World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

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  1. OvanOfTheNorth
    Aug 11, 2021
    1
    Wasted potential buried under needless convoluted borrowed power systems. Launch day held high hopes and it all quickly fell apart as design and execution led to lack of interest in continuing. Held out till the first major content patch and was once again let down.
  2. Amulrei
    Jul 14, 2021
    2
    "No king rules forever". And this expansion is key proof the king had long since died with his corpse is stinking up the building.

    Cringy fanfic level writing, Bizarre fixation on Mythic dungeons and some of the worst PvP in the history of the game.
  3. kenobi92
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    -No new classes
    -No new races
    -Only temporary new abilities/traits to be wiped at the end of the expansion
    -Still nothing done to fix UI/server/faction problems
    -Buggy af
    -Timegating ****
  4. Krayvel
    Feb 27, 2021
    1
    Отвратительно и не уважительное отношение к лору игры не пойми откуда то появившиеся темные земли которых по лору игры сущестовавать не должно не понятно какой Тюремщик которого не существовало , мативация Сильваны уничтоженно тупорылым сценарием.Давайте вспомним чего хотела Сильвана все свое существование баньши , сделать отрекшихся сплоченным народом самостоятельным и своевольным ,Отвратительно и не уважительное отношение к лору игры не пойми откуда то появившиеся темные земли которых по лору игры сущестовавать не должно не понятно какой Тюремщик которого не существовало , мативация Сильваны уничтоженно тупорылым сценарием.Давайте вспомним чего хотела Сильвана все свое существование баньши , сделать отрекшихся сплоченным народом самостоятельным и своевольным , теперь этого нет оказвывается это все план тюремщика который хз как это вообще можно связать ,хочет что бы сельвана собирала души для него но ведь души остаются на азероте мы можем их видеть в виде призраков а тех мертвых что она поднимала так же имеют душу .вообщем это самый тупорылый аддон по лору игры нельзя его воспринимать как часть Wow это просто ошибка уровня новых ЗВ . Уважаемы разработчики вов не подпускайте к сценарию людей что в лоре вообще не шарят не важно кто это женщина или мужчина просто не подпускате я очень люблю лор вов да он дырявый но он ни когда не обсирался так жидко сценарист/ка не понимали что писали стыд и срам близзард что подпустили к вселенной таких бездарей. А сама игра как всегда великолепна куча контента гринда.… Expand
  5. grandia01
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    the main gameplay formula: just keep on questing until you get more (useless) gear didn't change in 16 years...no new life or depth is breathed into this expansion. kill this many enemies, get a cut scene, rinse and repeat. group play mechanics don't encourage friendliness (in guild wars 2 ANY player can resurrect another dead player for example) and players are rude. you don't make anythe main gameplay formula: just keep on questing until you get more (useless) gear didn't change in 16 years...no new life or depth is breathed into this expansion. kill this many enemies, get a cut scene, rinse and repeat. group play mechanics don't encourage friendliness (in guild wars 2 ANY player can resurrect another dead player for example) and players are rude. you don't make any meaningful storyline decisions and whatever you do has no impact/effect in the world: in elder scrolls online if you finish the storyline and launch the coup de tat successfully against the oppressive leader the area will be cleared of hostile npc's and will be a friendly zone for example. my comparions could go on and on, but you get the idea. here nothing changed, no storyline or gameplay depth exists (just a suggestion - how about finishing a storyline to get new abilities or skills for a change?)
    to keep a long story short, just ignore this and spend your money elsewhere. there are much better RPG's (not just kill and progress games such as this) out there that have more engaging story lines and gameplay with a nicer community...    … Expand
  6. juixd
    Feb 9, 2021
    0
    Chato demais, wow deixou de ser bom tem muito tempo.. promoções pagas para streamers dizerem como está bom, torghast é chato e vc é obrigado a fazer se quer um pouco competitivo, loot de dg ta horrivel, pve obrigado a fazer pvp para ter gear e por ai vai.. jogo acabou.
  7. DirtyDooney
    Feb 9, 2021
    2
    Beautiful locations interesting story that leave questions to unravel however the gameplay leaves much to be desired. Shadowlands doesn't feel much different from Battle for Azeroth and doesn't exactly bring anything new to the world of Warcraft. The game feels like its designed to be a massive time sink with no reward.
  8. wandreos
    Feb 12, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What was good got worse. Not to mention the mandatory change to a new version. We had a good game, but now we are forced to stay with the current one that was not good. Blizard is very greedy. He was an unconditional fan of the games: Diablo, Warcraft and Starcraft, but when she came up with this absurd limitation where she takes away the freedom in her games, she sucks and, honestly, I'm leaving her games aside. A feather. In the past I spent hours and hours playing games, today I have no pleasure in going back to her page. Unfortunate.… Expand
  9. FMRPYRODOX
    Feb 28, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. in one word its disappointment , if you are not a pvp-only player you will be in pain , if you wanted less grind in endgame pve content and easier gearing - you will be in pain , if you wanted something new from this expansion - you will be in pain , torghast just an empty tower with same endless mobs , after one max lvl legendary it feels just like concrete box with dummies, artwork is just godlike , locations are beautiful , sets are pretty good tho, so in simple words - if you wanna some pve (dungeons and raids for descent lvl of skill or higher) - its not about this this exp, but if you want some good pvp content , this exp is pretty good. And if you played pandaria , there are no plot for you at all ,you've seen this before.… Expand
  10. Loucetios
    Jan 14, 2021
    1
    WoW remains as diverse as ever. It will literally be rammed down your throat to no end. Gameplay is unimaginative and just the same old horse being beaten to death..
  11. Ikol
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    Blizzard seems to have extremely questionable world views, which are portrayed all over the place in world of warcraft and especially since battle for azeroth and now in shadowlands it shows more and more.

    Reading some of the comments here... well, I can't agree more to the most obvious part, which is the racism in this game, that is portrayed as the very pillar of wow. As a player you    Blizzard seems to have extremely questionable world views, which are portrayed all over the place in world of warcraft and especially since battle for azeroth and now in shadowlands it shows more and more.

    Reading some of the comments here... well, I can't agree more to the most obvious part, which is the racism in this game, that is portrayed as the very pillar of wow.
    As a player you simply can't avoid racial segregation. If you want to play wow, you have to take part in this. You can't choose a faction, because you prefer it's lore, it's capital, it's gear and so on, you have to choose a faction based on the exclusive races on that faction.
    The races in this game don't have free will. A hivemind is given to all of them except Pandaren.
    Are you for real Blizzard? After over 17 years you are still holding on to racism of all things?

    War crimes and general atrocities won't be punished.
    Just last expansion, one of the 2 playable factions committed several war crimes, genocide, burning of a world tree, destroying nature and so on and all of that is being ignored at the end. No resolution, no reparations for the attacked factions, everything is fine I guess.
    Not only got the only elf capital of the attacked faction destroyed, among with 2 zones turning to never ending war zones and a third zone still being under attack after several years... there is not a single mention in the game, that the attacked faction won. The game will seemingly be frozen forever, making several zones of the attacked faction to warzones forever and one zone with the hub lost completely.
    What did Blizzard instead? The aggressor gets the biggest and most stunning new elf zone and hub in this game, along with a gigantic tauren zone and hub. The victim gets a junkyard in form of mechagon...
    Just wow.

    If you're planning to play wow, you better play the overpopulated faction, which the devs prefer or you will have a bad time. I guarantee you that. The underdog faction (as mentioned before) is not only getting neglected in the case of zones and hubs, but rather in every possible way, races, mounts, cinematics, in some cases racials, customisation options etc. yet the devs will claim it's the player's fault and not their own behavior towards the unpopulated faction.

    Just sad to see how toxic the whole mentality of the devs are and unfortunatly it also affects a part of the wow playerbase, which is very well known for it's toxic behavior among players of other games.

