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  1. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    It's pretty good. Better than past iterations. Good story, less RNG, interesting content, covenants are cool, Torghast is great.
  2. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Jajaja, saw many 0 , from haters, if dont like wow, plz leave, To me is the best expansion since BC and WOTLK, the Art and gameplay on all zones are priceless, I am playing Blizzard games since Starcraft launch, and Hope Blizz stay with us for a long time.
  3. Nov 26, 2020
    9
    Amazing gameplay, graphics and lore. It is great expansion after boring Battle for Azeroth. I love new covenant system, it is very rewardable. Game for a long hours!
  4. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Sicuramente meglio di bfa. Le ambientazioni sono bellissime e stavolta avremo qualcosa in più da fare.
  5. Nov 25, 2020
    8
    More appealing than BFA at least, I think it will evolve in a good expansion with incoming patches, feels good already.
  6. Nov 24, 2020
    10
    Fantastic leveling. In my opinion, This Shadowlands is more impressive than Legion. Beautiful and Awesome. I want to be job seeker. BEAT BFA !!!!
  7. Nov 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 10/10 expansion, everything is great, everything feels like Blizzard listened to 4 years of feedback and made this expansion accordingly. Expand
  8. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    I think this is really better than legion. The graphics, zones, covenats, solbinds, transmog looks really incredible. I thinks this will be an awesome expansion if this continue like this.
  9. Nov 27, 2020
    8
    The new expansion brings in a nice breath of fresh air coming from BFA. Getting introduced to Covenants and their abilities though questing has been a fun process for me personally.
    Leveling: Getting from 50 to 60 has not been rather... Fine. While you level for the first time you get to go trough all of the new zones and test the covenant abilities within them, while some zones may be hit
    The new expansion brings in a nice breath of fresh air coming from BFA. Getting introduced to Covenants and their abilities though questing has been a fun process for me personally.
    Leveling: Getting from 50 to 60 has not been rather... Fine. While you level for the first time you get to go trough all of the new zones and test the covenant abilities within them, while some zones may be hit or miss depending on your preferences, most of them are generally fine. 4/5
    Story: Without getting into any spoilers, the story takes an odd turn into the new and unknown. We are headed to the realm of death and getting to see what afterlife looks like. While getting to see some familiar faces in the afterlife is nice, the whole experience feels a little not "warcrafty", for those not familiar with the lore it can be very fun, but for the others that got used to a bit more of a traditional style of warcraft lore it may feel a bit odd, this is probably the weakest part of Shadowlands. 2/5
    New Systems: Shadowlands brings with itself a couple of new systems, I'll be mainly talking about the Covenants, conduits and legendaires.
    Covenants are something like Harry Potter houses of Shadowlands, each has it's own theme, abilities and addition perks. Without getting into each covenant, they feel a bit better than I expected. They all feel fairly balanced, I was more encouraged to take the covenant with the ability that I liked the most instead of "The best one for my class". With that being said, your favorite covenant thematically might have a boring ability, which could be a problem for your average PvE or PvP player, they could be forced into a covenant they not prefer just cause of the ability. 4/5
    Conduits bring a new, fun way of making talents. They are usually smaller power ups but could contribute a lot to your character. You will be collecting different conduits while doing verious content. You will have to choose from 3 different types of skill trees and mix and match your conduits within them, making a little, personal and more fun skill system. 5/5
    The new legendary items are gonna be the major power up to your character, these are made by picking the legendary power you want and combining it with a profession crafted piece of gear and some more stuff. All in all, it will be a very customizable piece of gear with a nice buff to your class. Obtaining these legendary powers can be somewhat tough and will sometimes require you to go out of your comfort zone of doing the content you don't enjoy. You might really want a power that comes only from PvP, but you are a PvE player with little to no interest in PvP. Most of these legendary powers are hit or miss with the most effective in most types of content already being figured out. 3/5
    Dungeons: The new 8 dungeons are in, and I've tested them all on the mythic difficulty. I have to say that I'm satisfied. The dungeons provide some challange with room for being creative for the trash packs and boss fights. The bosses have some new and fun mechanics, for example one of them being throwing two players into a pit fight and the winner gets a damage buff, and a bunch of all mechanics mixed and matched into new fun encounters. With that beings said some encounters can get pretty boring and simple once you break them down, so the challange goes down by a lot in those fights. 4/5
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  10. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. great addon, beautiful location, interesting storyline, less grindy gameplay Expand
  11. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazig new world,characters,story graphics, zones and more. Well done blizzard,thank you!!! Expand
  12. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    -excellent, less confusing story telling
    -no more unbalanced corruption systems but back to the roots simple item system
    -excellent visuals
    -excellent sound/voiceovers
    -story-driven sidequests
    -new catchup mechanic for twinks is awesome and less boring
  13. Nov 24, 2020
    9
    I like it, has a fresh new content and the endgame will keep you occupied for a while. Launch could have been better on some realms but other than that pretty fun.
  14. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Wonderful leveling system! The covenant system actually made me sit and think about what I wanted, all of the options are varied and worth choosing. ALL of the areas are beautiful and well made, the story and lore of the xpac are all well done and coherent. The classes all feel great with the new abilities. This xpac is so wonderful and I for one am thankful for all the blizz employeesWonderful leveling system! The covenant system actually made me sit and think about what I wanted, all of the options are varied and worth choosing. ALL of the areas are beautiful and well made, the story and lore of the xpac are all well done and coherent. The classes all feel great with the new abilities. This xpac is so wonderful and I for one am thankful for all the blizz employees working from home to give us this masterpiece. Torghast is the best end game I've ever seen in ANY game. Expand
  15. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    Está expansión tiene todo lo que no han tenido las anteriores expansiones.
  16. Nov 24, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why people are giving low rates for this game without any explanations? I will try to be as down to earth as possible and will give you advantages and disadvantages that I found after 12 hours of playing. Pros:
    - Our lovely cinematics are on the next level now. Lips sync, true emotions, moves - it looks so fresh so after I saw it in the game I ran to YouTube to rewatch it a couple times. Very hard work was done. (This is what you will notice firstly)

    - Story. Despite the fact it is only the beginning of 1.5 year journey, the whole storyline feels like good first season of a series with general conclusion at the end but with the tease of something greater upcoming. I cannot imagine what blizz has prepared for us... especially last cinematic in the maw... it destroyed my mind.
    I have so many questions now and I understand that answers will be soon. Like, IN THIS EXPANSION! Not in 3 years, it will happen soon.

