World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2139 Ratings

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  1. jimmyjackz
    Nov 24, 2014
    0
    When I first started this new xpac I was impressed well at least with the leveling quests, then the more I dug into the game the more I got mad and frustrated. They took so much from people with certain professions like no more smelting for mining no more sockets for blacksmiths, giving everyone the ability to mine in a garrison is crazy? Why even have mining and herbing if everyone can doWhen I first started this new xpac I was impressed well at least with the leveling quests, then the more I dug into the game the more I got mad and frustrated. They took so much from people with certain professions like no more smelting for mining no more sockets for blacksmiths, giving everyone the ability to mine in a garrison is crazy? Why even have mining and herbing if everyone can do it in there garrisons, the list goes on and on its crazy how much they take out of this game hell every time I take a break from this game I come back to so much confusion and anger at what was gone. Yes I know they do some stuff right but here lately they seem to do more wrong. Hell one of my favorite parts of the game was taking high lvl characters and trying to solo old raid bosses when I wasn't raiding just to see who I could solo and try different things to down a boss thought impossible with one player, not in Warlords of Draenor hell want to kill raid bosses in 25 man heroic ICC ...... One shot, hell I can solo mists of pandaria stuff. This game is just the bane of my existence. I'm such a fanboy of the game and defend it in so many ways but here lately that has ceased to happen. And one more thing I HATE DAILY's but you dont really miss something till its gone. I don't mind doing some of them I just don't like doing 20-30 a day welp thats gone. Now they have turned us .... your toon into the daily quest giver. Hell they knew we hated dailys so much they just made us the quest giver, but instead with your followers this is retarded. I could go on and on all day but i'm going to stop here............ I just wanted my wow fix but I guess i'm going to be wowsick!!! I'm going to get my collectors edition moneys worth but I know I can't play this for the next year continuously.… Expand
  2. Ikairi
    Nov 15, 2014
    8
    Now that they have sorted out the server issues the game is great. But I would like to point out to those not happy with the results due to the server problems, in an online game the main point of it is to be online!!! so if this isnt working causes huge lag and character freezes making the game unplayable then why would it it be given a higher score, its because of these sort of reviewsNow that they have sorted out the server issues the game is great. But I would like to point out to those not happy with the results due to the server problems, in an online game the main point of it is to be online!!! so if this isnt working causes huge lag and character freezes making the game unplayable then why would it it be given a higher score, its because of these sort of reviews that make blizzard fix the problems. It is part of the process.… Expand
  3. nohope88
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Blizzard you didn't have 1 chance, this was you 2nd!! And you failed yet again! This expansion certainly ain't worse than Pandaria, but for sure ain't better than Cata and well Cata was just..terrible..If this is the best you can do then I am really disgusted.

    People just stay away from Blizzard products from now on, there isn't 1 gaming company that is more greedy. Don't even tell me    Blizzard you didn't have 1 chance, this was you 2nd!! And you failed yet again! This expansion certainly ain't worse than Pandaria, but for sure ain't better than Cata and well Cata was just..terrible..If this is the best you can do then I am really disgusted.

    People just stay away from Blizzard products from now on, there isn't 1 gaming company that is more greedy. Don't even tell me how good story and quests are, other MMOs are getting quests fully voiced with lip sync and not just this terrible wall of text that is just soooo outdated..and don't even get me started on graphics...WoW is terribly outdated..nothing inovative in years..    … Expand
  4. Nimhad
    Nov 17, 2014
    5
    Blizzard did manage to do it with this new expansion brining back the magic of old wow back into the game.

    As far as i played it i did really enjoyed so far.
  5. Jamesorphan
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    You would think that after 10 years of making world of Warcraft + expansions that Blizzard would get a launch right. The answer is no. When finally do get through the wall of lag, glitches and quest that bottleneck you are meet with something that feels like a step backwards. More expensive. Less content. this is it, im out.
  6. arthas49
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Haters are right, this is undoubtedly an garbage expansion. I had such high hopes, yet the game just doesn't deliver.

    While other MMOs are improving each year, WoW is worse every year. While the setting is fine and all, the graphics are just horrible. Questing is linear. No improvements at all. They've cut so many useful elements out of the game, just so they can add a little piece here    Haters are right, this is undoubtedly an garbage expansion. I had such high hopes, yet the game just doesn't deliver.

    While other MMOs are improving each year, WoW is worse every year. While the setting is fine and all, the graphics are just horrible. Questing is linear. No improvements at all. They've cut so many useful elements out of the game, just so they can add a little piece here and there.

    Thats it, I've defeneded WoW for 10 years. No more. I won't stand this atrocity.

    Tell them Blizzard is DEAD, LEAVE and NEVER RETURN.    … Expand
  7. freak99
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    I remember when elder scrolls online came out, everyone was complaining about the bugs and a bit of lag, generally reviews didn't skip that part.

    So here we are with wow, its lagging 100x more, and it's having at least 1000x more bugs and glitches, even though this expansion is bringing nearly zero new content!!! It's not a launch it's just a damn expansion, terrible server managment.    I remember when elder scrolls online came out, everyone was complaining about the bugs and a bit of lag, generally reviews didn't skip that part.

    So here we are with wow, its lagging 100x more, and it's having at least 1000x more bugs and glitches, even though this expansion is bringing nearly zero new content!!! It's not a launch it's just a damn expansion, terrible server managment.

    If ESO deserved 5/10, this mess doesn't deserve even -5.    … Expand
  8. deathwingx11
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    So Blizzard promised play on day one! Now its exactly 31h past launch and the game is still unplayable!
    This is the worst launch of an MMO in the at least past 5+ years. They're merging of the realms backfired terribly, and seriously I just dont get it, this was sooo predictable. These must be the most incompetent fools in modern gaming.
    To put aside the technical failure (which you    So Blizzard promised play on day one! Now its exactly 31h past launch and the game is still unplayable!
    This is the worst launch of an MMO in the at least past 5+ years. They're merging of the realms backfired terribly, and seriously I just dont get it, this was sooo predictable. These must be the most incompetent fools in modern gaming.

    To put aside the technical failure (which you shouldn't blink an eye to it anyway, it's a disgrace), the game is nothing spectacular or inovative in any way you look at it.

    Graphics -> Still looks like crap compared to all other mmos.

    Gameplay -> Nothing new here, except it's much more limited and forced than any other previous settings

    PvP -> Take at look at ESO blizzard, that is a proper PvP not your garbage, heck even GW2 has epic PvP.

    Questing and Leveling -> Shorter than ever! Now with the bonus objectives the exploration which was crap is now even worse! No optional quests, just cheap objectives yay! Whenever there is voice acting its a disgrace as we are all used to now, no lip sync no fully voiced quests..GG

    Endgame -> Lets cut it even more, only 2 raids! And by the time we release those raids 95% of population will be 100 already with nothing to do anymore, because we added sooo much content right?

    Garrison -> After pokemon battles, here comes a shameful version of travian. Yeah you heard it right, another **** minigame that is not worth a penny. Yet it's all made around it.. GG Blizzard    … Expand
  9. Gregmosh
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Tried the game at launch, spent 45minutes on a quest that wasnt designed for a MMO, tried it again the next morning with no luck. The game design is not fit for a massive mmo at all. Bottleneck after bottleneck and massive stability issues.

    For a premium price it delivered anything but premium gameplay.
  10. shixstorm
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    This game is a cashgrab. Nearly zero new content, a large portion of content just erased from existence..
    Support other MMOs instead, this garbage doesn't deserve a penny.
  11. mmauntel
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Tons of glitches from the launch. Provides absolutely no new content. Another expansion about orcs! They actually take away features instead of adding new stuff (aka flying to save time and money, since they do not have to put roofs etc on buildings). It is really depressing!!!!!
  12. kolin1302
    Nov 20, 2014
    10
    I changed my initial 2/10 to a perfect 10. Now that the glitches are away, this game is simply the BEST WOW since Vanilla.
    Quests are crazy dynamic, Challenge is back. The art is stunning, the music is awesome and quite frankly I don't know any other game that took me by surprise as this one,... except perhaps Vanilla WOW...

    Good God what changes Blizzard has made.
  13. johnnyx
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Yet another disappointment. There is barely any new content.. To make things worse 90% of players will be getting to lvl 100 in 1 day, yes you heard right! There is exactly content for 1 day!

    Who are you kidding Blizzard, 55€ for 1 day content seriously? Other MMOs already have more content from launch than you have from 10 years of development. GG Blizzard keep it on!
  14. palax
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    What a failure of a launch, I can't remember MMO in this decade with such fail. This must be the worst company ever, what a bunch of amateurs.

    You would expect the game to be at least quality with the price tag 55€, but it's pure garbage as others have already confirmed..Truly shameful..
  15. yadayada3
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    People saying that WoW being #1 MMO for 10 years straight need to look out of the window. Sure it's the most popular, so is runescape, quality is what truly matters.

    It's like saying renault is a better car than a mercedes. No popularity has nothing to do with a game quality. WoW was in it's best quality during BC and WOTLK, and even those versions aren't better than MMOs that released    People saying that WoW being #1 MMO for 10 years straight need to look out of the window. Sure it's the most popular, so is runescape, quality is what truly matters.

    It's like saying renault is a better car than a mercedes. No popularity has nothing to do with a game quality. WoW was in it's best quality during BC and WOTLK, and even those versions aren't better than MMOs that released in recent years.

    Hell even Elder Scrolls Online added more content in their first 6-7 months than WOD is providing after 2 years of no content. 5 zones of WoW is approximately 1 zone of ESO..Only Cyrodiil is big as a whole eastern kingdoms, try to imagine that.

    You people seriously need to stop supporting this terrible MMO. Let it burn.    … Expand
  16. whattheheck432
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    When there is so many negative reviews about a game, you know that something is not right. And if you were thinking the same thing, you are probably right, Warlords of Draenor is a disgrace to all gamers in general, as well as a disgrace to many WoW veterans like myself. Have a good day.
  17. Tubey
    Nov 21, 2014
    8
    My first review on release was a 2, but I said that it was going to be a good expansion once it was playable and that'd I'd come back to my score at that time.

    So here I am - and it's a very good expansion. Garrisons are an inspired choice and the whole thing feels fleshed out and fresh as a daisy. Is it enough to save the MMO genre? Well... no. But it will stop the drop off in    My first review on release was a 2, but I said that it was going to be a good expansion once it was playable and that'd I'd come back to my score at that time.

    So here I am - and it's a very good expansion. Garrisons are an inspired choice and the whole thing feels fleshed out and fresh as a daisy.

    Is it enough to save the MMO genre? Well... no. But it will stop the drop off in subscriptions for Blizzard for a good 12-18 months, and at the end of the day that's all this expansion could have hoped to achieve.

