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Fans of World of Warcraft, prepare for Blizzard Entertainment’s next installment — World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich. In this latest expansion, something is afoot in the cold, harsh northlands. The Lich King Arthas has set in motion events that could lead to the extinction of all life on Azeroth. The necromantic power of the plague and legions of undead armies threaten to sweep across the land. Only the mightiest heroes can oppose the Lich King and end his reign of terror.
The tuskarr, a walrus-like race of nomadic fisherman, inhabit the icy Borean Tundra. View larger. |
Half-giant warriors, the vrykul, once inhabited the land. View larger. |
You’ll enjoy exploring Northrend and all its environments and dungeons. View larger. |
Explore Northrend and battle the Lich King with World of Warcraft’s first hero class character — The Death Knight. View larger. |
One of many new environments, Dragonblight is an arctic wasteland surrounded by dense forests. View larger. |
Many strange and terrifying creatures inhabit this frozen continent. View larger. |
Enter the Death Knight
This expansion adds a host of content to the already massive existing game world. Players will achieve soaring levels of power, explore Northrend (the vast icy continent of the Lich King), and battle high-level heroes to determine the ultimate fate of Azeroth. As you face the dangers of the frigid, harsh north, prepare to master the dark necromantic powers of the Death Night — World of Warcraft’s first Hero class. No longer servants of the Lich King, the Death Knights begin their new calling as experienced, formidable adversaries. Each is heavily armed, armored, and in possession of a deadly arsenal of forbidden magic.
If you have a World of Warcraft account with a character of at least level 55, you will be able to create a new level-55 Death Knight of any race (if on a PvP realm, the Death Knight must be the same faction as your existing character). And upon entering the new world, your Death Knight will begin to quest to level 80, gaining potent new abilities and talents along the way. This expansion allows for only one Death Knight per realm, per account.
New Environments in Northrend Await
Journey through the remote, diverse lands of Northrend and explore Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, Borean Tundra, and Howling Fjord. Named for bones of perished dragons and majestic shrines to the fallen creatures, Dragonblight is an arctic wasteland surrounded by dense forests.
Not everything is frozen in Northrend. The lush mountains of Grizzly Hills are the ancestral home to the furbolgs, who have grown accustomed to relative peace. Although their tranquility is being challenged by trappers, goblins, and ice trolls, Grizzly Hills remains a vast and dangerous wilderness.
The southwestern tip of Northrend is home to the sprawling Borean Tundra. The Horde has established a dominant presence in this icy portion of the continent and has formed a bond with the tuskarr, a walrus-like race of nomadic fisherman. Magical energy is afoot in the region, and it has caused increased tension.
High above the Great Sea at the southeastern tip of Northrend lies the Howling Fjord. Ancient mythology holds that a race of half-giant warriors, the vrykul, once inhabited the land, founding a prosperous civilization. They mysteriously vanished, leaving deserted villages and abandoned temples. In present times, the Alliance and the Horde have come to Howling Fjord to confront the Lich King. Strangely, this has prompted the return of the vrykul, who are attacking the Alliance and Horde settlements. Howling Fjord presents a difficult challenge on two fronts: withstanding the vrykul’s onslaught and battling the evil Lich King.
A Multitude of Monsters
Strange and terrifying creatures inhabit the frozen continent of Northrend, such as Nerubian Viziniers, Plague Eruptors, Shoveltusks and Flesh Giants, to name just a few. Half-spider, half-humanoid, the viziniers utilize sorcery and high intelligence to emerge as the rulers of Nerubians’ underground kingdom. The Plague Eruptors are walking corpses created by the Lich King’s evil experiments to spread horror and chaos across the living world.
Massive curved antlers make it easy to identify the Shoveltusks. These grumpy beasts are very dangerous, territorial, and best left alone. The Flesh Giants are nothing short of nightmarish abominations. Cobbled together from the pieces of giant body parts, the Flesh Giants employ tremendous strength to carry out the Lich King’s wishes.