    Blizzard is also continuing to use very cheap tactics like FOMO and borrowed power systems in order to trick their players to feel the need of being subscribed to their game all the time. Just disgusting behavior in general.    … Expand
  12. virtualmatrix
    Dec 5, 2020
    1
    It's so boring, a grind fest. They brought nothing new to the table, just more quests and rewards meant to keep you playing for as long as possible to appease the shareholders. I very much regret my purchase and wish I had waited. I think now's the time to jump ship because blizzard straight up does not care about retail wow anymore.
  13. sincubus
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Its like the writers don't even understand their own lore so they tossed it all out the window then threw up on a piece of paper and called it a day. The state of WoW has reached such a point that became its own franchise's worst enemy. Activision and their own writing team killed WoW no matter how it still twitches like a cockroach.
  14. stevegaming
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute worst expansion to date, even in it's "honeymoon" period.
    Game feels extremely unrewarding. The raid is objectively horrible, overtuned and unfun to progress on mythic. Loot scarcity isn't a good thing. Lack of promised tier sets. Extreme ammounts of mandatory grinds (anima,stygia,soul ash). Mythic + feelsa horrible with the new even more unfun affixes (spiteful...)
    Eeverything being covenant locked, while covenant are extremely unbalanced. Legendaries that feel like a mandatory gold sink, yet are extremely weak and boring and passive. Lack of unique looking armor (again covenant armors are ok, but are no tier sets).
    Lets not mention even the story is dull and boring. I expected the literal afterlife to be a tad more...inspired.
    Overall this is looking BFA, but maybe even worse, which isn't holding well, especially since they're making the same mistakes a second time.    … Expand
  15. MSB1
    Dec 18, 2020
    3
    HALF of the class specs are trash tier and Blizzard continues to refuse to do anything about them, much like the past two expansions. The story is boring as hell and literally not worth the time of day to pay attention to. The Maw and Torghast are two of the worst things ever put into this game and they just made Torghast even more annoying. A majority of the conduits and legendary itemsHALF of the class specs are trash tier and Blizzard continues to refuse to do anything about them, much like the past two expansions. The story is boring as hell and literally not worth the time of day to pay attention to. The Maw and Torghast are two of the worst things ever put into this game and they just made Torghast even more annoying. A majority of the conduits and legendary items are completely useless. Some specs literally don't have one worth using. PvP is so unbalanced it's not worth doing if you aren't one of the OP specs. Bots are running rampant and destroying the economy and aren't being banned. The player base is even more toxic than before. The raid is dummy easy, honestly high mythic+ is harder. There's honestly very little to like in this expansion. A 3/10 may be too generous, but visuals of some areas is pleasing. So I guess there's that? There's literally no way this expansion is above a 6 or 7 even if you do enjoy it because you got lucky enough to be one of the 4 or 5 Specs worth playing. I would have rated it a 5 or 6 if Blizzard actually had fixed most of the class specs in it, but they didn't yet again. So a 3 it is.

    It's time for Blizzard to release Ion Hazzikostas and possibly much of his team. This game needs an injection of talent that is hungry and also willing to listen to the player base where it's justified, something Ion isn't and definitely does not do. Yoshi P and his crew over on FF14 have made him look like an absolute joke the past several years and it's not even a close contest.    … Expand
  16. Squishydew
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    Shadowlands barely brings anything new to the table, more dailies, more world quests, It's just the same thing we've done before but reskinned.

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

    Theres nice bits like Torghast, but you get rewarded for it like twice a week, It's just worthless.
    It's still WoW which is great, but It's just continually the same and feels like a repetitive grind. It doesn't feel any different than BFA did, they just changed the colour palette.    … Expand
  17. Apo1980
    Dec 1, 2020
    3
    in short (just like the Addon) not worth the money
    dont get me wrong i love World of Warcraft played all Expansions & liked most of them but this is a Joke
    boring Quests no Story but thats not the main Problem, its just to short.. after a Day of playing you have nothing to do exept daily Quests or do Dugeons over and over agein with little reward. they did everything to make you use    in short (just like the Addon) not worth the money
    dont get me wrong i love World of Warcraft played all Expansions & liked most of them but this is a Joke
    boring Quests no Story but thats not the main Problem, its just to short..
    after a Day of playing you have nothing to do exept daily Quests or do Dugeons over and over agein with little reward.
    they did everything to make you use more time for simple tasks like no mount in the maw, long flight routes ...
    the main story is behind weekly progression..
    if you dont start twinking on day 2 you get bored out instatly    … Expand
  18. Zilla85
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    The recent WoW addon is so insanely bad, it's not even worth zero points. While the regions look quite nice, leveling is just odd. You come into the shadowlands - and guys are talking to you. They are talking, talking and won't stop. You want to experience Bastion (the first leveling zone) and have some fun, but the talking and cut scenes never end. Later zones are a bit better, but it'sThe recent WoW addon is so insanely bad, it's not even worth zero points. While the regions look quite nice, leveling is just odd. You come into the shadowlands - and guys are talking to you. They are talking, talking and won't stop. You want to experience Bastion (the first leveling zone) and have some fun, but the talking and cut scenes never end. Later zones are a bit better, but it's just not fun, at least most of the time. Okay, you just dinged 60? Then you are just overwhelmed with repetitive, uninteresting content. And you don't have a clue what to do first. Even worse: if you do the wrong stuff first, you will be behind the pack forever (soul ash from Torghast has no catch up mechanic at all).

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

    Blizzard, get your job done. Not some weird grind systems, no overcomplicated gameplay. Just nice zones and interesting encounters. Wanna hard gameplay? Make the encounters hard, not the classes. People want to play the instances and raids and see interesting stuff. That ability bar is NOT interesting. Shift the focus to the actual game.    … Expand
  19. PixelDaddy
    Dec 8, 2020
    4
    Pros:
    Beautiful graphics
    Fun NPC characters Cons: Not much to do Too many timers Lack of direction (borrowing too much from other games) Boring, time consuming quests Too much voice acting, too little content Torghast too easy on some classes, too hard on others The Maw is TERRIBLE, it feels terrible, it looks bland, it challenging for no purpose other than to be challenging    Pros:
    Beautiful graphics
    Fun NPC characters

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

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

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

    All in all Shadowlands offers very little to the franchise and I'm afraid that in the end it will be seen as a contraction rather than an expansion.    … Expand
  20. cjedwards
    Dec 28, 2020
    2
    This is `easily` the worst expansion pack created by the WoW Team.

    The good. Wonderful music and scenery. Bang on! You get to keep your characters from previous expansions. The bad. Blizzard seems to have taken the advice of every impatient person ever, now everything that took time is completed with no effort. Max level is only a handful of hours worth of game play. Any storyline    This is `easily` the worst expansion pack created by the WoW Team.

    The good.
    Wonderful music and scenery. Bang on! You get to keep your characters from previous expansions.

    The bad.
    Blizzard seems to have taken the advice of every impatient person ever, now everything that took time is completed with no effort. Max level is only a handful of hours worth of game play. Any storyline that is done in less than 24 hours means that storyline is clearly bad/thin/ignored.
    Then time-gates are everywhere to make the "play time" seem elevated, a great way to make charts for your blizzard directors!
    The reworked global cooldowns have wrecked the playability of classes. Massive boredom for many classes. (click wait 1 sec, click, wait 1 sec) skill/timing based play is gone gone gone.
    The end game is simply time gate after time gate.
    - every world quest daily takes about 3x longer than any WQ ever. example. 1 'kill' is =2% of progress. (so so bad)
    - terrible/no story once at max level (the bad is here! kill 200 of them! - useless reward)
    The 100% linear storyline is ~so bad~ that Blizzard asks if you want to skip it when you get to max level on your second 60.
    They took some of the interesting features of past expansions like the HoA or your Legendary weapon in Legion and put it behind a 'companion'(also time gated) that gives you abilities. (and if you want to enjoy the game, you have VERY VERY little choice as to your pick) So again if you do not work on those abilities, you are trash.
    Crafted legendaries are so bad(slightly better than epic) and you really only have a pick of one or two, you need to grind the again ~time gated~ 'random' made Torghast dungeon to make them better (through the earned currency).

    The Maw
    There is a whole super ugly, video laggy, (again time/progress gated) zone where you will lose items on death! This is a something that Blizz/Wow said they would NEVER do.
    This zone also has not only no flying, but no mounts!
    This zone also will kill you based on time played in the zone per day. If you want to work on the rep on the zone or build up the zone's currency, you cant, the time gated instant-kill will assure that you will die and drop the acquired currency.

    Torghast
    This zone would SEEM like something fun and new! Once you are forced to do it (for storyline) about 5 times you suddenly realize that its randomness is just Diablo squeezed into Wow. This hours long journey is pointless each and every time. You do it just becomes 'unlocked' and you earn small amounts of a currency each week. (better do it each and every week or be behind and non competitive)

    The End    … Expand
  21. oblom
    Jan 7, 2021
    1
    сценарий никакой чушь полная. пвп убили. дэйлики усложнили, зачем? торгаст уже в печнках, как представлю что туда придется ходить в течении всего дополнения б-р-р-р... . баги, куда уж без них?
  22. hisoka86
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    The game has some good things but the lack of being able to CHOOSE how I play and the systems to do the simplest things make the game not fun anymore. Plus the MAW what dumb *** thought of that prob Ion and his crap team. Now they reduced the rewards you get so you stay subbed longer. Come on DreamHeaven.
  23. rkarlberg
    Jan 2, 2021
    0
    This is a very disappointing expansion. The story is really weak - you are forced to listen to long slow exposition that is just meaningless. Usually exploring is fun... but here the zones are just a rehash of previous content. Nothing is new, interesting or exciting. After playing a bit more, I like this junk even less. World quests are really tedious and offer no decent rewards.This is a very disappointing expansion. The story is really weak - you are forced to listen to long slow exposition that is just meaningless. Usually exploring is fun... but here the zones are just a rehash of previous content. Nothing is new, interesting or exciting. After playing a bit more, I like this junk even less. World quests are really tedious and offer no decent rewards. Torghast is awful - hours of grinding for literally no loot. And you can only do so much per day or week, meaning you have to pay the monthly fee for many months to even accomplish basic tasks. Now have done 4 world raids on 2 characters, and no loot! This is truly the worst expansion - and I've played since the very first beta.… Expand
  24. unbound
    Dec 9, 2020
    1
    Not the worst game, but wow has WoW fallen from its heydays.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    If the last expansion didn't convince you WoW was dead, this expansion certain will. Only 4 zones with 1 sorta zone (where you can't mount just to be extra annoying). Blizz clearly put little effort into this expansion, and it is actually painful to play at times.    … Expand
  25. ziiMPLY1437
    Dec 30, 2020
    0
    I was waiting for 2 weeks to kill Oranomonos and get BiS legendary for my mage. Big thanks blizzard :)
  26. Sheddy
    Dec 31, 2020
    0
    — if you want to enjoy the game - play as the horde.
    — If you go to suffer and suffer - your choice is the alliance!
    Thanks to Blizzard for a great balanas in pve, more than 80% superiority in mythic and mythic+ keys.
    Full horde domination on the battlground, hello BFA!
  27. Hfor02
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    Unfortunately this expansion is really boring. Bastion is such hard work just to get through. Maldraxus is ok but doesn’t do anything with it during levelling. Ardenwald is sort of short and kinda run there do this go there repeat last quest. Rethendreath is not to bad but again sort of short. Then you get stuck doing world quests and fill this bar. Maw do daily but not to much as will getUnfortunately this expansion is really boring. Bastion is such hard work just to get through. Maldraxus is ok but doesn’t do anything with it during levelling. Ardenwald is sort of short and kinda run there do this go there repeat last quest. Rethendreath is not to bad but again sort of short. Then you get stuck doing world quests and fill this bar. Maw do daily but not to much as will get killed really quickly and don’t mount unless Druid. Torghast could’ve been fun but falls short constantly.