    Well done Blizzard. But please learn lessons from that launch - it was abysmal.    … Expand
  18. gamerx8
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    This game is 10 years old, there is no excuse for server stability, not when we are greeted by one of the worst community managers in history. But that's what we are used too anyway..

    And it's not about a game that is an improvement over Mists of Pandaria, but the fact that it's giving much less content than MOP.

    Much less content than other MMOs for a way higher price. Yeah that's right.
  19. edenbeast
    Nov 13, 2014
    2
    recently I wrote a review for archeage in which I said a game you cannot play is a bad game, and gave it a zero. WoD is slightly different: I actually did manage to "play", but the lag is awful, the bugs are all over the place. Why did this game launch when it's clearly not ready...
    You gotta expect more from a company that has over 10 years experience now with an mmorpg...
  20. neemz
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Was so excited to play during release, but they have once again disappointed customers. 10 Years of WoW and they still can't provide basic service to those who purchase their product.
  21. salamalajk
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Who made this garbage? Words cannot explain just how terrible this game is.
    This must be nominee for the worst MMO in years.
    GG Blizzard, thanks for the refund.
  22. owersir
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Amazing list: Server crashes (again..), lags of more than 5 seconds, doesn't go down with the vehicles, trying to get to the location from the fort wrote dungeon is not found, a character with that name already exists, quests with early saver which freezes and accounts several times to clean the cache, hundreds of players are accumulated in one place to get a quest item is .. when an itemAmazing list: Server crashes (again..), lags of more than 5 seconds, doesn't go down with the vehicles, trying to get to the location from the fort wrote dungeon is not found, a character with that name already exists, quests with early saver which freezes and accounts several times to clean the cache, hundreds of players are accumulated in one place to get a quest item is .. when an item can use only one person at a time... and more more more.

    Blizzard has once again shown that they do not correct their mistakes in the technical part, and to all this they started adding the crude product with a bunch of bugs. BRAVO    … Expand
  23. FrostWind
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Absolutely broken launch prevents players from actually playing the game. Which is more the response or lack of it from the community managers has been abysmal. You get a zero Blizz. GG
  24. mofolon
    Nov 16, 2014
    0
    Warlords of Draenor is an expansion that is stripping more content than it's giving. I have no idea how can people actually support this. There is so many better companies and way better mmos out there, go seek them.
  25. riders
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    WoW is terribly outdated. New character models look horrible, just like every zone looks horrible graphically..Before you tell me but this is an MMO, let me tell you there is so many MMOs out there that actually look very impressing, WoW looks impresive only for an browser game, they can go compete with runescape. It's totally unplayable, and immersion is also non-existent. It's been 2WoW is terribly outdated. New character models look horrible, just like every zone looks horrible graphically..Before you tell me but this is an MMO, let me tell you there is so many MMOs out there that actually look very impressing, WoW looks impresive only for an browser game, they can go compete with runescape. It's totally unplayable, and immersion is also non-existent. It's been 2 days now, and I can admit that you CAN complete the game in less than 10 hours, so don't listen to guys who say you can't review a game in 1 day. Hell even quests take you less than 5 hours.… Expand
  26. KitchenKonvoy
    Nov 16, 2014
    10
    The best expansion yet,, the zones and NPC's are well done. I have played every expansion since the game came out in 2004. This one is worth buying, most of the negative reviews are people with hurt feelings that couldn't log on right awhile when the game released.
  27. illidans
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    You can be a WoW fanboi like me for years, but you must be really dumb if you approve this lack of content.
    WoD looks exactly the same as MoP, nothing impressive. New character models are ugly and outdated.
    Content has been cut to pieces and recycled, I just unsubed and will rather play other mmos..
  28. yolomode
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    When you review an MMO you can't skip past LAG and BUGS. These 2 things alone are the most important thing in an MMO. You can't skip past them, they are GAME-BREAKING.
    FIRST IMPRESSION is always the most IMPORTANT. If you don't get it right from the get-go, you FCKEN DESERVE TO BLEED SUBS.
    Other MMOs launched much muuch better, yet their rating went down just because of these things. I    When you review an MMO you can't skip past LAG and BUGS. These 2 things alone are the most important thing in an MMO. You can't skip past them, they are GAME-BREAKING.
    FIRST IMPRESSION is always the most IMPORTANT. If you don't get it right from the get-go, you FCKEN DESERVE TO BLEED SUBS.

    Other MMOs launched much muuch better, yet their rating went down just because of these things. I expect WOD to be worst expansion to date.    … Expand
  29. Unicode
    Nov 13, 2014
    4
    The expansion itself brings some welcome changes to the table, the garrison feature being the most interesting. The raids aren't out yet, so end-game content can't be evaluated just yet. As far as I can say after ~3 hours of gameplay, the environment team has done a great job of the new Draenor setting. The pacing of the story seems decent at the moment.

    On the downside, Blizzard has    The expansion itself brings some welcome changes to the table, the garrison feature being the most interesting. The raids aren't out yet, so end-game content can't be evaluated just yet. As far as I can say after ~3 hours of gameplay, the environment team has done a great job of the new Draenor setting. The pacing of the story seems decent at the moment.

    On the downside, Blizzard has made yet another fiasco of its launch day. The servers are unstable, and the general latency at best of times is somewhere above 300 ms. Another issue would be actually getting to log into the game, as queue times on most of the servers vary between 20 minutes to 4+ hours depending on your luck. As I said earlier the garrison feature seems to be the most game-changing feature but fails to deliver, since the instancing server kicks anybody who dares enter the garrison zone. While it is promising judging by the preview, many players cannot experience the true experience behind WoD simply because the technical side suffers greatly. At the same time some poor decisions that make players have to "stand in line" to open a certain cage/loot a certain object/ etc tend to prolong the time needed for completing a simple quest to nearly 10 minutes of random clicking.

    Story-wise the game does indeed own up, but ,again, certain bugs bring the general rating down. While some players may be luckier than others with these problems, most of us are left to the long wait queues, the frequent disconnects from the server, and the glitchy phasing of quest NPCs. Moreover the previous decision they made in regards to servers (to connect and merge some servers) has since become a hindrance since there is no room for everybody to play the game.

    In the end, the game falls flat on its face in an attempt to bring a better and more intriguing action to its players. At no extent is the game a bad one, but the sheer number of technical issues prevent it from getting a score higher than 4 from me. Should these problems be fixed in the upcoming days, the game will move from being a big letdown to most fans, to maybe an experience as good as WotLK used to be.    … Expand
  30. Aza
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    This is extremely disappointing. The launch is completely broken. Nobody can play anything. Not the mention the "expansion" took away a LOT of the gameplay and dumbed down everything. Absolute trash. DO NOT PURCHASE
  31. bokinator
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Total piece of garbage. While the game itself, it's content and graphics and music are very nice, the game is unplayable. Blizzard's inability to maintain server structure, even when they know EXACTLY how many people bought/pre ordered their game, after 10 years and 4 expansions, still we cannot get a normal launch day. The game launched 19h ago, still totally unplayable. In Europe. WhileTotal piece of garbage. While the game itself, it's content and graphics and music are very nice, the game is unplayable. Blizzard's inability to maintain server structure, even when they know EXACTLY how many people bought/pre ordered their game, after 10 years and 4 expansions, still we cannot get a normal launch day. The game launched 19h ago, still totally unplayable. In Europe. While the USA realms are working without any or minimal amounts of lag, we cannot play it. GG Blizz, you really failed now.… Expand
  32. stormrider0
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    2 days after launch game still unplayable. The time we won't get back, after all this is Blizzard, you never even hear an apology. After 7+ years defending WoW this has crossed the line. Unsubscribed.
  33. tenser950
    Nov 17, 2014
    10
    Absolutely the best expansion to date. Ignore the haters, scores of 0 are only poorly thought out attempts to bash Blizzard or troll. This expansion is FAR beyond anything they have yet to release.

    A++++
  34. doctorM
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    You wonder why are people pissed off?

    1. Unplayable - LAG, TON OF BUGS (probably for the next 1-2 weeks, till people cancel their sub) 2. total raids: 2 - Yep that seems reasonable enough. By the time they release them 95% of people will be lvl 100 anyways. 3. total new dungeons: 6 - Blizzard is this a joke? It's not enough that you are making your heroic versions of dungeons same    You wonder why are people pissed off?

    1. Unplayable - LAG, TON OF BUGS (probably for the next 1-2 weeks, till people cancel their sub)

    2. total raids: 2 - Yep that seems reasonable enough. By the time they release them 95% of people will be lvl 100 anyways.

    3. total new dungeons: 6 - Blizzard is this a joke? It's not enough that you are making your heroic versions of dungeons same recycled **** you are also capable of doing 6 dungeons in 2 years?

    4. questing - look at other mmos, especially swtor and eso, wod questing is same as always.

    5. new character models - indeed they look more 2005 than previously 2003.

    6. graphics - again no improvements at all (seems like it will always look way behind others)

    7. forced garrison - yep sure everyone likes that. Lets put another minigame, pokemon battles werent enough, how about we have travian in our mmo?

    8. 60$ for this? There is more things being removed then being added.    … Expand
  35. boundbyhonor
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    I played through whole this buggy and laggy mess. Still took me only 10 hours to reach level 100. There is so little content it's just ridiculous. I'm not paying for WoW ever again.
  36. thrall
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    Blizzard office: How about we cut our better part of content by half, and instead add 1/3 of new content that has recycled piece of **** marker all over it. So how does your new business model serve you?

    I am for sure not paying 55€ for an expansion, when there are other mmos releasing with 100x more content from the launch..Blizzard you've lost another loyal costumer.
  37. Desser
    Nov 14, 2014
    1
    I will never understand how after more than 10 years of making the game and overall pretty good Cataclysm and MoP launches we get this. Nothing to add here other than the game is just absolutely unplayable.
  38. hatana
    Nov 16, 2014
    0
    Pure cashgrab. Less and less content with every expansion. Quality is getting worse and worse, even though it was never really that high, especially with the new mmos that set the bar just to high.

    Warlords of Draenor is a good mmo for 2004, sadly it's terrible for 2014.
  39. dontmess
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    How ignorant must you be to you continue buying Blizzard products. Their moto is -> Greed. I can't remember the last time they released a quality product. Warlords of Draenor is just another insult to their playerbase.
  40. destroyermax
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. In Blizzard's perspective they've killed the game for the third time straight, how long before all the subs bleed. People aren't that stupid Mr. Blizzard.
  41. maxpaynes
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    Unplayable, Unplayable, fcken UNPLAYABLE 2 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH. And if that wasn't enough, this expansion is so dumbed down, they removed to many useful features, just to be replaced by garbage features.

