Review

World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade, review by Greekraven

Points: 69
SI Veteran Newbie

"Masterpiece"

Will Blizzard ever make a bad game? Guess not, this is just another example of their pure perfection in ideas and...
Blizzard... ever since their roots started spreading back in 1992 with their first game The Lost Vikings for the SNES console, Blizzard has been making masterpieces without a pause. Their innovative ideas never stop from growing, always having the addictive scent, from the RTS and RPG to MMORPG... World of WarCraft is no exception. World of WarCraft is the product of adding the fun of a RPG and massive online gaming and mixing it together to make the perfect game... if not of all time, then our time.

First of all, I will discuss the graphics since 75% or maybe even more of the gamers - the first thing they worry about is the graphics in the games. World of WarCraft has beautiful graphics, not top of the line but excellent enough to enjoy the game more then we need to. It has very good effects such as the lighting and glow, which looks very realistic... when the game set to its full resolution the textures look perfect, the only thing that’s missing to today's standards is the polygon count and the details of objects... otherwise, eye candy. Oh and I almost forgot, the underwater view looks awesome and better then most games out there.

The music in the game may be lovely or scary, ambient or cinematic... all together its perfect and matches the land's ambient very well. The only thing that's missing is the length or playtime in-game. The music starts fine when you enter a new area, but finishes off to soon and you may not hear a new tune for quite some time. The soundtrack is epic and matches the world of fantasy as it should. So Blizzard... perfect soundtrack, just need to loop it more.

The system of the game... now we can not review this, except say it's perfect. The interface has so many possibilities it is impossible to describe in a little review, there should be entire play-guide based on this. Everything is placed in well thought positions, and works very well in combat and exploring alike. The addition of Macros is great, I just love making my own custom icons with actions.

The world is... just so well designed you'd want to explore every inch of it, do every quest and fly around in every town, or maybe even ride a horse and sail a boat in that case. The races and classes have so many unique things you'll waste hours thinking which one to use, or maybe even end up having one of each. Every hero has his own advantages and disadvantages alike, no end to the fun... once again.

This game being an MMORPG makes me put it in the "Unlimited Fun" box. No matter how long you play the game you can never get bored of it. You will always want to try different races, different classes and different ways of playing the game its self. Simply said... there is no end to this game and the fun of it. To start playing it, is to commit yourself to it.

Blizzard... you've done it again. And may it not stop there...
Posted on 07/07/2007 11:13
9.9 perfect