    The only reason that the hype is so much from some people is BFA was awful if Shadowlands had followed Legion, MoP or WotLK it would flop even more.    … Expand
  28. Zoolybebe
    Nov 30, 2020
    1
    The game hasn't really progressed in anyway shape or form from bfa. Aesthetics are good however the MSQ are so monotonous and bland for a newly developed game from one of the biggest studios in the world is a kick in the gut. Why am I paying top dollar for less content? Leveling experience has effectively been removed servers are bloated with alts that have zero personalities. Grinding forThe game hasn't really progressed in anyway shape or form from bfa. Aesthetics are good however the MSQ are so monotonous and bland for a newly developed game from one of the biggest studios in the world is a kick in the gut. Why am I paying top dollar for less content? Leveling experience has effectively been removed servers are bloated with alts that have zero personalities. Grinding for gear then grinding for more gear and again and again at increasing difficulty levels is prettyq much diablo not wow. There's no sense of achievement acquiring loot.

    I nearly finished the racendrath area and called it quits. Nothing could keep me there longer to.    … Expand
  29. jon6114
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    A dark dismal Gothic chase round for XPs - kill this - collect that game. Wish I hadn't bought it.
  30. Konamybr
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    Comprei a versão EPIC Edition na pré-venda achando que a Blizzard aprenderia com seus erros, mas quem errou fui eu de ter dado uma segunda chance para essa empresa que hoje é só uma sombra do que foi, a expansão tem vários bugs, está muito mal desenvolvida, com certeza eles não tiveram tempo de terminar a expansão, pois as quests são vazia e mais repetitivas a história está muito malComprei a versão EPIC Edition na pré-venda achando que a Blizzard aprenderia com seus erros, mas quem errou fui eu de ter dado uma segunda chance para essa empresa que hoje é só uma sombra do que foi, a expansão tem vários bugs, está muito mal desenvolvida, com certeza eles não tiveram tempo de terminar a expansão, pois as quests são vazia e mais repetitivas a história está muito mal contada e porca, toda a mecânica dessa expansão é voltada para manter o jogador preso pela maior quantidade de tempo possível dentro do jogo sem diversão alguma, joguei 270 reais no lixo, nunca mais compra algum jogo da blizzard na pré-venda e sinceramente espero que a comunidade se junte para boicotar essa falta de respeito com o consumidor. R.I.P BLIZZARD!… Expand
  31. R0cketfuel
    Nov 4, 2021
    0
    Don't play it:
    - questing is so boring and bad, pick ten this, killl 12 this, over and over again, it is copy and paste,
    - lore of w3 is destroyed and new story it is ridiculous to point that even most hardcore fans don't know what the hell is going on, -class, faction and specs are so imbalanced that it is insane, -you pay for expansion for the sub and there is still microtransactions    Don't play it:
    - questing is so boring and bad, pick ten this, killl 12 this, over and over again, it is copy and paste,
    - lore of w3 is destroyed and new story it is ridiculous to point that even most hardcore fans don't know what the hell is going on,
    -class, faction and specs are so imbalanced that it is insane,
    -you pay for expansion for the sub and there is still microtransactions + wow token,
    -this game is pay to win, you can buy wow token sell it for gold and use that gold to get items from auction house or to buy boosts for any content,
    -pve is good but it is hard to find group if you dont have hardcore guild that stays active even when game is so bad ,
    -pvp is totaly broken by systems and imbalance, and with boosters this is clown fiesta,
    -everything is time gated to extend your sub with no content.    … Expand
  32. laydying
    Mar 9, 2021
    0
    autistic trash created by autists for other autists
    autistic trash created by autists for other autists
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    autistic trash created by autists for other autists
    autistic trash created by autists for other autists
  33. Inheritance92
    Feb 19, 2021
    3
    It seems that the developers went over their heads to make this expansion as time-consuming as possible. Everything is locked behind impassable terrain, multi-stage world quests, a hundred of currencies timegates of all types. There is no flying, and a very important end-game zone doesn't allow you to mount at all (plus, it has a timer that makes you lose health after a half-hour or soIt seems that the developers went over their heads to make this expansion as time-consuming as possible. Everything is locked behind impassable terrain, multi-stage world quests, a hundred of currencies timegates of all types. There is no flying, and a very important end-game zone doesn't allow you to mount at all (plus, it has a timer that makes you lose health after a half-hour or so spent in it).

    It is obvious that the developers had serious time constraints, as only the first game zone has original art assets, the rest is just re-hash of previous expansions. The much-rumored "infinite dungeon" is just a mess of small passageways which use the same limited set of walls, doodads and monsters.

    The story itself is locked behind various timegates too and is a mess of trivial, non-exciting stuff and clichees galore.

    I would advise not to buy it until developers get into their senses and finally fix the game by patch 9.2 or so.    … Expand
  34. KromanoxKhan
    Sep 4, 2021
    0
    SL is fun, Torgast is nice, convenant theme is awesome!

    But time to face the reality: - People, we need item level to get progress in game. After 4x mythics+ i got anything, no drops! No drops in 2 raids in a row (7 hours spended here). Yes, you need to spend several hours in this game and your character dont get a reliable progress - Blizzard/Activion WoW mechanics looks like    SL is fun, Torgast is nice, convenant theme is awesome!

    But time to face the reality:

    - People, we need item level to get progress in game. After 4x mythics+ i got anything, no drops! No drops in 2 raids in a row (7 hours spended here).

    Yes, you need to spend several hours in this game and your character dont get a reliable progress - Blizzard/Activion WoW mechanics looks like mobile crap grind mechanics - this is horrible.

    Spend your precious time to get nothing, this is WoW.

    Dont waste your time here.    … Expand
  35. NoXHealeR
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    Worst WoW addon for sure.
    All that casuals hate from Blizzard side, over the edge timegating everything, completely uninteresting plot so far and no unique features at all (Torghast is not a new feature, it's just the worst from mage tower + the worst from island expeditions)
    1/10 just for awesome artwork and beautiful locations, as for the other things this expansion is trash
  36. Aciz
    Dec 5, 2020
    2
    One of the most boring expansions ever. Only thing you have to do: level, 8xMythic0 (you dont even need to do hc because m0 is so ez), 1-2 q's daily.... its sooooo boring. no good rewards for rep, everything fun related is capped behind renown (what are those requirements for the covenant set?!?!), not even the raid or m+ is going to change anything its still going to be lame after youreOne of the most boring expansions ever. Only thing you have to do: level, 8xMythic0 (you dont even need to do hc because m0 is so ez), 1-2 q's daily.... its sooooo boring. no good rewards for rep, everything fun related is capped behind renown (what are those requirements for the covenant set?!?!), not even the raid or m+ is going to change anything its still going to be lame after youre done with your daily stuff.
    professions (besides the legendary bases) are completely useless -> max ilvl for crafted stuff is 165?? even with upgrade II (which you can get in like 2-3 weeks) youre only at 168, this is below heroic dungeon lol
    the maw is just a bad designed place to waste your time with 3 dailys without any rewards besides rep (what is this stygia loss on death??)
    for players who dont had access to beta its frustrating not to test your covenant abilities, i mean you cant even try them out in dungeons or see the impact in a group for more than 2 levels while questing and if you want to change you have to rebuild everything in your covenant hall
    its a joke that you can ignore every worldquest except for anima if you didnt finish the weekly, there is nothing rewarding for doing every world quest, NOTHING!
    callings and mission table are a joke...
    even torghast is lame, no cosmetics, no mounts, no toys, no fun stuff besides "those great anima powers" :D