    - Leveling. Omg BFA was so goddamn boring, so the only way to get highest lvl for socond char was freehold for gold. This time I’m exited to go through whole adventure again. I’m playing with Russian language, so I can tell only for Russian version, but acting was the best of all. I felt so into it, every meter of covenants was a pleasure to explore and to help npc’s :D
    Leveling is fast, not boring (almost), and main thing here is - main story now is separated by side quests - covenant “battle pass”
    I haven’t dived too deep into this new system but the way how we receive awards feels fresh and fare. Cons.

    - bugs.bugs.bugs. But it will be fixed anyway
    - Ardenweald. This type of zone we have seen in every last expansion. Blue forest with some magic. From the first quest I was thinking that I want to skip this zone faster. But the story turned out very, I mean, VERY INTERESTING. Ending costs it’s waiting.
    - local quests are hard for solo now. You need to do them for covenant, but effort is unequal to reward. - bugs.bugs.bugs.
    - Maw feels annoying now, always-in-combat-zone. But later you will upgrade urself with special tokens so it must be not that bad. - this expansion is expecting from you A LOT OF FARMING if you want this shiny covenant gear, covenant mount etc. Like, A LOT. 2 hours per day will be not enough at all to get everything until 9.1


    Overall, feels fresh, interesting, there is a lot to come, I really hope Shadowlands will be better than legion and now I am sure it will. If I will not update it later - that means I am disappointed and not playing anymore :D

    Cheers. -
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  17. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Great expansion! Bastion zone is beautiful and there are lots of things to do. I always have enjoyed this game and never played it as a competitor to hit the max level under hours or so. If you do that you never loved the game at all. For me it is 10 and above, folks!
  18. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ultimately the worst thing about this game as a whole, is the elitist, toxic, childish, and unappreciative vocal minority who put their opinions on their channels or turn it into memes so that their opinion is echoed by the wanderers of the internet who join in on something "for the meme". The player base is the absolute worst thing about the game. League of legends (Which is notoriously toxic) is like a glass of fresh water compared to the venom that is spewed in WoW these days.

    The people giving 0 reviews a few days into the expansion are buffoons. It is literally impossible to have played, experienced, or even unlocked all of the content that was added with this expansion. It is the first week and people are judging the first part of the story (yes the leveling experience is only the first part of the story in ANY given expansion).

    To address some of the "Issues" people have:

    - There doesn't need to be a new class every other expansion. Let them work on balancing the classes they have first. I'm sure the people crying about not getting a new class, are also the people crying that they aren't balanced or "complete". Constantly adding new classes makes balancing more difficult, and causes class homogenization.

    - Saying "Classes unfinished" literally means nothing. Unfinished means incomplete, not "if only we had x ability that I just thought up spot then we'd top the meters! But since that ability doesn't exist the class is unfinished!" By that logic no MMO ever has a "complete class"... Just because your class underperforms from what you want doesn't mean its "unfinished" it just means either you go the short end of the stick and didn't get to be the top of the ranking tier this expansion, and/or you just suck at playing your class. Not every single class can be top tier at the same time. There will always be a best and worst.

    - They don't need to add new races this expansion they literally spent the last expansion adding races to the game.

    - The dungeons have all been great, there is a nice range of difficulties amongst them and I look forward to running keys in them.

    - There are tons of recognizable characters as well as the new ones, if you don't recognize the old ones you obviously didn't play back in the day. They have to introduce new lore, story, and characters in order to keep things interesting. The people who complain about them adding new story and characters basically just want classic.

    -Lets list the recognizable characters in the expansion so far just off the top of my head: Sylvanas, Jaina, Thrall, Baine, Anduin, Tyrande, Bolvar, Calia, Nazgrim, Whitemane, Morgraine, Lady Vasjh, Draka, Uther, Kael'Thas, Kel'Thuzad, Taelia, Vol'jin, Hakkar, Milhouse Manastorm, Mueh'Zala (check classic stranglethorn), and others that i cant recall currently. not to mention ones such as Garrosh (who might show up as he was in the revendreth cine) or even characters like Arthas, who haven't shown up yet but almost definitely will, on top of all the small cameos from minor characters such as Cookie from Deadmines.

    - The professions are much better than they were in some (but not all) of the other expansions, (namely BFA and WoD were way worse). And the fact that they are used to make Legendary gear is a good sign for them maintaining a little more relevance throughout. Although Engineering seems to be lacking so far.

    - The zones are nice overall, but people seem to say they like the look of one and then **** on the rest for not matching the aesthetic they like. They weren't supposed to be the same as each other, of course some neckbearded edgelord isn't going to like bastion or ardenweald. The game is made for more people than just you.

    - The people saying "no new systems or features" are, first of all, forgetting that Torghast was added and the game hasn't had something like that before. On top of that they seem to fail to realize that the systems and features they don't seem to see is in fact the covenant and sanctums. They have literally reused assets and systems since they started releasing expansions for this game. Literally all the way back to BC. They always taken things from past expansions and try to put a new spin on it or change it in some way. stop acting like the gaming industry standard of reusing and rehashing ideas is a new thing. its not a new thing. Just look at Elder Scrolls, Skyrim has literally just been reformatted for different platforms and graphically updated and rereleased exactly the same for the last DECADE.

