World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

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  1. Heikx
    Jan 1, 2023
    5
    Boring, outdated and very limited.

    Instead of finally improving this game and bringing innovation to wow, it's basically the same stuff over and over and over and over again. For years! Wow ist stagnant, stale and really, really tiresome at this point. I unsubbed after only a few days since I started playing Dragonflight, because I really don't want to support a company that is giving    Boring, outdated and very limited.

    Instead of finally improving this game and bringing innovation to wow, it's basically the same stuff over and over and over and over again. For years! Wow ist stagnant, stale and really, really tiresome at this point.
    I unsubbed after only a few days since I started playing Dragonflight, because I really don't want to support a company that is giving their players the same old content just with different colors on it.
    How hard can it be to make this game more player friendly?
    More social and less racist by removing that strict racial segregation system for factions? Why do they keep such outdated restrictions in the first place?
    Why aren't they more up to date with it's graphics and customisations? With player housing and such?
    Nothing of that sort can be find in this game.
    The world feels very empty. If you only do certain activities like raiding and m+ then you’re quickly going to run out of things to do. I’ve spent countless of hours just flying around farming and I realize how bad that is so I stopped doing it. Crafting is just bad at this point and I really wish they would have put that effort to actual fun stuff like player housing, or again, creating new short intro stories for all races, so that they can start neutral like Pandaren and Evoker. Instead they give us this halfbaked crafting system, that almost nobody seems to enjoy from what I've heard.    … Expand
  2. Rosnor
    Dec 9, 2022
    5
    5/10

    Pro: Music Dragon Riding No faction war Ducks Time traveling Murloc New zone looks nice Better experience for alts Contra: Renown has no catch-up mechanics. The weekly reputation objective provides only miniscule rewards. Daily raw gold sources such as emissaries or callings are no longer provided, and weekly raw gold sources have been reduced. Mission tables are not    5/10

    Pro:
    Music
    Dragon Riding
    No faction war
    Ducks
    Time traveling Murloc
    New zone looks nice
    Better experience for alts

    Contra:
    Renown has no catch-up mechanics.
    The weekly reputation objective provides only miniscule rewards.
    Daily raw gold sources such as emissaries or callings are no longer provided, and weekly raw gold sources have been reduced.
    Mission tables are not available.
    The best ways of earning gold through professions are restricted to personal crafting orders.
    Racial segregation, which doesn't allows players to choose their favorite faction, thus players are still dictated by the devs, which faction to choose, if they want to look a certain way in the game.
    Most crafting professions require crafting orders in order to earn skill and knowledge points.
    Weekly quests provide no skill gains and only miniscule knowledge gains.
    Painfully outdated graphics in many zones and cities.
    Still very few and uneven customization options for playable races.
    Outdoor elites and rares are tuned like dungeon enemies.
    PvP quests are too frustrating due to grouped up, geared players and unbalanced classes.
    Dracthyr can only use blood elf and human for visage, instead of all races.    … Expand
  3. Magicus
    Dec 4, 2022
    5
    Dragonflight is better than battle for Azeroth and shadowlands... yes, though that isn't really anything to brag about. The former expansions were really bad.

    I'd like to give my take on some of the things, which people discuss here. Beginning with the story... well, it is not easy to continue on the shattered ground the former expansions left us with. The story in those expansions    Dragonflight is better than battle for Azeroth and shadowlands... yes, though that isn't really anything to brag about. The former expansions were really bad.

    I'd like to give my take on some of the things, which people discuss here.

    Beginning with the story... well, it is not easy to continue on the shattered ground the former expansions left us with. The story in those expansions were painfully bad. So I would at least say that Dragonflight is a bit more down to earth and that is a good thing.
    The story isn't really amazing, but it goes in a better direction now.
    I do understand the frustration however regarding all the loose ends in Azeroth. Especially all the losses of the Alliance, with Aszhara, Ashenvale, darkshore and stormgarde, Theramore, Gilneas and Teldrassil. Some of these zones are waiting for over a decade to get updated and are still shown in their demolished state.
    Yes, that is indeed sad and it takes too long, I agree. However I think there is at least some small hope now for a new tree in Dragonflight. Would be nice to get all those zones updated, yes, but at least there is hope.

    I think that brings me to the next point of criticism.
    The visuals should be upgraded, yes. Honestly I don't know what to add here. For the money we pay for the game there should be higher standards. Don't really think anyone would disagree on that.

    The drakthyr aren't that innovative, true. Only one class and a familiar story if you played demon hunters back in Legion. However the way this race uses it's wings and tail is in my opinion really nicely done. Personlly I have fun with that race.

    Racism and lgbtq, probably the most controversial part.
    Yes, it is true, that there are no genders anymore, if you create a character. However body 1 and 2 still have the same features as male and female and personlly I find the lgbtq stuff in the game not as on the nose as it is here described. So even if you don't like it, you don't see it everywhere like some people claim.
    Racial segregation is there with the factions Alliance and Horde and how their races are treated, true. By definition that is probably a form of racism. I can't play a Draenei for example and stay Horde and in my opinion yes, that is a very outdated mindset and I too wish, that those kind of restrictions are removed as soon as possible. It would give players so much more freedom in the game.

    With the island for new characters there isn't even a starter zone needed for all the races. They could get some tents or a building or a ship... something like that in the main hubs and are ready to go. Just change some voice lines and each faction gets all races. Would be pretty amazing.

    Dragonriding and Guild Wars II.
    I can't really comment on that since I've never played guild wars. So I don't know, if the animations are copied. Personlly I had fun with dragon riding in wow though. Could be better, but it is still fun.    … Expand
  4. Torjan
    Dec 8, 2022
    2
    Professions are a mess because of the overall amount of bugs, exploits and stealth nerf, which lead to a quite frustrating experience.
    Some examples:
    Instransparent breaking points for higher quality items. Sometimes the required points for a higher quality are met, but it’s still lower quality. This has already been reported on beta and obviously not been fixed. Exploit for Artisans    Professions are a mess because of the overall amount of bugs, exploits and stealth nerf, which lead to a quite frustrating experience.
    Some examples:
    Instransparent breaking points for higher quality items. Sometimes the required points for a higher quality are met, but it’s still lower quality. This has already been reported on beta and obviously not been fixed.
    Exploit for Artisans rep, where some people just switched between all professions and got their rep so high they could buy all the good stuff and have a huge advantage in the economy.
    The Alchemy exploit from the start of the expansion. Some people finished the experiments countless times and got all Alchemy recipes on one day. There was no rollback, no bans, nothing.
    Big stealth nerf to Fishing.
    Other issues:
    Huge amount of lags in some zones.
    Outdated looking gear, customisation options, race models - for some races at least and outdated visuals in Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms and Northend.
    Evoker is op, thus pvp is still a mess with so many unbalanced classes.
    Same old faction restrictions, both for races that are stuck in only one facion and all the limitations for social interactions between players.
    The new ui keeps resetting for some reason.
    Lore is... well, very focused on love couples this expansion.
    Too many reskins and reused assets instead of actual new stuff.    … Expand
  5. Raskal
    Dec 5, 2022
    5
    A mediocre expansion at best, a rather underdeveloped game at worst.

    Things I like: The animations of Evoker. Awesome looking attacks and a funny dance. The new zone. Very beautiful. The evoker gets at least for wow standards a bit more customisations. Dragon riding, because it means we can fly right away without grinding. No dense faction war so far. Less chores. Talent trees.    A mediocre expansion at best, a rather underdeveloped game at worst.

    Things I like:
    The animations of Evoker. Awesome looking attacks and a funny dance.
    The new zone. Very beautiful.
    The evoker gets at least for wow standards a bit more customisations.
    Dragon riding, because it means we can fly right away without grinding.
    No dense faction war so far.
    Less chores.
    Talent trees.
    Murloc quest.

    Things I don't like:
    Evoker is just a reskin and not a new model, can only be one class, it can only be a male blood elf and a female human in visage form. Unlike all the other dragons, who can be whatever race they want to be.
    Rest of Azeroth, at least all zones before wod look hideous with such outdated visuals.
    All races still have almost no customisation options. Seriously, it is 2022. What we get here is laughable. It is also rather toxic to give some races almost no options at all, while others get in comparision a lot more.
    Still racial segregation like other mentioned aswell. 2022 and still racism in wow. Sorry, but that is just a no go. Let me finally have my dark iron in the Horde. Not a fan of a racist faction system at all. Never was. All races need to start neutral.
    I still miss player housing in this mmo. Again, it is 2022 and no player housing...    … Expand
  6. Gregorrrr
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    This game plays like a Beta version.
    It's insane how many bugs there are. Climbing quests, more often than not, are a mess. Hunts in Azure span 9 out of 10 times are bugged aswell. World boss, yep, also bugged. Multiple quests are bugged and don't reward you or aren't even clickable.
    Considering how expensive this game is for players... no thanks. I don't spend anymore money on it. Bugs    This game plays like a Beta version.
    It's insane how many bugs there are. Climbing quests, more often than not, are a mess. Hunts in Azure span 9 out of 10 times are bugged aswell. World boss, yep, also bugged. Multiple quests are bugged and don't reward you or aren't even clickable.
    Considering how expensive this game is for players... no thanks. I don't spend anymore money on it. Bugs aren't the only thing, which "bug" me about this game however, but so many other people already spoke about it on metacritic, so I would only echo them, I guess.
    Like the horrible, horrible! looking graphics in older zones. Like... wtf is going on in this game?
    As a new player... it truly feels as if they haven't spent money on wow since it first came out and that was around 2005 I think. Like seriously, the graphics are outdated.... really, really outdated and don't even get me started on those clunky character models, especially for male humans, Worgen and night elves. They look ugly, so very ugly. Why aren't those things updated? Aswell as the older zones?
    Or are the devs of the opinion everyone would just buy a level boost instead of leveling through these zones? And even than, Stormwind for example is a main hub and despite of that it too looks extremely outdated. What are the devs doing with all the money they get from the players? It's really a shame.
    And what is it about the racist faction system? I wasn't sure, if I should point that out, because some people might tend to call you woke and stuff, but my god is the system with Horde and Alliance racist. xD Seeing how other players pointed it out on metacritic however, I definitively want to criticize it, too.
    Sorry, but being a specific race should not!!! define a faction loyalty. That is just wrong on so many levels. Jeez... Even if Horde and Alliance start yet another pointless war in the future, there is absolutely no reason to keep racial segregation. An Alliance Tauren can fight a Horde Tauren, just like all the other races can fight against eachother. Like Pandaren and Evoker they all need to have free will and free choice, instead of a hivemind mentality.

    This game sure is something else, but not in a good way. I tried it for a few months and unfortunately I don't plan on playing it anymore.
    I don't feel like it is worth it's money, seeing how the devs don't care for their world and races and on top of that value very questionable mindsets.    … Expand
  7. Megamiy
    Jan 5, 2023
    3
    Dragonflight makes some things better than the previous expansion, but wow is still a very bad game, which at it's core is not only very outdated in it's design and graphics in a big chunk of the world, but also rather toxic compared to most other games.
    Since I don't want to make this review too long, I only list some of the problems, but there are certainly a lot more.
    Renaming    Dragonflight makes some things better than the previous expansion, but wow is still a very bad game, which at it's core is not only very outdated in it's design and graphics in a big chunk of the world, but also rather toxic compared to most other games.
    Since I don't want to make this review too long, I only list some of the problems, but there are certainly a lot more.

    Renaming reputation for example into renown doesn’t make them any less tedious. It's still a grind fest.
    Primal storms events are very lackluster, not to mention all the lags and bugs in general.
    Group Loot definitely hasn’t been a massive hit and leaves many players frustrated.
    Another frustrating factor of course is the strict division of playable races between factions. This game is the only big game out there, which activly makes you play stuff you don't want to, just because Ion and his crew of devs is holding on to a racist faction system as the foundation in warcraft. Enough with the dumb compromises already and let players play the faction they like and have them the races they want.
    Vault still generates duplicate items to what players have equipped. Feels not really rewarding.
    The Inspiration Catalyst takes 6 weeks to appear. Stop with all the time gating already.
    Loot is still terribly scarce.
    Dragon riding is an ok feature, but not comparable with normal flying and only allowing dragon riding in the zone is another bad limitation.
    Old zones like the warfronts in bfa for example didn't receive any updates whatsoever and are left as never ending loops. It is annoying that they are treating their game as a patchwork rug. It also shows in the outdated graphics.
    Vault is still limited to 1 item out of a potential 9.
    The story is rather disjointed.
    Professions are horribly designed in this expansion.
    Customization options are simply a joke in this game.    … Expand
  8. Cosmol
    Jan 11, 2023
    2
    As a relatively new player, who has also tried out Dragonflight for about a month:

    The story in this game is comically bad and all over the place. You will have different time zones all over the world like the darkshore warfront for example. This zone shouldn't be destroyed anymore and there should not be an ongoining war, yet there is. Same with zones like Ashenvale or Gilneas to only    As a relatively new player, who has also tried out Dragonflight for about a month:

    The story in this game is comically bad and all over the place. You will have different time zones all over the world like the darkshore warfront for example. This zone shouldn't be destroyed anymore and there should not be an ongoining war, yet there is. Same with zones like Ashenvale or Gilneas to only name a few.
    But even if the world wouldn't look like a patchwork rug, the lore is just overall really bad and full of many, many retcons, that make you cringe, if you spent even the smallest amount of time trying to follow the lore from the start.

    Speaking of a patchwork rug, the same goes for the visuals. you will find newer visuals inbetween lots and lots of outdated visuals, that look as if they haven't been updated for decades.

    Customization options... this is a mmo, yet the customizations are... well, almost not there for playable characters. And what is it with this toxic attempt of the devs to give some races noticeably more options than others?

    Speaking of races, this is the only game I know of in this age with open racism for it's races. If it would treat racial segregation as a bad thing, then I could let it slide, but open racism is treated as essential and good for the two playable factions.
    Races are separated between factions, so if you like a specific race you can't pick one of the two factions. Do I need to add more? It's crazy that such a toxic and racist system is still existing in the year 2023.

    The game design is also not very social. It doesn't allow us to be in a guild with players of the other faction or run lfrs or just simply trade or talk with such players. Talk about toxic game design... They really butchered the gameplay experience in a lot of aspects.

    Also as someone coming from other games, where is the basic mmo stuff like dyeable gear and player housing? Warcraft is for some reason all about running m+ and raiding. The whole mmorpg feeling is completly lost in wow. It feels like an e-sport game.

    Professions are overly complicated and a grind fest.

    Speaking of grind, we aren't even allowed to play through the whole story in Dragonflight, because it is locked behind renown.

    I also don't understand why they sell us customization options like Mecha Gnomes, Kul Tiran, Lightforged Draenei, Dark Iron, High Mountain Tauren, Zandalari etc. as entirly new races. Is an overweight human an entirly new human race or what? The mentality of the devs is really something else. Or gnomes with disabilities are apparently also a complete new race. Interesting...

    And what is it with these unbalanced classes? Didn't the devs check how bad the situation is for some classes?

    Well, I just quit this game. It's really a mess.    … Expand
  9. Swaggi
    Dec 14, 2022
    2
    Randomly movement keys stop working and disconnect from mounting.
    World Quests wont give credit.
    Mob tags not possible near Wrathion. Events/World Quests vanish off the map (with plenty of time remaining). Disconnects while using professions skill point items, opening the professions menu. Visuel elements like plants etc. are randomly flying in the air. Sometimes mounts don't appear    Randomly movement keys stop working and disconnect from mounting.
    World Quests wont give credit.
    Mob tags not possible near Wrathion.
    Events/World Quests vanish off the map (with plenty of time remaining).
    Disconnects while using professions skill point items, opening the professions menu.
    Visuel elements like plants etc. are randomly flying in the air.
    Sometimes mounts don't appear and you are sitting in the air.
    Quest givers don't always open their quest text, only a relog helps.
    Obviously outdated and quite frankly ugly looking graphics in the rest of the world.
    Classes are still very unbalanced aswell as factions.
    Unnecessary restrictions, especially regarding playable races as mentioned by others already.
    Also dragon flying isn't really fun, if you plan to fly far distances and especially flying over mountains is very annoying.    … Expand
  10. Mato8
    Jan 3, 2023
    5
    Dragonflight is a 5 out of 10... at best, because there really isn't much noteworthy, let alone new in this expansion.

