I've had WoW for a few months now, and seeing as it has recently been released in Europe, I was wondering if anyone had picked it up.
World of Warcraft is a really awesome MMORPG (much better than Everquest) that takes place in Azeroth, the world that the Warcraft games take place on. For those unfamiliar with Warcraft, the time era that it takes place in is Steampunk. Steampunk is a medieval theme (dragons, castles, orcs, elves, ect.), but technilogical advancements have happened way before they actually happened in real life (lazers, robots, helicopters).
www.worldofwarcraft.com
First, you pick a realm, each has one of 3 type of rules (PvE, which lets you kill monsters and gather quests without the nuisence of being ganked by higher levels of the opposing faction, PvP lets you quest and kill monsters with the constant threat of being ambushed by players of the opposing faction, and RP, which obviously, lets you RP)
WoW lets you pick one of 8 different races, 4 on each faction (Alliance & Horde), which are at war with each other.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/races/
Once you pick a race, you pick one of 9 classes.
Classes being: Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, & Warrior. Each class has it's own unique abilities, spells, and stat bonuses.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/
Then you get to customize your character (sex, hair, ect.)
Once all of that is done, the game kicks off.
Along the way, you can pick up professions, which alow you to gather materials and makes items for a profit.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/professions/
The Audio work is amazing, as are the visuals. WoW still even manages to keep Warcraft style humor.
Being an MMORPG, though, does mean it has a monthly fee of $15.
All fees aside, WoW is an amazing game, and any MMORPG fans out there should definatly pick it up (if you can afford the fee, of course).
World of Warcraft intro cinematic- showing off the amazing visuals this game has:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/trailer/
TIP: WHEN CHOOSING A REALM, IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO PICK ONE THAT HAS LOW TO MEDIUM POPULATION (to avoid massive lag and game crashes.... and waiting in Queue)
I am a level 28 Undead Warlock on the Khadgar realm. Recent pics of me:
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/7615/wowsc...52357597wx.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/5594/wowsc...52358010fz.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/1367/wowsc...50015261vm.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/1633/wowsc...50020053pv.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/60/wowscrn...51748538hx.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/1221/wowsc...51729577lm.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/4273/wowsc...51832297lb.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/8914/wowsc...52011513wg.jpg
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/6972/wowsc...52012057qh.jpg
Me as of 5 minutes ago (the glasses are for comedy value):
http://img54.exs.cx/img54/120/wowscr...51930084vh.jpg
PLEASE NOT THAT MY COMPUTER IS AS CRAPPY AS THEY GET- THAT MEANS THE VISUALS HAVE TO BE TONNED DOWN FOR ME, OR ELSE i GET LAGS AND CRASHES LIKE NO TOMARROW. THESE GRAPHICS I HAVE SHOWED YOU ARE IN NO WAY THE MAXIMUM FORCE THIS GAME CAN PUMP OUT.
please let me know if any of you have or plan on getting this awesome game.