World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

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2.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2560 Ratings

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  1. drlexx
    May 27, 2021
    1
    У меня был отзыв до этого на 3 балла, меняю на 1. Новые патчи - костыли старых систем. Торгаст, который изначально казался чем-то крутым оказался тупо скучен.. и не нужен! Вы реально можете его игнорировать. Локации унылости, только бастион и арденвельд вносят хоть какое-то разнообразие. Второй аддон подряд большинство локацией серые и унылые.У меня был отзыв до этого на 3 балла, меняю на 1. Новые патчи - костыли старых систем. Торгаст, который изначально казался чем-то крутым оказался тупо скучен.. и не нужен! Вы реально можете его игнорировать. Локации унылости, только бастион и арденвельд вносят хоть какое-то разнообразие. Второй аддон подряд большинство локацией серые и унылые.
  2. Nodachi
    May 14, 2021
    0
    Play WoW since 2005. Worst Addon. You clearly see Activision in it. No Love. Covenants are a Battle Pass. Story is lame. Design is extremely boring, after beautiful Suramar, Boralus or WoTLK its a shame. Main City Flyronforge looks like a classic beta placeholder. New Evil Skinhd Zovaal has nothing on him. No charisma, no storyline....hes like a B-Movie Villain. Hes evil because he isPlay WoW since 2005. Worst Addon. You clearly see Activision in it. No Love. Covenants are a Battle Pass. Story is lame. Design is extremely boring, after beautiful Suramar, Boralus or WoTLK its a shame. Main City Flyronforge looks like a classic beta placeholder. New Evil Skinhd Zovaal has nothing on him. No charisma, no storyline....hes like a B-Movie Villain. Hes evil because he is evil. Thats it. Raids suck. Progression suck. You cant twink anymore, and you dont want to, because all 4 Zones look like the panties of an 90 years old man. There are no remembrable Characters. Burning Lichking is a Placeholder. There a massive logical errors. When all Souls of the universe come to this lands, why look all like blue humans and why we only met souls from azeroth? Activision wants maximum effort with minimal investment. I think soon subscription is optional, and the itemshop evolves. Bobby wants his bonus. RIP Blizzard, best Studio of my Childhood. This Addon sucks more than any addon in the MMORPG Genre. Lame. -5/10. BFA, WoD, Cata had their flaws, but this one here is a mess. Things you can do:
    a) go to mordor.....i mean thorgast and farm souls. Thats it. Designs borrowed from peter jackson, castlevania and From software.
    70% of the comm left retail since release. Thats the number Bobby.    … Expand
  3. Falcone
    Apr 25, 2021
    4
    Almost the same game BFA that was. Minor updates, a lot of grind activities and boring plot.
    The plot of the game suffers greatly and the developers of the scriptwriters seem to have completely run out of adequate ideas. At the moment, the game is becoming more and more dead and more and more fixated on the player's character as the one and only hero.
  4. tiberiuss
    Jul 16, 2021
    0
    pros +
    1. still good raids
    cons - 1. POWER INFUSION meta. this ability should be selfcast only ! ! ! 2. hubrid specs do more damage than pure dps shadow priest and balance druid must be nerfed to the ground. my warlock must be buffed to heaven no discuss. 3. awful bored m+ 4. broken covenants balance 5 . broken covenants respec 6. maw and korthia - sh1t content 7.    pros +
    1. still good raids
    cons -
    1. POWER INFUSION meta. this ability should be selfcast only ! ! !
    2. hubrid specs do more damage than pure dps
    shadow priest and balance druid must be nerfed to the ground. my warlock must be buffed to heaven
    no discuss.
    3. awful bored m+
    4. broken covenants balance
    5 . broken covenants respec
    6. maw and korthia - sh1t content
    7. broken soulbind system    … Expand
  5. Daermon
    Apr 24, 2022
    3
    The worst expansion ever! :( - The “””””story””””””” writing is BIG **** Retcon and destroy the lore. - Gamplay just meh.
    - Covenant system is **** - PvP full unbalanced.
    - The whole after-life is uninteresting and boring

    Please remove Christie Golden and his team.
  6. MrsMcgillicuddy
    Jan 29, 2022
    2
    I would say tied for Battle for Azeroth as worst expansion of the franchise.

    * Ridiculous amounts of chores to do before you are "allowed" to perform in endgame content. * Horrible gearing systems (especially for PvP). * The far too common borrowed power nonsense. * Painfully bad writing. * High quality art assets for armor and mounts reserved for Blizzard Store purchases while    I would say tied for Battle for Azeroth as worst expansion of the franchise.

    * Ridiculous amounts of chores to do before you are "allowed" to perform in endgame content.
    * Horrible gearing systems (especially for PvP).
    * The far too common borrowed power nonsense.
    * Painfully bad writing.
    * High quality art assets for armor and mounts reserved for Blizzard Store purchases while those earned in game are woefully bland.
    * The development team remaining completely detached from their paying customers.
    * The worst pace for content updates so far in the series. Unforgivable for a pay-to-play title.

    Keep well away until Blizzard clean up their act. Do not settle for such low effort offerings that do not respect your time.    … Expand
  7. VolosatuyeNogi
    Jul 2, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ужасно просто ужасное дополнение.а вышла обнова 9.1 и она просто пуста. даже баланс классов не подвезли. странно что есть люди которые в это играют игра просто ужасна и с каждым годом все хуже и хуже. когда же люди бросят её навсегда… Expand
  8. Faab83000
    Dec 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No finish game and no finish legendary and no finish balance class. Again game no frinish to exit… Expand
  9. pigbenisjkee
    Sep 30, 2021
    1
    Just terrible. It could be just good except lore, but there are a lot of artificially stretched, time draining activities that directly affect on your character's stats and impact. What if I dont want WoW to be my second work, Blizzard? Why that is so hard to understand?
  10. Beriberiri
    Dec 7, 2020
    2
    Boring. The story is meh. El diseño de los mapas es muy frustrante al caminar en ellos. Además las quest de mundo son lo menos imaginativas que hay. Una decepción total.
  11. ChefRYU
    Dec 12, 2020
    1
    All that has changed is a new reputation, a new quest area, and new music. It's all like Battle for Azeroth. Some parts are worse.
  12. KnightNoldor
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Shadow BUGS, this is where you see those thousands of workers fired by Activision
  13. Keran
    Dec 21, 2020
    1
    After years without ppkaying. I find this expansion, worst of all expansion. Warcraft its a desde game :(
  14. KairiOrSomethin
    Jul 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I decided to try out WoW properly with this expansion because a few friends played and honestly speaking I'm quite disappointed, I haven't been here for it's prime but I don't understand how anyone could claim that this is still the best MMO out there. The movement feels atrocious to me and the fact that my character is to stupid to turn around and execute an action if I don't move my camera around is just dumb and artificial difficulty. Artificial difficulty that has plagued me throughout my entire leveling experience, everything I have had some sort of difficulty, which, to be fair, wasn't too often, it was because I was fighting the game and its controls and not because something challenging was thrown at me. The only good moments have been with my friends, because of my friend, the game did nothing to make it good, except maybe having animations so terrible, that it prompted us to laugh at them. The only moment in the game where I was positively surprised so far was when I joined Arenwalde, seeing this magical forest made so beautifully was really nice, however the storytelling in that was even more atrocious than the rest and it was just what I expected from an expansion coming out in 2020, the fact that the other zones (especially maldraxxus) can't even remotely keep up is just kind of sad, and disappointing. I can't recommend buying this game to anyone, I spent 60$ and it already feels like it's too much for them, where is the money they are getting from their players going? It doesn't look like it's going back into the game to me, to be honest, and after recent event I can only discourage giving Blizzard any money to begin with (though it is your decision if you want to play their products or not, this is just my opinion) so there's really no saving grace.… Expand
  15. legion2wer
    Jul 3, 2021
    3
    A good start and a terrible continuation. There is no desire to continue playing this unfinished game.
  16. suffernomore
    Apr 15, 2021
    0
    I totally understand why causal players are leaving, stuff to do in shadowland is plenty but also pointless, your character progression is so limited, that you feel like you're is just have another part time job to waste your time.
  17. tac94oks
    May 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 0/10
    аддон разочаровал вообще. Расы не добавили, классов тоже (их даже не расшарили, кроме дк, ой извините, вы должны были для этого купить предзаказ), в торгасте наград нет, в ковенантах одни ограничения (баснословные суммы для открытия "плюшек ковена", купить ничего нельзя просто так), свисток отняли, локалки уг сделали, баланса нет вообще. И что за все это еще и плату подняли на 100р. Серьезно? ЗА ЧТО?    … Expand
  18. miomio
    May 16, 2021
    0
    Игра мертва.последние дни доживает тот мусор в который жадная активижн превратила игру.заталкивание людей в бесконечный гринд-оталкивает новичков,убрать скалирование в пвп-просто гении)))е**аны.нет баланса нигде и ни в чем, никаких правок.минимум вложений в игру и максимум затягивание "контента" что бы игрок ПЛАТИЛ.повысили цену что бы выкачать баблишко с оставшихся.игра ПОМОЙНАЯ БФА РЯДОМИгра мертва.последние дни доживает тот мусор в который жадная активижн превратила игру.заталкивание людей в бесконечный гринд-оталкивает новичков,убрать скалирование в пвп-просто гении)))е**аны.нет баланса нигде и ни в чем, никаких правок.минимум вложений в игру и максимум затягивание "контента" что бы игрок ПЛАТИЛ.повысили цену что бы выкачать баблишко с оставшихся.игра ПОМОЙНАЯ БФА РЯДОМ С ЭТИМ КОНФЕТКА!!!!не делайте ошибок НЕ ПОКУПАЙТЕ ЭТО!деньги на ветер.нет близзард, есть помойная жадная ативижн
    The game is dead.the last days live out the garbage that the greedy activision turned the game into.pushing people into the endless grind-repels newcomers, remove scaling in pvp-just a genius)))e* * ana.there is no balance anywhere or in anything, no edits.a minimum of investment in the game and a maximum of tightening the "content" that the player would PAY.increased the price to pump out the money from the remaining ones.The game is A GARBAGE BFA NEXT TO THIS CANDY!!!!don't make mistakes DON'T BUY THIS!money is wasted.there is no blizzard, there is a slop greedy ativizhn    … Expand
  19. Wlasiuk
    Jun 8, 2021
    0
    Worst expansion by far, the whole game is designed to be a community driven p2w game, it has a gear gap as there was never before. Leveling is fun, but once you reach endgame the frustration begins, when you have to face other players in order to progress, who can kill you in a single blow while you need like 20 sek to kill them even when they go afk.