    - People seem to fail to realize that you will get more content as you upgrade your covenant? And that it takes time to do so? And that "time gating" is used to prevent the aforementioned neckbeards from tearing through the whole expansion in a week and then crying that there is no new content for the next few months while the rest of us play like sane people who have jobs, lives, and families outside of the game.
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  19. Nov 27, 2020
    9
    Очень уверенный старт аддона и не смотря даже на некоторые возможные у некоторых лаги, пуск считаю успешным. Надеюсь дальше будет развиваться не хуже, чем Легион в свое время.
  20. Nov 25, 2020
    8
    Пока всё нравится, в любом случае выглядит лучше чем BFA
    В общем и целом сюжет и локации сделаны хорошо, персонажи запоминающиеся.
    Старт был довольно гладкий, не без багов конечно. Вот никаких лагов, за это большое спасибо!
    Пока всё нравится, в любом случае выглядит лучше чем BFA
    В общем и целом сюжет и локации сделаны хорошо, персонажи запоминающиеся.
    Старт был довольно гладкий, не без багов конечно.
    Вот никаких лагов, за это большое спасибо!
  21. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    This game brings us back the hole experience of what is World Of Warcraft, you can pass hours leveling and it won't be boring, every minute ia a show of magic and immersion. You can feel a good job done on this expansion.
  22. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    These reviews are wack this is the best expansion to date. The wow community is so whiny and toxic. Best expansion for new players to join.
  23. Nov 28, 2020
    9
    Went into this with very low expectations after the disaster that was Battle For Azeroth, and to my surprise Shadowlands has been a blast so far. The leveling experience, cinematics, voice acting, etc. have been massively improved from previous versions of the game. The first zone (Bastion) starts out kind of rough but things pick up quickly once you leave that first zone and the storyWent into this with very low expectations after the disaster that was Battle For Azeroth, and to my surprise Shadowlands has been a blast so far. The leveling experience, cinematics, voice acting, etc. have been massively improved from previous versions of the game. The first zone (Bastion) starts out kind of rough but things pick up quickly once you leave that first zone and the story really starts to shine. Most importantly, the level 60 experience so far has been great. There's a lot of stuff to do at endgame but unlike BFA, none of it feels like chores that you have to do. The new covenant system is very well done and it quickly got me hooked into the progression.

    Shadowlands is a great effort from the WoW team after their embarrassing last expansion.
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  24. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    After BfA a breath of fresh air. As good as no mandatory content. Do what you like to do, rather than developers telling you what to do. Great dungeons, awesome story line to level through and PvP is as good as ever. A++
  25. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Good expansion with decent storyline. Trols will be cry at comments, look at their post 24 and 25.11.2020 srsly they coment about 1 day nc about this;D
  26. Nov 27, 2020
    8
    Story flow, yes. Crying? Yes. Yelling? Yes. The grind? All right. I made it to 60 on a vengeance demon hunter, I chose my covenant. I'm actually happy overall. MUCH better than BFA. They listened on this one.
  27. Nov 27, 2020
    8
    Played since BC, the level up experience was nice, story is interesting, covenant are ok. pvp is nice (vendor and all). Cant wait for raid, People giving this a 0 are disingenuous. They did learn a lot from the BFA mistake, they need to continue and make it better.
  28. Dec 3, 2022
    10
    I enjoyed just about EVERY minute of this expansion! It started well, ended well, the story was excellent, the gear looked gorgeous, and it ran incredibly well on a full range of PCs. What else is needed?
  29. Nov 24, 2020
    9
    This is the best addon from Cataclysm for me. The addon has some problems, but you don't see them under the benefits. So I hope the addon doesn't get any worse with new patches
  30. Nov 24, 2020
    9
    Fantastic leveling. Maybe second best in WoW history. Plenty to do at endgame so far. Lots of quality of life improvements, and most of the things people hated about the last 2 expansions they fixed or changed for the better. Best expansion in a Decade.
  31. Nov 24, 2020
    10
    Amazig new world,characters,story graphics, zones and more. Well done blizzard,thank you!!!
  32. Nov 25, 2020
    9
    Great zones, music, story. Everything is on top. Blizzard did great things. I was really looking forward to this addition and the expectations were met
  33. Nov 24, 2020
    10
    Beautiful new regions, awesome leveling. Perfect graphics and sounds. Better than BfA in some many ways.
  34. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    The new zones are great. Art team has done a fantastic job. 0/10s being posted by those who haven't even played
  35. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Beautiful new zones, interesting lore, promising dungeons and best of all no infinite grind.
  36. Nov 25, 2020
    8
    so far so good, vizuals are great. launch was also no problem with me. covenants mechanic and torghast too...
  37. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Blizzard learned from their mistake in bfa and now here is the shadowlands! new features are awesome and new character model customisation and covenent system is nice! ignore negative reviews
  38. Dec 1, 2020
    10
    Пока моя личная оценка 7 з минусом, но ставлю 10. Люди же ставят 0 хотя этот аддон явно такого бала не заслужил то почему бы мне не поставить 10. Много чего понравилось, но не без проблем, игровые механики на которых базируется сама игра, такие как абилки ковенантов или проводники не сбалансированы, некоторые спеки были переработаны сильно, а некоторые вообще не трогали. Так же естьПока моя личная оценка 7 з минусом, но ставлю 10. Люди же ставят 0 хотя этот аддон явно такого бала не заслужил то почему бы мне не поставить 10. Много чего понравилось, но не без проблем, игровые механики на которых базируется сама игра, такие как абилки ковенантов или проводники не сбалансированы, некоторые спеки были переработаны сильно, а некоторые вообще не трогали. Так же есть проблема с багами, хотя их не так много если вспомнить предыдущие аддоны. В общем старт не плохой но надо будет смотреть как все пойдет дальше, ведь дренор изначально тоже все хвалили. P.S люди что пишут про то что нету новой расы или класса, в бфа было аж 8 новых рас, эти расы помогли аддону? спойлер нет. Стоит ли брать решать уже вам, мое мнение субективно как и у всех критиков и ютуберов, не слушайте ни меня что поставил 10 ни тех кто поставил 0. Просто решите для себя эта игра по кайфу или нет :D Expand
  39. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Leveling actually has stories, which is strange for wow. But leveling doesn't make an expansion good, it's just a piece of the puzzle. While I think the story in Ardenweald might be the best in the history of the game in terms of a leveling zone story, (SPOILER: Finding out Ysera was the seed and the payoff cinematic at the end might literally be my favorite WoW moment ever, seriously, I have goosebumps right now thinking about it.) I don't think that alone is what makes this good.

