World of Warcraft

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 3527 Ratings

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  1. pippop
    Sep 2, 2007
    4
    Mixed feelings on this one. One the one hand this is an alright game with lots of content and reasonable graphics, on the other hand it is repetitive yet addictive and will slowly drain your bank account along with your popularity down to nothing. Another note to players looking to play the demo, when you register for the demo it will ask for your credit card details even though you will Mixed feelings on this one. One the one hand this is an alright game with lots of content and reasonable graphics, on the other hand it is repetitive yet addictive and will slowly drain your bank account along with your popularity down to nothing. Another note to players looking to play the demo, when you register for the demo it will ask for your credit card details even though you will not be charged for the game. This seems to me not very safe and should be avoided for your identities sake.… Expand
  2. MichaelU.
    Feb 7, 2008
    1
    I don't see how this is a game, its more of a software program that wastes your time and has nothing to keep you interested. Lets see some of the flaws: 1. It takes forever to do anything, including traveling and leveling up. 2. There is almost no exploring. You find one area with monsters and level there for days or weeks until the monsters don't give you experience and you I don't see how this is a game, its more of a software program that wastes your time and has nothing to keep you interested. Lets see some of the flaws: 1. It takes forever to do anything, including traveling and leveling up. 2. There is almost no exploring. You find one area with monsters and level there for days or weeks until the monsters don't give you experience and you move on to the next area. 3. 75 % of the armor and items look horrible, making your character look like a hobbo. 4. The graphics look cartoonish, and the characters strangley shaped. 5. Most of the quests are boring and involve killing some monsters, talking to someone, or gathering some ingredients. 6. Classes are completely unbalanced: Paladins take a long time to level up and they suck, while hunters level up twice as fast and dominate every other class. I could talk forever on how bad this game is. Its expensive too. If you were to play for 3 years you would spend $540. Trust me, by the time you reach level 15, you will be bored to death. Get Oblivion or Morrowind instead.… Expand
  3. SamB.
    May 5, 2009
    10
    I don't understand why people are giving this game a 0. World of Warcraft is insanely fun, with practical YEARS of replay value and dozens of realms full of nice and rewarding people. Maybe they just talked to the wrong people, but it is an MMO, after all-you're going to find jerks no matter what game you play. And battlegrounds do actually take skill-if you're doing I don't understand why people are giving this game a 0. World of Warcraft is insanely fun, with practical YEARS of replay value and dozens of realms full of nice and rewarding people. Maybe they just talked to the wrong people, but it is an MMO, after all-you're going to find jerks no matter what game you play. And battlegrounds do actually take skill-if you're doing warrior vs. warrior, you'd better have some tricks up your sleeve.… Expand
  4. willO
    Jul 9, 2009
    10
    I've been playing wow from a month after it released, and i have never left it. this game is posable one of the best MMOs of all time. Id like to first address people who say its buggy, yes it has bugs, but blizzard does a really good job of fixing them. so drop it. People who don't like the PVP, You just got owned by people who have played longer, worked harder, know more about I've been playing wow from a month after it released, and i have never left it. this game is posable one of the best MMOs of all time. Id like to first address people who say its buggy, yes it has bugs, but blizzard does a really good job of fixing them. so drop it. People who don't like the PVP, You just got owned by people who have played longer, worked harder, know more about the system and have better gear than you, QQ more nubs. Originality people, the originality is that the game is brilliant. yes every game has its standard classes, the archer, the mage, the fighter, the monk, the shapeshifter, witch doctor, rogue, thats all part of the fantasy mmo deal. People who don't like the combat, name a rpg that has better combat, final fantasy sure as hell doesn't, guild wars, no its pretty much the same. Point being, its the best MMORPG combat system. Time people. Yes WoW does take A LOT of time, and it goes by a lot faster with friends, its a multi player rpg, find other players and play with them.… Expand
  5. StevenH
    Sep 7, 2009
    0
