World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

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  1. jbrandond2003
    Dec 25, 2020
    3
    Got bored after a few weeks. Nothing new to keep you playing for the long haul. Too many issues with class balance, PVP, and bugs in the game.
  2. Zelliaind
    Dec 24, 2020
    4
    It's a step in the right direction but it's still not enough to keep me playing.

    1. Art team as usual, kills it. Every zone really feels like it's tied to the covenant in the zone. Gear from questing balances the right about of cool while still being generic and wanting you to do higher content for the cooler looking gear. Well done art team, you deserve a pay raise. 2. Borrowed    It's a step in the right direction but it's still not enough to keep me playing.

    1. Art team as usual, kills it. Every zone really feels like it's tied to the covenant in the zone. Gear from questing balances the right about of cool while still being generic and wanting you to do higher content for the cooler looking gear. Well done art team, you deserve a pay raise.

    2. Borrowed power is less irritating in this iteration of World of Warcraft, but it's still there. Go back to how it was before Legion and artifact weapons. Do dungeons/raids/PvP, get gear do more DPS, heal better, or survive longer tanking. I don't need two or three extra systems to manage. Why's this so hard, Blizzard? Just give us gear, and drop the extra sub systems. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel every expansion.

    3. Still no master loot. Honestly why this is still a thing I don't even understand.

    4. While I feel they did a good job putting in weekly caps to prevent people from spending all day playing, it feels like less of a preventative measure to keep that from happening and more like a timegate.

    5. Torghast is fun for the first week, after that it's just another check box to get completed for the week.

    6. PvP gear vendor is deceptive in that if you're a solo PvPer (I.E. doing non-rated BG's) you can't get the higher level gear. I like PvPing when I feel like I'm making progress but being punished for wanting to do non-rated content is a bit of a downside. I just want it how it used to be, BG's for honor, get gear. Do more BG's and upgrade that gear. I agree, however, that higher content should reward better gear, but I would like the PvP gear for non-ranked players to be on par with normal raid gear and not under the ilevel from Heroic dungeons.

    7. If I don't play for a single day, I feel like I'm falling behind my raid team. Sometimes I want to go out and do other **** other than sit behind a computer playing an MMO. This is why I've moved to FFXIV because I can take a couple of days off, come back, and I'm still on part with many people in my raid group. With WoW I feel like if I take a break I'm missing out on ranking up my Soulbind.

    8. The Maw feels unfinished. Reminds me of patch content instead of a core part of the expansion. It feels like the Firelands daily area from Cataclysm before the Firelands raid dropped. Boring, waste of time, and uneventful. Feels like yet another checkbox to get done for the day.

    9. Dungeons are laid out better and I like how there are mobs that need to be focused down or interrupted more often now instead of just a dungeon where you face pull everything and smash your face on the keyboard to success. Bosses are interesting as well but some could still use some work.

    10. Covenants being a "cosmetic only" feature is a load of **** If you don't pick the right one that corresponds to your class, you're losing DPS. Just take one look at Icy-Veins or Wowhead for an example of this. In each class guide they tell you specifically which covenant is best for your class. If you don't you're losing DPS or survivability that makes you extremely strong.

    11. I saw less bugs this time around than in BfA which I'm expecting were fixed because of the delay. There are still some but with a game as large as WoW a few can be expected to slip by.

    12. Scaling is completely jacked up due to the level squish. Don't even bother trying to solo any old raids for transmog or achievements because you'll just get flattened by some of the bosses. They've stated they're asking for examples of this in order to fix but I don't think this would be that hard of a thing to resolve across the board if they really wanted to.

    Over all, the expansion is much better than BfA and is a step in the right direction for sure. However, I've decided that as long as they keep using borrowed power in their expansions, I'm not going to be paying for any of their games from now on. The extra systems, the added bolt on things they add that get thrown out in the next expansions prepatch are just too exhausting to be able to keep up with.    … Expand
  3. bedouin
    Dec 24, 2020
    0
    Скучное уг , зря потраченные бабки... ожидания были большими а по факту очередной высос денег от Blizzard... после Refoeged я окончательно потерял доверие к этой компании...
  4. legacyauthor
    Dec 23, 2020
    2
    They've just given up on any hope of PvP balance and try to distract with good art. But like a movie that deepens on special effects instead of a compelling experience, it leaves for a short experience absent of fond memories. Time to move on.
  5. RuguRene
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    Better than BFA )) So for me the Shadowland its a like a new breathe. They did new mechanics and they improved the olds
  6. bangalor
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    Ничего нового. Ковенанты это просто две кнопки с квестами типа трини. Охренительно унылые локалки искуственно затянутые. Торгаст хваленый, обычный инст, только без лута. В чате одна нищета что-то продает, другая нищета пытается что-то выкружить, урвать , обмануть, нажиться. В потустороннем мире снимаются потустороние шкурки, готовится потустороняя еда. Фуфел который впарили как новизну. ДаНичего нового. Ковенанты это просто две кнопки с квестами типа трини. Охренительно унылые локалки искуственно затянутые. Торгаст хваленый, обычный инст, только без лута. В чате одна нищета что-то продает, другая нищета пытается что-то выкружить, урвать , обмануть, нажиться. В потустороннем мире снимаются потустороние шкурки, готовится потустороняя еда. Фуфел который впарили как новизну. Да и сюжет до зубовного скрежета обычное фуфло. В бфа это было: ой мы потеряли кораблики. В шл : ой мы просрали РЛов. Торгаст дико несбалансирован. Какие то класы жрут попкорн и пыжатся что в соло за полчаса закрывают 8 этаж. А большинство вынуждено тратить голду и набирать группу чтоб получить горстку пыли. Игра крайне недружелюбна к новичкам. Ничего не понятно, что за мусор выпадает в рюкзак, для чего он? как пройти квест если ничего не понятно в описании? каждые 5 минут надо гуглить. А уж какое коммюнити в игре !!! просто сборище неадекватов которые самоутверждаются за твой счет. В чате нецензурщина и оскорбления. Регаешься в ппг, тебя кикают потому что рио нулевой. Ну хорошо, повезло , регнулся, заходишь в инст и после первого босса ливают с пати танк и хил. Все в игре нацелено на выжимание с тебя; денег, времени , нервов. Удалил это говно.… Expand
  7. UMAGA1973
    Dec 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very boring,total **** game,after 16y wow i uninstal....thorgas,all dungeon,all leveling,all quest boring...… Expand
  8. Jemvie
    Dec 22, 2020
    8
    Fantastic expansion. Giving it a 7.5 for now instead of 9 because there aren't any good world pvp activities like assaults, recurrent skirmishes like in Nazjatar or loot crates like in BFA.
  9. Ryukhan
    Dec 22, 2020
    3
    I have been playing WoW since 2005. I've never disliked an expansion enough to actually cancel my subscription until now. The game has always had chore-like tasks throughout it. I usually even enjoyed doing dailies/weeklies etc. in the past. But THIS one has legitimately felt like work so far the entire time I've played it. After trying to get into it for so many hours just to come toI have been playing WoW since 2005. I've never disliked an expansion enough to actually cancel my subscription until now. The game has always had chore-like tasks throughout it. I usually even enjoyed doing dailies/weeklies etc. in the past. But THIS one has legitimately felt like work so far the entire time I've played it. After trying to get into it for so many hours just to come to the realization that I was wasting time is pretty disappointing. Maybe I would have ended up liking it after putting a few more dozen hours into it, but it was not worth trying anymore.

    Other than the sheer fact that it wasn't enjoyable enough as a whole, I REALLY enjoyed Torghast!! And luckily, I can play an even better version of Torghast without dealing with the other garbage!........... by playing HADES!

    Seriously the ONE aspect of Shadowlands I enjoyed was Torghast. I also liked Bastion and the dark foresty area that I can't even remember the name of. As usual, the story will only appeal to the deeeeep deep WoW fans. And to reiterate - I've played this game for 15 years and got into the story only a handful of times. I always hope that an expansion (or even just one of the big patches) would grab my attention again story-wise, but it never manages to. This one was no different. You'll start by trying to read all the quest dialogue until you realize it's not worth reading. This time for me, it progressed all the way into me realizing it wasn't even worth PLAYING in general.

    If anyone wanted a recommendation on an MMO to get into, I'd say Final Fantasy 14 really does take the cake in nearly every aspect right now. It's a little sad that World of Warcraft is going to be shelved for me after playing for half my life. We had a good run though! Might be back at some point for a nostalgic trip through Classic!    … Expand
  10. Keran
    Dec 21, 2020
    1
    After years without ppkaying. I find this expansion, worst of all expansion. Warcraft its a desde game :(
  11. ConanTnT
    Dec 20, 2020
    1
    Unfortunately World of Warcraft is no longer an MMORPG, but just a single player game with a multiplayer option. It is no longer necessary to have a guild to progress, the professions are useless, the lore is taken over by a political and ideological agenda, and a paid and monthly game still maintains a store with items that cannot be purchased within the game, in addition to the myriadUnfortunately World of Warcraft is no longer an MMORPG, but just a single player game with a multiplayer option. It is no longer necessary to have a guild to progress, the professions are useless, the lore is taken over by a political and ideological agenda, and a paid and monthly game still maintains a store with items that cannot be purchased within the game, in addition to the myriad bugs that are never fixed.… Expand
  12. Kel_Sceptic
    Dec 20, 2020
    10
    ne of the best expansions I've played in a LOOOONG time. Dunno why tf people are saying this is grindy, since it is the first time in the last 4 years when I can finish my weekly stuff on reset day or Thursday, and for the rest of the week I can actually do what I love. In my case being PvP.
    I am fully epic equipped from PvP, from doing BGs and upgrading the blue gear with Honor till    ne of the best expansions I've played in a LOOOONG time. Dunno why tf people are saying this is grindy, since it is the first time in the last 4 years when I can finish my weekly stuff on reset day or Thursday, and for the rest of the week I can actually do what I love. In my case being PvP.
    I am fully epic equipped from PvP, from doing BGs and upgrading the blue gear with Honor till epic. Then I've started doing Arenas 2s, and altough PvE playes still have a good advantage cause they get higher ilvl gear from Mythics, I can still enjoy doing 2s.