    Firstly lets talk alts. Google the catchup mechanics and also threads of fate. It's one of the best systems they've ever put in the game and it's a game changer.

    I also want to talk about end-game. Dungeons are fun and not too tedious like most in BfA were, the M+ portion is going to be a blast. There seems to be interesting mechanics in each that will hopefully prevent things from getting stale.

    Importantly we need to discuss gear. There is no more incentive to just grind the same repetitive content over and over again once you get your item as was the case with titanforging. If you get lucky on your first dungeon run with all of your BiS pieces? You don't ever have to go there again. You're done. From then on you only have to worry about doing M+. This also applies to the world quests and the other methods of acquiring gear. For the first time in the history of the game they are removing RNG time-gates. You can target and craft your legendary items, no RNG. No titanforging. Less RNG and more rewards from the weekly chest. It's all amazing, it's what these things should have been from the start.

    This expansion is WoW's renaissance. It's got it's flaws, but on the scale of previous WoW expansions, something drastic would have to happen to make this not a 10.
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  40. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Absoluetly amazing expansion. Better than legion which was very good.
    It's an apotheosis from every point of view : Universe, graphics, history, music, group activity...
    If you don't like Shadowland, go back to classic. Retail isn't for you.
  41. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Близы, спасибо. Очень ждал это дополнение и не зря. Прохождение компаний как в первый в вове. Интересный сюжет, прикольные кат-сцены. Норм арена. Рейды думаю тоже будут на высоте. В общем спасибо за работу.
  42. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Absolutely amazing so far.. it’s fun, engaging, runs so smooth and looks beautiful
  43. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Played through the Story, capped all the stuff i have to cap in ~15-20 hours played on Max level so far.
    Perfect for casual players and for the type of player who sink in to a game.
    The Dungeons are beautiful, the Boss fights are awesome, can´t wait for the Raid to open.
    Even the pvp is fun again with no gear scaling.
  44. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Beautiful storytelling, awesome new zones, perfect sound and music! Best expension after wotlk ❤️
  45. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Just a great expansion. I lost many hours on story and IT felt like few minutes.
  46. Nov 25, 2020
    9
    Not a bad start. The visuals are incredible and the mechanics have improved. But it was the same with Draenor, so it's too early to judge definitively.
  47. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Beautiful zones, soundtracks, story, graphics, dungeons, gameplay.
    Nice launch start. 10/10
    Still the best game and MMO what ever made.
  48. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Feels like a decent solo game, a lot of really improved cutscenes and good combat. Skills and talents are meaningful gear system and once again they've revived PVP. This game still has everything to live up to its name. The world feels really filled with people, waiting for queues to login.
  49. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    It’s really awesome! Nice design location and dungeon, lore and new graphics! World of Warcraft return!
  50. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    Отличное дополнение, приятные локации, удобная система прокачки для альтернативных персонажей. Очень гладкий старт дополнения.
  51. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Best expansion ever. Best quests, leveling and PVP. Just buy it. They bring back everything that was good before.
  52. Nov 25, 2020
    8
    Прекрасный старт дополнения : ни лагов, ни багов, ни очередей.
    Интересный сюжет и сеттинг, приятные глазу локации, адекватное возвращение старых героев и злодеев. Пока что выглядит очень круто.
  53. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Fantastic expansion, loads of great new story, improvements in PvP, and some really fun new systems and abilities. Huge improvement over BFA.
  54. Nov 27, 2020
    8
    10 is stupid, 0 is stupid. People are stupid. With no M+, no raid so far, leveling was above average, zone was above average, i'd say its an above average xpac so far.
  55. Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Потрясающе, 10/10. Увлекательно- затягивающая магия Blizzard. Приобрёл H edition
  56. Dec 8, 2020
    10
    Def. the best Expansion since Wrath of the Lich King. I'd recommend it to everyone who loved WOTLK. And since the level squish its also a good time for new players to join.
  57. Nov 28, 2020
    8
    TL & DR?
    So far, the best expansion they have ever released. They have focused on listening to community, while implementing long term payment mode (That's, why only 8/10).

    -Beautiful and varied lands. Most of us will find at least one satisfying
    -Exciting and engaging dungeons
    -Better that usally class balance
    -Stunning raid

    I could write a lot mure, but folks... i wanna play even more!
  58. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    Nice Game :D great story. Torghast fills refreshing for a new Game mode. I can't wait more yo play de raids and dungeon no mythic.
  59. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    The people voting 0 are definately working for the Jailer. Come on! You guys are really twisted.
    The game is better! Maybe you got worse.
  60. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    I feel like any reviews at this point after the expansion's release are premature, positive or not, but the amount of negative reviews already surfacing have forced my hand.

    I've played WoW since Classic and this is easily the most fun I've had at the start of an expansion since Wrath of the Lich King. I think that the longer the game goes on, the harder it becomes to make any viable
    I feel like any reviews at this point after the expansion's release are premature, positive or not, but the amount of negative reviews already surfacing have forced my hand.

    I've played WoW since Classic and this is easily the most fun I've had at the start of an expansion since Wrath of the Lich King. I think that the longer the game goes on, the harder it becomes to make any viable plot and pathways for decent story, as you have to veer away from the previous events and create new history to tie off any loopholes. Blizzard once again manages to handle this pretty efficiently and I think that the only people that could complain about that aspect of the expansion are obviously well-versed in the art of writing and have written multiple award-winning, international best selling fantasy novels... or maybe they're just incredibly negative and look for anything to complain about.

