it's like blizzard tried to do Legion again but completely forgot what made it so enjoyable.
content-wise, at least from a casual dude's perspective, it's pretty much Legion but just "okay". torghast is pretty fun and the zones themselves are pretty cool even if they're just basically hell, basically heaven, basically purgatory with vampires, bootleg emerald dream, and "look, the scourge had to get their aesthetic from somewhere". covenants are pretty neat even if they lack the appeal that legion's class halls had. also venthyr best covenant.
as for the story, hoo boy. it's like they looked at infinity war, was like "we can do that too", and tried making wow's story seem more "epic" by (once again) overcomplicating the cosmology and making it seem like every single event in wow's history was, for the most part, orchestrated by the jailer (warcraft thanus) in a grand scheme to i guess take over the universe and possibly character assassinate sylvanas moreso than after WOTLK. or something. good earthmother herself, fucking blow me.
make fun of the vulpera all you want, they're arguably the best race to play for this xpak because it completely takes the piss out of wowcraft's writing like it rightfully should.
and uh. considering what's been happening at blizz lately, i really wonder how they're gonna save face in later patches.
hoo boy
9.2 EDIT: wow that sure was a conclusion that ultimately means fucking nothing because WOW THERE'S A BIGGER BAD GUY THE JAILER WAS TRYING TO SAVE US FROM I GUESS?
pretty ballsy of blizzard to retcon several millenia worth of lore in their own universe in an attempt to orchestrate this game of cosmic chess with a payoff that ultimately means nothing and feels like a slap in the face to anyone who was genuinely invested in the story, god damn
danuser, it's on sight
content-wise, at least from a casual dude's perspective, it's pretty much Legion but just "okay". torghast is pretty fun and the zones themselves are pretty cool even if they're just basically hell, basically heaven, basically purgatory with vampires, bootleg emerald dream, and "look, the scourge had to get their aesthetic from somewhere". covenants are pretty neat even if they lack the appeal that legion's class halls had. also venthyr best covenant.
as for the story, hoo boy. it's like they looked at infinity war, was like "we can do that too", and tried making wow's story seem more "epic" by (once again) overcomplicating the cosmology and making it seem like every single event in wow's history was, for the most part, orchestrated by the jailer (warcraft thanus) in a grand scheme to i guess take over the universe and possibly character assassinate sylvanas moreso than after WOTLK. or something. good earthmother herself, fucking blow me.
make fun of the vulpera all you want, they're arguably the best race to play for this xpak because it completely takes the piss out of wowcraft's writing like it rightfully should.
and uh. considering what's been happening at blizz lately, i really wonder how they're gonna save face in later patches.
hoo boy
9.2 EDIT: wow that sure was a conclusion that ultimately means fucking nothing because WOW THERE'S A BIGGER BAD GUY THE JAILER WAS TRYING TO SAVE US FROM I GUESS?
pretty ballsy of blizzard to retcon several millenia worth of lore in their own universe in an attempt to orchestrate this game of cosmic chess with a payoff that ultimately means nothing and feels like a slap in the face to anyone who was genuinely invested in the story, god damn
danuser, it's on sight