Time Off
Dear W.O.W.,
I grew up before video games. And then I got my first pong. Later, I graduated to Space Invaders and Pac Man. But along came computers.
Still, I limited myself to Solitaire and Mine Sweeper. Well, come to find out, my graphics card sucked: I upgraded.
A friend downloaded World of Warcraft. My first complaint: A huge download. It took soooo long! Then, he let me make a character on his account. My second complaint: Leveling up was a bitch.
My third complaint… learning all the buttons. I don’t like using a keyboard. Why can’t this be set up for a game controller? Well, at least moving is easy: Point and click.
But, I get lost on the map. The compass is strange: If I’m going north, I turn left (or right). But if I’m going south I have to turn right (the opposite direction)! And why can’t I climb over the mountains? Or when I die, why can’t I fly?
Complaints, complaints. All the places around a town have low level beasts. I need a town to get an inn. But I need high level beasts to level up. So… too much walking. Finally, 15$ a month is too much to pay!
The concept is simple. And the graphics are stunning. Plus, the whole is well executed: Quests to familiarize me with the map. And rewards to keep me fighting mobs I’d otherwise give up on. Still, it’s all so time consuming. And the point?
I’m fighting now to get cool threads (believe it or not). And I’m walking around to look at the scenery. I find low level bad-guys because the fighting is easier. Thus, I’m not moving up very quickly.
Or maybe I’m staying at a lower level to fight other players in arenas where fighters are grouped by level and having a higher level would mean I’d have to fight higher level players.
Did I say “It’s addictive”?
Wow,
Me!
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