I have been bored with World of Warcraft now for about a year so I was surprised that I actually got the expansion: Wrath of the Lich King when it came out.  What can I say, it’s Warcrack!  I played for about a couple hours of last night so here is my first impression.

I went over to the new continent of Northrend and ran around for a little to take a look at some of the new content.

Here’s me pulling into Valiance Keep:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was pretty cool to see chunks of ice floating in the water as you were pulling in.

Tip:  Don’t forget to train for your all your professions.  I was able to find some new herbs when I was running around.  All of the profession trainers are right around the keep.

They have a new “fog” feature that I don’t really care for.  Check it out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well at least I think it’s supposed to be fog… The way the fog just framed the screen in a circle looked pretty cheesy to me.  It looks more like how it should if you were in a dream state.  I think it would have looked better if it were an entire overlay of fog like what happens when you get drunk and everything gets blurry.  It was a nice try, but I don’t think they pulled it off so well.

I also created a new Draenei Death Knight.  They look fierce!  I found it funny that it was like 5:00 am in the U.S. when I was playing and there were like 20 new Death Knights running around.  Here is me posing with the Lich King (look carefully, I’m hidden!):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything surrounding the death knight is just creepy!  Look at the creepy looking Scourge Gryphons:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you get on your Acherus Deathcharger, it makes this eerie screaming noise.  I love it!

They have some new unique quests, not just the usual find and kill quests hat was much needed variety to keep me playing.  I’m looking forward to trying out the new PvP stuff as well.  If you never played World of Warcraft before, now is a good time to start.  The hype is worth it.  If you’ve been playing for a while and was bored with it like me, the new expansion is worth a try.  I know it will at least keep me in the game for at least another 4-6 months.  That’s how they getcha!

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