    I have done ONLY 4 normal dungeons since I hit 60, and that is only cause they had zone ending dungeon quests, else I would have not set foot in any dungeon at all.

    The PvP system implemented is one of the best that ever existed in WoW, and you can earn gear FROM actually playing PVP, and upgrade it on an ilvl direct proportional with your PvP rating.    … Expand
  13. sebardo
    Dec 20, 2020
    1
    It's an extremely disappointing expansion, with tons of OP classes, and on the other hand, there's other that are totally forgiven. Now instead of balancing the op classes they prefer to kill it, making totally unplayable. The other point is about those grindings, that you need to level up all over again, without any apparently reason and it's totally unfriendly for who wants to create anIt's an extremely disappointing expansion, with tons of OP classes, and on the other hand, there's other that are totally forgiven. Now instead of balancing the op classes they prefer to kill it, making totally unplayable. The other point is about those grindings, that you need to level up all over again, without any apparently reason and it's totally unfriendly for who wants to create an alt, because you covenant grinding is weekly based.
    And once again the PVE items is a way stronger than pvp.    … Expand
  14. Rabblerabblerab
    Dec 19, 2020
    1
    As usual Blizzard has delivered on all of the things that are great for the first and maybe second pass (zone aesthetics, music, etc.)

    The end game isn't for me this pass. I'm not into the time-gated diablo minigame. Glyphs, talent trees and pruned abilities/bonuses became Artifact weapons. Artifact weapons became Azerite Armor+Heart of Azeroth, Azerite became Covenants+Conduits.    As usual Blizzard has delivered on all of the things that are great for the first and maybe second pass (zone aesthetics, music, etc.)

    The end game isn't for me this pass. I'm not into the time-gated diablo minigame.

    Glyphs, talent trees and pruned abilities/bonuses became Artifact weapons.
    Artifact weapons became Azerite Armor+Heart of Azeroth,
    Azerite became Covenants+Conduits.
    I was fine with Glyphs and talent trees. Now there's a rep grind and a gryphon ride to interact with an NPC to access a GUI that should just be reached with a keybind.    … Expand
  15. KnightNoldor
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Shadow BUGS, this is where you see those thousands of workers fired by Activision
  16. blacknalla
    Dec 19, 2020
    10
    A well done expansion, cant wait to see what will they add in the upcoming patches
  17. qcback
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    This expansion had potential but unfortunately its ruined due to poor class design and forced mundane content like the maw and Torghast.
  18. EdGre97
    Dec 18, 2020
    3
    На мой взгляд, к моему сожалению, это самый провальный патч за последнее время. Изначально казалось все так кашерно и красиво, бомбические локации, голос Могрейна, утроба, атмосфера. Как же это было круто до мурашек. Пока ты не берешь 60 уровень и с предвкушением ждешь хай-левел контент. И тут тебе попадается торгаст, на который СУКА, ты тратишь по 1 часу, чтобы пройти ГРЕБАНЫЙ 1 ЭТАЖ. ИНа мой взгляд, к моему сожалению, это самый провальный патч за последнее время. Изначально казалось все так кашерно и красиво, бомбические локации, голос Могрейна, утроба, атмосфера. Как же это было круто до мурашек. Пока ты не берешь 60 уровень и с предвкушением ждешь хай-левел контент. И тут тебе попадается торгаст, на который СУКА, ты тратишь по 1 часу, чтобы пройти ГРЕБАНЫЙ 1 ЭТАЖ. И попробуй еще сдохнуть больше положенных раз, выкинет и нужно будет по новому проходить.

    "Нити судьбы" дерьмовое дерьмо. Если ты не стартуешь с ИЛВЛ 100 и больше- забудь. А если ты будешь ходить на БГ, арены и в подземелья, то будь готов, что в малдраксусе ты уже будешь 56-57 и у тебя все квесты будут зелеными. В итоге, ни линейный метод ни нити судьбы тебе не подойдут. Почему нельзя сделать как в бфа, где на любой локации по линейному сюжету ты получил всегда "желтые квесты". Нахрена вы так подгоняете сюжетку, чтобы народ не мог выбирать. Нити судьбы- просто днище. Вы выполняете локалки, на которые тратите в 5 раз больше времени, чем на обычные квесты, а опыта дают столько же.

    О ДА, ЛОКАЛКИ. Раньше в бфа они были по типу, убей того, принеси это, сделай это и т.д.

    А ТЕПЕРЬ, убей это, унеси то, сделай это - ЭТО ОДНА МАТЬ ЕГО, ЛОКАЛКА. ОДНА. А еще, вам будут предлагать бегать искать сундуки. И многие из них будут находится в заднице мира, то бишь на горе/ возвышанности (андервельд). И стойте себе час/два и думайте, как туда вообще попасть. Конечно же, прийдя с работы в 6 вечера вы же только и мечтаете, чтобы разгадать, как подобраться и открыть чертов сундук))00

    Гринд стал настолько невыносим, что у меня просто горит пердак. Хочешь легендарку сиди в торгасте, где все зависит от РАНДОМНОГО прока талантов анимы. То есть либо вы будете ваншотать мобов, либо они вас. И пепел душ это всего лишь один компонент. А теперь вам нужно выбить определенное "воспоминание". Я вот хожу в одно подземелье уже 15 раз, и оно все не падает))000.
    И так со всем шмотом, люди ходят в рейд, тратят по 5-6 часов и им нихера не выпадает. Или самый эпик, выпадают легендарки НА ДРУГОЙ КАРЛ СПЕК. Помимо легендарок, будьте добрый качайте свой ковенант. Хотите поднять ПВП уровень вашей шмотки выше 171? Будьте добры поднимите репутацию с вашим ковенантом выше 7 уровня. Это че за нахрен вообще такое?

    Сказать, что я разочарован, не сказать ничего. Играю в вов со времен конца БК, но это дополнение станет вашей второй работой, причем БЕСПЛАТНОЙ. А самый эпик в том, что потом выйдет какой нибудь патч 8.1- повысится уровень экипировки в рейдах и подземельях и все ваши старания просто пойдут лесом. И ладно бы, если гринд не занимал так много времени. Но его объективно больше, чем когда либо было. И это нихрена не нормально.

    Всего плохого!    … Expand
  19. Nottmexpress
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    Expansion has been over sold by you tube liars. Its for the 12 hour a day player (lifes loosers ). They want the casuals to pay for their habit but provide nothing but toxicity to you as a casual ( Person with an actual life) for being apart of it . The added mechics to compete in Raids mythic plus are not gone but growing and growing . This requires a multitude of add ons loaded to adaptExpansion has been over sold by you tube liars. Its for the 12 hour a day player (lifes loosers ). They want the casuals to pay for their habit but provide nothing but toxicity to you as a casual ( Person with an actual life) for being apart of it . The added mechics to compete in Raids mythic plus are not gone but growing and growing . This requires a multitude of add ons loaded to adapt interrupt the endless growing mechanics. The borrowed power system has left content limited and they have reduced gear drops in a desperate ploy to hide the fact. Torghast was meant to be the fun no bars highlight Its not. Its a RNG power drop which has to be in your favor to kill the floor 6 over difficult end bosses. For certain class specs not balanced at all DPS was impossible at times tank no issue . Its launched with way way to hard leaving a very un happy community which has caused them to reduce the time gated difficulty. Getting into groups for even mythic dungeon runs takes hours with lack of tanks and healers. I have item level 189 and getting refused from groups as I refuse to use raider IO .ranking add on. The warcraft forums are filled with Paid police. they individuals who try to make any negative post the players fault and not the game designers .Content is so dragged out even the daily covenant zone quests are filled with run here run back run here time gated fun ! Bugs ohhh my god. dcd and lagged so much this expansion This has nothing for a player with a life as well. Avoid it . Leave it to the no life losers who have nothing but this in their lives .… Expand
  20. Peludino
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    The game is not enjoyable, the dev decisions are against it. U cant use even terrain mounts in The Maw area, its not a small area or irrelevant area, its huge and have important role in the progression in the end game. Revendrath area have a lot of cliffs and layers of terrain, that is a mess to walk through that.

    And finally, the greatest point that make me give this score and decide    The game is not enjoyable, the dev decisions are against it. U cant use even terrain mounts in The Maw area, its not a small area or irrelevant area, its huge and have important role in the progression in the end game. Revendrath area have a lot of cliffs and layers of terrain, that is a mess to walk through that.

    And finally, the greatest point that make me give this score and decide to left the game. M+ drops rates are a ridiculous, u keep doing dungeons, all the night and cant get any item. A regular disappointmentin the game, through last xpacs were the mandatory necessity of doing PVE content to get item, for the PVP players. Now I see the way back, ppl who enjoy de PVE content have to farm PVP to have a chance of upgrade his own gear.