    Dragon flying is copied from another game, so it is what it is. By all means, it's not bad and a nice little feature. It is good to have flying without that annoying grind we had in the previous expansions. For farming and similar things it is overall very impractical    Dragonflight is a 5 out of 10... at best, because there really isn't much noteworthy, let alone new in this expansion.

    Dragon flying is copied from another game, so it is what it is. By all means, it's not bad and a nice little feature. It is good to have flying without that annoying grind we had in the previous expansions. For farming and similar things it is overall very impractical though. Normal flying with a higher speed would be better. Unfortunatly normal flying and mounts aren't allowed on the dragon isles, because this game is still all about restricting players as much as possible.

    Speaking of restrictions, I'm glad more and more people start to criticize the racist faction system, because it really is racist and brings out the worst in some players, who use curse words and what not against other races in this game in chat.
    Yes, it's just a game, but that doesn't excuse the toxic behavior, which racial segregation evokes in the wow community, which more often than not insult other players just because of the races they'd like to play.
    I never liked how the wow devs force us to choose a faction based on the the races we want to be. That's very toxic and you really have to wonder, why such things are still in the game. It's also just unnatural to strictly divide races like this, as if they woudn't have any free will. As other people pointed out, a very outdated mindset.

    I thought a little about some races, which would probably be the easiest to start with, if not all races would get neutral right away.

    Easy Alliance races to start with for Horde:
    Lightforged Draenei, Mecha Gnomes, Dark Iron Dwarf, Kul Tiran, Gnomes, Draenei.

    Lightforged Draenei and Mecha Gnomes are on top of the list, because it makes zero sense for them not to be neutral.

    Dark Iron Dwarves, because there are more DIDs hostile towards the Alliance than the ones under Moira. So there surely are some, who would join the Horde. Not to mention that their whole being and look is Horde like, more so than some current Horde races btw.

    Kul Tiran, because some of them already worked with the Horde against the Alliance, so there are obviously groups, who would prefer the Horde.

    Gnomes, because firstly there already is a love story between a Gnome and Goblin and secondly some Gnomes surely would like to have access to Goblin's tech.

    As for Draenei, well they are very forgiving and they would be a good package together with LFD.

    Easy Horde races to start with for Alliance:
    Highmountain Tauren, Nightborne, Goblins, Vulpera, Blood Elves, Tauren

    Highmountain, Nightborne and Goblins, because it makes zero sense for them not to be neutral.

    Vulpera, similar to Goblins are traders. So taking a group of traders from Kul Tiras or elsewhere for the Alliance would be very easy.

    Blood Elves as High Elves already are in the Alliance. Just take away demon hunters and they are good to go.

    Tauren, more than enough neutral clans. So just take one, who wants to help the Alliance.

    It doesn't take much to come up with good reasons for all races being neutral and it would give players more freedom and take away some of all the toxcity in this game.
    Would probably be a reason for me to resub, even though wow would still lack many features in general and is pretty far behind for a game in 2023. But at least I could finally play the faction I actually like instead of being stuck in a faction I don't like at all.    … Expand
  11. Homjei
    Dec 28, 2022
    2
    This expansion has a pathetic amount of content outside of raiding and m+ and the content that is there is incredibly repetitive, uninspired and low effort.
    They also kept the same old and frustrating restrictions like racial segregation for playable races, despite claiming to be progressive with all the lgbt content. "We want you to freely express yourself in the game... but you aren't    This expansion has a pathetic amount of content outside of raiding and m+ and the content that is there is incredibly repetitive, uninspired and low effort.
    They also kept the same old and frustrating restrictions like racial segregation for playable races, despite claiming to be progressive with all the lgbt content. "We want you to freely express yourself in the game... but you aren't allowed to play half of the races in your favorite faction, because racism is the foundation of the game." -wow devs.
    Hypocrisy at it's best. Also no word about proper cross faction play. It's ridiculous how anti-social the whole game is.
    Also the new crafting system is just awful.    … Expand
  12. Hiks
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Complete lack of any class direction.
    Continual nerfing and so called balance based on what?
    Gear upgrades in the expac are tied to time gated rep... again. Not a fan of Blizzard's control issues, also regarding racial segregation, which forces players to pick a specific faction for races they like, instead of just picking the faction players actually prefer. That is just not possible    Complete lack of any class direction.
    Continual nerfing and so called balance based on what?
    Gear upgrades in the expac are tied to time gated rep... again. Not a fan of Blizzard's control issues, also regarding racial segregation, which forces players to pick a specific faction for races they like, instead of just picking the faction players actually prefer. That is just not possible due to racial segregation as many others in this comment section already criticized.

    For years fun and freedom has been taken out of this game, classes jerked around with insane unexplained and unacceptable reasoning behind deflating and killing off classes players want to play. It’s long over due for a complete overhaul in management.    … Expand
  13. Tillsd
    Dec 29, 2022
    2
    Dragonflight is still a “raid (or m+) or die” expansion and the new professions are a much worse grind than before that requires way more time and effort. Overtuned mess with the same loot scarcity and you need to run +20 now for max vault. Second job again. No thanks.
    Then there is all the time gating, no updates on graphics in the world, no more customizations or player housing or more    Dragonflight is still a “raid (or m+) or die” expansion and the new professions are a much worse grind than before that requires way more time and effort. Overtuned mess with the same loot scarcity and you need to run +20 now for max vault. Second job again. No thanks.
    Then there is all the time gating, no updates on graphics in the world, no more customizations or player housing or more freedom through finally ending racial segregation. No. It's basically the same old and boring grind fest we had for years. No fun allowed.    … Expand
  14. Skribble
    Dec 2, 2022
    5
    Intro:

    First things first. For everyone searching for honest opinions, here is my advise after reading some reviews myself: You can ignore the extremes. Dragonflight is not a 0, there are some nice things in this expansion, however, it is also definitely not a 10. Those, who claim this game would be flawless are lying straight in your face and want to push a better score for a very    Intro:

    First things first.
    For everyone searching for honest opinions, here is my advise after reading some reviews myself: You can ignore the extremes.
    Dragonflight is not a 0, there are some nice things in this expansion, however, it is also definitely not a 10.
    Those, who claim this game would be flawless are lying straight in your face and want to push a better score for a very mediocre and way too expensive game, that took a lot of losses due to the horrible decisions of the devs over the last couple of years.
    However those, who only complain about the amount of lgbtq+, that was put in to the game aren't really a good source of criticism about the game itself either.

    With that out of the way, personally I would give Dragonflight a 5 out of 10 at best and here is why:

    Pro:
    The new zone is really beautiful, like all new zones and even though most of the npcs and nature elements you see there are only reskins of old models, it still looks great.

    The music is also very nice.

    Less grinding and chores than usual.

    The talent trees from vanilla are back.

    No more ridiculous and brain afk faction war stories so far.

    Cons:

    Graphic:
    Yes, the new zone looks nice... however the rest of the world really doesn't. It's been almost 2 decades, yet despite of all the money for the montly sub costst, the additional store and the costs or each new expansion we have to pay, there ist no overhaul regarding older zones.
    Azeroth looks broken and like a very dirty patchwork rug with graphics, that hasn't be upgraded for over a decade.
    I saw someone mentioning Stormwind and yes, that is probably the best example. It contains trees, buildings, statues, a sunny skybox, ships, some animal npcs and those poor, poor lion heads, that are still using the same graphic they had since the beginning.
    I had to laugh as I've read how someone described that 5 lion head or so had been updated, while the rest was just left there with their old graphics.
    It becomes clear very fast, that the devs are not putting the work in to the game, that they should.
    Same goes for the character models and customisation options, which just don't give you what you would expect for a game in 2022, especially for such a high price.
    Really disappointing.

    Factions and racial segregation:
    I'd also like to agree on the criticism regarding the racist faction system in wow.
    As much as I like it to have 2 opposing factions in this game, the way they are handled is beyond toxic and resulted in a very serious faction imbalance. Instead of fixing the problem however, the devs made the problem worse by various acts of favoritsm.
    Someone mentioned the destruction of various Alliance zones, aswell as putting all the mainstream races in Horde and even though I main Horde... because otherwise you don't get anything done anymore due to the lack of players on the Alliance side, I fully agree on that statement.
    Unfortunately the devs made the situation worse again with Dragonflights by giving the Horde access to the female human model, which leaves absolutely no reason to play Alliance.
    All mainstream races – blood elves, updated night elves in nightborne, Vulpera and now humans are found in the Horde.
    And here of couse lies one of the biggest problems of the entire game. Racism is one of the main reasons, why there is a faction imbalance in the first place.
    The race you want to play decides what faction you are allowed to join. It is a very archaic and toxic mentality, that should have been gone years ago, but here we are.
    And I can see why people think of the lgbtq+ content as being hypocritical with all the racism going on in this game.
    In order to bring balance back and just in general in order to get rid of such toxicity, racial segregation has to go. Every race should be allowed to be part of both factions.
    Additionally of course the devs have to let us play with the other faction asap, at least make it optional.

    The Evoker:
    Unfortunately this is not a new race, but by definition in wow only an allied race.
    What we have here is nothing but a female Worgen reskin. A female human and a male blood elf model for visage and that's it. Don't treat it as a new race, it really isn't.
    Their story is not innovative. It plays very similar to the story of demon hunters, which resulted in a rather boring experience.
    They can only be one class, which makes them also rather unappealing.

    The lore: So far they are ignoring all the big mistakes they made during bfa and shadowlands. Warfronts keep being warfronts despite the war being over and in general are older zones all in different time zones, which makes the world... again... look like a patchwork rug, not only because of the graphics, but also because of the lore. Conclusion: There is some nice content you can do with this expansion, however I can't recommend it due to all it's flaws and the expensive price.    … Expand
  15. Clarencek
    Dec 12, 2022
    0
    I’ve unsubbed after just 2 weeks of Dragonflight. I don’t care for yet another flop. I find this rush rush gameplay tiring and unrewarding. WoW was not built to be an esport, yet the only content those devs care for is raiding. Outside of raiding you find another boring barebones expansion and I won't stick around this time. Not after bfa and shadowlands, which were both annoying andI’ve unsubbed after just 2 weeks of Dragonflight. I don’t care for yet another flop. I find this rush rush gameplay tiring and unrewarding. WoW was not built to be an esport, yet the only content those devs care for is raiding. Outside of raiding you find another boring barebones expansion and I won't stick around this time. Not after bfa and shadowlands, which were both annoying and tiresome, too.
    I left feeling like I wasted my money yet again to be honest. This was such a loss in my book all around.

    Talent trees? Well, how about they would have never removed those in the first place?
    New race? Good joke. Just a scaly female Worgen and unlike other dragons we can't even use all races for visage. Why? Because the devs love restrictions.
    Changeable ui? Ohhhh, great! wow reached the year 2010.
    Dragon flying? Can I copy your homework, GW2?
    New zone? How about you would update like 80% of the game, that is still using visuals from the early 2000s?
    Actual modern customisation options with sliders, color palettes and such? Nah, we don't keep up with time here at Activision Blizzard.
    Can we finally socially and freely interact with people from the other faction, joining guilds and stuff? You know, stuff you usually do in a social game like a mmo? Woah! Being social in wow? Of course not!
    Did the devs finally remove racial segregation and let all playable races have their own free will and with that all races start neutral? No! We wanna keep racism as a foundation in wow. B- but look, we are totally progessive by removing genders! Right?!

    I could go on. Just not a game worth spending time and money on.    … Expand
  16. Jeffrey3
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Evoker is supposed to be a new race... yeah... no, it is a reskin. Not a new race. It is also genderless... for some reason. For their visage form the devs reused the human and blood elf model... and put more rainbow colors on it, aswell as horns. Evoker can also be only one class. Overall a very lazy attempt of selling a so called new race. They could at least make all races available forEvoker is supposed to be a new race... yeah... no, it is a reskin. Not a new race. It is also genderless... for some reason. For their visage form the devs reused the human and blood elf model... and put more rainbow colors on it, aswell as horns. Evoker can also be only one class. Overall a very lazy attempt of selling a so called new race. They could at least make all races available for visage form. That would have made this low effort race at least a bit more interesting.

    Speaking of low effort, there are no new customisation options for the other races. It is so embarrassing how far behind this game is... in so many aspects. Same goes for visuals in so many zones. They never fix old zones. They just keep them with their old visuals and outdated lore like the warfronts to name only one of many examples, which are stuck in an endless loop, despite the dumb and forced war being over. Or other zones, who are literally using graphics from 2005... it is so embarrassing how this game looks.

    Dragon riding is fine, but it is copied over from guild wars. So you can hardly praise Blizzard for this feature.    … Expand
  17. Ryan868
    Dec 13, 2022
    0
    Is Blizzard for real?
    They charge their players for each month, for each new expansion and have a giant ingame store and this is what we get?
    I've quit mid Shadowlands, because that expansion, aswell as bfa, were just overall awful and I was hoping the devs would finally put some work in their game for all that money. Updating the archaic graphics, bringing customization options to a    Is Blizzard for real?
    They charge their players for each month, for each new expansion and have a giant ingame store and this is what we get?
    I've quit mid Shadowlands, because that expansion, aswell as bfa, were just overall awful and I was hoping the devs would finally put some work in their game for all that money. Updating the archaic graphics, bringing customization options to a modern standard, removing frustrating restrictions like faction locked races, guilds, lfr, lfd and so on.... nothing. They did nothing of that sort.
    No visual updates, no limitations removed, no real features... no, dragon flying is not new, it is stolen from another game and they didn't even care to use a new skeleton/model for the so called "new" playable race.
    Wouldn't be surprised, if there are many players wanting a refund.    … Expand
  18. Tedaku
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    And again I am disappointed with this game...

    Where to begin... So... we aren't allowed to choose male or female, while creating a character... fine then? But why do we have to be genderless in order to not offend anyone, while at the same time being forced to participate in a racist faction system? Why are almost all races treated as if they have a hivemind, instead of free will?    And again I am disappointed with this game...

    Where to begin...

    So... we aren't allowed to choose male or female, while creating a character... fine then?
    But why do we have to be genderless in order to not offend anyone, while at the same time being forced to participate in a racist faction system?
    Why are almost all races treated as if they have a hivemind, instead of free will?
    Why is the way we look important for choosing a faction instead of making all races neutral and available for both playable factions?

    Interesting mindset these devs have. That's for sure.

    Dragon riding... well, Guild Wars II says hello.

    Recycling old races and mixing them into one is not what I would call a new race.

    Why is there still no old world revamp? No offence but the world of wow looks outdated af.
    And why are there still no color palettes and sliders for the races? This game is so far behind...    … Expand
  19. Kev912
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    Dragonflight brings you more of the same with a rather uninspiring and boring story. Granted, the game is in a better position than battle for azeroth and shadowlands, but well... considering how bad the former expansions were, that really doesn't mean much.
    Especially for people like me, who care... or better cared for the lore up to Legion it is sad to see, that nothing was done about    Dragonflight brings you more of the same with a rather uninspiring and boring story. Granted, the game is in a better position than battle for azeroth and shadowlands, but well... considering how bad the former expansions were, that really doesn't mean much.
    Especially for people like me, who care... or better cared for the lore up to Legion it is sad to see, that nothing was done about Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Same old and outdated patchwork rug without any improvements and updates whatsoever considering that the zones are all in different time zones and not up to date regarding the story... well, and graphics. So again I will have to unsub after just one month in to the new expansion.    … Expand
  20. Johnnyus
    Dec 1, 2022
    5
    Areas look good, dragon ridding buggy but fun, story really bad, again the same grind and now even more of a chore... Compared to Shadowlands it's pretty good but overall it's a rushed expansion trying to be progressive which is a good thing but it kept the massively racist remarks. Also they were waaaaaaay to lazy with the new race shaved scally worgen+human with makeup. Not really a 1Areas look good, dragon ridding buggy but fun, story really bad, again the same grind and now even more of a chore... Compared to Shadowlands it's pretty good but overall it's a rushed expansion trying to be progressive which is a good thing but it kept the massively racist remarks. Also they were waaaaaaay to lazy with the new race shaved scally worgen+human with makeup. Not really a 1 game but at max a 6.… Expand
  21. Emillio
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    The so called new race is nothing but female humans and male blood elves with rainbow hair and make up with a female Worgen reskin. No new model whatsoever.

    Dragon riding is stolen from Guild Wars 2, without giving them credit. They left most of the world with graphics from the early 2000s, instead of finally updating it. Character customisations are not only extremely limited,    The so called new race is nothing but female humans and male blood elves with rainbow hair and make up with a female Worgen reskin. No new model whatsoever.

    Dragon riding is stolen from Guild Wars 2, without giving them credit.

