World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

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2.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2560 Ratings

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  1. Azaiko
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    It's pretty good. Better than past iterations. Good story, less RNG, interesting content, covenants are cool, Torghast is great.
  2. ScottyTB
    Nov 28, 2020
    10
    Just keeping the game fresh enough to entertain us all for another 2 years.
  3. Drivedown
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    expecting another bfa. but turns out to be a TBC quality. well done blizzard !
  4. skilly225
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Leveling actually has stories, which is strange for wow. But leveling doesn't make an expansion good, it's just a piece of the puzzle. While I think the story in Ardenweald might be the best in the history of the game in terms of a leveling zone story, (SPOILER: Finding out Ysera was the seed and the payoff cinematic at the end might literally be my favorite WoW moment ever, seriously, I have goosebumps right now thinking about it.) I don't think that alone is what makes this good.

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

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

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

    This expansion is WoW's renaissance. It's got it's flaws, but on the scale of previous WoW expansions, something drastic would have to happen to make this not a 10.    … Expand
  5. Dosaaf
    Dec 1, 2020
    10
    Blizzard, nice job, I like this expansion, beautiful locations, interesting dungeons, a lot of activities.
  6. XRaidenX
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Best expansion ever. Best quests, leveling and PVP. Just buy it. They bring back everything that was good before.
  7. 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
  8. Skyie
    Mar 3, 2021
    10
    They really did a good job this expansion. They eliminated some of the systems from the past 2 expansions that were destroying the game, such as titanforging. The amount of unfun weekly chores that only served as mans to artificially bump up engagement has been drastically reduced. The classes play much better than Legion and BfA, and the unpruning brought back some fan favorite abilitiesThey really did a good job this expansion. They eliminated some of the systems from the past 2 expansions that were destroying the game, such as titanforging. The amount of unfun weekly chores that only served as mans to artificially bump up engagement has been drastically reduced. The classes play much better than Legion and BfA, and the unpruning brought back some fan favorite abilities that were dearly missed. There are, of course, the typical early expansion balance problems, but they are applying balancing fixes once every 2 weeks or so, which is a good thing. Overall, I haven't had as much fun in WoW for years. I only hope SL gets better and better as more content patches are released, and I hope they won't make the mistake of going back on the good decisions they made.… Expand
  9. Pill
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    -excellent, less confusing story telling
    -no more unbalanced corruption systems but back to the roots simple item system
    -excellent visuals
    -excellent sound/voiceovers
    -story-driven sidequests
    -new catchup mechanic for twinks is awesome and less boring
  10. Roleplayer21312
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Really solid title and so many things that went wrong in BFA have been fixed. Most importantly classes feel so much better now! Shadowpriest is amazing!
  11. Ela_0406
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Bin einfach super zufrieden
  12. FaZeZawx
    Dec 1, 2020
    10
    Very refreshing as a new expansion. Aside from the extremely beautiful new zones, interesting story, and great levelling experience, systematic changes make the endgame feel great. No infinite grinds, which feels great after the artifact weapons and azerite or Legion and BFA. The gearing changes (removal of titanforging/warforging) also feel great, every piece of gear feels like itVery refreshing as a new expansion. Aside from the extremely beautiful new zones, interesting story, and great levelling experience, systematic changes make the endgame feel great. No infinite grinds, which feels great after the artifact weapons and azerite or Legion and BFA. The gearing changes (removal of titanforging/warforging) also feel great, every piece of gear feels like it matters. Torghast is a lot fun and quite challenging on the higher layers. The legendary acquisition system is a perfect mix of accessibility and challenge, revitalizing professions and really making it feel like you are forging your own legendary. The dungeons are generally pretty good. Overall, the expansion is shaping up to be one of the best ones if its able to maintain this quality in patch content!… Expand
  13. Kroan
    Nov 27, 2020
    10
    After BfA a breath of fresh air. As good as no mandatory content. Do what you like to do, rather than developers telling you what to do. Great dungeons, awesome story line to level through and PvP is as good as ever. A++
  14. BRAGamesReview
    Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Português Br.

    História - 10
    Som - 10
    Gameplay - 10
    Gráficos - 10
    Diversão - 10

    Esse jogo é incrível uma verdadeira obra de arte muito imersivo você pode fazer o que quiser no game serio mesmo o problema é parar de jogar! Di
  15. Seksi
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    The leveling was smooth, with a ton of story and dialogue to take in. Queues were problematic but it shows the popularity of the game right now and I could log in early so they did not affect me too much. Once in the end game, alts can level through an alternate experience which instantly unlocks end-game abilities and skips the main storyline, avoiding forced repetition.

    The end-game    The leveling was smooth, with a ton of story and dialogue to take in. Queues were problematic but it shows the popularity of the game right now and I could log in early so they did not affect me too much. Once in the end game, alts can level through an alternate experience which instantly unlocks end-game abilities and skips the main storyline, avoiding forced repetition.

