World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2560 Ratings

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  1. Sponger
    May 25, 2022
    0
    World Of Warcraft is a game full of dubious stuff like racial segregation, which is forced upon the players, meaning that your race is what defines to what team you are allowed to go.
    No, not your values are what is important, solely the race is and they kept this division for almost 2 decades.
    This however is not suprising, considering that there is an open lawsuit against Blizzard,    World Of Warcraft is a game full of dubious stuff like racial segregation, which is forced upon the players, meaning that your race is what defines to what team you are allowed to go.
    No, not your values are what is important, solely the race is and they kept this division for almost 2 decades.
    This however is not suprising, considering that there is an open lawsuit against Blizzard, because of the yukky stuff the devs did...

    Anyways, back to wow and it's toxic aspects.
    As if racial segregation in 2022 wasn't bad enough the devs do not care, that one of the two playable factions is essentially dead playerwise. An issue, that the devs caused through multiple acts, such as playable races, racials, constantly destroying zones of that faction, allowing open mockery on interviews against the faction and so on.
    That surely tells you a whole lot about the mindset these devs have.

    Then there are cheap tactics like FOMO and borrowed power systems in order to trick their players to stay subscribed (since you have to pay for each month) without giving actually new content. The best example here would be the mage tower.
    Shadowlands had no real content for months, so they announced to bring back the mage tower from Legion. While at first that would be a nice (old) feature, they did not allow us to get the original rewards for fighting in the mage tower. So another case of FOMO. Because if you want certain items in this game, you will have to make sure to play without taking breaks or you will miss out.
    Sadly there are players, who fell for such cheap methods.

    The lore is another case that shows the clear disconnect to their players.
    There are no consequences for anything in this game. You can commit genocide, burn down entire zones, use the blight, tortue and at the end of the day you get rewarded for it.
    And I want to be clear here, I am not against violence in video games, but the way it is used in wow ist straight up disgusting.
    The abuser gets awesome new stuff, while the victims are basically told they should just forgive and forget... and are allowed to watch, while the abuser gets away. Like wtf is this kind of mindset the devs are putting in this game?

    There are just so many questionable things in wow...

    Oh and also... this is an mmo and despite of that the devs didn't want their players to actually play together. Only recently they said, they would be open an extremely small part of gameplay for cross faction, but the main part (neutral races, lfr, lfd, guilds etc.) remains strictly separated.

    The devs fuel so much toxicity and tribalism with the systems in this game...
    There are better games out there. Do not play wow at the moment. This game needs major changes.    … Expand
  2. Okara
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    This game is garbage.
    Blizzard is incredible hypocritical.
    After the lawsuit against them became public they started putting a ton of lgbtq+ stuff in wow, so that people forget about the horrible things the devs did. As if... But you know what they didn't change? Racism. After almost 20 years they are still keeping racial segregation as the foundation of their game. How disgusting can    This game is garbage.
    Blizzard is incredible hypocritical.
    After the lawsuit against them became public they started putting a ton of lgbtq+ stuff in wow, so that people forget about the horrible things the devs did. As if...
    But you know what they didn't change? Racism. After almost 20 years they are still keeping racial segregation as the foundation of their game. How disgusting can you be?

    In order to be part of the toxic, biased, outdated and unbalanced faction system, which makes the game pretty much unplayble for one side because of the developer's bias, you have to participate in an outdated and racist system, that makes you choose a faction solely based on race, not in what you believe in.

    There is certainly a ton of other stuff in wow, like the cringe lore and outdated graphic for example, but racism and the toxic faction system is pretty much the biggest issue of this soulless game.    … Expand
  3. 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
  4. supercriticguy
    Mar 5, 2021
    4
    Whether you're a casual or hardcore player (and I consider myself both), SHADOWLANDS is one of the most polished and yet boring games I've ever played.

    Do you like doing three fetch quests, receiving a crumb of the most boring and uninspired story ever written, and then doing three more fetch quests to receive the next crumb? Because that's what SHADOWLANDS is--without exaggeration.    Whether you're a casual or hardcore player (and I consider myself both), SHADOWLANDS is one of the most polished and yet boring games I've ever played.

    Do you like doing three fetch quests, receiving a crumb of the most boring and uninspired story ever written, and then doing three more fetch quests to receive the next crumb? Because that's what SHADOWLANDS is--without exaggeration. While previous WoW expansions have had (admittedly few) off-the-beaten-path pacing mechanisms, SHADOWLANDS has none. Even the Archaeology profession has been removed! SHADOWLANDS is plainly and unapologetically bare-bones, and with uneventful combat (whether questing or dungeoneering) it is unable to challenge players of any skill level--and that begs the question: Why is this a game and not a (bad) novel?

    Theoretically there may be a glint of fun at SHADOWLANDS' endgame, but why must players wait until then? Leveling in SHADOWLANDS and even experiencing its main quest for the very first time is an absolute slog. Whether you meticulously read every quest or rush through the zones, players will be insulted by the lack of imagination on the part of both the story and the gameplay. It's as if the developers of SHADOWLANDS had never before read a book, watched a movie, or played a video game. There are zero attempts to raise any bar or intrigue the player at any level. Unless you've been part of an underground bunker-cult for two decades, nothing in this game is new or going to surprise you.

    Though the graphics are at times gorgeous (but always unmistakably outdated), I would rather look at a painting than "play" SHADOWLANDS. In an attempt to mix up the gameplay I actually unequipped all of my gear (except for my weapon), and horrifyingly it didn't change anything! I was still able to kill enemies without issue and the gameplay was unchanged. Unfortunately, there is just no way to make SHADOWLANDS a mechanically interesting experience without investing an inexcusable amount of time to reach deep into its endgame.

    With combat this meaningless, with a tired story and characters that will entertain no one, and with easily the worst and least exciting leveling experience of any World of Warcraft expansion, I give SHADOWLANDS a "4": technically playable, but void of any unique experiences or fun.    … Expand
  5. Floofies
    Jan 6, 2021
    0
    Very poor expansion, first expansion including BFA for me to lose interest within the first week alone. Completely stopped playing within 3 weeks, the first time ever. Casual content is the worst it's ever been, world quests/dailies take forever and are not rewarding. Heroic/regular dungeons give basically nothing, PvP is still awful with one-shots from covenants and PvE items.. So bad.
  6. Kezian
    Sep 24, 2021
    0
    Shadowlands is even worst than BFA ! World of Chores with bots everywhere !
  7. Makakdu
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    Dont bye blizzard games , this corporation is so greede . Thanks Activision for bad games.
  8. Leather_Moose
    Dec 27, 2020
    1
    I have no idea how the hell not a single reputable blogger/youtuber haven't mentioned how grindy this expansion is. At the end of BFA, blizzard said that shadowlands will have less grind, because every one was tired of farming azerite dust. Shadowlands rolled out, and expansion is unplayable unless you can play 40 hours a week, EVERY week. this was not the case with BFA. Currently youI have no idea how the hell not a single reputable blogger/youtuber haven't mentioned how grindy this expansion is. At the end of BFA, blizzard said that shadowlands will have less grind, because every one was tired of farming azerite dust. Shadowlands rolled out, and expansion is unplayable unless you can play 40 hours a week, EVERY week. this was not the case with BFA. Currently you have farm stygia, anima, renown, do the mandatory campaign, ashes from torgast. this is just to stay relevant in game, this is on TOP regular gear grind. this is too much. Also most of that grind is also locked behind reputation and covenant campaign. The catch up mechanics are also much worse than in other expansions. like i play warrior, i can play 10-15 hours a week and not every week. I'm so far behind in renown, and yet there are no way to just knock out some easy quests in one day and make up those 20 renown im missing in one day. Renown is way too important to have such a crappy catch up mechanic. I'll be skipping this expansion altogether because i simply can't play the game 40 hours a week just to stay relevant in game. Last thing to mention, what's the point of gear and levels when blizzard made content to scale to your level and gear? like you can't overpower the content, this is MMO lol, not call of duty, or moba, why are you trying to make a cyber sports out of it.....? what a bs.… Expand
  9. Striege
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Just a ****

    nothing new in this game. just old stuff in a new setting (And i dont mean some "old" guys we meet)
    I loved the bugs in the night of the release. waiting up to 30 minutes for a mob that instant despawned. Balancing is **** in this game. Last 2 day just lags the whole day in this game. better deinstall and refund!
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. AsmodaiNoxx
    Dec 29, 2020
    1
    Shadowlands is a pure back to the grindstone ... in former expansions Dev's at least tried to disguise the treadmill a little bit but this time they show it completely uncovered. Every little piece of progress is locked behind massive timegating.
    But the "best" of all: we all got used to crackpot idea of learning to fly long after release and after jumping through all their hoops ... but    Shadowlands is a pure back to the grindstone ... in former expansions Dev's at least tried to disguise the treadmill a little bit but this time they show it completely uncovered. Every little piece of progress is locked behind massive timegating.
    But the "best" of all: we all got used to crackpot idea of learning to fly long after release and after jumping through all their hoops ... but to take away even riding in the maw is this one step to much.
    Especially since the Maw and Torghast are as juicy as reaqding a user manual in aramaic language and as funny as preventive inspection of your prostate    … Expand
  14. Ilovemydog
    Dec 29, 2020
    1
    I was looking forward to this expansion, the devs were promising to right a lot of the things they got wrong with BFA. Sadly I soon learnt it was all a mirage.