    They left most of the world with graphics from the early 2000s, instead of finally updating it.

    Character customisations are not only extremely limited, they are also extremely uneven between the races, so that some races have a lot more options than others. Just way?

    Speaking of races, racism is still the very foundation of this game. The devs force teir players to use racial segregation in order to choose a faction.

    We have 2022 and there is still no player housing.

    I could go on, but in short: I yet again wasted my money for this game...

    There are some nice reskins and recolors on the the dragon isles, the new zone. So I guess I can give 3 points for that.    … Expand
  22. HogXs
    Dec 1, 2022
    3
    A very halfbaked expansion for an incredibly expensive prise. Especially considering that we have to pay monthly for the game...

    The first thing to notice is of course the new race... which is not new at all. It is a female Worgen reskin. As a visage form they used female humans and male blood elves. The only difference to regular humans and blood elves is the colorful hair and makeup.    A very halfbaked expansion for an incredibly expensive prise. Especially considering that we have to pay monthly for the game...

    The first thing to notice is of course the new race... which is not new at all. It is a female Worgen reskin. As a visage form they used female humans and male blood elves. The only difference to regular humans and blood elves is the colorful hair and makeup.
    That is definitely not a new race and shouldn't be treated as one.

    The new zone looks nice and I can give some points for that, but what is up with all the other zones in that game? You would think with such age old graphics, that you are still stuck in 2004. Very, very bad looking.

    Unfortunately they didn't update the playable races, which means that races like night elves for example are still stuck with a very ugly looking model and what is it with these devs, that males always look like they are on stereoids and cranky old man? In general male... or now "body 1" humanoids look like clunky gorillas. They really aged very poorly.

    Dragon riding... yeah well, others already criticized that. At least give credit, if you have to copy other people's homework, Blizzard.

    I also noticed all the lgbtq pandering. I mean, fine, if you have to. But how about you remove the obvious toxic aspect in your game?
    Racism.
    It's the very first thing you let your players participate in.
    Dunno, but as a black person myself I always felt yucky about the racial segregation concept, which you use for Horde and Alliance.

    A rather meh expansion overall.    … Expand
  23. Zun78
    Dec 1, 2022
    4
    Blizzard is as hypocritical as it can get.
    Understandably they try to look inclusive and open minded after the lawsuit. There is a ton of lgbtq things in the game now and all players are now non-binary with creating a new character.
    Not saying that is a good or a bad thing, but what really angers me is the fact, that despite putting so much lgbtq in the game, they kept their glorified    Blizzard is as hypocritical as it can get.
    Understandably they try to look inclusive and open minded after the lawsuit. There is a ton of lgbtq things in the game now and all players are now non-binary with creating a new character.
    Not saying that is a good or a bad thing, but what really angers me is the fact, that despite putting so much lgbtq in the game, they kept their glorified racism as foundation in this game.
    Playable races are still strictly separated.
    So my race matters while deciding what faction I want to join?

    Like wtf, Blizzard? You can't claim to be progressive while at the same time keeping racial segregation of all things.

    I can't even with these toxic devs... That shows more than obviously, that all the lgbtq stuff is also nothing but a facade they put on.

    What else about this expansion...

    Well, for up to 90 Euro on top of the monthly sub costs you get a new race, which consists of humans with too much make-up and female Worgen with scales, tails and wings.
    Then there is the copied dragon riding animation from GW2 and a new zone.
    Old zones have still their very outdated graphics, no updates on customisation options, no dyeable gear, still no player housing and so on.

    Not worth it's money.    … Expand
  24. Urska
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    Another failure of Blizzard.
    They sell us a new race, which in reality is a worgen reskin. They sell us a new feature with dragon riding, which in reality is copied from GW2. They give us a new zone, yet let the rest of the world in wow continue to rot with it's outdated graphics. They pretend to be progressive with lgbtq content, but keep racial segregation with their racist faction    Another failure of Blizzard.
    They sell us a new race, which in reality is a worgen reskin. They sell us a new feature with dragon riding, which in reality is copied from GW2. They give us a new zone, yet let the rest of the world in wow continue to rot with it's outdated graphics. They pretend to be progressive with lgbtq content, but keep racial segregation with their racist faction system as the very core of their game. Newsflash, portraying racial segregation as important and good, does not make Blizzard progressive in the slightest.
    And how much do they want for such a failure? Up to $89.99 for the expansion plus $14.99 each month.    … Expand
  25. LazyLex
    Dec 4, 2022
    2
    This game has wasted enough of my time and I don’t want to spend more time on the review than Blizzard did this expansion. To keep it short: the game was released in Early Access and is no where near a finished product. Shameful.
  26. Criks82
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    This game is so tiresome... jeez. Kill 10 from this, kill 10 from that... good story telling looks different, but even after almost 2 decades Blizzard sticks to the same boring formula, instead of telling us a deep and meaningful story.
    Scaly Worgen with their rainbow humanoid form... uhm, I mean the brand new dragon race of course, plays just like demon hunters. Made for war and then put    This game is so tiresome... jeez. Kill 10 from this, kill 10 from that... good story telling looks different, but even after almost 2 decades Blizzard sticks to the same boring formula, instead of telling us a deep and meaningful story.
    Scaly Worgen with their rainbow humanoid form... uhm, I mean the brand new dragon race of course, plays just like demon hunters. Made for war and then put to sleep for several thousand years. Lame.
    Nothing really new in this expansion and as others mentioned, the same idotic restrictions. Players can't play their preferred faction with their favorite races, because racial segregation is still a thing in wow. Yes, even in this day and age Blizzard sticks to racism. Just great.    … Expand
  27. Usori
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    I'm starting to believe, that some people here have never actually played anything else but wow. There is almost nothing positive about this expansion.

    The new race is anything but new. They just baked humans, blood elves and worgen together, put a lot of rainbow on it and call it now a brand new dragon race. The devs were so lazy, that they even kept some of the animations of Worgen    I'm starting to believe, that some people here have never actually played anything else but wow. There is almost nothing positive about this expansion.

    The new race is anything but new. They just baked humans, blood elves and worgen together, put a lot of rainbow on it and call it now a brand new dragon race. The devs were so lazy, that they even kept some of the animations of Worgen for the oh so new dragon race.

    As others mentioned already, the only other new feature, dragon riding, is straight out of Guild Wars.

    They didn't even update all the old graphics. Azeroth looks like pixel mush.

    Again, like others already said, Blizzard tries very hard to look progressive after that gigantic lawsuit against them, but their double standards show very clearly.
    Lots and lots of lgbtq left and right, but racism is unchanged.
    We still choose a faction based on race.
    That is not progressive at all, Blizzard, lol.
    Calling racial segregation important for the factions...    … Expand
  28. Rockya
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    I don't know why I even gave wow another try. Guess I was full of copium...

    As an Alliance player I hoped that the devs would finally stop being so biased and start caring for the Alliance... I was wrong. Very, very wrong. To give you some examples for what I mean by the devs being biased and toxic: - Teldrassil, Theramore, Gilneas, Ashenvale and probably some areas I forgot were    I don't know why I even gave wow another try. Guess I was full of copium...

    As an Alliance player I hoped that the devs would finally stop being so biased and start caring for the Alliance... I was wrong. Very, very wrong.

    To give you some examples for what I mean by the devs being biased and toxic:

    - Teldrassil, Theramore, Gilneas, Ashenvale and probably some areas I forgot were all destroyed by the Horde and we never got them back in game.
    They still are presented as being destroyed and under attack.
    - Stormgarde and darkshore are also destroyed by the Horde and are now stuck in a never ending loop of being a warfront.
    Again, we never got them back.
    All these zones and cities are left looking like trash now, thanks to the Horde.

    Yet the Horde never lost that much and even though they were the aggressor, attacking Alliance zones again and again, they got Undercity immediately back, after they poisoned that place themselves.
    - Night Elves and Worgen meanwhile are getting ignored and are still being refugees in Stormwind.
    And they didn't even care to update Stormwind. It uses graphics from 2004...

    So the abuser is being rewarded and the victims... nothing. How fair.

    Playable races:

    - Space goats for Alliance vs the only halfway decent looking humanoid race in that game, blood elves for Horde,
    Updated night elves/nightborne with now even more customisation options than night elves with a gigantic zone, the biggest city in the entire game and rich lore for the Horde vs copy&paste blood elves with terrible and very few hair styles, almost no customisation options, no zone, no city... they literally live in small tents on a rock... and almost no lore for the Alliance.
    - Better looking trolls, that use the night elf model vs... overweight and way too big humans...

    - And the biggest insult, the only new race Vulpera, a mainstream fox race, that could be straight out of a Disney movie vs... a customisation option for gnomes, the least played race in the entire game.

    And these are only some examples of the devs and their toxic behavior. Yet they claim to have no idea why there are almost no players left on the Alliance... sigh

    With dragonflights I hoped that we could at least get a zone for the night elves back and Gilneas for the Worgen. Nothing. We got nothing.

    Not only that, with the new dragon race they gave the Horde the very last halfway decent looking race on the Alliance side for the Horde, female human + the female Worgen model on top of that.

    Just wow. Well then, this was my last attempt of giving this game a chance. I don't want to be forced to pick the favorite faction of the devs. in order to be able to play this game, because the few, who are left playing this game are almost all on the red side.

    No, thanks.    … Expand
  29. Joink
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    Blizzard charges you up to $89.99 for the expansion, there is a huge ingame store and on top of that charge their players for each and every month.
    And what do we get? A reskin for Evoker with copy&paste human and blood elf visage form, that look like dragqueens. Copied dragon riding from GW2, stone age old graphics in most parts of Azeroth, massive amount of racism, starting right in the    Blizzard charges you up to $89.99 for the expansion, there is a huge ingame store and on top of that charge their players for each and every month.
    And what do we get? A reskin for Evoker with copy&paste human and blood elf visage form, that look like dragqueens. Copied dragon riding from GW2, stone age old graphics in most parts of Azeroth, massive amount of racism, starting right in the beginning with creating a character and even though it is 2022 still no player housing.    … Expand
  30. KraxO
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    This game looks old... so, so old. Why do they want that much money for so little afford? Like seriously.
    They use the same graphics for over a decade now. Complete pixel mush in some areas. They didn't even updated the sky boxes. How lazy can you get?
    And what even is this new race? Why do they call it a new race when it very clearly is just a reskin, which can only be one class?    This game looks old... so, so old. Why do they want that much money for so little afford? Like seriously.
    They use the same graphics for over a decade now. Complete pixel mush in some areas. They didn't even updated the sky boxes. How lazy can you get?

    And what even is this new race? Why do they call it a new race when it very clearly is just a reskin, which can only be one class?

    They are years behind what you would expect of a modern game when in comes to customization options and also keep the archaic mentality of using racial segregation for the factions.    … Expand
  31. Villolo
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    Blizzard should be really ashamend of themselves.
    They sell us a reused model of female Worgen as brand new race. Their visage form is just female human and male blood elf with rainbow hair and skin. On top of that this race can only be one class and their lore is basically demon hunters 2.0. 0 creativity.
    For some reason they still use age old graphics in many zones with no updates.    Blizzard should be really ashamend of themselves.
    They sell us a reused model of female Worgen as brand new race. Their visage form is just female human and male blood elf with rainbow hair and skin. On top of that this race can only be one class and their lore is basically demon hunters 2.0. 0 creativity.

    For some reason they still use age old graphics in many zones with no updates.
    Take Stormwind for example. At some point a dev must have started to update the lion heads, but instead of updating all of them that person just updated a handful and left the rest with their early 2000s graphic. This is pure laziness.
    And do yourself a favor, don't look at the trees, the statues, the buildings, the sky... unless it's raining, npcs like wolves or some of the humanoid races you can play. Outdated graphics everywhere.

    I also agree with others. Being pro lgbtq+, but also pro racism is just... really awkward. I have no idea why Blizzard is still keeping racial segregation in the game. Could be a very shady mindset of the devs or pure laziness.. or both.

    Either way, another trash expansion so far. One can only hope, that they start using all that money they take from players and invest in actual new features in the next patch, like free faction choice without racism and player housing for example.    … Expand
  32. Hugosk
    Dec 1, 2022
    3
    Unfortunately Blizzard is very dishonest with their players.

    The most controversial aspect of wow is probably the fact, that the whole game is build on racism. You log in and first thing you have to do is choose a faction. A normal game in this day and age would make you choose a faction based on it's lore, it's values, maybe because of it's cities. Not wow though. It forces you to    Unfortunately Blizzard is very dishonest with their players.

    The most controversial aspect of wow is probably the fact, that the whole game is build on racism.

    You log in and first thing you have to do is choose a faction. A normal game in this day and age would make you choose a faction based on it's lore, it's values, maybe because of it's cities.
    Not wow though.
    It forces you to pick a side soley based on... yes, on race.

    Makes you wonder in what century the devs are liviing with this kind of mindset.
    So yes, except for Pandaren and Evoker all races apparently have a hivemind mentality and can't join a faction freely.
    Making racial segregation the biggest limitation for players is not just in general very questionable, it is also extremely annoying for players, who just want to play their favorite faction with their favorite races.
    Together with cross faction gameplay we could finally play where we want, what we want and with whom we want.
    But nope. Can't have that with Blizzard.

    So instead of removing racial segregation after almost two decades, they are trying very hard to make us believe, that they are progressive due to all the lgbtq content and the removal of genders.

    I have news for you. You can't be progressive, while at the same time treating racism as something necessary for the game.
    Kinda disgusting the more you think about it.

    Next up is the pure laziness when it comes to the virtual world of Azeroth, which has some newer visuals, which look nice, I give you that, but most of it's zones haven't been updated for over 15 years and that shows.
    Same goes for the very few options when it comes to character customisations and player models in general.
    It also shows in the new race, which is just a female worgen reskin.

    Can't recommend this game at all.    … Expand
  33. Rigor81
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    I honestly don't understand at all, why people would give this expansion a 10/10.

    The graphic is outdated, like really outdated. They didn't update it since 2004 in many zones and even main hubs and some people praise wow with a straight 10? Like... What? The customisation options are hilariously outdated aswell and very limited. Not only that. For some reason some races receive more    I honestly don't understand at all, why people would give this expansion a 10/10.

    The graphic is outdated, like really outdated. They didn't update it since 2004 in many zones and even main hubs and some people praise wow with a straight 10? Like... What?

    The customisation options are hilariously outdated aswell and very limited. Not only that. For some reason some races receive more options than others. The devs love being toxic, huh?

    Speaking of toxic, we are still not allowed to play with eachother, despite this being a mmo. Due to the racial segregation aspect, that doesn't allow players to pick their favorite faction with their favorite races, there is a huge faction imbalance, which the devs made worse and worse of the last years with their horrible decisions.
    But instead of removing racism, something that actually hurts the gameplay and faction balance... guess what?
    They instead removed genders. So all players have to be non binary now. What a joke.

    Some of the people here, that give it a 10, praise dragon riding... you do realise, that Blizzard stole that Guild Wars 2, right?

    The second feature of this expansion are the Evoker... another embarrassment.
    They just took the male model of blood elves, the female model of humans, put a lot of rainbow on it and gave the female Worgen model scales. That is your new dragon race.    … Expand
  34. Quilzz
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    Blizzard is pretending to appear inclusive, but also want to stay racist. Hilarious.

    Think about all the lgbtq+ what you want, it falls flat the minute you use your brain and look at the very first thing Blizzard makes you do. Take part in racial segregation. Races in this game can't just choose the faction they feel connected to, making their own individual decisions. Oh no, Blizzard    Blizzard is pretending to appear inclusive, but also want to stay racist. Hilarious.

    Think about all the lgbtq+ what you want, it falls flat the minute you use your brain and look at the very first thing Blizzard makes you do. Take part in racial segregation.
    Races in this game can't just choose the faction they feel connected to, making their own individual decisions. Oh no, Blizzard makes almost all races use a hivemind mentality.
    Wanna make a dwarf and play Horde? NO!
    Wanna make a Tauren and play Alliance? NO!

    So yeah, Blizzard wants to keep racism and at the same time wants you to think of them as being progressive. it's actually really funny how dumb that is.

    Ah well, the new race is just a reskin, talent trees are back, which is nice, but it is certainly not a new feature, dragonriding is simply copied from another game and well... there really is nothing new in this expansion.
    Pretty insolent, if you think about how expensive this game is.

    Fully agree with others, who say the graphics etc. are outdated. I really wonder what they do with all the money they take from their players.    … Expand
  35. Jakk8
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    Dragon riding was stolen from Guild Wars II.