    It's not 0, because the scenario, all the areas are beautful, covenant effects in the game are impressive, but the most important thing, that is, play and enjoy the game, is not happen.
    It had been happen since WOD, the impossibility of flying in the xpac until some time, that is decided by devs, without any other reason than time sink the player, walking around like a bunch of fools. I gave a try in BFA, that were one of the worst xpacks ever, but this one...    … Expand
  21. Skaffah
    Dec 18, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. PvP feels amazing, characters feel powerful again. There is a pvp vendor, but it's time gated too much after rank 5 you need renown 22 which will take ages, should be around renown 14 instead. The great vault is a nice improvement. The legendary system is okay. Thorgast sucks.… Expand
  22. MSB1
    Dec 18, 2020
    3
    HALF of the class specs are trash tier and Blizzard continues to refuse to do anything about them, much like the past two expansions. The story is boring as hell and literally not worth the time of day to pay attention to. The Maw and Torghast are two of the worst things ever put into this game and they just made Torghast even more annoying. A majority of the conduits and legendary itemsHALF of the class specs are trash tier and Blizzard continues to refuse to do anything about them, much like the past two expansions. The story is boring as hell and literally not worth the time of day to pay attention to. The Maw and Torghast are two of the worst things ever put into this game and they just made Torghast even more annoying. A majority of the conduits and legendary items are completely useless. Some specs literally don't have one worth using. PvP is so unbalanced it's not worth doing if you aren't one of the OP specs. Bots are running rampant and destroying the economy and aren't being banned. The player base is even more toxic than before. The raid is dummy easy, honestly high mythic+ is harder. There's honestly very little to like in this expansion. A 3/10 may be too generous, but visuals of some areas is pleasing. So I guess there's that? There's literally no way this expansion is above a 6 or 7 even if you do enjoy it because you got lucky enough to be one of the 4 or 5 Specs worth playing. I would have rated it a 5 or 6 if Blizzard actually had fixed most of the class specs in it, but they didn't yet again. So a 3 it is.

    It's time for Blizzard to release Ion Hazzikostas and possibly much of his team. This game needs an injection of talent that is hungry and also willing to listen to the player base where it's justified, something Ion isn't and definitely does not do. Yoshi P and his crew over on FF14 have made him look like an absolute joke the past several years and it's not even a close contest.    … Expand
  23. SilentScreams
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Some of the zones look good. That is about all this expac has going for it. The horrendous amount of RP is absolutely a game killer for me. If I had know that there was this much (listen to the npc talk) I would never have purchased this xpac. I feel as though I wasted my money on a game I can now not stand to play. I have play this game for 13 years and now I want nothing to do with it.Some of the zones look good. That is about all this expac has going for it. The horrendous amount of RP is absolutely a game killer for me. If I had know that there was this much (listen to the npc talk) I would never have purchased this xpac. I feel as though I wasted my money on a game I can now not stand to play. I have play this game for 13 years and now I want nothing to do with it. Unskippable rp and unskippable cut scenes are a game killer for me. I will never buy another xpac. This will be the last of any funds Blizzard sees from me. If the talking could be skipped I would be okay with it. However it is not skippable. You actually get a quest to ask Jaina about something, then again to ask her about something else, then AGAIN to ask her about another thing. None the talking can be skipped. You actually have to wait out the nonsense. Usually on a new xpac this would be okay for 1 toon, as I would immerse for the first toon leveled. NOT for all of them.

    No motivation to play this nonsense.

    The covenant system is trash as well. I am so sick of borrowed power. This one however of all the borrowed powers has to be the worst. All the covenant abilities are trash. I have seen where none of them help in any way.

    Lets not even start on Torghast.........    … Expand
  24. Fallconex
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    Beautiful new content, an interesting system of covenants, but too much grind. And I don't really like the idea of linear overextended storytelling.
  25. Nacasatu
    Dec 15, 2020
    1
    Very shallow expansion.
    No new races, no new classes, no new battlegrounds. Time gated content, awful decision by Blizzard. They got the pvp gearing and upgrading right, almost perfect, but then ruined it by tying it behind more time gated trash AND then they also will not allow you to upgrade the Conquest gear you buy, unless you play and rank highly in their stupid and awful rated pvp    Very shallow expansion.
    No new races, no new classes, no new battlegrounds. Time gated content, awful decision by Blizzard. They got the pvp gearing and upgrading right, almost perfect, but then ruined it by tying it behind more time gated trash AND then they also will not allow you to upgrade the Conquest gear you buy, unless you play and rank highly in their stupid and awful rated pvp game mode. Terrible decision again. Now, you login, do your daily quest, and logout. That's it, once the weekly stuff is done, you've nothing else to do because of the time gating. What a ridiculous load of tripe. The rated pvp and mythic dungeons are absolutely destroyed and laughable due to the boosting and gold sellers selling services, the lfg custom tool is riddled with adverts and spammers, making it worthless. Huge hopes for this expansion but already bored with nothing to do and no way to gear because its locked behind time gated content or worse, locked behind forced game modes like rated battlegrounds which are a joke.

    Such a shame. Such a lost opportunity. Most guildmates have already just stopped playing and server is losing so many players. Blizzard seem to cater more toward streamers and the 5% who raid and run boosting mythic dungeons plus the win trading in pvp, than they do the vast majority of others players. Way to go, killing your own game with stupid decisions and lacking any real content.

    Seriously, not even one new class, race or battleground, what a load of trash this expansion is.    … Expand
  26. Daisylanning22
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    Weak and unbalanced. Fine to play if you have 4 characters in each covenant
  27. TonyMcTonyJimmy
    Dec 16, 2020
    3
    Blizzard seems to have bent over backward to appease so-called "difficulty fetishists" who thrive on masked tedium disguised as "challenge" with Shadowlands. A lot of the fun is crushed by tedium, chores, and scaling mobs that remove all sense of progress. Got some gear? Mobs hit you harder and take longer to kill now, grats. PVE sees nerfs because of PVP. Classes see heavy nerfs becauseBlizzard seems to have bent over backward to appease so-called "difficulty fetishists" who thrive on masked tedium disguised as "challenge" with Shadowlands. A lot of the fun is crushed by tedium, chores, and scaling mobs that remove all sense of progress. Got some gear? Mobs hit you harder and take longer to kill now, grats. PVE sees nerfs because of PVP. Classes see heavy nerfs because they perform well. I'm not kidding. Poor performing/designed classes will often be left to rot until the next expansion, because Blizzard is against working on a class during an expansion. Unless it's to nerf it into oblivion.

    The game looks good and sometimes works well. But the pile of other stuff just wears you down until you can't remember what fun felt like.

    Thanks to this a lot of players spend more time going at each other on the forums than actually playing the game. It amazes me Blizzard is cool with the "like it all without question or get out" crowd but they've never stepped in to stop it. They actively pit us against each other by stoking competition at every angle, even inside your own faction.

    If you like to have fun. If you play games for enjoyment. If you like story, player housing, collections, crafting, gear appearances, or community you'll probably be disappointed. You're no longer rewarded for doing something. Like a proper casino you only have a chance to be rewarded. This supposedly makes gear "meaningful." The reality of it is by the time you get the gear you either no longer need it or can't use it. Some rewards ignore your class specialization and gives you whatever's laying around. Hunter has two ranged specs and one melee; your chances of getting a weapon not for your spec is surprisingly high. repeat gear is very common as well. So, a hard fought "reward" goes in the trash.

    Gear is no longer seen as a tool, like a saw or hammer. The common anti-gripe is that you don't need the gear if you're not doing high-end raids and so forth. Well, if you did it without that gear, to get that gear, then you didn't need it either. Blizzard is telling a carpenter to build a deck for the chance to receive a saw or hammer as compensation. If they don't get a tool after building 12 decks? Well, maybe next time. Blizzard tells us this is "exciting."

    The only people left who can really enjoy all of this are suffering from severe Stockholm Syndrome. It makes me sad but I guess that's what happens when time-played and e-sports take over your passion for making a game. I'm sorry. I just can't pretend I don't feel like Blizzard hasn't abandoned all but a small contingent of players.    … Expand
  28. Mike76
    Dec 16, 2020
    5
    Love it haven't turned it off loveing it great game the destroys all others mop
  29. whobdobub
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    Honestly if your bored and looking for something to do, wow is not that game anymore, bored people don't intentionally try to frustrate themselves to keep busy. Torghast is a OVERTUNED playground for the elitist. The maw is an awful zone that just chews you up and makes you feel worthless and undergeared.

    Gearing up is awful and requires 100's of hours of team play. Way too much    Honestly if your bored and looking for something to do, wow is not that game anymore, bored people don't intentionally try to frustrate themselves to keep busy. Torghast is a OVERTUNED playground for the elitist. The maw is an awful zone that just chews you up and makes you feel worthless and undergeared.

    Gearing up is awful and requires 100's of hours of team play.

    Way too much RP, Way too much timegating, way to much favortism for raiders.

    Everything in the game is a chore now ?

    Professions in this expansion where designed to make you spend your real life money in the wow shop to buy tokens for gold so you can level your professions.

    They did a good job selling the hype, they did a good job making a certain crowd of players content with the expac, but the people that carried this game and stayed subbed through all the crappy **** and settled for the casual experience are now being shunned this expansion.

    Don't give them your money. Unless you want a second part time job, I would wait for a more friendly expansion that welcomes all types of players rather then the one type of player.    … Expand
  30. Makakdu
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    Dont bye blizzard games , this corporation is so greede . Thanks Activision for bad games.
  31. Babe1973
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    If you enjoy a second job with no compensation, this is your game. The rewards are non existent and it’s all just chores in a daily basis. The lead designer clearly is in over his head. This game was the golden standard once. Now it’s a labor farm.
  32. ob_gyn_kenobi
    Dec 16, 2020
    2
    Pros: a couple of the new areas are beautifully drawn.