    - The grind is back baby! This expansion you have to grind stygia for sockets and anima for your covenant. For stygia you do this by going to 'The Maw'. The Maw is a punishing, unforgiving place and to top it all off Blizzard has    I was looking forward to this expansion, the devs were promising to right a lot of the things they got wrong with BFA. Sadly I soon learnt it was all a mirage.

    - The grind is back baby! This expansion you have to grind stygia for sockets and anima for your covenant. For stygia you do this by going to 'The Maw'. The Maw is a punishing, unforgiving place and to top it all off Blizzard has decided that if you die you will lose 20% of your stygia, not just the stygia you have collected today but all the stygia you are carrying that you might have earnt from previous expeditions to the Maw, so you can lose sometimes 4 days worth in one death. You can get it be going back to your corpse but things have a habit of turning deadly in a zone where elites are packed together and can two shot you if you aren't wearing plate so definitely not for causal players. Anima is just be doing quests or killing rares and then you put it into your covenant reservoir, if you change covenants you can't get it back.
    - Loot acquisition has been nerfed into the ground so people can do 16 dungeons and get no loot.
    - The story is lacking. comical and is timegated to the extreme.
    - The zones are purposely hard to navigate and the one concession of BFA, the flight masters whistle has been taken away. Everything in game is designed to take you as long as possible to pad blizzard time played metrics. They don't want to boost time played by making an enjoyable game, they seem to prefer doing this by making everything as tedious, frustrating and drawn out as possible.
    - Balancing is abysmal. Blizzard can't seem to balance the specs so it's not a case of play what you enjoy but play what is doing well. The gap between the top classes and bottom classes is now extreme.

    I couldn't recommend this game. I find it very tedious and frustrating with little fun squished in between.    … Expand
  15. tredo
    Dec 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Прокачка, рейды, торгаст, утроба, ключи, механика выпадения шмота, рандом, фарм. Фарм репутации постепенно открывающийся квесты. Играйте сами в свою игру, барыга на барыге.… Expand
  16. turbo25
    Jan 6, 2021
    2
    Shadowlands is nice to look at but I just find it really boring. Only played for two weeks and log in for 10 mins before alt f4. Torghast is about as much fun as watching paint dry. I see some people say how much they "LOVE" Torghast and it's like wtf are these people smoking cause i definitely need it to play this game
  17. MonchitoPichon
    Jan 16, 2021
    3
    Extremely disappointing expansion. Boring is the best adjective to define it, sorry. 0 is out of line, but 5 is too much, honestly. 3/10
    They need to really hire a much better class designer, quick from the company the people taking care of pvp (seriously. incompetents) and much better story and content creators. Blizzard's level is going down and down every year
  18. OIHNsnI
    Oct 22, 2021
    0
    I wish it will turn out that battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands turn out to be a fever dream of an old god' vision, because... well... these expansions are so bad, that I don't even know where to start with the criticism.
    Both in lore and in gameplay.
    And they need to do something about faction imbalance. Fast. They're ignoring this game breaking problem for years now, activly making the    I wish it will turn out that battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands turn out to be a fever dream of an old god' vision, because... well... these expansions are so bad, that I don't even know where to start with the criticism.
    Both in lore and in gameplay.
    And they need to do something about faction imbalance. Fast. They're ignoring this game breaking problem for years now, activly making the situation worse with cinematics, allied races (fat humans, diaper gnomes, "void elves" wtf? lol), dungeons attached to them, racials, cinematics (constantly focusing on the overpopulated faction, only destroying zones of the faction in need and making them in never ending warzones, because the devs don't want to show the victor ingame? lol 2.0, only giving the overpopulated faction huge cities like Surarmar for example and extremly main stream new! races like vulpera, through gameplay decisions and so on. It's just sad at this point.

    Regarding playable races however, I'm of the same opinion as many others, racism should not be a part of wow, regardless of the idotic faction war. Racial segregation should be removed as soon as possible- Every race should get to choose instead of promoting a hive mind mentality to the players.

    In general there is just nothing I like about this expansion. So I'm really sorry, but it's 0 out of 10 points from me. I'm still hoping though, that wow can be saved someday.    … Expand
  19. Zodwraith
    Mar 20, 2021
    3
    Reminded why I've left..twice.

    Ahh, WoW. A victim of your own success. I've been playing on and off since 04. As someone who used to get big into lore I'm leaving out the details so someone who wants to get back in and geek out will get little from this. Instead I'll speak of the overall feel as a -video game- that's far since long in the tooth. TLDR: This is an expan$ion for    Reminded why I've left..twice.

    Ahh, WoW. A victim of your own success. I've been playing on and off since 04. As someone who used to get big into lore I'm leaving out the details so someone who wants to get back in and geek out will get little from this. Instead I'll speak of the overall feel as a -video game- that's far since long in the tooth.

    TLDR: This is an expan$ion for expan$ion'$ $ake.

    Story:
    They're far past milking the IP at this point. The story feels meh at best. "We need magic doodads from dead people and we're not getting it anymore. Boo Hoo. Help us!" I've never felt _less_ excited since WoD to help. It's obvious we need Chris Metzen back in a BAD way. The story feels like it was twisted around game designers' ideas and patched together by writers in a Frankenstein way. BFA felt like this but at least it had a cohesive overall arc. It feels like a sidestory that should have been omitted from a movie but that's not a bad thing if it's done as masterfully as Mists was. (My 2nd favorite expansion.) If you're coming for story the base price isn't worth the price of admission, let alone monthly fees. This should have been a content pack, not a full expansion.

    Gameplay:
    This one's easy. It's a treadmill. Problem is WoW has long since been a treadmill that was FUN. Now it's 10 different treadmills you need to jump through with unrewarding results. Forget alts. Your main is going to need stupid amounts of time to build up to timed gates. Fetch quests aren't even hidden under fun. Flavor quests feel like the chef was only given salt. Timed gating to milk subs, repetitive boring quests that are obviously just busy work... It's turned into a grindfest Free2Play Korean P2Win MMO but charges a sub fee and has no P2W. Literally the worst of both worlds.

    The good news is Blizz finally broke the pattern of good>bad>good>bad expansions. The bad news it went bad>bad instead of good>good. This is the 1st expansion I actually regret buying, let alone paying the sub. I think I'm done for good after giving Blizz literally 1000s over the years for me and the wife's accounts. This game is dead and only has subs because we're stuck with nothing else. This game should have dropped to $5/month long ago or gone free.

    Anyone that rates this 10/10 is an idiot fanboy. It's meh at best but deserves a 3 for still being the best MMO but that's only testament to the absolute garbage the field has become.    … Expand
  20. xidengji
    Dec 28, 2020
    0
    装备掉落太低了，天天35心能玩尼玛呢。毫无追赶机制，职业严重不平衡，小号啥都得从来。0分不谢
  21. Tulanji
    May 27, 2022
    1
    Really bad game with a ton of limitations for players.
    If you prefer one faction over the other, you won't be able to play all races because of strict racial segregation.
    You won't be able to have standard mmo stuff like player housing. Character customisations are extremely limited and don't even have basic stuff like sliders and color palettes. Graphics are stuck in the early 2000s    Really bad game with a ton of limitations for players.
    If you prefer one faction over the other, you won't be able to play all races because of strict racial segregation.
    You won't be able to have standard mmo stuff like player housing.
    Character customisations are extremely limited and don't even have basic stuff like sliders and color palettes.
    Graphics are stuck in the early 2000s in most parts of this game and even for a huge part of the gear and mounts.
    A lot of FOMO.
    A lot of time gating.
    Faction and class imbalance.
    Strict split of the playerbase, which hinders you to play with players of another faction.
    Absurd lore with a ton of retcons.
    Despite the monthly costs very long content droughts, meaning no new content for several months (almost a year).
    1/10    … Expand
  22. Koaz
    Jun 25, 2022
    1
    A truly horrible state world of warcraft is in for the last couple of years.

    The lore is horrendous and reminds you of bad fanfictions with all the retcons, cringe characters and storylines, that really make you question what is going on in the writer's heads... After almost 2 decades Activision Blizzard is still holding on to a racist faction system, separating playable races    A truly horrible state world of warcraft is in for the last couple of years.

    The lore is horrendous and reminds you of bad fanfictions with all the retcons, cringe characters and storylines, that really make you question what is going on in the writer's heads...

    After almost 2 decades Activision Blizzard is still holding on to a racist faction system, separating playable races strictly between 2 factions.
    Meaning your race, not your values, defines your loyalty.
    Keeping racial segregation as the game's foundation really tells you all you need to know about this company and the mindset of the devs.

    wow became almost unplayble because of the faction imbalance, which the devs made worse and worse over the years with various acts (destruction of several zones and cities of the small faction (like Theramore, Gilneas, Teldrassil, Ashenvale, Darkshore, Arathi etc.), trash gnomes wearing diapers, fat humans (allied races in general really), racials, openly trash talking about that faction, usually giving crumbs to the small faction while chunks to the big faction (Suramar, high mountain for example vs. ... tents on a rock as new hub & an island full of trash I guess? lol), devs publicly only show that they play the overpopulated faction, the lists goes on.

    And despite all of that the devs are not allowing cross faction guilds, questing, random dungeons, raids etc.
    So again, you will find one dead (playable faction) and one overpopulated faction. Which makes the whole experience just awful.

    Tons of FOMO (mage tower weapon skins for example) & time gating in this game.