    They tried to sell us a new race, which in reality is a worgen reskin and female human and male blood elf for visage form. No old world revamp. Graphics are outdated af. Far behind with customization options, meaning still no sliders and such. Some races have almost no customization at all. Seemingly Blizzard only adds some new options    Dragon riding was stolen from Guild Wars II.

    They tried to sell us a new race, which in reality is a worgen reskin and female human and male blood elf for visage form.

    No old world revamp. Graphics are outdated af.

    Far behind with customization options, meaning still no sliders and such. Some races have almost no customization at all. Seemingly Blizzard only adds some new options for their own fav races.

    Still racism all over the place.
    Playable races are still stricly seperated, meaning you have to look a certain way, to be in one of the 2 playable factions. I don't want to compare it to real life events, but the whole racial segregation concept in wow... yikes.

    The lore is very bad and just ignores old lore, instead of fixing all the mistakes of the last two expansions.

    We still can't play with the other faction, stuff like guilds, lfr, lfd etc. Meaning the devs just keep on ignoring the obvious faction imbalance, which they costs.

    Standard features like player housing for example is still non-existent in this game.    … Expand
  36. Naven
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    Instead of virtue signaling and pushing their political agenda to the fullest, Blizzard should try actually making a decent game.
  37. Lattimere
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Filled with bugs and crashes. Dragon GLIDING not FLYING. All the woke crap is going to far. Massive time gates. Prediction: Shadowlands 2 just released.
  38. Bernall
    Dec 1, 2022
    1
    Excesivamente caro el juego, teniendo en cuenta que debes pagar un dineral por la expansión y además la subscripcion, de la cual te obligan a pagar los 60 días. Para un juego del 2005 es demasiado caro, no sé si los que actualmente están jugando son consientes de que existen otros juegos mejores que el wow y lo único que quieren es desperdiciar su dinero. Si te hace falta autoestima y teExcesivamente caro el juego, teniendo en cuenta que debes pagar un dineral por la expansión y además la subscripcion, de la cual te obligan a pagar los 60 días. Para un juego del 2005 es demasiado caro, no sé si los que actualmente están jugando son consientes de que existen otros juegos mejores que el wow y lo único que quieren es desperdiciar su dinero. Si te hace falta autoestima y te sobra el dinero, está expansión es para tí.… Expand
  39. Zyky
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    I was truly hoping to want to return to retail with Dragonflight, but I was bored and frustrated within the first 30 minutes. Unfortunately Blizzard front-ended Dragonflight with a single core feature “Dragonriding” and this feature leaves a lot between wanting more and causing me(and others based on forum feedback) motion sickness. I sadly won’t be returning.

    I want to update in saying    I was truly hoping to want to return to retail with Dragonflight, but I was bored and frustrated within the first 30 minutes. Unfortunately Blizzard front-ended Dragonflight with a single core feature “Dragonriding” and this feature leaves a lot between wanting more and causing me(and others based on forum feedback) motion sickness. I sadly won’t be returning.

    I want to update in saying that none of my opinions are related to anything regarding lgbtqia. My opinions are strictly about the quality of the game and my thoughts on why they do things Blizzard does. I don’t care what character is gay, bi, trans, inclusion is always appreciated for everyone to see characters they can relate to. What I do not condone is a lackluster game coupled with what feels like very minimal effort throughout the alpha/beta to solve problems during the testing phase.    … Expand
  40. Thodrazi
    Dec 1, 2022
    10
    I dont know why people that clearly don't play are bombing ratings. Dragoniding is amazing and feels noticeably different to Gw. The new profession system is incredible.. like imo that's the standout. The open world content is the best since legion. There is so much you can do that it's almost overwhelming
  41. Gafal
    Aug 9, 2023
    2
    Unfortunately, I have to join the chorus of negative reviews here. With Dragonflight, we now have a third consecutive expansion that's easily forgettable.

    Story: Catastrophic. However, after the last two expansions, it's pretty much beyond salvaging. There's an abundance of cringe, they keep adding retcons and no offense, but it's quite odd how almost everyone on the dragon isles is    Unfortunately, I have to join the chorus of negative reviews here. With Dragonflight, we now have a third consecutive expansion that's easily forgettable.

    Story:
    Catastrophic. However, after the last two expansions, it's pretty much beyond salvaging.
    There's an abundance of cringe, they keep adding retcons and no offense, but it's quite odd how almost everyone on the dragon isles is suddenly a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
    Especially when you compare it to the game's setting of the past 17 years or so. Not that they can't include it if they want, but when out of nowhere almost everyone is portrayed this way, it feels a bit forced.
    It's also peculiar to introduce something like this more or less overnight while maintaining strict racial divisions between the Alliance and the Horde.
    So lgbtq+ is great, but racism is also great? Really?

    It comes across as hypocrisy, trying to gain some sympathy points, that they've lost due to numerous dubious decisions in recent years.

    The rest is just the usual stuff that's been written about countless times by others.
    It seems the devs are only interested in raids and microtransactions. The rest is a lackluster pile of outdated content, where they don't bother to improve or bring it in line with today's standards.    … Expand
  42. Ouartay
    Jul 28, 2023
    2
    An incredibly outdated game with numerous limitations for players, including such severe elements as strict racial segregation for the two playable factions. Character Creation is a complete joke. Not only are the models sometimes completely deformed, but there are also no sliders or color palettes available, which is unacceptable in today's age. Going through the story feels like losingAn incredibly outdated game with numerous limitations for players, including such severe elements as strict racial segregation for the two playable factions. Character Creation is a complete joke. Not only are the models sometimes completely deformed, but there are also no sliders or color palettes available, which is unacceptable in today's age. Going through the story feels like losing brain cells because it's so poorly done and the gameplay is terrible too, with some classes being much better than others. Crafting is also a mess.
    Honestly, don't bother with this game. There are many much better alternatives out there.    … Expand
  43. Brettsu
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    If you don’t like M+ and are not willing to grind it out, you’re gonna have a bad time.
    What's new?
    A half-baked female Worgen reskin, to which they've added a tail, scales, wings and a new head. This is supposed to be a brand-new dragon race that, unlike all the other dragons in this game, can't even freely choose how their visage form looks. What else? A half-baked version of Guild    If you don’t like M+ and are not willing to grind it out, you’re gonna have a bad time.
    What's new?
    A half-baked female Worgen reskin, to which they've added a tail, scales, wings and a new head. This is supposed to be a brand-new dragon race that, unlike all the other dragons in this game, can't even freely choose how their visage form looks.
    What else?
    A half-baked version of Guild Wars 2's dragon riding.
    That's it.
    There's nothing else new and I can only agree with the others here. Keeping their racist faction system instead of letting us choose freely, no matter what race we wanna be, is just the worst.    … Expand
  44. Kevk1
    Aug 2, 2023
    1
    Keep in mind for a minute, that it's 2023.
    This game lacks:
    - Player Housing. - Dyeable armor. - Sliders for customization. - Color palettes for skin, eyes, fur, and hair color. - Proper 3D armor; most of it sticks to the avatar and consists of the same few sets that have been around for nearly 20 years. - Limited emotes for avatars. - Partially distorted and deformed avatar    Keep in mind for a minute, that it's 2023.
    This game lacks:

    - Player Housing.
    - Dyeable armor.
    - Sliders for customization.
    - Color palettes for skin, eyes, fur, and hair color.
    - Proper 3D armor; most of it sticks to the avatar and consists of the same few sets that have been around for nearly 20 years.
    - Limited emotes for avatars.
    - Partially distorted and deformed avatar models.
    - Limited avatar customization options, unfairly distributed among the races.
    - Still, strict racial separation between playable factions, leading to sorting purely based on appearance.
    - Perhaps only 20% of the graphics in the world are at an acceptable level; the rest is extremely outdated.
    - Social restrictions between factions are still abundant for players.
    - Hairstyles and dances are strictly separated among playable races, rather than being shared to provide more options for everyone.
    - Apart from raids and general m+, the content remains quite thin.

    Honestly, I could continue this list further, but I believe the point has been made.
    Despite all of this, they still demand monthly subscription fees, additional costs for expansions and tons of purchasable items in the store. Ultimately, this game is pay-to-win, despite the monthly fees. It is entirely inappropriate and overall, the game is far from being up to date.    … Expand
  45. Haonao
    Aug 11, 2023
    3
    One of the letdowns for me is the introduction of Dragon Riding as a supposed game-changing feature. As if... Guild Wars is looking at you Blizzard. ;)
    Sure, flying on custom dragon mounts might sound cool, but it's left a bitter taste in my mouth. I've spent countless hours collecting and cherishing my old mounts and this skill threatens to render them meaningless in the new zone.    One of the letdowns for me is the introduction of Dragon Riding as a supposed game-changing feature. As if... Guild Wars is looking at you Blizzard. ;)
    Sure, flying on custom dragon mounts might sound cool, but it's left a bitter taste in my mouth. I've spent countless hours collecting and cherishing my old mounts and this skill threatens to render them meaningless in the new zone.

    Many, many, many microtransactions, unbalanced classes, outdated graphics, limited customization, a lazy Worgen reskin for a "new" race, which can't use all races for visage, despite being a dragon and a perceived focus on performative woke elements in the story have culminated in a lackluster experience, too. And as mentioned by other people, it's plain hypocritical, considering that the whole game is still holding on to racial segregation and with that a racist concept for Horde and Alliance. And it seems as if the devs don't plan to change their racist corner stone of the game.
    I had hoped for innovation, engaging content and a fresh direction, but no, same old content, minimal effort from the devs.

    My experience has been tinged with disillusionment. The expansion's direction and content have not lived up to my expectations, leaving me with a mix of frustration and regret... yet again, because bfa and shadowlands were really lackluster, too.    … Expand
  46. Feytrk
    Aug 12, 2023
    1
    Horrible story, like it's really, really bad xD, the situation with the cash shop/wow tokens, sub fee, expansion costs and microtransactions in general is getting worse and worse, considering thin as paper content.
    The new race looks ridiculous, like really ridiculous. They probably just put some scales on a female worgen model and called it a day, lol. And even though dragons in that    Horrible story, like it's really, really bad xD, the situation with the cash shop/wow tokens, sub fee, expansion costs and microtransactions in general is getting worse and worse, considering thin as paper content.
    The new race looks ridiculous, like really ridiculous. They probably just put some scales on a female worgen model and called it a day, lol. And even though dragons in that universe can choose what they want to look in visage, well, these guys can't for some reason, so players are stuck with a male blood elf model and a female human model. They made both of them look like drag queens for some reason.
    The typical stuff like almost non existent customisation options and clunky avatar models. Racial segregation for Alliance and Horde, because the devs love their glorified racism system. Still no player housing, even though we are in mid 2023. Dozens of currencies to upgrade the gear, only to be useless with the next patch again in order to force players to buy each and every month, same with the trader's post, which only exists because the devs love FOMO/fear of missing out, because again, the sub fee is still a thing, despite all of the microtransactions. And finally a world, that looks like a patchwork rug when it comes to graphics.

    Dragonflight is a failure so far.    … Expand
  47. RenXiX
    Aug 3, 2023
    2
    A highly convoluted, racist, outdated, limited and greedy game.

    You buy the game. You pay the monthly fee to play the game you bought. You buy the cosmetics in the shop even though you bought the game you paid to play the game. Now you can pay to buy the currency to buy the cosmetics in the game, which you bought and are paying to play. You buy wow token, to buy the gear you need to    A highly convoluted, racist, outdated, limited and greedy game.

    You buy the game. You pay the monthly fee to play the game you bought. You buy the cosmetics in the shop even though you bought the game you paid to play the game. Now you can pay to buy the currency to buy the cosmetics in the game, which you bought and are paying to play. You buy wow token, to buy the gear you need to get into groups, so you can participate in the only content the devs seem to care for, which is m+.
    The little content that exists is heavily stretched so that players are forced to keep paying every month. The newly introduced trading post is designed to trigger a fear of missing out (FOMO) among players, again with the purpose of ensuring monthly subscription payments to not miss out on any items.

    The developers stick to an extremely racist system, forcing players to choose a faction solely based on the race they want to be. The graphics and customization options could be from the early 2000s. Still no player housing. The new playable race is a complete joke and uses an old model; they didn't even bother to create two genders for that race, showing the laziness of the developers.

    I genuinely have no idea why I gave this game another chance.    … Expand
  48. PhillipC
    Aug 6, 2023
    1
    What a backward and toxic game. Holy cow...
    I'm a new player, who received it as a gift, so I wanted to give it a try. The very first thing you encounter in WoW is a racist faction system. There are two factions and as a new player, you get no information about these factions except that they operate on a racist system. You want to be a certain race, but you have zero freedom to choose    What a backward and toxic game. Holy cow...
    I'm a new player, who received it as a gift, so I wanted to give it a try. The very first thing you encounter in WoW is a racist faction system. There are two factions and as a new player, you get no information about these factions except that they operate on a racist system. You want to be a certain race, but you have zero freedom to choose which side to join. It operates on a deplorable racial segregation principle. I mean, seriously?

    The second impression: The humanoid races look completely ridiculous. It's as if the designers had only a rough idea of the human body (applies to the elves as well) and haphazardly pieced them together. The result is blocky old men on steroids with deformed Barbie dolls as their female counterparts. The craftsmanship in this game is truly amateurish.

    Then the third impression: Laughable customization options. Not only are there hardly any options available, but the few that exist are completely outdated. No different body models, no sliders for muscles, body size, etc. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

    Then you enter the world and are greeted with graphics that leave much to be desired and likely haven't received updates since the game's release in 2005. Well, that's not entirely true. Some spots here and there look newer than others, which makes the overall picture even worse because you have the new mixed with the ancient.

    And the story... My goodness, not only is it completely jumbled up in different zones, making little to no sense in the end, but there are also constant inconsistencies that contradict what happened before.
    The game is riddled with retcons and utterly bizarre story elements. You rarely see something so utterly ridiculous.

    I could go on, but I think this review is already long, so I'll leave it at that.
    I don't think I need to mention that I don't plan on continuing to play WoW. Moreover, I find it quite audacious how many microtransactions they've stuffed in, considering that every new expansion needs to be purchased separately and on top of that, there's a monthly subscription fee. For the junk they're serving to players? No thanks. I'm surprised that there are still people willing to put up with this garbage, but to each their own, I guess.    … Expand
  49. Kuk19
    Jul 23, 2023
    1
    First off, let's talk about this so-called new race, the Dracthyr. I mean, come on, this race is basically a hastily reskinned female Worgen model. Seriously? Not to mention, they can't even properly equip armor like the rest of the races in the game.
    Now, let's get into their visage form. These poor dragonkin are either stuck looking like a male Blood Elf or a female Human. Which is    First off, let's talk about this so-called new race, the Dracthyr. I mean, come on, this race is basically a hastily reskinned female Worgen model. Seriously? Not to mention, they can't even properly equip armor like the rest of the races in the game.
    Now, let's get into their visage form. These poor dragonkin are either stuck looking like a male Blood Elf or a female Human. Which is pretty lame, considering that in the WoW universe, dragons can look like whatever they want. I mean, we've seen dragons that look like Tauren, Vulpera, Gnoms and what not for crying out loud. Clearly, this is just another example of the devs being lazy and not wanting to put in the effort to give us all playable races.
    And don't even get me started on the continued race segregation. It's like they're stuck in the past or something, still dictating what faction you have to choose based on your race. We should have moved past this kind of restrictive game design.

    Another big bummer with Dragonflight is the absence of player housing. This feature has been requested by the player base for years, and it seems the devs just turned a deaf ear to it. And the state of the professions in this expansion? Don't even get me started. I find the end game incredibly convoluted and I highly doubt I’m alone in that thought and without any fun side activities... well, not really worth spending time in this game.

    Time-gating continues to be a major issue, too. It's just a thinly veiled attempt to extend the life of the content artificially and it's annoying as heck. And the dragon riding feature, while cool in theory, just feels like a poor imitation of what Guild Wars 2 has been doing for years. And as for the customization options for the races? They're so bare-bones it's laughable.

    Oh, and let's not forget about the story. It's like the creative team just phoned it in.

    Dragonflight feels like a massive missed opportunity. It's clear the developers didn't put the time and effort into making this expansion the best it could be.    … Expand
  50. HawkRawr
    Aug 28, 2023
    2
    The game is just plain bad.