    Cons: Torgath is so difficult that people cant even progress past the SECOND mission in their Campaigns! What does Blizzard do to fix it? They BUFF Torghast to make it even HARDER! Virtually no new loot, mythic dungeons are now a waste of time.
  33. namahn
    Dec 16, 2020
    7
    Everything but torghast is great. Only thing i have a complaint about really. The time gating is a bit annoying but manageable.
  34. damond5031
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    If you're a neckbeard who can live inside the game 24/7 you'll probably love this expansion, it was made for you. For everyone else it's a terrible slog through boring time gated content and continually buffed mobs coupled with ilvl scaling which actually makes you feel weaker as you pick up more powerful gear. Loot has been nerfed and drops much less frequently, world quests give next toIf you're a neckbeard who can live inside the game 24/7 you'll probably love this expansion, it was made for you. For everyone else it's a terrible slog through boring time gated content and continually buffed mobs coupled with ilvl scaling which actually makes you feel weaker as you pick up more powerful gear. Loot has been nerfed and drops much less frequently, world quests give next to nothing and torghast has once again been made more difficult, all in an effort to appease the mythic/heroic raiding crowd who find it all too easy. Seriously, if you have a life outside of this game, do not buy the expansion, the only way Ion and company will learn is taking a hit to the wallet. This is a pathetic expansion where every sytem is clearly created to make you spend more time for less reward, I have a feeling this will be the expansion with the least amount of content to date, there is no other reason for the ungodly amount of gating and taking away of quality of life systems players enjoy *flight whistle*.… Expand
  35. hansmueller
    Dec 16, 2020
    4
    (played since TBC, did alpha & beta test on SL)

    Pros: - more customizations für chars - chromie time being a good idea (but does not work properly - group synch does not work, very annoying / almost impossible to lvl/quest with friends) - graphics/landscapes/new zones/ new models etc. are ok but only mediocre compared to other expansions (TBC was much more creative/innovative at it's    (played since TBC, did alpha & beta test on SL)

    Pros:
    - more customizations für chars
    - chromie time being a good idea (but does not work properly - group synch does not work, very annoying / almost impossible to lvl/quest with friends)
    - graphics/landscapes/new zones/ new models etc. are ok but only mediocre compared to other expansions (TBC was much more creative/innovative at it's time)
    - PvP vendors
    - mostly targetable loot with less RNG

    cons:
    - really bad class design due to oversystemification and borrowed powers
    - bad class balance (frustrating in pve and makes pvp pointless)
    - forced content (oversystemification)
    - time gating
    - torghast aka choreghast (is very generic, pointless, "random" aka generic random generated content similar to warfronts and island expeditions just in a darker more monotonous environment)
    - pointless limitation of playable content due to covenant choice
    - extreme linear storytelling (if you like being a puppet on strings then you will like it)
    - does not feel like a MMORPG world to explore but like you are reenacting a linear story in a given pace and a given way. you don't have agency over your char / YOUR story in the world. it's just an interactive story - like reading a book but in 3D and you are allowed to press some buttons from time to time.
    - no competitive PvP possible due to bad class design and balance

    all in all: compared to other expansions it's mediocre. if you don't care about anything and just stumble around from time to time, collect a few pets and mounts and do some quests then you can somewhat enjoy Shadowlands. The best thing about Shadowlands is that it's not BfA. If THAT is the best thing you can say about an expansion it's probably not worth playing much.

    The really bad thing is that due to all the systemifications that are linkt to eachother you can't really skip/ ignore all the "awesome" features you don't enjoy.    … Expand
  36. Subjektivity
    Dec 16, 2020
    1
    I've played Warcraft since Vanilla and I don't think I've ever regretted spending money on an expansion. Yet here we are, 2 weeks into Shadowlands and I already don't want to play this game anymore. They added frustrating after frustrating mechanic: can't mount in the Maw, if you die you lose items, if you want to change specs and your covenant doesn't match you have to start all over onI've played Warcraft since Vanilla and I don't think I've ever regretted spending money on an expansion. Yet here we are, 2 weeks into Shadowlands and I already don't want to play this game anymore. They added frustrating after frustrating mechanic: can't mount in the Maw, if you die you lose items, if you want to change specs and your covenant doesn't match you have to start all over on leveling your covenant. Then Torghast is crazy overtuned and just depressing to play as a mage main, you have to return to the hub to resync groups for LFG in the maw. If you are a mage thinking of coming back just save yourself the regret and don't. Some of the zones are pretty althpugh its obvious that they are recycling art assets. The lore was what got me interested in coming back and leveling was OK but slogging through the Maw and Torghast to get more story is just not going to happen. Im definitely not resubbing and want a damn refund at this point.… Expand
  37. Miha55
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    So far i played many expasnsions. I like maps, very colourful. I won't even mention music.
  38. Nikkonofune
    Dec 16, 2020
    1
    42 dungeon and zero loot, zero loot from vault and zero loot from world bosses. thx blizz for nothing.
  39. Feylexi
    Dec 15, 2020
    0
    The worst expansion so far. Is not alt friendly, mandatory game time of minimum 20+ hours per week, mandatory zones and a lot of repetitive boring chores. Not to mention the zones are disabilities unfriendly. Good luck trying to play the game if you have conditions or if you have challenges with bright colors and identifying 5 shades of red in a split of a second.
  40. JeffoUA
    Dec 15, 2020
    10
    One of the best WoW expansions ever. If you never played this game right now is the best chance to try. If you used to play before it's time to come back
  41. Lulotic
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    just 4 zones + maw daily hub, 8 dungeons, just 1 raid, torghast is garbage, covenants awful implemented (btw nothing original, they are just other factions); other than that, story is trash, leveling is removed from the game, etc and critics give to this awful product 8-8.5? are you kidding?
  42. XramLC
    Dec 15, 2020
    0
    Where to begin?

    Well, many ppl thought this would be WotLK 2. It's not, that XP, imho, continues to be the best and I doubt, seeing how Blizzard is messing up recently, it will ever be surpassed. What to say about Shadowlands? It's a harder grind than you had on ALL previous expansions, both because they increased the raw difficulty of the game itself, and because they removed the    Where to begin?

    Well, many ppl thought this would be WotLK 2. It's not, that XP, imho, continues to be the best and I doubt, seeing how Blizzard is messing up recently, it will ever be surpassed.

    What to say about Shadowlands? It's a harder grind than you had on ALL previous expansions, both because they increased the raw difficulty of the game itself, and because they removed the grind for AP, but now you have to grind for anima, for stygia, for renown with your covenant... so, they traded one major grind for three big grinds.

    The story is BLAND, at maximum... it seems Blizzard has a rule book on how the lore has to be written, so the writers followed the same formula for all the past expansion packs. They change the place where things are happening, but the plot is always the same. Bad written and even less likable characters. Not to mention that it's INCREDIBLE, with the amount of money Blizzard has, that they CAN'T HIRE new voice actors / actresses, we're stuck with having the same one doing multiple voices over and over again.

    There is nothing new or really different on Shadowlands, they removed the powers you had on your azerite gear and moved them into your covenant. Worst of all, if you actually play the three specializations of your class, you will be always behind on something, as the best powers for a specific role are bound to specific covenants.

    Don't be fooled by the advertising, there's no fun waiting for you in Shadowlands, only more of the same that WoW has been in the past years.    … Expand
  43. anfo
    Dec 15, 2020
    5
    The art and visuals are awesome as always. The gameplay... well it's MEH. That's the only way to put it. The constant nerfs to classes and the existence of a global cooldown make the game slow and tedious. Constantly waiting for buttons to press due to global cds. The fact that after the initial questing ALL content is timegated behind renown and other types of currency when it isThe art and visuals are awesome as always. The gameplay... well it's MEH. That's the only way to put it. The constant nerfs to classes and the existence of a global cooldown make the game slow and tedious. Constantly waiting for buttons to press due to global cds. The fact that after the initial questing ALL content is timegated behind renown and other types of currency when it is subscripton based makes for a big NO. The developers spend all their time thinking of ways to slow gameplay when they should be spending their time creating ways to make the gameplay more enjoyable. Alas,, as long as Ion Hazzikostas is lead dev.. the world of warcraft will always feel like the World of Maucraft.. Hard Pass on this one folks… Expand
  44. Brucecampbell
    Dec 15, 2020
    2
    The professional reviews and influencers are LYING to you!
    So you are wondering is it a good time to come back to WoW. Can you play with friends again and enjoy the game, maybe do some battlegrounds, wpvp and some raiding? The answer is a firm NO. This is not a MMO anymore, it's a few failed esports that target mentally ill people who live with a caregiver to use as slave labor. They sell    The professional reviews and influencers are LYING to you!
    So you are wondering is it a good time to come back to WoW. Can you play with friends again and enjoy the game, maybe do some battlegrounds, wpvp and some raiding? The answer is a firm NO. This is not a MMO anymore, it's a few failed esports that target mentally ill people who live with a caregiver to use as slave labor. They sell carries and boosts through content for gear and mounts, which people buy with tokens. Those jobless people turn the gold into RL money against the TOS to fund their gameplay or to fuel an endless number of microtranactions to race change, class change depending on what is flavor of the month for raids too tightly tuned.

    In old WoW anyone could raid and you could bring family or friends. The game was time and effort gated to a point and not trying to be a failed esport. WoW still wants you to invest that time but the rewards differ depending on how many friends you want to leave behind, how toxic the community you are willing to put up with and the debt you are willing to incur as you lose your job to mythic raid or be a high end arena player where you will need a Razer Naga for arena focus macros that is a paperweight on your desk in everything but WoW.

    When Cata brought on esport difficulty for raids Blizzard created systems so that players who didn't want to engage in that could still engage in other aspects of the game and have fun. This was through pvp gear with pvp stats, scaling or instanced pvp limiting item level. Those systems are now all gone to push token sales and min/mx microtransactions. The influencers tell you this is a good thing because without the failed esports they lose content and prestige, but the influeners are an increasingly shrinking, insular bubble of delusion.

    If you want to know just how bad the disparity is to fund MT's, daily quests and initial pvp gear that you grind give item level 150. Heroics gives 180. Unranked pvp gear 200 that takes months to get and it needs to be supplemented by raiding gear. Normal raiding which is about the same as old WoW pre cata is 200. Heroic is like 220. Mythic 230. Mythic + which is a timed dungeon event with the most toxic player base in the world is like 213. This is in just the first tier of raiding and you already have an insane gear disparity where you will get steamrolled in PvP and be locked out of Mythic + because of gear and raider io score, even if that is the mode you are interested in.

