World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 791 Ratings

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  1. Uyen1
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Awful, toxic, greedy, racist, grindy and pretty outdated game in all sorts of areas. It's just as horrible as the previous two expansions.
  2. Grandran
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Jeu raciste et dépassé. En 2023, il n'y a toujours pas de logement pour les joueurs ni d'options convenables pour les races jouables, pas d'armure décente non plus. Mais il y a toujours une stricte ségrégation raciale.
  3. 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 Essentially, it's the same outdated things as it has been for years, just under a different name and with a different coat of paint.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
  4. Unsodo
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    El juego es simplemente terrible. No están trayendo nada nuevo y siguen aferrados a cuestiones cuestionables como el racismo para determinar a qué facción puede unirse el jugador. Repugnante. La nueva raza jugable, los Dracthyr, también es una porquería.
    Y todavía el juego no está a la altura de los estándares actuales. Todavía no hay casas para los jugadores, las opciones de    El juego es simplemente terrible. No están trayendo nada nuevo y siguen aferrados a cuestiones cuestionables como el racismo para determinar a qué facción puede unirse el jugador. Repugnante. La nueva raza jugable, los Dracthyr, también es una porquería.
    Y todavía el juego no está a la altura de los estándares actuales. Todavía no hay casas para los jugadores, las opciones de personalización son terriblemente limitadas y los gráficos... Dios mío. Ni siquiera quiero empezar a hablar de la historia. Mantente alejado de esto, por favor.    … Expand
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Cory88
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    No puedo recomendar Dragonflight en absoluto. Al igual que las dos expansiones anteriores, esta también es un completo fracaso.

    La nueva raza jugable, Drakythr, es un modelo revisado de la forma femenina de los Worgen en lugar de ser un modelo completamente nuevo. Además, esta raza no puede llevar ropa, lo cual es simplemente ridículamente perezoso. También, no tiene género. No existen    No puedo recomendar Dragonflight en absoluto. Al igual que las dos expansiones anteriores, esta también es un completo fracaso.

    La nueva raza jugable, Drakythr, es un modelo revisado de la forma femenina de los Worgen en lugar de ser un modelo completamente nuevo. Además, esta raza no puede llevar ropa, lo cual es simplemente ridículamente perezoso. También, no tiene género. No existen los conceptos de femenino y masculino, solo una forma. Además, no puede elegir su forma humanoide como otros dragones en el juego. ¿Por qué no nos dieron todas las razas? Por supuesto, porque los desarrolladores de este juego son extremadamente vagos.

    Además, las mismas restricciones racistas siguen vigentes. La lealtad de las razas sigue vinculada a la segregación racial. Mantener algo así es simplemente repugnante.

    Además, este juego está extremadamente desactualizado y está muy por detrás de prácticamente todos los juegos modernos. Ya sea en términos de gráficos, opciones de personalización, viviendas para jugadores, que ni siquiera existen, y otras características.

    Este juego es una auténtica burla.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. naalz
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    It's the same expansion cycle over and over again. Yes it's fun for a couple of weeks, but then you realize it's just another expansion like we've seen 7-8 times already. The money wagon has to move on.
    Also PvP is really not in a great spot. I usually get 2.2k rated every expansion, but this time I've been struggling alot to climb because I face rank 1's every other game. Que times is    It's the same expansion cycle over and over again. Yes it's fun for a couple of weeks, but then you realize it's just another expansion like we've seen 7-8 times already. The money wagon has to move on.
    Also PvP is really not in a great spot. I usually get 2.2k rated every expansion, but this time I've been struggling alot to climb because I face rank 1's every other game. Que times is also horrid. Healers are nonexistent in solo que mode.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. ClaudeAlainn
    Aug 10, 2023
    1
    Terrible extension, presque aussi mauvaise que les deux extensions précédentes. On pourrait penser qu'après tout ce temps, ils commenceraient lentement à mettre ce jeu au goût du jour, mais c'est totalement oubliable.
    Les graphismes ressemblent toujours à ce qu'ils étaient il y a 15 ans, les options de personnalisation sont... eh bien, pratiquement inexistantes, les avatars jouables    Terrible extension, presque aussi mauvaise que les deux extensions précédentes. On pourrait penser qu'après tout ce temps, ils commenceraient lentement à mettre ce jeu au goût du jour, mais c'est totalement oubliable.
    Les graphismes ressemblent toujours à ce qu'ils étaient il y a 15 ans, les options de personnalisation sont... eh bien, pratiquement inexistantes, les avatars jouables semblent en partie complètement dépassés, il y a toujours une séparation raciale entre les deux factions car il semble que les développeurs soient toujours favorables au racisme. En effet, le racisme est présenté comme quelque chose de positif dans WoW. Non, ce n'est pas une blague.
    C'est littéralement la première chose qu'ils imposent aux joueurs lorsqu'ils créent un personnage. La nouvelle race jouable, les Drakthyr, ont l'air complètement absurdes et ne peuvent même pas choisir toutes les races jouables pour leur forme humanoïde, ce qui va à l'encontre du principe des dragons.
    Simplement parce que les développeurs sont extrêmement paresseux. Les éléments normaux des MMO tels que les logements pour les joueurs, etc., n'existent évidemment pas et l'histoire reste toujours déplorable.

