World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2139 Ratings

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  1. res0nancer
    Jul 26, 2023
    3
    Эндгейм не увидел, дроп на 100 уровне. Игра не удержала.
  2. jdd96
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    This game sucks, you die 50 times before ever reaching level 20, its too difficult, pvp is unbalanced, terrible combat, mechanics, everything is so bad about World of Warcraft it should stop existing from earth. Honestly the first time i played it i was 12 years old, i cried in front of the boar, it made me have breakdowns, i had a terrible childhood, this game didn't make it better, todayThis game sucks, you die 50 times before ever reaching level 20, its too difficult, pvp is unbalanced, terrible combat, mechanics, everything is so bad about World of Warcraft it should stop existing from earth. Honestly the first time i played it i was 12 years old, i cried in front of the boar, it made me have breakdowns, i had a terrible childhood, this game didn't make it better, today im 27 i still cry while playing it, its so bad, it makes you want to end your life.… Expand
  3. shenkenhigh
    Mar 11, 2023
    10
    Nevertheless it was a descent expansion with interesting world, and exploration. With NO agenda at all. And it was pretty darn fantastic, nostalgic, to the old BC times. Challenges were tough, and gave that feeling of accomplishment like MoPish were. Also great soundtrack, nice locations,
  4. Vitalick
    Sep 2, 2022
    5
    El principio del fin. La camara selfi lo mejor de la expansión. Meses y meses sin contenido aunque lo poco que había tampoco estaba mal
  5. Drangleic
    Apr 28, 2022
    0
    absolute garbage! Just as bad as the rest of the expansions starting with Cataclysm
  6. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    games out of politics, juegos fuera de la politica, jogos fora da política
  7. Zhek87
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Невозможно оплатить подписку в России, гг Близзард
  8. MoofiaBossVal
    Dec 26, 2021
    6
    Aesthetically great, but this is the beginning of the sameyness. We had three years of orcs and their black engines of war and their red, firey fortresses. Then we got three years of demons and black rocks and green lava.

    This is the last WoW expansion to have a banger soundtrack. This is also the first WoW expansion that is mostly voiced. There was a dearth of content in this    Aesthetically great, but this is the beginning of the sameyness. We had three years of orcs and their black engines of war and their red, firey fortresses. Then we got three years of demons and black rocks and green lava.

    This is the last WoW expansion to have a banger soundtrack. This is also the first WoW expansion that is mostly voiced.

    There was a dearth of content in this expansion. No reputation questlines as in the prior expansion. Also no big, fleshed out capital cities. The main storyline was aborted halfway through. The lead writer left and this is when the WoW lore starts going stupid. Lots of classes were overhaulled and gutted for no reason.    … Expand
  9. donanja
    Oct 10, 2021
    1
    Anyone who claims that Battle for Azeroth or Shadowlands are worse than Warlords of Draenor is either being a contrarian or looking through rose-tinted glasses. Warlords of Draenor was an abysmal expansion that added only two worthwhile features: new character models and the convenience of having an additional Hearthstone.

    There is no excuse for the disaster that is Warlords of Draenor.    Anyone who claims that Battle for Azeroth or Shadowlands are worse than Warlords of Draenor is either being a contrarian or looking through rose-tinted glasses. Warlords of Draenor was an abysmal expansion that added only two worthwhile features: new character models and the convenience of having an additional Hearthstone.

    There is no excuse for the disaster that is Warlords of Draenor. The only good thing that can be said about it is that because the developers decided to seemingly halt development a few months into the expansion's life cycle, they were able to pour more resources into the next expansion and give us Legion, which was a great expansion.

    But unfortunately, the damage had already been done, and to this day there are many who left the game and never returned. All because of Warlords of Draenor.    … Expand
  10. Estro
    May 29, 2021
    10
    maybe this is just because this is the expansion that I started playing wow seriously for the first time but I loved it! I had so much fun questing and just doing stuff because it was my first full experience with wow, and I still love going back to the zones.
  11. WCM320
    Feb 6, 2021
    6
    You know I like this Expac more then most but even I don't really care.
    It really does go to show that blizzard just does not know how to leave there story alone and in a good place ever.
  12. Fallconex
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    Very cool idea of setting but in the end - weak performance for many fans of the game.
  13. Turoine
    Dec 1, 2020
    10
    For me, this expansion gave the best memories of wow. Areas were very interesting. Full of treasures and interesting rare mobs. I also enjoyed raiding very much. Items upgraded randomly, which was cool. Shadowmoon valley was full of magic.

    Too bad Blizzard stopped developing this expansion (for example Farahlon never came) and started to design Legion, which wasn't imo too great and was    For me, this expansion gave the best memories of wow. Areas were very interesting. Full of treasures and interesting rare mobs. I also enjoyed raiding very much. Items upgraded randomly, which was cool. Shadowmoon valley was full of magic.