    In addition to a gear treadwell that never ends, allows no breaks and allows no time to help friends learn how to even get to at least mythic plus difficulty, you also have an endless amount of systems you have to grind to get more power levels. Keep in mind if you want to Mythic raid you are REQUIRED to have geared alts as they do sales (carries through Heroic and Mythic) non stop to fund their gameplay and mythic raiding is so tightly tuned that it requires you to play flavor of the month in the raid just to clear it.

    Summary. Blizzard expects 99 percent of the player base to spend as much time gearing characters as the 1 percent while having gear that is MUCH worse unless they engage in the failed esports or purchase carries to keep their item level up. This worse gear means you can't even engage and have fun in any PvP. This is the only MMO where you are required to leave friends and family and loved ones behind to progress, WHICH WERE THE CORE OF GOOD GUILDS IN THE PAST. You now play with a revolving door of people who get burnt out, who are not friends and who who really don't even like playing with eachother. The ranked PVP and mythic communities in this game are among the most toxic in video game history. This is the worst WoW has ever been by far, while the art and animations is probably at an all time high to sell MT's and mounts to naive people or people who just want to play dress up Barbie.

    As a MMO this game deserves the 2 I am giving it. It fails in every single aspect as a MMO, is everything bad about game publisher greed and modern MMO's wrapped into 1 package and the 2 is only because it's BAD as a single player RPG for the story, but at least they put some effort there by ripping off Ori and the Blind Forest for the one zone that is in any way interesting. I feel bad for the artists at Blizzard because they are the only people earning a paycheck or that haven't sold out to Bobby Kotick now the real CEO of Blizzard was pushed out.    … Expand
  45. HolyFox
    Dec 15, 2020
    8
    OK, here are my two cents.
    First of all, I would like to say, that i stopped playing WOW after WOTLK and came back late in Legion and played a lot in BFA (worst expansion ever)
    For me, this expansion is going in the right direction. We have less RNG, in Dungeons, we have to focus on 1-2 mobs to kill instead of terrible 50 mobs pull with AOE and Cleave, which again is a good change. We    OK, here are my two cents.
    First of all, I would like to say, that i stopped playing WOW after WOTLK and came back late in Legion and played a lot in BFA (worst expansion ever)
    For me, this expansion is going in the right direction. We have less RNG, in Dungeons, we have to focus on 1-2 mobs to kill instead of terrible 50 mobs pull with AOE and Cleave, which again is a good change.
    We have PVP vendors, a way more interesting RAID and mechanics, not only running away from circles like in previous expansion.
    What I don't like is that we have a tiny zones (remember old WOW, where the road in a zone is halfway of your monitor. With having tiny roads, we constantly meet mobs and Horde/Ally, which engage us to combat. Probably, Blizz have to think to create more wide Zones, with better roads etc, if you get my mind.
    What i don't like as well is the Professions. For instance, currently I am an alchemist/herb. Well, I hit max level almost immediately on Alchemy, and i don't see any valuable recipes or something to farm after. I have Mana Potions, I can create Flasks that i need, so basecly profession does not make me feel that I have earned something special. For instance in TBC, you have to farm recipes etc.etc.
    Lastly, I am happy that they tried to change/update class abilities, because most of them are extremely boring. They did some job, but they can do better.
    In addition, I am more happy with Shadowlands than all previous expansions of modern WOW.
    Blizz, if you are able to implement more of the already known things in Vanilla, TBC and WOTLK things (professions, farming of recipes, more insteresting zones to level, with bigger space and roads, so you can decide weather to enter in combat in PVP or PVE), together with more changes to boring mechanics in classes and continue improving, I thinkg WOW will become again a Masterpiece. Besides that, I am happy with the new expansion as well.

    P.S. Apology for my not so good English.    … Expand
  46. Dreamwarden
    Dec 14, 2020
    9
    Well menaged and complete storyline, good dungeons with a lot of tricks and things to learn. Raids competitive. Torghast a new feature, a tower on levels that you can climb alone or with friends. Farming is not that much, as it was on other expansions. All this elements for me make this expansion a great one, waiting forward to start the Mythic raiding.
  47. Hugoholanda
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    Essa é de longe a melhor expansão de de wrath pf the lich king. Fazia tempo que não me divertia tanto com pve w com pvp.
  48. Squishydew
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    Shadowlands barely brings anything new to the table, more dailies, more world quests, It's just the same thing we've done before but reskinned.

    Theres nice bits like Torghast, but you get rewarded for it like twice a week, It's just worthless. It's still WoW which is great, but It's just continually the same and feels like a repetitive grind. It doesn't feel any different than BFA did,    Shadowlands barely brings anything new to the table, more dailies, more world quests, It's just the same thing we've done before but reskinned.

    Theres nice bits like Torghast, but you get rewarded for it like twice a week, It's just worthless.
    It's still WoW which is great, but It's just continually the same and feels like a repetitive grind. It doesn't feel any different than BFA did, they just changed the colour palette.    … Expand
  49. Nabar
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    Jogo muito ruim em se tratando de um mmo "rpg". Não existe uma liberdade, ou você segue um dos três covenantes e faz o que eles querem (chato) ou não joga. O pior de tudo é o seu personagem fica quase a maior parte do tempo assistindo os três heróis nas cutcenes. O seu char (personagem) é literalmente um serviçal fica fazendo desde taréfas mais dométicas a melhorzinhas mas nem um poucoJogo muito ruim em se tratando de um mmo "rpg". Não existe uma liberdade, ou você segue um dos três covenantes e faz o que eles querem (chato) ou não joga. O pior de tudo é o seu personagem fica quase a maior parte do tempo assistindo os três heróis nas cutcenes. O seu char (personagem) é literalmente um serviçal fica fazendo desde taréfas mais dométicas a melhorzinhas mas nem um pouco desafiador e divertido. Ainda tem a questão de o jogo não parecer mais um jogo do universo warcraft.… Expand
  50. Lakamilla
    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
  51. tahana
    Dec 13, 2020
    3
    The story itself seems uninspired, and while they have different names it is the same old rehash of borrowed powers, and grinds of the last two expansions. More buttons =/= inspired game play, when in fact a lot of the added buttons are simply garbage abilities that you have to maintain.

    The art and music team hit it out of the park once again which is why I'm not giving it a complete    The story itself seems uninspired, and while they have different names it is the same old rehash of borrowed powers, and grinds of the last two expansions. More buttons =/= inspired game play, when in fact a lot of the added buttons are simply garbage abilities that you have to maintain.

    The art and music team hit it out of the park once again which is why I'm not giving it a complete zero, but that only takes a game so far.

    Nothing in my mind is worse than WoD, but this expansion is in a hard place to tie with it.    … Expand
  52. mrmbartley
    Dec 13, 2020
    2
    The art department gets an A+. That's the only thing the expansion has going for it. The overall design of progression smacks of money grubbing senior leadership who only care about metrics like sales and concurrent users. The overall demand of WQs, dailies, weeklies, mythic+, torghast, raid, etc. is absolutely overwhelming. This is an example of a systemic issue where activision wants toThe art department gets an A+. That's the only thing the expansion has going for it. The overall design of progression smacks of money grubbing senior leadership who only care about metrics like sales and concurrent users. The overall demand of WQs, dailies, weeklies, mythic+, torghast, raid, etc. is absolutely overwhelming. This is an example of a systemic issue where activision wants to maximize the amount of time a given player spends on each accomplishment to eek the most sub dollars out of the smallest amount of content. The bwonsamdi campaign is completely derivative and boring. A prime example is torghast spawning aggro when you're out of combat. As a player I should be able to get up and take a break whenever I want, and now you want to take that away? Do you have any ethical oversight whatsoever? Activision's influence on Blizzard has almost certainly been the worst thing and it's no surprise former talented Blizzard devs and leaders are off starting their own ventures at this point. Waste of money.… Expand
  53. paoloking
    Dec 13, 2020
    10
    This will most likely be remembered as one of the best expansions in WoW history. It offers everything ppl used to love (pvp vendors, optional daily tasks before raiding, a lot of content and ways how to play game) and adding some new great features like picking Covenant (which will strenghten the bond with your character) or roguelike mysterious tower Thorghast which could be stand aloneThis will most likely be remembered as one of the best expansions in WoW history. It offers everything ppl used to love (pvp vendors, optional daily tasks before raiding, a lot of content and ways how to play game) and adding some new great features like picking Covenant (which will strenghten the bond with your character) or roguelike mysterious tower Thorghast which could be stand alone game itself.… Expand
  54. Ballsy
    Dec 13, 2020
    1
    DO NOT waste your money. Ive been playing since 2004 and this expansion is by far the worst. On top of the usual bugs, the gameplay is boring and a considerable time suck. You put in a lot of work for very minimal rewards. Most of the new features are confusing. The dungeons leave a lot to be desired. On top of this, the WoW community in game are unhelpful, childish and elitist. BUYDO NOT waste your money. Ive been playing since 2004 and this expansion is by far the worst. On top of the usual bugs, the gameplay is boring and a considerable time suck. You put in a lot of work for very minimal rewards. Most of the new features are confusing. The dungeons leave a lot to be desired. On top of this, the WoW community in game are unhelpful, childish and elitist. BUY SOMETHING ELSE!… Expand
  55. Zpaa
    Dec 13, 2020
    1
    I played all previous expansions, been playing since vanilla. On every expansion I came back to check it out, but since the last few I just cant get my self to stick around very long. This time I had high hopes, since Classic was such a huge success, I figured blizzard learned that people did not want a cakewalk for a leveling experience. But it still is :( My gear was super dated, butI played all previous expansions, been playing since vanilla. On every expansion I came back to check it out, but since the last few I just cant get my self to stick around very long. This time I had high hopes, since Classic was such a huge success, I figured blizzard learned that people did not want a cakewalk for a leveling experience. But it still is :( My gear was super dated, but still I had no problem pulling everything at the same time and felt like a god. I kinda like the focus on the story telling, but I just which the world would feel more dangerous. There is just no challenge in leveling anymore. Its just something you have to put yourself through to get to max level. Then probably grind a lot of easy stuff, to finally get to participate in a last couple of really hard things you can do in WoW these days.
    After I unlocked the first dungeon, I used the dungeon finder to do it, got into a group, they killed the first boss (barely, only 1 guy survived). I though, ow cool, we might actually need to step it up to clear this! But nothing happened in chat, no one said a word, ran on, wiped on trash and left the party instantly after the first wipe... I was left speechless. This would not happen in Classic. I did not finish my playthrough, because clearly, some fundamental stuff that went downhill since vanilla, are still just as broken as the ever were. No need for community. No challenge in leveling or walking out in the world. No commitment to dungeons. I feel really disappointed. Specially since Classic showed how these things are fixed. or rather, were not broken yet... But since I know blizzard is not crazy, they probably intended it to be this way :(    … Expand
  56. mambomambonia
    Dec 13, 2020
    2
    The worst addition I've played, in this game literally everything is bad now, from locations and quests to balance and mechanics. Blizzards killed my favorite class, they killed the mages, turning them into a support class in all three specs. Don't buy this **** you will waste money and time. Better buy Cyberpunk 2077, which really deserves its money, not this SHADOWLANDS piece of ****.The worst addition I've played, in this game literally everything is bad now, from locations and quests to balance and mechanics. Blizzards killed my favorite class, they killed the mages, turning them into a support class in all three specs. Don't buy this **** you will waste money and time. Better buy Cyberpunk 2077, which really deserves its money, not this SHADOWLANDS piece of ****.
    2/10. Worst addition.
    Sorry for my language. Greetings from Russia.    … Expand
  57. Junkdroid-AD
    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.    … Expand
  58. Kaxcer
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    This expansion plays to the game strength.
    Zones designs is great, in practice is bit worse. The Bastion is exception.
    New world quests are better but nothing ground breaking. New features are decent, Torghast is fun but nothing special. The Maw not worst still feels kind of useless. New dungeons are strength of the game. Fast paced gameplay. New gearing is more fun, as its harder to    This expansion plays to the game strength.
    Zones designs is great, in practice is bit worse. The Bastion is exception.
    New world quests are better but nothing ground breaking.
    New features are decent, Torghast is fun but nothing special.
    The Maw not worst still feels kind of useless.
    New dungeons are strength of the game. Fast paced gameplay.
    New gearing is more fun, as its harder to gear.
    New raid looks boring but challenge is there.