    Out of any expansion I've played, this is easily the expansion where Blizzard's work is most tangible. It's clear that they wanted to make changes and improvements and you can feel that at every point throughout expansion. Each zone is incredibly well done, both audibly and visually and I honestly still can't choose a favorite. Covenants, soulbinds, and conduits are a very interesting way to progress through the end game and bolster your character. If anybody is concerned about balance or CLEAR CUT BIS choices, they'd have to swallow the painful and objective truth that is 'meta.' There will always be a meta. You can never completely eliminate a meta. As far as end-game character progression goes, this is pretty good. There's a nice spectrum of balance for things that may work better for your playstyle, even if it's not what's best for the class.

    I won't even get started on Torghast. I'll just say this, I don't know how anybody could be upset with Torghast as it stands, it's the first week, we've only seen two floors... and the ceiling for potential content is so high with how they've designed it.

    If your goal is to preorder a game, start complaining four days after it was released, and post a negative review, I have some advice: Refund the game and stop playing. The atmosphere would be better without people that can't be pleased and refuse to acknowledge that negativity breeds more negativity.

    Thanks Blizzard for more than a decade's worth of hard work.

    Edit: I gave this a 10 review to counter balance the insane and ridiculous 0 reviews I read. In all honesty, my actual rating would be an 8/10 or a 9/10.
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  61. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Everything from the endgame to the quality of life improvements are the best that WoW has seen. For the first time in WoW history, Blizzard figured out how to make decent looking in-engine cutscenes and it made the story much more memorable even if it wasn't exactly my cup of tea.

    This is a perfect time to jump in for the first time or to return after a long hiatus.
  62. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    O game vem se esforçando a melhorar em cada patch desde sempre. Isso é muito válido. A lore otima, os mapas estão lindos e a gameplay vem sendo melhorada sempre. Os sistemas de Shadowlands serão um divisor de águas. Bastante coisa interessante e diferente e que mostra que a blizzard jamais permitirá que o WoW fique datado. Resumindo, uma expansão que respeita os fãs e é perfeita paraO game vem se esforçando a melhorar em cada patch desde sempre. Isso é muito válido. A lore otima, os mapas estão lindos e a gameplay vem sendo melhorada sempre. Os sistemas de Shadowlands serão um divisor de águas. Bastante coisa interessante e diferente e que mostra que a blizzard jamais permitirá que o WoW fique datado. Resumindo, uma expansão que respeita os fãs e é perfeita para jogadores novos Expand
  63. Nov 26, 2020
    9
    There's a reason some of us have been playing this game for over 15 years - Azeroth feels like home, these characters feel like old friends and problems seem personal. If you are invested, if you know the names and histories, if you care, it gives you such a rush to try and help. Of course, if you just want fast kills, fancy loot and constant ... i dunno, cheap thrills, **** andThere's a reason some of us have been playing this game for over 15 years - Azeroth feels like home, these characters feel like old friends and problems seem personal. If you are invested, if you know the names and histories, if you care, it gives you such a rush to try and help. Of course, if you just want fast kills, fancy loot and constant ... i dunno, cheap thrills, **** and explosions, then this game is not for you. It's not for people who want to get something done fast, without ever bothering to look into the details. I do miss archaeology, tho. Am aware I was probably the only one who played that :D Expand
  64. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    + Best Addon start since Warth of the Lichking!
    + Nice and New Dungeons
    + better World quests
    + Legendary system witch is affordable
    + Torghast
    + So much to do. Took me over 80h just du finish everything
    + Lore on its best !
    + Old chars can be revisited :D
  65. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    I see score bombing, I act. Game is brilliant. Don't worry about sad boomers posting 0 points reviews, sad life forcing them to complain or they getting paid to do so.
  66. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Just got to 60 and done a lot of verry fun Quests with a good Story behind all. Cant wait to see whats at Content Coming more now. It all looks better than i can read at much Reviews here so i think a lot here wrote Bad before even reach the end content? How can you after playing a few Hours give those Critics=? Maybe you should forst give it a real try. For me its a verry good StartJust got to 60 and done a lot of verry fun Quests with a good Story behind all. Cant wait to see whats at Content Coming more now. It all looks better than i can read at much Reviews here so i think a lot here wrote Bad before even reach the end content? How can you after playing a few Hours give those Critics=? Maybe you should forst give it a real try. For me its a verry good Start with Great Grafics and cool Cut Scenes. Much new Things at Job System and lots other new things i full enjoy :) Expand
  67. Dec 12, 2020
    10
    I am playing WOW since Vanilla and this is the best addon so far. It has an excellent story and every spec is different but well designed. I don't understand that these guys are giving such a bad rating to such a great game. Since 16 years WOW was and still is some of the best games ever.
  68. Dec 9, 2020
    10
    A great expansion to a game that is still going strong. Fantastic storyline, questing through it is fun and immersive. Great new features that cater to both new players and veterans alike. Revamped levelling fixes the entry barrier finally making this game accessible to new players. Slight time-gating of content allows you to stay competitive even if you can't afford to spend 10h a dayA great expansion to a game that is still going strong. Fantastic storyline, questing through it is fun and immersive. Great new features that cater to both new players and veterans alike. Revamped levelling fixes the entry barrier finally making this game accessible to new players. Slight time-gating of content allows you to stay competitive even if you can't afford to spend 10h a day every day, which upsets no-lifers sure, but for most players - now they can finally not feel behind whole expansion. Core pve balancing problems addressed and for the most part this game is pure joy in its current state. Spent over a hundred hours in the first 2 weeks alone and still waking up excited to dive in for some more! Expand
  69. Apr 8, 2021
    9
    This expansion revives the feeling of the players to commit to a cause since, you can choose what you want to belong to and you choose the content you want to do.
  70. Dec 1, 2020
    10
    Blizzard, nice job, I like this expansion, beautiful locations, interesting dungeons, a lot of activities.
  71. Nov 30, 2020
    10
    One of the best expansion.good story telling, interesting dungeon, beautiful design
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  72. Dec 2, 2020
    10
    It's very nice! Отличное дополнение! Считаю его лучшим из всех последних дополнений!
  73. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Bis jetzt, für mich, eines der besten Addons was Blizzard produziert hat. Eine sehr interessante und gut erzählte Story, sehr schöne und gut inszenierte Gebiete!! Diese 0 Bewertungen müssen von Personen kommen die WoW einfach Tot sehen wollen. Es würde sonst keinen Grund geben das spiel am tag seinens releases schon so schlecht zu bewerten. Ich sage danke Blizzard für dieses Addon undBis jetzt, für mich, eines der besten Addons was Blizzard produziert hat. Eine sehr interessante und gut erzählte Story, sehr schöne und gut inszenierte Gebiete!! Diese 0 Bewertungen müssen von Personen kommen die WoW einfach Tot sehen wollen. Es würde sonst keinen Grund geben das spiel am tag seinens releases schon so schlecht zu bewerten. Ich sage danke Blizzard für dieses Addon und macht weiter so!!! Expand
  74. Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Отличная игра, беру отпуск и вам советую. Намного лучше бфа. Близзард действительно постарались над этим аддоном
  75. Nov 30, 2020
    10
    World of Warcraft is an very important game for me for my whole life.
    I saw everything about it, when the game came out, then the hype in 2007 and several other things.
    Especially because of that I was shocked when I saw the rating of Shadowlands here. I mean okay it's not a game for everyone but 90% of the negative reviews were like: ,,Yeah, I don't like the quests.'' or ,,They
    World of Warcraft is an very important game for me for my whole life.
    I saw everything about it, when the game came out, then the hype in 2007 and several other things.
    Especially because of that I was shocked when I saw the rating of Shadowlands here.
    I mean okay it's not a game for everyone but 90% of the negative reviews were like:
    ,,Yeah, I don't like the quests.'' or ,,They shouldn't have put old characters in it.''
    For me Shadowlands is a beautiful sign that Blizzard still has the ability to make a game which I could get addicted to. The graphics are amazing, I really love them and the story is so good. I love seeing all my favourite characters from older addons now in the new quest area. On the one side its nostalgia which takes me back into the year 2008 when I was sitting there and played WoW only to get to the lich king (just one example)
    The quests are an mix of good fun quests and serious story quests. I didn't skip one cut-scene which I did a lot of times in BfA, because the plot wasn't that good.
    And I'm really looking forward to the raids which will come.
    All in all I want to say:
    THANK YOU BLIZZARD FOR MAKING MY LIFE GREAT AGAIN.
    WoW was and is my favourite game of all time and this masterpiece showed me how beautiful it is again.
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  76. Dec 1, 2020
    9
    High quality product. One problem is timegating, but i understand why they did it
  77. Dec 3, 2020
    8
    Not since The Wrath of the Lich King have I been so excited for an expansion post-launch. The storylines are exceptional. The zones are beautiful and immersive. PvP vendors are coming back! The professions feel more balanced (although they're not perfectly balanced) and the added benefit on crafting legendries.

