Yesterday I got home from work and downloaded the free trial of World of Warcraft. Besides pausing for beer and smoke breaks I pretty much was glued to the computer for a good couple hours.
So, is Warcraft the end all be all game? I don't think so. I am not used to PC controls (thank god I found the link to hook my 360 controller to the PC) so there are several controls/camera issues which should be fixed soon. As far as character customization I didn't see anything super special. The game looks good though the characters are a bit...cartoony is a word I've seen bandied about and I have to agree. As far as story or plot I have no idea what's going on, who's who, but then again I'm fresh off the truck. The quests, at the level I am are standard step'n'fetch, get me this, get me that, I want, I want quests. You why NPCs just stand around in games? Because they have people to do shit for them. NPCs are digitized managers/shaolin delegators. I also wish there was an icon or something to let people know that you are soloing.
So those are some gripes. On the other hand I like being a stranger in a strange land. I don't know what's going on, who anyone is, the customs and norms, and in some cases I don't know what the hell people are talking about. While gameplay is pretty simple to pick up it's all the other stuff I need to learn and I like it. Exploration and discovery is what I am about and Warcraft has it.
I think I might go onto the Role-Play section of the game and play a Dwarven Hunter/Mountain Man. Antisocial and somewhat deranged, only entering town to sell pelts. We shall see.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
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i'm on the silverhand server if you ever want to play. honestly, i'm not sure if i see wow holding your interest. maybe if you get into pvp? dunno. i'm curious to see what you'll ultimately think.
ReplyDeletei laughed when i read about a potential deranged mountain man character. now that would be rp!
Hey Josh, sorry you got sucked into WoW, I am still playing it and I am now serving my 5th year of servitude to the digital beast. If you need any help feel free to ask but I would flee to a safe nice offline game like Torchlight and never look back at us losers still trapped.
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