The World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich expansion pack allows you to engage in epic siege warfare. The pack presents the first Hero class and allows you to transform your Death Knight’s look with character customization that even include hairstyles and dances. You’ll enjoy exploring the Northrend and all its environments and dungeons, filled with some of the deadliest creatures — and greatest treasures — on all of Azeroth.
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| Operating System | PC: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista (with latest Service Packs) Mac: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or newer |
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| CPU | PC: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlong XP 1500+ Mac: PowerPC G5 1.6 GHz or Intel Core Duo processor |
PC: Dual-core processor, such as Intel Pentium D or AmD Athlong 64 X2 Mac: Intel 1.8 GHz processor or better |
| Graphics Hardware | PC: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transfor and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM, such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce2 class card or better Mac: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 64 MB VRAM, such as ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 class card or better |
PC: 3D Graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capabilities with 128 MB VRAM, such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better Mac: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM, such as ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600 class card or better. |
| Memory | PC: 512 MB (1 GB for Vista) Mac: 1 GB |
PC: 1 GB (2 GB for Vista) Mac: 2 GB |
| Hard Drive Space | 15 GB of free space | |
| All Platform Requirements | Keyboard and mouse, required for controls. Other input devices not supported. Active broadband Internet connection required to play. | |
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If you play WoW this is an absolute must have.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The new Blood elves are great. Trying to bring a female over to my alliance troops. As I have bots that allow real fun activities with a female strictly adult stuff.
WOTLK
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Arrived very promptly and in good condition. Easy to track while being shipped, great service overall.
Gift for the bf
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My boyfriends is a huge fan and was totally excited to get this. He has not complained about anything.
Think hard before you buy
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
The World of Warcraft phenomenon certainly beckons enticingly to computer gamers. The huge world, many plot lines, multiple options for creating your own character and interacting with others – all wonderful, right? Well, yes, if it only worked.
Here’s what happened to me. I started with a trial account, found it fun, signed up for a regular subscription, and had a pretty good time for about a month. And then came the first “patch.” For the uninitiated, a “patch” in World of Warcraft isn’t just a bug fix – it’s a game overhaul, involving changes in the rules, in the quests and dungeons (“instances” in WoW terms) available, and, most problematic, in how the software works. Immediately I started having game problems, such as unpredictable shutdowns and computer freezes that required a hard reset. Tracking down the cause proved impossible. If you send a request for technical help you’ll get a cookie-cutter list of things to do like uninstalling and reinstalling the game. Other players try to help on the online forums, but as the weeks went on I had more and more trouble, until, after the most recent patch, the game became impossible to play because of graphics and crash problems – on my 8-month-old, hardly bottom line laptop. I quit playing and allowed my subscription to lapse.
So, before you buy into the WoW system, where you’ll pay up front for the program and continue to pay every month for a subscription you may or may not be able to access, think hard. The game will change at the whim of Blizzard. Other players’ conduct can make a particular session unbearable. You may spend weeks developing a character only to find that the latest patch has drastically changed the rules that made that character attractive to you. And despite Blizzard’s promise to keep the game playable without the very most recent hardware, patches that only disable a few tens of thousands of players aren’t going to be modified by a company that boasts a subscriber base in the millions.
One last warning: the whole game will change quite drastically once the next expansion is issued, probably within the next few months. Even if you’re not worried about hardware compatibility problems, since so much will change with the new expansion, you may want to wait and let that be released and allow time for the inevitable avalanche of bugs to be sorted out before you commit the time and money to play this game. The official World of Warcraft site has some preview information about the expansion you should take a look at.
It can be a lot of fun. If you can keep it running enough to play it. If you’re willing to put up with constant changes. If you can tolerate the multi-player premise of the game, which can be a lot of fun or a lot of misery, depending on who the other players are. In the end, the answer to all those “ifs” for me was, “no.”