    Too bad Blizzard stopped developing this expansion (for example Farahlon never came) and started to design Legion, which wasn't imo too great and was overrated.    … Expand
  14. Manzanetti
    Aug 10, 2020
    4
    The worst shape WoW has ever been. Lore is a **** and only the art is on point.
  15. belchegors
    Jun 9, 2020
    10
    great game what can I say, the only negative part about is the almost 15 months of no new content. thats why people hate on it. i had my fun!
  16. HBlack
    Feb 10, 2020
    0
    The game publisher had a problem with their "recruit a friend" service. But because I didn't report it until 9 days after the friend started (instead of 7) they refused to fix it. Horrible customer service. :(
  17. Darkblackout
    Feb 3, 2020
    9
    Brings us back to when the orc did not consume the fel and we get to see all the old villans and heroes of the past
  18. Bloodnes
    Jan 7, 2020
    10
    После Короля Лича выглядело дополнение более провальным, но мне понравилось, но осадок оставался. Общую оценку игре не меняет, шедевр одним словом. 10/10
  19. MrFoster
    Jul 30, 2019
    5
    WoD had everything to be one of the most epic expansions in the world of warcraft, the maps were beautiful and well crafted, the lore had potential, the raids were super cool, but the lack of content destroyed the expansion.
  20. NightElves
    Mar 16, 2019
    8
    What an awesome intro. And the garrison is so perfect, so much to do at the beginning of this great expansion. The levelling part is a bit too short. I really love the night-all-time zone of Shadowmoon Valley and the snowy one of Frostfire Ridge. I was kind of sad when they at Blizzcon said that Ashran was going to be a max-level PvP zone. I was hoping for another Timeless Isle, but IWhat an awesome intro. And the garrison is so perfect, so much to do at the beginning of this great expansion. The levelling part is a bit too short. I really love the night-all-time zone of Shadowmoon Valley and the snowy one of Frostfire Ridge. I was kind of sad when they at Blizzcon said that Ashran was going to be a max-level PvP zone. I was hoping for another Timeless Isle, but I guess that Tanaan Jungle is suppose to be that. It is, but not like Timeless Isle.… Expand
  21. Magnarts
    Oct 2, 2018
    8
    A pesar de que el juego al final no resulto ser lo que se esperaba, la falta de contenido y eso hizo que el juego cayera mucho, y lo catalogaran como la pero expansión del juego, pero yo disfrute esta expansión en el ámbito del PvP, fue la primer expansión en la que me enfoque en este ámbito y modo de juego y llegue hasta 2400 de indice de arenas y de ahí conseguí mi gusto actual el PvP,A pesar de que el juego al final no resulto ser lo que se esperaba, la falta de contenido y eso hizo que el juego cayera mucho, y lo catalogaran como la pero expansión del juego, pero yo disfrute esta expansión en el ámbito del PvP, fue la primer expansión en la que me enfoque en este ámbito y modo de juego y llegue hasta 2400 de indice de arenas y de ahí conseguí mi gusto actual el PvP, antes yo inicie a jugar en Cataclysm y solo hacia PvE, pero WoD me dio el respiro y cambio que necesitaba… Expand
  22. Varlord
    Sep 12, 2018
    8
    This is by far the last “ok” wow addon. But blizzard themselves threw it into mud. 8 just for all good things that this game has lost.
  23. Friendzie
    Apr 18, 2018
    7
    I'm editing my original 10/10 review. On retrospect this turned out to be one of the worst expansions. The raiding was good, and Tanaan Jungle was a fun zone that was added later, but the rest was a failure with tons of cut content. Not that this matters much in 2018. WoW still remains my favorite MMORPG.
  24. Kaszmiro
    Oct 31, 2017
    6
    Looking at this xpac after some time I can't say it was awful but it was far from good
    Pros
    + Amazing locations but not used after we done questing
    + Very good raids and dungeons
    + Leveling was pleasant
    Cons
    - Not many things to do at max lvl
    - A few dungeons and only 3 raids
    - Game was barely updated during WoD
    - Stingy storyline
  25. xavierengelin
    Jul 25, 2017
    0
    this was so so bad really garrison during that point i wondered if this was a singe player game thats all that has to be said expect raiding that was kinda okay
  26. Sinnuhe
    Dec 7, 2016
    4
    Is me negative vote more strong for me... I never thing said this in any product from Blizzard with your franchise World Of Warcraft... but Warlords of Draenor... break this limit, and yes, this expansion is so bad... only save leveling, cinematic and of course new land and new visual line.... but content, news mods.... 4/10... :(
  27. Dkashola
    Nov 11, 2016
    3
    *edited* change score to reflect the quality of the expansion as a whole.

    Good things - Leveling/dungeons(when they were relevant) raids and new character models.

    Bad things - nearly everything else. tl;dr You were stuck in the garrison all the time w/ nothing to do other than to play a facebook game.
  28. Mduke
    Aug 8, 2016
    0
    The first thing is there is no technical support at all. Tickets is the only way to contact them if you have an actual problem. They will acknowledge the problem and do nothing about it. They have built a system to shield themselves from the customer while they provide no support. The game areas now are very small and to fix this they do things like take away flying to "make it moreThe first thing is there is no technical support at all. Tickets is the only way to contact them if you have an actual problem. They will acknowledge the problem and do nothing about it. They have built a system to shield themselves from the customer while they provide no support. The game areas now are very small and to fix this they do things like take away flying to "make it more immersive" meaning we built a small area being lazy and this is how we are trying to combat it. You can unlock flying but its a long achievement to do so once you do this you realize how small the new areas really are. Since prepatch for legion the servers are plagued with crashes and resets almost everyday. During this the raids. dungeons, and quests reset randomly sometimes. Which Blizzards reply is "well keep trying it". This game could still be good but apparently they have gone the route of provide little content and get as much out of the consumer as they can. They now also sell mounts and pets you cannot get in the game for a bigger cash grab.… Expand
  29. shadowboy813
    Jul 18, 2016
    2
    This abyssmal abomination of an expansion has sapped my desire to log in. My only reason for playing the game anymore is to spend time with my friends who still do. I log in to raid with them and between raid nights, I play just about any other game I know. This expansion has sapped my enjoyment from the game so much that I haven't even been keeping up on the next expansion because I justThis abyssmal abomination of an expansion has sapped my desire to log in. My only reason for playing the game anymore is to spend time with my friends who still do. I log in to raid with them and between raid nights, I play just about any other game I know. This expansion has sapped my enjoyment from the game so much that I haven't even been keeping up on the next expansion because I just don't care enough, anymore. I also have very low expectations of Blizzard at this point.… Expand
  30. rodericrinehart
    Jul 10, 2016
    4
    I played WoW hardcore for its first six years and loved it. It began to really slip for me after Lich King and now is just a shell of itself. They have really mailed-in everything about it - not improving the graphics, the talents and progression are actually worse, and the quests are so bland and copy pasta it is ridiculous.
  31. 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
  32. oso
    May 24, 2016
    0
    Over the last expansions Blizzard managed to take out every aspect of the game that made it once great. WoD is the pinnacle of that process and while in MoP and Cataclysm I had at least some fun while leveling, with WoD that was also taken from me. They lured us by promising a retro like experience and more challanging content. What we got was the most dumbed down content ever. Every majorOver the last expansions Blizzard managed to take out every aspect of the game that made it once great. WoD is the pinnacle of that process and while in MoP and Cataclysm I had at least some fun while leveling, with WoD that was also taken from me. They lured us by promising a retro like experience and more challanging content. What we got was the most dumbed down content ever. Every major quest line instanced, easy to kill raremobs everywhere, no social interaction needed for anything, mandatory garrison farming all day every day. Again I believed their lies at Blizzcon and tolerated their arrogant behavior towards the fanbase. As I stated in my D3 review i feel betrayed by a company that delivered the greatest video game of my era and by that i mean the original World of Warcraft. The insolence of selling WoD for almost 200% of BCs selling price back in the day, and then haveing the least content of all expansions, indicates that Activision-Blizzards priority is to milk the rest of the customers as far as possible before there are none left. I cannot understand why anyone would consider buying Legion while they continue to ignore the player bases outcry.
    Sadly it seems that Blizzard itself is the "WoW-Killer" and not any competitive product.    … Expand
  33. diaper
    Apr 28, 2016
    10
    This is the best WoW expansion of all time. The garrison missions are a blast, the pet battles are fun, and everything is just great! It is much better than Vanilla WoW.
  34. Shaedrin
    Apr 18, 2016
    7
    Been playing WoW from day 1...god I can not believe I have given so much of my time (and money) to this game. Not saying it in a bad way, just an amusing observation.

