Sakora
07-04-2008, 02:46 AM
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Blizzard
Entertainment
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I am writing this article for the cheat masters blog at http://www.cheatmasters.com/blog
This article will probably take several hours to complete so please do not copy this onto other websites without written permission from me.
The legendary, World Of Warcraft(WoW), my favorite game and one of the worlds largest growing Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG.)
I am an avid WoW player and I think this game is awesome. But while I write this I will be getting other peoples opinions of the game, beliefs and pros and/or cons about it.
I will also be rating the game myself
So lets get started shall we???
The Review
Interface & visuals
Equipped with a standard interface of a spell/ability bar, health meters and magic/power meters, A Chat box in the middle right hand corner and a mini-map in the top left hand corner. The interface is set-up to be as simple as possible, and any person that has never played before can figure it out easily and without much effort. And if you set-up your spells and abilities right it can become a HUGE aspect of your game experience. Overall I give the interface an 8 out of 10.
Process
Like any MMORPG World of Warcraft has a system of progression and becoming more powerful… What you do is you can kill monsters and you receive something called Experience, or “EXP” And as you get more EXP there is a little bar above your spell bar that is your experience bar. You can also do quests from things called quest-givers AND they give far more experience than from killing monsters alone… Quests can be from things as simple as killing a certain amount of monsters to killing a certain creature getting an item he/she/it drops and take it to NPC(Non-player character) A to B to C then casting a spell on it and take it back to NPC A.
Overall I give the process system a 10/10 for its complexity in simplicity design…
Player, player interaction
WoW is a multiplayer game with lots of Player interaction, ranging from just saying “hi” to battling each other and questing with a group. When Players battle each other in this world, (or realm as its called) it is called PVP or Player vs Player.
Overall I give its Player, Player interaction a 6/10 because members of different factions cant talk to each other.
Billing and cost
Most RPGs like WoW are free and cost nothing to buy, but not this RPG. The discs and game version cost around $29.99USD to $40.00USD a month to buy with any applicable taxes, and $15.00USD monthly to keep playing.
Overall I give there billing and cost a 2/10 because they charge to play monthly but you can buy prepaid 60-day game cards for about the same cost as 60-days by credit or debit card.
Real Servers The Overhead
Overall I rate the WoW servers 10/10 for there overall support and help base, less buggy servers, and more populated than other MMOs.
Overall rating of the entire game and legend
I think overall WoW is a great game and undoubtedly the result of countless hours of work by the game designers. Though I do not truly believe it is worth the legend it has or the cons people pin to it but it is truly an American legend, and will remain popular and perhaps more popular in the next 2-3 decades.
I know I said I would put interviews in but I'll save that for the next one :D
Blizzard
Entertainment
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd18/Westwood_All_Day/wowlogo.gif
I am writing this article for the cheat masters blog at http://www.cheatmasters.com/blog
This article will probably take several hours to complete so please do not copy this onto other websites without written permission from me.
The legendary, World Of Warcraft(WoW), my favorite game and one of the worlds largest growing Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG.)
I am an avid WoW player and I think this game is awesome. But while I write this I will be getting other peoples opinions of the game, beliefs and pros and/or cons about it.
I will also be rating the game myself
So lets get started shall we???
The Review
Interface & visuals
Equipped with a standard interface of a spell/ability bar, health meters and magic/power meters, A Chat box in the middle right hand corner and a mini-map in the top left hand corner. The interface is set-up to be as simple as possible, and any person that has never played before can figure it out easily and without much effort. And if you set-up your spells and abilities right it can become a HUGE aspect of your game experience. Overall I give the interface an 8 out of 10.
Process
Like any MMORPG World of Warcraft has a system of progression and becoming more powerful… What you do is you can kill monsters and you receive something called Experience, or “EXP” And as you get more EXP there is a little bar above your spell bar that is your experience bar. You can also do quests from things called quest-givers AND they give far more experience than from killing monsters alone… Quests can be from things as simple as killing a certain amount of monsters to killing a certain creature getting an item he/she/it drops and take it to NPC(Non-player character) A to B to C then casting a spell on it and take it back to NPC A.
Overall I give the process system a 10/10 for its complexity in simplicity design…
Player, player interaction
WoW is a multiplayer game with lots of Player interaction, ranging from just saying “hi” to battling each other and questing with a group. When Players battle each other in this world, (or realm as its called) it is called PVP or Player vs Player.
Overall I give its Player, Player interaction a 6/10 because members of different factions cant talk to each other.
Billing and cost
Most RPGs like WoW are free and cost nothing to buy, but not this RPG. The discs and game version cost around $29.99USD to $40.00USD a month to buy with any applicable taxes, and $15.00USD monthly to keep playing.
Overall I give there billing and cost a 2/10 because they charge to play monthly but you can buy prepaid 60-day game cards for about the same cost as 60-days by credit or debit card.
Real Servers The Overhead
Overall I rate the WoW servers 10/10 for there overall support and help base, less buggy servers, and more populated than other MMOs.
Overall rating of the entire game and legend
I think overall WoW is a great game and undoubtedly the result of countless hours of work by the game designers. Though I do not truly believe it is worth the legend it has or the cons people pin to it but it is truly an American legend, and will remain popular and perhaps more popular in the next 2-3 decades.
I know I said I would put interviews in but I'll save that for the next one :D