    The world looks outdated. Very, very outdated. The graphics may look nice in newer zones, but the overall world looks like a patchwork rug with graphics from the early 2000s.

    There is still no player housing in this game, no dyeable gear, very limited and uneven character customisation options, no modern standards for an mmo really. Almost everything is stuck in the past.

    Not a game I can recommend.    … Expand
  23. darklyluna
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    I am insanely bored.

    That first zone is like having to slog through 5 episodes of a show before it 'gets good'. It was a terrible slog. Why do they think people want to wander around clicking on people to read more dialogue? Just put it all in one place. It felt like a dramatic time sink for no reason. I felt no investment in the blue angel people. I just didn't care. Once I lost the    I am insanely bored.

    That first zone is like having to slog through 5 episodes of a show before it 'gets good'. It was a terrible slog. Why do they think people want to wander around clicking on people to read more dialogue? Just put it all in one place. It felt like a dramatic time sink for no reason.

    I felt no investment in the blue angel people. I just didn't care. Once I lost the reason I went to the shadowlands (that being the leaders of the alliance & horde) I found myself detached from their story. Probably because it lacked any foundation.

    Maybe if they spent at least the last half of Battle for Azeroth leading up to the shadowlands...I don't even think that would've helped. At least on the Alliance side, you had Jaina's people to work with. She's a staple of the series. Been in since Warcraft 3. There's investment in lore there.

    Going to the shadowlands is like WoW 2 without any push to be part of that world. I literally just felt completely bored by it all. And even when I tried to push through the zone, I couldn't be bothered. So all around, the lack of engagement gets it a 3. This is simply not fun.    … Expand
  24. 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
  25. Biaggo
    Jan 11, 2021
    0
    Full of bugs. Class spells have been bugged since beta and noone seems to care. Conduits bugged. Dungeons bugged. Class balance non existent. Mythic keys punishing healers and tanks. Hard to gear up because literally no gear drops. Repetative farming with timegated boring content. Support doesn't exist, the only thing they can tell me in web tickets is to go to the forums and hope someFull of bugs. Class spells have been bugged since beta and noone seems to care. Conduits bugged. Dungeons bugged. Class balance non existent. Mythic keys punishing healers and tanks. Hard to gear up because literally no gear drops. Repetative farming with timegated boring content. Support doesn't exist, the only thing they can tell me in web tickets is to go to the forums and hope some other player can answer me cause they won't. Extremely laggy. Maw & Thorgast is time consuming without reward. Botters are still not banned or punished, ruining ecnomy. Report system (bug or bot) has 0 feedback, you are left in the dark. It feels like we are still playing the beta version of the game. Community feedback are ignored and no communication from bLizzard.… Expand
  26. mickeysood
    Dec 29, 2020
    4
    The smallest expansion so far with small maps to explore. Everything is time-gated and once again boring world quests and dailies will bore you out of your mind in a couple of weeks. Nothing new to see here. Covenant is just another system that will be scrapped once new expac is out so why even bother? For me though the biggest reason to quit was level scaling. Its completely broken butThe smallest expansion so far with small maps to explore. Everything is time-gated and once again boring world quests and dailies will bore you out of your mind in a couple of weeks. Nothing new to see here. Covenant is just another system that will be scrapped once new expac is out so why even bother? For me though the biggest reason to quit was level scaling. Its completely broken but Blizzard refuse to listen to the feedback. Its a below average expansion with a terrible game director steering it off the hill right into big pile of **** He is the same guy who was responsible for BFA so yeah. You have been warned.… Expand
  27. 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.
  28. MusclePig
    Jan 11, 2021
    2
    Been there done that. Feels super outdated by now. Think this will be my last wow expansion. Story is also way too far out by now for my tastes
  29. Zulsaframano
    Jan 11, 2021
    2
    Die Erweiterung fing gut an. Story an sich interssant & die Gebiete mehr als abwechslungsreich. Aber der Endcontent hingt so hinterher. Alles versteckt sich hinter einen Timegate, man macht jeden Tag das selbe. Weltquest & Abgesantenquests wiederholen sich innerhalb weniger Tage so rasant.
    Es gibt keine neue Klasse, keine neue Rasse. Nichts ist wirklich neu.
    Shadowlands fühlt sich für    Die Erweiterung fing gut an. Story an sich interssant & die Gebiete mehr als abwechslungsreich. Aber der Endcontent hingt so hinterher. Alles versteckt sich hinter einen Timegate, man macht jeden Tag das selbe. Weltquest & Abgesantenquests wiederholen sich innerhalb weniger Tage so rasant.
    Es gibt keine neue Klasse, keine neue Rasse. Nichts ist wirklich neu.

    Shadowlands fühlt sich für mich eher an wie ein schlechter Versuch ein Best of aus den letzten Addons zu machen. Das klappt durch fehlende Inhalte aber leider nicht.    … Expand
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. XyyX
    Jul 4, 2022
    0
    World Of Warcraft promotes racism as something that is needed in order to determine which faction you are allowed to be loyal to.
  33. RexxoO
    Jul 15, 2022
    1
    1/10 Game.
    That one point is for the nice background music and the cartoonish look (even though it is painfully outdated in most of the world and the player models as well) of the environment and animals, which I enjoy.
    The rest is trash. Sorry. But for years now wow is only getting worse. I saw others criticising the onging racism in warcraft as the game's foundation and yes, I agree    1/10 Game.
    That one point is for the nice background music and the cartoonish look (even though it is painfully outdated in most of the world and the player models as well) of the environment and animals, which I enjoy.
    The rest is trash. Sorry. But for years now wow is only getting worse.

    I saw others criticising the onging racism in warcraft as the game's foundation and yes, I agree on it being disgusting. Especially considering that no changes about the racial segregation has been made for 2 decades... but let's be real here, racism is but one of many quite obvious flaws this dubious company places right in to their game.

    Genocide, torture and destruction of nature gets rewarded, so you basically play as a murderous psychopath and no, that is not the norm in a mmo... but it is in wow unfortunately,
    humanoid men look old, hairy and full of steroids, while women look like anorexic barbie dolls... to no surprise if you look at the lawsuit against Blizzard
    and while they added overweight humans with ogre size during bfa, probably because they want to reuse that model later, and recently put a lot of lgbtq pandering in that game in order to distract us from all the harassment against women and people of color at Blizzard, they keep the most obnoxious stuff, racial segregation, untouched in their game.

    Hypocritical company.
    Racial segregation.
    Outdated and questionable game.
    A ton of restrictions for players.
    Tedious borrowed power systems.
    Unbalanced factions.
    Unbalanced classes.
    Very poorly written lore.
    Long content droughts, despite monthly sub costs.    … Expand
  34. Dink
    Aug 21, 2021
    0
    Cheap soulless trash :(
    Pile of chopped mechanic, imbalance, timegating and etc... Everyone also knows this, I do not see sense to repeat. Very boring.
  35. donanja
    Oct 9, 2021
    3
    As someone who has played the game since 2006 and stuck through some very lackluster expansions such as Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands falls somewhere below average for me. The expansion had a strong launch and I enjoyed the first few months, as is the case with any expansion launch, but the many problems with Shadowlands quickly became apparent.

    For me, one of the    As someone who has played the game since 2006 and stuck through some very lackluster expansions such as Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands falls somewhere below average for me. The expansion had a strong launch and I enjoyed the first few months, as is the case with any expansion launch, but the many problems with Shadowlands quickly became apparent.

    For me, one of the biggest issues with Shadowlands is the writing. The quality of Blizzard's lore and story-telling has been on a steady decline ever since the end of Legion, and it would appear that without the looming presence of the Burning Legion and Sargeras, Blizzard is struggling to come up with interesting new villains. The Jailer, or Zovaal, is about as interesting as a character as a cardboard box—and don't even get me started on Sylvanas, because I could not possibly summarize what a fantastic job Blizzard has done butchering her character into such an abysmal state that there is simply no coming back from, no matter how intent Blizzard is on writing a redemption story for her.

    But where the expansion truly falls short is in its systems. Once again, the development team has wiped the slate clean and given us a new set of end-game progression systems to work out and hamster wheels to run on. Except, just like in every expansion prior, they disregarded every bit of player feedback from Shadowland's Alpha and Beta testing and stubbornly released their "ground-breaking" new system of Covenants in a terrible state that, they knew, no one would be happy with.

    It's only now, almost a year after the expansion's release, that they're finally starting to push out some of the quality-of-life changes they've knowingly withheld from us. And even then, it seems like they're more concerned with covering up cleavages, removing tongue-in-cheek innuendos, and replacing women with bowls of fruit.

    This company is a joke.    … Expand
  36. 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
  37. Cryptex
    Dec 26, 2020
    0
    Отсутствие времени у разработчика сказывается на балансе в PvP, лучше бы вы никогда не добавляли ковенанты в мир , полнейший дисбаланс. Зря только потратил 3к рублей
  38. 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
  39. Crisz
    Dec 30, 2020
    2
    Weekly locked content makes it meh. Storytelling is boring and also weekly locked.
  40. Bluegoon
    Mar 27, 2021
    0
    Not impressed, you have to clench your teeth to get through the absolutely awful and mundane writing, uninspired setting and ancient gameplay.