    WoD though, I thought it was an interesting concept. Go back in time to before Outland/Draenor got wrecked. Story arc was interesting and engaging for me, but still all about yo-yo quests. you know, the "go there,    Been playing WoW from day 1...god I can not believe I have given so much of my time (and money) to this game. Not saying it in a bad way, just an amusing observation.

    WoD though, I thought it was an interesting concept. Go back in time to before Outland/Draenor got wrecked. Story arc was interesting and engaging for me, but still all about yo-yo quests. you know, the "go there, come back. go over there, then come back. Oh, you know that place you left three hours ago? Yeah...go there and come back again." But that's to be expected.

    My main issue with WoW pretty much since Burning Failure is the bloody dailies. They pretty much make playing the game a second occupation. Rep grinds, crafting material grinds, just grind after grind after grind....and none of it meaningful. Just busy work for the sake of distracting you from the fact that Blizzard really, if you think about it, didn't give you much in this expansion.

    Content-wise....they basically gave you enough to do to hit 100 in a day. Yes, a single day folks. I know because I did it. 7 times. what does that tell you? At that point....guess what you are left with?

    Grinding.

    Or going to finishing quests for gold. Either way...a grind.

    Now Blizzard says they will start putting out an xpac every year instead of every 2-3. What will that solve if you barely give us anything meaningful to do to begin with? I literally spent more time running all my toons back through old raids for transmog gear than I ever did doing the actual content in WoD....and found it MORE fulfilling.

    Listen to your players Blizzard....you keep ignoring us much longer and we might just leave to go play Age of Conan.    … Expand
  35. 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
  36. Retpally
    Mar 30, 2016
    5
    Low content, bad end game, Ashran, pay more for less. This expansion is very disappointing on the Pve side and pvp side. No new battlegrounds or arenas. Only 9 DGs and 3 raids.
  37. 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
  38. 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.
  39. Rage128
    Feb 24, 2016
    5
    Many aspects go into making an MMORPG great and Blizzard is no stranger to putting out quality products winning numerous awards for various games and making more money than any of us can imagine. When first starting from level 90 and venturing off into Draenor, you find yourself helping a group of characters destroy the Portal which was built to breach the gateway between Draenor andMany aspects go into making an MMORPG great and Blizzard is no stranger to putting out quality products winning numerous awards for various games and making more money than any of us can imagine. When first starting from level 90 and venturing off into Draenor, you find yourself helping a group of characters destroy the Portal which was built to breach the gateway between Draenor and Azeroth. From here you have to progress through each zone all while building up your army of allies to ultimately defeat the group that tried to invade Azeroth.

    Single Player Gameplay
    The single player content with this game contains basically two things: Leveling up through the zones and your Garrison. At first glance the sound of having your own "town" that you can control people and buildings may intrigue you, but we will get back to that in a minute. The leveling up process through Draenor is fantastic. The zones are designed with progression in mind from one location to another and there always is a bread crumb trail for you to follow to easily find your way. The implementation of Rare mobs and treasures made each zone more fun and exciting because you could pick up extra equipment to make yourself stronger. You'd also be able to find and unlock followers on your adventures which would assist you with duties in your Garrison.

    The garrisons are set up in 3 levels, with each level unlocking as you grow in level and progress through the game. Each level offers more of a variety of buildings to help with professions, resource gathering, follower requirement, daily quest hubs and even PvP. At first you'll be extremely excited about this because you will have most everything at your finger tips, but you soon realize that all you do is log on to your character, do your garrison "stuff" and then log off because there is nothing else to do for end game content. The Mine and the Herb garden utterly destroyed gathering professions because you didn't need to have either one to obtain materials needed for crafting. This also hurt the economy because this now wasn't a viable way to make any gold. Professions were gated now behind a daily cooldown building in your garrison that you needed to make certain items. On top of that any secondary stats (Mastery, Mutlistrike, Haste, Versatility) that you were given from the items were completely randomized. The follower mission table was just that, you basically became the quest giver and sent your followers out on missions. You don't get to do the missions any more, they do. This now became the primary way of making money in Warlords of Draenor because with little effort you could send your followers out and they'd bring you back gold, experience and even loot from raids. The shipyard addition in 6.2 would just end up being another mission table. This made end game solo content, basically non existent.

    Multiplayer
    The multiplayer for Warlords of Draenor for the most part was well designed in terms of the Raids and Dungeons. The raids, if you were able to do them on the higher difficulties offered a variety of challenges that required a high amount of teamwork along with personal skill and accountability. The dungeons were well designed for first hitting level 100, but grew tiresome quickly with the fact that there were only 8 dungeons to choose from, one of which was a rehash from Vanilla WoW. There weren't any new dungeons added, only harder difficulties and timewalking which is just a rehash of old dungeons from all the previous expansions.

    PvP is a joke, no new battlegrounds or Arenas were added and Ashran, which was supposed to be like AV or Wintersgrasp, actually felt more like PvE with a group of people rather than Actual PvP with objectives. Its insanely easy to get gear up for PvP and doesn't offer any incentive to keep doing it.

    The overall story of the game is rather convoluted and you can see the end product was changed and rushed. Without giving away any spoilers, the end boss isn't who you think it should be. Normally Blizzard puts a lot more time and effort into their stories and is one of the reasons their games are so popular, that's why it's so painful to see how poor this one was written.

    Graphics and Sound
    The art style and attention to details by Blizzard's art team are superb. You can really see all the hard work that went into each zone and all the new characters, weapons and armor. Although it may not be perfect, it is probably the best part of this expansion. The sound via music and voice acting was also top notch.