    Is Shadowlands perfect? No, but it does seem like Blizzard is listening and
    Not since The Wrath of the Lich King have I been so excited for an expansion post-launch. The storylines are exceptional. The zones are beautiful and immersive. PvP vendors are coming back! The professions feel more balanced (although they're not perfectly balanced) and the added benefit on crafting legendries.

    Is Shadowlands perfect? No, but it does seem like Blizzard is listening and now giving us what we want. Thank you, Blizzard for a good game.
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  78. Dec 8, 2020
    10
    The best addon since Wrath of the Lich King with three beautiful zones (i’m looking at you, Maldraxxus!). Also Thorgast - the never ending dungeon - puts a lot of fun into the game. Looking forward to the raid.
  79. Dec 10, 2020
    9
    Can‘t understand the negative reviews. Release day went super smooth for me, I really like the story/lore, the new zones are great (especially from an artistic standpoint ) and the pact features keep growing on me. Best WOW expansion in a long time.
  80. Dec 13, 2020
    10
    As famed slayer raider, this expansion brings challenge when it comes to gearing up. Good loot is hard to find and mythic plus dungeons are decently hard and fun. No more titanforging/warforging, you only have chance to get gem socket on the item which gives more value to mythic raids and key pushing in m+. Also "weekly chest" big upgrade item can be obtained from completing pvp, m+ orAs famed slayer raider, this expansion brings challenge when it comes to gearing up. Good loot is hard to find and mythic plus dungeons are decently hard and fun. No more titanforging/warforging, you only have chance to get gem socket on the item which gives more value to mythic raids and key pushing in m+. Also "weekly chest" big upgrade item can be obtained from completing pvp, m+ or raiding, so if you do all of three you have 9 items to pick from ( you pick only one) therefore destroying rng.

    Spec/class wise some talents are utterly useless and should be reworked, but at least more talent choices than in BFA (former expansion).

    Covenant and conduits are also boring when it comes to some specs/classes forcing you to pick covenant depending on spec, most conduits (items that enhance some of your abilities) are just raw % dmg increase while others are overnerfed and useless(Speaking from beast mastery view of conduits, simply boring). But to sum it up covenants are weak anyway and don't change gameplay that much.

    Professions are fun and gold is easily earned, also it's worth farming gold with gathering professions. Item level changing material is good concept.