    Aggressively mediocre.
  41. Tondi
    Jun 2, 2022
    2
    Shadowlands is just as bad as battle for Azeroth.
    The lore... cringe story and many retcons.
    Strict racial segregation... for almost 2 decades now, no changes whatsoever. You still can't play your favorite races in your favorite faction. Strict division of the playerbase, despite big faction imbalance, caused by the devs. Still no cross faction guilds, questing and random dungeons and    Shadowlands is just as bad as battle for Azeroth.
    The lore... cringe story and many retcons.
    Strict racial segregation... for almost 2 decades now, no changes whatsoever. You still can't play your favorite races in your favorite faction.
    Strict division of the playerbase, despite big faction imbalance, caused by the devs. Still no cross faction guilds, questing and random dungeons and raids.
    Outdated looking graphics. Seriously, it's a pain to look at this ugly pixel mush.
    FOMO (mage tower skins for example).

    All in all a very bad game.    … Expand
  42. Koda88
    Jun 4, 2022
    0
    World Of Warcraft is full of racist themes:

    -Racial segregation of playable races between factions = meaning your race matters in this game, not your values. This way half of the races aren't available for one of the two playable factions. Can't get more disgusting than that... - Making almost the whole game about literal race wars. - Genocide and in general war crimes aren't    World Of Warcraft is full of racist themes:

    -Racial segregation of playable races between factions = meaning your race matters in this game, not your values. This way half of the races aren't available for one of the two playable factions. Can't get more disgusting than that...

    - Making almost the whole game about literal race wars.

    - Genocide and in general war crimes aren't punished. Quite the opposite, the aggressor gets rewarded in the end, while the victims get neglected... again. Kaay... considering the lawsuit against Blizzard this mentality doesn't come as a surprise though.

    - Division of the playerbase, even though the devs caused faction imbalance through various acts, making the game for one side almost unplayable. 9.2.5 offers the bare minimum of cross faction play - without cross faction guilds, random lfr, lfd, bgs and neutral races this change is pretty much useless for casual players.

    - the lore in general is shady af, glorifying incredibly questionable world views. Well and if they write themselves into a corner with a villain, they just retcon some stuff and claim "well, it was just their bad side! So their good side is innocent!" Yeah... right.

    One can only hope some major changes happen to this game. It's a mess.    … Expand
  43. Tuccui
    Jul 26, 2022
    0
    What a joke of a game in 2022.
    Seriously, how can anyone take warcraft seriously with graphics, that are stuck in the early 2000s for the most part? Just look at the trees, npcs like wolves, sky boxes, even main cities like Stormwind look like pixel mush.
    And don't even get me started on the player character models. Male humans, night elves, blood elves, Worgen etc. They all look    What a joke of a game in 2022.
    Seriously, how can anyone take warcraft seriously with graphics, that are stuck in the early 2000s for the most part? Just look at the trees, npcs like wolves, sky boxes, even main cities like Stormwind look like pixel mush.

    And don't even get me started on the player character models. Male humans, night elves, blood elves, Worgen etc. They all look like... I don't even know how to describe them. As if the designer doesn't know how humanoid bodies look. It's utterly embarrassing for a "modern" game.
    Also customisation options... yeah, there are almost none and they are EXTREMLY uneven between races. Orcs, Tauren, humans and Nightborne for example have a ton compared to races like night elves, Worgen, void elves, Pandas etc.
    Seriously, who is responsible for such a mess?
    And why do all male human options have to be either fat and twice the size of a normal human or a normal sized human on stereoids, hairy and with an old face??? What is this game?

    I could go on and on about these ridiculous graphics, but oh well.

    While in recent years... for some reason... lawsuit and all... they started to make everything rainbow in this game, they keep racism as their game's pillar lol.
    Racial segregation of playable races seems to stay.
    Talk about hypocritical devs.

    The lore... what a trash show ever since Legion ended.

    Do yourself a favor and don't play this game.    … Expand
  44. Srkoy
    Aug 1, 2022
    1
    What a horrible game with toxic developers and lousy systems like the strict faction divide, which causes nothing but frustration since players can't choose their favorite races for their favorite faction and on top of that aren't allowed to play together with friends, if those want to play in the other faction.
    No guilds, no lfr and lfd, we aren't even allowed to talk to each other!    What a horrible game with toxic developers and lousy systems like the strict faction divide, which causes nothing but frustration since players can't choose their favorite races for their favorite faction and on top of that aren't allowed to play together with friends, if those want to play in the other faction.
    No guilds, no lfr and lfd, we aren't even allowed to talk to each other!

    How toxic do you want this game to be?
    Blizzard: YES

    World of warcraft is as anti-social as it can get on top of a racist faction system.

    As for the lore... I've stopped caring after Legion. It's just beyond brain afk.    … Expand
  45. Mulcan
    Mar 23, 2021
    0
    Even worst than BFA. This game is the biggest piece of trash out there. They had so many options but decited to turn the game into a **** show
  46. MiriamW
    Jan 19, 2021
    3
    The game itself would be okay, but the players are ruining it - or better the "not-players": This game got a massive problem with bots, hacks and so on. Bad enough, even though Blizzard per se is banning accounts, sure, but they ban 3k and 10k get in. Well, no need to hurry for them, money is money, right?

    If you are getting annoyed about it, because people hack, use bots and/or simply    The game itself would be okay, but the players are ruining it - or better the "not-players": This game got a massive problem with bots, hacks and so on. Bad enough, even though Blizzard per se is banning accounts, sure, but they ban 3k and 10k get in. Well, no need to hurry for them, money is money, right?

    If you are getting annoyed about it, because people hack, use bots and/or simply grief, so they throw the game absolutely on PURPOSE, by completely ignoring ANY mechanic, then these griefer can simply report you and no GM will talk to you, you just get muted for calling them dumb or cheater - what they simply ARE, that's actually a quite nice word for them.

    So while the game per se would okay - even though it's of course stupid for example in PvP to have such a MASSIVE equipment difference, that's not PvP and it just pushes the problem with cheating in all kind of ways, what Blizzad per se acknowledges, but then is doing **** and even protects the griefer - it's ruined by cheater and other awful people an the fact that Blizzard GM play their brutal protectors.

    Well, if you defend scum, you get a game for and full of scum. Congrats for ruining your own game in such a stupid way. But you make enough money with all the bot accounts, so you don't care, right?    … Expand
  47. Nikkonofune
    Dec 16, 2020
    1
    42 dungeon and zero loot, zero loot from vault and zero loot from world bosses. thx blizz for nothing.
  48. joms-EU
    Dec 28, 2020
    0
    Game is so bad, dying to Rogues and Druids in under 3 sec and all my favorite spec are @ the buttom of the dps in raids, so just stopped going cause being a burden on my team is just sad. Loot is none existent havnt gotten a decent upgrade in almost 2 weeks and stopped doing M+ its just not worth it. Only solution is to get rid of Ion and really hire people that likes gaming and make sureGame is so bad, dying to Rogues and Druids in under 3 sec and all my favorite spec are @ the buttom of the dps in raids, so just stopped going cause being a burden on my team is just sad. Loot is none existent havnt gotten a decent upgrade in almost 2 weeks and stopped doing M+ its just not worth it. Only solution is to get rid of Ion and really hire people that likes gaming and make sure the dev dont all play horde, but that can be solved by removing the game diretor.… Expand
  49. Yeroc317
    Dec 29, 2020
    1
    Blizzard fails to learn their lesson from
    Their past failures. Fun at first but once you hit that wall it’s time gate after time gate. No point of paying for a sub if you can log in for one day and complete everything for the week.
  50. Kettil
    Dec 30, 2020
    2
    SL leveling experience is quick and interesting. The positives stop there. Everything has been redesigned to make it harder, slower, more annoying to do anything ... and the rewards for anything you do have been substantially reduced both in power and their frequency. It makes for an extremely unrewarding gaming experience. The opening raid is strong, so if you are into organizedSL leveling experience is quick and interesting. The positives stop there. Everything has been redesigned to make it harder, slower, more annoying to do anything ... and the rewards for anything you do have been substantially reduced both in power and their frequency. It makes for an extremely unrewarding gaming experience. The opening raid is strong, so if you are into organized guild raiding .. maybe, but otherwise I strongly recommend skipping this one ... and that comes from somebody who has played every expansion since Vanilla.… Expand
  51. Abrakkar
    Mar 24, 2021
    0
    Game is terribly grindy, unbalanced because of tons of one shot abilities like Convoke and is has the worst world design World of Warcraft ever had, small areas with too high mob density and just the same boring look.

    Otherwise weeklies and more weeklies, it's like they are forcing people to pay at least a few months of abo before reaching anything, it feels like they forcefully try to    Game is terribly grindy, unbalanced because of tons of one shot abilities like Convoke and is has the worst world design World of Warcraft ever had, small areas with too high mob density and just the same boring look.

