Simply... The best game ever made to date.
Quite simply, WOW is unlike any game i've ever played WITH THE EXCEPTION of Final Fantasy X. No game has ever captivated me since that game... and to be totally honest, i never thought a game would.
Then one day, me and two of my friends discovered something. World Of Warcraft Game cards... and we thought, why not give this game a chance. We had reached our peaks in guild wars and needed something new, so we all bought this game.
One of my friends, knew someone that played it, and he filled us with stories about what his mate got up to. It sounded amazing... when it arrived and it finally installed... i was captivated right from the entrance video. A tauren smashes down his mighty hammer on a poor human and a Dwarf unleashes his rage on an orc... WOW indeed.
I had played Warcraft III, but never really got into it too much, so let me just say you don't need to be a complete warcraft geek to get into WOW! it does explain itself pretty well..
Anyway, back to the story. I then had to wait for my friends to install it, and we all chose server (Laughing Skull EU) based on the fact that my friend had a classmate on that server. We then decided to roll horde as they looked freakin awesome.... heres when it got beyond good for me. I knew that the character i chose, i would have to live and love for the next year. I knew that this was going to be my alter ego, and i had to choose the right one. I was torn.. Mage or Warlock?? Should i go mage, and be like my Elementalist on Guild Wars... or go Warlock and try something different? In the end i chose the latter.
Over the last year of playing, i could recite countless stories of PVP, slaying monsters, fun with friends, meeting new people, exploring, dinging 60, questing... but i won't. You need to experience it for yourself. Does your social life become non-existant? Only if you let it... i didn't, and i balanced the two very well and had an awesome time playing. I must admit, i didn't study as hard, but no game has engrossed me so much, and payed off so much.
Don't be put off my the monthly fee... it's worth it to play this game, and with the Burning Crusade coming out... START NOW.
Thanks for reading... oh and if you play Guild Wars... dump it and come to WOW... we want you ;)