    I don't recommend it.
  42. morguew
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    Another broken game by Blizzard, this seems to be the new thing these days. Game is totally unplayable and apart from that lore and story were flushed down the toilet.
  43. MrKazool
    Nov 15, 2014
    1
    3rd day into the expansion and I still have not managed to play due to ridiculous login problems. I'd like to get my money back. Blizzard used to be a brand, but with a failure of D3 and this current disaster they are loosing it. After playing wow since the beta this comes as a total dissapointment. DO-NOT-BUY!
  44. worldterror
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    This isn't just about the technical part. The game itself is nothing like it was advertised, nothing special in any way. There is so little content for that expensive price, already unsubscribed. Put end to blizzard greed once and for all.
  45. sherminator
    Nov 16, 2014
    0
    Horrendous, horrendous...All the negative reviews are completely right..

    Positive users -> stop playing on the card that everyone is reviewing this game based on lag etc. Only minority is doing that. MOST are complaining that this expansion is simply a little bigger patch and nothing else. Grow up kids and stop supporting this garbage.
  46. Kuarinofu
    Nov 17, 2014
    0
    This is the end of WoW. Little to no new content, full of lazy copy-pasting, barely playable, laggy and buggy. Should have just called this expansion World of Warcraft: Laziness of Blizzard. Don't get fooled by the marketing, this is not a good game. Save your money.
  47. yandexe
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    Catastrophic launch from one of the best mmos in the last 10 years. This expansion is just a former self of the legendary Burning Crusade. While the launch has been truly bad, game itself is much worse than just mediocre. This is a big step backwards. WoW series aren't the biggest rpg series in the world, and they for sure never got that RPG element in the game.
  48. jomans
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    Sigh. This game has been in development for 2 years, and all they bring to the table is 2 new raids and 6 new dungeons. How are you not ashamed of yourself Blizzard.

    STOP SUPPORTING THIS FAILURE
  49. Hellion
    Nov 19, 2014
    9
    Originally I posted a low score due to the launch day issues. Well, Blizzard has finally got most of it worked out and it's great to finally experience the expansion. Let's just say it's the best one they have done yet. Really terrific zones, excellent quests, back to the Warcraft roots. Even more so with the garrisons which are awesome and a lot of fun to spend time around. Only gripeOriginally I posted a low score due to the launch day issues. Well, Blizzard has finally got most of it worked out and it's great to finally experience the expansion. Let's just say it's the best one they have done yet. Really terrific zones, excellent quests, back to the Warcraft roots. Even more so with the garrisons which are awesome and a lot of fun to spend time around. Only gripe would be the soundtrack can be annoying in some parts (login, frostfire ridge) but it picks up later. Blizzard even added 5 days free time for all of us who had to sit through the faulty launch. Looking past that though, I would recommend Warlords of Draenor highly.… Expand
  50. wowfanatic
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    This launch is a complete failure. Guess what incompetent bastards at Blizzard are not even saying it's their fault, no apologies nothing at all. Their main excuse is DDOS attacks. Seriously Blizzard who are you kidding. Not only are you bunch of amateurs you are also the biggest liars in modern gaming. Shame on you.

    When you get past the technical difficulties you are greeted by    This launch is a complete failure. Guess what incompetent bastards at Blizzard are not even saying it's their fault, no apologies nothing at all. Their main excuse is DDOS attacks. Seriously Blizzard who are you kidding. Not only are you bunch of amateurs you are also the biggest liars in modern gaming. Shame on you.

    When you get past the technical difficulties you are greeted by another dumbing of a genre. WoD plays even more dumbed down than previous settings of Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria. World content is eaier, dungeons are easier, Quests are easier and even more linear. There isn't much improvement overall. And yes WoW needs hell of a lot improvements, other mmos are way better than this garbage.    … Expand
  51. kornikov
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    This company makes billions, you would expect them to provide epicness and all. Yet all they bring to the table is same recycled content to spit in our faces. This is one of the biggest insults in recent years.
  52. djipsi
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    An expansion of a game is always nice. However Blizzard is doing many things wrong.

    - Expansion shouldn't be more than 20$
    - There should be at least 3x more content
    - And there should be max 1 year between expansions

    Blizzard is failing all those 3 things, and on top of that they even released unplayable buggy game.
  53. Deathlinks
    Nov 15, 2014
    10
    At the time of this writing, there are 146 negative reviews and nearly every single one is because the servers had massive issues the first few days of launch. As if Blizzard has control over a large scale DDoS attack (remember not even Microsoft or Sony could handle SMALLER attacks on their servers). Every person who was affected by the server outage feels like they were ripped offAt the time of this writing, there are 146 negative reviews and nearly every single one is because the servers had massive issues the first few days of launch. As if Blizzard has control over a large scale DDoS attack (remember not even Microsoft or Sony could handle SMALLER attacks on their servers). Every person who was affected by the server outage feels like they were ripped off because they couldnt play for a couple days. They need to grow up. Truth be told this is the greatest WoW expansion since WOTLK. The innovation it brings into this already successful game make it as addictive as ever. Over time people will come to realize that and these negative reviews will be erased by a large ratio of positive:negative reviews.… Expand
  54. dissidence
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    I love the atmosphere of WoD. The new zones look amazingly beautiful and quests are surprisingly enjoyable. This game finally feels like WoW again, which I was looking forward to as I was never a fan of MoP. Garrisons are really fun and seem like a breath of fresh air, I'll definitely be spending a lot of time with mine. Not too thrilled with certain class changes and losing spells, or theI love the atmosphere of WoD. The new zones look amazingly beautiful and quests are surprisingly enjoyable. This game finally feels like WoW again, which I was looking forward to as I was never a fan of MoP. Garrisons are really fun and seem like a breath of fresh air, I'll definitely be spending a lot of time with mine. Not too thrilled with certain class changes and losing spells, or the new character models, which are only alright, but overall pretty happy with the game right now.… Expand
  55. Xuankong
    Nov 15, 2014
    10
    Honestly, I read through all those review by those people who give this game 0/10, I believe that these guys are simply haters and they rate without even playing the game. Look at the date and you will understand, all of them were Nov 13, 2014 which is the launch date of the game and you will understand

    What are you guys talking about, WoD is so far the best and the most well polished    Honestly, I read through all those review by those people who give this game 0/10, I believe that these guys are simply haters and they rate without even playing the game. Look at the date and you will understand, all of them were Nov 13, 2014 which is the launch date of the game and you will understand

    What are you guys talking about, WoD is so far the best and the most well polished expansion among WoW history. Those changes are so cool. There are even people who complaining about the graphic. WoW is a game designed for as many player as they can. Not everyone have the hardware to play high end graphic game. Personally I think Blizzard have tried their very best in designing the environment details.

    Guys, if you want to try this game, please do not look at those spammer's review, try it and you will understand what I mean. It is real AWESOME    … Expand
  56. Hallowbeen
    Nov 15, 2014
    10
    Beyond all the connection issues, Warlords of Draenor is one of the best expansions World of Warcraft has ever seen. The world is extremely unique, and being able to only use ground mounts makes the world seem so much bigger. The main quest line throughout Draenor is amazing, and after playing through it once I want to go back and experience the amazing world again! Garrisons are reallyBeyond all the connection issues, Warlords of Draenor is one of the best expansions World of Warcraft has ever seen. The world is extremely unique, and being able to only use ground mounts makes the world seem so much bigger. The main quest line throughout Draenor is amazing, and after playing through it once I want to go back and experience the amazing world again! Garrisons are really fun and I find myself checking back every hour to send my followers out on missions and to check my resource boxes. Draenor is truly unique and should make any new or old player fall back in love with World of Warcraft. I hope Blizzard finds a way to fix their issues so that everyone can enjoy this truly amazing expansion.… Expand
  57. babygrandpa
    Nov 15, 2014
    10
    The expansion itself is absolutely fantastic so far.

    The negativity surrounding it is due to connection issues and big babies like Kinajai who is a big ****

    10/10 would bang

    Thanks,

    -BabyGrandpa
  58. zombie
    Nov 15, 2014
    9
    Having a lot of fun so far. Game feels like the WoW of old with some nice added features. The launch is obviously not going so well but it doesn't take away from the fun factor. Most people on here are **** because of the launch and I'm not blaming them for that, but you can't "rate" a game low based on a rocky launch. So take the low scores on metacritic with a grain of salt. One thingHaving a lot of fun so far. Game feels like the WoW of old with some nice added features. The launch is obviously not going so well but it doesn't take away from the fun factor. Most people on here are **** because of the launch and I'm not blaming them for that, but you can't "rate" a game low based on a rocky launch. So take the low scores on metacritic with a grain of salt. One thing that I have learned over the years is the players of Blizzards games are the whiniest, **** group of people in any gaming community. It's ridiculous. They **** and complain on forums, facebook, trade chat, any place they can find and yet they continue to play the games and continue to **** I don't get it. Trolls aside, I am enjoying myself and am very pleased with the new xpac. :)… Expand
  59. Universalis
    Dec 3, 2014
    10
    Putting the technical issues at launch aside - this expansion is truly awesome. The magical atmosphere, the gorgeous music, the changes and additions of gameplay elements ( rare mobs - epic loot , and especially the awesome garrison ), streamlined and sweeping questing, the emphasis on lore elements, the amazing beautiful environments - all that makes for a truly incredible experiencePutting the technical issues at launch aside - this expansion is truly awesome. The magical atmosphere, the gorgeous music, the changes and additions of gameplay elements ( rare mobs - epic loot , and especially the awesome garrison ), streamlined and sweeping questing, the emphasis on lore elements, the amazing beautiful environments - all that makes for a truly incredible experience and certainly the best gaming experience wow has ever seen. It is so absolutely fun to play WOD that if there are some shortcomings, to make note of them would be like to make note of some fault of a plate on which a most delicious meal is served. Even the challenge bar went up a bit which is a very welcomed change.
    This is the best expansion to happen to wow and it is a mature, magical and absolutely fun game to play on it's own accord. I think MMO can not get any better than this.    … Expand
  60. Yoshihito
    Nov 13, 2014
    9
    I just want to start off by saying shame on all the people giving this game a negative review of the game based off server stability issues. Sure, WoW has been doing this for 10 years now but you guys need to understand how servers and expectations work. The sheer amount of people logging in has exceeded their expectations which is why you are getting issues. They can only plan for so muchI just want to start off by saying shame on all the people giving this game a negative review of the game based off server stability issues. Sure, WoW has been doing this for 10 years now but you guys need to understand how servers and expectations work. The sheer amount of people logging in has exceeded their expectations which is why you are getting issues. They can only plan for so much but they have literally seen more players logging in than they have in a great while. The expansion has helped to renew the game some and time will tell by how much.