    The whole game feels like a mobile    Worst expansion by far, the whole game is designed to be a community driven p2w game, it has a gear gap as there was never before. Leveling is fun, but once you reach endgame the frustration begins, when you have to face other players in order to progress, who can kill you in a single blow while you need like 20 sek to kill them even when they go afk.

    The whole game feels like a mobile game, where you can only progress in super small meaningless steps, the end is never near, so you are never going to feel satisfied or as you accomplished anything.    … Expand
  20. DerryS
    Nov 28, 2021
    1
    At face value on the surface Shadowlands appears to look amazing -- great cutscenes in the beginning and as always the music is outstanding as are the artwork. However, once engaged I found most gameplay to be boring and a tedious chore. The most fun I continue to have in Warcraft comes from doing legacy content. The story itself seems laughingly unbelievable and character decisions leftAt face value on the surface Shadowlands appears to look amazing -- great cutscenes in the beginning and as always the music is outstanding as are the artwork. However, once engaged I found most gameplay to be boring and a tedious chore. The most fun I continue to have in Warcraft comes from doing legacy content. The story itself seems laughingly unbelievable and character decisions left me wondering if they decided to let A.I. create the story. I don't like to diss other writers but this is bad. However, I did find some characters enjoyable, mostly secondary characters players will pick up a quest from or see while doing grinding dailies. I don't think this terrible expansion is enough to kill the game but Blizzard definitely needs a major win next time.… Expand
  21. yon19794
    Dec 2, 2021
    0
    If you want a game that only wastes your time, it's pay to win, it is not balanced (6 months for a patch in a mmorpg, oof). There are many, many more things that I could go over, but simply put, it's not worth my time.

    On the other hand, if you want a game that does EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING right, check FINAL FANTASY XIV Online.
  22. Van12345
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The mist **** butch expansion made by degenerates and LGBTQ+ Aholes that love to **** their employees and produce **** product with **** B's story that doesn't match the lore.
    **** you blizzard! I hope you choke to death!    … Expand
  23. Slyferrain
    Dec 12, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Shadowlands starts out in a similar format just like Legion & Battle for Azeroth in terms of story and questing. Parts of the story have become quite lackluster or very easily guessed on where it will go next.

    The questing in each of the main four zones, now in a linear format unlike the last 2 expansions, does do a better job of telling a overall larger arch storyline as well as connecting the zones together. You level in zones Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and ending with Revendreth. Each zone has its own unique feel, races/NPCs and color palate: Bastion with sky/light blue, Maldraxxus with green, Ardenweald with dark/navy blue and Revendreth with red. Each zone has its own story arch as well as connecting to the main story arc of the expansion. You also find some names and faces from years past: Uther in Bastion, Draga in Maldraxxus and Ysera in Ardenweald; to name a few. In addition, you are able to test out each Covenant's abilities while leveling in that zone to better make your choice when you hit max level.

    The level cap for this expansion is 60. Resetting it from the level 120 it was in Battle for Azeroth. You do average about 2-3 levels per zone. Blizzard has set a soft requirement on what level you must be before going on to the next zone, so no more just dungeon running to level X then moving on. You are required to complete parts of each zone's story quests before you can move on to the next. It does basically force players to play through the story at least once.

    After hitting max level, you can now move on to the endgame systems.

    First, is the usual Normal and Heroic Dungeons you can queue for. You can also run Mythic difficulty Dungeons in a premade group.

    For PVP, you can still run Arenas and Battlegrounds. No real changes on those systems compared to Battle for Azeroth except that the gear was much better than gear you would get through PVE for the first few months of the expansion. I personally am not a big PVP person so I can not say overall if its better or worse compared to previous expansions.

    Third, is the endgame zone of the Maw. This is a zone that just feels incomplete in ways. It also did not help that it did not get most of the content it launched with until the last several weeks of the beta. The Maw does have its own questline, gated by a reputation you grind via a couple of daily quests. Overall though, the Maw is still disappointing when compared to more superior zones like the Timeless Isle from Mists of Pandaria.

    With this expansion, a few new systems and features were introduced.

    Torghast, content that is comparable to the Greater Rifts from Diablo 3. It can be quite fun when you are just running them but tying it to legendary crafting made it seem like a chore for most players.

    The Covenants, one of which you swear yourself to when you reach level 60, seem to be counter to the story. You pledge yourself to a covenant to get Renown which unlocks transmog, mounts, titles, etc. If you ever wanted to change covenants, there was a heavy restriction at launch where it took you two weeks of doing quests before you could even start working on your new covenant. This seemed counterproductive to the lore where they were coming together to face the threat of the Jailer.

    Now with Patch 9.1.5, released on November 2, 2021 (North America), several long requested changes were implemented. These changes included:
    - Freely swap Covenants
    - Removal of Conduit Energy (Conduits is a whole other bag that I am not touching, was just **** at launch in terms of swapping. Similar to the Essences from BFA)
    - Removal of AoE cap (Was implemented during BFA. Basically limited how many mobs you could damage with AoE abilities)
    - Alts: Instant Renown Catch-up, Level via Torghast, Soulbind skip, Anima transfer, Improvements all around to leveling & renown.
    - Ability to skip the Maw intro questline
    - Legion Timewalking (Mythic+ and Mage Tower returning from Legion)
    A lot of these changes were a long time coming. However, many players felt that this should of been done at the start NOT nearly a year into the expansion.

    In conclusion, Shadowlands is a step above BFA yet a step back from Legion. Blizzard ignored player feedback from the beta and after launch on several systems even rebuffing back on some topics. They repeated the same mistakes from BFA in regards to the Azerite Armor and Heart of Azeroth system. Only time will tell if Blizzard will actually learn from their mistakes. Patch 9.1.5 shows a step in a positive direction but I am doubtful if they will continue this path. The final content patch and next expansion look to be a make it or break it moment for World of Warcraft.    … Expand
  24. frostmorn
    Mar 12, 2022
    1
    Worst plot twist ever. Jailer is dead and we have no idea who he was. They ruined Arthas story as well....
  25. kreisegger12
    Oct 17, 2022
    0
    Don't waste your money and time, is not worth it

    too many systems, endless grinding, boring lore, bad loot shadowlands is bad and good at the same time, but I just can't get just with one side. The leveling is pretty good, but the gameplay on this expansion is garbage, you run and run and run over and over again, through quests and some of them are just there to be, without a story or    Don't waste your money and time, is not worth it