    Story is sloppy, some aspects of shadowlands were badly described, perhaps they are described somewhere but surely not in main quests for leveling, quests are mainly focused on problems within shadowlands instead of explaining how are races made and such, what happens if they die in shadowlands, what exactly is anima. For "shadowlands are infinite" they sure feel small. Also I was expecting more casual back cosmetics, normal looking backpacks, quivers, etc.
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  81. Dec 14, 2020
    9
    This addon was a real shock for me. New locations, unforgettable atmosphere, amazing music. For the first time in 8 years of playing, I like absolutely everything. Playing for two weeks now, I find only minor technical problems. After the absolute failure of the Battle for Azeroth, it's like a breath of fresh air. Thank you to the developers! We look forward to further development of theThis addon was a real shock for me. New locations, unforgettable atmosphere, amazing music. For the first time in 8 years of playing, I like absolutely everything. Playing for two weeks now, I find only minor technical problems. After the absolute failure of the Battle for Azeroth, it's like a breath of fresh air. Thank you to the developers! We look forward to further development of the beautiful game. Expand
  82. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    expecting another bfa. but turns out to be a TBC quality. well done blizzard !
  83. Dec 2, 2020
    8
    Shaping up to be a massive improvement over BFA. Less borrowed power than the previous expac. Removed titanforging, removed forced ap grinds.

    We have some nice sandboxy and moderately difficult content in the maw (as in you won't steam roll 10 mobs in just blues like pervious expacs). Covenants are shaping up to be similar to class halls from legion. The classes I play have been
    Shaping up to be a massive improvement over BFA. Less borrowed power than the previous expac. Removed titanforging, removed forced ap grinds.

    We have some nice sandboxy and moderately difficult content in the maw (as in you won't steam roll 10 mobs in just blues like pervious expacs). Covenants are shaping up to be similar to class halls from legion. The classes I play have been improved on from their bfa iterations (warrior, monk, priest, warlock).

    Torghast, for me is a fantastic piece of content. I love roguelikes and this has been done really well.

    A real effort has been put in by the devs to stop handholding and forcing players and allowing them to pick and choose what they want to do. It's too early to make definite conclusion but if you like MMOs this is shaping up to be a good expac so far.
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  84. Aug 27, 2022
    8
    Why i'm giving this 8, -2 for removing the possibility of achieving Champion of Naaaru and HoAD. Just in time when i came back to this game, and found out original quest lines in my old character log. Fair review out here. Guys let's face it, compared to BFA this isn't that bad. 8/10 from and old WoW Player ( since april 2007 ). It has great zones (except bastion), nice raids, finally someWhy i'm giving this 8, -2 for removing the possibility of achieving Champion of Naaaru and HoAD. Just in time when i came back to this game, and found out original quest lines in my old character log. Fair review out here. Guys let's face it, compared to BFA this isn't that bad. 8/10 from and old WoW Player ( since april 2007 ). It has great zones (except bastion), nice raids, finally some level squishing but it didn't turned out greatly. Solid PvP.. Yeah it has a lot of farming problems which i hope will be solved in the future, but overall, Shadowlands > BFA. Bfa was a total failure, let's admit it. Expand
  85. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    This review will be from long time semi casual Player since tbc.
    First time in my case i was feel that end game is what is supposed to be, people always said that end game is just the beginning well i never felt that, for me games always missing end game activities simply Mythic + and Raid wasn't enough for me.
    Now due to the fact we got Stunningly beautiful zones varied type of quests
    This review will be from long time semi casual Player since tbc.
    First time in my case i was feel that end game is what is supposed to be, people always said that end game is just the beginning well i never felt that, for me games always missing end game activities simply Mythic + and Raid wasn't enough for me.
    Now due to the fact we got Stunningly beautiful zones varied type of quests end game activities just makes you wanna play the game, not because you have to You just want to play this game, easly better game for me than legion.
    guys don't even read reviews beneath 6 those guys are cry babies but i understand them very well Bfa also makes me wanna stop play wow entirely i was sceptical but when i hit end game i was Rly positive suprised :) just consider 5 to 0 ratings as low IQ baby rage i will give this game 10 just to balance overall score but honestly for me is 8.5/9.0 im not a Fan boy i was flaming bfa and didn't bought WoD i just wanna play good game that's all :Dl thanks for reading
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  86. Nov 29, 2020
    8
    Cenários muito bem elaborados, o sistema de pactos permite uma boa variação de jogabilidade. Reencontrar velhos amigos no caminho é muito gratificante.
  87. Nov 29, 2020
    8
    Много неоднозначный моментов, которые, я надеюсь, не будут мешать игровому процессу. Пока что, начальная прокачка, атмосфера и комфортность игры - радует.
    Что будет дальше, ну поглядим.
  88. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    I have already fallen in love with this new world

    I like everything from the idea of ​​the script to the first impressions
  89. Nov 29, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very wonderful Landscapes with very good content. No problems at the start, great features. Love it. Expand
  90. Nov 29, 2020
    9
    Heyho. I heard here are many people's who don't know what this game is. Because the raitings are bull$*#%*.

    I playes like around 3 day's and can say i have not enough informations to give a real feedback for the game. So if you realy mean you are right with your raiting? No they whant just kill the game more than that isn't it. To my Rating: For me its one of the best MMoRPG's
    Heyho. I heard here are many people's who don't know what this game is. Because the raitings are bull$*#%*.

    I playes like around 3 day's and can say i have not enough informations to give a real feedback for the game.