    With that said, I find the expansion to be enjoyable so far. I quit WoW when Siege of Orgrimmar came out. I just got burnt out and couldn't take the direction the game was going. I wasn't even planning on getting the expansion until my little brother talked me into it. I had to come to realize that this game lost its original hardcore nature and nothing Blizzard does, short of screwing over a lot of people, will change it. So yeah, I've been disappointed with the stat squish, over simplification of talents, dungeons being shorter, and raids being too easy. Honestly, they increased stats too much when Burning Crusade came out but I did enjoy feeling like I was getting to the point of being a raid boss myself. But despite the changes and realizing it's still a fun game I have come to enjoy the new expansion so far.

    The zones look amazing. The character models while improved, didn't wow me too much, but it is nice seeing much better in-game cutscenes with the new models. The quests are standard fare but some of them are quite enjoyable. The enemies are varied and because of the stat squish they seem easier to kill which means less time when doing kill quests. I really like the Garrisons. It's nice having my own mini city where I don't have to deal with idiots in trade chat. However, I wish they weren't limited to Human and Orc styled buildings. They add another layer to the game which I find to be more enjoyable then farming or pet battles.

    Granted, there have been server issues, but in the entire time of me playing I have only disconnected once. My only issue so far is waiting for the queue to get in the game. I took a nap because I have work in a few hours and now it's taking forever to get back in. But despite that, I am hopeful for this expansion. It gives us a chance to explore some very rich and interesting lore while also creating something new. To the haters, look past the server issues and play the game. Reach 100 first and see what it's like before you come on here whining about the servers and giving the game a terrible score because you want attention. Most of us don't want to deal with whiny brats.    … Expand
  61. Adam552
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    The Questing experience is the best I've seen in the whole of WoW. The zones are beautiful and really immersive! I'm loving every moment of levelling, which is a real surprise considering it usually feels like a chore! Love the fact we can't fly in draenor, the amount of people on the ground makes the experience exciting and you really don't feel annoyed about using your ground mounts! IThe Questing experience is the best I've seen in the whole of WoW. The zones are beautiful and really immersive! I'm loving every moment of levelling, which is a real surprise considering it usually feels like a chore! Love the fact we can't fly in draenor, the amount of people on the ground makes the experience exciting and you really don't feel annoyed about using your ground mounts! I just love Shadowmoon valley so much! I can tell a lot of effort has gone into this expansion and Blizzard has definitely listened to quest feedback!… Expand
  62. GuruChaz
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    You have all the little children and immature adults rating this game a zero due to server crashes. I've played 3 hours already and only had one bump to character select due to so many people logging on to play the game. So far, I think the expansion is fantastic! The quests really keep you involved with the story as NPCs become a huge part of the action. People are abusingYou have all the little children and immature adults rating this game a zero due to server crashes. I've played 3 hours already and only had one bump to character select due to so many people logging on to play the game. So far, I think the expansion is fantastic! The quests really keep you involved with the story as NPCs become a huge part of the action. People are abusing Metacritic and products rated through the service. It's ignorant reviewers and kids that ruin the credibility of this service. I give this expansion a solid 10...and I'm pretty picky about games.… Expand
  63. lapinbeau
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    I love how users on Metacritic are rating the game with a perfect 0, despite not having actually played it, and knowing full-well that launch days are NEVER seamless. Especially when BLIZZARD IS BEING DDOS'D. So you can't put the server issues' blame entirely on them.

    Regardless of what you may think of Blizzard, that's pretty low. Normally I would give this game a 6 or 7, but I feel I    I love how users on Metacritic are rating the game with a perfect 0, despite not having actually played it, and knowing full-well that launch days are NEVER seamless. Especially when BLIZZARD IS BEING DDOS'D. So you can't put the server issues' blame entirely on them.

    Regardless of what you may think of Blizzard, that's pretty low. Normally I would give this game a 6 or 7, but I feel I have to give it a 10 just to help balance out the spiteful reviewers who hate a game on principle.

    That said, the game is... decent. Not as amazing as WotLK or TBC was, not at all. But even if I'm Alliance(and therefore Blizzard's un-favorite), it's always nice to see a new setting. And the graphics are incomparably better than they were before, what with the character model upgrades. Also, there are quite a bit more in-game cutscenes, and I'm at least glad that they're making a NEW story instead of just "continuing Warcraft 3."

    But as with every expansion, it's basically more of the same. So if you didn't like WoW to begin with, you won't likely enjoy this. But if you're a fan of WoW, you will probably find this a bit better and more "warcrafty" than Mists of Pandaria.    … Expand
  64. notorious_pog
    Nov 13, 2014
    9
    Rekindled my love of wow. I wasnt a fan of pandarias setting, I feel like this expansion is going back to wow's roots, and i'm loving the leveling experience so far.
  65. guigamsoares
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    Blizzard knew I needed to move to a new expansion , then tried to make a amazing history, great interaction with the players , also a way of apologizing for Pandaria and a new beginning and she got it
  66. Mansicle
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    Complete fools rating this game, complaining about lag, and all that jazz. That always happens, they always get a huge influx of people coming back to the game. It should be expected, and takes a day to usually settle down. This is actually a breath of fresh air, the cinematics look outstanding, quests are fun, the zones look **** gorgeous, and I feel genuinely excited for the future ofComplete fools rating this game, complaining about lag, and all that jazz. That always happens, they always get a huge influx of people coming back to the game. It should be expected, and takes a day to usually settle down. This is actually a breath of fresh air, the cinematics look outstanding, quests are fun, the zones look **** gorgeous, and I feel genuinely excited for the future of this expansion. Some people are complaining about the reduced amount of time to level, the very **** thing people were complaining about for expansions upon expansions. "D00d dis gaym sux man u hav 2 do 2 many qwests, gg blizz, gggggggggggg exdee, exdee XDDD", I love it, there's not much of a grind, lots of areas to explore, a garrison to take care of, plethora of dailies coming our way, new exciting raids, difficult heroic dungeons, and so much more. There's going to be so much more content than just the leveling aspect.… Expand
  67. Ferrelicious
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    First the waiting and BOOM the game is released, i love the new atmosphere in WOD and the quests.
    The sad thing is everything is cool and all but the LAG did ruin the gameplay for now but it will probably be fixed in few days so thats why i didnt give it any lower scores
  68. fish67op
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    Absolutely amazing expansion. Having a blast so far!
    Story is pretty awesome, I have to admit. While the idea was initially a bit risky, it definitely paid off in the end. Questing is very robust and organized - a feature which many users will appreciate.
  69. Specificity
    Nov 13, 2014
    9
    The only way I can describe questing in Draenor is epic! Blizzard really focused on making a rich storyline with familiar characters and lasting consequences. I haven't enjoyed an expansion this much since Wrath of the Lich King.

    I didn't think I'd like Garrisons but it has proved to be one of the best "extras" that have been added. I would prefer that Garrisons were more difficult or    The only way I can describe questing in Draenor is epic! Blizzard really focused on making a rich storyline with familiar characters and lasting consequences. I haven't enjoyed an expansion this much since Wrath of the Lich King.

    I didn't think I'd like Garrisons but it has proved to be one of the best "extras" that have been added. I would prefer that Garrisons were more difficult or complicated, but that hasn't stopped me from having fun with it.

    I also had some server stability problems on release day, but I expected that. After a few hours my server was stable.

    My characters don't feel as powerful with the changes to class abilities but so far, I would absolutely recommend this expansion.    … Expand
  70. bluetoothislove
    Nov 13, 2014
    1
    The game has some bugs and problems at the beginning, but its ok, because they will fix it anyway. its just a question of time. The content is interesting, the story looks nice and the atmosphere is very beautiful. I think it is a good expansion because it might can bring players the old Vanilla atmosphere back.

    Im very happy and interested in playing it :)
  71. NikkiWonka
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    If you're a veteran wow player you would probably know how difficult is to maintain so many players in one place, no matter how huge your server capacity is. It's almost impossible. Name me one game that had a successful launch day with millions of players who try to log in at the same time, there is none. So ignore these spoiled kids, they give bad scores only because they couldn't playIf you're a veteran wow player you would probably know how difficult is to maintain so many players in one place, no matter how huge your server capacity is. It's almost impossible. Name me one game that had a successful launch day with millions of players who try to log in at the same time, there is none. So ignore these spoiled kids, they give bad scores only because they couldn't play at day 1.
    Regarding the game itself, I played over 10h until now and I can tell you it's going to be a huge expansion! the quests have very good flow into them and they are very enjoyable! Blizzard really nailed it this time, there is almost no more "go kill this and that and come back" quests, there's a lot of story line into them. Also they did a very good job on the environment, the new zones are amazing and it really feels more like the old days of warcraft.    … Expand
  72. Winterlight212
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    THE GAME HASN'T EVEN BEEN OUT FOR A DAY AND YOU SEE NEGATIVE REVIEWS... not to mention REVIEWS IN GENERAL?

    Please please please do your IQ a favor and COMPLETELY ignore every moron that is coming on here, less than a DAY after launch, to complain about a game that is by all accounts, the MOST SUCCESSFUL EXPANSION TO DATE. I have seen nothing but PRAISE while questing, EVERY SINGLE    THE GAME HASN'T EVEN BEEN OUT FOR A DAY AND YOU SEE NEGATIVE REVIEWS... not to mention REVIEWS IN GENERAL?

    Please please please do your IQ a favor and COMPLETELY ignore every moron that is coming on here, less than a DAY after launch, to complain about a game that is by all accounts, the MOST SUCCESSFUL EXPANSION TO DATE.

    I have seen nothing but PRAISE while questing, EVERY SINGLE PERSON in General chat that has said ANYTHING about the game so far, has said that they REALLY ENJOY IT more than they could have ever expected.

    So what does that make the negative reviews on here? PURE B.S., TROLLS, and possibly HIRED BY OTHER MMOS TO TRY AND EXPLAIN AWAY THE TITAN THAT IS WOW. SORRY BUT YOU DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO EXPLAIN QUALITY GAMES AWAY, because those of us who actually PLAY it will be here to utterly, and unequivocally, CRUSH your ignorance.

    This game is HIGH QUALITY from the second you step foot in Draenor, YOU WILL SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.

    THINK ABOUT IT, what other MMO in the world comes even REMOTELY close in terms of END-GAME CONTENT, let alone CONTENT at all? NONE! I've played them all, NOT A SINGLE ONE comes even REMOTELY close, there is NOTHING out there. Save yourself the trouble of trying all the garbage that these trolls claim is so amazing, and just stick with the real deal, WoW is here to stay, get over it, and get with the program.

    PROS SO FAR:

    -Questing is actually diverse, varied & not repetitive (this is a huge plus cause I hate questing)

    -Beautiful new zones (so far)

    -Music in this expansion is epic (so far)

    -Cut-scenes really put the story into perspective, and help introduce new content

    -Dungeons offer more flexibility of boss order, and are actually pretty varied & fun (so far)

    -New updated graphics & character models look great, but again I don't play this game for graphics, never have, but the detail & the landscaping is probably the best I've seen. Again not talking about POLYGON COUNT, just the layout in general feels very well done.