    TL:DR Overall the game is average at best and to me deserves a score of about a 4 (the art and music bumps the overall score to a 5) . If you are able to raid, you will find it fun for a few months, but even then all you will find yourself doing is logging on to do garrison "stuff" and raiding. Here is to hoping Blizzard learns from their mistakes for Legion!    … Expand
  40. Zahrada
    Feb 24, 2016
    0
    I pre-ordered this expansion thinking that I will give the franchise one last chance after the disappointment of the previous one (MoP) and the one before (Cata). This time round I did not even have the morale to bring my character to the level cap. The game treated me as a super hero more than any of the previous expansions. The game has pretty much turned into solo game play. TheI pre-ordered this expansion thinking that I will give the franchise one last chance after the disappointment of the previous one (MoP) and the one before (Cata). This time round I did not even have the morale to bring my character to the level cap. The game treated me as a super hero more than any of the previous expansions. The game has pretty much turned into solo game play. The immersion is gone. There were two reason why I gave MoP 2 points in my review. One point for the remnants of the original game still present and one for the friends still present in the game. Both are pretty much gone now. There is nothing interesting for an RPG fan anymore. The game may have positive aspects for other players that are into numbers, daily tasks and gear treadmill. But I personally see the present WoW model as a poison to the gaming industry rather then a valuable addition. The sooner the MMO genre moves away from this unhealthy model of Facebook/FarmVille games, the better for everyone involved. Sadly Blizzard is reducing this franchise into just that and nothing else.… Expand
  41. 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 :)
  42. 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.
  43. barzozwierz
    Dec 15, 2015
    7
    + raids
    + flex raiding
    + garrison missions that can make you goldcap in notime + visuals + catch-up mechanics - professions are irrelevant... and constrained by time, not your grind capacity - even more painful RNG - legendary grinding I usually stick around if the grind and RNG is somewhat balanced out by content. for me there's no content outside PvE - be it 5man or mythic    + raids
    + flex raiding
    + garrison missions that can make you goldcap in notime
    + visuals
    + catch-up mechanics

    - professions are irrelevant... and constrained by time, not your grind capacity
    - even more painful RNG
    - legendary grinding

    I usually stick around if the grind and RNG is somewhat balanced out by content. for me there's no content outside PvE - be it 5man or mythic raids. while i'm not happy with dungeons (they become irrelevant very quickly), this time around raids are simply amazing.
    still keeping subbed only because of those 3 nights in a week; outside of it - it's a **** boring xpack    … Expand
  44. iceman994
    Dec 11, 2015
    8
    I say low content and the Garrisons are making people addicted to stay there and they killed the on-line community with them. But the game is still strong and easily can make u addict. I can say only one thing Legion will better than this expansion I hope more content will come to Legion but WOD only get 8.0 because low content and pvp got 0 new stuff.
  45. tamazetram
    Dec 7, 2015
    9
    got to laugh about the reviews where people are complaining they are bored of the game after playing for ten years lol instead of whining, just stop playing or is it that you secretly dont hate the game, just you are upset that you secretly do still love the game? yeah, garrison is not great but from my 9 level 100's only 3 have level 3 garrisons, you do realise you can still raid, questgot to laugh about the reviews where people are complaining they are bored of the game after playing for ten years lol instead of whining, just stop playing or is it that you secretly dont hate the game, just you are upset that you secretly do still love the game? yeah, garrison is not great but from my 9 level 100's only 3 have level 3 garrisons, you do realise you can still raid, quest and dungeon without playing the garrison don't you? my main gripe is how dumbed down a lot of the game is now but....and its a big but..... i have no progress on mythic raiding so maybe I'm a little dumbed down too :D I can't complain a games too easy when I haven't beaten the harder aspects of it. Overall, nice updates graphically, sound has always been good, story is told well (if you read the quests) and lots of different classes to play with. Balancing has and will always be an issue but most people in my experience who freak about it are normally the people who aren't very good despite the class they choose… Expand
  46. Crux95
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    The expansion was mostly fine in the beginning (aside from the terrible launch), the questing and leveling experience was very engaging, definitely the best one so far. However once you hit level cap, there's very little to do outside of raiding. PVP also got the short end of the stick and arena participation was at lowest it's ever been.
  47. 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
  48. Relrel
    Oct 30, 2015
    6
    The raids are fantastic and the new zones are beautiful. Worth trying.

    Shipyard and garrison features were really unappealing and did not feel like part of an MMORPG. There is simply not enough content to justify ongoing subscription.
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. Dilemmas
    Oct 3, 2015
    7
    This expansion is a mixed bag, and definitely shifts the focus away from people who enjoy raiding content. Warlords of Draenor is an expansion that focuses on world content and activities, most of which are centered around your Garrison.

    This shift of focus has largely alienated those who enjoy hardcore raiding, and profession balance has been upset by the new Garrison mechanics, but I    This expansion is a mixed bag, and definitely shifts the focus away from people who enjoy raiding content. Warlords of Draenor is an expansion that focuses on world content and activities, most of which are centered around your Garrison.

    This shift of focus has largely alienated those who enjoy hardcore raiding, and profession balance has been upset by the new Garrison mechanics, but I would say that if you enjoy WoW for it's exploration and world content; then WoD should be very enjoyable to you.

    As for the profession problems, Blizzard has made a lot of questionable changes, however professions are still very viable gold makers for the people who adapt to the changes, rather than becoming a sniveling mess over the features that daddy (Blizzard) took away.

