World of Warcraft review

Wold of Warcraft is a mmorpg (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) made by Blizzard in 2004 ad is a game based off of the rts game Warcraft is set in a world called Azeroth.





Gameplay
When starting world of warcraft you will have a very basic interface with a limited amount of moves and basic armor you have to complete quest and kill enemys to level up and gain armor leveling up will grant you new moves to better your character the higher the level you get to the harder it becomes to level up so you can start at level 1 and have to gain 400xp getting 50xp per quest and then get to level 90 needing 800,000xp to level up but getting 20000xp per quest. There is now armor you can get at max level which you can use on all characters called heirloom gear which is much better than the armor you get at the start as it gives you increased stats and gives you a 10% xp bonus per piece of armor that scales to your level so you don't have to change it these pieces of armor cost in game currency called gold which is gained by doing quest and dungeons each piece of heirloom gear has a different cost for example helmets are 500 gold where as weapons are 750 gold making it harder to get these bonuses. Once you reach max level and get better gear you can do heroic dungeons which are the dungeons you've done to get to that level but the difficulty gets ramped up and you get better armor to increase your item level and once you get a high enough item level you can then do raid finder which looks for other people to join a easier version of raids so you can learn the tactics and get gear from the bosses to be able to do normal raids and then eventually mythic difficulty.

The achievement system in world of warcraft works across all characters so if you get a mount reward or title reward that will be available on your other characters that are a high enough level to use it so if you gain a flying mount on a max level character all you other characters that are level 60 or above can use it so you won't have to go through doing the same dungeon or raid to get it on another character which gives you more time to do things such as level alternative characters or gear up your max level characters.

There is a whole different range of mounts in the game ones for flying and ones for land.      





Flying mounts go a lot faster than land mounts but can not be used in every area but you can use a land mount so it doesn't take an extended amount of time to get from place to place once you reach a high enough level you can buy the training to ride a mount and you can buy a cheap one where as if you want to get a good looking mount you will have to complete achievements or be lucky enough to have one drop from a raid which is really rare from most raid drops.

In world of warcraft you can learn professions which range from alchemy to engineering these professions can be used to create armor mounts and even little things like companions. professions are a good way to make money as you can create armor and sell it in the auction house from a good amount of gold if it is a good piece you can also sell mounts and companions which will sell for a lot or a little.

In the latest expansion war lords of draenor they introduced garrisons which is a command center for your character where you can gain followers who you can send out on missions for you to go and collects resources such as gold and xp the more you send out a follower the more xp they will gain and level up which gives you the ability to send them on harder missions and gain better rewards    






The Lore
The story of World of Warcraft is about orcs living in Draenor a different world from Azeroth but when it falls to a cult of demons called the burning legion the Orcs are then forced to leave through the dark portal created by a mage name Mehdiev when he was possessed by a god called sargares after fleeing Draenor the Orcs ended up in Azeroth where they need a home while looking for a home they encountered the humans of lorderon and asked for help which the humans accepted but some of them disagreed and thought the orcs were a violent race and shouldn't be trusted. This distrust wasn't caused just by the humans but also the orcs which eventually caused a collapse between the humans and the orcs and sparked a war between the two races. Realizing this was a war they could not win the orcs rallied through dun morogh but doing this angered the dwarfs of ironforge who attacked the orcs on griffons and without a challenge won the fight. After the first war the orcs found a home in the west wide of azeroth called kalimdor and set up a city called orgrimmer went eventually grew up to house different races who followed the horde these races include: The Forsaken, Trolls, Blood Elfs, Tauren, Goblins and Pandaren. The Humans had to find a new home for the alliance when Loredaron was destroyed by arthas after killing his father who was the king of loredaron.

The Burning Crusade 
When the dark portal opens up again azeroth is threatened by the burning legion so you are called to travel to the world of the outlands to prevent the oncoming invasion of illaden stormrage and his army of demons as you progress through the outlands illaden betrays the burning legion and escapes to the black temple so the armies of the horde and alliance decide to take on the burning legion first by traveling to kil'jadens lair the new leader of the burning legion to dispose of him then go to tempest keep to kill kael'thas sunstrider and his forces leaving the burning legion crumbling with nothing to pull them back so you decide to travel to the black temple to find out illaden has raised a powerful army which you will have to fight through to get him once you find him at the top of the black temple you will have to weaken him enough for him to be captured and put in a prison for his crimes.

Wrath of the Lich King 
When word spreads that the Lich king has awoken tirion fordring calls for peace between the alliance and the horde to try and save the world from being devoured by the lich king and his scourge army. Upon arriving in northrends tirion notices that the lands where covered with scourge soldiers and lairs full of powerful soldiers such as naxramass one of the most deadly places in northrends set up by the lich king for the necromancer Kel'thuzad who is at the back of the necropolis in dragonblight after clearing through all the bossess you kill kel'thuzad. Before the attack on ice crown citadel tirion calls forth the strongest forces of the alliance and the horde and makes them fight in the trail of champions to see if they are strong enough to join in on the assault. Eventually when all the champions are chosen you travel to ice crown and fight through the citadel of the strongest scourge enemies then you get to the top of the of the castle to find bolvar fordragon frozen in ice after defeating the lich king you find out that there must always be a lich king so bolvar fordragon decides that he will take the spot to ensure the saftey of azeroth and it's people.

