World of Warcraft Classic

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6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 272 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 145 out of 272
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 272
  3. Negative: 93 out of 272

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  1. DrGerm
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    If I were rating Blizzard, this would be a big fat 0. But, WoW Classic turned out to be all the fun I had hoped for. I greatly enjoyed it for a few months, relived a lot of great things that I'd missed for over a decade.
  2. Zahrada
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    I am having an amazing experience with this one. This is what the game should have been.
  3. michaelrediger
    Aug 28, 2019
    10
    Lots of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. Kalevet
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
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    World of Warcraft Classic is simply the best game ever made.
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  5. 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!
  6. Kunray
    Aug 28, 2019
    10
    Ok cool, i just witnessed friendly social interactions!
    Thank you Blizzard!
  7. xentaruman
    Aug 28, 2019
    10
    Yay!!! I started feeling that strange shiver all over my body again. That great and almost forgotten feeling.
  8. 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.
  9. c0ldex
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    The best mmorpg, nostalgic and amazing. Despite the anticipated queues, the best is back. sorry google translate.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Labido711
    Feb 1, 2020
    10
    It's good to be back. Please continue developing in the classic spirit. Not the horrible direction wow has taken in later expansions.
  15. xzarian
    Feb 4, 2020
    10
    Blizzard listened to their customers for once! J Allen "You think you do, but you don't" Brack was obviously wrong. I had a ton of fun revisiting vanilla and will continue to do so throughout the years. One question remains: Will they mess it up down the road? My prediction is yes as I don't trust Blizzard anymore. I'd be happy if they had some progression servers, kinda like seasonsBlizzard listened to their customers for once! J Allen "You think you do, but you don't" Brack was obviously wrong. I had a ton of fun revisiting vanilla and will continue to do so throughout the years. One question remains: Will they mess it up down the road? My prediction is yes as I don't trust Blizzard anymore. I'd be happy if they had some progression servers, kinda like seasons but lasts longer. Maybe start with vanilla through naxx, then do burning crusade, and then wrath. Then after a set period, wipe the servers and start fresh.… Expand
  16. Spit79
    Jan 28, 2021
    10
    Bloody awesome! The current devs should look to this for how to make a game.
  17. Crazygame
    Jan 16, 2023
    10
    I started this game in 2005 with vanilla. When i played it again with wow classic i felt like old days when i played vanilla.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. exitm35
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    The game is definitely not for everyone but it is a wonderful throwback to the start of one of the biggest MMO's ever created. While rough around the edges with some old school mechanics it is the social aspect that really raises this game, so finding friends and a good guild is essential to get the best from this game.
  23. cozkimiyu
    Jul 8, 2020
    8
    It is a welcome game as an old fan of Warcraft.
    But the lack of freshness makes us hesitate to play the game.
  24. 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
  25. kezzyhko
    Aug 3, 2020
    7
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  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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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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