World of Warcraft

This week I was slightly unsure of what to talk about. There was no tech or video games that really grabbed my attention. So, I have decided to talk about an older game that has managed to stay fresh and relevant over many years. World of Warcraft was initially released November 23, 2004. The game generates gross profit of around a billion dollars a year. Not shabby considering the game is about eleven years old now. Over that time, the game has been upgraded and graphics improved. Many people consider the code of the game to be some of the best. There have been many expansions introduced since the game first came out. All of these are huge money makers for Activision-Blizzard and they encourage players to return and play the game. The game itself is truly a masterpiece. There are a lot of incorrect stereotypes about World of Warcraft as well. The world is completely open and traveling through the whole world by foot would take many, many hours. Just to give scope, there are several continents in the game. Exploring every area of the game would be quite the accomplishment which gives credit to the creators of the game. You choose a character at the beginning of the game and choose your faction, race, and specialization. The factions are Horde and Alliance, who are sworn enemies. There are many races which include Orcs, Humans, Tauren, and Undead just to name a few. At the inception of the game, there were sixty levels. Now, players can level up to one hundred. You can power the higher level you are and you unlock the ability to do raids and dungeons. Raids and dungeons pit a group of players against a computer controlled force with bosses. These are a lot of fun and very time consuming. The other main attraction of the game is player versus player. There are many game modes and maps in which the players of the horde square off against players of the Alliance faction. I am not ashamed to say I have played this game a lot even though it has been sometime since my last login. It does get expensive to play and it takes up a lot of your time. I would even give the game a 10/10 just because it is really good.