So before you buy into this game, at least spend some time browsing the public forums on the official World of Warcraft website, especially the customer service and technical support forums, so you can get some idea of the problems other players have and that you, too, might face. And then think about the money and time involved, do searches on the specific hardware you own, especially the video card you have, to see what problems (or maybe lack of problems) others have had, and then think about it some more. It’s painful to look back and see I’ve spent nearly $100 in software purchases and over $100 in subscription fees and am left with a game I can’t play any more, because of the way Blizzard has chosen to change the software.
Wrath of the Lich King is Required for WOW
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Wrath of the Lich King is the third component to World of Warcraft and requires the primary World of Warcraft, and first expansion Burning Crusade. This expansion allowed players access to a new continent as well as additional leveling (up to level 80.) WOW players will require this expansion to reach maximum levels in character, profession, etc.
This game is very fun, and it’s not just for the young. Adults who play this game will find the economy a creative addition to the game. A simple profession system will allow you to ‘make a living’ in-game and opens up a dynamic otherwise unfamiliar to traditional gaming.
The price for this on Amazon was too good to pass-up. Surf this site and find the best price. The delivery was fast and product came complete with everything needed. There were no issues. Great job Amazon Marketplace!
I highly recommend this game. If you haven’t played a PC Game before (and I hadn’t) give it some time to learn the controls. It was frustrating at first. Also, be sure to take advantage of online resources [...].
Last word of warning, don’t get addicted. Or you’ll wake up one day at level 80 and ask yourself where your last two months went!
I think im addicted
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I wasn’t really into computer games but my husband got me playing this game and now I’m addicted. XD
Wrath of the Lich King
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’d say this expansion improves World of Warcraft a lot. It adds slightly improved graphics, more items, more quests, higher level, and improved game play. What’s not to like?
Terribly addicting
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
When I say “Terribly” addicting, I mean it. This expansion seems to be less fun than the previous, but just as addicting. It’s hard to put down, but a bit of a disappointment at the same time.
Awesome game
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Wow, i cant belive how amazon shipped my think fast and i got it less than 2 days !!! and intact product and gret services. The only things is; i will buy again and again in amazon !! Greatest co.
Dany
Good game if you can deal with outages
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I’ve been playing WOW for some time, but enough is enough! This game requires you to pay 14.95 a month to play, which I have no problems with. Problem is Blizzard can’t run servers properly, and the game is constantly unvailible with servers down, power outages…. etc etc, the list goes on and on. If your only a casual player who doesn’t care if the server is unavaible for day’s, this really is a great game. Otherwise if your a hardcore player, that needs the best gear etc etc, these outages can enrage you and are not worth it. I havent been able to play for 3 days now, server Shah’alo has been down…. I quit. Thank god for COD – Mordern warfare. It’s not worth the money not to be able to play!
Game quality and content has improved in a way I like
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I played the game for two years now extensively. This new release is great but the online upgrades to it have been much better also. This review is primarily about what’s better about this release over the first and second major releases of this game. There had been many inexplicable annoyances in the game which went uncorrected for many releases, but they were cleaned up over time in the release of Lich King and afterwards.
1. In player versus player, I see continued attempts, most successful, to balance classes and the different skill types within those classes. I am very happy about that and hope they continue. For people not familiar with the game, a class is chosen at the beginning which used to have a high impact on the level of success in large parts of the game. For example, it used to be that Paladins were horrible in player-versus-player, and rogues and warlocks were way overpowered. They are now competitive in the game.
2. The terrain is more navigation-friendly.
3. Quest chains are more fun now.
4. Player versus player: There is no longer a gross imbalance in battlegrounds due to the allowance of players to sit at one level and get all the maximum gear possible from that level, effectively making them 10 times more powerful, but from gear only, not skill. It is really more skill based now, but some battles still can be lopsided; they are just far fewer lopsided ones.
5. Queue times for battlegrounds are significantly lower, meaning less waiting and more fun.
6. Battlegrounds are much less lopsided than they used to be. There were major issues where one team would get like 40 players and the other would sit at 26 for a long time. Now, generally speaking, people are let in more evenly.