    So why did I give it such a low score ? Think about it too many parts of the game are too easy.
    Questing is easy, you just do things which are completely dull.
    World quests, just go and do this and you get reward ... but everyone get that reward !! It just feels like watching the movie instead of playing.
    And the biggest problem, scripted Raid bosses. Just as always. Bosses on each try always do the same you just need to learn the pattern and beat them. It may look hard but thats only because its locked behind throwing dozens of attempts at bosses. Game engine and design are old and they never worked. And still the same.    … Expand
  59. Sumea
    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.
  60. Wurstkopf
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    Leider hat Wow viel von seinem Charme verloren.
    Das Balancing ist absolut auf der Strecke geblieben und einige Klassen sind dadurch unspielbar. Immer wieder wird man in Sinnfreien content geforced, wie in diesem Fall den Turm der verdammten...
  61. Hfor02
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    Unfortunately this expansion is really boring. Bastion is such hard work just to get through. Maldraxus is ok but doesn’t do anything with it during levelling. Ardenwald is sort of short and kinda run there do this go there repeat last quest. Rethendreath is not to bad but again sort of short. Then you get stuck doing world quests and fill this bar. Maw do daily but not to much as will getUnfortunately this expansion is really boring. Bastion is such hard work just to get through. Maldraxus is ok but doesn’t do anything with it during levelling. Ardenwald is sort of short and kinda run there do this go there repeat last quest. Rethendreath is not to bad but again sort of short. Then you get stuck doing world quests and fill this bar. Maw do daily but not to much as will get killed really quickly and don’t mount unless Druid. Torghast could’ve been fun but falls short constantly.

    The only reason that the hype is so much from some people is BFA was awful if Shadowlands had followed Legion, MoP or WotLK it would flop even more.    … Expand
  62. ChefRYU
    Dec 12, 2020
    1
    All that has changed is a new reputation, a new quest area, and new music. It's all like Battle for Azeroth. Some parts are worse.
  63. Sychgeet
    Dec 11, 2020
    6
    Written after 30 days of play time.

    The story: It's 'good' but I greatly missed the ability to play more of the zones I did like and less of the ones I didn't. No, it does not touch WotLK. The play style: I remember when all of the nuance was in those long talent trees, now you have about 5 systems to keep track off and they are all over the place, they exist to make you run places    Written after 30 days of play time.

    The story: It's 'good' but I greatly missed the ability to play more of the zones I did like and less of the ones I didn't. No, it does not touch WotLK.
    The play style: I remember when all of the nuance was in those long talent trees, now you have about 5 systems to keep track off and they are all over the place, they exist to make you run places over and over and do not feel satisfying.
    The quest zones: The art style and music adds a lot in some zones but for the price of the game, and what we've seen before, I expected more places to explore. You don't feel like a happy wanderer either, people keep calling me Champion, like a celebrity.
    Surely there must be some place in the Shadowlands where the place isn't in constant need of my help?
    PVP: Are there new battlegrounds, new races (still no Ogre race)? No? Is PVP time-gated like PVE, yes.
    Is it worth it?
    Honestly, my favourite part of my 30 days was replaying WotLK content with the new, great Chromie system. Does that bode well for Shadowlands? ...And why is this game still P2P?    … Expand
  64. ShazamSama69
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    another disappointing expansion. boring anima grind, time gated Maw and they haven't even fixed the Maldraxxus lag that has been known since the PTR
  65. schlampipuff
    Dec 11, 2020
    1
    Should´ve been in development for 6 more months. Uninspired quests and mechanics. everything is even more designed to keep you subscribed. but this time the time sinks are transparent und for everyone to see.
    The Maw is one of those boring time sinks.
    Thorgast is another one. With Thorgast they tried a rogue like aproach but failed miserably. There is potential for a good game mechanic    Should´ve been in development for 6 more months. Uninspired quests and mechanics. everything is even more designed to keep you subscribed. but this time the time sinks are transparent und for everyone to see.
    The Maw is one of those boring time sinks.
    Thorgast is another one. With Thorgast they tried a rogue like aproach but failed miserably. There is potential for a good game mechanic but the dev team lacked time and everything is just tedious and bland.
    Art and Sound Team did an ok job. There are many reused Assets. No new Zone stands out. Map Design is also bland and uninspired.
    Unsubscribed and i really hope they find a better team lead with a better vision.    … Expand
  66. Terninator
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    So playing on a high population server, the lag literally makes the game unplayable. Everything is delayed by up to 3 seconds and players rubberband all around. On top of that me and my friends keep disconnecting 10-15 times every hour.
  67. Wow_gavno
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    This is a disgusting update with a gray tower and gray dolls inside, you walk an hour to the boss, and then he kills you, THIS IS A SIMULATOR OF LIFE IN Hell
  68. Bobbycar80
    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.
  69. SxhLan
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    M+ sucks!!!!WE NEED MORE LOOTS!!!10 M+ ,I GOT NOTHING!!!AND THE LEGENDARY STAFF IS REDICULOUS,I DONT WANTTO BUY IT FROM THE AH!
  70. Shurb
    Dec 9, 2020
    3
    The eye and ear candy earn the title three stars. I feel the world is too disconnected from Azeroth and the Warcraft fantasy personally but the music is stirring and a couple of the four tiny zones are pleasant and interesting. Virtually everything else in the expansion feels like a drip feeding experience. Imagine opening the icebox and pulling out a delicious cold coke on a summer dayThe eye and ear candy earn the title three stars. I feel the world is too disconnected from Azeroth and the Warcraft fantasy personally but the music is stirring and a couple of the four tiny zones are pleasant and interesting. Virtually everything else in the expansion feels like a drip feeding experience. Imagine opening the icebox and pulling out a delicious cold coke on a summer day after mowing the lawn only then being forced to drink it out of a straw with a diameter of a sewing needle. This is the feeling you get from shadowlands. The time gating is absurd and unnecessary.
    Excessive time gating is being justified by invested members of the community by framing certain content as “optional” because it’s not directly tied to “player power” as though that’s the only concern of the modern MMO player. In reality, the gating is in place to ensure that subscribers who mostly play solo or focus on the single player aspects of the game don’t play them like a single player game and instead play them the way blizzard wants them played: slowly and over the course of $everal months. Perhaps most shockingly, the game has an uncharacteristically low level of polish for a blizzard title. There are lots of questing bugs that require logging in and out to fix as well as animation and pathing issues that don’t meet the historical standard. Most awful are the many unacceptable bugs that occurred as a result of the sloppy and arbitrary item level squish that have resulted in old content being completely unenjoyable. Becoming objectively weaker after spending more time developing, leveling and upgrading your character is an unfathomably stupid design decision and one that a team of developers who cares would never have let go live or at least unfixed STILL. So, it they don’t care, why should I? For these reasons and many others the game is not up to snuff and certainly not worth the fifteen dollars a month to feed at the drip feeder until it is.    … Expand
  71. unbound
    Dec 9, 2020
    1
    Not the worst game, but wow has WoW fallen from its heydays.

