World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack
Binding : Video Game
ProductGroup : Video Games
Manufacturer : Blizzard Entertainment
Brand : Blizzard Entertainment
Label : Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher : Blizzard Entertainment
Model : 020626728195
Platform : Windows XP
Studio : Blizzard Entertainment
ReleaseDate : 2008-11-13
Lowest Used Price: USD $25.94
Lowest New Price: USD $30.83
- This expansion pack REQUIRES the original World of Warcraft game and The Burning Crusade expansion pack in order to run
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich expansion pack for PC and Mac opens the new continent of Northrend
- Death Knight is Warcraft's first hero class and is available for any player with at least a level-55 character
- Northrend offers new environments, including Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, Borean Tundra, and Howling Fjord
- New creatures inhabit the icy continent, such as Nerubian Viziniers, Plague Eruptors, Shoveltusks and Flesh Giants
Fans of World of Warcraft, prepare for Blizzard Entertainment's next installment -- World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich. In this latest expansion, something is afoot in the cold, harsh northlands. The Lich King Arthas has set in motion events that could lead to the extinction of all life on Azeroth. The necromantic power of the plague and legions of undead armies threaten to sweep across the land. Only the mightiest heroes can oppose the Lich King and end his reign of terror.
 The tuskarr, a walrus-like race of nomadic fisherman, inhabit the icy Borean Tundra. View larger. |
 Half-giant warriors, the vrykul, once inhabited the land. View larger. |
 You'll enjoy exploring Northrend and all its environments and dungeons. View larger. |
 Explore Northrend and battle the Lich King with World of Warcraft's first hero class character -- The Death Knight. View larger. |
 One of many new environments, Dragonblight is an arctic wasteland surrounded by dense forests. View larger. |
 Many strange and terrifying creatures inhabit this frozen continent. View larger. |
This expansion adds a host of content to the already massive existing game world. Players will achieve soaring levels of power, explore Northrend (the vast icy continent of the Lich King), and battle high-level heroes to determine the ultimate fate of Azeroth. As you face the dangers of the frigid, harsh north, prepare to master the dark necromantic powers of the Death Night -- World of Warcraft's first Hero class. No longer servants of the Lich King, the Death Knights begin their new calling as experienced, formidable adversaries. Each is heavily armed, armored, and in possession of a deadly arsenal of forbidden magic.
If you have a World of Warcraft account with a character of at least level 55, you will be able to create a new level-55 Death Knight of any race (if on a PvP realm, the Death Knight must be the same faction as your existing character). And upon entering the new world, your Death Knight will begin to quest to level 80, gaining potent new abilities and talents along the way. This expansion allows for only one Death Knight per realm, per account.
New Environments in Northrend Await
Journey through the remote, diverse lands of Northrend and explore Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, Borean Tundra, and Howling Fjord. Named for bones of perished dragons and majestic shrines to the fallen creatures, Dragonblight is an arctic wasteland surrounded by dense forests.
Not everything is frozen in Northrend. The lush mountains of Grizzly Hills are the ancestral home to the furbolgs, who have grown accustomed to relative peace. Although their tranquility is being challenged by trappers, goblins, and ice trolls, Grizzly Hills remains a vast and dangerous wilderness.
The southwestern tip of Northrend is home to the sprawling Borean Tundra. The Horde has established a dominant presence in this icy portion of the continent and has formed a bond with the tuskarr, a walrus-like race of nomadic fisherman. Magical energy is afoot in the region, and it has caused increased tension.
High above the Great Sea at the southeastern tip of Northrend lies the Howling Fjord. Ancient mythology holds that a race of half-giant warriors, the vrykul, once inhabited the land, founding a prosperous civilization. They mysteriously vanished, leaving deserted villages and abandoned temples. In present times, the Alliance and the Horde have come to Howling Fjord to confront the Lich King. Strangely, this has prompted the return of the vrykul, who are attacking the Alliance and Horde settlements. Howling Fjord presents a difficult challenge on two fronts: withstanding the vrykul's onslaught and battling the evil Lich King.
A Multitude of Monsters
Strange and terrifying creatures inhabit the frozen continent of Northrend, such as Nerubian Viziniers, Plague Eruptors, Shoveltusks and Flesh Giants, to name just a few. Half-spider, half-humanoid, the viziniers utilize sorcery and high intelligence to emerge as the rulers of Nerubians' underground kingdom. The Plague Eruptors are walking corpses created by the Lich King's evil experiments to spread horror and chaos across the living world.