7. The graphics and sound are pretty nice.
8. The terrain of many zones more pleasing to the eye.
9. The release of dual spec was huge. This allows all players to have much more diversity in the roles they choose, reducing the boredom of a one role character and reducing class burnout.
10. Battleground experience is awesome, especially from levels 70-80, but for me, I pvped a lot at lower brackets too. This allowed one to increase levels by playing battlegrounds instead of what sometimes gets monotonous: questing (what some call ‘grinding’).
11. There are very few bugs. They have always been pretty low in quantity but this miracle easily goes unnoticed during enjoying playtime.
There have been many little things that make the game so much more tolerable. There are far more graveyards, making the extreme annoyance of a 5 minute run after death much less likely. One can sell back epic items accidentally purchased with non-monetary currency. Spending skill points has an ‘Are you sure?’ box so if you choose the wrong skill point, you don’t have to spend a fortune to undo it. One does not have to travel the world to apply a glyph, which is skill item. Mounting takes 1.5 seconds now and was a lot longer before. Entering water does not dismount you! Awesome!
Game issues
- Imbalance between factions in battlegrounds. There are two factions which play each other in battlegrounds: Horde and Alliance. Horde have an extreme advantage in the game. Many people state that it is because ‘kids’ play alliance. That argument has never been substantiated by Blizzard, who are the only ones with the ages of players who play, and regardless, I don’t care why. I want a fix done so games are generally fun, competitive and evenly matched. It has improved some, maybe due to other game changes, but it’s still laughable at times.
- I just don’t like raiding much. It is monotonous after awhile. Raiding is going with a group of players in a large dungeon. It takes hours to complete, sometimes over several ‘runs’ multiple days a week. That’s nice, but after I do a dungeon and killed all of it’s main monsters 20 times, I’m bored. Apparently, though, lots of people love to do that. I think they ache for more content but it’s hard to churn out content. It probably costs a lot of money. That being said, Blizzard has improved content production rates a lot in my opinion. Communication in raids is typically is done verbally on a communication server so all players can talk to each other and get to know each other.
- Permanent ‘ignore’ list is way way too small. I want to permanently ignore a lot of people in this game. There are many extremely rude people playing this game. I’d break their face if they said some of that stuff in real life, but not only that, some people ‘spam’ or post the same or similar messages. They need to expand the ignore list to allow for 5,000 people, not 50. On the plus side, ‘report spam’ allows me to at least temporarily block these people, and that’s unlimited in size.
- Crowd control (skill) in 5 mans is not required, even on heroic dungeons, the hardest type of content. It should be required. It was an awesome part of the game.
I can’t think of any major issues at this time. As long as they churn out content, keep pvp class balance, and disallow for absurdly overpowered power in pvp, then I’m very happy.