    Your first character must follow the main story, which means you are initially stuck with WoD-style progression, except that the story is the same for both Horde and Alliance. After that, your alts can skip the main story. However, most of the side quests are bereft of any stories, so it becomes a pure grind. Few dungeons    Not the worst game, but wow has WoW fallen from its heydays.

    Your first character must follow the main story, which means you are initially stuck with WoD-style progression, except that the story is the same for both Horde and Alliance. After that, your alts can skip the main story. However, most of the side quests are bereft of any stories, so it becomes a pure grind.

    Few dungeons are available, and unless you are well geared prior to launch, you won't be able to do dungeons for several levels. The dungeons that are available are a confusing mess, and people frequently drop out of the group after certain bosses because they were looking solely for a drop.

    They've modified the previous two expansions approach to the AP grind...by introducing multiple grinds. Another AP (Anima) and several currencies to progress in the game.

    The hallmark of this expansion (Legion v1.7 to be truthful) is Torghast. A randomly generated dungeon which is actually not nearly as interesting as it sounds. You run into the same mobs over and over again, but you also spend time breaking urns (ala Diablo) and hoping the power orbs give you a good power boost (ala mobile games). And, to make it even more annoying, as you progress up in levels, they toss random mobs at you to encourage racing through as fast as possible.

    If you've only played WoW for the last 3 or 4 expansions, you will be shocked to learn that WoW used to be a fun, relaxing game. Now it has devolved into a "Go Go Go" game where you are encouraged to race through everything to get the same gear you already had but with slightly better stats. This expansion adds the most boring elements of Diablo and mobile games.

    If the last expansion didn't convince you WoW was dead, this expansion certain will. Only 4 zones with 1 sorta zone (where you can't mount just to be extra annoying). Blizz clearly put little effort into this expansion, and it is actually painful to play at times.    … Expand
  72. GoldfingerXL
    Dec 9, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was hyped before shadowlands' release, but after spending a good amount of time in-game my euphoria has taken quite a big hit.

    For starters, the leveling process a total bore since the player's character does not become more powerful on the road to lvl 60. You will not feel stronger and apart from some buffs of existing spells and some unimpactful abilities nothing exciting or new is learned. The leveling only serves the expansions narrative. I personally thought it was not that bad, but nothing special either. You have heard it all before a thousand times. What disturbed me however, was the depiction of all male characters as evil, whereas all the female characters are depicted as good. I don't understand why american society is so fixated on presenting this narrative. it damages gender relations and it is about time this ends. I can safely say, that I do not want to go through the leveling process again. Fortunately, there is an option to skip it entirely.

    Which brings me to the endgame content. I am now at ilvl 180 with my druid tank. I have finished all dungeons on heroic and mythic and the mechanics are interesting. I noticed that some fights drastically change on mythic difficulty, whereas others do not notably change at all. I don't recall if that has always been the case in previous expansions.

    The Maw is ok. I like that you can only spend a certain amount of time there. However in the beginning getting around is a real pain since you cannot mount (yet). It gets better when you get more reputation with Ve'nari (you can buy items) and you can get a mount from Thorgast later on in the expansion.

    Thorgast itself is quite a let down. The first 10 runs are interesting. After that you are just doing it to get your soul ash to craft legendaries. All the runs look and feel the same, despite what the developers have claimed. But to be honest, I think that all roguelikes have this problem, so I wasn't that surprised. Crafting legendaries is cool and the effects feel like a notable difference in play style.

    The covenant system and campaign are bad. I got lucky and "needed" to pick the covenant that I also found most interesting. Here lies the problem with this system. In order to optimize your character you need to pick a certain covenant. For the different talent trees of a class other covenants are the best pick. Since changing covenants is possible but a pain, you are more or less stuck with playing just one talent tree of your class. Then there are also optimal covenants for pve and pvp. On top of that, covenant campaign progress is locked behind a 16 week timegate... I don't know what they were thinking when they implemented this stuff. In my opinion, this is bad game design.

    I still have 5 days of subscription left and I have mixed feelings if I should resubscribe or not. The content that they offered at launch was mediocre at best, but it is entirely possible that it gets better in a few weeks time. I do believe that the foundation for a great expansion has been layed out.    … Expand
  73. serbanredu
    Dec 9, 2020
    1
    The content in the game is great. Absolutely amazing. But that doesn't matter if you cannot play it. Servers are trash. Lag every day , takes 10 seconds to loot something, disconnects every half hour, 2 hours queues just to get in and face the lag. TRASH
  74. calibur66
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    Good visuals and music, some interesting story moments but overall its simply more of the same like most expansions, partially due to two main aspects, an old game reaching its limits in what it can offer mechanically along side incredibly obvious time gating in the place of quality of content.
  75. Kpackom
    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
  76. Zs2566
    Dec 8, 2020
    7
    The expansion is not deserving of a 0 and if you feel that way it’s just pure ignorance. This is an improvement and a step in the right direction. The level squish and new starting zone makes leveling feel like less of a grind. The zones are beautiful and filled with unique mounts and bosses. 8 dungeons might not be as much but I’m thinking they will be adding more as the expansionThe expansion is not deserving of a 0 and if you feel that way it’s just pure ignorance. This is an improvement and a step in the right direction. The level squish and new starting zone makes leveling feel like less of a grind. The zones are beautiful and filled with unique mounts and bosses. 8 dungeons might not be as much but I’m thinking they will be adding more as the expansion progresses. PvP is now relevant with its gearing and gear upgrading which makes it more appealing since you can grind out ilvl another way besides dungeons/raids. Torghast is fun but I recommend playing in a group for faster clears. The transmog sets look amazing and the aesthetic is way better than BFA. Covenants are a great addition but from what I have seen some are clearly better than others so you will have to decide whether you want performance or aesthetics. Of course it has its flaws such as broken PvP class/specs that require some rebalancing and the fact that the maw is not as appealing or engaging as I had hoped for.… Expand
  77. xiamara
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    One of the best expansion.good story telling, interesting dungeon, beautiful design
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  78. Cultra
    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.
  79. patx89
    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.
  80. bmorin2514
    Dec 8, 2020
    3
    It's better than BFA but worse than Legion. Not a big accomplishment. This expansion is just more of the same. You get general WQ's, a mission table, up to 3 "daily quests", and borrowed power that feels bad to use. The classes are unbalanced and never will be balanced. Blizzard just doesn't care about the state of their game.

    The zones, art, and music are nice. Even with all the    It's better than BFA but worse than Legion. Not a big accomplishment. This expansion is just more of the same. You get general WQ's, a mission table, up to 3 "daily quests", and borrowed power that feels bad to use. The classes are unbalanced and never will be balanced. Blizzard just doesn't care about the state of their game.

    The zones, art, and music are nice. Even with all the re-used assets.    … Expand
  81. Flashy92
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Ich habe den Account nur gemacht, weil ich die schlechte Bewertung nicht nachvollziehen kann.. Es sind super schöne bGebiete und es gibt überall etwas zu entdecken. Selbst die Musik ist der Hammer.. Immer diese Kinder die nur am Hatten sind und Ingame nen Hunter zocken und Flamen...
  82. Velz
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    New expansion is the most epic and friendly for new gamers.
    Now the best time to "taste" WoW experience
  83. PixelDaddy
    Dec 8, 2020
    4
    Pros:
    Beautiful graphics
    Fun NPC characters Cons: Not much to do Too many timers Lack of direction (borrowing too much from other games) Boring, time consuming quests Too much voice acting, too little content Torghast too easy on some classes, too hard on others The Maw is TERRIBLE, it feels terrible, it looks bland, it challenging for no purpose other than to be challenging    Pros:
    Beautiful graphics
    Fun NPC characters

    Cons:
    Not much to do
    Too many timers
    Lack of direction (borrowing too much from other games)
    Boring, time consuming quests
    Too much voice acting, too little content
    Torghast too easy on some classes, too hard on others
    The Maw is TERRIBLE, it feels terrible, it looks bland, it challenging for no purpose other than to be challenging
    Scaling is very broken

    The story is all about Alliance women. As a Horde player there is nothing to connect me to the story. Making all the men suddenly dumb and all the women omnipotent is too much gas and not enough brakes. This will not help young men have more favourable opinions of women in games, it will enforce what they already believe.

    Finally, the biggest problem with SL is that it has become obvious that Blizzard is no longer interested in making a game for everyone. Shadowlands was made exclusively for the 1% of "elite" gamers and those with delusions of becoming such.

    All in all Shadowlands offers very little to the franchise and I'm afraid that in the end it will be seen as a contraction rather than an expansion.    … Expand
  84. Beriberiri
    Dec 7, 2020
    2
    Boring. The story is meh. El diseño de los mapas es muy frustrante al caminar en ellos. Además las quest de mundo son lo menos imaginativas que hay. Una decepción total.
  85. Old_Skewl_Gamer
    Dec 7, 2020
    2
    Some of the art and music are good. Everything else is garbage. This is BFA 2.0 complete with **** loads of time gating, layered complicated unnecessary systems and hellacious mandatory grinds.

    Played 56 hours AFTER hitting lvl 60 cap and never even came close to getting required CHORES done. Forget about alts completely. Understand that most of the mandatory systems have no    Some of the art and music are good. Everything else is garbage. This is BFA 2.0 complete with **** loads of time gating, layered complicated unnecessary systems and hellacious mandatory grinds.

    Played 56 hours AFTER hitting lvl 60 cap and never even came close to getting required CHORES done. Forget about alts completely. Understand that most of the mandatory systems have no catch-up mechanics so you are permanently behind everyone else.