    too many systems, endless grinding, boring lore, bad loot
    shadowlands is bad and good at the same time, but I just can't get just with one side. The leveling is pretty good, but the gameplay on this expansion is garbage, you run and run and run over and over again, through quests and some of them are just there to be, without a story or certain line that connects with the actual main story. Not worth it at all, for a 40 dollar expansion and you get this bad, boring and stupid lore, is not very far from a SCAM. just don't buy it, but if you are really curious just go and watch the lore on youtube for free, and done, you've finished Shadowlands, nothing more.    … Expand
  26. RDonnell
    Jul 10, 2021
    1
    Felt rushed and hounded to go through zones unlike classic. Talked to very few people its very shallow and very few interactions with players. They used up good lore too the afterlife is totally forgettsble you meet like 5 wow heroes from ALL that lore? Lets be honest i spent more time rejected in qyeyes for rated bg than playing the actual battlegrounsa
  27. TristanX
    Apr 28, 2021
    1
    The new worst expansion ever! Level squish from 120 to 60 and we get crapload of rubbish. Everything now is longer or harder. You lose bonus roll and flightmaster whistle. Game drops less loot. Crafting is longer. World Quests is mostly longer, "Mage Tower" Torghast spam is required for legendary. This xpac is definitely the worst.
  28. Titan32
    Jun 14, 2021
    0
    A boring add-on that requires a huge number of repetitive actions. I know that in MMORPGs this is a significant part of the content, but in this add-on they went beyond all limits! Torghast is just crazy, no one likes it. Of the latest addons, only Legion is made at a decent level. This addon has not yet released any new content, it's just a mockery. They want us to pay a subscription, butA boring add-on that requires a huge number of repetitive actions. I know that in MMORPGs this is a significant part of the content, but in this add-on they went beyond all limits! Torghast is just crazy, no one likes it. Of the latest addons, only Legion is made at a decent level. This addon has not yet released any new content, it's just a mockery. They want us to pay a subscription, but they don't want to do anything to keep the players.… Expand
  29. snirre
    Jul 23, 2021
    1
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  30. SothaSil
    Aug 29, 2021
    3
    One more addon where Blizzard don't listen their community and fix **** systems only after a year of boring expansion.

    You need keep player in game? Let them farm all covenants and have comfortable alt-friendly system (thing what we asked from the start of expansion). What Blizzard do - let's reduce drop chance to force people repeat **** non-social (because we kill social part of the    One more addon where Blizzard don't listen their community and fix **** systems only after a year of boring expansion.

    You need keep player in game? Let them farm all covenants and have comfortable alt-friendly system (thing what we asked from the start of expansion).
    What Blizzard do - let's reduce drop chance to force people repeat **** non-social (because we kill social part of the game expansions ago) dungeons without master-loot. Put small and non-interest story-lines in weekly Thorgast farm.

    With all this social replacements in Blizzard Hazzikostas should be fired for raping WoW. This game do not develop still Legion, we playing same dungeons, same classes, same **** story about CHAMPION OF AZEROTH LETS WATCH IN-GAME MOVIES ABOUT JAINA AND THRALL SAVING US ALL (on a note - BfA 4 war quest line was good), same ignore to our wishes from developers.

    I played WoW since WotLK and for a years have my subscription ON even if I not played in current moment, but now my loyalty is over.
    WoW right now is grindy, non-social and old-boring game which makes by people in isolation from the desires of the gamers who play it    … Expand
  31. Thaksin
    Jun 24, 2021
    2
    Shadowland - в переводе, теневые земли? Вот уж правда.
    Тень былого величия.
    Предлагаю вам обратить внимание на другие ММО, платить за абонентку и новый DLC, перебор за убийство скуки - на 2 недели.
  32. bravoad
    Aug 6, 2021
    0
    На ру сервере данной игры творится полная токсичная атмосфера и дискриминация по навыкам игрока, где на человека смотрят не как на человека, а на животного. Если игрок в их стаде, и играет также как они, или лучше, их расхваливают. Иначе сжирают толпой, подвергают моральному унижению и заставляют удалять игру, вместо того, чтобы взять и научить правильно играть. Призываю к бойкоту даннойНа ру сервере данной игры творится полная токсичная атмосфера и дискриминация по навыкам игрока, где на человека смотрят не как на человека, а на животного. Если игрок в их стаде, и играет также как они, или лучше, их расхваливают. Иначе сжирают толпой, подвергают моральному унижению и заставляют удалять игру, вместо того, чтобы взять и научить правильно играть. Призываю к бойкоту данной мморпг.… Expand
  33. danszthedude
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Massive let down. Endless farming, dumb story, time gated content and extremely long patch cycles.
    Shame on you blizzard
  34. Merenthia
    Oct 16, 2021
    3
    It seems that Blizzard really is dead. Decided I wanted to play some WoW after a few years (legion) and bought this expansion. I Regret it fully. The story is such a waste, does nothing interesting with the underworld theme and instead forces me to endure a seemingly neverending cringe fest on Bastion and that **** of Ardenweald where I gave up on this expansion. The remaining devsIt seems that Blizzard really is dead. Decided I wanted to play some WoW after a few years (legion) and bought this expansion. I Regret it fully. The story is such a waste, does nothing interesting with the underworld theme and instead forces me to endure a seemingly neverending cringe fest on Bastion and that **** of Ardenweald where I gave up on this expansion. The remaining devs overcompensated the rapes with making nearly every position in power and quest giver a female for no clear reason. The story is allright at the Maw but takes a nose dive soon thereafter. The only upside is that the graphics improved and the level 60 allows me to solo the good content ending with Legion. Another victem of wokeness and the inherrent void of humor and soul that used to be in this game. Another -1 for removing ingame jokes as another BS overcompensation to please the insane rabid twitter mob. I wont be back after my month of nostalgic dungeonruns.… Expand
  35. gothm8
    Jun 17, 2021
    0
    Unfinished rubbish from a company that only cares about your money.

    The devs don't listen to players, they just take ideas from **** mobile games and add them to WoW, while the core gameplay stagnates and rots. Everybody loves the mission table at Blizzard. Every expansion they promise to improve communication with players, and it's always a lie. They talk about wanting to add    Unfinished rubbish from a company that only cares about your money.

    The devs don't listen to players, they just take ideas from **** mobile games and add them to WoW, while the core gameplay stagnates and rots. Everybody loves the mission table at Blizzard.

    Every expansion they promise to improve communication with players, and it's always a lie.

    They talk about wanting to add meaningful choices to the game, but these choices are always anti-player.

    The players ask for more content, Blizzard drip feeds us timegated quests, and makes everything as tedious as possible.

    This expansion has almost no story, so I guess Blizz expect us to buy their upcoming Sylvanas novel to fill in the blanks from the past 3 expansions...

    They've skinned me for three sorry excuses for expansions now, and they somehow managed two in a row this time... I'm out.    … Expand
  36. jemper32
    Dec 4, 2021
    1
    I deleted once Great game (now just piece of code) after news about gender updates... Better to spend money in FF14.
  37. Syhn
    May 10, 2021
    0
    If you are looking for a boring, repetitive and mind-numbing Job that costs you money:
    Shadowlands is for you.
    The story seems to be written by an 8-year-old kid, but much worse: everything is designed to waste your time to an absolute maximum: -no flying or even flight master whistle+ hard to travel across maps. -thorgast is a repetitive chore. Only done to get mats for an item you    If you are looking for a boring, repetitive and mind-numbing Job that costs you money:
    Shadowlands is for you.
    The story seems to be written by an 8-year-old kid, but much worse: everything is designed to waste your time to an absolute maximum:

    -no flying or even flight master whistle+ hard to travel across maps.
    -thorgast is a repetitive chore. Only done to get mats for an item you will want to have.
    -the maw is a blank void with no meaning but to waste your time, but if you want a socket:get to work and do the same stuff over and over again.
    -the PVE content of this "expansion" consists out of 8 dungeons and 1 raid....since November 2020.so pay up 13 EU per month.
    -you would like the best out of your char and switch skills?no problem, just switch convernats(takes up to 2 weeks of mindless farming).