    Personally, I was formerly a hardcore raider during Wrath, and after a few years off since the Cataclysm expansion disaster, I came back looking for a more casual and relaxed experience that didn't depend much on raiding. and that's exactly what I found in WoD.    … Expand
  52. DeltaPhoenix
    Sep 24, 2015
    10
    I absolutely love the WoW franchise and this especially was worth every penny. The story rocked the house down, the graphics like always were outstanding and the new features were fabulous. The new mounts were awesome and the new land Draenor was something I've never seen before. This was definetely a success. Go buy it NOW.
  53. Klewer
    Sep 23, 2015
    7
    An improvement on the previous expansion in my opinion, as the new story and content for levelling is much more enjoyable and in line with more traditional WOW lore. The continued "casual" additions are ok in terms of dungeons and now raiding, however garrisons additions are lacklustre and not particularly fun.
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. Radox0
    Sep 12, 2015
    2
    It's easily the worst expansion of world of warcraft. 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.
  57. Brickthegrim
    Aug 20, 2015
    9
    The questing is immensely better than any previous content and the story is told in a much more breathtaking way. The cinematic are amazing and the new areas look amazing. I am PvE only pretty well so I can't comment on PvP and I have not done enough end game to comment on that other than to say most players seem to like it.. This expansion vastly improves many of the worst aspects of WoWThe questing is immensely better than any previous content and the story is told in a much more breathtaking way. The cinematic are amazing and the new areas look amazing. I am PvE only pretty well so I can't comment on PvP and I have not done enough end game to comment on that other than to say most players seem to like it.. This expansion vastly improves many of the worst aspects of WoW like the grinding and the lame questing.… Expand
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. ruthven78
    Jul 26, 2015
    5
    So I didnt start playing WoW until pandaland had already been out for quite some time....but I have logged in over 1000 hours into the game, probably 1600 is closer to accurrate. So I got at least 6 toons up to WoD levels but only 4 at 100 but I became utterly bored with the grind. The only thing left for me was raiding, and it was either insanely easy with LFR which granted junk items,So I didnt start playing WoW until pandaland had already been out for quite some time....but I have logged in over 1000 hours into the game, probably 1600 is closer to accurrate. So I got at least 6 toons up to WoD levels but only 4 at 100 but I became utterly bored with the grind. The only thing left for me was raiding, and it was either insanely easy with LFR which granted junk items, or pretty darn difficult for the other raids....What urks me most about WoW is the insanely low drop rates of items...I mean I ran a raid 40 times, and only never got the 15% drop rate item....it wouldnt be so bad if you could get loot drops more than once a week. WoD was just too much of a grindfest for me. Its like they abandoned the RPG/questing for PVP & raiding. I actually really liked MoP and I didnt even finish all teh quests. I had all the WoD quests completed for a single toon in the first month. If they hadnt mucked up crafting so badly I would probably had been content doing profession stuff. Unfortunately all crafting hinges on savage blood which is just annoying to have to farm. and being able to buy game time with gold, you pretty much have to grind & farm just for that all month, so instead of grinding for gear or raiding you would be grinding for play time so it was totally pointless. They need to look to SWTOR for their subscription levels, I would probably be playing at least on a free to play and every so often throwing some cash in, but instead I look at the monthly cost and how much enjoyment Im getting out of it versus other games available to me. I might take advantage of the free 7 days available from the 6.2 patch, but I dunno......PVP is so unbalanced, raids are hard to get into anything above LFR...forget PUGs ,you will sit there for 5 hours waiting. The garrison idea was cool, but it missed the mark.… Expand
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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.
  68. 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
  69. 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.
  70. cezaraioana
    Jun 20, 2015
    10
    I personally loved this expansion. Besides the glitches and the lags from the beginning, which they were funny anyway, this expansion is a masterpiece. Love it.
  71. Spysheep
    Jun 12, 2015
    2
    The nostalgia keeps me coming back. The art is very appealing as always, but the state of pvp is absolutely rubbish. If your idea of a good time is being stunned and losing control of your character, this game MIGHT be for you. The only game I spend more time incapacitated than actually playing. Sad times.
  72. Sitallik
    Jun 10, 2015
    1
    I loved to play wow for many years. I enjoy the technical quality, I enjoy that it is a subscription and not a pay to win game, I enjoyed the world itself, the whimsical, the graphics.
    But the game changed. It has become more and more a super Mario on steroids, where it is more important to push buttons fast then to have a brain to understand what is going on. It has become a hunt to    I loved to play wow for many years. I enjoy the technical quality, I enjoy that it is a subscription and not a pay to win game, I enjoyed the world itself, the whimsical, the graphics.
    But the game changed. It has become more and more a super Mario on steroids, where it is more important to push buttons fast then to have a brain to understand what is going on. It has become a hunt to clear content in the first few weeks or to be one of masses that run through lfr's to pick up loot that's at that point worthless. The immersion is gone - and instead of fixing the problem they take out flying, claiming to fix the lack immersion that way.
    Also the community in the game has gone to completely disgusting. The amount of stupid and just disgusting profanity has risen to an almost permanent condition. People who complain are being belittled and accused of being the problem instead of those who display the inappropriate behavior.
    It seems that the majority of the player base consists of barely literate, rude and low class teenagers (or those who got stuck in a high-school mentality even though they progressed in years).

    I loved the game. Sometimes I feel almost homesick. But I stopped playing about a year ago and haven't gone back. I don't feel like wanting to go back.

    I guess if you don't care for profanity littering your chat window and if you think true gaming is to push buttons fast it's your game. If you look for intelligent and fun ways to immerse yourself in a different world it isn't anymore.    … Expand
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. Deadhealer
    Apr 30, 2015
    8
    + The story is well ridden.
    + Awesome characters.
    + Draenor looks fantastic. + The leveling quests are pretty good. + Epic cut scene. + Great raids, dungeons and zones. + New characters models. + Garrisons is a great idea, it's fun and addicting. + Tons of rares with great loot. + No flying (thank god). - Ashran. - A bit too few dungeon. - Crap launch. - No new battlegrounds    + The story is well ridden.
    + Awesome characters.
    + Draenor looks fantastic.
    + The leveling quests are pretty good.
    + Epic cut scene.
    + Great raids, dungeons and zones.
    + New characters models.
    + Garrisons is a great idea, it's fun and addicting.
    + Tons of rares with great loot.
    + No flying (thank god).

    - Ashran.
    - A bit too few dungeon.
    - Crap launch.
    - No new battlegrounds or arenas.    … Expand
  76. DarthDigital
    Apr 24, 2015
    2
    The heavily phased, railroad-style gameplay controls your character at every turn. A little phasing goes a long way (for example, as implemented in Wrath of the Lich King), but this is a case of Developers Gone Wild. Just ridiculous. I thought that Blizzard had learned their lesson from the Cataclysm expansion.

    If you fail to complete every quest in the order prescribed by Blizzard,    The heavily phased, railroad-style gameplay controls your character at every turn. A little phasing goes a long way (for example, as implemented in Wrath of the Lich King), but this is a case of Developers Gone Wild. Just ridiculous. I thought that Blizzard had learned their lesson from the Cataclysm expansion.

    If you fail to complete every quest in the order prescribed by Blizzard, guess what? No more quests for you! Forget about exploring and finding quest givers, and selecting the quests that interest you and building your own adventure. I miss the days when the Warcraft world was wild, mysterious, and a bit scary--when you could explore the wondrous yet dangerous world and stumble upon little-known, random quest givers in the remotest corners of a zone.

    The garrison is gimmicky, rubbish content that has no place in WoW. Worse, the garrison is in no way optional, as Blizzard has made it the hub of this expansion.