    I thought the game would get better with Dragonflight, but turns out it's the same outdated stuff. This game is a decade behind almost every other modern mmo in regards to features and graphics. Instead they keep limitation upon limitations as mentioned by the other people here, racial segregation, social barriers, no player housing, gear that is still not    The game is just plain bad.

    I thought the game would get better with Dragonflight, but turns out it's the same outdated stuff. This game is a decade behind almost every other modern mmo in regards to features and graphics. Instead they keep limitation upon limitations as mentioned by the other people here, racial segregation, social barriers, no player housing, gear that is still not dyable, no sliders, the story is locked behind grinds... the story is bad anyway, but still, microtransactions upon microtransactions, which make the game pay to win, even though you already have to pay for it each month and for each expansion, you name it.

    The game is just plain bad.    … Expand
  51. Booki8
    Sep 4, 2023
    3
    This game is still very unbalanced and outdated and the devs just ignore it and shoot even more microtransactions at us.
    Some classes are practically unplayable, they're that bad, while others can more or less one-shot an opponent. Accordingly, you hardly see some classes anymore.
    As many have already written, it's pretty intense that the devs think a racist faction system is still cool    This game is still very unbalanced and outdated and the devs just ignore it and shoot even more microtransactions at us.
    Some classes are practically unplayable, they're that bad, while others can more or less one-shot an opponent. Accordingly, you hardly see some classes anymore.
    As many have already written, it's pretty intense that the devs think a racist faction system is still cool in 2023. Not only has it constantly led to disputes among players over the years when one faction gets a mainstream race and the other gets junk, but it's also simply outdated to determine loyalty based on race.
    I mean, sorry, but how toxic do you have to be as a dev to choose racism, of all things, as the deciding factor for which of the two factions you can join?

    Also often noted are the laughably outdated graphics when it comes to avatar models and their minimal customization options, as well as the completely outdated world graphics and all the missing features that an MMO should have had for a decade now, but are still not present in WoW.

    So sorry, but anyone who thinks that with Dragonflight, WoW has finally caught up with modern times and other games will be sorely disappointed.    … Expand
  52. Nivala
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    A buggy, grindy and outdated mess.
    Let's take the stuff from the new patch to name only one example of an overly disaster that is Dragonflight.
    There is a new heritage armor quest that the devs probably made at 4am in the morning before release. Between npcs getting stuck, phases failing to work correctly, being jettisoned out of a cutscene into a barrage of near death and not to mention    A buggy, grindy and outdated mess.
    Let's take the stuff from the new patch to name only one example of an overly disaster that is Dragonflight.
    There is a new heritage armor quest that the devs probably made at 4am in the morning before release. Between npcs getting stuck, phases failing to work correctly, being jettisoned out of a cutscene into a barrage of near death and not to mention the sheer lack of care given to the story itself. All it was, was rehashed stuff from Cata with the usual amount of retcons to make it extra ridiculous.

    Like seriously, the devs aren't even trying anymore.

    But Dragonflight in general is a hot mess.
    With Dragon Riding as a very poor imitation of Guid Wars' flying system, that laughable new race Dracthyr, which is just a reskinned female Worgen, which can't use transmoggs, is stuck to male blood elf and female human with some rainbow scales, instead of just giving all races for visage and yes, it has wings, but guess what? It can't even fly. xD
    You really can't make this stuff up.
    Well and like so many others already mentioned, this game is just horrendously outdated and the devs turn a blind eye on it, on stuff like racism with their racial segregation stuff still going on for the playable factions, even though this archaic stuff forces players to choose a faction they don't like, just because the whole system stays racist for some reason, gear is not dyeable... no joke, they don't have that in wow xD, well the general lack of customizations or player housing etc. This goes along with many, many time consuming grinds, pay walls upon pay walls and the usual stuff like unbalanced classes.

    Hot garbage, I tell you.    … Expand
  53. Galvion
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    I'm beyond tired of this game's systems, on systems, on systems of junk, sprinkled with dozens of grinds and their new FOMO system the trading post, which only purpose it is, to trick collectors in to paying their monthly sub for this lackluster game.
    Like others said, this game doesn't have modern customizations, no player housing, no dyeable gear, incredibly outdated graphics in many    I'm beyond tired of this game's systems, on systems, on systems of junk, sprinkled with dozens of grinds and their new FOMO system the trading post, which only purpose it is, to trick collectors in to paying their monthly sub for this lackluster game.
    Like others said, this game doesn't have modern customizations, no player housing, no dyeable gear, incredibly outdated graphics in many zones and even main cities, still celebrate their racist faction system, social imitations in general to foster to a very toxic commuity, the devs are very open with the groups they favor over others in this game, like seriously, they simply ignore a good junk of their players or straight up mock them openly, the lore is bad, really, really bad, avatar models are clunky, classes unbalanced, Dracthyr is a joke race overall with only one class, one half naked transmog set, no flying and without all races for visage... for reasons... and the overall theme pretty much destroyed the view of epic dragons and turned them in to... some cringe creatures.

    This expansion hardly desvers more than 2/10.    … Expand
  54. Henry_D
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    This is the best expansion to stop buying wow related content ever again. Game has so many problems that were not adressed in basically years, no connection between players and devs. All that left in the game is countless bot farms, gold sellers and those who play the game as a job. Until blizz is fine with that, there will be no new players or previous successes ever.
    The were no usual    This is the best expansion to stop buying wow related content ever again. Game has so many problems that were not adressed in basically years, no connection between players and devs. All that left in the game is countless bot farms, gold sellers and those who play the game as a job. Until blizz is fine with that, there will be no new players or previous successes ever.
    The were no usual boom of players at the start. People logged in, tried new race and quit.    … Expand
  55. Vitalick
    Jan 6, 2023
    5
    Parece que están tomando mejores decisiones que los últimos años y esta expansión está bastante entretenida y chula pero el juego sigue con los mismos problemas de siempre.

    Tarifa de suscripción abusiva, lag y crasheos casi a diarios, buscador de mazmorras que no funciona, servidores medio vacios que no se dignan a unir para que pagues migraciones y una base de jugadores muy toxica. Un    Parece que están tomando mejores decisiones que los últimos años y esta expansión está bastante entretenida y chula pero el juego sigue con los mismos problemas de siempre.

    Tarifa de suscripción abusiva, lag y crasheos casi a diarios, buscador de mazmorras que no funciona, servidores medio vacios que no se dignan a unir para que pagues migraciones y una base de jugadores muy toxica. Un servicio no acorde a lo que uno espera con lo que te cobran.

    Así que en resumen mas de lo mismo de siempre , uno de los mejores mmo con una de las peores gestiones.    … Expand
  56. unstableone
    Jul 17, 2023
    0
    Low quality content. Poor class balance. Overpriced. Predatory game elements to make you spend more money.

    Game is really boring. Where's the fun content without expectation of reward? Feels like a second job or doing chores. Untested, buggy, broken content. Poor or no communication. Some of the worst class balancing I have ever seen. Why? There should be weekly updates.    Low quality content. Poor class balance. Overpriced. Predatory game elements to make you spend more money.

    Game is really boring. Where's the fun content without expectation of reward? Feels like a second job or doing chores.

    Untested, buggy, broken content. Poor or no communication.

    Some of the worst class balancing I have ever seen. Why? There should be weekly updates. I don't think they play their own game.

    PVP being easy to gear was a lie. Blue vs conquest set is 100k health, 10% main stat, and tier bonus. Damage with cooldowns is multiplicative so you have no chance! No real catchup system. There should not be a gear difference in pvp, as in : 0.00% and if there are tier bonuses then everybody should get it.

    Naxx / tier3 has a completely unnecessary grind. Not only do you need lots of RNG farming and millions of gold, you need someone with full tier3 to craft tier3. Who thought that was a good idea? It should have been an unlock like old scholomance and be old naxx period.

    Dragon"flight" is gliding with extra steps. It isn't like flying. It is more suited for a minigame. And stolen from GW2.

    Raid/m+ or die...again. Rated pvp only for select classes/specs. Solo shuffle should have a mode without healers. Unnecessary barrier of entry for everything.

    3rd failed expansion in a row. Wasn't going to bother but I wanted to see the Naxx content. Big mistake as trying to get tier3 isn't worth it.

    Timegated and limited gear drops feels predatory. Quality of the game now feels like a free to play.    … Expand
  57. Neci666
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Another **** patch, I would recommend to not start this game at all, devs are incompetent
  58. Cioh87
    Sep 6, 2023
    2
    This is probably the worst story I have ever seen in a video game. Very poorly written.
    Honestly, of all the games I know, WoW has by far the worst-written story. It contradicts itself in numerous places, giving the impression that the people writing it have no idea what happened in the lore before.
    And it's not getting any better; quite the opposite. While Legion at least had a mediocre    This is probably the worst story I have ever seen in a video game. Very poorly written.
    Honestly, of all the games I know, WoW has by far the worst-written story. It contradicts itself in numerous places, giving the impression that the people writing it have no idea what happened in the lore before.
    And it's not getting any better; quite the opposite. While Legion at least had a mediocre quality in terms of story, the quality plummeted from the end of Legion/beginning of BFA. The same applies to Shadowlands and now Dragonflight.

    Additionally, for some reason, almost every NPC on the Dragon Isles is LGBTQ+. Considering the previous expansions, this suddenly comes out of nowhere and is everywhere. Some of it is okay, but does it really need to be the main theme everywhere consistently?
    Especially because it's hard to take seriously from a company like Blizzard. While everything has been painted in rainbow colors, the underlying structure is still as racist as ever, as there is still racial separation for Horde and Alliance.
    So instead of appearing inclusive, Blizzard comes off as particularly hypocritical with Dragonflight.

    In short, for anyone looking to try the game for its story, I would strongly advise against it.    … Expand
  59. Elk19s
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    82 out of 100? This once again clearly demonstrates that the official critics were most likely paid for such blatantly false statements. Just like what happened with Rotten Tomatoes. It's simply embarrassing to promote something that is evidently of poor quality.

    This expansion makes the same mistakes as the two previous ones and offers players an absolute minimum of content.    82 out of 100? This once again clearly demonstrates that the official critics were most likely paid for such blatantly false statements. Just like what happened with Rotten Tomatoes. It's simply embarrassing to promote something that is evidently of poor quality.

    This expansion makes the same mistakes as the two previous ones and offers players an absolute minimum of content. Essentially, it's the same outdated things as it has been for years, just under a different name and with a different coat of paint.

    Things like the new playable race, which is nothing more than a lazy reskin that can't even wear anything and the poorly executed imitation of GW2 dragon riding are pretty much the only new things, and even that isn't really new.
    And now they've introduced the second content patch, and once again, there's nothing new, just the same stuff with a new name. How about caring for all your social problems for exampe, like your toxic limitations and the glorified racism in game, which you force your players to participate in? Naaah, let's put something new in the store instead!    … Expand
  60. WarTherapy
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    Playing WoW since the beta in dec. 2004 (europe). i didn't even mind the "bad" expansions... even played shadowlands and BFA incl. ahead of the curve HC raiding with my guild.
    but dragonflight is so woke and cringe that i thought they sold the IP to resetera... i can't stand the constant "THE MESSAGE" politics crap anymore.
  61. jnicholas846
    May 23, 2023
    5
    I stopped playing Dragonflight. All it feels to me is a simular WOW Catacylsm.

    - nothing really new with the classes - Literally just made covenant spells to talents that make no sense and don't match the current spec. For example, why is a soul rot blue magic when it doesn't feel like it meets the shadow and fire a Warlock is supposed to be. Convoke the spirits should be reskinned    I stopped playing Dragonflight. All it feels to me is a simular WOW Catacylsm.

    - nothing really new with the classes

    - Literally just made covenant spells to talents that make no sense and don't match the current spec. For example, why is a soul rot blue magic when it doesn't feel like it meets the shadow and fire a Warlock is supposed to be. Convoke the spirits should be reskinned to be green to match the rest of the druid spells.

    -it's great they removed covenants and dumb grinds but it just feels stale as an expansion.

    - the new class only came out with 2 talents. Can't stay in human form unfortunately...

    -Why is dracythr a race instead of a class? Like Demon hunters are their own class but fall under blood elf or night elf. Dracythr are just a human dragon thing that cant xmog or do anything cool. Why are they considered Dracythr when it's just a dragon and a human form?

    -the new flying is alright, but it literally makes the new mounts useless in cities like orgrimmar and previous mounts can't do anything in the new zones.

    -I am a more casual player but I did do was mythic + and LFR. Got bored of it easily since some of the dungeons i've played IN OLD EXPANSIONS.

    -It was a nice feel to it, however just stale in my opinion. I wish we could have a lot cooler talents with long cooldowns.

    overally the expansion was good, but they played it safe and didn't do anything to make the game feel better besides remove all of the awful systems previously in place.

    Another thing that bothers me is how for MM you are at a dps loss when you have a pet. Also you are at a loss in DPS if you have 1 pet as BM hunter. Why can't we get a glyph or something to fix this?    … Expand
  62. Flustercux
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    A 2 for the scenery and the dragon riding (which they copy pasted from Guild Wars 2). It boils down to raid/m+ or die, and the rest of the gameplay is more or less just the same as it was 10 years ago. The new race looks bad and lazy beyond belief. This has been my 5th restart of wow over the last 14 years, and most certainly my last.
  63. Acelyt
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Dragonflight will be a history lesson on how to kill a game in a single patch, 10.1.5. My expectations for Blizzard games and WoW are rock-bottom, but yet they can release a patch that is worse than my lowest expectations.

    The game balance is completely broken beyond repair, the worst it has ever been.
  64. JackFrostyG
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros:

    - The levelling experience was good
    - Vault of the Incarnates was not a bad raid
    - Having a mixture of mythic+ current content and past content makes it much more fresh.
    - The environment and atmosphere is worse than it was in Shadowlands, but is still satisfactory.

    Cons:

