World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Review

Not one mention of battle grounds in the review, how are the new battlegrounds? How is the new raid content? Terrible review. Level 90 is about raids and pvp, the reviewer says I like to group with friends and quest, yeah thats not something you do at max level.

I don't like wow anymore but what a bad review.

Yes, poor review indeed. They test a small part of the end game experience with questing, and then complain there isn't enough to keep you playing. As someone who plays WoW (and someone who certainly doesn't expect everyone to like it), there is just so much wrong with this review it's infuriating.

Seriously, if you're considering whether or not to buy this game, DO NOT use this review in determining your choice. There are many, many better and more detailed reviews out there that give you a much better idea of how this new expansion feels and plays out.

I no longer play the game but for new comers its definitely worth trying out at least. The review was rather appalling.

The review seemed quite bitter, something I pickup from many Vanilla WoW gamers who miss 'the good o'l days'. Well those days are over and WoW had many more problems then it does now. And then you talk about its age like its supposed to evolve and shock us in 2012 with a game engine from 2005?
Most people I've talked to who have atleast 6000 achievement points and several years of WoW playtime have mostly good things to say about this expansion. Blizzard couldn't top themselves with the Lich King and Cataclysm was the end of an Era, I like an expansion that doesn't try to outdo the last.
Although I just skimmed over it, I won't be taking much from this seemingly picky review. Just enjoy the game for what it is, 10/25 man raids still present a challenge and 5 man dungeon's are still fun as well.

Having played WoW since day one I can honestly say that I completely disagree with this review. The reviewer touches on points that we have all ready heard one thousand times. Fetch quests, old graphics, crafting etc. I left WoW after Cataclysm because I just needed a break from the game. WoW is like an old girlfriend that you keep going back to even after you know it's been over for a while. The review is extremely negative and misleading for the most part. I re-activated my account after a year and half hiatus and can honestly say that so far this expansion has met or exceeded my expectation. The new area is quite beautiful and Blizzard continues to squeeze whatever juice they have left in their old engine. The end result is quite beautiful indeed. The fetching quests are part of just about every MMO, it's called progression. Yes, some of the quests are re-hashes of old WoW, especially the kill five spiders or get me three logs. Guess what? Guild Wars 2, the WoW killer has them too, so did SWOR and every other MMO out there. In the past we where so focused on getting to the level cap that most people didn't bother with the story. The actual story progression is very decent so far and in some cases pretty funny. The reviewer forgets that WoW has evolved and Vanilla WoW was long ago, If the game was that bad, there wouldn't be so many people playing it. If the value meets or exceeds, the customer will always buy, seems that WoW is still relevant. The review is very poor and doesn't really say anything that we don't already know. I recommend that you try it and judge it yourself.

My father & I (I'm in my 20's) played for a good 2-3 years or so. I'll agree that higher levels is MUCH more about perfecting your armour among rewards from battlegrounds & raids. With that said, you didn't say much at all about the change for higher-levels.

Harsh advice - you BOTH need to go read A LOT more reviews on MMO's and games alike to gain a skill that talks more about specific content...not wasting paragraphs on being overly dramatic with your description of a party, or how bad your addition was that you played for 7 years. I'm not trying to hate here, but I feel if you're going to want people to read your reviews, you should hone in on your own style of writing. There's no doubt that the both of you can write, just not in the style people are expecting.

My BEEF is that they are raking in millions (You mention a solid 10mil loyal player base...times $15 a month = You can easily afford to crank out better game updates) Change more, to lure in more. This company has gotten fat & greedy, not to mention the graphics are slowly looking horrible compared to some MMO's based off sharper new engines.

If you're not a raider and not a pvp-er, then you shouldn't be writing reviews sorry.

From my experience with end game WotLK and Cata, I agree with the reviewers. I got bored with end game on WotLK and quit for a couple months until Cata came out. My friends talked me back into playing, so I bought Cata, played for a few months and got bored again. I don't think Pandaria will have enough to draw me back into the game. The reviewers summed up my experiences with the last two expansions very nicely, so I don't have a lot of faith in this expansion.

What a horrible review! it seems like you gave it a negative review when you basically skimmed through the game for a few hours and your just plain bitter about the game in general. I don't mind you giving a negative review not every one can like the same game. But review it after more then a few hours of careless game play, it seems you have barely scratched the surface and gave it a thumbs down.

