Shortly after the release of World of Warcraft’s first expansion, The Burning Crusade, it quickly pushed predecessors namely Everquest and Ultima Online further down the list of popular MMOs. Blizzard’s latest release of the Wrath of Lich King proves to be the undisputed and leading MMO out in the market. Wrath of the Lich King proves to be the best expansion of Blizzard to date. Yes, it keeps on getting better obviously giving a genuine meaning to the word expansion. Slashdot released a review on Wrath of the Lich King. Read on for few highlights of this review.
Wrath of the Lich King deserves to be named as the most popular MMO as it becomes bigger and better. The size and scope of the game play and visuals have been magnified from soaring spires and mountains to massively looking icebergs to spacious valleys and canyons. Each zone delivers a unique style of art and impressive panoramas. The first thing you might do upon entering a zone is to stare at it and stand there amazed on new elements and how more detailed they are. In a later zone, Storm Peaks, you’ll be exploring in an absurdly high mountaintops creating an epic feel. The various creatures you encounter are definitely new and more aggressive. Proto-drakes circling lazily above a burning forest and extra-ordinarily large Storm giants stomp through the plain often catches adventures by surprise enabling them to meet untimely deaths.
Wrath of the Lich King is a MMO made more player-friendly. Three ways are easy to attain making your character even more powerful. First, professions are strengthened either through crafted gear or through passive bonuses. Second is those bonuses are available without any need for you to drop thousands of gold grinding out the last few points to qualify for an upgrade. Lastly, recipes are simple and easy to retrieve. Earn currency tokens every time you complete a quest and get to purchase different kinds of recipe.
The whole game of the Wrath of the Lich King is more than a revamp of maps, models and skins - it is evolving into a seamless and more consistent expansion game. It certainly has that “Blizzard touch”. Click here to read the complete review of Slashdot on Wrath of the Lich King.