A bad future lies ahead for blizz…
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
i was hesitant to write this review for quite some time but after having my high expectations ruined at the end i decided to just go ahead and write this,hopefully i’m going to get corrected if i’m wrong;or-if i’m lucky enough-maybe get the chance to have my review read by a blizz senior who will actually fix the fatal flaws that wow has been suffering from lately…
1)technical issues/tech support:wow is the only game that freezes on me EVERYTIME i play it,other games-even ones that are even more graphically intensive-like dead space work just fine.but what’s even more amazing,after trying to play wow for a minute-literally-the rest of the other games i got in my pc went bad right away!!the only solution available to me was un-install wow and restore my pc to an earlier date,and voila,everything became as good as before.so what does that say??what’s even worse,wow’s tech support is amazingly irresponsible,these guys will sometimes tell you stuff like “it appears that the item that you had was sold away to a vendor(even though i didn’t).have a good day”i swear i’m not making any of this up!!i was NEVER able to get any help from these guys,ever!! google the words “freeze” and “wow” and you’ll be amazed at how many players complain from this issue,but blizz simply doesn’t seem to care…
2)pvp-system balance:ask ANY wow-er,is wow’s pvp system balanced and fair??and YOU KNOW the answer:it isn’t!!it’s amazing how blizz was able to become one of the world’s top video game developers but isn’t able to balance its player-vs-player system no matter how long-and hard-they try/tried!!i mean,in all honesty,how does blizz expect its pvp system to be balanced if the death knight has an ability that makes him summon +10 ghouls on you??and why the heck can’t anyone arena in 1vs1 matches??how many times did wow’s players BEG for this lovely would-be-feature only to find a deaf ear(blizz)insisting that you can’t arena unless you are ready to pay for someone else’s mistakes.and why??so you can “experience wow’s social aspect” *sigh*
3)social aspect:i understand that wow is a social game and you have to play it in groups to really appreciate its fun.but what happened with the lich king expansion??heroics now aren’t worth crap-unlike their worth in the burning crusade expansion-and to get the best gear you have no choice but to join a guild that has hundreds of players now!!in the end,i PAID to enjoy wow just like everyone else,so just because i like my friends and insist in staying in that little guild i dont have the right to get the best gear as everyone else??blizz is killing off smaller/rpg-oriented guilds that way and you are indirectly forced to leave your small guild and join a bigger one!!in all honesty,is that completely fair to everyone??
4)patch/class specialization inconsistencies:ok,i’m a survivalist hunter.need i say more??hunters now can’t even dps/pvp as well as they used to!!go to [...] to listen to the-logical-complaints of this player addressing these concerns(interestingly,this blizz member acknowledges the absence of hunters in arenas,duh I wonder why).hunters have been nurfed down more than ANY other class(apparently it’s not bad enough that hunters can’t heal or tank,only dps)!!A)deterrence used to be one of the best skills any survivalist hunter has now its completely worthless!! B)volley’s damage has been cut by %50!!it USED to be one of the best AOE moves any hunter could have but now it’s somewhat worthless!! etc…
5)repair expenses are just SO HIGH in wow,ALL my plate armor-wearing friends complain of how they NEVER have any money.as a hunter,mail armor repairs are expensive too!!is that blizz’s concept of “fun”??a friend of mine told me that repair expenses are so high he actually knows some players who adventure without armor!!
i’m sorry,but i’m honestly not having much fun with wow anymore,thank you blizz for screwing up your game,and turning a deaf ear to your players.if you want your game to succeed,you will have to please US,not YOURSELVES!!
Good, but not great.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This game is fun with great stories and backrounds that you get addictied to first time you play, but with the fact that there were new errors every day and too many people in the realms. Blizzard entertainment should of payed a little more attantion to the realms instead of there income. If they ever make a similar game like this for a staiton, like for Wii, that would be awsome. P.S. They will still be on the internet anyway.
Surprisingly reinvigorates the game
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
When i first bought and played Burning Crusade i was immediately bored with it. Even now, returning to the game Burning Crusade is just something to speed by to get to this particular expansion. Regardless though, I though the quests are really fun in this game, especially the daily quest in the fjords where you have to bomb pirate ships. Definitely worth the money in my mind
Lich King Expansion is Worth It, Better Than Burning Crusade
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I started playing WoW with my husband a little over a year ago. I found that the Classic was lovely and entertaining but I really wasn’t impressed with the Burning Crusade expansion. So, I was a little hesitant about getting the Lich King expansion. However, the game play is totally worth it. I’ve been captivated ever since I started playing Lich and now I am so hooked! There are lots of chain quests and that’s how I like it. There is also more lore and that really helps one to understand the game. The cooking system is different but I like that too. It’s not just about the gold but about doing the work and the quests. The terrain is challenging as well.
WOW WOTLK Expansion
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
This game is fun for a while then becomes kill/Loot obtain better stuff. MMORPG typical lots of fun for first 5-6 months.