    Blizzard really needs to get the A-Team developers back on WoW development. This release is boring, has no depth, and abuses phasing technology.    … Expand
  77. Mr0z23
    Apr 19, 2015
    0
    The expansion seemed amazing at first. Then when you look at it through a magnifying glass you'll realize this is probably the worst expansion WoW has ever cranked out. Having come out after 14 months of no content. Blizzard promised it would learn from its mistakes and give us an ample amount of content. At first I believed this. Leveling in WoD was pretty good, yet end game content is aThe expansion seemed amazing at first. Then when you look at it through a magnifying glass you'll realize this is probably the worst expansion WoW has ever cranked out. Having come out after 14 months of no content. Blizzard promised it would learn from its mistakes and give us an ample amount of content. At first I believed this. Leveling in WoD was pretty good, yet end game content is a completely different story. There's only 8 dungeons, 1 raid, no new races, no new classes, and no new battlegrounds or arenas. I turned to pvp, as that's my favorite thing in WoW, only to realize it's a broken mess. Then I went to Ashran, only to realize it's an abomination. I had hoped 6.1 would fix all of these problems, only to realize the only new content they introduced was a selfie stick(really?) and a rehash of the 8 dungeons that came out this expansion. This truly shows how little Blizzard cares about its fans to me. Everything they promised to us was empty, and once again we're faced with no new content. This expansion doesn't deserve my money, therefor I've unsubscribed from the game. I doubt WoW will be alive for much longer if Blizzard keeps this up.… Expand
  78. iseeall
    Apr 19, 2015
    0
    Being a WoW player for a long time till Cataclysm, I can only give the 5th expansion (Draenor) a 0/10. First, now they sell stuff in the game for real money. This alone is the reason to give a 0. In-app purchases are insulting. For a paid, subcription-based game? You gotta be **** me. You are clearly on your way to make your game a big bazaar like some Korean f2p mobile game for Android.Being a WoW player for a long time till Cataclysm, I can only give the 5th expansion (Draenor) a 0/10. First, now they sell stuff in the game for real money. This alone is the reason to give a 0. In-app purchases are insulting. For a paid, subcription-based game? You gotta be **** me. You are clearly on your way to make your game a big bazaar like some Korean f2p mobile game for Android. Second, the promised character boost to lvl 90. The boost was the only reason I downloaded the trial, because I hated Pandaria and didn't want to play all those crappy Chinese-themed levels EVER again, so I hoped that I could skip that nasty expansion altogether and see if the new stuff is worth a purchase. It turns out, the boost is only free for 1 character. Which means, with the rest of my characters I will need to play thru the Chinese crap, or pay 50 euro for each. In the trial they don't even give the boost, so I'm kind of forced to start with the Pandaria **** again. Now, what's with the new graphics? I had a pretty female gnome mage, and now her face is totally ugly after the graphics update, so ugly that I don't want to play this character anymore. Of all the dozen female gnome faces only 1 (the first one in the list) looks nice, the rest are ugly. So, I'm forced to drop that character which has craploads of achievements on it, or pay to change the face. Anyway, Pandaria with its Chinese crap ruined this game. And as long as that crap stays in the game and I can't skip it I'm not coming back.… Expand
  79. Aquila
    Apr 16, 2015
    0
    Not alt friendly at all. Extremely repetitive, especially Garrisons. Advertised as something amazing but it is a phased loot shack. Classes not fun to play (anymore). And as usual Dungeons, Raiding and PVP is boring very fast same as usual, different skin. WoW lost its prime a very long time ago.
  80. Y2jfan2010
    Apr 14, 2015
    10
    This game is a gem it may have caused a bit of strife at launch but I think the garrison feature is worth it and its updated player models and graphics only further cement in our mind that WOW is here to stay
  81. Rocharox
    Apr 13, 2015
    10
    Coming from a F2P game (Runes of Magic) this game is just amazing. I played back on cataclysm for about 2 months, but back then the feeling wasn't as good. the game runs very smooth, the quests on high end have a fun lore and the cinematics are very well made.
    The Garrison feels like First Person Warcraft, something I really liked and the invasions are really fun.
    I had access to a    Coming from a F2P game (Runes of Magic) this game is just amazing. I played back on cataclysm for about 2 months, but back then the feeling wasn't as good. the game runs very smooth, the quests on high end have a fun lore and the cinematics are very well made.
    The Garrison feels like First Person Warcraft, something I really liked and the invasions are really fun.
    I had access to a Vanilla server before this game and can honestly say that anyone that claims vanilla to be more fun is just calling out some warm memories from when the game was new. right now the game is awesome and its right now we must play it.
    10/10.    … Expand
  82. JohnKal
    Mar 18, 2015
    7
    World of Warcraft is an awesome mmo rpg the first of its kind. But its has some drawbacks!!! First of all World of Warcraft requires about 130 euros per year. Apart from that it is also required to pay for every expansion which is cost usually 50 euros. In my opinion World of Warcraft must stop the monthly payment or make free the expansions.
  83. obligated
    Mar 12, 2015
    9
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  84. tiaga
    Feb 27, 2015
    10
    Please don't listen to the people that gave this a bad review. WOW is still the same game as we all know and love. It has great depth and story that most games just cant compete with. There are many things one can do in your new garrison, however, you still need to leave it to complete quests and pvp. Honestly, it's nice to have a place I can truly call home. AND while it is easy to doPlease don't listen to the people that gave this a bad review. WOW is still the same game as we all know and love. It has great depth and story that most games just cant compete with. There are many things one can do in your new garrison, however, you still need to leave it to complete quests and pvp. Honestly, it's nice to have a place I can truly call home. AND while it is easy to do raiding in LFR, There are many tiers of difficulty. The hardest such is Mythic, gives even Vanilla raiders the terrible brutal punishment they so very much crave. No longer are there massive bugs or server problems in WOW, that was when the new expansion was released. It will give you the great experience you so long desire which more than compensates for the mere $15 dollars a month that you pay.… Expand
  85. Willbear
    Feb 26, 2015
    0
    Most stupid expac I have ever seen. All you do is stay in your garrison and send your followers to do fun stuff while you never actually have to do anything anywhere else. All in your garrison.
  86. mijxero
    Feb 25, 2015
    4
    This isn't a terrible expansion or game. It is also not that much fun. The garrison seemed fun at first, but then it turned into more of just a delay for me to turn my raw resources into usable ones. The game has become so simplified and watered down they used up their last chance with me.
  87. Noshar
    Feb 12, 2015
    2
    This would normally be an 8/10 if Blizzard would actually support the game and put out some actual playable content at a reasonable pace. Mists of Pandaria was better at keeping people occupied with things to do than this garbage. If you haven't gotten it yet don't. Stay away, this expansion is cooked.
  88. 12spageipriya
    Feb 11, 2015
    6
    World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, often referred to as Warlords or WoD, is the fifth expansion to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following Mists of Pandaria. It was announced on November 8, 2013 at BlizzCon 2013,[2] The expansion released on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at exactly midnight (PST)
  89. studmunky
    Feb 10, 2015
    9
    Warlords delivers a new type of WoW experience without deviating from the fun, social, and downright addicting nature of the game. The story line really pulls it together by changing your character from a wandering adventurer into a commander for your chosen side. This impressed me because Blizzard has taken the next logical step in an ongoing story that many people have been invested inWarlords delivers a new type of WoW experience without deviating from the fun, social, and downright addicting nature of the game. The story line really pulls it together by changing your character from a wandering adventurer into a commander for your chosen side. This impressed me because Blizzard has taken the next logical step in an ongoing story that many people have been invested in for many years. On the other side of this, the game is now very easy to pick up and start for a newbie because all skills can now be leveled on the Draenor continent. The Garrison you are given adds a few new dimensions to the game as well and gives you something even beyond your hero to work towards. Overall, this expansion is a great addition to the franchise and addresses many of the criticisms that fans had with the last expansion; Mists of Pandaria.… Expand
  90. 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
  91. curzon_dax
    Feb 6, 2015
    5
    The main reason this is a horrible experience is that it needs a horrible life investment to make sense playing this game. For example, one of the main really original parts of the game, the "character card" game in the garrison, is a slow grind that offers little and it is based largely on luck, luck that can be punishing for weeks on a single mistake. In general the game is doomed to beThe main reason this is a horrible experience is that it needs a horrible life investment to make sense playing this game. For example, one of the main really original parts of the game, the "character card" game in the garrison, is a slow grind that offers little and it is based largely on luck, luck that can be punishing for weeks on a single mistake. In general the game is doomed to be impossible to be played properly without investing on it most of your life, otherwise, it's best to not play it at all.

