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Sunday 13 January, 2008
SUMMARY
World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the expansion of the original World Of Warcraft. TBC (The Burning Crusade) is a MMORPG where you choose your faction (Alliance or Horde), Class (Rogue,Hunter,Warrior,Warlock,Shaman,Druid,Mage,Priest, and Paladin), and Race (Dwarves, Gnomes, Humans, Night Elves, Draenei, Orcs, Tauren, Trolls, Undead and Blood Elves). After you design your character to exactly the way you want it you enter the World Of Warcraft. There, you can level your character by doing quest, doing daily battlegrounds, and killing monsters and NPC's. The max level cap is level 70 in TBC and thats when you really experience the true value of the game, the end game content.
GAMEPLAY
World of Warcraft: TBC is a very friendly and social game. The story behind the game is also pretty accurate and follows the lore of the world of warcraft. Being level 70, my friends and I have been able to experience a lot of the end game content. The game was interesting to play because you can do virtually do anything in this game. You can encounter raids and dragons with up to 40 people as well as raid with just five of your friends in an instance. When playing the game you experience a lot of flow, that is because you can continue to progress with your guild. You can start raiding 5-man instances and slowly build your way to 40-man instances. These instance and raid encounters are not something to take lightly. When you devote yourself to one of these raids, you are going to dedicate at least a minimum of 2 hours to this game. I, myself, have spent 7 hours raiding Black Temple ( The most difficult and most time consuming raid in TBC). Also while playing TBC, you can interact with various amounts of other people. You can trade, duel, and even dance with them. This game is very well designed and balance. It is one of the only MMORPGS that not one class is over powered. When you go raids or instances you need a certain party makeup or else you won't even stand a chance at surviving. For example, in a regular 5-man instance, the default setup that you need is: A Tank, 3 DPS, and a Healer. Without this general setup you won't be able to get through an instance. When playing TBC, I was very eager to experience every bit of the game as well learn new things. When playing TBC, your emotions can change from very happy to all of a sudden being very frustrated. There are times when i played where we just could not finish the instance or raid encounter. We would spend a lot of gold (the currency in TBC)buying potions, flask, and weapon repairs. But then there are times when you down a boss for the first time with your guild and your so pumped and excited that your guild worked well together. Overall the World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is a very well designed game. The game is designed around team play and is a social game that provides a challenge for the player.
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