    The game will not ruin your life unless your life is already susceptible to being ruined. I bought and subscribed to this game about a month after it came out. I only played it for about 2 days before I realized it was basically the worst MMORPG I've ever played. The graphics are abysmal. The sound has a low sample rate. The gameplay rips off basic elements of Korean MMORPGs (such as The game will not ruin your life unless your life is already susceptible to being ruined. I bought and subscribed to this game about a month after it came out. I only played it for about 2 days before I realized it was basically the worst MMORPG I've ever played. The graphics are abysmal. The sound has a low sample rate. The gameplay rips off basic elements of Korean MMORPGs (such as Lineage, for example). The setting is like a parody of Warhammer, but takes itself seriously. Overall the game is another cookie cutter product pushed out by Blizzard with clever marketing and timing, resulting in its tasteless fanbase of hundreds of millions of people eating it up instantly. This means that if you work with other players in game (and you don't necessarily have to, but would be a fool not to if you're subscribing for a paltry single player experience) then you will be playing with 11 year olds that don't know the difference between "your" and "you're" and think everything is "gay". If you become addicted to this game then there is truly something wrong with your life.… Expand
  6. Euan
    Jan 3, 2010
    10
    I started playing this game in August 2005 and played constantly until October 2008 then on and off spells in 2009. The second I started playing it I loved it more than any game I had ever played before. I played with two friends from school and two friends I met from playing other online games. We levelled up together and experienced great success in end-game PvE and PvP. I can't I started playing this game in August 2005 and played constantly until October 2008 then on and off spells in 2009. The second I started playing it I loved it more than any game I had ever played before. I played with two friends from school and two friends I met from playing other online games. We levelled up together and experienced great success in end-game PvE and PvP. I can't really think of a way to describe how highly I thought of this game when I was playing it. Even thinking back to it now it gives me a really warm nostalgic feeling in my heart and brings back great memories of truly fantastic epic adventures. Whether it was my first ever expedition to a dungeon or fighting tooth and nail in 2 day long 40 versus 40 battlegrounds.. Or even helping a friend with a grinding quest and having casual banter at the same time. It doesn't matter what it was, it was all fun and the good memories severely outweigh the bad. The game was truly epic and was by far the most fun game I ever played. If you never got to experience classic World of Warcraft and started in one of the two expansion packs in a way I feel sorry for you because you missed out on something very very special. 10 / 10… Expand
  7. DougD.
    Nov 29, 2004
    10
    There is something hardly ever mentioned in game reviews and nearly never given the credit it desereves--playability. There is something about the style of this game: the art, the combat, the quests, the community--something, that makes you want to keep playing it. Something that makes you never bored while playing it. Something that tells you 6 months from now, you'll know There is something hardly ever mentioned in game reviews and nearly never given the credit it desereves--playability. There is something about the style of this game: the art, the combat, the quests, the community--something, that makes you want to keep playing it. Something that makes you never bored while playing it. Something that tells you 6 months from now, you'll know you'll still be playing it. That is what makes great games, and in a genre where they rarely appear, it is wonderful to finally have one.… Expand
  8. RySti
    Dec 6, 2004
    10
    Ok... i never played any other mmorps before.. with the exception of Earth and Beyonds 5 day free pass. look this game is just enthralling.. (translation GOD OF GAMES THAT SAP YOUR LIFE AWAY) i have never been so entertained and just sucked into a game so much.. yeah i almost lost my job over this one lol anyways the game is deep i think this is a perfect blend of Diablo 2 exp and theOk... i never played any other mmorps before.. with the exception of Earth and Beyonds 5 day free pass. look this game is just enthralling.. (translation GOD OF GAMES THAT SAP YOUR LIFE AWAY) i have never been so entertained and just sucked into a game so much.. yeah i almost lost my job over this one lol anyways the game is deep i think this is a perfect blend of Diablo 2 exp and the story and (no pun intended) world of warcraft which I also in love with. the graphic are as some say "lacking luster" but they are not terrible i dont care if the rabbits hair moves as it hops... come on really. they are not an eye sore as eq (even with all its exp) well to make it short just an amzing game i dont care about paying every month.… Expand
  9. SpongebobSquarepants
    Dec 7, 2004
    10
    So damned addictive!
  10. SteveD.
    Jan 19, 2005
    10
    Stunningly addictive. Savor the last free time you'll have for a while.
  11. KeananM.
    Jan 29, 2005
    10
    This Game not only has magnificent graphics but the game play is insane u have lots of charactor classes to chose from and u can level in solo games just as fast as in online multiplayer gameplay! I think every computer gamer sould have this game in there collection! the only bad part about this game is the anual monthly fee of 30$ per month!