    I will update this list as I play more through the expansion, you can verify that I am indeed a real player, my character name is Winterlight and I play on server Kel'Thuzad, unlike these fake negative reviews, I ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME.

    As far as the launch complaints go, what the hell did you expect from the most popular MMO on Earth? I'm actually surprised we could do ANYTHING at all, considering how massively popular the launch was. Yes it was extremely laggy, but there were no bugs (unlike what some of these reviewers claim, I did not find any bugs at all, have not had any problems in questing thus far).

    For people who are stupid enough to think that the number one most popular MMO for 10 years in a row is somehow "BAD" or "DYING," think about it logically, it makes no sense BY ANY METRIC WHATSOEVER. Do yourself a favor and ignore those people, and instead, PLAY the game, DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. IF ANYONE is BRAINLESS and a "SHEEP" it's the WoW haters, since it makes NO SENSE what they say regarding WoW "DYING" or that it's "BAD," it simply is not true, at all, and never has been. So who is a "SHEEP" now? I think the answer is clear, if you take the time to think logically about it, you'll find that WoW is #1 for 10 years for a damn good reason, and it's not because of "SHEEP".

    If anything the launch is an indication that WoW is here to stay, and will continue to be the number one most popular MMO by leaps and bounds, there is no contest here, WoW is ahead by millions and it will stay that way for a very long time.

    FOR THE ALLIANCE.

    FOR AZEROTH!    … Expand
  73. haydensterling
    Feb 10, 2015
    2
    I'm officially an idiot for giving WoW another chance. The revamped character models suck, they ask you for feedback regarding everything under the sun and they don't care what you say because they've got your money, so screw the playerbase, right. Garrisons destroyed professions and gathering, endgame is a joke--haha, garrisons ARE endgame! I'm really, finally finished. I took all myI'm officially an idiot for giving WoW another chance. The revamped character models suck, they ask you for feedback regarding everything under the sun and they don't care what you say because they've got your money, so screw the playerbase, right. Garrisons destroyed professions and gathering, endgame is a joke--haha, garrisons ARE endgame! I'm really, finally finished. I took all my toons--with new and improved sameface models turned *off*--and parked them in my favorite spots in game, signed out, and canceled.

    After ten years, they finally made me hate this game. No small feat, Blizz. Way to go.    … Expand
  74. skarr
    Jan 1, 2015
    0
    What to say...If you thought that WoW had already dumbed down classes and mechanics, you haven't seen it all yet. There isn't a single element of RPG left in this game, well except the names. Even hunters, which were in my opinion one class that still retained some semblent of a difference with respect to other classes is gone down the drain. Crafting is gone. Basically, WoD is toWhat to say...If you thought that WoW had already dumbed down classes and mechanics, you haven't seen it all yet. There isn't a single element of RPG left in this game, well except the names. Even hunters, which were in my opinion one class that still retained some semblent of a difference with respect to other classes is gone down the drain. Crafting is gone. Basically, WoD is to Vanilla what D3 is to D2/1, garbage. Every single class plays more or less the same. If you are looking for an RPG experience stay away from this game. Oh and don't get me started on Garrisons, it's just a time sink (like almost everything else), and nothing original. Many other titles have executed the housing/companion idea before and in a better way. The utter lack of creativity when it comes to the story was the cherry on the cake. Remember all those Orks from the past, well they are back, alternate time reality or lack of creativity....you decide.
    It deserves a ZERO, because enough is enough.    … Expand
  75. Indubitabil12
    Jun 28, 2015
    1
    8 months in to the game we had a light patch and no promise for more, the game is a glorified facebook game full with microtransactions, lowest amount of content ever, biggest prices ever, not worth it no mather what, stay away, WOW is Dead.
  76. TheWildBlue
    Jan 4, 2015
    3
    WoD is another example of how dead WoW's "innovation" is. What was once a monolith is now only revered by those that still sub, and while that may be a legions worth of numbers, it doesn't stop others that have lost their love for WoW (or never held it) from seeing just how dated this horse is.

    Furthermore, the graphics updates are a waste of resources. They're taking a game from 2004    WoD is another example of how dead WoW's "innovation" is. What was once a monolith is now only revered by those that still sub, and while that may be a legions worth of numbers, it doesn't stop others that have lost their love for WoW (or never held it) from seeing just how dated this horse is.

    Furthermore, the graphics updates are a waste of resources. They're taking a game from 2004 and making it look like a game from 2008!

    This expansion will only be enjoyed by the legion of fans that have rusted themselves into WoW's coding. It won't be missed by anyone else.    … Expand
  77. LagunaNoctis
    Jul 4, 2015
    0
    Huge disappointment, barely any content yet Blizzard charged $50 for the expansion.

    Now the expansion is already ending and we still only got one relevant raid tier.
  78. Rustylockja
    Jul 21, 2015
    0
    Because of Snorelords of boredor I've canceled for the first time in a decade or so. The good reviews to this expansion make absolutely no sense. Less effort went into it than a facebook game, in fact some of it's key features are less involved than the vast majority of facebook games (garrison missions, naval yard). The entire expansion revolves around farming - the same stuff, the sameBecause of Snorelords of boredor I've canceled for the first time in a decade or so. The good reviews to this expansion make absolutely no sense. Less effort went into it than a facebook game, in fact some of it's key features are less involved than the vast majority of facebook games (garrison missions, naval yard). The entire expansion revolves around farming - the same stuff, the same zones, the same chores, day in and day out. The only redeeming part of this expansion is the third raid isn't half bad, yet Rift provides better end game raiding - so why bother? Depth has been all but streamlined out of the game. Very little is unique to your toon now, gameplay is insanely linear for an MMO though it's well hidden (you realize it around your first alt you gear up, there's really only one route to end game). Community has become toxic at best, frighteningly combative might be more accurate. Servers are turning into ghost towns as the subs cancel, raid groups need constant refreshing, then regearing due to play abandonment, PVP is beyond a laughable joke. I suggest this: look at the forums. There's VERY few players left defending this expansion and a lot of really really angry long time players. These positive reviews are a joke. The playerbase is further angered by the fact they hiked the cost of this expansion while delivering less and lower quality content. I guess the first play-threw of the story wasn't awful, but there's WAAAAAAY better stories, for cheaper, that have nicer graphics, less toxic players, more replay value....really an advantage over every aspect of WoD. Save yourself the time and hunt for a new MMO… Expand
  79. re4gamer
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    They really dumb'd down last couple expansions, especially this one.. the follower missions are pretty useless and distractions, plus more pet games, why all the added mini-games to the series? .. they really need to return to expanding questing and dungeon content, not mini-games!!!! it's gone from an adult flavored game to an adolescent gaming experience... the zones are getting more andThey really dumb'd down last couple expansions, especially this one.. the follower missions are pretty useless and distractions, plus more pet games, why all the added mini-games to the series? .. they really need to return to expanding questing and dungeon content, not mini-games!!!! it's gone from an adult flavored game to an adolescent gaming experience... the zones are getting more and more linear.. ugh. feels very hurried and sloppy.… Expand
  80. vahn
    Aug 12, 2015
    0
    I was really happy to try this expansion at first: I liked the garrison ideas, I liked the changes, and overall I was very excited for this game, so much that I initially gave an 8 out of 10. But after unsubbing twice, I just realized that I couldn't enjoy this game any longer.

    The first issue I noticed is that the game is too heavily based on garrison, literally isolating players from    I was really happy to try this expansion at first: I liked the garrison ideas, I liked the changes, and overall I was very excited for this game, so much that I initially gave an 8 out of 10. But after unsubbing twice, I just realized that I couldn't enjoy this game any longer.

    The first issue I noticed is that the game is too heavily based on garrison, literally isolating players from others. I liked it at first but the problem became more noticeable when Blizzard focused too much on it, making it the core point of the game. And that's a bad decision since it's an MMORPG, where player interaction is required.

    The questing, the world and everything looks fine but now that they allowed flying mounts "after specific actions", it's clear that they only made it so that it would look "longer". I still liked to explore on foot but even blizzard gave up, and so did I.

    Sure the game's PVE is ok, but there are only few raids up to this point and 3 difficulties to attempt. I still rather have 1 hard raid than 3 of the same but the problem is to catch up on par...which is easier if you update your followers.

    I liked this expansion and I truely tried to enjoy it the best I could...but I unsubbed until the next expansion comes out, as I couldn't endure the boredom of waiting inside the garrison doing "nothing" but to allow workers to do their work.

    And the fact that the game is still far too easy and levelling is a rush (I don't love grinds either, but a good middle term is appropriate) makes this one of the most boring expansion ever.

    I rather do Pandaria's daily all over again!    … Expand
  81. Rouce
    May 3, 2015
    0
    I really enjoyed the PvE content, especially leveling from Level 90 to 100, because it's really good in this regard. The story is interesting, the zones are varied, the soundtrack is great, quests are really decent and also varied, etc.

    But then I started to PvP (Player versus Player), because that's what I'm mostly interested in, and oh god... There is imbalance everywhere! There's no    I really enjoyed the PvE content, especially leveling from Level 90 to 100, because it's really good in this regard. The story is interesting, the zones are varied, the soundtrack is great, quests are really decent and also varied, etc.

    But then I started to PvP (Player versus Player), because that's what I'm mostly interested in, and oh god... There is imbalance everywhere! There's no matchmaking in unrated PvP although there are: Abysmal gear differences? Check. Number of heal differences? Check. Class combination differences? Check. Premade group differences? (10 people playing coordinated with TeamSpeak against 10 random people) Check. Buffing/nerfing the wrong classes? Check. Skill differences? Check.

    PvP is still very fun at its core, but it's just uber frustrating to loose match after match while your skill, tactic and teamwork means nothing due to an superior enemy team. What's even worse is that the developers are ignoring the community feedback entirely and there has been no new PvP content except Ashran (which mostly sucks anyway) for ages.