    This  "expansion" feels like a WOW themed, free to play mobile game with no heart and soul.
    Shadowlands proves that there is no more Blizzard, its purely Activision now:profit only, as long as players are hooked, theyll buy anything. Who cares if its Fun or not?    … Expand
  38. Draugus
    May 21, 2021
    0
    I pvp mostly and can say this is the most broken exp ever.
    -Torgast is a bad content to waste ur time
    -longer and boring World Quests -bad writen lore -more and more and more borrowed powers -more and more and more useless grinds -"must to do" shores are again all over the places to make things take longer -bad class design and class balacing (dude, rpal's are one shotting people    I pvp mostly and can say this is the most broken exp ever.
    -Torgast is a bad content to waste ur time
    -longer and boring World Quests
    -bad writen lore
    -more and more and more borrowed powers
    -more and more and more useless grinds
    -"must to do" shores are again all over the places to make things take longer
    -bad class design and class balacing (dude, rpal's are one shotting people since launch with no fixes)    … Expand
  39. Ultranasiliy
    Aug 23, 2021
    0
    I liked some of the content in the game, namely the random bg. But in this add-on, in order to play random BGs, I had to play keys and go to raids, I don’t have time for that. I stopped the subscription, expecting any changes like "leveling the level of armor on the BG". Lore is interesting but as a story although the main villain sucks.
    I think this supplement is the worst of all.    I liked some of the content in the game, namely the random bg. But in this add-on, in order to play random BGs, I had to play keys and go to raids, I don’t have time for that. I stopped the subscription, expecting any changes like "leveling the level of armor on the BG". Lore is interesting but as a story although the main villain sucks.
    I think this supplement is the worst of all.
    Legion and Pandaria at an unattainable level for the Shadowlands    … Expand
  40. dfhsfh
    Aug 29, 2021
    1
    online dead , content zero only grind korthia, pvp broken, covenant system ridiculous
  41. BlackTemplarKNB
    Oct 2, 2021
    1
    Nice censorship you got there. Some expansions were not great, but atleast they didn't go out of their way to make OLDER ones worse.
  42. saize63
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    BFA was not good but now i can tell it was acceptable. I dont even find words to describe how this game is the biggest deception i had with wow...i guess its worst than cataclysm !
    I hope the next one will be better...but i'm not sure with all the news about Activision.Blizzard. Wait and see !
  43. Feelsbad11
    Dec 8, 2021
    1
    The developers and the blizzard company should be ashamed of how far they let this once great franchise fall during the last 7 years (and yes I am including legion which was pretty bad until 7.3 and before that was carried by the content schedule). Please just let wow rest and die with dignity or sell it off to a developer that actually has an idea how to make a game with an interestingThe developers and the blizzard company should be ashamed of how far they let this once great franchise fall during the last 7 years (and yes I am including legion which was pretty bad until 7.3 and before that was carried by the content schedule). Please just let wow rest and die with dignity or sell it off to a developer that actually has an idea how to make a game with an interesting story and gameplayloop.… Expand
  44. MacAree
    Jan 14, 2022
    0
    Gameplay is nothing but souless grinds.

    Story is trash and full of woke

    Content is worst than everything.

    No new classes/races.

    New developers are very bad and killed what was once the greatest game ever.
  45. metacriticuser8
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    it is over and the devs aren't doing good. Shadowlands and Battle for Azeroth are both just pigs which you have to feed and in the end you don't get much back.
  46. Milos14
    May 19, 2022
    0
    Trash lore, killed the greatest villain in gaming history by making helm of domination into a disgrace
  47. Kalyanee
    Jul 8, 2022
    4
    So firstly about the expansion: Its the same as BfA except the story reached a new low and it has significantly less content for the same price. At this point even a common evening tale makes more sense and tbh is more enjoyable even with semi-adult mind. Sad. Apart from this Blizzard seemingly could not learn anything from the failure of 8.0 and then the additional mess that was caused bySo firstly about the expansion: Its the same as BfA except the story reached a new low and it has significantly less content for the same price. At this point even a common evening tale makes more sense and tbh is more enjoyable even with semi-adult mind. Sad. Apart from this Blizzard seemingly could not learn anything from the failure of 8.0 and then the additional mess that was caused by the system-on-system design. SL repeated all of the errors and just like BfA, it was playable only by 9.1.5 when the Covenant system got fixed.
    Then in 9.2 they again felt like: the game is too playable and we should break it somehow: lets add more and way more powerful stuff on the top of what we already have and see how it works with barely any testing, instead of presenting a sensible storyline and more actual content. That is 9.2 SL S3.
    BfA at least had better story and very nice open world zones stuffed with way way way more content for the same price. SL cuts on both the amount content and on the quality of the game too.

    Secondly however:
    I see this critic that wow promotes racism because it forces certain races to certain parties. Yes this is almost by definition racism, but pls observe this game again, play with it, honestly, its enough if you just do the Zuldazar quests till lvl 20, that's free.
    Can you honestly say that what this game presents to you resembles to what our current world is? Basically every single quest requires you to KILL something or STEAL something, DESTROTY something. Also you are allowed to KILL PLAYERS of the opposite faction, hell even players of your faction under certain circumstances. And lets not even talk about certain, more difficult (to analyze) story lines(which includes mass murders, genocides, tortures and many more).
    This world is nothing like what we live in. It however is similar to older, simpler periods of humanity where things actually worked quite similarly.
    So this is why I think this critic, that wow promotes racism is not really justified. No one should compare what they see here to our reality, that would be like saying that a film which takes place in the 1800s is relevant to our current society and promotes something unacceptable. It DOES NOT. Thats the point. All it does is just presenting things objectively, as they were, not as they are today and especially not how it should be.

    That being said I too would be happy if each race would be like Pandaren and were given a choice on lvl 10, but I can see why is this something that Blizzard can hardly help with. The existing stories(both written and in-game), the playable content and the entire setting is built differently.
    Therefore I do not think that its fair to call WoW or Blizzard racist because at this point we should have a look at quite a lot of other games/films...etc.
    History should be respected and we all should learn from it, instead of trying to change it so it looks better for us.    … Expand
  48. daddygull
    Jul 17, 2022
    1
    The lore is still bad, the old world looks still bad, the faction imbalance is still bad, the class imbalance is still bad, the borrowed power system is still bad the racial segregation is still there so it's also still bad, the customization options are still too few and with that bad.
    If you didn't like Battle for Azeroth, you won't like Shadowlands.
  49. Alaindantek
    Mar 8, 2022
    0
    Thanks for expansión Blizzard 0/10... nice end game.. and $Hųk hazzicostas
  50. leopandro
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Самая худшая версия вов, они даже лгбт бабушку взяли к себе на работу, вы представляете? ужас просто.
  51. turitz
    Oct 27, 2021
    0
    Stop forcing me to play PvP, It's really frustrating or at least balance the Teams better so it's a little more fun for Low Level Players
  52. Drangleic
    Apr 28, 2022
    0
    absolute garbage! Just as bad as the rest of the expansions starting with Cataclysm
  53. Flayton
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    I never thought I'd say that, but I hope this game will finally die out.
    They are swear three major patches to Shadowands, but after so many months of waiting for patch 9.2, they rolled out some **** And they said that this is the final
    “-Eh, look what a new location. And this is definitely not Cortia 3.0. Yes, there is Zavaal, but there is grass. So this is not Cortia 3.0. And here    I never thought I'd say that, but I hope this game will finally die out.
    They are swear three major patches to Shadowands, but after so many months of waiting for patch 9.2, they rolled out some **** And they said that this is the final

    “-Eh, look what a new location. And this is definitely not Cortia 3.0. Yes, there is Zavaal, but there is grass. So this is not Cortia 3.0. And here brokers are called differently. Well, are you sho? "

    "-We're bringing class armor back to 9.2 here, but they all look the same. But you only care about power right?"

    "-And you know what else? We announced a new raid. And you will not believe, but in the raid against Zavaalaa, you will fight against Zavaal's minions. Great, did we come up with it? Well, that's cool?"

    It's just a ridiculous shame.    … Expand
  54. Lord_Romzess_V
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    The baddest addon of all time. All touch of Shadowlands is maximum garbage and horrible to players. I think the Blizzard should be restructuring their team from inclusive to professional if this company want to have community in the future. Now this game is lost.
  55. Alvelian
    Dec 16, 2022
    4
    Полный провал близов по всем фронтам. 6 лет подряд закрывать дейлики и м+ уже просто не смешно
  56. poezar
    Jul 17, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Man.. best advise for you .. better play elden ring . This is a piece of **** (really dog **** this blizzard scums only care about player subscription and never improve their pathetic grinding systems and always ignore what people asks and wanted. Seriously man .. i mean it. And don't even think about this **** dragon flight again . same dog ****s ever . let the streamers play first alpha version and hear their reviews. i put 1 star for this crap because PVP system is better than BFA (corruptions).… Expand
  57. Wurstkopf
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    Leider hat Wow viel von seinem Charme verloren.
    Das Balancing ist absolut auf der Strecke geblieben und einige Klassen sind dadurch unspielbar. Immer wieder wird man in Sinnfreien content geforced, wie in diesem Fall den Turm der verdammten...
  58. Leogroslot
    May 30, 2021
    0
    Not so great expansion, the lvling was complicated for nothing lots of quest where you don't know what to do, I have to check wowhead for almost every rare and chest.
    The zone "Sylvarden" is ugly as hell, the end game zone is a nightmare to be in.
    The other zone are really beautiful to be fair. I have a bug with a reroll that prevent me from leveling the support is very slow (i guess    Not so great expansion, the lvling was complicated for nothing lots of quest where you don't know what to do, I have to check wowhead for almost every rare and chest.
    The zone "Sylvarden" is ugly as hell, the end game zone is a nightmare to be in.
    The other zone are really beautiful to be fair.
    I have a bug with a reroll that prevent me from leveling the support is very slow (i guess because of the covid situation) for another ticket they just gave me an automatic response and a link to the website.
    The loot and farming seems to be a long grind feel like a pay to fast game.
    One of the worst part is that a lot of things are not clear so you have to try and make mistakes to know. I don't know if they tried to make the game feel more like classic or tbc but it's a succes, it's long and frustrating.
    Also the zone are inconsistent sometimes you have enemies everywhere you have to fight big group of npc because they dismount you and sometimes you end up in the middle of nowhere with few to no npc and quest.
    The capital is simple : two circle.
    The quest are full of dialogue and cut scene, i usually love that in wow, but there are too many. There were many times where i just wanted to play and had to wait for an npc to talk to me or walk from point A to B.