  12. S.R.
    Mar 15, 2005
    10
    Addictive, too addictive. great world. There are a few problems with possible fixes, but in the end, looking at my current game hours, that really doesn't matter too much. Don't listen to the people saying that it is slow and tedious and boring with using a skill once in awhile and "no chance for ambush." None of those statements are even close to remotely true.
  13. Micron
    Apr 2, 2005
    10
    Crack cocaine for MMORG fans (which I was not before this came out) and another truly superior Blizzard product. I did not like Warcraft III and expected very little from this, but it has truly surpassed my expectations in every imaginable way. Incredibly complex and well-thought out, countless hours of gaming. Will probably end many relationships. Hopefully not mine.
  14. JohnB.
    Apr 30, 2005
    10
    I find reviews like those from Palli N. to be amusing, acting so condescending, as if anyone would listen to them first because they proclaim to be players of "real" MMORPGs. All I can say is the World of Warcraft is just plain fun. I haven't played much else since I got it in February. Do I have some complaints? Only things that aren't the fault of the progammers, like the lack I find reviews like those from Palli N. to be amusing, acting so condescending, as if anyone would listen to them first because they proclaim to be players of "real" MMORPGs. All I can say is the World of Warcraft is just plain fun. I haven't played much else since I got it in February. Do I have some complaints? Only things that aren't the fault of the progammers, like the lack of balance in the classes (there are far more paladins and hunters than anything else), but then, I could play as a priest or mage and the problem would be solved for me. What can say that hasn't been said? World of Warcraft is a great, incredibly addicting game. I hadn't played the Warcraft strategy games before this, and I got it with a bit of skepticism, what with all the reviews proclaiming it to be theone MMORPG that anyone would love to play. It lives up to the hype.… Expand
  15. TomD.
    Jun 8, 2005
    10
    Excellent game i would recomend to all my friends it can only get better and the guy who said about bliz fixin bugs well if you wait for a week they fixed all the important bugs very fast ofcourse a new game that has never been online before is going to have bugs i have bugs in making a simple calculater on basic so shut up you noob.
  16. CodyT.
    Sep 13, 2005
    10
    This game is the best online mutil player game so far that I have played. I have gotten to lvl 40 and then thats when things REALLY GET FUN! The game is always fun heck yeah but lvl 40 is fun getting a steed and all :D
  17. GarrettS.
    Sep 21, 2005
    10
    This game will consume your soul. Be warned.
  18. NickS.
    Dec 5, 2006
    10
    This is my first MMO. I am only level 35 dwarf hunter, and right now this is the best game i have ever played. Given i have only played 1 rpg (Diablo II expansion), so my views are limmited. I like how detailed this game is, with the profesions and all that fun stuff. The only con i have found so far is the ganking. It really gets in the way of me leveling. I may not like it now but when This is my first MMO. I am only level 35 dwarf hunter, and right now this is the best game i have ever played. Given i have only played 1 rpg (Diablo II expansion), so my views are limmited. I like how detailed this game is, with the profesions and all that fun stuff. The only con i have found so far is the ganking. It really gets in the way of me leveling. I may not like it now but when i am 60, or 70 whichever is the highest level when i reach it, i will be the master ganker. So I really can't complain now. This is definitely the best game I have ever played.… Expand
  19. Leon
    Mar 25, 2006
    10
    This game is awesome, can last you for ever, well worth the £9 a month, planty of stuff to do and its not all over at level 60, the game only just begins at 60.
  20. Alan
    Jul 18, 2006
    1
    7/10 gameplay 9/10 for graphics 0/10 for originality 0/10 for customer service 0/10 for online community 1/10 for "massive" multiplayerbility.
  21. kylehorack
    Nov 6, 2007
    10
    Love this game. So addicting and fun. Love to sit there and grind forever. So much to do, quests to beat
  22. gggw
    Dec 2, 2007
    10
    WoW is a great MMORPG with an awesome art style and easy pick-up and play gameplay, which is one of the reasons why 9 million people play it daily!
