After someone here posted Southpark WOW, I watched it relentessly. I made all my friends watch it, too. It's one of my favorite episodes. This season has been AWESOME; probably THE funniest.
Anyways, walking through the mall near my place, I sauntered into GameStop. I was looking for a cheapo video game for my new comp, since I've tired of HALO 2 online XBOX. I asked the clerks about WoW, figuring I'd get some RESPONSE. Alas I did. You'd think I just offered a virgin sex with Vida Guerra, or a girl of his choice! They spouted off all the reasons why, and how they were going to upgrade their comps to allow quicker play and so on. It was very much like the Show. I did laugh, but I do love great games. I don't own many, but when I own one, I play it to death (I haven't bought a new game since halo 2 came out).
The clerks threw at me a demo disk to play online for free for 2 weeks, and then provided their information so I could hook up and "quest" with them. I really had no clue what I was getting into. That night, after eating and what not, I loaded it up. It took a few hours, but I got started. I met up with 1 of the clerks who walked me through the basics.
It really is an unbelievable game, regardless of what people say about or what bad/good press it gets. It's simple, yet complex. There's loads of customization, but it works well. It's simple. There's tons of tutorials, and unlike Final Fantasy, the quests are tough, but locatable. Many times, years ago on Nintendo and Super Nintendo, you could go round and round for hours never finding the locale you had to. Not here. If you do find it, it's more about what YOU CHOOSE to do, than luck.
I'm still on the demo version, and haven't chosen whether to go full bore at buying it. For $15 a month, and $20 to buy the real version, it's a regular on going price some won't pay. However, if you play games thoroughly, like RPG's, or buy games frequently but tire of them quick, this would work. For 3 months, it's like $45, over a year $180, most owners of PS2 or XBOX/XBOX 360 buy more games than that, and get less quality for it. The alternative is to buy the pay per play card, which allows you to buy a card and not get billed regularly. The card has a set amount of months, once its up, you buy a new card. Simple and no disclosure of credit cards or debit cards.
I had to laugh, b/c I knew I'd like the game if the graphics and game play were anything CLOSE to what they showed on Southpark, and for those who don't know...they're better. It could be considered a fantastic waste of time, but it is fun. And if it's the only game you play and buy, you'll get tons out of it. I've never been one for Madden, and though it's great, the value of the game drops to Zero when the season ends. Here, Blizzard is always upgrading, changing, modifying, housing, altering, monitoring, and re-inventing the game, since it's always in existence.
I was always a fan of RPG's when I was younger, this one just happens to be the best of them all thus far, which is saying alot given how big the universe is of RPG's.
A-Unit
Anyways, walking through the mall near my place, I sauntered into GameStop. I was looking for a cheapo video game for my new comp, since I've tired of HALO 2 online XBOX. I asked the clerks about WoW, figuring I'd get some RESPONSE. Alas I did. You'd think I just offered a virgin sex with Vida Guerra, or a girl of his choice! They spouted off all the reasons why, and how they were going to upgrade their comps to allow quicker play and so on. It was very much like the Show. I did laugh, but I do love great games. I don't own many, but when I own one, I play it to death (I haven't bought a new game since halo 2 came out).
The clerks threw at me a demo disk to play online for free for 2 weeks, and then provided their information so I could hook up and "quest" with them. I really had no clue what I was getting into. That night, after eating and what not, I loaded it up. It took a few hours, but I got started. I met up with 1 of the clerks who walked me through the basics.
It really is an unbelievable game, regardless of what people say about or what bad/good press it gets. It's simple, yet complex. There's loads of customization, but it works well. It's simple. There's tons of tutorials, and unlike Final Fantasy, the quests are tough, but locatable. Many times, years ago on Nintendo and Super Nintendo, you could go round and round for hours never finding the locale you had to. Not here. If you do find it, it's more about what YOU CHOOSE to do, than luck.
I'm still on the demo version, and haven't chosen whether to go full bore at buying it. For $15 a month, and $20 to buy the real version, it's a regular on going price some won't pay. However, if you play games thoroughly, like RPG's, or buy games frequently but tire of them quick, this would work. For 3 months, it's like $45, over a year $180, most owners of PS2 or XBOX/XBOX 360 buy more games than that, and get less quality for it. The alternative is to buy the pay per play card, which allows you to buy a card and not get billed regularly. The card has a set amount of months, once its up, you buy a new card. Simple and no disclosure of credit cards or debit cards.
I had to laugh, b/c I knew I'd like the game if the graphics and game play were anything CLOSE to what they showed on Southpark, and for those who don't know...they're better. It could be considered a fantastic waste of time, but it is fun. And if it's the only game you play and buy, you'll get tons out of it. I've never been one for Madden, and though it's great, the value of the game drops to Zero when the season ends. Here, Blizzard is always upgrading, changing, modifying, housing, altering, monitoring, and re-inventing the game, since it's always in existence.
I was always a fan of RPG's when I was younger, this one just happens to be the best of them all thus far, which is saying alot given how big the universe is of RPG's.
A-Unit
This has been confirmed by the devs of GW themselves.