    The end-game is still mostly locked (raids, m+, rated PvP, most of Torghast including Legendaries) but what I've seen so far feels good, the early levels of Torghast were fun to go through, the Maw end-game zone feels dangerous, especially when solo, dungeons had lots of interesting mechanics and PvP vendors are back, and actually sell the best PvP gear due to the new PvP trinket set bonus. Professions are very simple and take little time to set up and start crafting good items, although there is a lot of investment in order to be able to craft the best Legendaries, as it should be.

    Not to speak of all the treasure / secret / rare / sidequest hunting. World quests are cool to do the first time but quickly get boring, but luckily like the rest of the expansion so far, BARELY ANYTHING FEELS MANDATORY and RNG is at the lowest level in years. There is no war/titan forging anymore, PvP vendors returned and epic BoEs / top-end crafted gear is plentiful and tradeable.

    Hopefully the next weeks are even more fun than the first one, with all the extra content that is incoming, looking forward to it!    … Expand
  16. Malgarios
    Nov 28, 2020
    10
    Excelente historia os pactos foram um grata adição, quests empolgantes a tempos não me divertia tanto parabéns Blizzard
  17. padlachka
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    Очень понравился старт дополнения , насыщенный , много активностей , не утомительных , как это было в BFA , так что пока 10 баллов
  18. DaKatarn
    Nov 28, 2020
    10
    A true RPG MMO with an amazing lore and an amazing leveling phase, the end-game is complete and we have more choices to do! Perfect job Blizzard, we need more deep mechanics like this and not more races and classes.
  19. Vicious23
    Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Sicuramente meglio di bfa. Le ambientazioni sono bellissime e stavolta avremo qualcosa in più da fare.
  20. MichaelDavid
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Players have fought against the Burning Legion for 14 yrs and now need new villain. BFA was not much good for the start, but Shadowlands is good for the climax.
  21. kind0528
    Nov 24, 2020
    10
    Fantastic leveling. In my opinion, This Shadowlands is more impressive than Legion. Beautiful and Awesome. I want to be job seeker. BEAT BFA !!!!
  22. Thwompthing
    Dec 4, 2020
    10
    I love all the idiots who give this game a 0 expansion after expansion for NO reason whatsoever. Their hatred for the most popular and successful MMORPG in history is quite laughable. If that isn't jealousy and envy I don't know what is. Another new set of GORGEOUS zones, music, dungeons, and story arc.

    The game is as gorgeous as ever for a 16 year old juggernaut. Blizzard's team is    I love all the idiots who give this game a 0 expansion after expansion for NO reason whatsoever. Their hatred for the most popular and successful MMORPG in history is quite laughable. If that isn't jealousy and envy I don't know what is. Another new set of GORGEOUS zones, music, dungeons, and story arc.

    The game is as gorgeous as ever for a 16 year old juggernaut. Blizzard's team is just so damn good. Let the haters keep coming back time and time again. They're so salty it's pathetic. There's an incredible amount of content here to keep anyone busy for hours on end.    … Expand
  23. Taronn93
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 10/10 expansion, everything is great, everything feels like Blizzard listened to 4 years of feedback and made this expansion accordingly.… Expand
  24. Badspector
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Blizzard learned from their mistake in bfa and now here is the shadowlands! new features are awesome and new character model customisation and covenent system is nice! ignore negative reviews
  25. Kkakak
    Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Wotlk=legion=shadowlands best expansion. Thanks Blizzard entertainment! For the Horde !
  26. Peaceul
    Dec 2, 2020
    10
    Im really loving this expansion so far. PVP players finally can gear up only by doing PVP, and that's something i was waiting for years. The story is good, i didnt feel bored with it. Gearing up alts is also easier now, however i thought we will be able to skip more of the storyline what we have already had seen.
  27. JoeOD
    Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Fantastic expansion, loads of great new story, improvements in PvP, and some really fun new systems and abilities. Huge improvement over BFA.
  28. Vikhus
    Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Jajaja, saw many 0 , from haters, if dont like wow, plz leave, To me is the best expansion since BC and WOTLK, the Art and gameplay on all zones are priceless, I am playing Blizzard games since Starcraft launch, and Hope Blizz stay with us for a long time.
  29. 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
  30. basicspice
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    I absolutely love this expansion. I love the streamlined questing, the removal of titanforging, the gorgeous zones that don't rely on green glowing atmosphere (looking at you, Legion) or a swamp (looking at you, BfA). The covenant abilities are fun and add utility you can choose based on which zone you like most. I'm a m+ player and an AOTC into mythic raider, and I can't wait to get intoI absolutely love this expansion. I love the streamlined questing, the removal of titanforging, the gorgeous zones that don't rely on green glowing atmosphere (looking at you, Legion) or a swamp (looking at you, BfA). The covenant abilities are fun and add utility you can choose based on which zone you like most. I'm a m+ player and an AOTC into mythic raider, and I can't wait to get into the raids they have planned, and start pushing m+ keys. The bad reviews here are from people with nostalgia issues, period. This is the best expansion in every aspect since Wrath of the Lich King… Expand
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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
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 12, 2021
    80
    Blizzard finally comes with an alt-friendly expansion that brings back the best features of the previous ones. The patch that WoW desperately needed. [Issue#309]
  2. 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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