    the zones are well designed, not awesome but also not bad
    in my opinion there is only one good thing about shadowlands: no titanforging and no corruption    … Expand
  37. I3arcode
    Nov 30, 2020
    2
    I had really high hopes... this game is still full of bugs, the balance is a pretty big issue... I know it’s hard to balance everything between pvp and pve... but you can’t just ruin a class for only pvp or only pve... the weekly thing will make you pvp to have more gear choices. As much as it’s optional, in order to stay well in the game and not get left behind where you can’t find aI had really high hopes... this game is still full of bugs, the balance is a pretty big issue... I know it’s hard to balance everything between pvp and pve... but you can’t just ruin a class for only pvp or only pve... the weekly thing will make you pvp to have more gear choices. As much as it’s optional, in order to stay well in the game and not get left behind where you can’t find a group. You’re forced to play things you may not want to. I’ll give it 2 just cause the cinematics are still amazing. I guess the only real thing I can say about. Really regret buying this game...… Expand
  38. lychius
    Nov 30, 2020
    1
    First thing: i personally did not like the story at all (no spoilers) since it was way to superficial and totally lost the special something that kept me immersed with the world of warcraft.
    I didnt felt any growth of my character while leveling from 50 to 60, cuz there were no new spells only passive stuff (e.g. increases my cd ability by 3 secs). Reaching max level and choosing the    First thing: i personally did not like the story at all (no spoilers) since it was way to superficial and totally lost the special something that kept me immersed with the world of warcraft.
    I didnt felt any growth of my character while leveling from 50 to 60, cuz there were no new spells only passive stuff (e.g. increases my cd ability by 3 secs). Reaching max level and choosing the covenant gave me an ability that did not fit into my rotation nor felt good/strong while playing my class (mage/nightfae covenant).
    The visual design of the new maps is pretty nice and i like it, but travelling around is a pain (no clear ways, multi levels, walking around a lot of stuff to get somewhere, no portals to somewhere and no whistle to get to the flightmaster from previous expansion, no direct flying route to other maps but always flying to the main city with the stupid animation).
    That made the only content besides playing dungeons/pvp awefully time consuming and frustrating(world quests...).
    Next point is torgast, which felt quite fun to play the first two runs when exploring the new perks and feeling the rogue like "op-ness" when getting lucky, but it started to get boring pretty fast and for the last two runs i had to force myself to do it, to collect the legendary essence.
    Last point is the maw and i dont know what to say about it. U cannot use mounts, u will do boring daily quests and the time u spent doing this stuff in the maw is limited, since it will give annoying mechanics the longer u stay in it until u get just instantly killed (at level 5).

    i did love wow and i played it for so many years, but the path blizz went was continously making things less fun and shadowlands did not do that much right so far.    … Expand
  39. Etotolkofilm
    Dec 7, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why the addon is so bad:
    1. Nothing new, but the plot, locations and music are not bad, but this is just a wrapper.But the gameplay guys are the most important thing in the game, if he's no, then I'm sorry
    2. The Covenants - a reworked version of the garrison and the mainstay of the classes (it also constantly restricts you, you can't feel the covenant campaign because the system constantly stops you - fame even after a week passes, I already forget what happened in the previous chapter, that is, no immersion). In addition, it is built on boring farming, again daily and even transmog to open, you need to pump fame (sorry, when I do this, I will already close all content (raid, keys, pvp) and I will not be interested in playing further)
    3.For pvp players, as usual, nothing was added except the return of the old system with vendors from whom you can now buy gear, and besides the new arena it is empty again.
    4. The dungeons became very short, which seems to be good on the one hand, but on the other hand they are very flat, most of the dungeons are not tied to the plot. In the key system you can still run with friends or the guild, but in solo it is a waste of time.
    5. New location of the womb, just a complete garbage, a similar location as uldum or pandaria, mechagon or nazjatar, again farming daily, so they also tied an essentially moronic corruption system (the jailer's eye) and also removed mounts, despite the fact that worgen and druids can use the look (justice)
    6. Torgast, in fact, a reworked vision of nzota-saving chromium. Only even worse. Because it chokes with an over-gear. In fact, it is very monotonous, you trudge cleaning everything in the merchant for 40 minutes, but in fact nothing changes. Position the system and build on it addition, but in fact it's like an expedition, I went and forgot.
    BFA 2.0    … Expand
  40. Wow_gavno
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    This is a disgusting update with a gray tower and gray dolls inside, you walk an hour to the boss, and then he kills you, THIS IS A SIMULATOR OF LIFE IN Hell
  41. SilentScreams
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Some of the zones look good. That is about all this expac has going for it. The horrendous amount of RP is absolutely a game killer for me. If I had know that there was this much (listen to the npc talk) I would never have purchased this xpac. I feel as though I wasted my money on a game I can now not stand to play. I have play this game for 13 years and now I want nothing to do with it.Some of the zones look good. That is about all this expac has going for it. The horrendous amount of RP is absolutely a game killer for me. If I had know that there was this much (listen to the npc talk) I would never have purchased this xpac. I feel as though I wasted my money on a game I can now not stand to play. I have play this game for 13 years and now I want nothing to do with it. Unskippable rp and unskippable cut scenes are a game killer for me. I will never buy another xpac. This will be the last of any funds Blizzard sees from me. If the talking could be skipped I would be okay with it. However it is not skippable. You actually get a quest to ask Jaina about something, then again to ask her about something else, then AGAIN to ask her about another thing. None the talking can be skipped. You actually have to wait out the nonsense. Usually on a new xpac this would be okay for 1 toon, as I would immerse for the first toon leveled. NOT for all of them.

    No motivation to play this nonsense.

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

    Lets not even start on Torghast.........    … Expand
  42. sebardo
    Dec 20, 2020
    1
    It's an extremely disappointing expansion, with tons of OP classes, and on the other hand, there's other that are totally forgiven. Now instead of balancing the op classes they prefer to kill it, making totally unplayable. The other point is about those grindings, that you need to level up all over again, without any apparently reason and it's totally unfriendly for who wants to create anIt's an extremely disappointing expansion, with tons of OP classes, and on the other hand, there's other that are totally forgiven. Now instead of balancing the op classes they prefer to kill it, making totally unplayable. The other point is about those grindings, that you need to level up all over again, without any apparently reason and it's totally unfriendly for who wants to create an alt, because you covenant grinding is weekly based.
    And once again the PVE items is a way stronger than pvp.    … Expand
  43. RuguRene
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    Better than BFA )) So for me the Shadowland its a like a new breathe. They did new mechanics and they improved the olds
  44. ffdevin
    Dec 26, 2020
    2
    Nothing new just the same timegated garbage under new skins. For example if you hated bfa then don't expect anything better. Less dungeons more dailies... And the same toxic racist community. You are better off playing final fantasy as it has a more causal and rewarding experience. The class balance is bad with some classes reviewing 20-50 percent buffs or nerfs weekly
  45. illuria
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Launch was pretty good but... I don't know I had high hopes for SL. I originally left WoW in the end of WoD up until that part I was a High-End Raider but there is so much wrong in WoW Raiding I couldnt really put that all in here - however all you need to know is that I left WoW for another big MMO.

    Ever since then I give WoW a Chance every Addon but they always manage to make an OK    Launch was pretty good but... I don't know I had high hopes for SL. I originally left WoW in the end of WoD up until that part I was a High-End Raider but there is so much wrong in WoW Raiding I couldnt really put that all in here - however all you need to know is that I left WoW for another big MMO.

    Ever since then I give WoW a Chance every Addon but they always manage to make an OK leveling (even their new approach to storytelling is below average in comparrison to story rich MMOs) into tiring daily grind. I don't mind a grind but the WoW grind is boring as hell as it is the same since Ages. Thorgast doesnt really change this as Thorgast is boring on your 3rd run too. I also don't wanna talk about how trash the Maw ist and how boring 3 Button Classes are.

    Overall.. just another typical WoW Expac - the people who like it will get their new copy of a old formular everybody else will go again like me.    … Expand
  46. Callandir
    Dec 2, 2020
    5
    In my opinion it should be called: World od Warcraft Boringlands. The same boredom as a Drenaor.
  47. GNOMINGA
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    Es ist schon traurig wenn man während des quest nicht mehr sterben kann dazu kommt wozu haben die dd mana völlig unnötig wenn des immer voll ist kein oom mehr bei denn Klassen nur noch bei heals und ich spiele seit 13 jahren bis jetzt mir ist der spaß vergangen kein reitz mehr es spielt sich auch wie ein free mmo
  48. Dulera
    Dec 4, 2020
    4
    Same recycled content. Lack luster story. Game is full of nothing but busy content. The only saving grace is that PvP might actually be fun and worth doing this time.
  49. Old_Skewl_Gamer
    Dec 7, 2020
    2
    Some of the art and music are good. Everything else is garbage. This is BFA 2.0 complete with **** loads of time gating, layered complicated unnecessary systems and hellacious mandatory grinds.