    Otherwise weeklies and more weeklies, it's like they are forcing people to pay at least a few months of abo before reaching anything, it feels like they forcefully try to make players play their game longer, instead of making the game simply fun.    … Expand
  52. Keynox17
    Mar 24, 2021
    4
    The expansion could be very-very good, but at this moment (9.0.5) it's garbage.
    Levelling is okay, raids/dungeons are good, but everything else is not.
    -Story is absolutely boring, self-repeating and predictable -The Maw is empty, it literally does not make any sense, if tou are not minmaxing (Socets can be acquired through farming reputation in the maw) -Torgast is trash, although you    The expansion could be very-very good, but at this moment (9.0.5) it's garbage.
    Levelling is okay, raids/dungeons are good, but everything else is not.
    -Story is absolutely boring, self-repeating and predictable
    -The Maw is empty, it literally does not make any sense, if tou are not minmaxing (Socets can be acquired through farming reputation in the maw)
    -Torgast is trash, although you have go do it to get your legendary item. Time-consuming and not fun
    -PvP is bad too. Absolutely not friendly to alts/new players. Gearing is long and even when you get semi-decent gear - be prepared to be stomped by overgeared players, who got it from RBGs, because there is no scaling and you can easily meet 220 ivl gys on 1200cr (where they supposed to be 207 ivl at max)

    I wasted 3 months playing it and regret every single day wasted.    … Expand
  53. Xchar
    Aug 1, 2022
    0
    Extraordinary dumb lore with a ton of retcons and more than questionable world views portrayed as good in the story. You are literally called a champion for committing genocide and such and are even rewarded for that. No amends towards the victims whatsoever.

    Racist faction system, that is literally forcing you to choose a faction based on race of all things. In what century are these    Extraordinary dumb lore with a ton of retcons and more than questionable world views portrayed as good in the story. You are literally called a champion for committing genocide and such and are even rewarded for that. No amends towards the victims whatsoever.

    Racist faction system, that is literally forcing you to choose a faction based on race of all things. In what century are these devs even living in?
    Not to mention all the restrictions the outdated racial segregation system holds for players.

    Borrowed power systems and fomo in order to trick players in staying subscribed, because they let us pay for every single month. Despite no new content for almost a year sometimes.

    Age old graphics, which the devs don't bother to update, let alone the yukky looking player models of some races and don't get me started how limited the customisation options are.

    Then there is the huge faction imbalance the devs caused... I could go on and on.
    This game is just really, really bad.    … Expand
  54. Zoksle
    Aug 30, 2022
    1
    Absolute embarrassment of an expansion.

    The lore makes every fanfiction of a 10 year old kid look like a masterpiece compared to this dumpster fire. The faction system is incredibly racist with it's racial segregation, which forces players to pick a faction BASED ON RACE... jeez... in this day and age. It's no surprise of course. It's an open secret, how toxic, sexist and even    Absolute embarrassment of an expansion.

    The lore makes every fanfiction of a 10 year old kid look like a masterpiece compared to this dumpster fire.

    The faction system is incredibly racist with it's racial segregation, which forces players to pick a faction BASED ON RACE... jeez... in this day and age. It's no surprise of course. It's an open secret, how toxic, sexist and even predatory the devs at Blizzard are. There is a gigantic lawsuit against them. Just look it up.
    That really reflects in the awful and outdated faction system, that caused nothing but toxicity, frustration and unbalanced gameplay for almost 2 decades.
    But of course nothing changes. Racism is such a nice feature afterall, right Blizzard?

    Also the game is full of time gating, borrored power systems, lack of standard features like decent character customisation options, housing, dyeable gear, mini games, dyebale mounts,- all stuff that other modern mmos has, but of course wow's design is way too lazy. Also the graphics in this game are extremely outdated... the list goes on and on.

    Horrible game.    … Expand
  55. Gumball8
    Oct 20, 2022
    0
    Shadowlands is awful. Just like Battle for Azeroth.
    The lore is full of retcons, cringe story telling, character assassinations and more than questionable mindsets presented as something positive... granted, the latter isn't a surprise. The foundation of wow is racism, which forced players to choose a faction based on races. If you want to be a certain race... oh boy, you better don't    Shadowlands is awful. Just like Battle for Azeroth.
    The lore is full of retcons, cringe story telling, character assassinations and more than questionable mindsets presented as something positive... granted, the latter isn't a surprise. The foundation of wow is racism, which forced players to choose a faction based on races. If you want to be a certain race... oh boy, you better don't like the faction your race isn't allowed to be in!

    Gameplay is very unbalanced, both because of the biased faction system and of classes.

    Loooooooooong content droughts.

    No player housing... yes, still no basic mmo stuff, even though it's 2022...

    The graphic is outdated af.

    0 points for this trash. There was nothing I enjoyed about this expansion.    … Expand
  56. Odin829
    Nov 7, 2022
    0
    Racist company that represents racism as a foundation in world of warcraft.

    If a player wants to join a faction they have to participate in a racial segregation system. Basically forcing you to choose a faction based on the race you want to be.
    DISGUSTING.

    Also painfully outdated graphic all over the place.
  57. Pavlentuz
    Oct 7, 2021
    0
    Спасибо Blizzard! Игрокам ведь именно этого и не хватало! Проблемы же точно не в том, что в игре нет нового контента, а в том, что где-то персонажа зовут именем разработчика, которые прям во все поля сексуальные хищники. И о боже, эта мыльная, пиксельная каша напоминающая женщину слишком сексуальна. Спасибо что поменяли её на корзинку с фруктами. У игры ведь нет проблем, она идеальна! АСпасибо Blizzard! Игрокам ведь именно этого и не хватало! Проблемы же точно не в том, что в игре нет нового контента, а в том, что где-то персонажа зовут именем разработчика, которые прям во все поля сексуальные хищники. И о боже, эта мыльная, пиксельная каша напоминающая женщину слишком сексуальна. Спасибо что поменяли её на корзинку с фруктами. У игры ведь нет проблем, она идеальна! А раз она идеальна, то можно заниматься всякой хренью.

    Ну а если серьёзно, то нынешние Blizzard - это не Blizzard, а контора дегенератов с радужным флагом в заднице, которая лишь паразитирует на былых заслугах компании и не могут сделать абсолютно ничего нормального, а лишь всё портят.

    И мне от всего этого довольно грустно, так как раньше, я был слишком мелкий и у меня не было денег на подписку, в то время как сейчас я уже взрослый и работаю, благодаря чему они у меня есть, но теперь у меня нет абсолютно никакого желания оплачивать подписку, так как во-первых, зачем платить за игру, на которую забили болт и вместо создания контента, занимаются какой-то хернёй, ну а во-вторых, я не хочу спонсировать текущий состав Blizzard, так как они дегенераты, которые ничего не смыслят в играх и занимаются какой-то ненужной хернёй.
    А всё потому, что в компании не осталось никого из основателей и важных фигур. Теперь у нас там толпа вечно ноющих снежинок, которые только и ищут на что бы обидеться.