    Couple this with the absolute worst PvE community in gaming and you have a **** you should avoid at all costs (for me about $300 I'd love to have back since they pushed the release back a month and it's still buggy PoS).    … Expand
  86. edwinofsakh
    Dec 7, 2020
    2
    It was the worst game experience in the Torghast. It was very easy to clear levels but very hard to kill the boss. For me, it was like a loot box but with my time inside. If it is a good bonus and a good boss I will win if not I will lose. But I can understand it just at the final point. So I need to spend about an hour just to check if I am I lucky boy or not. Maybe I am a bad player butIt was the worst game experience in the Torghast. It was very easy to clear levels but very hard to kill the boss. For me, it was like a loot box but with my time inside. If it is a good bonus and a good boss I will win if not I will lose. But I can understand it just at the final point. So I need to spend about an hour just to check if I am I lucky boy or not. Maybe I am a bad player but so strange difficulty curve looks strange for me.

    The story is epic and cinematic is beautiful. But it was hard to enjoy them.    … Expand
  87. padlachka
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    Очень понравился старт дополнения , насыщенный , много активностей , не утомительных , как это было в BFA , так что пока 10 баллов
  88. Spikha
    Dec 7, 2020
    5
    Pros: nice new zones and graphics, dungeons with interesting mechanics. Cons: boring zone Maw, boring Torghast (Diablo in wow?), grind and more grind with reputations and world quests (more than in previous expansions), boring story, some covenants mechanics and content is not interesting, bugs and lags, bad phasing with other players, no flying master whistle mechanics.

    I am hoping for    Pros: nice new zones and graphics, dungeons with interesting mechanics. Cons: boring zone Maw, boring Torghast (Diablo in wow?), grind and more grind with reputations and world quests (more than in previous expansions), boring story, some covenants mechanics and content is not interesting, bugs and lags, bad phasing with other players, no flying master whistle mechanics.

    I am hoping for some fixes and updates.    … Expand
  89. Etotolkofilm
    Dec 7, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why the addon is so bad:
    1. Nothing new, but the plot, locations and music are not bad, but this is just a wrapper.But the gameplay guys are the most important thing in the game, if he's no, then I'm sorry
    2. The Covenants - a reworked version of the garrison and the mainstay of the classes (it also constantly restricts you, you can't feel the covenant campaign because the system constantly stops you - fame even after a week passes, I already forget what happened in the previous chapter, that is, no immersion). In addition, it is built on boring farming, again daily and even transmog to open, you need to pump fame (sorry, when I do this, I will already close all content (raid, keys, pvp) and I will not be interested in playing further)
    3.For pvp players, as usual, nothing was added except the return of the old system with vendors from whom you can now buy gear, and besides the new arena it is empty again.
    4. The dungeons became very short, which seems to be good on the one hand, but on the other hand they are very flat, most of the dungeons are not tied to the plot. In the key system you can still run with friends or the guild, but in solo it is a waste of time.
    5. New location of the womb, just a complete garbage, a similar location as uldum or pandaria, mechagon or nazjatar, again farming daily, so they also tied an essentially moronic corruption system (the jailer's eye) and also removed mounts, despite the fact that worgen and druids can use the look (justice)
    6. Torgast, in fact, a reworked vision of nzota-saving chromium. Only even worse. Because it chokes with an over-gear. In fact, it is very monotonous, you trudge cleaning everything in the merchant for 40 minutes, but in fact nothing changes. Position the system and build on it addition, but in fact it's like an expedition, I went and forgot.
    BFA 2.0    … Expand
  90. Igor_sauron
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    Лучшее что было со времён Лич Кинга. Контент шикарен , графика стала лучше и самое важное - в игре не скучно
  91. Akkjbg
    Dec 6, 2020
    8
    Cool campain and an awesome villain , good grafics and desent mechanics. Alot better than BFA.
  92. Zilla85
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    The recent WoW addon is so insanely bad, it's not even worth zero points. While the regions look quite nice, leveling is just odd. You come into the shadowlands - and guys are talking to you. They are talking, talking and won't stop. You want to experience Bastion (the first leveling zone) and have some fun, but the talking and cut scenes never end. Later zones are a bit better, but it'sThe recent WoW addon is so insanely bad, it's not even worth zero points. While the regions look quite nice, leveling is just odd. You come into the shadowlands - and guys are talking to you. They are talking, talking and won't stop. You want to experience Bastion (the first leveling zone) and have some fun, but the talking and cut scenes never end. Later zones are a bit better, but it's just not fun, at least most of the time. Okay, you just dinged 60? Then you are just overwhelmed with repetitive, uninteresting content. And you don't have a clue what to do first. Even worse: if you do the wrong stuff first, you will be behind the pack forever (soul ash from Torghast has no catch up mechanic at all).

    Insanely bad: the class design. As I'm not a really good player, I decided to choose an easy class. Frost deathknight is known as a beginner friendly class, so it was my choice. And I've decided to use an "easy to play" kind of build. Even this build has 9 damage abilites and at least 4 offensive cooldowns. It is so complicated, you don't really play the game, you play an ability rotation simulator with some moving background image. You just stare at the bar at the bottom of your screen.

    Blizzard, get your job done. Not some weird grind systems, no overcomplicated gameplay. Just nice zones and interesting encounters. Wanna hard gameplay? Make the encounters hard, not the classes. People want to play the instances and raids and see interesting stuff. That ability bar is NOT interesting. Shift the focus to the actual game.    … Expand
  93. Juicebox505
    Dec 6, 2020
    10
    Blizzard has listened to its vast community in all areas (PvE, PvP, solo content, etc.) and was able to deliver an expansion that has got me excited like I hadn't been since WotLK.
  94. Mlokerok
    Dec 6, 2020
    4
    Все очень плохо , локаций мало , данжи по механике тупые до невозможности.
    Гринд убивает всю игру , контента мало игру просто растягивают.
  95. Shekky84
    Dec 5, 2020
    6
    There are some nice changes to the game. The story is uninteresting with some great zones to explore. Covenants abilities are nice but borrowed powers needs to stop. World quests are still boring. I do have to give a few credits to Blizzard for coming out with something new but nothing innovative about this expansion raiding is where I find the most fun these days and will interesting tooThere are some nice changes to the game. The story is uninteresting with some great zones to explore. Covenants abilities are nice but borrowed powers needs to stop. World quests are still boring. I do have to give a few credits to Blizzard for coming out with something new but nothing innovative about this expansion raiding is where I find the most fun these days and will interesting too see the new raid come out this week.… Expand
  96. Spacof
    Dec 5, 2020
    9
    The game has improved a lot for its preview expansion, it has the best leveling ever, the end game is good, but with so many sistema, and the artistic part, musics and maps are just amazing.
  97. Aciz
    Dec 5, 2020
    2
    One of the most boring expansions ever. Only thing you have to do: level, 8xMythic0 (you dont even need to do hc because m0 is so ez), 1-2 q's daily.... its sooooo boring. no good rewards for rep, everything fun related is capped behind renown (what are those requirements for the covenant set?!?!), not even the raid or m+ is going to change anything its still going to be lame after youreOne of the most boring expansions ever. Only thing you have to do: level, 8xMythic0 (you dont even need to do hc because m0 is so ez), 1-2 q's daily.... its sooooo boring. no good rewards for rep, everything fun related is capped behind renown (what are those requirements for the covenant set?!?!), not even the raid or m+ is going to change anything its still going to be lame after youre done with your daily stuff.
    professions (besides the legendary bases) are completely useless -> max ilvl for crafted stuff is 165?? even with upgrade II (which you can get in like 2-3 weeks) youre only at 168, this is below heroic dungeon lol
    the maw is just a bad designed place to waste your time with 3 dailys without any rewards besides rep (what is this stygia loss on death??)
    for players who dont had access to beta its frustrating not to test your covenant abilities, i mean you cant even try them out in dungeons or see the impact in a group for more than 2 levels while questing and if you want to change you have to rebuild everything in your covenant hall
    its a joke that you can ignore every worldquest except for anima if you didnt finish the weekly, there is nothing rewarding for doing every world quest, NOTHING!
    callings and mission table are a joke...
    even torghast is lame, no cosmetics, no mounts, no toys, no fun stuff besides "those great anima powers" :D

    the zones are well designed, not awesome but also not bad
    in my opinion there is only one good thing about shadowlands: no titanforging and no corruption    … Expand
  98. virtualmatrix
    Dec 5, 2020
    1
    It's so boring, a grind fest. They brought nothing new to the table, just more quests and rewards meant to keep you playing for as long as possible to appease the shareholders. I very much regret my purchase and wish I had waited. I think now's the time to jump ship because blizzard straight up does not care about retail wow anymore.
  99. Yigzatoth
    Dec 5, 2020
    0
    Quests are nothing new or engaging, zones are interesting but they also feel quite small, in terms of content Torghast and the Maw seem to me gated to prevent a fast content drought.
    The price tag and content available at launch for a pay to play game is disappointing and too expensive.
    There are a lot of other things that don't work for me, but that would be a essay instead of a small    Quests are nothing new or engaging, zones are interesting but they also feel quite small, in terms of content Torghast and the Maw seem to me gated to prevent a fast content drought.
    The price tag and content available at launch for a pay to play game is disappointing and too expensive.
    There are a lot of other things that don't work for me, but that would be a essay instead of a small review.
    All in all I think its time for the game director (Ion Hazzikostas) to move or quit video game industry. Even with Legion being a average expansion, WoD and BfA should have got him fired, let alone allow him to make a 4th expansion under his direction.    … Expand
  100. Saitomu
    Dec 5, 2020
    10
    As someone thats played since OG Vanilla, this expansion is so far my most favourite experience to date. Jury is still out on what the gearing/end game is like but leveling wise and story - its as good as it gets.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 32
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  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. Shacknews
    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.
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  3. GamingTrend
    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.
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