Since I started playing World of Warcraft nigh 3 years ago I never had as much fun with it as I do now. ALOT of free time helps any hobby and WoW is no exception.

I was the biggest n00b ever until the start of last summer when I finally picked a toon stuck with it. All the way to 70...a long time for me indeed, and I still have far too many n00b qualites about me, but I"m growing.

Now the review: Why is World of Warcraft great?

Let's face facts, life is shit. For me, leastways, because I've been so mentally ensconced in a fantasy world since I was in 6th grade that now nothing else can sate me but BEING mentally emerged in a world not unlike that. So WoW is an escape, an excuse to attempt to outrun and avoid life for as damn long as I can.

Playing with other people makes the game great, an entire online community hooked up to a large portion of the real world. And I realize that's what MMO's have been doing for years but WoW is the best achievement in that since everquest.

The cartoony art style and addicting quests and side stories just keep people, much like myself, strongly viced.

I suppose I could say that World of Warcraft is easily the greates thing to ever happen to me. An escape from real life, launched in a fantasy world and becoming something or someone I'd much rather be.

~Orinel Far-Strider~
(Alliance, agammagan server)

So, when you're done felating Blizzard, will you write an actual review?
You didn't reiew the game, you just said what you liked about it. Also, seek help, and humans, especially women.

This review get's a zero. The only insight into the game that you give, is that there is an off chance I could run into someone like yourself.

Which strangely sum's up the game, in a way.

Isn't that what people do to review games? Say what they like about them? True enough there are underlying facts to every pair of opinions but who is ANYONE to claim a fact?

I stated an opinion, which is all a review is. ON TOP OF THAT I stated some reasons why one should play IN MY OPINION!

And above all, this was my first "game review" so back off yeah?

Orinel Far-Strider:
Isn't that what people do to review games? Say what they like about them? True enough there are underlying facts to every pair of opinions but who is ANYONE to claim a fact?

I stated an opinion, which is all a review is. ON TOP OF THAT I stated some reasons why one should play IN MY OPINION!

And above all, this was my first "game review" so back off yeah?

Ignore them, any show of wow love and these guys fly in like vultures.

Annom:

Orinel Far-Strider:
Isn't that what people do to review games? Say what they like about them? True enough there are underlying facts to every pair of opinions but who is ANYONE to claim a fact?

I stated an opinion, which is all a review is. ON TOP OF THAT I stated some reasons why one should play IN MY OPINION!

And above all, this was my first "game review" so back off yeah?

Ignore them, any show of wow love and these guys fly in like vultures.

Thank you very much :)

Orinel Far-Strider:

I stated an opinion, which is all a review is.
And above all, this was my first "game review" so back off yeah?

I like apples. The previous statement is not a review.

This being your first "review" isn't that much of an excuse. At least read other's reviews to get a general idea of what a review actually is. If you want to call WoW great, fine. Just don't call it a review.

Rabid Toilet:

Orinel Far-Strider:

I stated an opinion, which is all a review is.
And above all, this was my first "game review" so back off yeah?

I like apples. The previous statement is not a review.

This being your first "review" isn't that much of an excuse. At least read other's reviews to get a general idea of what a review actually is. If you want to call WoW great, fine. Just don't call it a review.

Alright, thank you :)

I can see where your going but it felt more like a personal recommendaton and how you think its good to you, remember look at it from the standpoint of the reader not your own personal experience and it lacked depth, more like a plan than a review.

Orinel Far-Strider:

I suppose I could say that World of Warcraft is easily the greates thing to ever happen to me. An escape from real life, launched in a fantasy world and becoming something or someone I'd much rather be.

~Orinel Far-Strider~
(Alliance, agammagan server)

This is a worrying statement. You seem to be quite obsessive. Go travelling, see the world and then you'll see things which will make you think I don't need an escape.

Orinel Far-Strider:
Isn't that what people do to review games? Say what they like about them? True enough there are underlying facts to every pair of opinions but who is ANYONE to claim a fact?

I stated an opinion, which is all a review is. ON TOP OF THAT I stated some reasons why one should play IN MY OPINION!

And above all, this was my first "game review" so back off yeah?

A review normally stipulates gameplay, story, motivation, or otherwise. Your own existance is no motivation for me, as I do not share the same opinion's about the outside world. If you wanted to write a review that everyone liked and never commented negatively on, I'd suggest that mabye next time you staple your next one to your chest and take a read every time you wank it/go to the bathroom.

The review's that garner praise on this site are very well written ones. Take a look at one of Gigantors, and mabye you'll get a rough idea as to why this little peice didnt meet anyones expectations.

And to mention lastly, part of growing as a writer is being able to take critisism and run with it, not curl up in a ball and yell "ITS MY FIRST TIME GUYS". Like I said before, this review was written for us, not you. Our opinion's are the one's that will make you money one day.

Thunderhorse:

Orinel Far-Strider:
Isn't that what people do to review games? Say what they like about them? True enough there are underlying facts to every pair of opinions but who is ANYONE to claim a fact?

I stated an opinion, which is all a review is. ON TOP OF THAT I stated some reasons why one should play IN MY OPINION!

And above all, this was my first "game review" so back off yeah?