  23. StevenM.
    Jun 16, 2007
    0
    Terrible, waste of time, money, and your life. Seriously the worst game ever made. Nothing original and nothing a rational minded gamer would like
  24. Jon
    Jul 21, 2007
    10
    I've played WoW since beta to the burning crusade. Its so freaking fun. when you are leveling its boring, but when you reach Top lvl its Verry funny! You can Duel, you can get gold, and buy better equipment. You can do allmost everything in this game, Even fly! I love this game.
  25. AlexR.
    Sep 28, 2007
    10
    The game is a good wide range game it has PvP normal and RP realms the graphics are worth the monthly pay also to alex s get a better computer also this game has female and male players so dont just use the male players as an example becuse i know many couples who have 1 or both partners play WoW and to paul G clicking on monsters? its also a community you talk to people make friends make The game is a good wide range game it has PvP normal and RP realms the graphics are worth the monthly pay also to alex s get a better computer also this game has female and male players so dont just use the male players as an example becuse i know many couples who have 1 or both partners play WoW and to paul G clicking on monsters? its also a community you talk to people make friends make guild on RP realms you act do drama and as for combat you have to think tactics and survive it tests your mental and reaction speeds also only people who dont play the game in modaration waste there life i play 4 times a aweek for 2 hours aday then i am outside the rest of the time its a good game simple and easy to use interface.… Expand
  26. SteveS.
    Jan 13, 2008
    10
    This game is one of the most addictive games ive played, hours and hours of fun to be had, and thats just each day. =)
  27. TylerA.
    Jan 29, 2008
    10
    Really I think this game deserves a 9, but because of all the retards that use excuses instead of reasons or advertising another game instead of giving an unbiased review therefore I put 10.
  28. BladeU.
    Mar 6, 2008
    10
    The world's morst addictive game, every quest is more entertaining then the last. friendly to solo players and those who need a bit of group help. The lack of graphical brilliance is made up with the customability of your characers and story lines you create. Addicting and entertaining for those who find homes for their blades within the skull of gnomes or trolls. Bravo Blizzard! The world's morst addictive game, every quest is more entertaining then the last. friendly to solo players and those who need a bit of group help. The lack of graphical brilliance is made up with the customability of your characers and story lines you create. Addicting and entertaining for those who find homes for their blades within the skull of gnomes or trolls. Bravo Blizzard! 11/10 stars!… Expand
  29. RichN.
    Jun 18, 2008
    10
    If you don't like this game, its because you cant play.
  30. Anonymous
    Jul 12, 2008
    10
    Truly a great game. WoW is unquestionably the best MMORPG out there, and with over 10 million players the evidence is everywhere. Quests are challenging yet fun, grinding is ok but unnecessary and if you have the time (I dont) instances are a blast. The Pvp system is also great, battlegrounds are a lot of fun. One of my favorite aspects of the game is that dying is not the end of the Truly a great game. WoW is unquestionably the best MMORPG out there, and with over 10 million players the evidence is everywhere. Quests are challenging yet fun, grinding is ok but unnecessary and if you have the time (I dont) instances are a blast. The Pvp system is also great, battlegrounds are a lot of fun. One of my favorite aspects of the game is that dying is not the end of the world, as it is in other RPGs such as Neverwinter Nights and Diablo. The graphics, although slightly cartoony, are vivid and beautiful. The world is massive, 3 continents now, and soon to be a fourth (WOTLK). Money is hard to get, but hey, if it was too easy it would be boring. Very few glitches in this game, the patches are only used to balance the classes (pretty much). Glitches are rare, people are, in general, very nice and will help you around. All in all a great game. Well done blizzard.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

3
#3 Best PC Game of 2004
3
#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
2
#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. GamerFeed
    90
    Combines not only technical prowess and fine-tuned gameplay, but pleasure as well, making this the new standard for the competition. Word to the other companies: this is the reason your registered users are dwindling.
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  2. GamePro
    90
    The game isn't flawless, nor is it technically finished - a good many quests fall into a "kill 20 of enemy X and collect 9 of item Y" pattern, a lot of promised end-game content still isn't in, and there are still bugs being squashed - but it's easily the closest MMORPGs have yet come to perfection. If this one doesn't hook you, nothing will.
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  3. Yahoo!
    90
    Although it's not as technologically proficient as "EverQuest II," World of Warcraft has a more pronounced sense of style...If you're looking for a new MMORPG, then the World of Warcraft is the very first place you should visit.
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