    Fans of the game will usually tell you "then don't play that part of the game". Or "that's your opinion". But the problem is they don't don't realize that this is exactly the answer to what they are saying: "Yep, that's why I don't play it, because I find it a 0/10".

    All in all this deserves a 0/10, because I would do a disservice to you promoting it to you. You do not want to find this game fulfilling. The only way you find this game fulfilling is if you have much time other than free time.    … Expand
  92. Mclashlan
    Feb 6, 2015
    3
    oh i forgot.. Also DPS- nazis and Item level-gestapos is a main concern. Yes, sometimes you need a certain ilvl to perform well that is true..but if you're coming in late into the expansion for some reason you're going to be frustrated when getting constantly kicked out of custom groups or worse - spending hours trying to get hold of one in vain. I remember when gear didn't matter thatoh i forgot.. Also DPS- nazis and Item level-gestapos is a main concern. Yes, sometimes you need a certain ilvl to perform well that is true..but if you're coming in late into the expansion for some reason you're going to be frustrated when getting constantly kicked out of custom groups or worse - spending hours trying to get hold of one in vain. I remember when gear didn't matter that much in wow, when skill, devotion and cooperation were more valueable than 3 digits combined. those were the days eh :)… Expand
  93. acesrhigh
    Feb 4, 2015
    8
    I played WoW for many years and eventually left. I felt WoW had gone down a path I just wasn't enjoying anymore.. After playing WoD, my interest in WoW has been renewed. I came back after almost 4 years away. This is not the be-all-end-all to fixing the MMO, but this is DEFINITELY a step in the right direction. Looking forward to the future of WoW. Many people are returning, with good reason.
  94. Nepharos
    Feb 2, 2015
    6
    So far I have enjoyed the atmosphere of World of Warcraft from the first game till after the Burning Crusade.
    After that all went dark and I came back in to Mists of Pandaria, which had a great atmosphere as well!
    I bought Warlords of Draenor as well and I liked it, but it isn't as great as I hoped for. Storyline The story is great, the cinematics are great and the raids are great.    So far I have enjoyed the atmosphere of World of Warcraft from the first game till after the Burning Crusade.
    After that all went dark and I came back in to Mists of Pandaria, which had a great atmosphere as well!
    I bought Warlords of Draenor as well and I liked it, but it isn't as great as I hoped for.

    Storyline
    The story is great, the cinematics are great and the raids are great. But it lacks some depth.
    Yes the quests are more interactive and dynamic, they emphasize the story as well up to the garrison.
    After that I found it to be a bit of a drag. Some quests are nice, fun and challenging. Most are easy and boring.

    In the end it's the same as all expansions are, the grind for new gear.
    At first the raids are hard, because it's all new and there are some balancing issues.
    But when I started with LFR, I was surprised how easy it went (even without very good players in the raid). So after a few raids it's just a wait. Will I get a good raid group, if I have... will I get that weapon or armor I really want.

    To close up, I got bored out really fast.
    1. By grinding my garrison every day, doing the same thing over and over again.
    2. Lack of interest in the new quests/area's.
    3. Getting bored with raids that are very easy to complete.

    The biggest con is: the atmosphere and players are still great and the removal of so many useless skills/spells has helped the game a lot (as well as the stat. crush)
    But I feel Warlords of Draenor lacks depth...

    So 6/10.    … Expand
  95. therob91
    Jan 30, 2015
    6
    Solid if you like the Garrison and the things tied to it, but if you don't you're not gonna have a fun time. You get to make choices that affect little skills you get in the new areas which is fun, making it feel like a more living world. I really enjoy the garrison stuff, this is the kind of thing that this game was designed for, to feel like you are a part of a war effort in the WCSolid if you like the Garrison and the things tied to it, but if you don't you're not gonna have a fun time. You get to make choices that affect little skills you get in the new areas which is fun, making it feel like a more living world. I really enjoy the garrison stuff, this is the kind of thing that this game was designed for, to feel like you are a part of a war effort in the WC universe. Not a fan of the incredibly constant "rare" mobs though. If every mob is rare, no mob is rare.… Expand
  96. ViperZeroOne
    Jan 24, 2015
    3
    While I've rated this expansion a 3, my overall rating for World of Warcraft continues to drop below that.

    Warlords of Draenor adds in a few extras to WoW. Most noticeably the level cap increase from 90 to 100, the new garrison (which further destroys the auction house), and the new continent of Draenor to explore. You're also now granted a bonus character boost to level 90 (one time    While I've rated this expansion a 3, my overall rating for World of Warcraft continues to drop below that.

    Warlords of Draenor adds in a few extras to WoW. Most noticeably the level cap increase from 90 to 100, the new garrison (which further destroys the auction house), and the new continent of Draenor to explore. You're also now granted a bonus character boost to level 90 (one time use) so you can skip all of the earlier WoW content and get right down to business.

    So why is it rated so low? Because it hasn't improved WoW any. All this expansion really does is toss the player more things to do and collect. WoW used to be about conquering the enemy and trying your best to push yourself through epic raids. Now it's become nothing more of an achievement gathering, "pokemon" playing, raid soloing, dumbed down shadow of it's former glory.

