I'm addicted

User Rating: 10 | World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade PC
As always, I love every game Blizzard makes, and WOW has no exception. I put off playing it until the Expansion came out, because I've always been hesitant about playing online games. 1st of all the cost, and 2nd I'm more of a solo player. Me vs Computer. After a friend introduced me to the realm of World of Warcraft I've become like the millions of other people who have found my self day after day running instances, making gold, and raiding towns for a thrill of killing off the other faction. WOW is set up as a 3rd person RPG. You have the ability to choose from a number of different classes, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. I must say that no one class is above or below the other. Blizzard made a good job at making every class have their own little advantages against your apposing player. You work at creating your own character into the ultimate fighting machine by completing quests in a vast world and obtaining higher levels to acquire better armor and weapons. The best gear in the game is free, but at a cost of running instances (special side missions with groups where you kill bosses that drop special armor) or doing battlegrounds ( team fighting against other real players). The monetary system of the game is based off gold. You make gold by acquiring a profession, and gathering resources around the world to create items, the more experience you have in your profession (ie: the more stuff you've made) you gain the ability to create better more valuable items. The game is very indepth and takes a good amount of time to learn enough about to feel like you know what your doing. I find myself frequently helping other people with questions, but it's the nature of the game. Members of the same faction can form guilds that will help new players become better, faster. The only downfall to the game is it does require a fair amount of time to become good at, and doing quests and trying to make money can be very mundane at times. Trying to get the best armor and weapons in the game for your character is nearly impossible without investing many hours a week to the game. Some people might be inclined to play on private servers, where rates are much higher and require less time to maximize your character, however these servers are not very reliable causing you to frequently disconnect, and many aspects of the WOW game are glitched or inoperable. For a truly superb experience of the game I suggest playing on a retail server. This is by far my favorite MMORPG, but be prepared to sacrifice some social time for a good character.