Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #227 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Blizzard Entertainment
• Released on: 2008-11-13
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
With the opening of the Dark Portal, and the renewed war to stop the Burning Crusade's destruction of worlds, the heroes of Azeroth have given little thought to the frozen wastes of Northrend -- and the terrible, ancient powers that wait there. Yet the brooding evils of the fallen Nerubian empire and their malevolent sovereign have not forgotten Azeroth...

The former death knight and now Lich King Arthas has set in motion events that could lead to the extinction of all life in Azeroth, as his undead armies and the necromantic power of the plague threaten to sweep across the land. Only the mightiest heroes can survive the frozen northlands with any hope of disrupting the plans of Arthas -- and perhaps even challenge the Lich King himself and end his reign of terror for all time.

Customer Reviews

Disc drive probs!
Be aware various disc drives don't like this disc! See the wow forums for a loooooonnnnggggg list of complaints.You may be paying for a registration code and a hefty download from Blizzard rather than running it from the disc.No probs with the original or BC but WOTLK hates my hardware!!!

Erm People Cant Read???
Its a game review... not order review... Now it seems like WoW has a 3 star rating as its not that great. Wheres u dumbasses have rated the delivery service O.O !
U should have commented on the first guys moan at the delivery. Not put in ure own crummy responses to how it didnt quite get to you when u wanted...

-Great expansion, good fun but bit similar could do with a new Blizz mmo that improoves on WoW

I wasn't going to buy this expansion, but I'm glad I did.
I've been playing World of Warcraft for over three years but stopped earlier this year after being a little disappointed by the Burning Crusade expansion. TBC added a few new features into the game; 2 new races, daily quests, heroic dungeons, jewelcrafting and the arena, but always felt like more of the same.

Playing Wrath of the Lich King gives me the same feeling I had when I first started playing WoW, there are so many more additions and changes that everything feels new and exciting again.

The graphics, which were beginning to look a little dated, have been retooled with dynamic shadows added, draw distance raised and particle effects improved, the difference is really noticeable. The new continent has been really well designed and a definite improvement over what has gone before, I particularly enjoyed the high cliffs of Howling Fjord, the crumbling troll empire of Zul'Drak and the (so high it takes 5 minutes to fly to the top) mountains of Storm Peaks.

One of the critisisms levelled at Blizzard over the Burning Crusade was the lack of plot regarding the main enemies that you were fighting to defeat. Here you are introduced to the Lich King very early on and he appears a few times during quests giving you much more insight into the narrative. Another point to mention here is how well plots from earlier Warcraft titles have been integrated, it makes me feel like a tourist visiting important places from Azeroth's history. Blizzard have also made the world much more dynamic by having things in the environment change depending on what quests have been completed. A particular example is one area of Icecrown which starts off as an enemy base, once you have completed a few quests it becomes a friendly base with vendors, a flight path and questgivers. Quests have also been worked on and there is lots more variety and excitement than before. Many quests have been added where you control a machine or animal of some kind, which is a nice new addition and always fun.

The new Death Knight class is also very enjoyable, I started one off to experience the, very well done, starting area and am enjoying it so much I have continued right through to level 80, it feels a bit like a plate wielding warlock crossed with an evil paladin, in other words... FUN! Hopefully the Death Knight should make the perennial problem of finding a tank a little easier, just make the next hero class a healer please Blizzard.

The final thing to mention is the achievements system. I was initially a little sceptical about this, thinking it was a rip off of Xbox Live's achievements, which it is, but it gives so much scope for going back and re-experiencing old content that I'll let them get away with it. Nothing has been implemented yet that you can spend achievement points on, but they are bound to add something soon.

I'm really glad I decided to pick this up and give it a try as I'm currently having the most fun I've ever had in a game, too much fun probably!