Vanille it's worse than Vanilla TBC and WOTLK but better than Cataclysm and beyond. Wow community is so **** elitist selfish even more ninja looters and and guilds that played on classic private servers for years and just finish any new content in one day. I play wow since 2005 i have more fun on bfa than this ****ty wannabe classic wow
  12. houjo2000
    Feb 1, 2020
    2
    What happened?

    All you had to do Blizzard was do nothing at all, and you couldn't even manage that? This game is a disaster- full of exploiting of NEW CHANGES, with bad balance due to NEW CHANGES, and with new bugs due to NEW CHANGES. And that's the most important part of it- Vanilla was NOT a balanced game free of exploits or bugs, but for them to come in, throw a bunch of bad    What happened?

    All you had to do Blizzard was do nothing at all, and you couldn't even manage that?

    This game is a disaster- full of exploiting of NEW CHANGES, with bad balance due to NEW CHANGES, and with new bugs due to NEW CHANGES.

    And that's the most important part of it- Vanilla was NOT a balanced game free of exploits or bugs, but for them to come in, throw a bunch of bad changes into the game, screw the game over with them, and have seemingly no support team fixing things or banning exploiters has absolutely tarnished what could have been a nice nostalgia trip.

    Instead, there's now exploiting guilds with ungodly amounts of black lotus and arcane crystals because they abused layering which Blizz added, there's bugs with sword spec/HoJ creating bonus attacks due to their new batching system which adds artificial lag, and double crits from abilities meant to give only one crit.

    It's an absolute joke, it has the worst version of AV, and most content is balanced up to pre-TBC and thus trivial. Add to that extreme imbalance on pvp servers with all of them being Horde dominated and you get one of the biggest MMO screw ups I've seen since Warhammer.    … Expand
  13. zmandude24
    Nov 17, 2019
    9
    Although it has some barebones gameplay, the community and charm makes this one of the best games of all time. The reason it's a 9 is because they didn't even attempt to properly do the earlier parts of vanilla as they literally gave us 1.12 with gated content. The phase system is just removing the gates to content gradually.
  14. Corruptedcast
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    I played WoW on and off from 2006 -> 2018 and finally quit in BFA

    Classic is still a lot of fun and is showing why modern day casualisation of games can be a really bad thing. I feel way more invested, there's an actual challenge and you need to talk to other people to get **** done.

    I hope this is going to change retail in some way, this is what we wanted.
  15. Nerevarinho
    Sep 14, 2019
    9
    Like in old times. No comfort features. More Social. I love WoW again. The onliest game where fetchquests makes fun.
  16. kezzyhko
    Aug 3, 2020
    7
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  17. c0ldex
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    The best mmorpg, nostalgic and amazing. Despite the anticipated queues, the best is back. sorry google translate.
  18. Kzix
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    Graphics are playstation 1 like, quests are like fetch me 20 wolf. Good now fetch me 30 bandits. Good now fetch me 40 black spiders... after 100h of this crap if you have not given up you are part of the elite of Wow. The people who survived the most boring "game" ever made, the ELITE!
  19. michaelrediger
    Aug 28, 2019
    10
    Lots of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  20. Kunray
    Aug 28, 2019
    10
    Ok cool, i just witnessed friendly social interactions!
    Thank you Blizzard!
  21. BaldFrog
    Dec 8, 2019
    10
    Just boot the game and start lvling while watching HBO

    Game is enjoyable if u want fun clicker game, with good MMO rpg elements. The community is fun, the classes are fun to play (the ones i tried) i first started playing wow in lich king expansion (wich is best expansion in wow fight me) and is fun to see what the game was when it came out.
  22. 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
  23. Ceresia
    Sep 30, 2019
    10
    I've played every expansion of WoW, and started in the vanilla days. This brings back excellent memories and companionship. Retail currently is a run around drag that you do by yourself until you are raid ready, it's about worthless. Classic almost forces you to explore and team up with other players to adventure and overcome the hurdles. I really enjoy playing with other random peopleI've played every expansion of WoW, and started in the vanilla days. This brings back excellent memories and companionship. Retail currently is a run around drag that you do by yourself until you are raid ready, it's about worthless. Classic almost forces you to explore and team up with other players to adventure and overcome the hurdles. I really enjoy playing with other random people in various zones. I've also found a very high percentage of people to be mature and like-minded. Classic doesn't hand everything to you like retail expansions do, and the so-called QOL improvements that aren't in Classic is what makes the game great. I have been enjoying this for a month, and plan to for many more months. Don't take these negative reviews of high queues and such. I live on a high pop server and don't get queued and there are plenty of people around to help and plenty of things to do. I rather appreciate a game that is hard to accomplish something rather than button mashing 3 buttons in retail.… Expand
  24. Misterpi
    Oct 29, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow, ugyan az mint volt. Tökéletes játékélmény, sztory karakterek. 10, /10,… Expand
  25. WarTV
    Nov 4, 2019
    10
    You can easily tell why this was the best mmo ever created. Scaling / Social aspect / Gear-class progression / Community all exist and are well designed. True that some things can be better but this is as close at it gets to the perfect mmorpg even in modern times.
  26. 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
  27. Zahrada
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    I am having an amazing experience with this one. This is what the game should have been.
  28. bearthor
    Aug 28, 2019
    10
    Almost like the old days :D
    Very fun! More fun than the live version of the game.

    Give it a try!
  29. Kalevet
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
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    World of Warcraft Classic is simply the best game ever made.
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  30. Yaroslav0202
    Mar 3, 2020
    0
    Ребятки! Ловите свой 0/10 за то, что удалили свой продукт из Geforce Now. Больше играть в Ваши продукты я нормально НЕ МОГУ!
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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
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  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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