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

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

    Couple this with the absolute worst PvE community in gaming and you have a **** you should avoid at all costs (for me about $300 I'd love to have back since they pushed the release back a month and it's still buggy PoS).    … Expand
  50. Kaxcer
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    This expansion plays to the game strength.
    Zones designs is great, in practice is bit worse. The Bastion is exception.
    New world quests are better but nothing ground breaking. New features are decent, Torghast is fun but nothing special. The Maw not worst still feels kind of useless. New dungeons are strength of the game. Fast paced gameplay. New gearing is more fun, as its harder to    This expansion plays to the game strength.
    Zones designs is great, in practice is bit worse. The Bastion is exception.
    New world quests are better but nothing ground breaking.
    New features are decent, Torghast is fun but nothing special.
    The Maw not worst still feels kind of useless.
    New dungeons are strength of the game. Fast paced gameplay.
    New gearing is more fun, as its harder to gear.
    New raid looks boring but challenge is there.

    So why did I give it such a low score ? Think about it too many parts of the game are too easy.
    Questing is easy, you just do things which are completely dull.
    World quests, just go and do this and you get reward ... but everyone get that reward !! It just feels like watching the movie instead of playing.
    And the biggest problem, scripted Raid bosses. Just as always. Bosses on each try always do the same you just need to learn the pattern and beat them. It may look hard but thats only because its locked behind throwing dozens of attempts at bosses. Game engine and design are old and they never worked. And still the same.    … Expand
  51. Zelliaind
    Dec 24, 2020
    4
    It's a step in the right direction but it's still not enough to keep me playing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Over all, the expansion is much better than BfA and is a step in the right direction for sure. However, I've decided that as long as they keep using borrowed power in their expansions, I'm not going to be paying for any of their games from now on. The extra systems, the added bolt on things they add that get thrown out in the next expansions prepatch are just too exhausting to be able to keep up with.    … Expand
  52. edwinofsakh
    Dec 7, 2020
    2
    It was the worst game experience in the Torghast. It was very easy to clear levels but very hard to kill the boss. For me, it was like a loot box but with my time inside. If it is a good bonus and a good boss I will win if not I will lose. But I can understand it just at the final point. So I need to spend about an hour just to check if I am I lucky boy or not. Maybe I am a bad player butIt was the worst game experience in the Torghast. It was very easy to clear levels but very hard to kill the boss. For me, it was like a loot box but with my time inside. If it is a good bonus and a good boss I will win if not I will lose. But I can understand it just at the final point. So I need to spend about an hour just to check if I am I lucky boy or not. Maybe I am a bad player but so strange difficulty curve looks strange for me.

    The story is epic and cinematic is beautiful. But it was hard to enjoy them.    … Expand
  53. Terninator
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    So playing on a high population server, the lag literally makes the game unplayable. Everything is delayed by up to 3 seconds and players rubberband all around. On top of that me and my friends keep disconnecting 10-15 times every hour.
  54. AntonAft
    Jul 9, 2021
    0
    the game seems to be normal, the plot is good, but there is one problem. a very big problem. and this problem is called minorities. WHY would blood elves be black all of A sudden? according to the original plot, blood elves are not found in nature as black, yellow, etc., they can ONLY be white and their skin has a pink hue, just like night elves can't be white, Blizzard have you gone crazythe game seems to be normal, the plot is good, but there is one problem. a very big problem. and this problem is called minorities. WHY would blood elves be black all of A sudden? according to the original plot, blood elves are not found in nature as black, yellow, etc., they can ONLY be white and their skin has a pink hue, just like night elves can't be white, Blizzard have you gone crazy there at all? LGBT is superfluous, and there is also a feeling that you are specially making a lot of girl heroes, I won't say I don't like it, there will undoubtedly be kings - will be and queens, but don't go too far with this. and, unfortunately, you are not the only ones, this is the problem of many games, if the person reading this review is a gamer like me, then he will understand, we play for entertainment, we like it, and we do not want to see politics, propaganda, etc.in games, I do not pay my money for this, games are creativity, the embodiment of the ideas and thoughts of the author, and not... this. if you want to make the world a better place-start with yourself, Blizzard stop this circus, we should not let them climb into our territory, what games will be decided by US, we must fight them! developers, do not add LGBT, BLM and especially feminists to your games, and we, gamers, let's just criticize and not buy games where they are present. we will avenge the WoW, we will avenge the girls in Mk11, we will avenge the games they ruined, we will avenge someone else, we will avenge on behalf of all gamers, we are the force, games are our territory, help us RGB-light, they will not be able to resist us!!! Blizzard I demand from you: give me back my WoW, give me back my Sin'dorei, selama ashal’anore. and maybe you will return Arthas? would you rather make the Whip a separate faction like a Horde or an Alliance? it would be very cool)))

    игра вроде норм, сюжет хорош, но есть одна проблема. очень большая проблема. и эта проблема называется меньшинства. С ЧЕГО ЭТО ВДРУГ эльфы крови могут быть чёрными? по оригинальному сюжету эльфы крови в природе не встречаются чёрными, жёлтыми и т.д., они могут быть ТОЛЬКО белыми и их кожа имеет розовый оттенок, так-же как и ночные эльфы не могут быть белыми, Blizzard у вас там вообще крыша поехала? ЛГБТ лишнее, и ещё создаётся чувство что вы специально делаете много героев-девушек, не скажу мне это не нравится, несомненно, есть короли будут и королевы, но не перегибайте с этим. и, к сожалению, вы не единственные, это проблема очень многих игр, если читающий этот отзыв человек геймер как и я то он поймёт, мы играем для развлечения, нам это нравится, и мы не хотим видеть в играх политику, пропаганду и т.д., я не за это плачу свои деньги, игры это творчество, воплощение идей и мыслей автора, а не... это. хотите сделать мир лучше - начните с себя, Blizzard прекращайте этот цирк, мы не должны давать им лезть на нашу территорию, какими будут игры решаем МЫ, мы должны бороться с ними! разработчики, не добавляйте ЛГБТ, BLM и особенно фемисток в свои игры, а мы, геймеры, давайте просто будем критиковать и не покупать игры где они присутствуют. отомстим на вов шд, отомстим за девушек в Мк11, отомстим за испорченные ими игры, отомстим за кого-то ещё, отомстим от лица всех геймеров, мы - сила, игры - наша территория, да поможет нам RGB-свет, они не смогут противостоять нам!!! Blizzard я от вас требую: верните мне мой WoW, верните мне моих Син’Дорай, сэлама ашаль’анорэ. и, может, вы вернёте Артаса? а лучше сделаете Плеть отдельной фракцией как Орда или Альянс? было бы очень круто)))    … Expand
  55. Nikolas_super
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Меня сильно разочаровала новая локация Зерет Мортис, если ты не варлок, дх и не в ковенанте вентиров, то там делать нечего, так как большинство сундуков запрятаны так, что без прыжков и телепортов нереально добраться, а остальные сундуки под шифрами (головоломками). Слили значимых героев как Артас. Так же в игре сильная дискриминация определённых классов, которых не берут в рейды и в ключи. Создаёшь игрового персонажа и выбираешь специализацию которая тебе понравилась, и после траты времени на прокачку этого персонажа узнаешь, что его никуда не берут, так как он не сильно наносит урон в ключах и рейдах.
    Поставил плохую оценку, так как разработчики этой игры влезли в политику!    … Expand
  56. blaze89010
    Aug 31, 2021
    1
    Looks pretty as always. The time gating is just too obvious currently. If you are trying to be a sweaty player this game is for you as you can level alts quickly. Punishing the slow player that likes to enjoy the process is modern day WOW's moto it seems. Waiting for changes to fix issues is fine for free-to play games but this is a subscription based game. Requiring players to pay forLooks pretty as always. The time gating is just too obvious currently. If you are trying to be a sweaty player this game is for you as you can level alts quickly. Punishing the slow player that likes to enjoy the process is modern day WOW's moto it seems. Waiting for changes to fix issues is fine for free-to play games but this is a subscription based game. Requiring players to pay for inept design choices does not fly in this tight economy. Lowered my score. If you don't have dedicated M+, rated BG, Arena groups or a raiding guild you will be suboptimal probably until the end of the patch.… Expand
  57. Drastic_drugs
    Jul 15, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Очень убогий, не интересный сюжет. Военное ремесло стало ещё более мультяшным. Серьезности больше нет от слова совсем. Теперь это дегроигра для дегродетишек 12 лет. Бонусом, в игру постоянно добавляют новых персонажей-глиномесов или и прочий СЖВ-мусор. От патча к патчу пихают пропаганду толерастни и гордятся этим.… Expand
  58. Calcify
    Nov 29, 2020
    2
    Once the allure of the covenant and TG tower fade, there is not much luster for this xpac.. Don't understand the 9/10s.
  59. arbitrator
    Nov 28, 2020
    4
    The game had so much potential, I was excited to play it, and honestly it has some very good features that are implemented well. However, its flaws shine through any positives. For starters, some quests don't work well, you have to abandon and restart them because it'll randomly just not work. (can't pick up items, cant use items on target). The other big problem is class bugs, all sortsThe game had so much potential, I was excited to play it, and honestly it has some very good features that are implemented well. However, its flaws shine through any positives. For starters, some quests don't work well, you have to abandon and restart them because it'll randomly just not work. (can't pick up items, cant use items on target). The other big problem is class bugs, all sorts of spells don't work how intended, as a pally my friends and I noticed that ashes and divine storm just did 0 damage about 1/3 of the time.
    A more minor bug but equally annoying. sometimes when you die, it will just put you in a random other zone at a spirit healer. Got put in bastion twice when I died to horde ganks in Maldraxxus. On that note, the other big issue is people can use npcs in zones to assist in pvp, and for some completely unknown reason they made it so pvp can happen in cities, no guards or anything. Many times while checking out the new cities, groups of horde/alliance will just roll through and murder people hanging out. It makes very little sense.

