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World of Warcraft or WoW for short, is an MMORPG or a Massive Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game. Many of the features of a role playing game have been gaining popularity for ages, including leveling up, collecting experience points, collecting items like weaponry and other equipment and even defeating evil monsters. All of these same traditions are also present in the world of World of Warcraft, which is a great new addition to the world of addictive role playing games.

It only takes a couple of days of play time to truly make you addicted to this game. It took less than four days to have me completely hooked, and all I think about now is my night elf druid character that I have been leveling up as much as possible in the past few days. Before you purchase this game there is something that you absolutely must keep in mind: If you buy this game, there is a really good chance that you will be addicted pretty much forever.

Graphics — Even if the graphics in World of Warcraft are not as good as Guild Wars or Everquest II when it comes to technical aspects, the art and design present in the game more than make up for graphics that may appear outdated. The world in this game looks truly amazing, with unique trees, monsters and houses. No two locations look the same, so there are many different styles of houses, trees, monsters and other graphics in the game which makes landmarks easy to spot and recognize, which makes getting around much easier.

Sound — The sound in the World of Warcraft is recorded extremely well, with sound effects being used at all the appropriate times, ranging from the perfect metallic sound as a sword hits a wilder beast, or the gentle padding of feet as they step over a cobblestone road. The background music in the World of Warcraft is also extremely well done, including the soft chirping of birds and the music played when you move from town to down. A lot of the sound effects used in this game have been taken from Warcraft III, which is not necessarily a bad thing, just something which surprised me.

Value — World of Warcraft offers a large of amount of value to all of its players, regardless of whether they are new players on level one, or seasoned players with Level 60 characters. You can easily grow attached to the character that you play and all of the items that your character has, which makes it easy to regard your character and his or her items as if they were real. World of Warcraft really allows you to immerse yourself in a unique world, giving you a true sense of excitement and a sense of adventure which is something that everyone craves deep down. You can play World of Warcraft for ages, since the world never ends and it truly is difficult to get sick of the game play.

Game Play — The game play in World of Warcraft is turn-based in the same way that other RPGs are. The action is not slow in WoW like it is in many other RPGs however, because you will be constantly commanding your character to perform different tasks and spells. The game play for World of Warcraft is extremely easy and straight forward, and anyone who is new to the game can easily learn it simply by asking around or by watching other players.

Conclusion - Wow costs around $15 a month which can be a little steep considering that it is just a single game, but Wow is truly a great game that is worth the cost involved with it. If you are looking for a game that is a little friendlier to your budget, Guild Wars might be your thing. But if you can spare the extra $15 dollars a month to play World of Warcraft, you will definitely be glad that you did. Everyone on WoW will be enjoying themselves questing and slaying monsters regardless of which option you choose. Overall, World of Warcraft definitely deserves a 10/10 rating.

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Mary Murtha

RuneScape is an incredibly addicting online role playing game that has become a favorite past time of many online gamers, some of which have been playing for several years now. The game play is straight forward and easy to pick up on, as all players are created or spawned in the same area, and you can easily make friends, talk with other plays and watch people play in order to pick up some information on the game. There are a lot of low-level bad guys in the beginning of the game that new players can kill to gain some starting experience. The play interface is extremely easy and involves navigating with your mouth as typing using your keyboard to communicate. There are icons on the screen that work as menus so you can keep a friends list, a private message system and an ignore list among other features. You can easily add and remove friends, and communicate with other people on the game. The only bad thing I ever found in RuneScape was a large amount of “noobs”, players refusing to admit that they do not know what they are doing when they are new to the game. As far as game play is concerned, this game definitely deserves a 10/10.

The main aspect of RuneScape is character building, and there are many different skills that your characters can advance in, including fishing, mining, cooking and smithing. You can also raise your combat level as you play. When your character is first created, you get to choose the way it looks, and which class your character will be as well. For example, you can choose a warrior for your class and then it will determine which equipment and skills you will begin with, but that is the only thing your class actually has influence on in the game. Warriors start with wooden shields and bronze short swords, for example. And a Warrior generally begins with relatively high skills in combat. On the other hand, a wizard would begin with a staff and a wizard’s hat and higher magic skills with lower combat skills. There are three additional classes; adventurer, miner and ranger, that you can choose. Your stats are generally low when you begin the game, but there are steps that you can take to raise them, such as mining a rock in order to increase your mining statistic. Stats also tend to depend on one another, such as the relationship between smithing and mining which requires you to mine ores and smelt them in a furnace in order to make equipment from the metals. In character building, this game definitely deserves a 10/10 because there is plenty of character building and expanding in this game.

There is no real main story in RuneScape, but there are a lot of small quests which can be completed, and each of these quests has its own story. Every character also has its own story, so while RuneScape does not have a drawn out plot, it certainly is not without stories in its own right. Because there is no main theme or story, RuneScape deserves a 7/10 in this category.

The graphics in RuneScape are not amazing, but they were made in JAVA and look pretty awesome considering they are MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) graphics created using JAVA. The creators of this game are constantly working on graphic updates, so while the graphics may not presently be ideal, all hope is not lost for them. Old sprites will eventually be replaced by better looking images, and textures are rumored to be greatly improved. In the graphics department, RuneScape only deserves a 5/10, but improved graphics will change this rating significantly.

The free version of the game has no sound, but you can purchase a better version with sound effects for $5 every month.

RuneScape is an incredibly addicting game, which grants it a 10/10 on the Replay ability scale, because even after you beat all the quests for your character, you can continue to play or you can create another character and begin again with new stats and a different class. And because there is so much room for communication in the game, you can always just walk around and chat with friends even if you are not actively playing.

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Mary Murtha