    Nope. Just nope.    … Expand
  82. Metricace86
    Jul 10, 2015
    0
    After playing this game for about ten years now, i can tell you that this is by far, the WORST expansion yet. (And i thought pandaria was bad) All the complexity that this game was known for, has been ruined by the year.. Each year blizzard charges you $60 for an expansion that its supposed to make the game better(and this isn't counting the $15 per month for the subscription) when in theAfter playing this game for about ten years now, i can tell you that this is by far, the WORST expansion yet. (And i thought pandaria was bad) All the complexity that this game was known for, has been ruined by the year.. Each year blizzard charges you $60 for an expansion that its supposed to make the game better(and this isn't counting the $15 per month for the subscription) when in the end they just laugh at you in the back counting all the money that they're gathering from all the players that are constantly hoping for a good mmo game. The characters look more "pretty" and cartoony obviously to target the younger generation to buy the game. Game mechanics are also EXTREMELY more simplified for people who just started playing the game.. Theres no flying in the zone where this expansion takes place also, which Blizzard says "World of Warcraft is full of memorable moments that are only possible when players explore the world by ground. And as we’ve continued to develop content over the years, we’ve focused more and more on providing players with these kinds of experiences" But what about the other expansions? shouldn't players also experience the same thing for the other zones? anyone can reach level 60 within a few hrs if they really wanted to and they'll skip through all "those kinds of experiences" I can go on and on about the pvp system to the loot system in raids and spells that were taking away and how the servers randomly kick you offline etc.. All in all this game is a waste of precious time and money, all the grind that used to be fun with friends has turned in to nothing but a big disappointment.… Expand
  83. qqbearz
    Aug 4, 2015
    2
    WoD aka world of transmog, ive been an avid player of this series since launch and every expansion was playable. They destroyed the talent trees for casuals, im sorry but who the hell wants to create there own city aka garrison can we please go back to hanging out at the main cities outside the gates. Everyones wandering alone now and forget it if you dont have real life friends that play.WoD aka world of transmog, ive been an avid player of this series since launch and every expansion was playable. They destroyed the talent trees for casuals, im sorry but who the hell wants to create there own city aka garrison can we please go back to hanging out at the main cities outside the gates. Everyones wandering alone now and forget it if you dont have real life friends that play. This expansion was terrible and they better redeem themselves next expansion.… Expand
  84. Endarfin
    Aug 2, 2015
    1
    Initially, not too bad. but where you normally have a lot to do after hitting level cap, in WoD (which is very quickly, give or take an hour or 3) you have practically nothing.
    The game has been simplified to such an extent that it is not fun to play. Professions are simple, no harvesting, no finding stuff anymore.
    Dungeons are so easy a monkey with a manual can do it. I used to kid    Initially, not too bad. but where you normally have a lot to do after hitting level cap, in WoD (which is very quickly, give or take an hour or 3) you have practically nothing.
    The game has been simplified to such an extent that it is not fun to play. Professions are simple, no harvesting, no finding stuff anymore.
    Dungeons are so easy a monkey with a manual can do it.

    I used to kid that "very soon they're just gonna give you you character and be done with it"

    ...

    They did now......    … Expand
  85. Tastycakes
    Jul 5, 2015
    4
    I've changed my initial positive review to a 4, the leveling experience is still pretty okay, the zones look nice and I do enjoy the WoW token now. That said, this expansion is entirely void of content, two raid tiers...the end. 6.1 added selfies, 6.2 added a zone that was delayed that adds nothing to the game. PvP is in one of it's worst states since I began playing in beta, raidingI've changed my initial positive review to a 4, the leveling experience is still pretty okay, the zones look nice and I do enjoy the WoW token now. That said, this expansion is entirely void of content, two raid tiers...the end. 6.1 added selfies, 6.2 added a zone that was delayed that adds nothing to the game. PvP is in one of it's worst states since I began playing in beta, raiding heroic/mythic is good, but there is such a small amount of content it's hard to enjoy it. Classes have degraded since the beginning of the expansion, they have become less fun with less to do and Blizzard seems in the weeds in a way I haven't seen before.

    I don't have the feeling that I'm waiting for a fix, or for more content. I have the feeling for the first time in a decade that they have no idea what to do or how to fix this. They are clueless, they have almost completely stopped listening to the community, they broke a lot of promises made for this expansions and all we're left with is a broken world filled with no content, no social interaction, a dead PvP scene and forced content to get a lucky roll for the best PvP gear in the game in a zone no one likes. It's just bad, it's poor quality and it shouldn't be accepted.    … Expand
  86. Polarthief
    Jun 1, 2015
    3
    MoP may have made me quit at the end of the expansion (when Siege went on forever), but WoD made me quit before 6.1 was even released, and 6.2 isn't adding much of anything. By far the worst expansion at end-game, but at least there was a lot of good questing and leveling content (for the first time).

    - Leveling/Quest Content to 100: 9/10. The best it's ever been, actually! It was    MoP may have made me quit at the end of the expansion (when Siege went on forever), but WoD made me quit before 6.1 was even released, and 6.2 isn't adding much of anything. By far the worst expansion at end-game, but at least there was a lot of good questing and leveling content (for the first time).

    - Leveling/Quest Content to 100: 9/10. The best it's ever been, actually! It was really good and there was maybe one zone I disliked, as opposed to 90% of them in previous expansions.

    - Dungeon Content: 1/10. Disappointing as all hell. The dungeons are mostly forgettable, there's a meager 8 (7 new, 1 revamp) at launch (none coming in 6.2, probably none for the expansion), and they've pretty much chosen to abandon keeping Dungeon relevancy through the expansion. It's very sad.

    - Low-level Dungeon Content: 9/10. Despite the 90-100 dungeon experience blowing terribly, low-level dungeon experiences have been vastly improved! annoying dungeons like Razorfen and Blackfathom Deeps have been greatly enhanced to be a bit less "where the hell do I go?" and having bosses listed on the side. Optional bosses also grant gold and experience, while doing all the main bosses listed awards a massive experience (and money) boost! You can even power-level your friends from 1-80 in a matter of hours with this! However, WoD is all about 90-100 content, so this wasn't included.

    - Garrisons: 2/10. Extremely exciting (due to being new) when you first see them, but incredibly disappointing when you realize it boils down to a Facebook minigame. Menus, menus, menus. How dull.

    - Raid Content: 6/10. It's really good, believe it or not, but extremely repetitive (more than ever before due to the 4 difficulties). Highmaul was fun the first time, but got incredibly stale for most players (myself included) because it only has 6 bosses. Blackrock Foundry is also really good, but it too got old at having 10 (and devaluing Highmaul to irrelevancy). Most of the encounters are good though!

    - "Stuff to do" at max level: 0/10. WoW right now is "Raid, PvP, or die!", as there's nothing to do outside of PvP or raiding. You will be incredibly bored at max level, though this should be sliiiightly compensated for in 6.2 (for people who don't raid).

    - Overall score: 3/10. Very disappointing for an expansion that was waaaaaaaay overhyped. It costs $10 more than previous expansions, has significantly less content than them (including no new race or class, the first time an expansion has done this), and didn't add anything particularly amazing like other expansions have, unless you count "omg pretty models and graphics!" as something "amazing", but I don't. I'm not the kind of player to give a crap about graphics over gameplay.    … Expand
  87. Malackai
    Jul 23, 2015
    4
    I will be very honest when it comes to this expansion the only thing done remotely good in it has been the leveling experience for me (the stories in at least the starter area and spire of arak). The moment I hit max level I came to the conclusion that the game evolved in nothing more then a sparkly Facebook game. Professions got destroyed beyond repair which pretty much negate the pointI will be very honest when it comes to this expansion the only thing done remotely good in it has been the leveling experience for me (the stories in at least the starter area and spire of arak). The moment I hit max level I came to the conclusion that the game evolved in nothing more then a sparkly Facebook game. Professions got destroyed beyond repair which pretty much negate the point of being out in the world farming mats and turned in to daily cooldown you have to hit everyday to get anywhere. The legendary quest is simply farm X items in raid till your eyes bleed.
    If there are other games out there that can make a good balance between farming and questing for your "legendary weapon" combining it with awesome lore why cant blizzard find this medium.

    The release again was not pretty, couple that with the fact they bottle necked the whole leveling system with the new garrisons caused a lot of grief. This was the first expansion where I actually took a 2-3 day break because the game was completely unplayable and when I finally started leveling the world was near empty already. (max levelers where all in their garrison already)
    I gave up lfr raiding after I went through the first raid for a total of 4-5 times the environment felled dull and uninspiring the people where not even the problem.

    And then the drama started on top of everything (flying debacle, lack of engaging content, bland mounts in game vs the whole store mount issue).
    I simply came to the conclusion that the way blizzard is now developing their game is simply not for me anymore.
    I however will keep an eye out for the next expansion to see if they change again (blizzard is kinda known for going either one extreme or an other). But right now they lost me as a trusted customer (always pre-ordered CE editions in good faith, and bought things of the store because I was satisfied with the amount of good stuff they also put in game.)    … Expand
  88. MelThorn
    Sep 15, 2015
    0
    WoW isn't WoW anymore. It's a tablet game. MoP took you beyond the horizons of Farmville. Now, experience Clash of Clans! The most boring parts of it, anyway. In fact, it's become like a Facebook app. You can even... hee-hee! Take selfies! You also get raiding. Lots of raiding. In fact, that's all you get, other than missions. Lots of missions. The questing in this expansion was terrible.WoW isn't WoW anymore. It's a tablet game. MoP took you beyond the horizons of Farmville. Now, experience Clash of Clans! The most boring parts of it, anyway. In fact, it's become like a Facebook app. You can even... hee-hee! Take selfies! You also get raiding. Lots of raiding. In fact, that's all you get, other than missions. Lots of missions. The questing in this expansion was terrible. Beyond bland. The story was a bit ludicrous, and even at launch, I thought it was a bit much. Going back in time? Why, so you can lead up to another BC expansion just to pull back your BC subscriber base?

    Issues with this expansion that will never be fixed:
    Lack of content-- garrison and raids is all you get once you hit 100; the raids are boring rehashes of other raids; the garrison ruined the economy; the community is still awful; the classes are ridiculously dumbed down and unbalanced; the essence of WoW is now replaced by Facebook/tablet game content; professions are now pointless; even collecting things like mounts is boring and too overbearing now; grinding all the reps is so tiring, and I'm getting so sick of reputation farming in every release; glyphs are useless; you have to buy a garrison on every toon and it doesn't get sped up for anyone; those talent trees are still horrible.

    With each expansion, the game becomes drastically different from the last, making each release a completely different game. This one took the cake. It's now WoW. It's a tablet game emulator. They're just copying and pasting what's popular and so many people are falling in love with it. I don't get it. I don't find Facebook apps fun. I don't find games just like them any fun, either.

    So what did I like about WoD?
    -No flying. I liked that I got to use my ground mounts for once.
    -New character models. Some were better, and some were worse. But the attacking and running animations were a bit more fluid.
    -Ultra rare mobs drop something for everyone in the group. If you all kill a rare mob that drops a mount, you all get that mount. Um… except for when you kill Nok-Karosh, who only drops one single mount for an entire raid of people who have to roll Greed on it. Sigh. Never mind, it's terrible again.
    -The instant character boost that came with buying the expansion. You know, so you can be terrible and be max level at the same time.
    -Um… Pepe?

