A treat for online gamers from the house of Blizzard Entertainment is the fourth game in the fantasy of the Warcraft Universe. It was first introduced in 1994 as Warcraft : Orcs and Humans. Set in the Warcraft World environment of Azeroth, it was launched fours years after the previous release of Warcraft III : The Frozen Zone. Announced by Blizzard in September 2, 2001 the World Of Warcraft was released on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise which fell on November 23rd, 2004. The Burning Crusade was the first to arrive between the expansion sets in January 2007 followed by the release of the second one in November 2008 the Wrath of The Lich King. Cataclysm hit the market in December 2010 while the last expansion set the fourth one till date titles the Mists of Pandaria arrived on the gaming scene in September 2012. As of March 2013 the World Of Warcraft (WOW) with it's following of over eight million subscribers hold the world record in the Guinness Book for the MMORPG, which is also known as Massive Multi Player Online Role Playing Game that holds most number of subscribers. This makes WoW the most popular MMORG ever released in the history of the gaming world.
Just like in other Massive Multi Player Online Role Plating Games or MMORPG the World Of Warcraft or WoW as it is called is designed to allow players to don a role as an avatar or character in the game. The player either gets a first person view and or a third person view of the game. On donning an avatar I had to maneuver my way across the terrain or the game environment which is called a server and my goal were to fight scary monsters, complete challenges or tasks known as quests and also spend some time and interact with other avatars or Non playing characters or maybe even online players. I had to pay for my subscription through either a prepaid gaming card which gives me an access to the World Warcraft for a limited amount of time or by using my banking credit or debit card. To enter the amazing World of Warcraft I had to choose form one available realm which were a copy of the game environment in their own way each unique from the other. Realms are normally classified into the following categories :
The Normal Realm
The most basic version of the available realms in WoW the normal realm provides an environment which requires players to fight with automated machine in trying to take on strong monsters overcome hurdles or challenges, Players in this realm can only take on other players and fight with them if they have mutually agreed amongst themselves.
Player Versus Player Environment
The next realm sets an environment in which players have to take guard against horrifying monsters and overcome obstacles but at the same times defend themselves against attacks from players of opposite factions as well. A player can also start an attack on another player at will. In short this is a player versus player environment.
Player Versus Environment Scenario
The next one is again a variant of the first realm that is typically a player versus environment scenario where players have the option of choosing a character and role playing while the fourth one is a role play version of the player versus player environment in which players can also fight with one another in presumed roles itself. Realms are also available with in built language support for various languages across the globe. Players can move in regional territory in their donned avatars or characters, however if they wanted to carry the character or role playing fun to thee next realm then they would have to pay these fees while trying my hand at WoW I also had the option of creating new characters keeping in mind the story line of the warcraft theme. to exercise it I had to choose one faction from wither the Arcade or the Horde which are opposite one another. I could communicate clearly in all forms of emotes or mail or messages with characters from my faction only however communication with characters from the other side was limited and very rudimentary. I just had to use to my advantage to get the message across to a character from the opposite faction. My character could either be a Orc or Troll from the Hordes or a Human or Dwarf from the alliances and again I had the option of making my character either a mage, magician or a priest. As the game progressed my characters gained more abilities and powers with various aemotesdditional skills and talents which required me to redefine the rules for the character. Now the character could also learn various professional skills like blacksmithing, mining or tailoring and also take interest in some secondary skills like fishing, cooking first-aid and archeology.
A major part of the World of Warcraft involved my characters to complete certain missions and tasks called quests. On completion of these quests my characters even became stronger and I gained some vital experience points and game money which explores new areas. The story of WoW comes alive in these quests which normally involve killing of multiple creatures and another players. Most of these quests are given by Non Playing characters. While I had a good time in cracki9ng most of the quests had various other characters I could team up with if I found a particular task very difficult to handle. Also there is a rested bonus system in place at the World of Warcraft which increases the rate at which a character can gain experience points when away from the game. Moreover a dead character can either haunt you as a ghost or a night elf at a graveyard that is nearby. These characters can either be resurrected by another character who has the power to do so or they could resurrect themselves by moving from the graveyard to the place where they died.
Such enthralling is the nature of gameplay at WoW that it certainly keeps you engrossed all the time and you just cannot keep your hands of it. The World of Warcraft is an excellent creation and has a lot more in store for you if you want to explore it.
