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World of Warcraft: Fantasy is FAN-tastic
Around twelve years back, Blizzard Entertainment developed a game called Warcraft, a single/multiplayer adventure game, which went on to become so immensely popular that they added two more Warcraft games, and World of Warcraft is the fourth game in the series. World of Warcraft, also called WOW by gamers, is an massive online multiplayer role- playing game (MMORPG). Last years figures showed the World of Warcraft having over 6.5 million active users, with each player paying approximately $17 per month in subscription fees. That works to over 110 million dollars a month in subscriptions!
World of Warcraft: How it Works
The storyline in the World of Warcraft is fantasy-driven and like fantasy novels, there are many colorful and freaky characters in the game. The World of Warcraft game takes place in a virtual gameworld called World of Azeroth. To play the game you have to choose a character from a variety of races (human, night elf, orcs, dwarfs, trolls, and more), and having chosen your race, you have to decide what profession you would like to be. The choices are: hunter, paladin, rogue, shaman, warrior, and more. You begin the game as a Level 1 with the objective being to reach Level 60 while having a lot of fun adventuring around and gathering the best possible armor and weapons in the process. For added fun, there are friendly and hostile non-playing characters and also player characters that assign you quests, and then, of course, there are the enemies you have to slay in order to level up.
Gameplay in World of Warcraft
There are reasons why the World of Warcraft is ranked the number one MMORPG game in the world. It features two main gameplay varieties, which are :
(1) Player Versus Player: This is played only in specific areas where players can fight against other players, and such areas are level-specific. For example, there might be an area only for players at levels one to twenty; if you are at a higher level, you cannot enter.
(2) Player versus Environment: When a player adventures in order to level up, he comes across game-generated enemies as well as other players who are against his race.
Anti Video Game Criticism
In the past some players attempted to misuse the game – In one case, a transgender player formed a transgender guild which got them banned by Blizzard Entertainment. Protesters for and against the action voiced their arguments which brought the game got into a needless controversy. In another case, around June 2005, a child's death was reported to have been caused by WOW-addiction. According to a leading psychologist, around 40% of WOW players are addicted to it. Well, whatever the criticism, World of Warcraft continues to grow stronger by the day.
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