    En tout cas, je ne recommande pas l'achat.    … Expand
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Deathmournex
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    I am a wow refugee typing this.
    The old guard left im talking about morhaime kaplan jon lecraft and several others
    The turn overs and layoffs that happen frequently in this and wow wasnt built to be an esport. Content only available to hardcore raiders mythic plus pushers and pvpers. Absolutely nothing for casuals. as long as ion is in power the game will never change Impossible to gear    I am a wow refugee typing this.
    The old guard left im talking about morhaime kaplan jon lecraft and several others
    The turn overs and layoffs that happen frequently in this and wow wasnt built to be an esport. Content only available to hardcore raiders mythic plus pushers and pvpers. Absolutely nothing for casuals. as long as ion is in power the game will never change
    Impossible to gear up in every expansion and arguably the old guard did it better. The drop rates are
    low to keep players playing and to have the hours played to look good to have it please the share holders. The sub numbers that too. To keep people buying with low drop rates. Its made to be addictive and not fun at all. Definitely a zero from me    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. Neci666
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Another **** patch, I would recommend to not start this game at all, devs are incompetent
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. Metanacho
    Jul 26, 2023
    2
    Bienvenidos a World of Wokecraft.

    Llevo jugando al Wow desde el inicio y siempre he disfrutado sus expansiones, algunas mejores, otras bastante peores, pero siempre he tenido una cantidad razonable de disfrute y aprovechamiento de mi dinero. Lo que siempre me encantó fue la historia, la música, el ambiente, todo creaba una sensación de inmersión fascinante. Todo eso para mí está    Bienvenidos a World of Wokecraft.

    Llevo jugando al Wow desde el inicio y siempre he disfrutado sus expansiones, algunas mejores, otras bastante peores, pero siempre he tenido una cantidad razonable de disfrute y aprovechamiento de mi dinero.
    Lo que siempre me encantó fue la historia, la música, el ambiente, todo creaba una sensación de inmersión fascinante. Todo eso para mí está arruinado en esta expansión y explico por qué.
    El exagerado y omnipresente contenido LGTBQ me impide creer que realmente son especies luchando por su supervivencia, ya que obviamente el tipo de relaciones que presenta la expansión continuamente son ESTÉRILES. Tampoco ayuda hablar a algún carácter de físico femenino y oír la voz de un maromo, por ejemplo, ¿Hormonación en sociedades primitivas y en guerra? Ridículo.
    El problema de seguir ideologías y relatos creadas por ingenieros sociales es que muchas veces van contra natura, creando situaciones completamente absurdas o imposibles, que destrozan la narrativa y por supuesto la inmersión. Eso hace años que lo estamos viendo en Hollywood y ahora por desgracia también ha llegado al Wow.
    Personalmente, creo que es contraproducente forzar historias o situaciones por modas o tendencias porque a la larga provocas un sentimiento de hartazgo y rechazo, generando lo contrario de lo que dices defender y de paso destrozando una buena historia.
    Los gráficos están bien, nada espectacular, pero son correctos.
    La música lo mismo, un poco sosa comparada con las antiguas.
    Inicialmente, te atrae unos días, pero termina siendo una expansión monótona y decepcionante.
    Cuando acabe nuestra subscripción exploraré otros horizontes con mi hija.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. Highwizard
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not exactly a great expansion, probably better than shadowlands was. This one is more like a disney movie than actual world of warcraft.

    Lizards running around causing havoc.    … Expand
  29. 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
  30. Ouri
    Jul 22, 2023
    2
    That's the third bad expansion now in a row. I guess one can really give up on WoW. I have no idea why I gave the game another chance with Dragonflight. I guess it's my own fault.

    The story is incredibly bad. Maybe slightly better than in BFA and Shadowlands, but that doesn't say much. PvP has become unbearable. Hardly anyone plays it anymore, so you have to wait for hours just to    That's the third bad expansion now in a row. I guess one can really give up on WoW. I have no idea why I gave the game another chance with Dragonflight. I guess it's my own fault.

    The story is incredibly bad. Maybe slightly better than in BFA and Shadowlands, but that doesn't say much.

    PvP has become unbearable. Hardly anyone plays it anymore, so you have to wait for hours just to start a match. And when you finally get in, it's often completely unbalanced, like 4 vs 10 or something. How is that even possible? Not to mention that the classes and factions are still completely unbalanced; I won't even get started on that.

    But that brings me to the next point. After all these years, they still keep the racial separation for the factions. I mean, seriously? They include all sorts of LGBTQ+ stuff in the story, but racial separation is still considered good and necessary? Yeah, right.

    Basic MMO features like player housing or finally decent looking gear are, of course, still nonexistent in this game. They just don't exist, and the outdated graphics and models of playable races still haven't been updated.

    So, all in all, there's really nothing new in this expansion. Just more of the same.    … 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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