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WoW is well named
Graphics- 9/10
The graphics are excellent in WoW, even on a fairly low-end
machine. There is a certain life to it that other MMORPGs don't
have; the bounce of a character's hair when he runs, a lack of
stiffness when characters run or are standing around. And the
cities and towns are excellent. A good example would be
Lakeshire which is a small town in Redridge Mountains (a zone in
the human lands) there are NPCs (Non Player Characters,
controlled by the computer) that move around from time to time
rather than stand in the same place all day and night. Overall
impressive, maybe not the best out there, but pleasing to look
at.
Music- 10/10
In my opinion, this is some of the best music I've heard in a
while in games. It's mostly in the background and doesn't demand
attention. But when you enter an important place, such as
Stormwind, the human capital city, the music is a bit grander
and gives the place a nice atmosphere.
Sound- 6/10
Though the music is superb, the sound effects are lacking. I
actually don't remember most of the sound effects, they're just
kind of... there. Not bad, but not good either.
Voice Acting- 9/10
Very nice, when you click on a NPC they say something. Yes, if
you click on them several times they say the same thing again,
but it doesn't get annoying. There are also commands you can
type that have your character say something. I don't
particularly like the voice for the Night Elf, but that's just
my opinion.
Gameplay- 9/10
In the beginning, there was a short opening movie about the race
I chose then I was put in control of my character. In front of
me, there was a NPC that had an orange "!" over his head,
meaning he had a quest I could do. I talked to him and received
a quest, it told me to kill 8 boars and 4 nightsabers. I went
out and did so, surprised by the speed and ease of the combat
system. Soon, I had a fair idea of my role in combat. I walked
around the starting area, doing quests and leveling up. Soon I
found a cave, and wondering what was inside, I entered and was
immediately amazed and delighted to discover that there was no
loading time to go inside! I went in deeper and killed some of
the resident spiders. Soon, I got a quest that sent me on to the
next town, I went down the road, looking around and enjoying the
scenery. Soon enough I was level 9 and ready to get away from
the starting areas, so I went to the capital city (again, no
loading time) and took a boat to the mainland (I was a Night Elf
and we started on a different continent). That was my
experience, now on to a few of the other elements of gameplay.
Questing. Questing is not nearly as repetitive as I had feared,
not revolutionary, but not too bad either. You talk to an NPC
that has an orange "!" over his head and then do what he wants
you to do. You then return to him and give him what he wants.
You'll get a reward and/or money.
PvP. This is an excellent part of WoW. I believe that, in time,
this could even be better than DAoC's Realm Vs. Realm. On
non-PvP servers you have to type /pvp on order to attack players
from the other side (Horde if you're an Alliance member or vice
versa). On PvP servers you can automatically attack the other
side without typing the command. Unlike other MMORPGs with PvP,
you can actually enter the enemy's home cities and take them
over (though this would require at least a hundred players
working together for the capital cities) probably not for very
long though. There are also Battlegrounds where you can enter
and stage much larger scale battles with players mostly your
level.
Crafting. Crafting is handled much better than in other games, I
think. You can have 2 tradeskills and also pick up Cooking and
Fishing. There are quite a few different tradeskills that you
can get depending on what you want to do. For example, if you
get Skinning, then when you slay a beast you can skin it and
then sell its skin to either a merchant for money or to a
Leatherworker player who can fashion it into armor.
Control- 9/10
When I first played the game, I was comfortable with the
controls almost immediately. The hotkeys are almost all
conveniently placed close to each other. Chatting might take a
bit of getting used to. Blizzard, I know you're trying to be
different and have us use /party instead of /group for chat
between groups of players, but really, it's cumbersome to get
used to.
Learning Curve- 8/10
It's very easy to get into this game, of course, that might be
because I've been playing MMOs for a while but for a newcomer to
the genre I imagine it would still be pretty easy. There is no
tutorial, but I don't think it really needs one, if you're
having problems you can always ask other players in general chat
(talks to players across the region).
Overall- 9/10
Easy controls, nice graphics, hardly feels like a grind and good
music. It is by no means perfect, but it comes about as close as
a game can within a few weeks of launch. If you like RPGs and
don't mind paying $15 a month, I suggest you give this a try.… .
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