    P.S. Дайте Джефф Каплан Шлем Короля Лича за 20 лет работы! Он заслужил!    … Expand
  58. Skullkid93
    Feb 14, 2022
    1
    Shadowlands is probably Blizzard's worst demonstration of how little they care about player's time and enjoyment. They developed layers of systems on top of systems NOBODY wanted without any concern for user's feedback. The community was very adamant from the beta stage about the problems these systems would create in the community and the game but, as always Blizzard thinks they knowShadowlands is probably Blizzard's worst demonstration of how little they care about player's time and enjoyment. They developed layers of systems on top of systems NOBODY wanted without any concern for user's feedback. The community was very adamant from the beta stage about the problems these systems would create in the community and the game but, as always Blizzard thinks they know better than their players. They have shuved a half assed expansion in our faces, where you will have to grind endlessly just to be able to keep up with the multiple time gates they have introduced in the expansion so that players are literally forced to bore themselves to death until Blizzard decides you get to have fun. This game is NOT worth 10% of what it costs, Blizzard doesn't deserve a cent of your money. Better invest this money elsewhere.… Expand
  59. Evsiukov
    Nov 12, 2021
    3
    Что мы имеем? Опоздание с выходом самого дополнения. Значительные недоделы после запоздавшего выхода. Долгие контентные дополнения. Невнятный сюжет. Враньё разработчиков. Зато старые картинки перерисовывают.
  60. 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
  61. Drewfuller
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    Blizzs super premium content is only super premium cheap. If you are playing this game for story - so sorry... there is nothing like story. Game is restrictive and boring. After last patch are some quest broken and blizz doesnt even care. No in-game support. No integrity. No salvation after BFA. Only big gaps between content, empty words and leaving angry players. Especially Korthia wasBlizzs super premium content is only super premium cheap. If you are playing this game for story - so sorry... there is nothing like story. Game is restrictive and boring. After last patch are some quest broken and blizz doesnt even care. No in-game support. No integrity. No salvation after BFA. Only big gaps between content, empty words and leaving angry players. Especially Korthia was only big disappointment. This patch is only cash laundry because shadowlands are so overpriced for nothing. Big promise was not fullfilled. Shame on you Blizz!… Expand
  62. lawlzilla
    Dec 29, 2020
    4
    You're doing the same **** you did in BFA just with a different setting. The only thing enjoyable about this game still is the PvP.
  63. evilzipikrus
    Jan 6, 2021
    1
    The addition itself was waiting for everyone, the idea is good. BUT it is not possible to play, lags, glitches, bugs. In the keys and in general, the game is completely sharpened for the 1st class of the tank paladin, RDD hunter mage, all classes of MDD suffer from the affixes of the keys Storming, Sanguine, Quaking,Spiteful, Necrotic. Removed the opportunity to somehow protect themselvesThe addition itself was waiting for everyone, the idea is good. BUT it is not possible to play, lags, glitches, bugs. In the keys and in general, the game is completely sharpened for the 1st class of the tank paladin, RDD hunter mage, all classes of MDD suffer from the affixes of the keys Storming, Sanguine, Quaking,Spiteful, Necrotic. Removed the opportunity to somehow protect themselves from them tanks. RDD can leave to run away, MDD is much more difficult. Have you seen them fall from a tree?? Here is the class of warriors fell below nowhere, neither DD nor tank they are not needed by anyone, a weak useless class has become. Blizzard, come to your senses before people go to the Korean or Chinese market, think carefully.… Expand
  64. Daisylanning22
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    Weak and unbalanced. Fine to play if you have 4 characters in each covenant
  65. 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
  66. ShinLei
    Dec 27, 2020
    2
    - Laggy regions since day one on my server
    - new record farminig Bots i've ever seen in a game
    - mainstory was boring for me and the quest objectives are repetive + you can skip it with your alts + Classes have great differente playstyles -daily workquest design, sitting with 20+ ppl waiting for respawns - the maw aka running without mount from a to b simulator - the maw design in    - Laggy regions since day one on my server
    - new record farminig Bots i've ever seen in a game
    - mainstory was boring for me and the quest objectives are repetive
    + you can skip it with your alts
    + Classes have great differente playstyles
    -daily workquest design, sitting with 20+ ppl waiting for respawns
    - the maw aka running without mount from a to b simulator
    - the maw design in generall
    - but are Unbalanced for every content, there is no focus. Why some classes like warriors can fight and survive even a heroic dungeon sole, others like mages will die from a 2nd added creep.
    + Raids are great    … Expand
  67. 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...
  68. cerpow
    Dec 28, 2020
    1
    I have to say the graphics and music are superb. Other than that it's super boring and repetitive. Same quests over and over. f you like grinding non stop, this game is for you. Sad.
  69. Shamakhan
    Dec 28, 2020
    3
    Bagged piece of **** I have a feeling I'm playing some kind of Chinese pirate version of the game with 0 developers support.
  70. greennec
    Dec 28, 2020
    1
    我不知道设计师是怎么想的，降低掉落会带来巨大的负反馈，玩家付出了相当多的努力推倒boss却仅仅获取35 anima是很可笑很令人沮丧的事情，平均一次团队副本1-10h只能获取1件装备，我不知道你们在想什么？ 回到CTM那时的掉落不好吗？那时没有泰坦机制，但团本掉落数量也不低。
    另外就是m+的问题，团本掉落低了，m+的掉落也跟着低，这严重损害了大量没有固定团的人员的利益，他们已经没有继续玩这个游戏的理由。
    我想问问如今的暴雪设计师，你们现在做游戏的目的是什么？    我不知道设计师是怎么想的，降低掉落会带来巨大的负反馈，玩家付出了相当多的努力推倒boss却仅仅获取35 anima是很可笑很令人沮丧的事情，平均一次团队副本1-10h只能获取1件装备，我不知道你们在想什么？ 回到CTM那时的掉落不好吗？那时没有泰坦机制，但团本掉落数量也不低。
    另外就是m+的问题，团本掉落低了，m+的掉落也跟着低，这严重损害了大量没有固定团的人员的利益，他们已经没有继续玩这个游戏的理由。
    我想问问如今的暴雪设计师，你们现在做游戏的目的是什么？ 游戏不应该是给大家带来欢乐和笑容的吗？可是你们看看自己做的东西，你们的目的已经是——尽可能拖延玩家毕业的时间、尽可能把玩家绑在游戏里、尽可能让玩家花比以前更多的时间来达到自己的目的，从而维持在线率，提高你们那可悲的KPI，你们害怕玩家毕业了就不玩，害怕玩家afk，过了16年，依然没有搞懂，一个难度低、玩家也容易毕业的版本才是最繁荣的。
    数字不会说谎，两个月以内玩家订阅数一定会有一个崩溃，如果你们再不改，再继续伤害长久以来一直支持这个老游戏的玩家的感情，那么这个有史以来最伟大的PC游戏一定会毁在你们自己手上    … Expand
  71. Tailung
    Dec 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The worst expansion ever! Lore is a joke, deathrealms are Total drama! Deathrealms should be scary and strange, blighted, not fluffy and sweet... World of Warcraft evolved into World of Friends and Ponies... This is very sad. 8 ugly and boring instances, pvp is a joke, totally not alt friendly.… Expand
  72. LuizHM
    Mar 26, 2021
    0
    Game is very umbalanced, you must stay with one covenant just because of one skill, some dungeons are a pain in the A... because of mecanics and mobs damage its very off hand, and now they just change the game time prices and how we buy then.
  73. jebeninick
    Mar 27, 2021
    0
    I was really hyped for this expansion after BFA fiasco, but they first disappointed me with postponement , and then it gets really boring. PVP balance is no where to be found, nobody balancing anything. Boosters everywhere, game become p2w. This is prolly worst expansion of all, even worse than WOD and BFA. They threw on us unfinished product, I think this expansion wont even get 9.3 patchI was really hyped for this expansion after BFA fiasco, but they first disappointed me with postponement , and then it gets really boring. PVP balance is no where to be found, nobody balancing anything. Boosters everywhere, game become p2w. This is prolly worst expansion of all, even worse than WOD and BFA. They threw on us unfinished product, I think this expansion wont even get 9.3 patch if this continues. Doesn't deserve 15€/mo. There are better games out there now. Sack Ion and get better ceo and balance teams if you wanna prosper.… Expand
  74. zhribovanact
    Mar 31, 2021
    0
    The expansion itself has potential, but the delays are starting to hurt the game. Patch 9.1 will be released in JULY/AUGUST 2021, leaving players who pay a $20 sub without any new content for 9 months, which to me is unacceptable. Unsubbed, for now, we'll see what comes.
  75. ohyeahsure3355
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    Too many systems that only are put in for time metrics. We are at the point where every bit of content with these guys is drip fed.
    No choice in class play due to covenants being unbalanced.
    The removal of flying is the biggest one for me as the game seems to be a halt atm with the only thing left for me is raiding or mythic plus dungeons... Only gave it a 3 because of the art team. Way    Too many systems that only are put in for time metrics. We are at the point where every bit of content with these guys is drip fed.
    No choice in class play due to covenants being unbalanced.
    The removal of flying is the biggest one for me as the game seems to be a halt atm with the only thing left for me is raiding or mythic plus dungeons...
    Only gave it a 3 because of the art team. Way worse than BfA. Would have been a 1 without the art team.    … Expand
  76. Arrikonaitty
    Oct 14, 2021
    0
    0/10 ... disappointed and will never return to this dying world ... I thought Battle for **** and Warlords of **** was bad, but then came **** If you are interested in a good story and nice gameplay, then don't play ****
  77. msales79
    Oct 20, 2021
    3
    I’ve always enjoyed WoW for the world, exploring the landscape and experiencing the individual stories. This expansion doesn’t feel like WoW or even much like a true MMO. It feels like a bunch of shallow scenarios tagged together rather than an interconnected world. Boring story, boring locations, events I don't care about no longer feels like a medieval fantasy world.
    It makes Warlords    I’ve always enjoyed WoW for the world, exploring the landscape and experiencing the individual stories. This expansion doesn’t feel like WoW or even much like a true MMO. It feels like a bunch of shallow scenarios tagged together rather than an interconnected world. Boring story, boring locations, events I don't care about no longer feels like a medieval fantasy world.
    It makes Warlords of Draenor look good.    … Expand
  78. andree1822
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    just pathetic, bad lore, useless final boss, awful game mechanics, terrible covenant system, a total rip-off for so much development time a lot of problems
  79. Zokks
    Jun 6, 2022
    0
    The game is disgusting on so many levels. So I will only name two messed up things here.

    It is an open secret, that there is a huge lawsuit against the devs of this game for their disgusting behavior (you can easily look it up), but it doesn't end here. The devs portray their disgusting mindset also in world of warcraft. For example: The Horde slaughtered the night elves in the most    The game is disgusting on so many levels. So I will only name two messed up things here.

    It is an open secret, that there is a huge lawsuit against the devs of this game for their disgusting behavior (you can easily look it up), but it doesn't end here. The devs portray their disgusting mindset also in world of warcraft.

    For example:
    The Horde slaughtered the night elves in the most horrific way imaginable and destroyed their home. Now you would think there are consequences for people, who act like psychopathic maniacs.
    No.
    Instead the Horde gets 2 long and nice questlines in 9.2.5, which gives them new stuff and an update for their city.
    Oh and the best part, a part of the slaughtered night elves (who were raised against their will in order to fight their own people and are now undead) join the Horde. Because vitcims should support their abusers. Right?... Right?!
    On top of that for the victims, it's another case of "wait & see".
    Devs: "We know we haven't restored any of the destoryed zones by the Horde for over a decade now, but eventually you will get one of them restored. Promised! Maybe in 3 years or so."
    Utterly disgusting.

    It doesn't end here, however.

    Racism is the very foundation of this game.
    There are 2 factions, but unlike factions usually work this game forces you to choose a faction based on races.
    With strict racial segregation being still very real in wow, half of the races aren't available if you choose one faction.

    There are several other cases of disgusting stuff in this game, but yeah, do not support Blizzard.    … Expand
  80. Chewbubba
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Previous expansions had 2 seperate campaigns for the Horde and Alliance. With that in mind and with arguable double the resources they have quite spectacuarly failed to produce a singular quality campaign.

    Furthermore it's just come to light that Blizzard has been involved with questionable employment law breaches. This fratboy corporate culture is reflected in the low quality of this    Previous expansions had 2 seperate campaigns for the Horde and Alliance. With that in mind and with arguable double the resources they have quite spectacuarly failed to produce a singular quality campaign.