    My least favorite actual feature, is the simple fact that side quests are actually a hinderance to you. I did many of them checking out the stories on the way to level 60. Only to find out when I get to 60. You cannot do ANY max level content until you do the entire chain for the campaign quests. So after hitting max level, I am currently stuck questing for about 5-7 more hours just to be able to see what max level it.

    If you take anything away from this, don't do side quests...    … Expand
  60. metacriticuse33
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    No doubt Shadowlands is beautiful, however, the game feels like I am riding on the boat from the pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. You are just set onto these rails from start to finish and it just makes it unbearable boring.

    The game up until maybe 2012ish had so much more freedom of gameplay and it just made the world more fun to explore. This new game is just... different,    No doubt Shadowlands is beautiful, however, the game feels like I am riding on the boat from the pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. You are just set onto these rails from start to finish and it just makes it unbearable boring.

    The game up until maybe 2012ish had so much more freedom of gameplay and it just made the world more fun to explore. This new game is just... different, it does not play like a MMORPG.    … Expand
  61. GrimReaper71
    Nov 30, 2020
    1
    It started out quite well and the graphics are really nice and the voices and and the german translations are of high quality.
    Leveling up to 60 is quite easy and the storyline stays visible all the time so one gets not distracted by sidequests.
    --- Thats it now for the good things. After reaching level 60 the game gets confusing and cannot be handled any more by a single player and a    It started out quite well and the graphics are really nice and the voices and and the german translations are of high quality.
    Leveling up to 60 is quite easy and the storyline stays visible all the time so one gets not distracted by sidequests.
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    Thats it now for the good things.
    After reaching level 60 the game gets confusing and cannot be handled any more by a single player and a short time after that the storyline lost as well and one stumbles arround with grinding and stupid, simple kill and collection quests.
    Besides all of that it is, that the main story is quite foreseeable and of course it is even more sad that the story cannot be played through without having to ask other players for help.
    Cancelled my membership after 2 weeks so only wasted one moth fee.    … Expand
  62. Katlin
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    The people giving this game 10/10 are on servers that must not have any issues. I couldnt play on launch day and my ticket for support has an 8 day queue. There is much to like and dislike about this launch.
  63. notings
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
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  64. Destoxin
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    Huge disappointment. Upon reaching level cap, which didnt take much time at all, I realized that all the new endgame content was super bland. The one cool thing, tower of torghast, is hardly worth doing at all. The new covenant systems sucks so bad. Temporary abilities that will be gone at the end of the expac, and more endless grinding. I cant recommend the game how it is now, maybe whenHuge disappointment. Upon reaching level cap, which didnt take much time at all, I realized that all the new endgame content was super bland. The one cool thing, tower of torghast, is hardly worth doing at all. The new covenant systems sucks so bad. Temporary abilities that will be gone at the end of the expac, and more endless grinding. I cant recommend the game how it is now, maybe when some of the patches come out, but super boring. I unsubbed this expac, first time in years. Definitely save your money here.… Expand
  65. ClarkKunt
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    It turns out that the biggest WoW killer is WoW itself. How ironic, there is no hope for this game anymore.
  66. GambleGold
    Nov 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The zones are individually between okay and beautiful, but after what's in the game they really don't create the otherworldly feeling Shadowlands is going for. They are what's already in the game, cranked up by not all that much.
    It's highly subjective, of course, but to me Shadowlands comes with the least inspired zones of every expansion. And they are not even linked by a common theme other than being loosely based on a pastiche of real-world afterlife concepts.

    The leveling part of the main story is bland, the plot feels rushed and reductive. It does not fit the grand nature of a cosmic story line, and on a more personal level, has not fit the WoW lore. Much of the covenant story line is time-gated, which to me is not only a let-down, but absurd. Let me explore what story you have at my pace. I'd understand limited time-gating as a way to show progress of time (such as during the War of Thorns campaign), but not to get to the main part of the story. What's there, so far, simply isn't much.

    I will not complain much about the repetitive quests. I believe that's part of an MMORPG's nature, even though taking inspirations from other games might go a long way.
    I won't complain about anima power, either. It was obvious from the get-go that it was going to become another "AP" grind, no matter what Blizzard claimed. I can hit Kotick with a spade and claim it's not assult, but that doesn't change the reality of things.

    Thorgast looks fun enough for now, and I expect it to stay that way with regular updates, and perhaps even without. I hope it will become a concept to grow with each expansion, rather than being a one-time deal (such as garrisons, order halls, warfronts or island expeditions - which were not discontinued because they were a ton of fun)

    The Threads of Fate are fine. For a player with many alts it works, but that's all. Ultimately, Blizzard has mostly given up on a core component of their game. The process of leveling is just that, regardless of many players who'd rather just have endgame. If leveling up feels like a chore rather than a challenging and interesting journey, if doing a dungeon during the leveling process feels less rewarding than running one at max level, there's a problem with game design. Blizzards way of adressing that issue in Shadowlands is further reducing leveling time, rather than actually making it worth a player's time. This is particularly sad, as Threads of Fate offer a couple of ideas how leveling a character can include relevant elements for endgame.

    I'm not mad, I'm disappointed. Or better yet, underwhelmed. There are good things to be said about Shadowlands, but it's uninspired, hackneyed style and story, it's time-gating and the meaninglessness of covenants, beyond getting your BIS Souldbinds and skill, in my opinion, far outweigh every bit of progress the xpac has made from BfA.    … Expand
  67. Guildford
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    The new content is not bad and there are some cool features, but there are a lot of Bugs and no one cares. Tickets are not processed and players are left alone with problems. For a game for which you pay monthly fees, I expect active support.
  68. bmorin2514
    Dec 8, 2020
    3
    It's better than BFA but worse than Legion. Not a big accomplishment. This expansion is just more of the same. You get general WQ's, a mission table, up to 3 "daily quests", and borrowed power that feels bad to use. The classes are unbalanced and never will be balanced. Blizzard just doesn't care about the state of their game.

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

    The zones, art, and music are nice. Even with all the re-used assets.    … Expand
  69. HjalmarHammar
    Nov 30, 2020
    4
    The grind is back! More currencies to gather, more time gated content than before.

    Dungeons and group play, the hallmarks of MMOs, are even more castrated. The invention (not) of "mythic" dungeon runs is extended, no time for atmosphere - only speed counts. Blizzard has avoided to create actual content for dungeons, and sells this as an "epic" feature, and distorted ("mythic")    The grind is back! More currencies to gather, more time gated content than before.

    Dungeons and group play, the hallmarks of MMOs, are even more castrated.

    The invention (not) of "mythic" dungeon runs is extended, no time for atmosphere - only speed counts.
    Blizzard has avoided to create actual content for dungeons, and sells this as an "epic" feature, and distorted ("mythic") dungeons into repetitive time-driven grinds with no appeal for anyone seeking stories behind them.

    And Thorgast, the new "endgame" instance ... doable solo ... Boring boring boring. Random-generated filler-levels with no appeal, with countless anonymous monsters with no story-connection to kill until one reaches the "interesting parts".

    The real "highlight" is that you can avoid to follow the main story line with alts (!)
    and start with daily quests and endless dungeons runs from day one. Yeah.

    Covenants traits - which block the talents you want to switch (no chance as a tank for a damage dealer ) - making the tank and healer shortage even more present.