    So if you realy mean you are right with your raiting? No they whant just kill the game more than that isn't it. To my Rating: For me its one of the best MMoRPG's worldwide. Since releas i had many fun over the jears i game it. It hade over the Jears many bug's but they all repaired or reported. In other Games i know it haven't intelligent bug report systems. Its in wow also not the best but it works better then other. To the addon i whant to say its for me better like Legion and i see in real no addon who whas realy sad. the only problem what i see is some guys who dosn't like the game and whant push it from the internet. Grafic: Since 16 jears is the graficmodel existence of the world. I think i need not more to say that blizzard make the best work to became whith this old system such powerful textures and models. Its a beautiful work and i love to see in shadowlands a perfect new setting to show us that. Gameplay: i feal like i have the best from all my best addons in one. The pakt system give me a fealing like granision in WoD with legion impacts. My classes ar work like my best times on wotlk and cata but it still not the same as there. I have fun and it is not to easy to play. And the hole quest system have all i whanted from all addons before i dont see why people think it haven't enough content. So i need to go to bus i have more but no more time tanks for reading and god bye. wo
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  91. Nov 29, 2020
    9
    All in one, a very nice game. A few bugs here and there but the add-on is still young;). The graphic is great, the story is very interesting and, in my opinion, there is also enough to do. 9/10
  92. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Top Spiel sieht gut aus spielt sich sehr gut keine nerviges lvl bis 60 Story bisher Top Lore ist Bombe und das nur in der ersten Woche.
    Und nach einer Woche intensivem spielen kann man an über das Spiel einfach nicht meckern.
    Die Trolle die 0 Punkte geben sind halt kleine Kinder die zu früh von der Brust genommen wurden. Naja Jeder darf meckern oder Loben aber 0 Punkte ist lachhaft. Nach
    Top Spiel sieht gut aus spielt sich sehr gut keine nerviges lvl bis 60 Story bisher Top Lore ist Bombe und das nur in der ersten Woche.
    Und nach einer Woche intensivem spielen kann man an über das Spiel einfach nicht meckern.
    Die Trolle die 0 Punkte geben sind halt kleine Kinder die zu früh von der Brust genommen wurden. Naja Jeder darf meckern oder Loben aber 0 Punkte ist lachhaft.
    Nach 16 Jahre wow kann ich nur sagen endlich lohnt es sich wieder ein zu loggen.
    Weiter so Blizzard.
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  93. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    I dont know what all these **** Ratings mean, but this World of Warcraft is fun and it really looks great....
  94. Nov 30, 2020
    9
    Allright, let me See. As every body knows, WoW is a game with progress and expansion over time. So i cannot understand the bad reviews so far, cause the main content is not complete playable yet

    So i will Review the Start of the addon: + no Server lags + perfect Start, really - me and my friends hat no problems and we startet on point and leveled fast to 60. + cool new Features +
    Allright, let me See. As every body knows, WoW is a game with progress and expansion over time. So i cannot understand the bad reviews so far, cause the main content is not complete playable yet

    So i will Review the Start of the addon:
    + no Server lags
    + perfect Start, really - me and my friends hat no problems and we startet on point and leveled fast to 60.
    + cool new Features
    + old storys in New style! Not just recycled, it's all about the Story, so we have to know what happened to understand the whole World of warcraft :3
    + very cool dungeons, good design, Short runways, good and new looking mechanics, like!
    + you have enough time to equip your chars, Level more than one character and explore everything you want to before raiding starts.
    + more of the jobs become interesting again (have to work together more)
    + 4 Alternative Story Lines to play if you want to!
    + gear with pve and pvp
    + 4 absolute different zones which looks awesome!
    + very good explaining of everything! I love to test the new abilties while leveling. And it's still hard to decide in the end :)

    Negative Points:
    -The Alternative leveling phase costs more time and is not very interesting.
    - if you Hit 60 with normal questing again, you have tp complete the Campaign again? Maybe bug!

    Neutral:
    +- torghast. You will Need it, and you can love it or hate it. Maybe to a later time, there will be Other ways to progress your legendarys.

    So at this point, 6 days after Release the game is Great!
    I had very Little Problems and Im excited to see what comes next.
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  95. Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Players have fought against the Burning Legion for 14 yrs and now need new villain. BFA was not much good for the start, but Shadowlands is good for the climax.
  96. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Been playing since vanilla, zones are amazing, way better than bfa, haven't enjoyed an expansion this much since WOTLK
  97. Nov 30, 2020
    10
    I absolutely love this expansion. I love the streamlined questing, the removal of titanforging, the gorgeous zones that don't rely on green glowing atmosphere (looking at you, Legion) or a swamp (looking at you, BfA). The covenant abilities are fun and add utility you can choose based on which zone you like most. I'm a m+ player and an AOTC into mythic raider, and I can't wait to get intoI absolutely love this expansion. I love the streamlined questing, the removal of titanforging, the gorgeous zones that don't rely on green glowing atmosphere (looking at you, Legion) or a swamp (looking at you, BfA). The covenant abilities are fun and add utility you can choose based on which zone you like most. I'm a m+ player and an AOTC into mythic raider, and I can't wait to get into the raids they have planned, and start pushing m+ keys. The bad reviews here are from people with nostalgia issues, period. This is the best expansion in every aspect since Wrath of the Lich King Expand
  98. Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Над игрой проделана потрясающая работа. Первые 10 часов не мог оторваться от игры. Интересные квесты, красивая музыка, в 10 раз лучше чем бфа
  99. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    Nice change after bfa. I dont understand how people could rate this expansion with 0.
  100. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I like that the leveling and intro quest chain through all zones are largely aligned. No more max level at 2 zones and missing all the content.

    Also, I can't speak for all the covenants, but the night fae induction is friggin hilarious! Kudos to the writers on that one, the who sequence is awesome.

    The covenant progression so far feels good. Honor bound, anima, renown, a few ways to grind.

    The new solo/group instance seems pretty legit. If you ever wanted to play Diablo with your wow character, this is your chance.

    The zones are huge and all have very distinctive feels, and the interesting moral dilemma each presents is interesting. The launch was incredibly smooth. Only issue I saw in the first few days was a world server being down for a couple of hours.
    Also, with the newest gear specs, it's been super easy to bounce between tanking and dps, so getting quick queues is easier than ever.
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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 32
  2. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 12, 2021
    80
    Blizzard finally comes with an alt-friendly expansion that brings back the best features of the previous ones. The patch that WoW desperately needed. [Issue#309]
  2. Jan 29, 2021
    90
    World of Warcraft: Shadowlands certainly manages to capture the same feelings we’ve had since first started playing the game. The leveling experience overhaul, constant sense of progress with rewards, and new campaign stories make Shadowlands a must-have for any avid player.
  3. Jan 27, 2021
    90
    World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is a return to greatness for the franchise. The content is both accessible and fun for all types of players, and the story actually makes you feel like everything you’re doing is helping to save the Shadowlands. Torghast is one of the best features ever added and makes each experience unique and fun. While there are some issues which can slow down the time it takes to get everything you want, the journey there is still enjoyable.