World of Warcraft: The War Within Review

World of Warcraft: The War Within reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC.

The War Within is the best World of Warcraft has been on all fronts in many years, and possibly ever. When returning franchise creative director Chris Metzen got on stage at BlizzCon and said it was time to come home, he really wasn't just stringing us along. The writing is strong. The gameplay is strong. The music and zone design are exceptional even by Blizzard standards. The endgame loop feels good and offers tons of satisfying ways to progress, including more appropriately difficult and rewarding solo content than ever. The level 80 experience has some wonky tuning and annoying bugs, but I trust Blizzard to get that ironed out in due time. Somehow, this two-decade-old MMO feels fresh and thrilling again.

[lostorca]

Do yourself a favor and watch in 1.25x.

[joaogro]

he didnt say, but the big crystal that acts as a sun, Beledar? It goes in to shadowy voidy purple and the whole zone changes every 3 hours or so. Its like a void weather effect. NPCs run for cover, some quests change, new rares appear and the music goes wild. It rocks.

[VisceralMediaa]

Dude willing to call it the best WoW experience ever, highlighting music that allows him to dance in a tavern to his satisfaction but not a single mention of the games PvP element. What the actual fuck.

[idklol]

Being able to play an mmo by myself with a party of npcs is supposed to be a selling point? Lol

[maxsonly]

I'm really enjoying TWW. Best expansion since Legion in my opinion, and I'm happy Chris Metzen came back.

[Remrau]

The biggest problem with WoW was always the community. Obviously even Blizzard knows that since they've made it even more single player friendly. I've not played any other MMO (and I've played most of them) where the toxicity is so prevalent.

[Punkgiver]

This expansion is the best since Legion. 9/10 is correct.

[sleekbeaksheek]

As someone who played Cata/Mists and stopped then Legion and stopped, this might be my entry point back in..

[conkerlive]

Never played WOW before but this legit looks like a lot of fun.

[helloitsme]

Quite happy to see our community increasing with new and returning players for this amazing expansion. Hope everyone have fun and please be kind! 😁

[xlumyn]

lol, that jumping mushroom is from GW2 same as the flying mount. One of the designers is definitely a fan of the other game XD

[yoavhayun]

So it's an MMO for people who want to play alone.

[reecegarysmith]

Wow has always been a great multiplayer game and now it is becoming a great single player game also best of both

[hmohammed]

Let's improve this MMO by removing the MM part. Smart 👍

[TheRealReam]

You need to not let this guy do voice overs.

[Rezmni]

Havnt played my character in 15 years. Can anyone fill me in whether starting anew even makes sense?

[SheldonCorcoran-ix]

never trust a person who talks like a robot

[AzaJabar]

Based on the beginning of this review Blizzard should make an offline WoW

[Navi_xoo]

Solo delves are great for people like this guy. He can learn his class better and endgame mechanics while getting some decent gear. They fixed the scaling relatively fast in about 2 days.

[juleswinnfield]

even on my steam deck the graphics look better than on this guy’s pc lol