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.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 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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