    Furthermore it's just come to light that Blizzard has been involved with questionable employment law breaches. This fratboy corporate culture is reflected in the low quality of this product (supposedly a game)    … Expand
  81. 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.
  82. 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.
  83. DoppelGang3r
    Nov 30, 2021
    1
    Extremelly uninspired expansion, everything feels like a meta roulette to get trinket/mount/gear. *Everything* is instanced and the illusion of open world is really gone. Everywhere you go is an instance and the train rails are so obvious, it really makes you think why even bother.

    If not for Warcraft lore and nostalgia, this have been the most 60 to zero expansion in the world, losing    Extremelly uninspired expansion, everything feels like a meta roulette to get trinket/mount/gear. *Everything* is instanced and the illusion of open world is really gone. Everywhere you go is an instance and the train rails are so obvious, it really makes you think why even bother.

    If not for Warcraft lore and nostalgia, this have been the most 60 to zero expansion in the world, losing millions of players in first weeks. (It actually almost went that way)

    I play casually and laid back, and the content was very lean compared to Legion 7.0. The new patches had very little to offer, I completed the new patch content in less than a week and it introduced new problems to the game, like annoying lag in open world and world quest glitches which I encountered few times now and could not complete them.

    A real shame, the whole expansion (4 months later!) still feel extremelly rushed and there is no soul in anything. The devs have lost all the passion and the only thing that is making this game float relevant is love for old Warcraft and art/sound team. ( Good job those guys!)    … Expand
  84. 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.
  85. Superjkfried
    Dec 16, 2021
    1
    Shadowlands is another release in a long line of expansions that follow the mantra of "One step forwards, two steps back".
    The newly introduced systems are uninteresting and tedious, requiring you to log on everyday to do menial tasks to gain minuscule amounts of power in order to keep up with other players.
    Previous raids and dungeons, as well as old side content and systems are    Shadowlands is another release in a long line of expansions that follow the mantra of "One step forwards, two steps back".
    The newly introduced systems are uninteresting and tedious, requiring you to log on everyday to do menial tasks to gain minuscule amounts of power in order to keep up with other players.

    Previous raids and dungeons, as well as old side content and systems are tossed aside and forgotten, with no way to replay and experience that content as it was; Effectively removing content that the user has already paid for.

    While a revamped levelling system was sorely needed, the current iteration is confusing, throwing players into a selected expansion to level through with no context or explanation of prior events.
    Approximately halfway through the levelling process, you will reach level 50 and will be ejected from your current progression and forced to start the Shadowlands story line.

    It should also be noted that the initial introductory quest line for Shadowlands and it's accompanying cut scenes have been removed from the game, causing further confusion akin to starting several chapters in to a book.

    In short, the "expansion" removes more content than it adds and the narrative is an extremely poor experience with no cohesion and lacking context, making the story very confusing and uninteresting.    … Expand
  86. MrFoster
    Dec 28, 2021
    1
    There are so many bad decisions in this expansion that it's hard to believe the developers are playing their own game.
  87. KainNPR
    Apr 1, 2021
    0
    Compaign best but end game oh this is so terrible.

    In End Game we have 4 Covenants in each of which you need to do daily quests, is it ok, sure, if you need something from covenant you must complete quests and get item you need. And sure you must choose your covenant and waist your time in. We have 5 locations in each of which you need to do local quests, but in this you MUST    Compaign best but end game oh this is so terrible.

    In End Game we have 4 Covenants in each of which you need to do daily quests, is it ok, sure, if you need something from covenant you must complete quests and get item you need. And sure you must choose your covenant and waist your time in.

    We have 5 locations in each of which you need to do local quests, but in this you MUST complete this quests, because new resource Anima, You need anima for your covenants, for upgrades or use Anime like a valet for traders and you can buy sets of this covenant for Anima.

    Ok, but what next?

    Torgast is it endless dungeon Rogue Like, i think thats best new fiature in game, but 8 levels for special item levels, 8 dungeons u must complete this dungeons to get special reagents for legendares items.

    And soo what next? PvP oh, this is my favorite topic on this game, because in WotLK in PvP staff we had PvP Tiers 1 - 11 and Arena tiers, you go on Battle Ground and farm honor for new armor or weapon, BUT in this patch you CAN'T normal play, because Blizzard made new system Honor Level and equipment level, in Equipment PvP sets we have 1 to 7 levels and item level starts at 158 ok, when you upgrading your equipment, you have some problem, because max level for you it's a level upgrade 3 and if you want upgrade to next level you must have Honor Level 7 AND I have right now Level 5 and to level up you need 8800 honor and you ask me what? This is so Hard? I say YES, because i play long time and in battle grounds for win you get 400+ and 200+- for kills 600 for WIN and for Lose you get 200 honor and for kills maybe if your raid do something you get 75 - 100+- honor, so ask me again is it hard? yes, and what a problem just sit and play? So i have 20k hp and i have item level 171 and i can't do something, because i can't upgrade my equipment.

    PvE nothing new, normal dungeons, heroic dungeon, epochal dungeon and raids.

    Blizzard made the endless and long end game content for what? I playing in wow for PvP, but right now i can't playing, becuse i'm need upgrading and upgrading, I'm being humiliated, because i can't do something.    … Expand
  88. 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
  89. LadyAkeno
    Dec 29, 2020
    3
    Llevo jugando este juego desde WoTLK, y con sus pros y sus contras siempre me he divertido jugando hasta BfA (Tampoco disfruté WoD), donde dejé el juego por primera vez para volver ilusionado en SL esperando que arreglasen las cosas por las que dejé el juego por primera vez. No podía estar mas equivocado.
    - El contenido está incluso más timegateado que antes
    - Sigo obligado a hacer    Llevo jugando este juego desde WoTLK, y con sus pros y sus contras siempre me he divertido jugando hasta BfA (Tampoco disfruté WoD), donde dejé el juego por primera vez para volver ilusionado en SL esperando que arreglasen las cosas por las que dejé el juego por primera vez. No podía estar mas equivocado.
    - El contenido está incluso más timegateado que antes
    - Sigo obligado a hacer contenido que no quiero hacer, como Torgasht
    - El lore es incluso peor que el de BfA
    - El Maw es una experiencia repugnante
    - Aunque no me disgusta el gran vault, el sistema de loot de esta exp me da arcadas.
    Es pronto en la expansión, pero creo que SL va a ser mi punto de no retorno a este juego.

    I have been plating this game since WOTLK and with their cons and pros I kept enjoying playing until BfA (didn't like WoD either) when I stopped playing for the first time. I returned to SL with the hope that they would fix the issues why I stopped playing. They didn't.
    - Content is even more timegated than before
    - Game still forces me to do content I don't enjoy, like Torgasht
    - I find Lore even worst than in BfA
    - Maw is an awful experience
    - I don't thing grand Vault is a mistake, but the loot in this game is horrible.
    It's still early in the expansion, but I think it will be my no return point.    … Expand
  90. 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
  91. kjby
    Dec 26, 2020
    0
    Just Torghast alone gives this **** mess a 0... wast an hour to get to an completely impossible boss.
  92. 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
  93. radosh
    Apr 18, 2021
    0
    Nothing this expansion brought is fun. Torghast and the Maw are absolute chores that feel like a job rather than a fun video game. Every new system is timegated crap just to keep us subscribed. Covenants is a system that fundamentally cannot work and everyone except Blizzard knew it the moment it was announced. Class design is still awful, M+ still sucks, no PvP gear, terrible balance. TheNothing this expansion brought is fun. Torghast and the Maw are absolute chores that feel like a job rather than a fun video game. Every new system is timegated crap just to keep us subscribed. Covenants is a system that fundamentally cannot work and everyone except Blizzard knew it the moment it was announced. Class design is still awful, M+ still sucks, no PvP gear, terrible balance. The game is designed to keep us feel pressured to play to not be behind others. It's no longer supposed to be fun.… Expand
  94. Azeldon
    May 13, 2021
    1
    I would say that this is just not a good expansion, but it feels more like a patch or continuation of the previous BFA expansion. It is hard to imagine that they could even justify manufacturing discs/boxes to sell in retail stores when there's just so little included but as many have said before, the game is littered with these systems that stretch out what little content there is to keepI would say that this is just not a good expansion, but it feels more like a patch or continuation of the previous BFA expansion. It is hard to imagine that they could even justify manufacturing discs/boxes to sell in retail stores when there's just so little included but as many have said before, the game is littered with these systems that stretch out what little content there is to keep you coming back, the likes of which you would find in a mobile game.

    Imagine being told that you could have a dessert but only after you mop the floor. After you get half way through mopping the floor you are told you need to wait a week to mop the other half and also paint the walls before you can get the dessert. To get the paint though you have to grind a special currency for a few weeks before you can get on with the painting. A word that a lot of people are using in this expansion is chores and it is for good reason as this is the sort of thing you encounter as soon as you hit 60.

    I've played this game since TBC, in BFA the last of my friends on this game left but I still found reasons to subscribe by casually doing arenas/BGS and that was all I had to do - in Shadowlands I'm doing the same BG maps, same arenas but this time have to slog through extended WQ's, covenants and soul ash grinding which is just not engaging.

    The fact that subscribers are down but the profits are up because of store purchases and services, just speaks for itself.    … Expand
  95. Portgaz
    Jul 1, 2021
    0
    TLDR: this was my first and last game ever to request a refund.

