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Game Magazine's Games Review - World of Warcraft

When I first entered into the World of Warcraft I slipped into the familiar settings from the namesake RTS series. Blizzard's excellent interface design coupled with the environmental ambience helped comfort my baby steps into this epic world. What the graphics of WoW lack in polygon detail they make up for in a cohesive art presentation that really brings the whole game together. The tool tip system made getting started a cinch. No tutorial or drawn out cinematic, just a few helpful hints to get you on your way. The initial quests were simple enough and geared towards helping you understand the protocol of being assigned a mission, executing it, and returning it for character experience. Skip ahead to professions and talent trees and that same, painless process describes what it was like for me to determine what I was supposed to do and how to do it. What Blizzard has accomplished here should never be understated. They have managed to bring together the finer points of almost every genre and morph it into the perfectly seasoned MMORPG. Though no one review can explain all of the finer details of this game, rest assured that should you purchase it you will come to appreciate things like rested experience (for those of us who don't stay logged in 24/7), relatively painless deaths (all you really lose is item durability), and a new standard in in-game help systems. In closing, I'd like to point out the part where Blizzard really shines. Other game developers often like to neglect the minority; "let's first ship the game for Win32, then we'll perhaps consider porting this to the Mac...but it probably won't work so well and they won't be able to play with their friends on PCs." This has stopped me from ever considering a game like Neverwinter Nights or Everquest. What, truly, is the point of joining an MMORPG if the world is a) not so massive, and b) you're months behind? This game, as with most of the rest of Blizzard's games, has shipped as a hybrid disc for both platforms since Day 1. I've looked at the Mac version and the PC version side by side and as one has come to expect from Blizzard the performance and presentation on both platforms is superb. While it is true that on many occasions the Mac may under perform graphically, it doesn't make the game any less exciting. Congratulations, Blizzard. You've got one customer who is 100% happy, and 100% pleased to shell out a subscription month after month for limitless fun!
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