    In conclusion shadowlands is long boring frustrating sometimes beautiful and is not even close to the previous expansions, quality at blizzard HQ is not the priority and it shows.    … Expand
  59. trains80fl
    Jul 23, 2021
    1
    This game is a complete waste of my time the stater gear that my character has been reset to is not strong enough for the scenario forge of aeons therefore I am very unhappy.... When character died in scenario I am instantly attacked upon revive
  60. asxasmaxas
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    **** game for **** by the worst company ever existed, which even can not repear its **** broken launcher.
  61. kazael01
    Apr 25, 2022
    0
    Dont play this game, go to FFXIV, MUCH BETTER. SL brings the same content of BfA, eternal grind, no challenge, no horizontal progression, only if you are hardcore player it worth, but for us. the marjority, casuals, forget it.
  62. mrderwyn
    May 16, 2022
    1
    So after **** Shadowlands, u decide to make 4 season without any new content to focus on next expansion... With one new race/class with **** model? Well done
  63. Dagren
    Jun 7, 2022
    0
    I don't want to dwell on the gameplay and the overall engagement, because as an expansion it is definitely the worst ever, but I would like to speak about the lore.
    The original idea of digging up the Scourge, the undead and the world beyond to expand the lore further might have been really fine if done properly, but the whole story of Shadowlands is just plain CRAP. To justify its own    I don't want to dwell on the gameplay and the overall engagement, because as an expansion it is definitely the worst ever, but I would like to speak about the lore.
    The original idea of digging up the Scourge, the undead and the world beyond to expand the lore further might have been really fine if done properly, but the whole story of Shadowlands is just plain CRAP. To justify its own narration this expansion distorts that lore masterpiece created by Metzen and create a new figure even more powerful, machiavellian and insidious than Sargeras himself, but the result is mediocre and embarrassing, I hope, and I'm not ironic about this, that people like Steve Danuser get fired after writing this ****    … Expand
  64. Kenoct
    Jun 8, 2022
    0
    I stopped wow after years of playing because of this lazy xpack. It's a shame to ask to suscribe for this.
  65. Ghostface1337
    Jun 11, 2022
    0
    I've never rated WoW on any platform, as someone who's been playing the game for 17 years without a major break, I have to say I've never been more disappointed with an expansion than Shadowlands. By far the worst expansion ever released. The devs are so desperate that they're like, "We don't know what to do anymore, so we're going to give our all to the player base." The only positiveI've never rated WoW on any platform, as someone who's been playing the game for 17 years without a major break, I have to say I've never been more disappointed with an expansion than Shadowlands. By far the worst expansion ever released. The devs are so desperate that they're like, "We don't know what to do anymore, so we're going to give our all to the player base." The only positive thing you can get from Shadowlands is the high quality of raids. The rest especially the variety/class design in PvP is so bad I would give a minus rating if it existed.
    The content you get is also done quickly and the fun outside of raiding is also very limited. As a passionate WoW player, this is an expansion that cannot be recommended under any circumstances.    … Expand
  66. KaiserOfTheMord
    Aug 3, 2022
    0
    A lot of timegated content made so you stay subscribed. I absolutely hate the money-hungry approach that Blizzard is taking with this game. Unfortunately this approach probably won't change until the game dies
  67. MadWinning
    Jan 15, 2021
    0
    The worst expansion for PVP. Check pvp vendors yourself and calculate how much time (how many bgs won) it will take. A 200 lvl gear costs 525 (Back), 700 (Belt), 875 (Chest), 1800 (Two-handed weapon). A won bg gives you 8, a won epic bg gives you 15. Hahaha. Bye, bye Blizzard, scam company, they just want to keep blind players subscribed. Infinite grind = infinite subscription. WoW playersThe worst expansion for PVP. Check pvp vendors yourself and calculate how much time (how many bgs won) it will take. A 200 lvl gear costs 525 (Back), 700 (Belt), 875 (Chest), 1800 (Two-handed weapon). A won bg gives you 8, a won epic bg gives you 15. Hahaha. Bye, bye Blizzard, scam company, they just want to keep blind players subscribed. Infinite grind = infinite subscription. WoW players are junkies not realizing that there are better games and non-virtual occupations.… Expand
  68. snaken
    Jan 16, 2021
    0
    Been playing this game for over 10 years, on and off, but mostly on. This is the most pathetic expansion yet, hands down. No contest. A lot of things are just broken by design so cannot and will not be fixed and the story is just boring. It's a linear and forced progression through useless uninspiring quests... Just imagine washing dishes for 8h each day every day. That's literarily theBeen playing this game for over 10 years, on and off, but mostly on. This is the most pathetic expansion yet, hands down. No contest. A lot of things are just broken by design so cannot and will not be fixed and the story is just boring. It's a linear and forced progression through useless uninspiring quests... Just imagine washing dishes for 8h each day every day. That's literarily the Shadownlands gameplay for you.

    On top of that, this new expo has 95% of female characters and protagonists. The main problem with this though is that all the male NPCs are dumb and evil, while female NPCs are smart and good. Just like IRL, right? Or perhaps someone is trying to push feminist agenda by force-shoving it down people's throats. You decide.

    Overall the game is simply distasteful and it's really a shame to see a once good game spoiled like this. Shame on you, Blizzard! You used to stand for quality. It's no surprise so many employees have left. Fortunately, some of them are starting game studios of their own. My money will go to them.    … Expand
  69. RedTalonRedWate
    Jan 27, 2021
    0
    This is a horrid grindfest through repetitive zones through which you will absolutely be required to keep a resource like WowHead or IcyVeins open because the quests are so incredibly poorly explained that you'll need the help of comments sections to complete them.

    The style and nature of this grindfest seems to imply at some point that Blizzard will sell you faction tokens for 9.99 a    This is a horrid grindfest through repetitive zones through which you will absolutely be required to keep a resource like WowHead or IcyVeins open because the quests are so incredibly poorly explained that you'll need the help of comments sections to complete them.

    The style and nature of this grindfest seems to imply at some point that Blizzard will sell you faction tokens for 9.99 a pop to ease the pain like any pay to win MMO - and the grind is so painful you'll want to buy them.

    The Maw and Torghast are absolutely the worst. The Maw is a zone full of cheap assets that they popped the hitpoints way up on to artificially increase its difficulty, then denied you the use of a mount to get across the packed zones, then decided to slap you with a damage increase debuff because it's funny apparently, and then they hacked on a GTA-style "star warning" system to keep you from trying to grind out faction in there anyway in the name of All Holy Content Gating. You can eventually buy access to the in-zone port system after you've spent weeks (read: easily months, depending how casual you are) suffering through grinding out the faction for annoying NPC who will finally unlock your access all while complaining she needs your help but she doesn't truuuuuussst you, despite the storyline saying you're the All-Singing, All-Dancing Most Specialist Maw Walker That Will Save Us All. Uh huh.

    That the Maw and Torghast are required to get your basic gear loadout is pathetic. There's no point in grinding dungeons to get gear because the dungeons themselves are item level locked, and when you do finally get into one AND you're lucky enough to get a drop, the stuff that drops is inferior to what you already have. Just what I wanted to do - grind poorly thought out dungeons with frequent insta-gib mechanics in order to farm appearance slots.

    Torghast is flat out stupid. Every time you enter you're supposed to collect some special powers to help you finish the zone. I hear melee types love their special powers. I get stupid stuff like -10 seconds to a three minute cooldown I only rarely use, and wider ranges on AEs that only hit a limited number of targets anyway. I don't feel excited about this.

