I Have Now Seen the World of Warcraft
I have heard about it and discussed with many a person, but I had never played it until now. My boss had given me the 14 day trial copy of World of Warcraft and I thought I would try it out over Christmas. Anyhow, another friend of mine said he was playing it so I loaded it up on Saturday. By end of Sunday I was Level 10 and had an appreciation of why people can get addicted to this game (and I haven't really played it that much).
You are totally immersed in the experience, they make sure you always have a couple of quests in the queue and you can explore seemingly forever.
Installing
So the installation procedure took hours. I had to install the DVD which requires 6GB of hard drive space. Then it downloaded a 465MB patch and installed it. Then it downloaded another 465MB patch and installed it. When I was done I didn't even feel like playing it.
Setup
So I loaded it up the first time and joined the Echo Isles Realm (one of the servers). From there I created a character. I am a Gnome Warlock named Ogden. I picked out my look. I have the big beard and dark skin and that is about all I can really say. Soon thereafter I was on my first quest, killing boars in a snow covered valley along with all the other gnomes and dwarves too.
Addicting
Why is this game so addicting? Well lots really. I didn't realize how expansize the whole world was (well I kind of did). But when you are there you can explore and explore, but the scenery changes frequently and there are a lot of towns to visit. The mountains and valleys are truly amazing and the draw distance is cool, because it lets you see quite far away. When I first approached the city of IronForge I thought it looked amazing. When you get inside it look even more cool, mainly because of the business of activity inside. Completely oblivious to you, there are people (real people) running all over the place taking care of their own business.
Where to Go From Here
I am going to put some serious time in for my 14 day trial, but after that I will have to decide whether I am going to by the full copy or not. The problem with this game (and what is good for Blizzard, the developers of it) is that it is a subscription server of $15/month I believe. That is $180/year. Not really a whole lot, but I just hate subscription services in general (like my cell phone). Knowing I will be out the cash every month is just frustrating.
More Frustration
I am experiencing the "Server is Full" message right now while I am writing this article. Rather frustrating. I think I am the low man on the totem pole because of my trial copy too. My position in the queue fluctuates up and down and so does the time and it never seems to get even close to 0. Oh well, that can't just let a guy with a $2 copy of WOW bump there $15/month subscribers so it is only fair. Besides, this will encourage to forego the trial version and its limitations and just go buy the real thing, right?
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Original Post: Sunday, December 10th, 2006
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