World of Warcraft Reviews
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It's in this area where, in the first ten hours of play or so, World of Warcraft succeeds and EverQuest 2 fails. I came wanting to be a fantasy hero, and while the latter threw me into a life-or-death encounter with a baby faun, the former lead me from one credible encounter to another, while slowly increasing my power. It placed me in a lively, fantastical world full of things to gape at, while EverQuest 2 put me in an often beautiful, but ultimately small fantasy world. While World of Warcraft has the high-pulp energy of Stormbringer-era Moorcock, EverQuest 2 feels like Renaissance Fair.
And the second & third are at GamersInfo here and here. A snip from the former:
World of Warcraft is an excellent game, and is easily one of the very best of the current MMORPG market. It doesn't break as much new ground as perhaps it could, but time spent polishing the game really carries through in the playing experience. I can see myself enjoying this game for a long time, and I can't wait to see what kinds of content Blizzard has planned to add in the future.