    I started WoW with this and I've just canceled my monthly billing. There's no fun involved.    … Expand
  70. LexCartman
    Feb 3, 2021
    0
    Bad game. Totaly stupid. Has nothing to do with the original Wow. It feels like a polished Browser Game but not like an epic rpg.
  71. scotlin
    Feb 11, 2021
    2
    After 16 years, this is the expansion that finally got me to quit.
    I had high hopes for it and paid for a 6 month subscription. After playing one month, I'm done.
  72. Lulotic
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    just 4 zones + maw daily hub, 8 dungeons, just 1 raid, torghast is garbage, covenants awful implemented (btw nothing original, they are just other factions); other than that, story is trash, leveling is removed from the game, etc and critics give to this awful product 8-8.5? are you kidding?
  73. InsaneElement
    Jan 11, 2021
    1
    Hopefully the people who made torghast will never make games again. A useless element that just kills time, especially the new 18 levels.
    Also, a separate place in hell for the person in charge of class balance. Special thanks for 1 working specialization of a hunter in pve and a completely dead class in pvp.
  74. Spit79
    Jan 28, 2021
    0
    What a piece of rubbish... if blizz wants a win they should have simply re-skinned the first 3 expansions without adding any “improvements” or “features”.
  75. Kanivor
    Feb 1, 2021
    0
    Впервые задумалась над удалением игры и поиском новой. В это говно желания играть нет. ВОВ мертв. Тупо трата времени ради НИЧЕГО. Такой помойки они еще не выпускали. Тупо высоска бабла
  76. Azragaash
    Jan 31, 2021
    0
    Unbalanced pvp arena and developers' unwillingness to fix one-shot mechanics.
  77. tenzenn
    Jan 11, 2021
    3
    This game has 95% PVE content and 5% PVP, no sieges, no mass PVP, or world PVP!
    even that 5% PVP content is so broken! unbalanced classes, PVP system is just bad to many CC each class has at least one skill that will you unable to use your character max for 8sec
  78. mustafa889
    Feb 7, 2021
    1
    one for PVP vendors but the gearing system sucks you should do pve to be able to compete in PVP toghast is pointless at least they could put one loot after last boss or 8 th layer or being able to buy some gear with soul ash whatever I have 20 more days to play but i am not finding myself to play it because I feel like it is a second job not fun only grind and here you get 3 useless PVPone for PVP vendors but the gearing system sucks you should do pve to be able to compete in PVP toghast is pointless at least they could put one loot after last boss or 8 th layer or being able to buy some gear with soul ash whatever I have 20 more days to play but i am not finding myself to play it because I feel like it is a second job not fun only grind and here you get 3 useless PVP trinkets for one week worth of effort i missed old tier system at least when you kill a boss you get valor points to buy some gear they keep adding new systems that nobody cares like soul binds its just another talent tree i feel bored and playing Skyrim and enjoying every second not doing chores.… Expand
  79. garygl
    Feb 18, 2021
    2
    That's not the game you expect to be for 40$ and montly sub. Company scams the players with fake advertisements not the first time - In BFA the things were fakely advertised as new epic additions as Expeditions and the Fronts. This time we have the Torghast and the Maw being literally a useless location. All other new things is completely designers' job - i mean the locations/newThat's not the game you expect to be for 40$ and montly sub. Company scams the players with fake advertisements not the first time - In BFA the things were fakely advertised as new epic additions as Expeditions and the Fronts. This time we have the Torghast and the Maw being literally a useless location. All other new things is completely designers' job - i mean the locations/new encounters as dungeons and raid. PvP balancing team feels like lacks of employees, and these few who's left are neither testing the balance changes on their own PTR, nor have a clue what's going on with that game. Feels like the game is full of boosters/RMT and not the regular players.
    In total there's nothing new and particularly unique after the legion expansion.    … Expand
  80. Gemini808
    Feb 21, 2021
    0
    As a long-time player of this game, I am highly disappointed at the complete lack of content in the expansion. Shadowlands shows great promise with its intro quest but quickly reveals its shallowness and true nature afterward. The expansion is basically a dungeon/raid simulation with zero content outside these activities, Furthermore, its future is grim as the developers showed a lack ofAs a long-time player of this game, I am highly disappointed at the complete lack of content in the expansion. Shadowlands shows great promise with its intro quest but quickly reveals its shallowness and true nature afterward. The expansion is basically a dungeon/raid simulation with zero content outside these activities, Furthermore, its future is grim as the developers showed a lack of interest in addressing grieve critical problems from class balance to loot drops and even the bare minimum of fixing bugs in the game.

    Blizzcon revealed that there is no major content coming soon. The Developers also revealed that they will not fulfill promises they made when preorders were released which shows unethical practices that have been seen in the past but not to this measure.

    In conclusion, Shadowlands proves to be another failure with no hope for recovery as the developers seem uninterested to listen the playerbase.    … Expand
  81. Zoklos
    Aug 12, 2021
    2
    Shadowlands along with Battle For Azeroth and Warlords Of Draenor are painfully bad expansions.

    I loved the artefact system in Legion, but with the start of bfa it became worthless. Ever since then they threw one new borrowed power system after the other at us, just so that they can put it in the trash right after. Not fun. The ending of Legion was weak regarding the forced faction    Shadowlands along with Battle For Azeroth and Warlords Of Draenor are painfully bad expansions.

    I loved the artefact system in Legion, but with the start of bfa it became worthless. Ever since then they threw one new borrowed power system after the other at us, just so that they can put it in the trash right after. Not fun.

    The ending of Legion was weak regarding the forced faction choice of the allied races. But if you ignore that Legion had a solid story. But with the start of bfa everything went downhill. The story in bfa and Shadowlands is such a dumbster fire... oof. I wish they would do somthing similar like Square Enix with Final Fantasy 14 ARR. Just retcon bfa and Shadowlands and bring us back to Legion. I don't know a single person, who enjoys the lore anymore.

    Factions... yeah, no. They don't work. They don't work in Classic and they don't work in retail. Massiv changes are needed regarding the Alliance and Horde to make this game balanced again.
    Like many already suggested, the best way of doing it is simply by removing the restrictions.
    By ending the racial segregation and allowing all races to choose their faction freely. Just like the Pandaren. It would be way less toxic for the playerbase too.
    Additionally all players, regardless of their faction, should be able to do raids and battlegrounds together.
    Factions should only be separated in the story and through things like exclusive mounts, cities, and transmogs. Loyalty to a faction shouldn't come from the way someone looks. You're race XL, ok stick to that side. Sorry, but that's extremly stupid and outdated. Would be nice of course, if every race could get a unique starter area and not just the embassy in each city. A small space ship on some of the higher rocks in Orgrimmar for example or like someone suggested a ship for Tiragardesund Vulpera in the harbor of Stormwind.
    I think a lot of players would come back for this reason alone. For being able to level new alts and expierence new races in their facorite faction. Fun stuff, that keeps us entertained.

    I also want to mention again, that it really sucks, how everything we do in one expansions becomes worthless with a new expansion. I would love to use my artefact weapons again. Not to mention how cool it would be to be able to do the mage tower again trough time walking or something.

    Anyways, wow is not worth playing at the moment. bfa was bad and Shadowlands is it aswell.    … Expand
  82. Nathonas
    Mar 5, 2021
    2
    Let me preface this by saying that I played wow a lot during classic/BC/WOTLK and this is the first time I seriously came back to the game.

    Shadowlands sucks. I recently let my sub run out after playing regularly since it was released. I'm mostly a PvP/Arena player and PvP balance/pace is atrocious right now, the damage is too high and there are too many broken skills. Blizz doesn't    Let me preface this by saying that I played wow a lot during classic/BC/WOTLK and this is the first time I seriously came back to the game.

    Shadowlands sucks. I recently let my sub run out after playing regularly since it was released.

    I'm mostly a PvP/Arena player and PvP balance/pace is atrocious right now, the damage is too high and there are too many broken skills. Blizz doesn't care about PvP as it still broken months after release.

    On top of that gearing in PvP is the worst ever as you get better tier gear for higher rating, why would you reward better players with better gear when PvP is supposed to be about skill first?

    But even outside of that, the game just feels so bland and designed only to keep you logging on and paying your sub.

    You have to keep grinding covenant renown to keep up, have to do a certain amount of pve/pvp every week for your chest, and there's nothing truly fun or immersive to do with your time.

    The covenant system is a mess because the skills are so powerful yet you have to switch and grind renown again.

    The storyline this expac is non-existing and bland. Don't care about any of the characters and the horribly-written dialogue from every NPC is boring. The dungeons are boring.

    The only saving grace is the gorgeous new zones and Mythic+ progression (if you're into that thing, I personally don't care). This expansion confirms what I felt since I quit in Cataclysm: retail WoW has become a soulless machine for getting the most money out of people.    … Expand
  83. Mikeuk81
    Dec 1, 2020
    2
    Wow, what a disappointing experiencing, BFA with a repaint - if you want to spend hours collecting silly limited time-gated resources to progress at any element of the game then this is for you.

    The new zones feel smaller than what has come before, world quests now take a stupid amount of time, Torghast is a buggy mess, covenants are at present a pointless distraction, the level squish    Wow, what a disappointing experiencing, BFA with a repaint - if you want to spend hours collecting silly limited time-gated resources to progress at any element of the game then this is for you.

    The new zones feel smaller than what has come before, world quests now take a stupid amount of time, Torghast is a buggy mess, covenants are at present a pointless distraction, the level squish has left character feeling powerless. A week in and half my the guild is already talking about quitting due to pointless cliche resource collection.

    Had a horrible dungeon experience with a group who insisted on skipping the majority of mobs and kicked me when I didn't know a particular skip, apparently I'm supposed to spend hours watching youtube videos rather than learning as I go.