Worst PC Game Ever Created
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I attempted to try this game out to see what some of my nerdy friends where all ecstatic about and what consumed all their free time. Since I’m a gamer and enjoy just about everything except perhaps this game and a few others. This is so addictive for some because of its simplicity and it fills those people’s voids of realistic social interactions. Now about the game, graphics are horrible cartoon like characters. When you customize you are only changing the color and a few minor things. Basically you look like everyone else with a different color pair of pants. When you play you are dealing with people who have poured their lives into this so for anyone who is a beginner well I feel sorry for you. You will just be called a “noob” and disregarded. I from start didn’t like the fighting styles there is no movement just noises. I have played other MMO, RPG’s. I am just sending a fore warning Do not purchase this game and become one of blizzards nerd raging minions. The game isn’t fun at all. There are new games coming that have tons of more depth and enjoyment instead of year long grind fest that will continue with new DLC. Worst game ever made!
A well done game.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Same idea as the original and Burning Crusade, just with more places to go and new things to do. If you buy it like this you will have to redownload all the patches, but if you get it from online, you just download and can start playing right away. You must have both World of Warcraft and Burning Crusade for this expansion to work.
Furthermore, you will not be able to get to level 80 without this. You will be stuck at 70.
Nice addition to WoW
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I have been playing for a long time, but we took a break just before this expansion came out. So by the time we came back everyone was 80.
A lot of new content was added to the game. Its still a great time sink and you still need friends to do a lot of the content.
good
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The shipment is free and quite good. Though a little bit slow, but condition is good. If anyone wanna the free shipment, he has to buy it earlier than usual.
Best. Expansion Pack. Ever.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
You shouldn’t be reading reviews on a video game on Amazon. Go to [...] or something. But for what its worth: as far as MMORPG’s go, THIS is how expansions for games should be! TONS of new content, not too pricey… Really you can’t play World of Warcraft without it.
WoW has become nothing more then a never-ending grind…
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
After playing through WoTLK, hitting 80, raiding and getting geared, I finally just stopped one day and said “Why am I playing this game?” All the game is, is one long grind session…whether you’re grinding for experience, grinding for gold, grinding for pvp points, grinding for gear, grinding for rep, etc. And then once you have all epic items and think all the grinding is behind you, GUESS WHAT? An expansion pack or patch comes out and you have to grind all over again for your end game gear, rep, gold, etc. This game is an enormous time sink and at the end of the day what did you really accomplish?
Fun MMORPG
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
A New Expansion of World of warcraft, new class Death Knight, New map Northrend, New battleground Isle of conquest….
I feel bored after i reach lvl 80. People just keep doing heroics to get badges, build up better gears to raid.
A lot Harder than Burning Crusades
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
If, like me, you burned through the Burning Crusades expansion in about two weeks and are thinking of doing the same with this one, you might be mistaken. It takes forever to level in the 70′s, which is probably to be expected. Getting around Northrend is a big pain in the butt too. You can’t fly from one end to the other even if you have the flightpath on each end. You basically have to connect them in “baby-steps” from one end to the other. So for about a month it literally took about 30 minutes to get anywhere I needed to go because I would have to catch the boat. You can literally go cook yourself some dinner while waiting for the boat ride to end too. It takes forever. Depending on your sever, you may find yourself playing in an abandoned land. Imagine the frustration of not being able to find any PvP action or people to group with for instances. If you are in Dalaran, expect SW type lag X 20, and every 20 seconds there is some gold selling website spamming their site all over the place. Despite these downfalls I still enjoy the game because of the PvP. WinterGrasp is really fun even though they should cut short the wait time. (2 hours 20 min or so) Also, in order to get any Arena Play you have to sign directly from a capital city whereas for BG you can do so anywhere. They should fix this too as some people would like to work on their skills without having to camp the Arena Master in a capital city.
Fun but…
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
This is a fun game but leveling takes forever.
I stopped playing at level 76.
Just takes too much time to level!
I have 4 other characters to get from 70 to 80
and I don’t have that kind of time to spend on it
anymore. If you have the time to kill I highly
recommend this game!