Game Evaluation World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade CIS 487 Alex Zammitt Basic Information Game Title World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Company Blizzard Entertainment Genre Massively multiplayer role playing game Price 29 99 Requires Original World of Warcraft 19 99 Monthly Subscription Options 14 99 One Month Recurring 41 97 Three Months Recurring 13 99 per month 77 94 Six Months Recurring 12 99 per month System Requirements System Requirements for PC OS Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or Windows XP Service Pack 2 Processor Intel Pentium3 800MHz or AMD Athlon 800MHz Memory Minimum 512 MB RAM Recommended 1GB RAM Video Minimum 32MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above Recommended 64MB VRAM 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 class card or above Sound DirectX compatible sound card System Requirements System Requirements for Mac OS Mac OS X 10 3 9 or newer Processor Minimum 933MHz G4 G5 Recommended 1 8GHz G5 Intel Memory Minimum 512MB RAM Recommended 1GB DDR RAM Video Minimum NVIDIA or ATI graphics processor with 32MB VRAM Recommended 64MB VRAM Installation Original World of Warcraft must be installed first and fully updated 5 CDs Many updates need to be downloaded Burning Crusade 4 CDs A few patch upgrades need to be download May take a few hours Expansion Feature Overview New Zones New Races New Dungeons Level cap increased to 70 New arena based Player vs Player Ladder System 3 New Cities Flying Mounts New profession Jewel crafting Socket items Artwork of New Races Draenei Blood Elf New Zone The Outland Player vs Player Arena Arena sizes 2 vs 2 3 vs 3 5 vs 5 Win games to improve your team s rating Points are awarded each week based on your team s rating Turn in points for powerful weapons and armor New Dungeons and Raids Many new 5 man dungeons to explore Heroic Mode dungeons Dungeons originally designed for lower levels are retuned for players at the level cap Features harder encounters and upgraded loot Raid size reduced from 40 to 25 in the expansion New high level armor sets found with in raid dungeons Story Line The Burning Crusade refers to the Burning Legion s ongoing efforts to destroy life throughout the universe To date the Burning Legion s exploits have been documented in Warcraft III and in our War of the Ancients novel trilogy As part of World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade players are able to travel through the Dark Portal to confront the Legion on otherworldly battlefields From www worldofwarcraft com Player s Role Quest your way to level 70 Use professions to aid your characters success Improve characters weapons and armor In a party there are 3 basic roles Tank His job is to protect other party members by making the creatures attack him Healers His job is to keep the party alive Damage dealers Kill things as quickly as possible Manual The Burning Crusade s manual is only 20 pages long Majority of game play is learned through in game tutorials and hints Sound and Music Each zone has its own music Realistic background noises Many Bosses have their own voiceovers that are triggered throughout a fight User Interface Overview Simple Easy to find important information Fully customizable Blizzard supports and encourages players to develop custom add ons to help game play and to customize their own interface User Interface Customized User Interface Game Review What s fun about the expansion What s bad about the expansion 2v2 3v3 5v5 Arena s Many new challenging raid encounters Being able to fly makes for easier travel Same feeling as the original but with lots of new content to explore A complete fresh start anything accomplished before the expansion doesn t really matter This could be a good thing for some players A lot of the graphics are reused from the original World of Warcraft Appropriate Audience The Burning Crusade is rated T for Teen 13 years Game Review continued How does this game compare to other games in the same genre Focus on interacting with other live players Similar leveling system found in many online roleplaying games Similar features of other online games Quests experience leveling killing monsters for experience magic Design mistakes and bugs There are bugs and mistakes found within the game But the game is constantly improving many of the bugs are fixed with patches shortly after they are reported Game Play Screen Shot Screen Shots Continued Screen Shots Continued Summary Pros Cons Reuse of old graphics for creatures and armor Flying mounts only usable in the new zones Is the game worth purchasing Lots of new content to explore Flying Mounts New PvP features Arena system Yes Many hours days months of game play How could the game be improved In my opinion the game is overall very solid Fixing the little bugs that exist and creating new content is the best way the developers can improve the game The End Any questions
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