    World of Warcraft itself is a fairly broken game, thanks mostly due to all of it's expansions. Call me nostalgic, but back in it's glory days it was a game that drew you in and forced you to be the best you can. You had to organize and plan for weeks if you wanted to take on some of the heaviest challenges the game had to offer. Everyone's goal was to be a part of "40-man" raids. That drove guilds to recruit , work as a group, and focus on improving and leveling their guild mates. Hunters had to carry food for their pets and work hard to level them, but not anymore. Ranged characters had to carry ammo, but not anymore. Warlocks had to gather and carry souls, but not anymore. The list goes on...

    Today there's virtually no reason to be in a guild on WoW. With the expansion, jumping a character to level 90, virtually all of the content prior to the Pandaria addon is soloable (depending on your class and skill). With my druid I've simply walked through 25 person heroic raids, 1-hit killing most mobs, without ever stopping to heal. That said, if you decide to play a character right from level 1 up to 100 you'll end up frustrated (on PVP servers) by the number of level 100's hunting new players the second they leave the 1-10 zones. This game has truly lost it's edge.

    If you've always wanted a max-level character and have never been able to achieve that goal then go ahead and get this expansion (if you can justify the cost). Otherwise I'd say skip it. You'll only be leveling for about a week to get from 90 to 100, as everything has been dumbed down so a 6-year old can be an "epic player", and after that there isn't much to do but play "pokemon", tend your garrison, cross off achievements, and go back to leveling your other characters.

    TL:DR - This expansion makes WoW even more solo-friendly and it's 1-week worth of new content isn't even close to being worth the price tag you have to pay.    … Expand
  97. Caevyan
    Jan 19, 2015
    5
    After 7 years of play, Blizzard has finally been able to force me to a new game.....was the cause a broken economy, mediocre graphics or boring quest line? All NO.....the cause, stupid Blizzard rules. When I pay for a game, I expect to have access to it (all of it). It should not require hours and hours to time grinding the same material to pass some arbitrary test to gain access to someAfter 7 years of play, Blizzard has finally been able to force me to a new game.....was the cause a broken economy, mediocre graphics or boring quest line? All NO.....the cause, stupid Blizzard rules. When I pay for a game, I expect to have access to it (all of it). It should not require hours and hours to time grinding the same material to pass some arbitrary test to gain access to some content.

    I already have a full-time job, as a casual player (my raiding days are over) if you make the game a job....don't expect me to pay for it.    … Expand
  98. Jolster
    Jan 18, 2015
    8
    I will give this an honest review of what i think after launch day. I am aware of how bad launch day/days where due to trying to play myself and having been online during it. It was a mess but unfair to rate an expansion on that.

    I have been playing since BC, and can say that this is not the best expansion to be released in my view. I would have to say LK was. But it is a solid    I will give this an honest review of what i think after launch day. I am aware of how bad launch day/days where due to trying to play myself and having been online during it. It was a mess but unfair to rate an expansion on that.

    I have been playing since BC, and can say that this is not the best expansion to be released in my view. I would have to say LK was. But it is a solid expansion that after the dullness of cata and the stupidly long length of time MOP was current its been worth the wait.

    There has been alot of changes that are long overdue. The ability pruning and making of the classes more distinguishable from each other was very much needed.

    The questing and zones are very nice. Questing has been simplified down so you can level very quickly (much needed after leveling 0-90 to get to this point don't forget) The zones are beautiful to look at, There is lots of things to do in the zones bar quest.

    The garrisons are fun and enjoyable but do start to become a bore after a while. There is still enough to do in them though to keep you at least logging on once or twice a day.

    The LFR system is as it was, crap. But only due to the people in it. The normal raids are fun and enjoyable, nothing feels like a boring tank and spank fight, nearly all require at least part of a brain (unlike MOP).

    My only disappointment would be that there is no new central hub for players (Dalaran or Shat) due to you being able to do everything in your garrison. Also that some professions have become almost redundant (Mining and herbalism)

    Overall if your a player that left during Cata or MOP you would enjoy this expansion. Its not going to blow you away like BC or WOTLK did. But it will make the game enjoyable and draw you back in, that I have no doubt.    … Expand
  99. Treono
    Jan 14, 2015
    4
    This is kinda lame. Yes its a good expansion overall, but lets take a closer look. You are paying for this, a expansion with re-texture races (really thats the best you can do Blizz? And a lot of "useless" content.
    The problem I have with this, is that we are talking about Blizzard. In my opinion, Blizz is the best company in videogames, and they are just lazy with WoW at this moment.    This is kinda lame. Yes its a good expansion overall, but lets take a closer look. You are paying for this, a expansion with re-texture races (really thats the best you can do Blizz? And a lot of "useless" content.
    The problem I have with this, is that we are talking about Blizzard. In my opinion, Blizz is the best company in videogames, and they are just lazy with WoW at this moment. Overwatch, HotS, and HS are they main focus, and its really evident.
    I dont think this is a bad expansion, just its blizzard, and this is not enought for a game that makes you pay every month.    … Expand
  100. 5hassay
    Jan 14, 2015
    7
    I found it, "meh". I think overall the game is pretty cool, but the amount of filler and grinding there is just makes the game worse over time. Also for all the "quality of life" adjustments they made to the game coming this expansion, they introduced a whole bunch of other needs of "quality of life" adjustments (you think they would have learned some things to apply!).

    The environments    I found it, "meh". I think overall the game is pretty cool, but the amount of filler and grinding there is just makes the game worse over time. Also for all the "quality of life" adjustments they made to the game coming this expansion, they introduced a whole bunch of other needs of "quality of life" adjustments (you think they would have learned some things to apply!).

    The environments are pretty nice, although maybe too generic and not so memorable. I find the story very convoluted: It starts pretty cool, and it keeps up a bit with some cool and emotional in-game cinematics, but quickly after the game descends into a load of filler content with various stories that you don't remember and just confuse you and make you wonder what the original story was and what they heck you are doing in this expansion. Still have quest givers /yelling quest information that comes out as spoilers because everyone (including people doing the same quest at different stages) can hear it, although that is not too common

    I didnt really do any pvp, but the world pvp zone has multiple hour queues in general so I don't even bother. To make it worse the queues don't even have an ETA, nor a number showing what place you are in the queue.

    there is this new thing called a garrison, kind of neat. I like how you are like the main focus character in the story of this expansion--you are a commander with people deferring to you. the garrison has a new thing that is like a mobile game, but its pretty easy and kinda fun

    no major bugs ive really experienced, but lots of small ones that seem to be chilling for awhile

    the raids are like usual    … Expand
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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
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  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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