Massive curved antlers make it easy to identify the Shoveltusks. These grumpy beasts are very dangerous, territorial, and best left alone. The Flesh Giants are nothing short of nightmarish abominations. Cobbled together from the pieces of giant body parts, the Flesh Giants employ tremendous strength to carry out the Lich King's wishes.
The World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich expansion pack allows you to engage in epic siege warfare. The pack presents the first Hero class and allows you to transform your Death Knight's look with character customization that even include hairstyles and dances. You'll enjoy exploring the Northrend and all its environments and dungeons, filled with some of the deadliest creatures -- and greatest treasures -- on all of Azeroth.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating System | PC: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista (with latest Service Packs) Mac: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or newer | |
| CPU | PC: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlong XP 1500+ Mac: PowerPC G5 1.6 GHz or Intel Core Duo processor | PC: Dual-core processor, such as Intel Pentium D or AmD Athlong 64 X2 Mac: Intel 1.8 GHz processor or better |
| Graphics Hardware | PC: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transfor and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM, such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce2 class card or better Mac: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 64 MB VRAM, such as ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 class card or better | PC: 3D Graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capabilities with 128 MB VRAM, such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better Mac: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM, such as ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600 class card or better. |
| Memory | PC: 512 MB (1 GB for Vista) Mac: 1 GB | PC: 1 GB (2 GB for Vista) Mac: 2 GB |
| Hard Drive Space | 15 GB of free space | |
| All Platform Requirements | Keyboard and mouse, required for controls. Other input devices not supported. Active broadband Internet connection required to play. | |
WoW keeps getting even more polished (2009-02-24)
The first thing you should know is that this product is not for you unless you already have World of Warcraft and its first expansion, The Burning Crusade. There is nothing for you in Wrath of the Lich King unless you have both of those titles and a level 55 or higher character (level 68 if you intend to go to Northrend straight off). If you don't have a level 68 character, don't bother with this expansion until you do (unless you just want a Death Knight, in which case you just need level 55).
That said, Wrath of the Lich King truly does the Blizzard brand proud. Unlike Burning Crusade in some ways (which is still worth it on its own merits), WotLK seems to return WoW to its roots as players explore Northrend. The famous Blizzard polish and attention to detail are everywhere, from the storylines that unfold as you quest to the visuals and terrain as you explore. The base game was great, but it's clear that with WotLK they took what they learned as they made it and went forth to produce an amazing product.
I took my time leveling up to 80. While I got the expansion on the day it was released, I did not reach 80 until early February. I wanted to spend the time enjoying what Blizzard has to offer. But even at 80, there is still good things happening (though not as much yet as there was at 70 in BC). Naxxramas is a very well-made instance. Experienced raiders won't have much difficulty, but there are definately some fights that people with little to no raiding experience will have trouble with. Malygos is a very entertaining fight that definately keeps you on your toes. As is the Obsidian Sanctum. Definately a good start for the level 80 raiding scene, and more to come is promised with the Uldaur instance coming in patch 3.1.
As for PvP, a new battleground and an outdoor PvP zone (that feels much like a battleground as you are engaged in it) keep the Horde/Alliance conflict fresh, while the arenas are still around for level 80 players to test their mettle. While I feel that Lake Wintergrasp and Strand of the Ancients are a little heavy on the vehicle combat (a new mechanic introduced in WotLK), they are fun nonetheless.
If you enjoy WoW, then this expansion is a must-buy. Really, what it comes down to is you will either buy the expansion or cancel your account, as if you don't buy it everyone else will quickly pass you by. But even were that not the case, it is worth every bit of money you will put into it.
Alot to be had here for both the hardcore and casual players (2009-02-18)
So I have been playing World of warcraft for about 2 years now and I can tell you that Northrend is as good as it gets as far as landscape/questing goes. The areas have a nice flow to them and although it might take some time to level from 70-80 (60-100hrs) its time well spent with this expansion. For the most part everything is bigger and better here. Towering mountains and huge battles take place accross the landscape. New features such as mounted quest and progressively changing zones make questing feel alot different than before. The new class, the death knight, is a great addition aswell. Players have never been able to play a class that is truly evil before. It brings a new element to the once cartoony appearance of most things in The Burning Crusade and the original. Once you get to level 80 things change though.
