World Of Warcraft Expansion: Burning Crusade
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Video Game Reviews of World Of Warcraft Expansion: Burning Crusade
Customer Review: Amazing, yet addicting
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is something that over 10 million people have bought and are playing. If you are familiar with the original game there are a few changes that have been made in the expansion pack.
First of course there is a new area of questing for 58-70. Newer instances and newer raids. Raids have been dropped from 20 and 40 man to 10 and 25 man. Making it easier for the casual player and casual raiding guild to do. New races, Draenei and Blood Elf. And of course the Alliance now have shamans and the Horde now have Paladins. New profession, Jewelcrafting. Making gems for socket items. Also, the introduction of arenas. 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5 teams fight to the death for points and titles.
Overall, it's still a great game. If you are new to WoW beware that this game is not intended for those who play one or two hours a week. People have been known to play over 50 hours in a week. Unfortunately, this game has become and addiction to some. You can play casually as long as you like, yet your character's level and gear will reflect how much time you put into the game. If you don't have a lot of free time, perhaps this isn't the game for you. It takes the average player one to three months just to hit level 70. That does not include the time it will also take to play and "gear" your character from that point on.
A great aspect about this game is you can be a PvPer ( Player vs Player) or a PvEer (Player vs environment). Or you can be both. Either way you can earn great gear and have fun.
Arenas are a fun new aspect of PvP in Burning Crusade.
Some people have commented on the arenas not awarding you with anything unless you're good or have a good group. Well, that's the point. If you aren't a good PvPer then your arena rating will reflect that. You will not get "free" gear just because you want it. You will have to work at it. It wouldn't be very much fun or competitive if everyone got great gear even if they were awful players.
If PvP isn't your thing then you can PvE. I also read a comment on how it takes so long to get a group for anything PvE wise. Well, that depends on what you're trying to do and what realm you're on. Some realms have "died" out and many people have transferred to others. It's important to do some homework and find out the ratio of horde to alliance and how many people are on a realm before committing to a toon on a specific server. It can be difficult to get some groups for the lower level instances. In all fairness, these instances and their gear will be ultimately replaced rather quickly as you level. Once you hit 70, you can join a guild (unless you already have one) with a decent number of other 70's and run instances and raids with them.
Overall, this game is something that requires time. It involves playing and dealing with other people online. This is not a game that can just be played alone with NPC's. This game can be a load of fun if you let it. It can also be miserable if you want free things handed to you without some sort of work and effort put forth. You cannot "win" at this game. It is on going. It also takes time to learn all the aspects of this game. If you're willing to do that it can be a great experiance.
Customer Review: Doesn't Give Account Time
Summary: 4 Stars
I got the game but soon found out it gave no further time on my WOW account, which i had expected it to do, and therefore i could not play it until i had purchased time online. Otherwise, this game is great with tons of fun and diversity to be had. Never is there nothing to do!Customer Review: Rich gets richer poor gets poorer system
Summary: 2 Stars
Be aware, this game awards who has 24 hours of available playing time. If you are casual player, you will never be able to compete in their PVP. Their arena awards only the skilled player with good group. If you are not a good player like most of the people are and don't have good group, you will always get pwned. Also it takes forever to get a PVE group, it's just frustrating. Customer Review: More of the same
Summary: 1 Stars
The quests are the same, the objectives are the same, and the ultimate aim of playing is the same. I thought that the expansion would revitalize my interest in this game after going quite some time without playing it regularly, and it failed, miserably.
It still requires an unreasonable amount of time to get ahead in the game once you're max level, which is the very same problem I had with WoW before the expansion. I quit playing because I didn't have time to raid. Sure, I had plenty of time to level characters (which you can reasonably do with 1-2 hours of play per night), but I knew that I would hit the exact same brick wall I did when I hit 60.
If you don't have the time or energy to raid 6-8 hours every night, you're not going to get ahead in this game.
Customer Review: Addictive, fun and costly
Summary: 4 Stars
WoW has set the bar for all MMORPG's period. This is the one only expansion to the game since it first came out (Nov '05.) BC has brought in 2 new playable races, new lands, dungeons and creatures and a whole host of quests and tweaks/refinements. Blizzard has done a remarkable job of keeping content fresh and balanced (although for the last few months, since May '08 really, the veterans are getting edgy for lack of new material.) You know they are close to the mark when the voices behind the pros and cons of a change or addition are fairly equal in nature. Blizzard has also done a very good job of policing it's community. That in itself hands them a 10 out of 10 in my book. Play is easy to master, the world is boundless (at least for the first year or so) and just about every individual fantasy desire is accommodated: individual play against the environment (PvE), player vs player (PvP), community guilds, special events, team or group play and of course it's quests, dungeons, creatures and landscapes. Enough content for the casual as well as the hardcore player. The players behind the characters are from all over the world, another plus. Their graphics engine is getting dated and it is showing, compared to say LoTR and the more recent Connan, but with BC Blizzard has done a adequate job of giving the game a quasi new look and feel. OK - NOW, everyone needs to be aware that the game is HIGHLY addictive and without parental or personal boundaries it could become a very negative issue in ones real life. Plus it is very expensive! $15 a month per account is steep by any measure. At 10 million players world wide, that is a quite a revenue base. Addictive behavior is a personal issue, but the cost, while not prohibitive, is a real nuisance especially when things go south and you can't play the game in the time frame you've allowed yourself, or you're allowed, to play within.