Description
World of Warcraft is a MMORPG based in the
Warcraft universe. The player creates a character choosing from 8 races and 9 classes. Most races start in their own part of the vast world. As the races move out from their starting locations, they can meet the other races if they choose to move out through the world. Both races and classes have unique abilities, skills, and spells to help them survive in the world.
The game offers professions for players to learn, if they want. You have the choice of 2 major professions, such as Alchemy, Herbalism, Skinning, and Tailoring, as well as the ability to have unlimited minor professions, such as Fishing and Cooking. Progressing in these skills allows you to make more things or have better results from the skills.
The gameplay is similar to most other MMORPG games, where you must go out into the world, complete quests, kill monsters, and level up your character. And, as often is the case, you also will want to find, make, or buy better equipment as you go along. There are multiple levels of equipment from normal to artifact based on rarity. The player can also join various guilds and parties.
You also can move quickly between areas by learning to ride a mount when your level is high enough, or taking another form of transport that you can't control movement for, such as train, griffon, and more.
Alternate Titles
- "魔兽世界" -- Chinese title (simplified)
- "WoW" -- Common abbreviation
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Gaming Age |
Sep 12, 2005 |
A |
100 |
| Just Adventure |
Mar 15, 2005 |
A+ |
100 |
| RPGDOT |
Mar 08, 2005 |
98 out of 100 |
98 |
| GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) |
Feb 21, 2005 |
92 out of 100 |
92 |
| FiringSquad |
Feb 08, 2005 |
92 out of 100 |
92 |
| Game Revolution |
Dec, 2004 |
A- |
91 |
| 1UP |
Dec 03, 2004 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Jan, 2005 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Apr 03, 2005 |
18 out of 20 |
90 |
| Jeuxvideo.fr |
Feb 11, 2005 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
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Trivia
In the 2005 Christmas event, several new NPCs and quests were added for a short period of time. One of the quests requested that you rescued Metzen the Reindeer - try searching for Chris Metzen on Mobygames and you'll see that he is from the Blizzard staff.