    This was the expansion that did it for me. I already didn’t like MoP very much. In fact, I hated it (except for when Timeless Isle was released). I saw a lot of potential in WoD, and it let me down in the worst possible way. I thought it would be coming back from the grave, but it only dug its hole deeper. To me, WoW is dead now. I’m not interested in Legion, and I don’t even care about their store items anymore. Sure, once in a while, I see WoW as an ex-lover that I abruptly broke it off with, and every once in a while it’ll try calling me in the middle of the night to try to win me back. But I’ve had my fond memories, and I’ve had my good times. I’d rather hang onto them while I still have them rather than insult them by giving WoW the attention it so badly craves, like a screaming, whining child begging for candy.    … Expand
  89. neprania
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    + Leveling experience was better than in MoP (but that is not much since it was so bad in MoP)

    - Everything in Garrison is stupid - Followers - PvP is worse than ever - Professions, Mining and herbalist why these are there anymore? - Dungeons, only reason to do these are achievments - Ashran, worst world BG so far (and it has little to nothing to do with real World PVP) - World    + Leveling experience was better than in MoP (but that is not much since it was so bad in MoP)

    - Everything in Garrison is stupid
    - Followers
    - PvP is worse than ever
    - Professions, Mining and herbalist why these are there anymore?
    - Dungeons, only reason to do these are achievments
    - Ashran, worst world BG so far (and it has little to nothing to do with real World PVP)
    - World PVP, even with the no flying this did not happen, with all those stupid buffs and stuff they added + that there is not much ppl outside garrisons other than some random people farming Barn things.
    - Classes, about every class is much less fun to play compared to MoP or any other expansion or vanilla, especially i dislike how Warrior and Druid are now very easy and simple and much less fun to play compared what hey were pre mop.    … Expand
  90. Nanomilo
    Oct 13, 2015
    0
    La economía se arruinó, las profesiones ya no sirven de nada, las clases desbalanceadas, 2 druidas ferales en arenas... mejor que tu compañero y tú sean esos y no te toque contra ellos, el árbol de talentos ya no es árbol es talentos.... es una tabla ridícula donde siempre encontrarás la misma build, es más entretenido jugar clash of clans y subir tus defensas y construcciones, acá en WoDLa economía se arruinó, las profesiones ya no sirven de nada, las clases desbalanceadas, 2 druidas ferales en arenas... mejor que tu compañero y tú sean esos y no te toque contra ellos, el árbol de talentos ya no es árbol es talentos.... es una tabla ridícula donde siempre encontrarás la misma build, es más entretenido jugar clash of clans y subir tus defensas y construcciones, acá en WoD mejorarás tu fortaleza en un abrir y cerrar de ojos y luego... nada!!!! las mazmorras y bandas son muy aburridas, la reputación te permite comprar como 10 jabalíes de diferente color y nada más.... ni si quiera buenas monturas accesibles hay. WoW ya no es WoW, se convirtió en un juego para dummies… Expand
  91. therealverdict
    Mar 13, 2016
    0
    This game is garbage. It is sad to see a great game become nothing more than a cash cow. They literally ran out of ideas, so you know what they came up with to occupy players' time? Flying. Wow. That's it. Flying. You have to spend an entire month at least just grinding, exploring, and doing useless dailies in order to fly. Other than that, there is nothing to do anymore.
  92. dorout1
    Apr 9, 2016
    0
    WOD is most definitely the worst WOW expansion; in fact it fails on epic proportions. The game honestly felt more hollowed and players were more isolated than ever before. Do not trust any of the positive reviews as they are extremely biased and mostly made by fanboys. I was once a devoted Blizzard fan until CATA. Since CATA WOW has continuously been gutted and replaced with nothing.WOD is most definitely the worst WOW expansion; in fact it fails on epic proportions. The game honestly felt more hollowed and players were more isolated than ever before. Do not trust any of the positive reviews as they are extremely biased and mostly made by fanboys. I was once a devoted Blizzard fan until CATA. Since CATA WOW has continuously been gutted and replaced with nothing.

    Wow failed to deliver on all promises. Also, Blizzard transitioned their forums to Twitter. That's right.. Twitter. So, rather than reporting issues on their very own forums...... you report them to the Twitter Dev account. Players and MVP's came out of the woodwork to complain about this irrational decision, but Blizzard showed no care. Furthermore, Blizzard lacked any communication with the pvp community for the first 3 and a half month before Lord responded. However, it was a once sentence response then complete silence.

    This game is literally hollow (not even kidding about that) and it feels like an early alpha staged game that offers decent MS. It feels less complete than the beginning of WOTLK. Blizzard said they had a staff of 100+ people working on WOD, but it did not seem that way. In comparison FFXIV had a third of that workforce and they came out with a great game and continue to create far better content, ideas, raids, the list goes on.

    WOD is a waste of time and money and I highly recommend you to NOT play this game at all.    … Expand
  93. MooseSpoon
    Jul 2, 2015
    5
    I'm middle of the road on this expansion. I also think it is the worst expansion made to date.

    We were promised so much and so little was delivered. They gave us long rep grinds without much reward, apexis crystal dailies, and some raids. The raids aren't bad. The dailies and campaigns are mediocre with some characters you want to have around forever such as Yrel. The garrison was    I'm middle of the road on this expansion. I also think it is the worst expansion made to date.

    We were promised so much and so little was delivered.

    They gave us long rep grinds without much reward, apexis crystal dailies, and some raids. The raids aren't bad. The dailies and campaigns are mediocre with some characters you want to have around forever such as Yrel.

    The garrison was a great idea and giving people access to other professions was great, but they also made professions feel nearly worthless. The changes in itemization (Yay no hit or expertise) and class functions were certainly interesting and expected.

    However, this expansion just did not deliver. They tried to justify the removal of flying and gave us crappy jumping puzzles. This is an mmorpg, not a platformer. They messed around with Ashran to the point where it wasn't really fun to go do since the rewards weren't there unless you really wanted that pvp set. I was hoping when they tacked an extra $20 on to the price of the expansion that there would be something worthwhile.

    After completing everything up to the end of 6.2 HFC, I must say it was not worth it. I often find myself logging only to do garrison chores and raids. Other than that I find other mmorpg's or games in general that have the story and immersion that this expansion so greatly lacks. Even at the end of HFC everyone seems to forget how the expansion started as it was all glossed over with a few lines of happy feelings.

    I'm sorry, Blizzard, but your players deserved better. In one year we have gone through three raids and lost three million players. Stop blaming players for not having your vision when it is the lack of immersion, inspiration, and story that have for so long drawn players to this game.

    The one good thing I guess I can say is that the artwork and graphical content of this expansion was done very well.    … Expand
  94. archanjo
    Feb 10, 2016
    4
    worst expansion to date. this was worse then cataclysm for me....please make it end...legion im waiting for you very soon i hope!!the only thing good about wod was the soundtrack i love it :)
  95. kiubier
    Jul 11, 2015
    5
    Before the launch this seemed like a step in the right direction for WoW, and how many new things and improvements were going to be added, when it finally launched you had to wait hours, even days to get in queue to play, but when you did, even though not worth the wait, it was a very decent expansion.

    10 million constant subscribers is what wow gained after the release of WoD, and for    Before the launch this seemed like a step in the right direction for WoW, and how many new things and improvements were going to be added, when it finally launched you had to wait hours, even days to get in queue to play, but when you did, even though not worth the wait, it was a very decent expansion.

    10 million constant subscribers is what wow gained after the release of WoD, and for the good reasons too. But then all those people thought to themselves, alright, that was a hecka of a good expansion to play around in for 3 weeks, and left to play some other games while hoping blizzard makes an expansion similar to TBC, where not everything is handed you on a plate.

    You can even buy GAMETIME throught 3 days of farming your garrison. Even though that's a good way to not pay for wow at all, it just proves how easy it is to earn gold in this game, it's doesn't bring the fun and the challenge you had back in the old days of WoW, and let's face it, it probably never will.

    This is an average expansion which will keep the subscriber number from falling even lower, unlike MoP which was utter **** and even though it added some voice acting and a few more new raids it really didn't do anything to interesting to make this a good, or even a decent expansion. It's just average.

    Should you buy it?

    If you plan to buy all your game time from in game money, then why the hell not. But this late in the expansions lifetime, you won't even find anyone to play with, so I'd rather suggest just waiting for the next expansion like all of the other old timers.    … Expand
  96. DKR
    Nov 8, 2015
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Been a rabid WoW fan since the launch of BC, even tho I joined the *ehem* "recommended for best experience" servers that were desolate for Horde and swarming with Alliance and generally got the absolute worst experience possible, but none of that ever took away from the sheer epic that was BC. Personally, I vote that BC be inducted into some form of "hall of fame for oustanding video game design". Everything was perfect. The atmosphere, the music, the characters; it was all flawless, polished, and took me to mind-blowing locales and experiences that became the standard for MMO's to this day. How many times has a new MMO boasted itself as being "the WoW killer" only to copy WoW verbatim, go F2P, then die? It's a testament to the legend of WoW....or, what it once was.

    Bliz gave the community a dark simulacrum of what we were demanding; BC servers. Instead, we get a dumb, dumb, dumbed down xpac full of half-hearted references to what we loved. Now, WoW is a long chain of "kill 30 orcs, now go here and kill 30 ogres" for the first quarter of the xpac, you fight 2 things. IT'S THE SAME DAMN QUEST FOR THE FIRST 4HRS! Enemies, allies, bosses, all as generic as anime pop illustrated by a 10 yr old girl with cat ears and melon-sized eyeballs. I went thru a run of the raids and literally every boss had the identical, Lenny-esque mentality whos dialogue is.....wait for it....."SMASH."......."CRUSH." Where is the epic tale of Illidan Stormrage; the tale of a young, victimized, misunderstood elf man that was corrupted by his desire to be a hero? Where is the intricately woven tale of his conflict with his brother who over-shadowed him, lived all of his dreams, and was forced to be the one to capture him? Where did all this glorious storytelling prowess go, Bliz?

    The raids themselves were nothing note-worthy. Remember earning the honor of joining a raid; the most difficult content reserved for the elite? A beautiful, lore-immersing, fascinating sub world? Gone. Raids are now really big dungeons with no mechanics and forgettable, generic orcs who all have the same dialogue "[name], I HAVE FAILED YOU!" "BURN!" "DIE!" and everyone's favorite: "WE ARE THE TRUE HORDE!" Horde, Fel Horde, and now Iron Horde. What's next, Plastic Horde? THEY ARE THE TRUE HORDE!