    -There is no sense of accomplishment in any content. If you begin a season at the start, anything you do will be devalued by the 20 waves of nerfs to dungeons, affixes, raid bosses and dungeon bosses. This can be resolved by taking the time to balance the game and not making content too difficult to begin with, something Blzzard is unfamiliar with,
    - The class talent rework is the literal definition of illusion of choice. There is 1 choice. Minmax single target tree or Minmax aoe tree.
    - The story is more Disney cartoon than Fantasy RPG. The Dracthyr look ridiculous, the dragonflight are a copy paste of Power Rangers. The Villains are obvious and boring.
    - I have no interest in the lore. I don't care for the Dracthyr. I don't care for the Dragonflight. I don't care for the Dragon Isles. I don't care for Dracthyr Commander #3 being the end raid boss and the 38 second cinematic of him dying that follows.
    - Addons are a requirement and not an option.    … Expand
  65. Cheezyz
    Jan 14, 2023
    2
    Dragonflight feels clunky, buggy and unorganized.
    Crafting isn’t fun because the new system is broken af, pvp isn’t fun because classes and factions are very unbalanced, the storyline is moot and cringe and parts of it are locked behind a renown grind. One of the many cheap tactics to keep players with too much time on their hands subscribed by forcing them to participate in a never    Dragonflight feels clunky, buggy and unorganized.
    Crafting isn’t fun because the new system is broken af, pvp isn’t fun because classes and factions are very unbalanced, the storyline is moot and cringe and parts of it are locked behind a renown grind. One of the many cheap tactics to keep players with too much time on their hands subscribed by forcing them to participate in a never ending grind.
    The "new" race Evoker doesn't even get a new model and is just a reskin. And despite it being the half baked reskin, that kinda works like worgen with blood elf and human for the visage form, the devs don't let us use all playable races for visage. So what we have here is a female worgen reskin as a "Dragon" race, that is not only locked to just one class, but also locked to only blood elf and human, despite the fact, that dragons can look however they want to look... In short, evoker is a complete failure.
    Dragon racing and dragon riding is a cheap copy from GW2's system. In wow however that system feels rushed and unfinshed. You have a ton of "political correctness" in Dragonflight with many lgbtq npcs all over the place. But despite Blizzard pretending to be political correct after a certain lawsuit went public, they kept racism in the game. You are still forced to choose a faction based on race. If you are a certain race you can't enter cities of the second faction, can't talk to certain other races, can't trade, can't quest together and most importantly, you can't join the second faction. So yes, Blizzard pretrends to be political correct by going the lazy way and quickly turning a bunch of npcs gay, trans or whatever and by removing genders and making all players non-binary, but the core problem of the game stays the same. Of course hypocrisy is nothing new here, if you know a little bit about the devs behind this game.
    I can at least give some credit for the amazing soundtrack this games has.
    However, Blizzard charge their players monthly sub costs, the cost for the expansion and a ton of microtransactions and I'm sorry, but that's just too much money they want for such a underdeveloped and outdated game. I mean, they don't even care to give that 18somthing year old world a visual overhaul. Sorry, but most zones and cities look ugly af.
    There are many more issues of course, but even writing about wow is frustrating, since I have to realise, that this is now the third time in a row I wasted my money on this game. Ah well, at least I can share my feedback here. Maybe it helps some peeps. Unfortunately this game is no longer for me. I gave it plenty of chances, because i want it to be good, but there seems to be an obvious lack of passion when it comes to the developers of this game.    … Expand
  66. GraceV
    Jun 18, 2023
    3
    Well, what else is there to say about this game, that wasn't already said by other people here?
    I believe the developers themselves no longer know what to do with wow.
    I guess with the tons of new LGBTQ content they hastily stuffed in, they really want to reach that group and appear as tolerant as possible. But honestly, it's just ridiculous when you consider that they also want to    Well, what else is there to say about this game, that wasn't already said by other people here?
    I believe the developers themselves no longer know what to do with wow.
    I guess with the tons of new LGBTQ content they hastily stuffed in, they really want to reach that group and appear as tolerant as possible. But honestly, it's just ridiculous when you consider that they also want to retain racists on their side by keeping the ancient Horde and Alliance faction system. Because it's not your values that matter, but your race. The freedom for all races to choose whom they are loyal to doesn't exist except for Pandaren and Evoker. It's still strictly sorted by race, not by the cause you stand for.
    And honestly, claiming to be tolerant because there's suddenly so much LGBTQ representation while keeping racism unchanged... well, that's just laughable.
    They seem to have no idea which group they want to appeal to in general. Now with Dragonflight, it seems like they want to attract mainly young children, but just two expansions ago, they let one of the playable factions commit genocide one after another.
    So no offense, but maybe they should decide who the game is for. It's drifting in very opposite directions.
    Overall though, wow just isn't fun anymore. Seems as if they put more effort in to microtransactions than in actual content.    … Expand
  67. Lolacli
    Jul 10, 2023
    2
    DFs story is a mix of boring and cringe, zones are empty and largely useless and there is not much more apart from the endgame which is basically just m+ this expansion. Also way too many talent trees are still in shambles with no changes in sight.
    The gearing is too convoluted. Upgrade this with numerous currency etc., do this activity to earn this ring etc.. The game also still suffers    DFs story is a mix of boring and cringe, zones are empty and largely useless and there is not much more apart from the endgame which is basically just m+ this expansion. Also way too many talent trees are still in shambles with no changes in sight.
    The gearing is too convoluted. Upgrade this with numerous currency etc., do this activity to earn this ring etc.. The game also still suffers from racial segregation as the devs very foundation, so we still can't play what we want to play, where we want to play and with whom we want to play because in this game you are getting bombarded with stupid restrictions, that nobody needs.    … Expand
  68. FaunkaXiX
    Jan 13, 2023
    1
    It’s the same formula: Level–>grind–>dungeon–>raid–>repeat. I am tired of the treadmill and would like to see something different, but Blizzard proves time and time again, that they don't care to be on par with modern games and prefers to stay in the past and with past I mean that this game is as outdated as a game from the year 2009... at best.
    Outdated graphics, no player housing, gear    It’s the same formula: Level–>grind–>dungeon–>raid–>repeat. I am tired of the treadmill and would like to see something different, but Blizzard proves time and time again, that they don't care to be on par with modern games and prefers to stay in the past and with past I mean that this game is as outdated as a game from the year 2009... at best.
    Outdated graphics, no player housing, gear that is painted directly on the player's character model instead of normal 3d armor, which every modern game uses by now, outdated restrictions like racial segregation, so that we can't play our preferred faction with our preferred races... very progressive here, Blizzard... not. And anti social gameplay design with Horde and Alliance in general. Like... we can't do sh* together like just leveling and stuff. Wow is built on a very toxic and antisocial foundation and yes, it shows in the remaining playerbase.
    Grinding and crafting in this expansion is so bad, that you would think the game is built towards people with no lives where the only way to enjoy the expansion is to stop living your life and devote it entirely to this game. They even locked the story behind a gigantic grind wall (Renown). Not that the story in this game would be good, because it certainly isn't, but they even build a wall around basic stuff like that.
    Like... there are so many restrictions, limitations, grinding, horrible loot, crafting orders, toxic restrictions, lack of basic features and outdated graphics... it's ridiculous how this game is filled with time consuming brainlessly chores and full of short leashes for the players, so that they can't have freedom and fun.    … Expand
  69. AntonEtan
    Apr 11, 2023
    3
    Unfortunately, this is already the third disappointment in a row that Blizzard has served, as Battle For Azeroth and Shadowlands were also absolute garbage. Dragonflight will soon receive it's first content patch, but what has been shown in it is basically the same old boring stuff that they've been serving for almost two decades now.

    It's nice that they finally recognize, after almost    Unfortunately, this is already the third disappointment in a row that Blizzard has served, as Battle For Azeroth and Shadowlands were also absolute garbage. Dragonflight will soon receive it's first content patch, but what has been shown in it is basically the same old boring stuff that they've been serving for almost two decades now.

    It's nice that they finally recognize, after almost 20 years, that dividing players into two factions and not letting them play together is extremely harmful, but they still only allow minimal improvements with cross faction guilds, which still have plenty of restrictions that continue to make the gameplay catastrophic.
    At the forefront, of course, as many have already mentioned, is the fact that you can't even do simple things like choosing your favorite faction along with your favorite races. Why? Because the developers apparently want to cling desperately to their racial segregation in the game. Apparently, they still think that racism is super cool as the foundation of their game. It's really just puzzling.

    Well, that's nothing new, though. So, to get back to this expansion, there's really nothing worth mentioning.
    For example, the new race Dracthyr isn't really new at all, but just an old model with scales and a tail, as well as wings glued on. To save time, the Dracthyr have only one gender and can't even wear clothes. Nope, that's not a joke. They can only take on the form of a male blood elf and a female human in visage, whom they gave a bit more makeup and colorful hair. According to Blizzard, that is a brand new race...

    Dragon Riding is already known in a better form in Guild Wars 2. Here in WoW, they just copied it without making it as interesting as in GW2. And that's all there is to new features.

    So if there isn't anything significant coming soon, this expansion can also be considered a failure again. There's more to criticize, but it's probably already been mentioned by others.    … Expand
  70. Robert191
    Apr 26, 2023
    2
    Geez, what a bad expansion and that says a lot after Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands. It's the same crap all over again, but this time with tons of LGBTQ and no more gender for player characters. Yet, ironically, the same old racial segregation exists in factions because apparently that's okay? The game is completely outdated in every way, and even the simplest things like playerGeez, what a bad expansion and that says a lot after Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands. It's the same crap all over again, but this time with tons of LGBTQ and no more gender for player characters. Yet, ironically, the same old racial segregation exists in factions because apparently that's okay? The game is completely outdated in every way, and even the simplest things like player housing are not present. It's just repeating the same thing over and over again and selling it as a new expansion.… Expand
  71. Rankere
    Jan 29, 2023
    2
    There is really no fun in playing this outdated game that is even neglected by it's own developers by the looks of it.
    Because if you squeeze that much money out of your customers through very high xpansion costs, monthly sub and all the microtransactions and aren't ashamed that this game doesn't even reach the bare minimum of what you should expect from a modern mmorpg... then there is    There is really no fun in playing this outdated game that is even neglected by it's own developers by the looks of it.
    Because if you squeeze that much money out of your customers through very high xpansion costs, monthly sub and all the microtransactions and aren't ashamed that this game doesn't even reach the bare minimum of what you should expect from a modern mmorpg... then there is very obviously something wrong with this company.

    No player housing, almost no customization options -have fun with your nine hair styles, lol, seriously, wow is even worse than many mobile games with it' customizations, no dyable gear, 2 decade old graphics without any upgrades whatsoever in old zones, almost no emotes for characters, a racist faction system that is still treated as a good system.
    Like wtf?
    How are the developers still fine with a systematic separation of playable races instead of just giving players free faction choice? Do they not understand how living beings (yes even in a game) work? Or do they miss the old days in the USA and want to live that out in their game? Imagine socially enforced separation in 2023, that is treated as a pillar of this game's structure. Big yikes.
    It's just a very awkward mindset in this game, which is enforced on it's players and takes also away a big chunk of player freedom.

    Also the fact that so much is behind gates. Story, professions, raid and so on. I don’t want to have to grind rep to just find out the story or actually play the game. The story isn't worth grinding for anyway. Slightly better maybe than the mess that was bfa and shadowlands, but still very awful. You would have to obliterate the first half of bfa and all of shadowlands, if you would try to fix this mess.

    The so called new stuff in Dragonflight isn't good either and on top of that all the bugs in this expansion....
    Instead of creating a new race the developers just took the female Worgen model and put scales on it and this reskin is just... ok, that is my opinion, but it is so very ugly... The body is just so... uncanny-valley. Just really weird looking and since you can't transmog clothes you either take their standard outfit or run around naked. Yes, literally. Just nope. It doesn't help that this race can only be one class and only use female human and male blood elf for visage either. In my opinion a big failure.
    Professions as already mentioned are overly complicated, gated and just awful and dragonriding is maybe fun for some hours but it get's tiresome really soon.

    2 out of 10. Without big improvements this game won't see me again. So my advice atm: Stay away from Dragonflight. It will safe you a lot of frustration and money.    … Expand
  72. Elejoe
    Feb 4, 2023
    2
    This game is a gigantic failure and hardly deserves a higher score than 2/10.
    You would think after battle for azeroth and shadowlands they would try to improve at any cost. Nope.
    Dragonflight overall is mediocre I would say. Nothing new, tons of reskins and recolors and a stolen system with dragon riding. Story is meh. Same garbage systems like racial segregation for Horde and    This game is a gigantic failure and hardly deserves a higher score than 2/10.
    You would think after battle for azeroth and shadowlands they would try to improve at any cost. Nope.

    Dragonflight overall is mediocre I would say. Nothing new, tons of reskins and recolors and a stolen system with dragon riding. Story is meh. Same garbage systems like racial segregation for Horde and Alliance and big imbalance for classes and a bad system for professions.

    What does make it a gigantic failure however are all the game breaking bugs, constant maintenances and almost daily hotfixes that don't fix anything.
    The newest example would be their new FOMO trap for collectors, the trading post. It's completly broken for days and radio silence so far from Blizzard after they said they supposedly fixed it. It isn't fixed at all and still full of bugs.

    Seriously, do not play this game at the moment.    … Expand
  73. Nabers
    May 5, 2023
    3
    This game has the potential to be good, but unfortunately, it is not. Not at all, in fact.
    It is terrible and I agree with many others, who have already written here.
    I assume that particularly the racism in the game stands out. Don't get me wrong, you can of course have racism in games, but it becomes problematic when something like this is treated as good and necessary, and that is    This game has the potential to be good, but unfortunately, it is not. Not at all, in fact.
    It is terrible and I agree with many others, who have already written here.

    I assume that particularly the racism in the game stands out. Don't get me wrong, you can of course have racism in games, but it becomes problematic when something like this is treated as good and necessary, and that is the case in wow. The very first thing a player has to do, because they have no choice, is to choose a faction based on the race they want to be.
    This means that they are sorted purely based on their appearance and not on the values they represent.
    So racial segregation is still the norm here, even after twenty years, and it is portrayed as important.

    You can think about it what you want, but for one thing, I find it extremely limiting for players who cannot freely choose their faction, and ethically speaking, it is obviously not up to date.

    But unfortunately, that is not the only thing that is not up to date.

    The game is designed in such a way that you have to constantly chase a carrot on a stick instead of making real MMORPG content.

    That means grinding until you drop with stupid and constantly repetitive tasks.
    Then there is the really terribly outdated graphics. They basically just slap a new island in every expansion and completely ignore the rest of the world, which is now almost two decades old. This creates terrible contrasts that really hurt your eyes, but apparently, they don't care.

    The story... you rarely see something this bad.
    While there were still a few good aspects here and there until Legion, since the last patch of Legion and the prepatch of Battle for Azeroth, it has been a pure disaster, and Dragonflight is unfortunately no exception.

    Anyone, who is coming from other mmos will completely miss standard features like player housing and reasonable customization options for playable characters here.
    Player housing doesn't exist, and the customization options for races are extremely limited and at a level that might have been acceptable ten years ago but certainly not today.

    Professions are now a complete mess and are no longer fun.

    The classes are still very unbalanced and proper cross faction play with lfr, chat, trading, etc. is still not possible.
    They are extremely slow in opening up new options because they apparently find it so incredibly terrible to allow their players to play with other players in their MMO.

    As a new feature there are the Evokers this time, but they too are a disappointment.
    In dragon form they look like female worgen with scales and in humanoid form they only gave them female humans and male blood elves instead of all races.
    This race is just extremely lazy, sorry.

    Dragon riding is unfortunately just a bad copy of Guild Wars 2 and not really fun.
    I would almost prefer the old flight system.

    All in all another disappointment and I cannot recommend Dragonflight to anyone.    … Expand
  74. Gaberey
    Jun 7, 2023
    3
    Save your money, seriously. The game is so overpriced for what it offers, it's really sad. As many have already mentioned, the graphics in most areas of the world are completely outdated and haven't received an update in almost 20 years. The avatars of playable races have very few customization options, let alone basic things like sliders and color palettes, and they are often extremelySave your money, seriously. The game is so overpriced for what it offers, it's really sad. As many have already mentioned, the graphics in most areas of the world are completely outdated and haven't received an update in almost 20 years. The avatars of playable races have very few customization options, let alone basic things like sliders and color palettes, and they are often extremely unproportional, as if the devs have no idea what natural bodies look like.

    Even fun things like player housing, which are now standard in the genre, are not available. The community is extremely toxic due to all the limitations, whether it's the enforced racial segregation between factions or the general barriers to playing with other players. Honestly, I have never encountered such a toxic community in any other game.

    The story is incredibly bad, and this expansion in particular has tons of bugs. On top of that, it managed to ruin the professions with the new system. It seems like there are hardly any players left in general. Playing the game now feels like being in a ghost town.    … Expand
  75. Venol
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    I rarely witnessed such a miserable game.
    It's outrageously overpriced for what it offers. On top of the exorbitant cost for each expansion, you have to pay a monthly fee. It's essentially a pay-to-win concept, filled with numerous microtransactions that seem to multiply every month.
    As others have mentioned, the game doesn't even come close to what you would expect from an MMO in 2023.    I rarely witnessed such a miserable game.
    It's outrageously overpriced for what it offers. On top of the exorbitant cost for each expansion, you have to pay a monthly fee. It's essentially a pay-to-win concept, filled with numerous microtransactions that seem to multiply every month.
    As others have mentioned, the game doesn't even come close to what you would expect from an MMO in 2023. It's stuck in a time capsule, maybe reaching the standards of 2010 at best. Yet, they demand outrageous prices for it.
    And for what? Outdated graphics, outdated avatar models, outdated PvE and crafting systems, outdated mount systems and to top it off, an outdated faction system that glorifies racism as necessary.
    The content itself is paper-thin and what little there is, is designed to consume massive amounts of time with meaningless activities, just to artificially stretch the gameplay and ensure monthly payments keep rolling in.    … Expand
  76. Teace
    Jul 11, 2023
    3
    Old game with the same repetitive content every expansion. Sure, the gameplay is updated a tiny bit, but it’s generally the same themepark game we’ve been playing for years.

    It doesn’t feel like a living world you are part of. You simply log on and think about where you can get your next gear upgrade for the least effort possible. There is no immersion at all, no updates for the old    Old game with the same repetitive content every expansion. Sure, the gameplay is updated a tiny bit, but it’s generally the same themepark game we’ve been playing for years.

    It doesn’t feel like a living world you are part of. You simply log on and think about where you can get your next gear upgrade for the least effort possible. There is no immersion at all, no updates for the old world in case of visuels and same limitations when it comes to the races you want to play and the faction you want to be part of. Racism says hello.