    The only well deserved score points are for the music and the design of the new world. If that is enough? We'll see.    … Expand
  70. serbanredu
    Dec 9, 2020
    1
    The content in the game is great. Absolutely amazing. But that doesn't matter if you cannot play it. Servers are trash. Lag every day , takes 10 seconds to loot something, disconnects every half hour, 2 hours queues just to get in and face the lag. TRASH
  71. Shurb
    Dec 9, 2020
    3
    The eye and ear candy earn the title three stars. I feel the world is too disconnected from Azeroth and the Warcraft fantasy personally but the music is stirring and a couple of the four tiny zones are pleasant and interesting. Virtually everything else in the expansion feels like a drip feeding experience. Imagine opening the icebox and pulling out a delicious cold coke on a summer dayThe eye and ear candy earn the title three stars. I feel the world is too disconnected from Azeroth and the Warcraft fantasy personally but the music is stirring and a couple of the four tiny zones are pleasant and interesting. Virtually everything else in the expansion feels like a drip feeding experience. Imagine opening the icebox and pulling out a delicious cold coke on a summer day after mowing the lawn only then being forced to drink it out of a straw with a diameter of a sewing needle. This is the feeling you get from shadowlands. The time gating is absurd and unnecessary.
    Excessive time gating is being justified by invested members of the community by framing certain content as “optional” because it’s not directly tied to “player power” as though that’s the only concern of the modern MMO player. In reality, the gating is in place to ensure that subscribers who mostly play solo or focus on the single player aspects of the game don’t play them like a single player game and instead play them the way blizzard wants them played: slowly and over the course of $everal months. Perhaps most shockingly, the game has an uncharacteristically low level of polish for a blizzard title. There are lots of questing bugs that require logging in and out to fix as well as animation and pathing issues that don’t meet the historical standard. Most awful are the many unacceptable bugs that occurred as a result of the sloppy and arbitrary item level squish that have resulted in old content being completely unenjoyable. Becoming objectively weaker after spending more time developing, leveling and upgrading your character is an unfathomably stupid design decision and one that a team of developers who cares would never have let go live or at least unfixed STILL. So, it they don’t care, why should I? For these reasons and many others the game is not up to snuff and certainly not worth the fifteen dollars a month to feed at the drip feeder until it is.    … Expand
  72. schlampipuff
    Dec 11, 2020
    1
    Should´ve been in development for 6 more months. Uninspired quests and mechanics. everything is even more designed to keep you subscribed. but this time the time sinks are transparent und for everyone to see.
    The Maw is one of those boring time sinks.
    Thorgast is another one. With Thorgast they tried a rogue like aproach but failed miserably. There is potential for a good game mechanic    Should´ve been in development for 6 more months. Uninspired quests and mechanics. everything is even more designed to keep you subscribed. but this time the time sinks are transparent und for everyone to see.
    The Maw is one of those boring time sinks.
    Thorgast is another one. With Thorgast they tried a rogue like aproach but failed miserably. There is potential for a good game mechanic but the dev team lacked time and everything is just tedious and bland.
    Art and Sound Team did an ok job. There are many reused Assets. No new Zone stands out. Map Design is also bland and uninspired.
    Unsubscribed and i really hope they find a better team lead with a better vision.    … Expand
  73. Rabblerabblerab
    Dec 19, 2020
    1
    As usual Blizzard has delivered on all of the things that are great for the first and maybe second pass (zone aesthetics, music, etc.)

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

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

    Glyphs, talent trees and pruned abilities/bonuses became Artifact weapons.
    Artifact weapons became Azerite Armor+Heart of Azeroth,
    Azerite became Covenants+Conduits.
    I was fine with Glyphs and talent trees. Now there's a rep grind and a gryphon ride to interact with an NPC to access a GUI that should just be reached with a keybind.    … Expand
  74. valprozwan123
    Oct 22, 2021
    0
    Mcree and Afrasiabi spits on you. Idiotic plot and trying to remove good features from this game makes it very bad. Fire feminists, who rule you.
  75. Wilcox5
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    No new classes, no new races, temp abilities, unbalanced classes. Ticket times are crazy. Covenant is not fun.
  76. Jan_Jansen
    Nov 28, 2020
    3
    The game increasingly loses its seriousness and turns into Disneyland. The plot is terrible, progress is boring, classes are broken, covenants are unbalanced and uninteresting! Not the worst addition, but below average!
  77. Caramorn
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Borrowed power yet again. They claim to have "unpruned" classes to make them feel more unique, yet I feel like there's less to do on the classes. I've played since launch and it's depressing to see how blizzard tries to copy and paste their successes ( torghast is basically just diablo) and not put any soul into their game. This is the last expansion I'll buy.
  78. LawbringerX
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Not alot to like in this expansion. Reminds me of a BFA reskin like others have mentioned. Will change score if more content is added (aside from new zones).
  79. Fland89
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Made the wrong choice with the covenant system on a misclick, got to wait 10 days for a blizzard ticket to help. Maybe just get a refund instead.
  80. JackKnowles
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    Yet more vapid, cookie cutter garbage from Actiblizz. if you thought BFA was bad, this is even worse. Save your money for something else, the people giving this 9's and 10's are obsessed fanboys that would even eat **** with a smile if their favorite company asked them to.
  81. YoungTad
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    I created an account just to rate this game and warn others. It is around a 3-4, there are no new features that make this an expansion. Merits the title of "Patch". Launch was dicey depending on server. For whatever reason, people are giving it a 10.. Are these paid reviews, fanbois, or something else? When I see a 10 it makes me very curious..
  82. fencilj5178
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Literally the worst expansion to any mmo I've ever had the luxury to deal with. If I could rate this trash with a negative score I would.
  83. Franklin2
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Interesting people rating this 10/10. Must be on a server that functions. Can we balance Sub rogues?
  84. SpudCommando
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    The worst World of Warcraft has ever been. Feels like this expansion was made entirely by interns. From the writing, cutscene cinematography, quest design, and class balance. You're better off playing FFXIV Shadowbringers instead. The Metacritic ratings for Shadowbringers speak for itself.
  85. Tsyuko
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    For PVP only player below 1800 rating or no rating at all game will be once again completly unplayable with zero fun factor(unles you are masochist). From TBC to this time I was always buying, paying and playing WoW only for random BGs and nothing else - like it was fantasy Battlefield with spells instead of bullets and game was perfectly playable like that from TBC where I started to endFor PVP only player below 1800 rating or no rating at all game will be once again completly unplayable with zero fun factor(unles you are masochist). From TBC to this time I was always buying, paying and playing WoW only for random BGs and nothing else - like it was fantasy Battlefield with spells instead of bullets and game was perfectly playable like that from TBC where I started to end of Legion. I never cared about any form of PVE, achievements, mounts, ratings etc., just random BGs. Honor gear used to be always decent in PVP and ranked gear was never locked behind 1,8k+ ratings, maybe except few items like sholders and helmet on TBC and Wotlk. Right now if you are not 2k+ rated player and you don't play any PVE content at all you will be stomped on by both mythic PVE players and high rated PVP players. And keep stupid arguments like it's RPG and gear is the most important thing for yourself, I played this game long enough to know it was not like that for 10+ years. Power gap used to be like maximum 10-20% from honor to conquest gear, not like 50-70%...

    Right now power gap in BGs between for example 160 ilvl and 180 ilvl character of same class with high combat participation in DMG done is already astronomical, like 300k dmg done vs 600k dmg done and it's 20 ilvl difference with no raid, m+ and ranked season released yet. There is absolutely zero chance for 200 ilvl player to beat 220 ilvl raider or 2k+ rat PvP player even if they make more mistakes than low ranked/unranked player. While in the past this game was always like 30% gear and 70% skill in instanced PvP even if you had only honor gear, now it's like 30% skill and 70% gear unless you play against same geared person. If you like this game only for casual PvP like me and you think it will be good experience you are terribly mistaken. Don't get tricked by PVP vendors and satisfied tryhard pro PVP players. PVP in this game is satisfying only for top 10-15% elite players with the best PVE gear or highest ratings in rated BGs and arenas and everyne else is screwed once again. Great days for average players from expansions like TBC, Wotlk, MoP and WoD are long gone and SL will not bring them back. If time proves me wrong and random BGs will be fun for unranked player with honor gear only I will change this rating to something more objective like 7/10. Right now it does not look good for casuals in PVP...    … Expand
  86. Goldsworthy
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Worst exp after draenor. Blizzard is dead, Actvsion kill the company.
    Why we play this game again? it very horrible
  87. calibur66
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    Good visuals and music, some interesting story moments but overall its simply more of the same like most expansions, partially due to two main aspects, an old game reaching its limits in what it can offer mechanically along side incredibly obvious time gating in the place of quality of content.
  88. Turoine
    Dec 2, 2020
    5
    Legion was 7/10, BFA 3/10 and this seems to be 6/10ish. As many people have said, music and some area designs are pretty solid. Leveling is too linear. I would like to quit areas and move forward whenever I want. Now I'm forced to make quests. Probably I will get punished if I skip some quests. This has been problem for 2 last expansions - hopefully not on this one. Legendary system soundsLegion was 7/10, BFA 3/10 and this seems to be 6/10ish. As many people have said, music and some area designs are pretty solid. Leveling is too linear. I would like to quit areas and move forward whenever I want. Now I'm forced to make quests. Probably I will get punished if I skip some quests. This has been problem for 2 last expansions - hopefully not on this one. Legendary system sounds boring for me and probably I will not build any legendary item. I actually didn't hate RNG so much, because it was very exciting.

    Raiding is most important part of game for me, so my rating may change after i've tested the raids.    … Expand
  89. Eggmungus
    Jan 21, 2021
    5
    As usual the art team did an amazing job with this expansion, however the actual gameplay is a bit of a let down. Torghast is horrible and unrewarding, The Maw is just boring and unrewarding, the incredibly short storyline is time gated to try and extend its duration and a lot of its progression is locked behind dungeons, raids, Torghast and the maw making the entire experience actuallyAs usual the art team did an amazing job with this expansion, however the actual gameplay is a bit of a let down. Torghast is horrible and unrewarding, The Maw is just boring and unrewarding, the incredibly short storyline is time gated to try and extend its duration and a lot of its progression is locked behind dungeons, raids, Torghast and the maw making the entire experience actually not fun to play. On top of everyting else loot is terrible in this expansion. I actually preferred BFA to this and that's just bad.… Expand
  90. soran741
    Nov 29, 2020
    1
    If there was magic in World of Warcraft, it has been lost or migrated to new horizons.
    Repeated mechanics and over systematization, desperate control over everything.
    Another failure in story and narrative, disastrous and incoherent improvisation. Another reduced Legion sub-variation, minimal changes, minor tweaks, relocation of old systems to look new. Nothing surprisingly attractive    If there was magic in World of Warcraft, it has been lost or migrated to new horizons.
    Repeated mechanics and over systematization, desperate control over everything.
    Another failure in story and narrative, disastrous and incoherent improvisation.
    Another reduced Legion sub-variation, minimal changes, minor tweaks, relocation of old systems to look new.
    Nothing surprisingly attractive (characters, armor, mounts, collectibles) world art is fine but nothing remarkable.
    Characters with cliche backgrounds, minimalistic cinematics reusing models within the game.    … Expand
  91. SxhLan
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    M+ sucks!!!!WE NEED MORE LOOTS!!!10 M+ ,I GOT NOTHING!!!AND THE LEGENDARY STAFF IS REDICULOUS,I DONT WANTTO BUY IT FROM THE AH!
  92. kendro1200
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    TLDR: Wait 4 or 5 months before buying/subscribing to this expansion. It likely is going to be another WoD or BFA.