    So I played this game when it came out and the first thing that really bored me was the quests. They have to be the most boring, irritating quests on an MMO ever. You have to do a bunch of uninspired stuff, a lot of which is following and talking to NPCs, but also through hordes of enemies who unmount you and make the    TLDR: this was my first and last game ever to request a refund.

    So I played this game when it came out and the first thing that really bored me was the quests. They have to be the most boring, irritating quests on an MMO ever.

    You have to do a bunch of uninspired stuff, a lot of which is following and talking to NPCs, but also through hordes of enemies who unmount you and make the whole process so troublesome for no reason.

    I really disliked most of the areas too. You are putting vampires and other irrelevant stuff into wow? What is wrong with you?

    I saw more elements from other themes inside the game than wow's.

    I grinded to 60 as I thought the end-game could save the whole thing, but it was an even more boring errand, so I quitted the game and asked for a refund for the first time ever.

    I really liked Legion back then and I hoped this would be similar to it, but it wasn't.

    Just save your time and stay away from this mess. The team has obviously given up or doesn't have resources.    … Expand
  96. letsregisteraga
    Jun 26, 2022
    3
    9.0:
    -Covenant system: this system literally meant that you are not allowed to play more than 1 of your specs optimally
    -Maps are ok, but the idea that none of them are connected, so you cant go anywhere without going first back to Oribos is rubbish. -Max lvl zone, The Maw: I liked its appearance, but: it had 0 chapters. it had a precious little amount of lore quests and the Eye of    9.0:
    -Covenant system: this system literally meant that you are not allowed to play more than 1 of your specs optimally

    -Maps are ok, but the idea that none of them are connected, so you cant go anywhere without going first back to Oribos is rubbish.

    -Max lvl zone, The Maw: I liked its appearance, but:
    it had 0 chapters. it had a precious little amount of lore quests and the Eye of Jailer mechanic which literally forced you out of the map if you did too much activities. How dare I play their game?

    -Affix changes: necrotic still not removed, but at least on death affixes no longer trigger from minor mobs. If only this was a thing in BfA, shrine of the storm could have been so much better.

    -First seasonal affix prideful: even worse than infested was. It meant that you either plan your route very precisely and do exactly that or rip keystone. Also if you wiped any of the more challenging bosses on tyrannical week then you were also free to leave since there was no way to do it without both bl and prideful, provided you didnt overgear the content ofc. (note: 9.1 and later version of these dungeons are not even comparable to their 9.0 version).

    -Torghast: this was in fact nice, BUT blizzard seems to be obsessed with telling ppl how to play. Making it a mandatory and timegated grind for everyone who wanted to make use of the legendary system is idiotic at best and made ppl dislike it in general.

    -World quests: There were some fun world quests like bastion's flight school quests or revendreth's go kart quest and umbrella quest, so you know these minigame like quests. However most of the WQs were more like this: go kill 20 of that, loot 12 of that and 3 of this, then complete the bar (this 1 quest, not 3, in case you arent sure).
    Also a strictly wq callings required 3 wqs and most of the time only 2-4 quests were active in a given zone while legion and bfa had almost always 8 or more.

    -Revamped lvling: This is very nice and tbh this one of the reasons why I didnt give 0 points. 1-50 leveling is actually a fun activity in 9.0 and 50-60 is also acceptable in 9.1.5

    9.1:
    -Shard of domination: fortunately I did not raid so I didnt have as much exposure to this "feature" as raiders. Tho set bonuses did not work on m+/pvp, the shard effects DID. On high keys this meant that no matter what, you will never be able to compete with someone in raid gear. In pvp it was somewhat offseted by the pvp gear scaling but still it was quite unfair. I wonder why do raids always need some unfair advantage over other endgames just to make ppl play them?

    - Korthia, Desmotaeron +Maw updates: Lore quests were again timegated and imo really boring after the 4th chapter. But apart from lore, the content and the mechanics were OK except the Archivists' Codex repu which was required for conduit and socket upgrades. I stopped caring about it after the first months as it was evident that it takes way more time to reach rank 6 than I am willing to commit.

    -Seasonal affix Tormented: its actually really good, straight forward, non-intrusive yet made a notable difference. It felt good to play m+ during season 2. Tbh this was the best time of my SL experience, I miss it. We did not have insane power creeps, the content was tuned properly. We were not overloaded with systems and covenants got fixed in 9.1.5: multispec gameplay again became a thing!

    -Tazavesh: Honestly its a really nice, fun and unique dungeon, but it was mythic only and even m10/normal raids gave better loot than this so it was mostly ignored in 9.1, I only did it during the last months of the 9.1 drought, because I had nothing better to doxD, but I did not regret. Streets of Wonder is one of my favorite keystones in 9.2.

    9.2: rip-rop
    -Zereth Mortis: Story is getting even more disneylandsish, I just cba paying attention anymore. But zone mechanics are somewhat fine. Overall an OK map tho mount crafting is severly overtuned, but we have flying and almost fine WQs at least.

    -Tier system: its is only obtainable from raids or weekly and is based entirely on RNG. Unless you won the lottery 4 times, you were out if you were playing for m+/pvp.
    An 246 lfr tier gear was better than a 278 m+ non-tier gear.
    Later catalyst system came which allowed us to transform non-tier gear into tier, but by the time it came I've already finished keystone hero without tier and over the time I've grew to hate it so much that I was no longer interested in neither acquiring it nor playing retail any further.

    -Class balance: This term was abolished by 9.2. If you are not a lock/hunter then dont even bother with dmging. They do 2x as much dps as the worst classes. This is mostly due to tier+double leggo. They clearly didnt care about the synergies and their effect on the class balance

    Imo 9.2 is god awful, 9.2.5 is a bit less horrendous. 9.1 was simple and fun. I hope that tier will get back to where it belongs to (classic)    … Expand
  97. Icingdeath
    Apr 12, 2021
    0
    Worst expac to date that should be renamed to systemlands for the unnecessarily complicated and unrewarding grind.
  98. tremault
    Dec 25, 2020
    1
    An absolute joke.
    Remember some of the best quests and characters and events in wow? Shadowlands gives you none of this. Remembers the most boring zones such as desolace? Shadowlands provides lots of this.
    The writing is awful, with huge plotholes and stuff that just doesnt make sense. There are hardly any unique characters, and those that are unique dont even have their own unique model,    An absolute joke.
    Remember some of the best quests and characters and events in wow? Shadowlands gives you none of this. Remembers the most boring zones such as desolace? Shadowlands provides lots of this.
    The writing is awful, with huge plotholes and stuff that just doesnt make sense. There are hardly any unique characters, and those that are unique dont even have their own unique model, so they look the same as everyone else. You are locked to a linear quest and have literally zero choice on where you can go and what to do. This is an insult to all that has come before.    … Expand
  99. zyzolol
    Jul 20, 2021
    1
    *Final Fantasy XIV --- GAME OF THE YEAR*

    *Award-winning Massively Multiplayer Online RPG*
    *Play entire A Realm Reborn and Heavensward expansion for FREE with no restrictions on playtime.*
  100. jakaclank
    Dec 26, 2020
    2
    Over the years, WoW has lost so much and gained so little. For me, the story was really important to be immersed in the world. But now has completely lost its importance, since everything lore-wise has been utterly messed up. Yet, they try to emphasize the story aspect by forcing you to walk besides NPCs while they do their little dialogue like so many games before. This is quickly gettingOver the years, WoW has lost so much and gained so little. For me, the story was really important to be immersed in the world. But now has completely lost its importance, since everything lore-wise has been utterly messed up. Yet, they try to emphasize the story aspect by forcing you to walk besides NPCs while they do their little dialogue like so many games before. This is quickly getting really annoying if you just want to level your 6th alt to 60, or if the story doesn't interest you that much. As you have little to no choices to make in this game, it doesn't matter if you listen or not, but you'll have to wait anyway.

    To me, nothing in this expansion makes much sense. You are in actual hell/heaven of all existing worlds, yet everything behaves as though you are just in another land of Azeroth. Why do these creatures not surpass mortality, why do they have chairs, why do they have exactly the same weaknesses as mortals do, why do they need help from some random mortals who know nothing of their world.. And you are just doing the things, helping Elsa with horns and fairies with high-pitched screeches, helping skelly clans, helping schoolgirls/boys and their owls that say "yoohoo". And things are happening, lots of flashy cinematics and gasping voice actors, yet I couldn't care less what was going on. And believe me, I tried.

    Besides the story, leveling itself has really become a nuisance, as you are constantly being killed by higher level players of the opposing faction. The game is designed so that you continuously encounter other players of other factions of all levels during quest lines, so you are bound to come across dozens of players that kill you for amusement. Don't want that? Just switch off PvP and make leveling 10% slower and less enjoyable as you are deprived of some extra talents and experience bonuses. This is not fun to me, just badly designed.. The storyline is also really linear and not fun to replay.

    The combat system is fine, but nothing too innovative.

    Art is fine, but meh still (hell is just another rocky biome). Music is meh.

    Late game can be enjoyable, as instances work as they have done before, but why care what you get if the story is bad, if your items can be transmogrified, if there is almost no social aspect left in finding groups.

    (No experience with PvP, so no comments on that)

    I want to like WoW, but I just can't anymore. I would rather want them to start over completely than to continue this.    … Expand
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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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