Apologies to our regular readers, i’m as guilty of neglecting the blog as Mark recently. I’ve been lapping up my new functioning and reasonably high speed internet connection, amongst other things.
I guess I should talk about The Burning Crusade, but I don’t want to review it so this is actually quite a tough thing to get going. I’ve got a level 22 Blood Elf Paladin and my Shaman main is up to 62 and it has renewed my interest in WoW. Honestly, i’ve seriously considered ditching it many a time, I even cancelled my subscription once … I resubscribed two hours later though.
The Blood Elves in general are spectacular, I was cautious initially – they simply don’t look Horde’y – but their lore was both intresting and sound (bar the Forsaken Blood Elf reasoning). Their zone is absolutely incredible though, its so vibrant and alive. For too long have I plodded through dark and dreary zones, one after the other, killing the same creature – albeit a different size. Silvermoon City is a prime example, the structure their current leader resides in has foundations of air, thats right – it levitates, this massive ellaborate structure is just floating … it sums up the nature of the Blood Elves perfectly.
Outland however is a different matter … Blizzard certainly made sure of a few things;
- There is never a shortage of things to kill
- Even if you kill everything, it’ll respawn nearly instantaneously
- Everything is Much Bigger than you.
- You don’t spend too long looking at the scenery.
Its that last one i’m a bit peeved about, Outland is a giant cross between Silithis and the Barrens, speaking landscape wise. Its largely uninpsiring and totally … expected really. The devil is in the detail though. Its the sort of place you should read the quest text for once, because you’re probably doing something important.
For Example, Mark and I were questing together, we did a quest that made us friendly with a tribe of local orcs. I did it, and moved on. Mark highlights how ‘cool’ these particular orcs are, and I WoW-Wiki them. Oh, they aren’t just ANY orcs, these orcs were left behind and have survived on their own after all these years of isolation. An amazing feat if you compare them to the rest of the deformed monsters of Outland.
Thats quite enough about WoW for now, needless to say, I’m pleased with TBC. I think Blizzard might break 10,000,000 Subscribers by 2010 … Hell, at this rate maybe even 2008/9.
Another purchase of mine recently was the first season of “Over There” a Fox Show about the War in Iraq from the perspective of US Soldiers. Sounds gay right? Its incredible, easily a 9/10, it only looses a point because sometimes it drags a bit, but every new plot turn is as brilliant as the last. Seriously, go buy it, £15 on Play.com I believe.
An even bigger bargain than that was my purchase of the Prince of Persia Trilogy for the whoppng amount £12. Again, Play.com saves the day! I never really enjoyed it to be honest, but I figured – 3 Highly Rated PS2 Games for £12? No going wrong really, and I have very much enjoyed the 35% of Prince of Persia I i’ve completed. Although the Camera can REALLY be a bitch sometimes.
As part of my uncontrollable spending spree I bought more WoW Trading Cards … but thats all I intend to buy in the near future. I don’t know why I enjoy it so much, but I do.
[Trading Card Set]
Unqiue(10)
Anyone in possesion of a set will suffer a penalty of -10 Popularity and -45 Sex Appeal for every set you own.
Oh and, I suppose it’d only be polite to plug Elemental Temple since they’ve been suffering from a lapse in activity. Should someone accidentally read this blog, do swing by their Site & Forums.
Anyway,
Have a nice one chaps.