    Long story: When this expansion to the World of Warcraft game was announced, it was weakest expansion with the lowest bar set for features and things to add to a game. Note this is a game with a monthly subscription greater than your monthly Netflix or other streaming    TLDR: Wait 4 or 5 months before buying/subscribing to this expansion. It likely is going to be another WoD or BFA.

    Long story:
    When this expansion to the World of Warcraft game was announced, it was weakest expansion with the lowest bar set for features and things to add to a game. Note this is a game with a monthly subscription greater than your monthly Netflix or other streaming service, and then charges you a premium at the start of each expansion to play the latest content. That is already a fairly high cost in the modern market. All that was added this expansion:
    Questing to a new level cap (the old level cap of 120 was scaled down to 50 in a recent patch)
    Four Factions, similar to your old Aldor/Scryer reputations from BC, where you pick one and are on unfriendly terms with the others, so pick correctly. Think of it like Hogwarts Houses, the one you pick determines how you experience Hogwarts, or in this case the Shadowlands.
    A new raid (standard, usually one to three ship with an expansion, in this case just one)
    Some new dungeons. (a medium 8 for expansions, 4 leveling dungeons, 4 max level dungeons)
    Borrowed powers based on which of the four factions you picked.
    Legendaries make a return, as crafted items.
    Choose your own Math Adventure (this one is complicated, and will be expanded upon later).

    That is it. No new races, no new classes, no new talents rows, no new permanent class growth, no class sets or armor.

    So for the Choose Your Own Math Adventure "feature".
    So WoW has had a balancing problem, that was mitigated over the years by normalizing the classes to an extent up until MoP, an iteration of WoW back in 2012 to 2014. Class normalization was seen as bad and so classes were almost gutted with literal respect to the overall impact of what taking things out of the game does to its overall balance. Since then there has been a huge issue with class balance that the developing studio Blizzard has attempted to fix by adding in extra passive abilities and borrowed powers to try and fix old problems. Note borrowed powers are built to fix old problems not current problems, which is a big problem, because old problems should have been fixed and new problems should be actively worked on to be fixed. Instead of fixing current problems actively, Blizzard instead attempts to make small adjustments to passive traits in the hopes that it will be enough to cover a gaping hole in class design. Imagine you are with a group of players, and they can all run really fast and can start combat without you very early. They can nearly finish the combat by the time you join it. So they'll do more damage and you will do less. This feels bad for everyone involved, so Blizzard decides instead of giving you some way to catch up with your friends, they will just increase the damage you do on your first ability when you enter combat. On paper it looks like you've all done similar damage, so it's balanced, right? Except now to balance your class they tune down all of your damage after that first strike, so only your first ability in a fight does anything, and everything after that you might as well go afk, or find a way to break combat, so you can get your first strike ability back. So instead of the simple answer, make everyone go around the same speed, there is a whole new weird problem, that Blizzard painted themselves into a corner in. There are thousands of problems like this within the game. Blizzard tried to keep this expansion feature-light in order to try and fix these problems. Rather the problems directly and admit they were wrong to remove certain things from the game, instead they went the latter route in the example. They've created systems upon systems that complicate the game. Imagine Path of Exile level of systems, introduced within the faction you choose. You will have three new pseudo-talent trees in the form of NPC characters, that are like the Legion Artifact Talent Trees, but simpler and unable to be completed. You can only change the choices you make in them on a Freemium Mobile style charge system that you have to wait to recharge. None of these talents or abilities will give you a plain "x does y more damage" but instead say, "a has a b% chance to do c". Now one or two percentile things are easy to track, but when you add several of them, then you have to rely on the Simulation community to crunch numbers and figure out what works best, which normally changes on a fight by fight basis. Not to mention that at the moment, the choices you make can change your dps by 80%! So there isn't the old "it's only a 20% difference" between doing a completely wrong choice and a good choice. Now picking the wrong choice means you are 1/5 of a whole player. 5 players who made a choice without consulting outside simulation and theory sources will perform the same as one player who does minor outside reading. This is just sloppy development.    … Expand
  93. Varlord
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    The worst expansion ever. As expected from lazy and greedy peace of **** that once has stolen blizzard name.
  94. ashley16
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    blizzard's latest attempt of pampering the cadaver of World of Warcraft seems to be about as successful as the last. abysmal
  95. HizoMek
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    If you want a decent review, check out Elendil11. I have a similar opinion. There's not much added with this expansion.
  96. Rudzter
    Dec 3, 2020
    4
    There are several main features of this expansion: covenants, maw, torghast.
    Covenants' balance is bad now. Why should my undead warlock stand for Night Fae? Answer is simple, this covenant is useful for that class while Necrolords and Revendreth useless if we are taking into account PvE content of SL. So, u cant select a covenant, which you like, if you have plans on mythic+ high keys or    There are several main features of this expansion: covenants, maw, torghast.
    Covenants' balance is bad now. Why should my undead warlock stand for Night Fae? Answer is simple, this covenant is useful for that class while Necrolords and Revendreth useless if we are taking into account PvE content of SL. So, u cant select a covenant, which you like, if you have plans on mythic+ high keys or myth raid. You should do what you must. Cannot say anything on account of PvP covenant decision, likely it won't coincide with best PvE covenant for class.
    Covenant change hurts and throws your progress away.
    The Maw is a piece of rock, rares and daily/weekly quests. No one can mount here for now. It s boring and hurts to be there. However, game designers intentionally wanted to make this location comfortless. But they made it unpleasant in a bad way: boring, unmountable, obligatory every day (if you aims progress). This place should be scary, thrilling, forcing players to move. But we have a slow walk on rocks to daily quests and rares.
    I cant believe my own words, but visions of Orgrimmar or Stormwind were better.
    Thorgast is pretty fun. It gives you opportunity to change your class and feel something new. However, some classes or specs may find it still hard to complete. For instance, shadow priests (if anima talents proced were bad). On the other hand DH in any spec, any anima talents feels good. Generally, Thorgast is ok or even good.
    Levelling is good, quests are okay.
    Plot is more surf than turf. Feels like a Disney tale.
    Poor changes to classes, though 2 classes reworked, no new classes
    Huge home town (Oribos), ONLY ONE mail box. Sorry Blizzard, little things make life better.
    Easier to have multiple twinks than previous expansion.
    Covenant zones and travelling between them looks fantastic.
    Players face many bugs for now.
    I have some huge plans an myth content. It requires to play covenant u must, visit maw every day, farm locals for anima (almost same as in every expansion, no imagination).
    All in all it s 4/10 for me( maybe +1 bonus point for easier twink management). If my plans are not the same as yours, you wish only heroic raiding and 15-key as a highest closed myth+, you would likely rate this expansion as 6-8/10. If you have plans only for PvP content my review is useless for you.    … Expand
  97. Neardark
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    Same old engine. Boring, server disconection. Greedy Company that Lost their passion for games. They only want our money for the most poor experience
  98. anoligarh
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    I can't believe they did it again. This game is dying, I have no idea how it's still not dead since they've been shoveling **** on a plate, but people keep buying it. God damn I can't believe I wasted my money yet again, I'm part of the problem I guess. At least I won't pay for the sub anymore, garbage.

    And so many morons are praising the "zones and story" when that's just 1% of the    I can't believe they did it again. This game is dying, I have no idea how it's still not dead since they've been shoveling **** on a plate, but people keep buying it. God damn I can't believe I wasted my money yet again, I'm part of the problem I guess. At least I won't pay for the sub anymore, garbage.

    And so many morons are praising the "zones and story" when that's just 1% of the game. See you at endgame with the chores and the timegates and the dailies and weeklies and the pointless systems that suck the soul out of you. This game is designed to be as tedious as possible.    … Expand
  99. TwoPunch
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    Don't know if this expansion deserves a 10. Thinking closer to a 3, its very light on features. Aside from zones, covenant, tower there's nothing. Balance for classes doesnt exist yet. Seeing these 10 rankings is crazy.
  100. Memeator
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    Not many features in this expansion unfortunately. A rating of 10 is clearly inflated. Should be a 3-5.

    DO NOT LISTEN TO SCORES DOWN THERE! THEY GIVE IT 10 CUZ THEY R FANBOIS. True rate is 3-5!
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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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