    This game has fallen so far from grace.    … Expand
  84. Apexmann
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    Just a common zero for this sh*t they turned our lovely WoW into... No fresh ideas, just copy-paste from some Korean game industry trash plus all about strategy how to make you spend as much time (and money, ofc) in this so-called 'game'... WoW died after WotLK, and I have no hope Blizzard will rise again as a gamemaker, not as a moneymaker they turned into.
  85. empre123
    Feb 7, 2021
    0
    Let's talk about wow

    First of all in my opinion the game is over rated. You must grind hard in order to get items that barley give you something The mechanics in that game are so old and lame it's unbelievable people are willing to pay for it and on top of that the PVP is the worse part The pvp system is absolutely the worse i ever saw, the mechanics are totally crap and there is    Let's talk about wow

    First of all in my opinion the game is over rated.
    You must grind hard in order to get items that barley give you something
    The mechanics in that game are so old and lame it's unbelievable people are willing to pay for it and on top of that the PVP is the worse part
    The pvp system is absolutely the worse i ever saw, the mechanics are totally crap and there is classes that so unbalanced and overpowered that you can't do much even if you managed to get some good items after a hard grind.

    anyway if you looking to waste some time and money and you are super rich and bored this game is for you.    … Expand
  86. dikakos
    Mar 11, 2021
    2
    unbalanced,one shot pvp classes, pay to win pvp. chinese mmorpgs grinding. maw is frustrating and unnecessary beyond first time in. matchmaking system is broken. pve loot and weekly rewards mostly rng. one of the three worst expansions. blizzard team you suck. quit now.
  87. Frankpotion
    Mar 12, 2021
    0
    The loot systems are spread thin on content that's already lacking. The developers have shown they think they know better than their player base, despite getting it wrong on almost every major system they've introduced. They also refuse to apologise or even acknowledge the overwhelming amount of mistakes they continue to make.

    I've subsequently lost faith in the wow development team completely.
  88. Nerevarinho
    Feb 9, 2021
    3
    Had a long break after Vanilla-WotLK, I'm back in WoW after more than 10 years, because I found the new cinematics exciting. I come in there and almost fall asleep while I am questing. There is hardly any challenge, hardly any exploration, you are led from questhub to questhub. Pure therapy and hardly bearable without podcasts in the background. It's just an action bar minigame, all mobsHad a long break after Vanilla-WotLK, I'm back in WoW after more than 10 years, because I found the new cinematics exciting. I come in there and almost fall asleep while I am questing. There is hardly any challenge, hardly any exploration, you are led from questhub to questhub. Pure therapy and hardly bearable without podcasts in the background. It's just an action bar minigame, all mobs can be processed in the same way, the pseudo-mini-bosses are all the same, you just have to keep moving a bit, also as in WloD (had a quick look inside). Many quests are only told in speech bubbles, that feels so low-budget when you are used to GW2. I hardly noticed anything from the epic Sylvanas story, just a little at the beginning, I'm now at lv 57. I hope that the dungeons in the end game will be at least challenging and exciting ..
    Maybe indirectly to Shadowlands because I don't know when the innovations were introduced: Not only have the capabilities been changed, I don't like the new sound design at all. And I don't like the new face models and the new running animation either. So my Paly no longer looks and feels like my good old Paly, this is someone else, I have no more connection to him. For me this is a different MMORPG than it was back then.    … Expand
  89. grreaper
    Mar 10, 2021
    0
    Под красивой оберткой из ностальгии нас встречает сплошной гринд и минимум новинок.
  90. guccigang87
    Mar 3, 2021
    0
    High end content is a joke. quests are so boring and too repetitive. Maw content just made for consuming player's time without any fun.

    Balance between classes in PVP are nonexistent. In its current state, this game should be still in beta at best case scenario but nooooo greedy blizzard has to make money right ? If your current responsibilities irl doesnt bore you enough welcome to    High end content is a joke. quests are so boring and too repetitive. Maw content just made for consuming player's time without any fun.

    Balance between classes in PVP are nonexistent. In its current state, this game should be still in beta at best case scenario but nooooo greedy blizzard has to make money right ?

    If your current responsibilities irl doesnt bore you enough welcome to WoW where you do same or even more boring stuff everyday till the end of the content and also pay for it instead of being paid for it :)

    Most fun part of it all is that all of those items you will collect during the game will be absolute trash after 2 years at most :) They will be transmogs at best...
    They respect their players effort that much.
    Stay away from this game, even spending your time with staring at a wall is better...    … Expand
  91. moholdt
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    The story is continuing to be annoyingly ambiguous and off the rails.

    The covenant system is borrowed power once again pushed on the player. Four very different factions that are aesthetically very different and a real hit or miss on many players. Me personally I don't really want to be a part of any of them. The player is once again the hero of this story and all other stories,    The story is continuing to be annoyingly ambiguous and off the rails.

    The covenant system is borrowed power once again pushed on the player. Four very different factions that are aesthetically very different and a real hit or miss on many players. Me personally I don't really want to be a part of any of them.

    The player is once again the hero of this story and all other stories, which continues to feel like a single player game in an open world. It feels so forced and handheld, when you are travelling with Thrall and you see other players travelling with an orc as well, "but that's not Thrall, YOU are with Thrall, they are with a leser orc".. yeah right...

    The zones, while looking beautiful, are small and very disconnected. In this expansion you will be travelling a lot more by flight paths that takes forever.

    Torghast, which was the one feature I looked forward to feels very repetative despite being sold as a rogue like experience that is different each run. It doesn't feel different at all. You cross your fingers for your class' best power boost and fight through horde of same enemies only to be rewarded with a few drops of legendary crafting materials. Time gated and not rewarding.

    I've leveled up. I've run all the dungeons mythic, I've gotten my legendary resources capped, and done everything there is to do in the Maw, and got 4 days left on my subscription. This is the the earliest I've ever quit in an expansion, I don't think there's much that can be done to peak my interest again.    … Expand
  92. dorout
    Jan 11, 2021
    1
    Where to begin? Sooo many problems. Not enough good.

    TLDR: Do not play Shadowlands right now. Wait until the time locks are lifted in March. Even then I doubt this game will be worth your money and time. Shadowlands is BFA 2.0. Shadowlands was supposed to be the expansion we all dreamed for, but we received the opposite. A copy paste of BFA with a system built around a time lock    Where to begin? Sooo many problems. Not enough good.

    TLDR: Do not play Shadowlands right now. Wait until the time locks are lifted in March. Even then I doubt this game will be worth your money and time. Shadowlands is BFA 2.0.

    Shadowlands was supposed to be the expansion we all dreamed for, but we received the opposite. A copy paste of BFA with a system built around a time lock which made to keep you subbed for exactly one month. I get companies need money to continue, but there are better ways at player retention rather than sacrificing player experience in the process.

    Classes:
    This is the worst of the worst WOW has ever been with classes. The classes are all incredibly bland and boring. Most classes have 3 buttons to do damage with and I am not joking. The rotations are short and perpetual. If you want to do aoe, push your ONE aoe button. If you want to do single target damage, push one of two buttons. Perfect example: sublet rogue > shuriken storm (aoe) OR backstab to eviscerate OR shadowstrike to eviscerate. Retribution Paladin is in the same boat, but as are many other classes.

    Legendaries:
    The concept is cool, but you are required to have a legendary equipped to do damage. They should have scrapped legendries and should have stuck with only set bonuses. The system to get a legendary is tiresome. Initially, torghast is not bad, but the more you run it the more bored you become. I currently do not run anything in torghast because I have enough for my one legendary that i need. Lastly, blizzard will not nerf any of the over powered legendries until the next gigantic patch. It is unfortunate because some classes are heavily powered when compared to others. Example: Monk legendary vs warlock legendary. Or have a crazy legendary such as doom winds. You literally one shot people in PVP when you cast ascendance with your windfury totem.

    The maw:
    When you think objectively this zone is barren, bland, and incredibly slow. It's a huge intended time soak. Additionally, there is a weekly event to possibly get higher item level loot, but the loot pool is shallow.

    Time locked/renown system:
    The renown system is terrible to say the least. it time locks lower item level gear you can get through questing, purchasing via renown level, or pvp. Why is the renown system terrible? M+ and Mythic raiding has been unlocked and the gear is leaps and bounds higher of an item level. Makes no sense at-all to continue the time lock, but here we are.

    Covenants:
    The covenants are not equal as blizzard intended them to be. There are 300+ soulbinds blizzard wasted time on rather than addressing core issues like classes. Instead time was put into a convoluted system no one asked for. This plays into the renown and is a time lock. For some classes, covenants are incredibly over powered in terms of raw damage where as others it is useless. Example: Chain harvest and Convoke vs any other covenant ability.