    If you hit the cap and don't raid, there is one last option: PvP....and it is WORSE than EVER. DK's swarm everything like locusts. Join a dungeon: tank and 2 dps are all DK's. Join a BG: 5+ DK's guaranteed. Everytime. It's pretty much druid cat, retadin, DK, (and sometimes hunters) or bust. Why these 3? All of them can perma-stunlock you, kill you before it wears off, and heal themselves TO FULL repeatedly. REPEATEDLY. This really p**** me off as a shadow priest, especially since shapriests absolutely SUCK right now with no damage, poor healing, laughable defensive abilities, and no dps cd's. Shapriest guide: dot, dot, invis, disperse, explode. Full conquest gear and I can do 60k crits from time to time. A dk can pull me, cc lock for about 20 (!!!) seconds, all while smashing me with 100k crits, back to back to back relentlessly, heal himself to full in 2 sec, silence me for 6, make himself immune to magic for 5 and on and on and on. DK's are arguably the most brain dead "balancing" I've seen since LoL.

    And that's just the classes. What really makes PvP infuriating is how you cannot compete. You join any kind of PvP trying to get gear, but you are about 4 tiers behind everyone else, so you are completely defenseless to all these other players that have spent MONTHS grinding out their gear, and now have nothing better to do than join bg's full of no-geared fodder to spam taunt emotes on. Bliz seriously needs to address this. If I fight anyone in equal gear, I can pretty much beat anyone, but when I have 285k hp and fight a DK with 440k, it's not fair. It's not fun. I'm not even playing. I'm watching a bad film about a poor, helpless elf man that's being beaten cripple by ANOTHER human DK. "Most one sided fist fights caught on film"....a perfect illustration of gearing in PvP.

    The biggest issue of getting geared in PvP is it takes sooooo loooooong in this purgatory of the inferiority complex, that by the time you are FINALLY geared and you can FINALLY compete, you're burnt out! You don't care anymore! It's not fun anymore! And now that you have the best gear, you torment the people trying to get gear, now? Or level a new toon from level 1-100 to repeat the process?

    I never feel like I'm "playing" WoW. I always - instead - feel WoW is playing me; that I'm grinding things out and not enjoying it because I'm always so far behind and it takes AGES of boring grinding to FINALLY get to play. The world becoming increasingly generic and dumbed down doesn't help at all, nor the toxic, anti-social community that forces you to listen to their gutter-talk incantation for hours cuz comunikashun izzo emportant1!1oneone

    Subs are dropping like flies, and I'm one of 'em. Bye WoW.    … Expand
  97. Eagle16
    Dec 27, 2015
    3
    This expansion had awesome beginning quests and all other quests in all other zones but not implementing Tanaan Jungle at the start and then making it just Apexis Crystal **** farm this is a big fail. Raids are **** slow, you give more time to kill trash than boss in Hellfire Citadel and there are many unused places. This expansion looks like if world of warcraft became free.
  98. sahlab
    Mar 29, 2016
    4
    This expansion is nice at first but after a while the game becomes a second job.

    You log on, and start doing the garrison grinds: mines, garden, profession buildings work order, Apexis crystal dailies, battle-pet dailies, shipyard missions etc... after you finish all that grinding, you move on to older content grinds: reputation, mounts, achievements ....etc. PvP is also very    This expansion is nice at first but after a while the game becomes a second job.

    You log on, and start doing the garrison grinds: mines, garden, profession buildings work order, Apexis crystal dailies, battle-pet dailies, shipyard missions etc... after you finish all that grinding, you move on to older content grinds: reputation, mounts, achievements ....etc.

    PvP is also very grind-y. dungeons are cool, they are certainly better than MoP dungeons. But raids are not that fun actually. The idea of Garrosh creating an alternative timeline doesn't offer much in terms of lore and story telling. It felt like Blizzard has run out of ideas and is just recycling old stuff, and they confirmed that with timewalking dungeons.

    It strikes me as very strange that after all those years WoW's graphics is still pretty much the same cartoonish clumsy look. The music is great as always

    The over-all feel of the game now is very stale and boring.    … Expand
  99. Celli
    May 27, 2016
    5
    This is hands down one of the worst experiences with WoW and a terrible expansion.
    Okay, let me start off with the pros, there are only a few.
    -Draenor is a beautifully done continent, and they all feel unique and different in scope and scale, it's amazing what the art team can up with for an old engine based of the one from Warcraft 3. -The sound design is amazing as well. The music    This is hands down one of the worst experiences with WoW and a terrible expansion.
    Okay, let me start off with the pros, there are only a few.
    -Draenor is a beautifully done continent, and they all feel unique and different in scope and scale, it's amazing what the art team can up with for an old engine based of the one from Warcraft 3.
    -The sound design is amazing as well. The music score is well done as well, very good tracks and catchy tunes.
    -The 90-100 leveling experience is amazing and all the quests are really good.

    Alright, with those out of the way, let me talk about what was terrible.
    The end game content is scarce and there is no variation. Dailies are made into apexis grinds, which are monotonous and boring. Dailies have always been kind of a mixed bag, but these take the cake in really being absolutely awful.
    Two raid tiers, three raids, is unacceptable, Blizzard.
    Also, after you've done the leveling once, there is little incentive to go back through it again, as there is no variation in the way, it's extremely linear, and going through with an alt is extremely tedious and you'll get sick of going through the 5 leveling zones a second time.
    Tanaan Jungle is absolutely terrible and comprised of all the same crappy end game apexis dailies and boring rep grinds. Again, there is no variation.
    The Garrison. It was promising at first, but it turned into a **** facebook simulator, with followers that do more content than you, the garrison campaign missions are boring as well, and the garrison invasions are completely dumb and also offer no variation with every type.
    Getting materials is easy now and the AH is not a good place for mining and herbalism anymore. The daily CD on certain materials was also a terrible idea.
    Not to mention the cut content for the garrison, it is honestly lost potential. Which is also the basis for the entire xpac, lost potential.
    Ashran is garbage as well, PvP objectives are dumb and it's a less fun version of Wintergrasp without the vehicles, which might I add were also going to be included?
    And then Faralhon was just cut from the xpac entirely, what the heck, Blizzard?
    The dungeons are okay, but there is little reason to do them after one heroic run each.
    There is so much smoke and mirrors, bring old dungeons forward is NOT content, Blizzard.
    Not to mention the overall unprofessionalism of the dev team, dodging reasonable concerns and so much damage controlling, especially over adding good content, people complaining about the lack of said content, and confusing class nerfs that were unfounded.
    This was overall just a very poor experience. It's not the worst thing ever, and it wasn't unplayable, but the amount of cut content and missed potential, as well as the behavior of the devs, I can't give it a higher score than 5/10.
    Legion looks promising, and it seems like Blizzard is learning from their mistakes, so hopefully that will be amazing.    … Expand
  100. Khovai
    Dec 21, 2014
    2
    World of Warcraft reels us all in with Orcs, war, nostalgic characters and players finally getting their own player housing. The questing experience in Draenor is by far the best questing experience in this game to date.

    However, after you're done questing, you're sort of left wanting more twiddling your thumbs with nothing to do. Garrisons - These were a decent idea but I think they    World of Warcraft reels us all in with Orcs, war, nostalgic characters and players finally getting their own player housing. The questing experience in Draenor is by far the best questing experience in this game to date.

    However, after you're done questing, you're sort of left wanting more twiddling your thumbs with nothing to do.

    Garrisons - These were a decent idea but I think they over exaggerated how much people cared about them. No one from my old guild was nearly as excited about these as they clearly were. Not only that, but Garrisons feel like a mobile app game.

    Some of the buildings have ridiculous requirements for upgrading to Level 3, such as earning exalted reputation with almost every reputation on Draenor so you can unlock a building that gives you a 20% reputation bonus on Draenor... what?

    Raiding - I honestly feel like they had a decent difficulty gap in MoP. LFR was easy enough but adequately hard that if you AFKd, you could die. Flex mode was easy enough but you could still die if you kept making silly mistakes. Heroics were from my opinion at a decent spot.

    Raiding in WoD doesn't make any sense what so ever. LFR has been turned into an actual tourist mode where dying is nearly impossible. They gutted most of the fight mechanics, made them do almost no damage and fights are now literal loot pinatas.

    It's even worse when people go from LFR in Draenor to Normals because the jump in difficulty is absolutely asinine. Normals require people in 635 gear to be on their best performance or you won't make enrage timers and making simple mistakes will wipe your raid. Normals were supposed to be the next evolutionary step up from LFR, not a huge freaking leap in difficulty.

    Casters - Why? Just why? They absolutely obliterated a lot of spellcasters in this expansion. They removed a lot of abilities that made casters feel like casters and gave Mages abilities like "Comet Storm" or "Prismatic Crystal". The Crystal is awkward, clunky, a pain in the ass to place and just hope.. just hope your tank isn't kiting the boss or your talent is wasted. Not that it matters, it only lasts a few seconds anyways.

    Warlocks, Ele Shamans and Mages were in such a horrendous state at the beginning of the expansion, high guilds simply weren't taking them.

    PvP - This expansion was supposed to "fix" PvP. Feral Druids can still out heal some healers, some melee can still CC chain and burn down others but now, since they've made caster CC breakable so easy, it's incredibly tough to keep melee off of you.

    Aside from casters and PvP, this expansion feels entirely rushed out to meet a deadline. Every single expansion, we're getting less and less content under the guise of "future patches" or "exciting content" that's coming our way.

    Flying - I'm honestly neutral to the point on flying that I've never cared either way. However, they added insult to injury by promoting a $25 mount and saying it was "ready to fly". The Grinning Reaver was advertised as something you could take to the skies.

    Dev Communication - Forget communication, they're all obsessed with Twitter now. They rarely post to class forums or the general forums. It's probably a good thing you can't downvote them when they do post because some of these devs are delusional or so out of touch with what made this game as big as it is.

    Save your money and wait to see if 6.1 brings anything worth buying into.

    In my opinion, WoW's budget has been cut and now everyone's just being milked so they can fund projects like Overwatch. I mean, Bobby Kotick's $60 million salary isn't going to make itself. Blizzard has fallen from the Gods of gaming to yet another corporate money grab soul sucker.

    I honestly hope they never make Warcraft 4. After seeing what they've done to WoW and what they did to Diablo 3.. please.. Blizzard.. PLEASE, do not touch Warcraft 4. Let other companies take over your franchises from now on, please.    … Expand
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#10 Best PC Game of 2014
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 49
  3. Negative: 0 out of 49
  1. Gamestyle
    Feb 16, 2015
    70
    Now is a great time to jump in for new players, but established players will quickly tire of grinding the same content.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 7, 2015
    75
    My quarrel with Warlords of Draenor is that it does not define the direction for the whole game – it just refreshes it and sets it in order, which is what patches do. There’s not enough novelties and the changes (e.g. randomized loot) are hit and miss. [01/2015, p.52]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jan 31, 2015
    83
    A great excuse to leap back in, or take your first steps into the biggest MMO going. [Feb 2015, p.62]
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