As an ex player who loved vanilla and played until halfway through burning crusade (over 110 days realtime played on my main character), end game raiding, pvp etc etc, I have returned to woltk late and hit 80 then quit, then cataclysm to hit 85 and quit. Even with all my experience and feelings of "its not like the good old days, 40 man raids etc etc", I can see thats a terribly poor review. You played 2 levels of 85 then logged in someone elses character at lvl 90? Thats really going to mimic the attachment and emotion of reaching top level again with your character and begin item hunting, pvp and raiding. With the new raid finder and dungeon finder its not like the raiding is inaccessible to players outside of the larger guilds - I imagine some of that might be "entertaining".

Very poor review and not worth wasting the webspace.

He got farther than I did. I pre ordered MoP with high hopes, made my 1st panda a day after launch and I got 3 quest into it, logged out and deleted that character. The fact that the panda looks like a big fat hippo playing hopscotch while running got old fast. I started WoW two weeks after its inital launch which were in fact good times. Blizzard has lost its roots with DND over the years though, which shows with the new expertise system. Some people may enjoy it, but after observing my Realid friends list while playing SC2, numbers are slowly but surely dropping as to how many people are playing. I heard the new end game raid content is nice, but if thats what is worth it for you to pay 15$ a month, have at it.

WoW is stuck in a tough spot... they have the means and ability to cater to a very loyal, high-skill group of players. Unfortunately, there aren't enough serious players to pay the bills (or keep the economy going in the game)

So they cater to the casuals too, and do their best to make the game attractive to new players. Yes it can feel like you're late to a party, but there are many guilds for new players and many people who want to help (and many who don't). My server had a guy named Answerman who would sit around in the city and offer to answer new players' questions.

WoW is so big and has so much to do that here we have a review of the end-game from someone who doesn't pvp (play against other players) or raid (clear the dungeons with friends), that's like saying baseball is boring, but you didnt' hit or field.

It's gotten so big that it's more of a hobby than a single game. Just like you couldn't start working on cars or playing golf and be good (or know everything) right away, you'll need to play WoW for a few months before you learn the lingo and tricks to play. Doesn't mean it's boring, but you have to go into with the right expectation...

World of Warcraft is a game that cannot be judged by a single expansion play through or sample with someone's 85. Your missing the point entirely.
Seeing your player progress, grow old with you and achieve great things over time, through several patches, through the ups and downs, for several years, is what makes WoW the great game that it is. The reward is there. Hardcore PvP's get nasty **** like the Brutal Netherdrake.. Raiders get shots at rare drops, items and mounts.

And you can buy cool things like this,
http://www.figureprints.com/wow/Default.aspx
a FigurePrint of my Draenei Mage.
I need to get real pics of it soon.
This toon's name has changed.

I'm bored with WOW type MMO's completely and won't even think of buying this new data disk . But I had many great years playing it before I left . I have to agree with everyone else that this review is not very good . There's no point getting someone who hates MMO's to review an MMO.

This review isnt very accurate. I've played since BC came out and I am not disappointed with MoP. Everyone knows that Cata was horrible and WotLK was decent. WotLK was my favorite expansion to raid and quest. MoP shows that promise.

This review poorly explains questing as well. Every quest in every MMO is the same, Kill this, collect this, use this, etc. One thing I've seen WoW do is include vehicles and different methods to complete them. Even Skyrim (a console game) has the same types of questing.

When it comes down to it, Its your call. Play the game. If you like it, join the community, if not, play something else. If enough people quit, we will see a repeat of what happened with Everquest. When they start merging the servers, then this review is relevant.

Lame review honestly... at first I was like oh emo dude doing a WoW review lol and almost left but kept reading and I was like ?! 7 years and no rading or pvping and after that I LoL`d at this reviewer...
my honest thought about WoW is that it died already... I came in to the game at late BC starting of LK and played it like an addict for days straight without doing anything else but play WoW lol yeah really sick... still I loved to kick *** on PvP and hated the high demand of experience that PvE had, I still did most of the good PvE runs but PvP is what kept me paying for the game...
But now pandaria :O wtf did they do to game?! did the noobs like it?! yeah probably cause it looks new and a lil bit better on detailed stuff but still same engine, but honestly they just changed alot of stuff so that people stop getting bored, like always they needed to control the game around so that people started to like it again...
Why do I sayd that ?! ... lol I changed from server to server alot cause community started to die, no one likes to pay a fee for many years and see that what you learned to master is no more and also that theres no people on that gives you a challenge, there may be some cool features and some new stuff that could be fun for a while and for new players ofcourse, but WoW died for many people when Blizzard sayd.. we launching Pandaria
gg blizzard lol