As I said this game is built for all players and not just the hardcore players like it was before. A long time ago before The Burning Crusade even came out players used to have to raid night after night to even have a chance at recieving that one epic peice of gear. Now epics are handed out from completing easy raid content and quick easy Heroic instances. This is both good and bad. I personally enjoyed how hard core the content was before and had no problem raiding every week to clear out raids and get the good gear. At the same time I understand that someone who works two jobs and has three kids doesnt have that kind of time to raid. There is something here for that guy to do at the same time. To me it doesnt matter what quality my gear is, I enjoy playing the game and I enjoy clearing the content every week. For the hardcore players they have put a real emphasis on the achievement system. The achievements are challenges that you can complete around the world for added bragging rights. Different things like killing a boss in under a set time or doing raids without dying award players with different titles that they can show off around town.
The other side of this is the PVP system. They have added and entire new zone called Lake Wintergrasp where every 2 and a half hours the whole zone turns into an all out horde VS alliance war. This is probaly the greatest addition to the expansion overall. Anyone that enjoys player vs player (PVP) can have a good time here. People have mixed feelings about the PVP,but personally I think the main problem here is that people have too much gear. People are using the easy raid gear to PVP and the offences drastically outwheigh the defenses making the combat seem really short here. Most of the fights that take place are under a minute since players die pretty easy. That is something that will change when better PVP gear comes available and when the raid gear is harder to get.
Overall though I would say that this expansion was a great job by blizzard and a great contintuation for both the hardcore fans of the lore and deep raiding content and the casuals that dont have hours to pour into the this game but still want a rewarding experience from it.
Long Time Fan, Let Down (2009-02-08)
I've been playing WoW since the beginning, and so it pains me to have to say that I feel this expansion either isn't finished, or that Bliz has gotten sloppy.
What's wrong:
1. They've created massive buildings in many of the towns, and if you go upstairs or look around, there's literally nothing in half of them. They're totally empty. No chairs, no couches, no fires, no nothing. Floors, walls, and stairs, that's it. It makes the world feel so much less alive. In one town in particular they made huge buildings, and it's like they forgot to put things in them. I sent upstairs in one and there was literally about four giant floors to this building and outside of the first floor there was nothing on any of the other floors. Not an NPC, not a chair, not a fire, not a picture. Nothing.
2. In Burning Crusade I was changing out lvl 60 purples for new lvl 61 greens. Meaning, my rare gear was being made worthless by common items at lvl 61. That bugged me, but what bugs me more is that from level 70 to level 79 I had only replaced 2 pieces of my level 70 epic items. They went from one extreme to the next, and going through a long leveling process without the fun of upgrading gear made the game a lot less fun for me. I hit level 80 and upgraded all of my gear with auction house rare items, and finally got that upgrade, but it was pretty much one big upgrade, and not a process. Again, not fun. Next time, hopefully the split the difference between BC and LK.
3. No recipes to search for and buy in the world. It seems they did away with having rare recipes be given by various NPC's in the environment. Everything is trainable now, and the reasons for checking all of the NPC's are gone. If you need to sell something or get a repair, it's your only reason to talk to an NPC merchant. This relates again to point one, the world feels dead. Those little hidden items that only certain merchants would sell added something to the game that made it seem a bit more alive and interesting. No longer could I go into a town excited to see what I might find for sale there, because there's nothing to find of interest anymore.
So those may seem like minor gripes to some, but it made the entire leveling process, which is long, a boring chore.
Great Expansion (2009-02-07)
I love this expansion! It has added so much more depth and more fun elements to this game. I (like many people I've talked to) were getting really sick of the Burning Crusade. I actually almost quit playing but held on with hope that Wrath of the Lich King would deliver. All that gear grabbing and trying to get into raids wore very thin. Thankfully Wrath was everthing I needed to jump start my passion for this game. I'm glad that Blizzard made this more of a questing game again and added a lot more story to the quests. A must buy for all.
WOW! need I say more (2009-02-04)
This is a very addicting game. From roleplaying to doing quests and learning professions. You can play in groups or solo. This is a great game I really like the graphics and in general it's a clean fun game to play. Although blizzard could be more original with some of the buildings it's fun to play.
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