World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Reviews

GameSpy and IGN PC have both whipped up reviews for Blizzard’s newly released World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion pack. GameSpy gave the add-on a perfect score of 5/5:

With all we’ve seen of Burning Crusade so far, it’s hard not to feel that we’ve just scratched the surface of the expansion. It won’t be long before we start seeing level 70 Draenei and Blood Elves, before we start digging through all the post-70 content and raids, before the initial leveling madness ends and the PvP events become more popular. But we’ve seen more than enough to know: if you played World of Warcraft to level 60 and enjoyed it, you’ll enjoy Burning Crusade even more. And if you never stopped playing WoW, the expansion isn’t an option, it’s mandatory. Don’t feel bad if you’re still addicted: we expect to be right next to you for many months to come.

While IGN PC gave it an overall score of 8.9/10:

Only two weeks in, and it’s now very difficult to remember what World of Warcraft was like without The Burning Crusade. It’s a seamless fit with what’s gone before, and yet its big design ideas also make the game’s universe feel much more its own thing. It’s by no means Another Fantasy MMO anymore. It doesn’t need to steal from Lord of the Rings and Warhammer anymore. It’s Warcraft, and, as is obvious by the titanic number of people playing TBC, it can set its own rules now. TBC is a vital buy for any WoW player, and cooly cements its place as the best mainstream MMO there is. Next expansion though, we want to see more sweeping changes.