    And the dungeons are a endless AoE spam… total snorefest. Rushing through the same dungeons on hard mode is not my idea of long term compelling gameplay, but here we are where it’s the “peak” of pve.    … Expand
  77. Jobloi
    Jan 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard is as hypocritical as it can get.
    "new system for players to further personalize their character and their expierences within World of Warcraft", "even more ways to add to their collections and express themselves everywhere they go in Azeroth". This is what they wrote in their newest blue post about the coming patch. Wanna have a translation what that really means?
    A new FOMO    Blizzard is as hypocritical as it can get.
    "new system for players to further personalize their character and their expierences within World of Warcraft", "even more ways to add to their collections and express themselves everywhere they go in Azeroth". This is what they wrote in their newest blue post about the coming patch. Wanna have a translation what that really means?

    A new FOMO tactic in form of the trading post that requires an active sub, for which we have to pay monthly. Only then you will get the currency for the transmogs, pets and mounts the trading post will sell. Also the amount of coins you will get each month is of course limited and the items in the trading post will vanish after the end of each month. Quite obvious, that this is a new way of Blizzard trying to force collectors to stay subscribed.

    But it doesn't end there.
    If the rest of the game would stay true to what Blizzard is saying "we want you to express yourself in the game", then I wouldn't even have a big problem with such an obvious FOMO trap.

    However this game is anything but "freely express yourself". It's all about restrictions.

    "Express yourself the way you want to BUT you can't play almost half of the races in the faction you prefer, because we value racial segregation as really, really good for our 2 faction system."

    "Express yourself BUT if you want to be good in pve and pvp you better don't play certain specs or whole classes, because we have no idea how class balance works."

    "Espress yourself BUT you better don't play the smaller faction, because we caused massive faction imbalance and you will have a really hard time finding groups and guilds there."

    "Express yourself BUT don't expect actual customisation options and be grateful for your 8 face options and 9 hair colors. If you want more options play another race, but all races will certainly not get basic things like sliders or color palettes, because we simply don't care to keep customisations fair between races and put the least amount of effort towards customisations. Maybe you get 3 more hair colors for one of the races, if we're feeling extra generous! "

    Sorry for that little rant there, but Blizzard's newest blue post about saying players in wow could freely express themselves in this game really got me the wrong way, because it is a such a big lie.    … Expand
  78. Kasseda
    Jan 20, 2023
    2
    Dragonflight is just a little less annoying to play than Shadowlands and Battle For Azeroth. That's basically it. That's why I largely agree with the negative reviews on this platform.
    Class balance is still horrible. Even worse if you play the new mode, solo shuffle.
    Dragon riding is fun at first, but it doesn’t ‘go anywhere gameplay-wise. All it is is transportation in the dragon isles    Dragonflight is just a little less annoying to play than Shadowlands and Battle For Azeroth. That's basically it. That's why I largely agree with the negative reviews on this platform.
    Class balance is still horrible. Even worse if you play the new mode, solo shuffle.
    Dragon riding is fun at first, but it doesn’t ‘go anywhere gameplay-wise. All it is is transportation in the dragon isles from the start instead of making us complete that horrible pathfinder system from before. For gathering however it's a pain in the butt and it is also annoying that due to dragon riding we are tied to only four mounts instead of all our mounts.
    Professions this time around are even worse than before. Inflation on the AH is really nasty.
    I feel like toxicity is growing thanks largely to the decisions on Blizzard’s part. I saw quite a lot of people point that out already. They still keep the playable races very strictly separated between Horde and Alliance. This not only led to the faction imbalance in this game, but also constantly to heated discussions how unfair races are portioned and even though I main Horde I can see the frustration.
    In bfa for example they gave us a highly requested race, while the Alliance received a very ugly customisation option for gnomes. Kinda makes you think. Or nightborne for example with their huge city, zone, lore and so on vs. a copy and paste belf version for Alliance, just uglier and without a zone, city and so on. An improved troll allied races vs and uglier human race wasn't helping either or only destroying Alliance zones, while keeping Horde zones all intact.
    The faction system in wow doesn't really work with devs that can't stay neutral. Though personally I want to keep 2 factions, I am too all for making the races neutral and making more cross faction stuff like guilds and so on. It could reduce toxicity and would lead to a more healthy gameplay design for players. Would also allow me to finally play Draenei on Horde, which would be pretty neat. So that's my 2 cents about that topic.
    Continuing with my review, same grindy systems that were put into this game to increase play time like the renown grind.
    The talent trees are kinda messy, their talent switching system doesn’t work properly.
    They added all kinds of external systems to capitalize on the players addiction to completionism like now the trading post. If the items were permanent this would be a nice small addition to the game, but the way it works... just no thanks. There is already too much FOMO in this game and I'm still bitter about the Mage Tower skins.    … Expand
  79. Roindi
    Jan 21, 2023
    2
    This game is not worth playing at the moment. They really didn't solve any of the problems I had with the game.
    Loot is now even harder to get in this xpac thanks group loot.
    Class design is still in the gutter. Racism is still the cornerstone of this game, meaning players can't play their favorite faction, if their favorite races are in the other faction. Seriously, in what century are    This game is not worth playing at the moment. They really didn't solve any of the problems I had with the game.
    Loot is now even harder to get in this xpac thanks group loot.
    Class design is still in the gutter.
    Racism is still the cornerstone of this game, meaning players can't play their favorite faction, if their favorite races are in the other faction. Seriously, in what century are the devs even living in?
    Crafting and profession system is made even more confusing and is now hard to get into.
    The fact that the main quest line is rep locked made me instantly stop caring about it.
    Customization options for races? Player housing... um... what customization? What player housing?
    Meaningful world content and visual overhaul? Good joke.

    If you are only looking for m+ content this game might be ok enough for you, just pick the right classes because of the severe class imbalance, but raids and dungeons are pretty much the only thing the devs seem to care for.    … Expand
  80. Yellowi
    Feb 6, 2023
    1
    Dragonflight is broken af.
    It plays like a beta with all of it's bugs and completly broken systems. Just recently they released a fomo driven new feature named the trading post, which is also broken for days now. Both quest, chest and achievement is bugged.
    Completing a hunt is getting you no credit for aiding the accord by the way and my crimson gladiator necklace that I just bought    Dragonflight is broken af.
    It plays like a beta with all of it's bugs and completly broken systems. Just recently they released a fomo driven new feature named the trading post, which is also broken for days now. Both quest, chest and achievement is bugged.
    Completing a hunt is getting you no credit for aiding the accord by the way and my crimson gladiator necklace that I just bought today says the item cannot be modified when attempting to use any of the tiered medallion settings on it.
    I agree with others on metacritic too, though. Stuff like the racist faction system with it's toxic separation for playable races is horrible and not fitting for this century anymore. You have no free choice, if you want to be a certain race. Because everything in this game is divided and restricted to no end. It's awful.
    They also bring the servers down to fix their item shop, while so much around it is on fire. Scaling problems all over, idk why there's so many echants with an ilvl cap when you can't even use it because you zoom past the ilvl.
    So many zones are broken into multiple timelines now, there's no consistency with the open world anymore. Just a personal laundry list of complaints piling up.    … Expand
  81. Hugo627
    Dec 20, 2022
    0
    This is such an awful game. wow has been stagnant for almost 2 decades.
    Granted, Legion was a bit of fresh air with all the quest lines for artefact skins, but FOMO and in general bfa and shadowlands made everything you might have achieved during Legion complete meaningless.
    Now with Dragonflight we get another stale expansion with nothing new on the table. It is such a boring    This is such an awful game. wow has been stagnant for almost 2 decades.
    Granted, Legion was a bit of fresh air with all the quest lines for artefact skins, but FOMO and in general bfa and shadowlands made everything you might have achieved during Legion complete meaningless.
    Now with Dragonflight we get another stale expansion with nothing new on the table. It is such a boring expansion, that I felt bored after just 3 days. New record.

    Now the devs always claim they want to give players more freedom to express themselves in the game. But guess what, that doesn't mean we are finally able to play whatever race we want in our favorite faction, you know, being free to be, who we want to be.
    Instead it actually means we get some more recolors of age-old transmog sets, maybe even 3 more hair colors for one of the many races... or not. Right now not a single race got any more customization options, not to mention how uneven the options are between the races and in general all of them have way too few options.
    What else? Ah yes, while Blizzard thinks it is completely legit to keep racism, they take away genders. Because nothing says more freedom of expression like taking away the option to be male or female. All players have to be non-binary.
    You gotta love all the freedom in this game.    … Expand
  82. Tekesa
    Dec 21, 2022
    0
    You get a Worgen reskin as a so called dragon race, that can only use human and blood elf for visage and visage form for some strange reason looks like drag queens. Not only because of the rainbow hair and makeup, but also because of the face.
    No more gender options for character creation, because being male or female is now offensive? idk..
    Story is focused on one lgbtq character after    You get a Worgen reskin as a so called dragon race, that can only use human and blood elf for visage and visage form for some strange reason looks like drag queens. Not only because of the rainbow hair and makeup, but also because of the face.
    No more gender options for character creation, because being male or female is now offensive? idk..
    Story is focused on one lgbtq character after the other.

    Dragonflight's oh so great (and only) new feature is dragonriding, straight up copied from guild wars 2.

    Apart from these things there is nothing really new about this expansion and well, the stuff above is not really my taste.
    This game has the same old problems like class and faction imbalance, outdated graphics and models, restrictions etc.
    Guess it is just time to give up on this game once and for all.
    battle for azeroth was a disaster, so was shadowlands and now again the same with dragonflight.    … Expand
  83. Relulonk
    Jan 10, 2023
    3
    Same old game with the same outdated restrictions like racial segregation when it comes to playable races for Horde and Alliance, which still are separated instead of finally becoming neutral.
    The same limitations like no proper cross faction play and the same outdated graphics and very limited customisations.
    The campaign quest line is still timegated behind renown. The whole rework    Same old game with the same outdated restrictions like racial segregation when it comes to playable races for Horde and Alliance, which still are separated instead of finally becoming neutral.
    The same limitations like no proper cross faction play and the same outdated graphics and very limited customisations.
    The campaign quest line is still timegated behind renown.
    The whole rework for profession is such a fail.
    Still no player housing.
    More rep levels this time around.
    Long profession grind that feels like it will take years.
    Class balance is very bad in terms of dps and damage. Some class just have 0 utilies to bring to the table.

    Not a fun game.    … Expand
  84. Friver
    Jan 22, 2023
    3
    I would say so far it’s only slightly better than WoD, BfA and Shadowlands. If not equal. It’s very barebones, buggy, customization options are still laughable for a mmo, the features are lackluster, Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms and Northend still have their outdated graphics and the story is still meh.
    The client also performs worse than I’ve ever seen in WoW history.
    Dragonflight was    I would say so far it’s only slightly better than WoD, BfA and Shadowlands. If not equal. It’s very barebones, buggy, customization options are still laughable for a mmo, the features are lackluster, Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms and Northend still have their outdated graphics and the story is still meh.
    The client also performs worse than I’ve ever seen in WoW history.
    Dragonflight was Blizzard's chance to show the community they were serious about restoring the IP, and all they did was revert to the same tactics to take more money from it’s players with tedious, repetitive and frustrating tasks.
    And yeah, I saw the critism about racial segregation. Make it plus one, because it really sucks to have something like that still in the game.
    Blizzard has also made being a caster completely unfun and a tedious slog of constant movement for mechanics that don’t affect melee or allow melee to continue to move while sidestepping. They don’t seem to really understand where the imbalance is so they’re blindly throwing everything at the wall. It’s like they don’t even play their own game. When you gut specs without a clue, it invalidates the choices players made and disrespects their time just like the racist faction system. Players shouldn't feel forced to play certain things, if they don't want to.
    Class imbalance needs to be fixed asap, just like all races need to be neutral. Otherwise this game continues to be that annoying and frustrating mess, which it has been for years.    … Expand
  85. Akkasuki
    Jan 27, 2023
    1
    Not happy with this game.

    It becomes very clear that the main focus of the devs seem to be to make wow look like an e-sport game. Given how big the imbalance of classes and factions is, well, wow should not have a horse in this race. Some specs are simply unplayable in this expansion and the constant hotfixes didn't make the situation any better so far. Since it is a mmoRPG you would    Not happy with this game.

    It becomes very clear that the main focus of the devs seem to be to make wow look like an e-sport game. Given how big the imbalance of classes and factions is, well, wow should not have a horse in this race. Some specs are simply unplayable in this expansion and the constant hotfixes didn't make the situation any better so far.

    Since it is a mmoRPG you would think, well, just enjoy the rpg aspect then. Yeah, no. You simply can't. I fully agree on the stuff other people on metacritic already said.
    Sorry, if that sounds a bit rude, but the rpg part in wow is absolute garbage.

    Playable races:
    1.) Have outdated and clunky models.
    2.) Have almost no customization options.
    3.) Are still segregated between factions. If you want to be a dwarf for example, but also want be loyal to the Horde... forget it. You can't choose your favorite faction and your favorite races because of the archaic divide in this game.

    Player housing?
    There is no player housing in this mmoRPG

    How about the story?
    During wow's prime times (wrath and Legion) the story was fine, but still mediocre. Yet still good enough to enjoy it. For the last couple of years however it's trash full of retcons and cringe storytelling.

    How about exploring the world?
    Not only are the graphics very outdated as pointed out by many people already, it's a complete patchwork rug regarding the story. The devs simply don't care for the world and that shows.

    Ok... then, no rpg aspect to enjoy in this game, no raiding... how about pvp?
    Again, huge class imbalance.

    Sorry, but there is just no reason to play this game at the moment.
    Don't even get me started on all the bugs or the horrible new crafting and profession system.    … Expand
  86. Velti
    Dec 16, 2022
    1
    I was hoping the devs would finally save this ship from sinking. Everyone, who played bfa and shadowlands will know what I mean. Dragonflight is another disappointment though.

    Unfortunately all the cringe writing and retcons of the last 2 expansions are still there and we don't even put foot on zones like darkshore and ashenvale for example, to see how they look after the war. Same goes    I was hoping the devs would finally save this ship from sinking. Everyone, who played bfa and shadowlands will know what I mean. Dragonflight is another disappointment though.

    Unfortunately all the cringe writing and retcons of the last 2 expansions are still there and we don't even put foot on zones like darkshore and ashenvale for example, to see how they look after the war. Same goes for other zones like Gilneas for example. It's been over 10 years and all those zones and many more are just left their in a state, which doesn't represent the current lore. Let alone the outdated graphics.

    Graphics are a problem in general, just like lackluster customization options.
    As a hunter for example I've waited for who knows how many years now for wolves to get updated. Did they get an update with dragonflight? Nope. They look just like they did during Vanilla. No updates for almost 2 decades. That's just not ok for such a big company like Blizzard.
    I want to play in a world that feels alive and up to date, not in a world that is left with the devs not caring for it and leaving it as it is.

    That's why I can't really enjoy the Dragon Isles. It feels like the devs give you a crumble in form of dragon isles, which is just there to distract you from a mouldy cake, which is Azeroth.    … Expand
  87. Ubungo
    Feb 1, 2023
    3
    Bugs as far as the eye can reach.
    Faction imbalance still being ignored - Still racial segregation, while all races really should be neutral by now in order to give players free choice for factions. But I guess the devs really love their racist faction system? Idk. No cross faction guilds, questing, chat, trade and no cross faction lfr/lfd.
    Class imbalance is a dumpster fire in this    Bugs as far as the eye can reach.
    Faction imbalance still being ignored - Still racial segregation, while all races really should be neutral by now in order to give players free choice for factions. But I guess the devs really love their racist faction system? Idk. No cross faction guilds, questing, chat, trade and no cross faction lfr/lfd.
    Class imbalance is a dumpster fire in this expansion. Unplayable specs.
    Broken profession system.
    Customizations are like from a game from 2009, so little is there to choose and on top of that some races get noticeably less than other races.
    Story is really cringe, similar to bfa and shadowlands. It's also weird that the "Champion" of Azeroth just defeated the "Jailer" yesterday and today can't even handle some gnolls or a dragon, which makes bad weather.
    Graphics never get updated. Considering this game is almost 20 years old... yes, older zones and even the capitals look hideous.
    Solo and in general casual content is almost not there. This game still makes almost everything about raiding. That's one of the many reasons why this game isn't appealing.
    I only gave it 3 points out of 10 because it is at least a bit better than bfa and shadowlands, but as soon as my sub runs out... bye bye.
    There are not enough fun things in this game and it is so far behind other games and it annoys me that they still keep such racist aspects, that I really don't feel like supporting Blizzard any longer. I gave them so many chances to improve themselves and I think I'm just done with that company now.    … Expand
  88. DJVita
    Apr 4, 2023
    2
    Dragonflight is just another disappointment.Legion was really the last expansion where they put in some effort and the game was somewhat fun, despite the terrible and limited character customization options and outdated graphics.
    Dragonflight doesn't really bring anything noteworthy to the table. The Dracthyr look incredibly ugly, only have one gender, and can't even wear clothes. They    Dragonflight is just another disappointment.Legion was really the last expansion where they put in some effort and the game was somewhat fun, despite the terrible and limited character customization options and outdated graphics.
    Dragonflight doesn't really bring anything noteworthy to the table. The Dracthyr look incredibly ugly, only have one gender, and can't even wear clothes. They even use the female Worgen model instead of getting their own. Being lazy seems to be a big thing with the devs these days. The visage form is also a joke, as they only allow female humans and male Blood Elves, even though they're supposed to be dragons and all races should be available.