A review normally stipulates gameplay, story, motivation, or otherwise. Your own existance is no motivation for me, as I do not share the same opinion's about the outside world. If you wanted to write a review that everyone liked and never commented negatively on, I'd suggest that mabye next time you staple your next one to your chest and take a read every time you wank it/go to the bathroom.

The review's that garner praise on this site are very well written ones. Take a look at one of Gigantors, and mabye you'll get a rough idea as to why this little peice didnt meet anyones expectations.

And to mention lastly, part of growing as a writer is being able to take critisism and run with it, not curl up in a ball and yell "ITS MY FIRST TIME GUYS". Like I said before, this review was written for us, not you. Our opinion's are the one's that will make you money one day.

Good answer!

I played WoW for quite some time about 2 years ago and I beg to differ regarding the game. Considering that changes may have been made here's what I think: while the game is good for a short while it quickly becomes repetitive with an overall lack of depth (see Yahtzee's 'The Witcher' review where he mentions all the bad things about MMORPGs) . To anyone that played Star Wars Galaxies before it was changed it is noticeable how basic and shallow the "crafting system" is (every item produced the same). The instances can be fun if you get a good group but generally they only create any "tension" when you realise you are stuck with a crap group half way though but ultimately it's just the same pressing of the numbers 1-9 only with slightly more power when you buy new shiney ones. Where's the skill or the satisfaction?

If you play on PvP you're in for a nasty surprise when you need to go to the contested zones and find that you're killed by people from the opposing side who are three times your current level. This was something that the honour system was supposed to fixed but in my experience (until I quit after coming to the conclusion I was only playing because other people expected me to be there rather than because I enjoyed it) it didn't.

Now I suppose that most of these criticisms (dull, boring quests, crap "gameplay" could be levelled against most, if not all, MMORPGs. It seems to me a very artificial genre - let's not kid ourselves, games companies are out to make money first and foremost but MMORPGs always seem to be about the maximum amount of money for the minimum amount of gameplay/originality/fun. The latter is the reason I play games and why we should all play games rather than "oh I better play for an hour to get 100 of those 600 creatures I need to kill to get to the next level when it is a total of 2000 creatures of a slightly higher level".

Marmot, I'd like to sincerely thank you.

THAT is what my initial review should've been like, save your opinions on the game.

I will use this as an outline to try and get better at writing reviews.

Thanks alot :)

~Orinel~

Your reasons for loving wow are the same reasons I can no longer play it, it is a time sink, it drags you out of reality and enables you to casually destroy your life without even realising you are doing it, I lost the love of my life to this game after 4 and a half years of happy relationship, I abandoned most of my real life friends, put on alot of weight and also missed out on every other good 'normal' game in the 2 years it stole from me and it took a hell of a long time after that to rebuild my social life, loads of gym time to get in shape and start dating again (though the only plus side is I did have alot of savings from not having done anything for 2 years.)

Wow is gaming crack, in fact all mmo's on which the main demand is time played over skill of play are, sure it's fun, sure it's enjoyable, if you ask a crack head if he's having fun when he's buzzing he'd says it's fun too but it doesn't mean he's not destroying himself.

Sorry rant over.

Yeah, what everyone else said is right. It isn't right to just say a game is perfect, dust off your hands and walk away.

I played it free for two weeks once, and although it was good, it wasn't that good. All that escape stuff worries me too, life is fine. I play games because you can do things that are impossible in real life, and because they're fun. This just reminds me of why people hink video-games are bad. You should try more co-op games or something.

Work is something I do to play games.

Any game where I have to work long hours, get shouted at, have to be there on time and run around whilst getting beaten by richer people is far too much like real life.

Yeah, WoW is great for the exact same reasons that Scotch is great. And it's bad for the exact same reason that Scotch is bad. For you: you're a hero and a sexy beast. Everyone around you just sees you staring at a computer screen for months on end. And really, everyone around you is right. The dragons are just in your head.

One thing is true regardless of your vice. There's cheaper, better ways to hang around in a dark room with a bunch of jerks with inflated senses of self-worth, if that's really your thing.

Now, unlike a lot of people, maybe not the majority of those who got hung up on WoW, I never lost anything to the game. Never sacrificed something for a raid night. No, I played on and off since launch when I genuinely didn't have anything better to do. No girlfriend beating down my door, or friends calling me who I was ignoring. All of those kind of people had abandoned me long before. WoW cost me nothing to play, really. I'm not going to say that it helped being harassed by guildies to stay up an extra two hours for another shot at Ragnaros/Netherspite/C'Thun or whoever it was we were after to get gear we would just replace within two weeks. But I have done better things with my time.

You mentioned you were in 6th grade and that it was 3 years ago, so I'm going out on a limb and guessing you're about 14(ish). What happened to the days of hanging out with friends. Life shouldn't be so horrible that you're forced into grinding away at it with some repeadative game to the point that you're in love with it. Saying that WoW is the greatest doesn't help either. It's not great, life isn't either but it can be hell of a lot better if you do something about it.

Anyway, as for the review. Proof check. Make paragraphs on topics not just a few sentenses. Make points and tell us the good bad and ugly. This was hardly a review just another fanboy telling his love for something not many people here care about.

Annom:
Ignore them, any show of wow love and these guys fly in like vultures.

You bet your arse we do.