    PVP:
    PVP is incredibly awful right now due to M+ and Mythic raiders crushing opponents within seconds and I mean that literally. I have 23% versatility and 30k HP on my resto-shaman. I have been critical hit for 23k from the hunt; 21k from templars verdict, double aim shot for 10k, chaos bolted for 17k, and also died within seconds from convoke/combustion/monk burst. Hybrids are doing more healing than actual casters and dish out good dps.

    Back to time locked/renwon with PVP. So, right now the highest item level you can purchase with honor in pvp is 184 while 210+ item level raiders and M+ players are trolling lower item level people in pvp with crazy burst damage. It makes NO SENSE to keep the time lock which further ruins player experience.

    BG's:
    No new BG's for the second expansion in a row. The BG's have also not been reworked and there are tons of problems with them. Most notably Winters Grasp. You literally cannot win when you are on offence. it is a one hour circle fest of siege from defense, acting as offence. It is ludicrous. The only thing they did was the literal bear minimum -- a reskin of Arathi Basin and even that is unimpressive.

    M+ and Raids:
    Personally, I only enjoy this aspect of the game when classes are engaging and exciting. When you have two button rotations (similar to classic wow) I get super bored. I will reserve judgement here because I cannot get past terrible classes to even want to get into M+ or raids.

    My two cents: If you were to ask me if Shadowlands is worth the purchase and resub, I would say hold off at least until March when all of the time locks are lifted. However, as it stands right now I will tell you to run fast and far away as this expansion is BFA in disguise. Ultimately, based off of the track record of Blizzard/Activision, I have absolutely no faith this game will become even decent until the last remaining months pending the next expansion that is right around the corner.    … Expand
  93. Kot17a
    Mar 4, 2021
    1
    Farm Farm Farm, daily daily daily. World of warcraft is dead. You csn't Just change the story of world.
  94. Tenarus
    Jul 9, 2021
    0
    The game gets worse with each expension. It just feels like a moneygrab. The blizzard team's behaviour is just bad publicity for the game. While dungeons could technically be somewhat fun the whole game experience gets ruinied by the games rotten community (and while tecnically the community isnt a feature of the game it can be rated in a way that blizzard does not punish player behaviorThe game gets worse with each expension. It just feels like a moneygrab. The blizzard team's behaviour is just bad publicity for the game. While dungeons could technically be somewhat fun the whole game experience gets ruinied by the games rotten community (and while tecnically the community isnt a feature of the game it can be rated in a way that blizzard does not punish player behavior that is against their tos. so really the state that the community is in is kinda much blizz fault.)

    The changed shop options for playtime just show, that blizz fears that players wont play longer then a month - so you need to pay multiple months to be able to play.

    All in all WoW is an era that should be over. The game got worse and worse and i dont want to see what comes after shadowlands. 0/10 not worth to be played a single minute anymore.    … Expand
  95. Jananas
    Aug 12, 2021
    3
    Few latest expansions to WoW feel to me like a layering a cake. The problem is that the older the layer is, the more rotten it becomes. Legendaries they have added in Legion are worthless in Shadowlands, Azerite not worth it. They are layering the game with more and more stuff, but the problem is that the old mechanics are completely worthless as time goes on. New additions in ShadowlandsFew latest expansions to WoW feel to me like a layering a cake. The problem is that the older the layer is, the more rotten it becomes. Legendaries they have added in Legion are worthless in Shadowlands, Azerite not worth it. They are layering the game with more and more stuff, but the problem is that the old mechanics are completely worthless as time goes on. New additions in Shadowlands are incredibly bland (boreghast) and trying to live trough the expansion feels like a huge chore. And those additions will be, again, worthless wit new expansions. Adding to that is the staleness of Shadowlands - not adding patch for how long now? All things considered, it makes sense why people are leaving WoW in huge numbers. Feels like Blizzard is out of touch. Not saying the game cannot be good at some point, but looking back at the journey, I don't think Blizzard is quite learning what the players do want.… Expand
  96. xy85
    Mar 5, 2021
    1
    Game is boring, unrewarding, lazy designed, /w only metrics on Blizzt..d's mind.
    Btd thinks of their customers as addicted morons and from WoD they're probing how low they can go.
  97. Mlokerok
    Dec 6, 2020
    4
    Все очень плохо , локаций мало , данжи по механике тупые до невозможности.
    Гринд убивает всю игру , контента мало игру просто растягивают.
  98. Svenkonig
    Mar 16, 2021
    0
    New "realm" is smaller than most continents in azeroth, including northrend by itself.
    Forced farming:
    Torgast-ashes World Quests that are longer, and less interesting- anima Covenants are NOT alt friendly nor is the story. Economy is artificially tied to Legendries and it is fried/dead. Dungeons/Raids are uninteresting as much as the reason for being in the "maw". Torghast is    New "realm" is smaller than most continents in azeroth, including northrend by itself.
    Forced farming:
    Torgast-ashes
    World Quests that are longer, and less interesting- anima
    Covenants are NOT alt friendly nor is the story.
    Economy is artificially tied to Legendries and it is fried/dead.
    Dungeons/Raids are uninteresting as much as the reason for being in the "maw".
    Torghast is generally lacking diversity as almost every layer looks similar if not identical, some doors change from open to close, and the layout, but generally if you walk into a smoldering layer with death traps/fire, you will have the same theme each time, and very similar if not identical mobs, it does rotate each week, but for every layer, you have to clear 6 floors, which again, for the sake of repetitiveness, it's a good way to waste an hour or more of your life with no reward for it outside "you need this to be viable for your borrowed power item that was meant to replace azerite armor.

    looting system really blows. I've had friends tell me they've cleared Nathria raid and that their loott wasn't replacing anything new, including the fact they only received 3 pieces of loot for 5 toons, meaning only 3 of them got loot of the 5 after a full clear on each.

    The weekly vault is also pretty bad in terms of the items you receive may be entirely useless and disposable. Imagine receiving 6 pieces from your vault over the course of 6 weeks and each one is completely useless and not a viable replacement.

    It is the most unrewarding grind.

    Yes grinding is part of MMO design, but this grind is not rewarding in the slightest.
    Simply chorelands summarizes it.
    Do WQ, do Torghast 2ce, do keys (lock out at 0's and above for m+) , do the raid.
    Do some pvp (Arena) and that summarizes it. Then you're done for the week in probably 2-3 days max.

    Entering SL at first was interesting, but it wears off really fast.

    Covenant conduit grinds are equivalent to corruption grinds from BFA.

    It's layered grinding for content that becomes irrelevant relatively fast. Covenants simply amplified the ability to one shot other players with ease across the board.

    It feels pretty bad, and there is little to no consequence for it. If someone put on gear with tons of corruption, they would have to worry about being one shotted by being that over powered. Here? Nope. Don't mind a priest hitting for 55k and killing you out right, don't mind a rogue killing you out of stealth one shot. Don't mind a fire mage pyroblasting you in one shot. Etc.
    Overall this game just feels terrible.

    The story is literally a refurbished BFA. "You're the chosen one" "Go kill this bad guy for some terrible plot line we made".    … Expand
  99. heshamzidan7
    Mar 4, 2021
    1
    Very repetitive boring content for casual player. You gotta be a pro to enjoy
  100. Conski
    Mar 5, 2021
    1
    Not a pro player but have enjoyed many hours in the World of Warcraft (and will continue hopefully!)

    Shadowlands is the first expansion that for me personally has failed on all counts. I usually enjoy some, if not all elements of an expansion. So I would generally be quite a “glass half full” kinda player where if I didn’t like something I’d enjoy something else in the game. Sadly, not    Not a pro player but have enjoyed many hours in the World of Warcraft (and will continue hopefully!)

    Shadowlands is the first expansion that for me personally has failed on all counts. I usually enjoy some, if not all elements of an expansion. So I would generally be quite a “glass half full” kinda player where if I didn’t like something I’d enjoy something else in the game. Sadly, not the case this time.

    First of all, levelling a character should be fun! An adventure that you (the hero) must endure! Shadowlands makes this so much of a chore that it is painful to get to max level. The main storyline is boring, as are the side stories along the way. This tied together with uninteresting environments which fail
    to captivate and draw you in, makes for a tedious progression. I have seen reviews that have commended the art and design elements of the expansion. I don’t see what there is to commend. Every expansion has its good and bad areas, but always at least once you would be taken back by an area and go “wow” this is beautiful! I didn’t get that in any zone this time.

    I didn’t like the idea of covenants when they were announced, but they were not as bad as I thought they would be, still not interesting enough to make you log in and sure by the next expansion they will be gone so they don’t really matter.

    Overall a story should inspire, captivate and draw you in so that all the levelling, dungeons and raids add to the story and make you feel your character is the hero of the story and your common goal is to defeat the villain Shadowlands failed to inspire me to even attempt a dungeon or raid or even get any legendary gear. If you are wondering if you should play Shadowlands, wait until a future patch. Hopefully some interesting content will be added to make it at least enjoyable until the next expansion.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

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