Cataclysm      
The start of the cataclysm is caused when deathwing breaks free of the prison he was put in by the old gods after being turned evil by Yog'saroun with a burning hatred for the world he wreaks havoc among the world destroying most of the lands when finding out this happens Thrall decideds he must take on this aspect of the black dragon flight to save the world so with the help of Ysera Malygos Alexstraza and Nozdormu he travels back in time to recover the dragon soul a artifact powerfull enough to take down deathwing and end the cataclysm when getting to dragon blight he realizes deathwing has plans of his own trying to make sure that Thrall and the other dragon aspects do not get to him so he flys away only to be caught up to by the horde and alliance where thrall manages to use the dragon soul to to take down deathwing upon hitting him he is greatly injured and nosedives straight ito the malestrom in a frenzy deathwing goes crazy and has to be put down by Thralls hammer ending the cataclysm and saving Azeroth

Mist Of Pandaria
After a war between the the horde and alliance they both stumble upon the land of Pandria inhabited by the pandaren a humble race who try to live out there life in peace but are attacked by the sha an energy that is deep in the heart of every pandaren but is imprisoned by peace. Finding this out Garrosh Hellscream the new leader of the horde finds the source of the power the heart of the Sha guarded by Loremaster Xio they go in to battle only for Garrosh to impale him with his fathers weapon gorehowl an axe infused with demon blood. After acquiring the heart of the sha he uses it to unlease the sha upon pandria and opening all doors to the guarded temples in pandaria such as the throne of the four winds where Al'iarkeer the wind lord was imprisoned after gaining this new found power Garrosh makes Orgrimmar the home of the horde as his new place of command after finding this out Thrall the old leader of the horde who choose Garrosh to take his place is filled with guilt so leads the true horde to to the attack on Orgrimmar with the help of the alliance when finding Garrosh he has infused himself with the power of the sha and has part of the horde who has chosen to follow his new order but he is brought down by the forces of the two armies Garrosh is took to trail in Pandaria by Lorewalker Cho. Realizing the Horde will need a new warchief Thrall decides to place the title among Vol'jin the troll once leader of the darkspear trolls and a known leader                        

Warlords of Draenor
When the dark portal opens up again and the iron horde pour through Thrall Arc Mage Khadgar and durotar travel through to set up a strong hold before allowing the rest of each army to come through upon traveling through the dark portal you realize it is Gul'dan who is being imprisoned to keep the portal sustained after releasing him you realize it is a trick and they are now trapped in draenor a past version of outland made by Gul'dan a warlock of great power has set up forces with the iron horde after going back in time to change the future and make sure the iron horde beat the buring legion and never travel to azeroth to prevent this you must take care of Gul'dan and his forces after taking care of a few of the weaker pack the rest run back to their strong holds which consist of Highmaul Blackrock Foundry and Hellfire Citadel Gul'dan place of power so after traveling to kill the leaders of the iron horde Thrall and his forces arrive at Hellfire Citadel realizing they have a challenge at hand. They begin the assault trying as quick as they can to the top but it was too late and Gul'dan had gone and left Arcimond to run the Citadel. When trying to find Gul'dan they find out he has traveled to free illaden stromrage from the prison and trying to convince him to join the burning legion by offer power beyond his dreams but he did not expect illaden to refuse so runs away to revive the burning legion and rule them. When getting back to Azeroth Thrall is shocked to see illaden but does not attack only for his brother Malfurion to attack him not realizing he is no longer a foe but Malfurion soon notices illaden resisting attack. So with the new found help of illaden stormrage and the arimes of both the horde and alliance they set search for Gul'dan to take him down.


Quantitative
World of Warcraft is a game that has sold over 12 million copys and made over 12 billion dollars in 2012 alone it has only just dropped to 5 million active subscribers this year and people are not happy with the expansion and the current content but the number keeps rising as the new expansion has been announced are it is expected to have a large amount of subscribers when it launches. world of warcraft is a game where you pay a monthly subscription to play it which is £10 per month but a lot of players don't mind this because they enjoy the game.

Qualitative  
World of Warcraft is a game known for it's good mechanics such as being able to cast spells from a distance or keeping up close using melee attacks which ever you prefer. the player base is split up between raiders which is a big area full of hard bosses which high damage tactics which will require at minimum 10 players to clear it out the difficulty increase depeing on what you set it to so you have normal heroic and mythic normal being the easiest and mythic being the hardest so clearing the raid on mythic will reward better armor. Another group of players are people who enjoy pvp which player vs player so instead of coming up against computers you come up against people from all over the world in either an arena which can be 2v2 all the way up to 5v5 but you can do battlegrounds which varys between game types like capturing flags and holding strong point or destroying the enemys base by killing their captain.