    Dragon riding was poorly copied from Guild Wars 2 and that's about it for the new features. The rest is just the old concept: grinding until you drop, only to start over again with the next patch. Send as much real money as possible to Blizzard to buy tokens, which you can then use to buy gear for m+, etc., only to miss out on more money with the next patch and start all over again.

    The game is just really bad, and as others have mentioned, all the restrictions, especially with faction choice, which is still dominated by the archaic race separation, well... playing wow just isn't fun and with Dragonflight, they're just repeating the same old stuff that hardly anyone can stand anymore.
    And the next patch? Again, more of the same.

    Not recommended.    … Expand
  89. Ethan717
    Mar 16, 2023
    3
    Dragonflight, the newest expansion, has me left disappointed with its lackluster features, numerous bugs, and outdated design choices. While some may still find enjoyment in the game, it's hard to overlook the significant flaws that plague this expansion.

    One of the biggest problems with Dragonflight is the number of bugs. From game-breaking glitches to minor annoyances, the sheer    Dragonflight, the newest expansion, has me left disappointed with its lackluster features, numerous bugs, and outdated design choices. While some may still find enjoyment in the game, it's hard to overlook the significant flaws that plague this expansion.

    One of the biggest problems with Dragonflight is the number of bugs. From game-breaking glitches to minor annoyances, the sheer volume of bugs makes the game feel unfinished and unpolished. It's frustrating to encounter problems that could have easily been fixed before release.

    Another issue is the class imbalance, which makes certain classes feel op while others are left in the dust. It's a problem that has been present in previous expansions, but it's disappointing to see it still exists in Dragonflight.
    The profession and crafting system is another letdown, with few improvements made from previous expansions.
    Despite the game's longevity, there is still no player housing system. This is a common feature in modern MMOs, and its absence in wow is a significant disappointment for players who want to create a personal space in the game. Additionally, many modern MMO features are lacking, making wow feel outdated compared to its competitors.

    The new playable race, Dracthyr, is also a letdown. Not only is it a boring looking, but its limited options for visage customization are baffling. A dragon should be able to take on the appearance of any race, not just male blood elf and female human. This restriction makes little sense and is a missed opportunity for players to create unique characters.
    The avatar models for the existing races are outdated and lack customization options. The transmog system is also outdated, and many sets use the same designs with different colors.
    WoW also still suffers from too much focus on e-sports and not enough on actual MMORPG content. The game's racial segregation is still in place, which means that players cannot choose their favorite faction and races together. This outdated faction system is holding the game back in free player choice.

    The story in Dragonflight is locked behind a grindy renown system, which makes it difficult to fully experience the game's narrative. The storytelling itself is also lackluster, with little depth or nuance. This is a significant disappointment again.

    Finally, the graphics in many zones of the old world are very, very, very dated and unimpressive. The game feels more or less the same as it has for years, with few new additions to make it feel fresh and exciting. Dragonflight is a disappointing expansion so far that fails to live up to the expectations of its players.    … Expand
  90. Silvercla
    Mar 31, 2023
    2
    World Of Warcraft... I half expected to see pixelated blobs instead of characters, once i left the new zone and was introduced to the main hubs and zones for leveling a new character... but I suppose that's just the charm of playing a game that hasn't updated its graphics in over a decade?
    Speaking of outdated elements, let's talk about the class and faction limitations. Want to play a    World Of Warcraft... I half expected to see pixelated blobs instead of characters, once i left the new zone and was introduced to the main hubs and zones for leveling a new character... but I suppose that's just the charm of playing a game that hasn't updated its graphics in over a decade?
    Speaking of outdated elements, let's talk about the class and faction limitations. Want to play a certain class? Too bad, it's probably unbalanced and you'll be at a disadvantage.
    Want to join a certain faction? Sorry, the game's faction system is so dated and racist that it feels like it was designed by a group of pre-schoolers who just learned what stereotypes were. Racial segregation is such a great feature, right? Right??

    The loot system is also a complete mess.
    Good luck trying to get anything worthwhile when playing in a group, because you're either going to have to fight your teammates tooth and nail or just accept the fact that you'll be stuck with the scraps.
    But hey, at least there's plenty of grinding to keep you occupied, right? That's right, you'll spend countless hours repeating the same tasks over and over again, all in the name of some vague sense of progression... I guess?
    And let's not forget about the complete lack of meaningful RPG activities. The reason why I tried out this game in the first place. Player housing? Customization options? Pfft, who needs those when you can spend all your time grinding for better gear that will be outdated in the next patch.

    The communication from the devs or rather, the lack thereof. It's as if they enjoy keeping their players in the dark and making biased decisions that favor certain players over others. But hey, who needs fairness and equality when you can just keep milking your fanbase for every penny they're worth, right?    … Expand
  91. Nova81
    Apr 6, 2023
    3
    Once again, an expansion that can easily be forgotten. Yes, they have improved a few minor things from past expansions, but that's about it. All in all, this game is still a mess, and to be honest, selling a product in such a poor state for so much money to players, plus the monthly fees, is simply outrageous.

    The graphics are still completely outdated, despite all the LGBTQ stuff, they    Once again, an expansion that can easily be forgotten. Yes, they have improved a few minor things from past expansions, but that's about it. All in all, this game is still a mess, and to be honest, selling a product in such a poor state for so much money to players, plus the monthly fees, is simply outrageous.

    The graphics are still completely outdated, despite all the LGBTQ stuff, they still have racial segregation as a cornerstone of the game, dictating which faction we can join and which we cannot, which makes Blizzard appear extremely hypocritical, as others have rightly criticized. There is no player housing, no modern customization options, clunky models, clipping, hardly any emotes for playable characters, and they can't even wear a hat without their hair disappearing completely from their heads.

    Instead of catching up to other games, Blizzard prefers to rely on the remaining whales and addicts who simply can't let go, no matter how bad the game may be. The story is still terrible, but who is surprised after Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands? And the rest of the game consists solely of renown grinds and dungeons, as well as raids that you can undertake with completely unbalanced classes.    … Expand
  92. Ghsui
    Jun 5, 2023
    0
    Complete flop.
    WoW is in desperate need of fresh ideas. The patches of just throwing a zone together with a bunch of rares and collections just screams of lazy development. The new playable race is also lazy af, because it isn't really new, but a lazy reskin, which can't even wear clothes, lol. A watered down version of gw2's dragon riding and that's it. That is their overprized "new"    Complete flop.
    WoW is in desperate need of fresh ideas. The patches of just throwing a zone together with a bunch of rares and collections just screams of lazy development. The new playable race is also lazy af, because it isn't really new, but a lazy reskin, which can't even wear clothes, lol. A watered down version of gw2's dragon riding and that's it. That is their overprized "new" expansion.
    The rest of the game is left in the same poor state, with the same ton of restrictions, limitations and outdated stuff as it was before.    … Expand
  93. Nikeyla
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    Its not world of warcraft anymore. Its a fake sunshine and rainbow woke propaganda and it ruins every attempt for an actual immersion.
    World content is kinda fine, dungeons get boring after some time. Pvp is unplayable and beyond dead, raiding is outdated and unfun. Class gameplay is improved, but the mechanics are mostly mix of old mechanics. Very few actually new things.    Its not world of warcraft anymore. Its a fake sunshine and rainbow woke propaganda and it ruins every attempt for an actual immersion.
    World content is kinda fine, dungeons get boring after some time. Pvp is unplayable and beyond dead, raiding is outdated and unfun. Class gameplay is improved, but the mechanics are mostly mix of old mechanics. Very few actually new things.
    Blizzard/activision also decided to cut off all support from their games. Its close to impossible to contact their support and getting an actual help is literally impossible.    … Expand
  94. XAmirX
    Jun 20, 2023
    4
    I give it a 4 out of 10. It’s raid/mythic + or die expansion. Again. Everything else is very bad.
    Game balance is really miserable.
    The PvP scene is pretty dried up. Story continues to be a dumpster fire. Graphic didn't receive any upgrades. Even Orgrimmar and Stormwind look still like outdated pixel mush. Lack of modern features. Unhealthy game community. Still questionable    I give it a 4 out of 10. It’s raid/mythic + or die expansion. Again. Everything else is very bad.
    Game balance is really miserable.
    The PvP scene is pretty dried up.
    Story continues to be a dumpster fire.
    Graphic didn't receive any upgrades. Even Orgrimmar and Stormwind look still like outdated pixel mush.
    Lack of modern features.
    Unhealthy game community.
    Still questionable restrictions like racial segregation for Horde and Alliance.
    Due to the loss of so many players over the last two expansions, the game is almost dead playerwise, even on high pop servers. The world looks empty and that's never a good thing in mmos.    … Expand
  95. Tippic
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Dragonflight is boring, very repetitive, outdated, is still containing it's racist foundation for the playable factions, has a very cringy story, is unbalanced, ugly looking playable races without modern customizations, it has no fresh ideas at all and is still keeping many restrictions for players. Not worth it's price and definitely not the monthly sub fee on top of that. Last time wowDragonflight is boring, very repetitive, outdated, is still containing it's racist foundation for the playable factions, has a very cringy story, is unbalanced, ugly looking playable races without modern customizations, it has no fresh ideas at all and is still keeping many restrictions for players. Not worth it's price and definitely not the monthly sub fee on top of that. Last time wow was at least decent (despite of all it's flaws) was during Legion and this is now several years ago. No wonder there is almost nobody left playing this game.… Expand
  96. Miasv
    Jun 24, 2023
    3
    I'd argue this game is dead for most casuals in this expansion. I guess only the most diehard folks within their guilds are still trucking as usual. The population dip is very apparent. There is just not much reason to play this game, nothing new, for the most part the same stupid restrictions and limitations and the old stuff in general keeps being ignored by the devs instead of gettingI'd argue this game is dead for most casuals in this expansion. I guess only the most diehard folks within their guilds are still trucking as usual. The population dip is very apparent. There is just not much reason to play this game, nothing new, for the most part the same stupid restrictions and limitations and the old stuff in general keeps being ignored by the devs instead of getting improved.
    The pvp scene is barely hanging on and pve is the same old treadmill. The story... nope. There are many balance issues and the old world still looks very ugly in this day and age, because the devs just keep ignoring it.    … Expand
  97. Zurax
    Dec 17, 2022
    0
    Garbage expansion so far, third time in a row after Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands. gg Blizzard.

    Renown isn’t fun, if you want to get orders going since most want you to have higher renown. It is also not fun to gain for crafting. Open world leaves a lot to be desired. The black dragon area has a lot of mob tagging issues that make it unfun for me to try to get things done there    Garbage expansion so far, third time in a row after Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands. gg Blizzard.

    Renown isn’t fun, if you want to get orders going since most want you to have higher renown.
    It is also not fun to gain for crafting.
    Open world leaves a lot to be desired.
    The black dragon area has a lot of mob tagging issues that make it unfun for me to try to get things done there even in a group.
    Goldmaking possibilities has fallen.
    A ton of bugs in some areas.
    The Dragon Isles look nice with some exceptions, which look very unfinished. Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms etc. look awful. No updates whatsoever on the graphics. Not even for the main cities! lol...
    Customization options are just laughable in this game. Evoker has a little bit more options than the others races, but my god, even that race has way too few for a game in this age.
    Work orders are not that well thought out.
    It is still not possible to play with my friend, who prefers the other faction in the same guild etc. Even though this is supposed to be a soclal game. Also same racist faction system in general like many people pointed out.
    World quests weren’t iterated on and are not plentiful so it leaves me diddling my fingers for more rep somewhere or things to enjoy or do.
    Dragon flying is straight up copied from Guild Wars.
    Yeah no... I'm gonna pass for the next few months until the next patch comes out.
    Not fun so far.    … Expand
  98. Hirura
    Dec 17, 2022
    0
    How can it be, that this game costs up to $89.99 for the expansion, $14.99 for each month of play time and has a gigantic cash shop and still delivers us trash like this?
    Where is the visual update for which we are waiting like 2 decades by now?
    Where is player housing? Where are the customization options? What's up with all the limitations for players? Where is the new playable race?    How can it be, that this game costs up to $89.99 for the expansion, $14.99 for each month of play time and has a gigantic cash shop and still delivers us trash like this?
    Where is the visual update for which we are waiting like 2 decades by now?
    Where is player housing?
    Where are the customization options?
    What's up with all the limitations for players?
    Where is the new playable race? Because a worgen reskin is certainly not new.
    Where are the new features or are they seriously trying to sell as GW2's dragon riding as their own new feature?

    What we get here is ridiculous for such costs.    … Expand
  99. Orsem
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    There is a crazy amount of lgbtq content in Dragonflight. Gay dragons, gay humans, gay elves, gay centaurs, even gay frogs. Also some trans people. Like.... wtf is going on?
    There was forced lgbtq stuff in bfa and shadowlands, too, but in Dragonflight... almost every npc is gay and/ or trans.
    How about Blizzard would fix the garbage lore of the previous expansions instead of pushing a    There is a crazy amount of lgbtq content in Dragonflight. Gay dragons, gay humans, gay elves, gay centaurs, even gay frogs. Also some trans people. Like.... wtf is going on?
    There was forced lgbtq stuff in bfa and shadowlands, too, but in Dragonflight... almost every npc is gay and/ or trans.
    How about Blizzard would fix the garbage lore of the previous expansions instead of pushing a woke narrative down people's throats?
    Especially considering that the foundation of wow is still a racist faction system, which forces players to take part in a racial segregation aspect for playable races.
    You have to be really dumb to believe Blizzard would actually care for lgbtq while also keeping glorified racism in their game.    … Expand
  100. Tsubas
    Dec 15, 2022
    2
    The devs have a lack of passion for the overall game it seems.
    Classes are really unbalanced and because of that, pvp in this game isn't really fun.
    It is also rather disappointing that factions still have almost all of the old and toxic restrictions, which are really anti-social. Really out of place in a mmo. Opposing factions should not mean, that devs specify what races their players    The devs have a lack of passion for the overall game it seems.
    Classes are really unbalanced and because of that, pvp in this game isn't really fun.
    It is also rather disappointing that factions still have almost all of the old and toxic restrictions, which are really anti-social. Really out of place in a mmo. Opposing factions should not mean, that devs specify what races their players are allowed to play and with which players they are allowed to play and talk. Really, really toxic.
    Dragon flying is fun... at first, then you notice how annoying it is for professions and you wish you could just use normal flying. Though it is an ok compromise of course.
    The new zones are full of bugs. Really annoying.
    Old zones on the other hand are ugly to look at, as the previous critics mentioned.
    The story in Dragonflight is... meh. Not really interesting so far.
    The soundtrack is really nice.
    That reskin, which is supposed to be a new race... also meh. It has nice racials and all, but at least to me Evoker look really ugly.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    80
    Dragonflight is still de facto at the beginning of its life cycle. Still, one can't help feeling that we desperately needed an adventure like this. With all its pros and cons. [Issue#325]
  2. Windows Central
    Feb 17, 2023
    80
    World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is somehow a breath of fresh air and a celebration of classic design principles in equal measure. The return to more dynamic, old-school talent trees enhances the class fantasy with a seasoning of new abilities across the board. At the same time, the retreat of pressuring, artificial power-gating systems promotes a more healthy gameplay loop. The game is also gorgeous, with a more promising storyline, elevated cinematic delivery mechanics, and deeper core systems which make for one of WoW's best expansions in years.
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  3. CD-Action
    Feb 7, 2023
    70
    I appreciate the new interface (it needs getting used to though) and talent system (those dilemmas!), as well as changes to crafting that raise its importance. I enjoyed dragonriding a lot and found quests to be engaging, but was disappointed by dull dungeons and repetitive endgame content. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is a pretty safe expansion and I expected a bit more from it, but I do feel it has a huge potential that could be fulfilled in the near future.
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