World of Warcraft, better known as WoW, is a multiplayer online role-playing video game (MMORPG) in which you can build your own legend in a world that never stops growing and evolving. You will fight against multiple enemies, conquer the world region after region, discover amazing places, and live epic moments with other players.

Plot

Thrall's Horde, aiming to establish a home in Durotar, expanded their forces by extending an invitation to the undead Forsaken, who joined the ranks of orcs, tauren, and trolls. Simultaneously, the Alliance found support from dwarves, gnomes, and the ancient night elves, led by the human kingdom of Stormwind. However, Stormwind's king, Varian Wrynn, mysteriously vanished, leading Highlord Bolvar Fordragon to take on the role of Regent. Unfortunately, Bolvar fell under the insidious mind control of Onyxia, a black dragon in disguise as a human noblewoman. As heroes delved into the mysteries surrounding Onyxia's manipulation, the ancient elemental lord Ragnaros reemerged, posing a grave threat to both the Horde and the Alliance.

Gameplay

Expansive world: World of Warcraft presents a vast and intricately crafted virtual world known as Azeroth. This world is divided into continents, each with its own unique landscapes, cities, dungeons, and quests.
Character races and classes: Players can choose from a diverse selection of playable races, each with its own lore, abilities, and visual customization options. Whether you prefer to be a noble Human, a mystical Night Elf, a fearsome Orc, or any other race, there is a wide range of choices available. In addition, it offers a variety of character classes, each with its own distinct playstyle and abilities. Whether you prefer melee combat as a Warrior, spellcasting as a Mage, healing as a Priest, or any other role, there is a class suited to every player's preference.
Levels and equipment: As you earn experience and level up, you can specialize and choose your skills to better fit your playstyle. Powerful weapons of all kinds and pieces of equipment are progressively available, so you can overcome powerful enemies and schedule more polished tactics.
PvE content: World of Warcraft features a plethora of PvE content, including quests, dungeons, raids, and world bosses. Engage in epic battles against formidable enemies, explore dangerous dungeons with friends, and challenge powerful raid bosses in cooperative gameplay.

PvP battlegrounds and arenas: You can engage in thrilling player-versus-player (PvP) battles through various battlegrounds and arenas. Participate in large-scale objective-based battlegrounds or test your skills in smaller, more intense arena matches against other players.
Professions and crafting: Characters can learn various professions such as mining, herbalism, blacksmithing, and enchanting. These professions allow players to gather resources, craft items, and enhance their gear, adding depth to the gameplay and economy.
Housing: World of Warcraft introduces player housing known as "garrisons" or "order halls" in different expansions. These personalized spaces serve as a base of operations for players, offering customization options and unique benefits.
Social features: The game encourages social interaction through guilds, where you can join together, form communities, and participate in group activities. You can chat, trade, and team up with others, fostering a sense of camaraderie and collaboration.

Regular content updates: World of Warcraft continuously receives content updates and expansions, introducing new zones, quests, dungeons, raids, and gameplay features to keep the experience fresh and exciting.
Rich lore and storytelling: World of Warcraft features deep and engaging lore, with a rich backstory and intricate narrative threads woven throughout the game. You can immerse yourself in captivating storylines and explore the history of Azeroth.
Mounts and transportation: World of Warcraft offers a wide variety of mounts, ranging from ground-based creatures to flying beasts, allowing you to traverse the expansive world with ease. Mounts can be obtained through various means, including quests, achievements, and rare drops.
Achievements and rewards: You can earn achievements for completing specific tasks, conquering challenges, or reaching significant milestones in the game. These achievements unlock rewards such as titles, mounts, pets, and cosmetic items, showcasing a player's accomplishments.

Transmogrification: With the transmogrification system, players can change the appearance of their gear to match the aesthetics they prefer, without sacrificing the stats of the items. This allows players to create personalized and unique looks for their characters.
Pet battles: World of Warcraft features a unique pet battle system where players can collect, train, and battle with a variety of companion pets. Engage in strategic turn-based battles against other players or NPCs, and build a formidable collection of pets.

Graphics and sound

The game features nice-looking and detailed graphics for an MMO. The environments and biomes are quite varied, and make the whole world pleasant to discover as you progress through this journey. The interfaces are customizable and scale well as the experience becomes more complex. The game features high-quality cinematics that showcase epic moments, compelling storytelling, and stunning visuals. The captivating soundtrack, composed by renowned musicians, enhances the atmosphere, immersing players in the world of Azeroth.

Duration and game modes

World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online game, so it is designed to be multiplayer. You can play solo, but you won't be able to overcome dungeons, tough quests, and other features designed to be accomplished by teams.

In terms of duration, taking into account the infinite number of possibilities and the 8 expansions released so far (The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands), we can safely say that World of Warcraft is practically infinite.

What do the reviews say?

World of Warcraft has a Metacritic score of 93/100.

"Addictive from the moment you begin...It's incredibly friendly to the solo gamer, allowing players not only to gain Levels 1 to 60 without ever grouping with someone else if they prefer, but also to earn the same or more experience playing that way. That means the solo gamer can level nearly as quickly as a group of power gamers playing together." (Detroit Free Press)