Why can't I sprint? I've just come straight from the Battlefield, so this is irritating. Plus the early missions seemed rather dull: kill seven monsters, go back, find something, go back. Immediately I noticed how long it took to get to places. The name of an obscure Irish footballer popped into my head, which seemed right for an Elf with a big stick, and Kilgallon was born.Īll the races in the game have their own starting areas, a kind of enormous kindergarten where beginners can get used to the game's concepts. Finding a name proved a bit tricky - all the witty names I'd come up with (while waiting for the downloader) didn't fit or were already taken. I created a Night Elf druid, and got to pick his haircut, facial hair and skin tone. Isn't there supposed to be some instant gratification in these things? How do people get hooked when it's so difficult to find the dealer? But then I started to play. Then there's the user agreement, which is two very long pages of you agreeing to cede all statutory rights to Blizzard and become its bitch. Still in some sort of denial about how this was going to destroy my life and turn me into a zombie (or an Undead warlock), I opted for the one-month option. But still - can I ever play? Is this some sort of government-enforced cooling-off period?įinally I was allowed to input my credit card details.
Then there was another one, this time only 3MB or so. Several species went extinct while I waited for a relatively small 450MB download. The Blizzard downloader is quite an experience. Quite why this can't be included on newly produced games, I have no idea. You get this plush package with a thumping great manual and five CDs (hello, Blizzard! Use a DVD!). I loved the beautiful cartoony graphics and the incredible customisation of the characters. The GameSpot UK guys in the office were testing the beta version of the World of Warcraft expansion, Burning Crusade (check out their accounts here and here). These are the things I told myself a week or so ago when I clicked 'buy' on Amazon. I just want to get out there and see the World. It's so easily available: only a tenner for the first month's supply.
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