I purchased World of Warcraft, a MMORPG played by thousands and thousands of people all across the world. It’s basically a virtual world, where people can go and do quests, battle, or group together to accomplish tasks– mainly killing things.

The game cost $49.99, but that includes your first month of play. This is a subscription-based game. Thereafter, you must pay $15.00/month to Blizzard Entertainment in order play the game. The monthly cost may seem high or not worth the price, but the “world” is constantly being updated and new things are always being added.

A Point Without An Edge

I might as well get to the point. This game reminds me of Zelda– without the fun. Running around for hours talking to people and killing animals isn’t my thing. There is so much to do, which in part may be a bad thing for me. There is too much to do. I like games that are structured, not to be all linear, but provide a good understanding of story and theme. WoW is just too bloated for me.

I’ve never been an RPG fan, but I’ve played a few RPG games that I’ve loved. Pagan : Ultima VIII was probably the most fun of any RPG game I’ve ever played, and that was back in 1994-95. I used to prefer the action/adventure, or the quasi role playing games. Now, I really only enjoy first person shooters.

MMORPGISNOT4ME

I knew WoW wasn’t for me, but decided to give it a try. My suspicions have been confirmed– this game isn’t for me. I have almost one month remaining on my trial period, but I doubt I’ll even load the game. The odds of the game being removed from my Mac within the next few days are pretty great. I’d take that bet!

A Cool World

Although I don’t like the game, I’m not taking anything away from the look and feel. The environment is great, and the worlds are big and vast. The game was well thought out and the worlds have been created with users in mind. This is just not something I get into.

So my foray into World of Warcraft is now over. I finish my WoW career at a solid LVL 9. I was a Rouge. Aside from these few memories, and being put on a West coast server with high latency, I won’t miss WoW, and probably won’t ever think about it again.

My final score: 1 out of 5 stars.

Update: 03.13.06 – I called up Blizzard and officially cancelled my account. The game was removed from my computer on 03.08.06.