I've played a shitload of this so far. Every waking moment since release has been spent playing this. I'm actually on a long flight right now so I have time to post this.

First of all, I am in love with what Blizzard has done so far. This expansion feels like a brand new entry to the Warcraft numbered series, because it has severe plot development in the actual storyline. One of the greatest things with this is phasing. I'll explain phasing in an easy way... (Be warned, slightly spoilery, but I won't use any names)

I turned in a quest in this town, and then an epic prerendered cutscene with voice (which never ever ever happens in WoW/BC) played and detailed an event occurring in the town with the Lich King. The town then is burnt to the ground by a certain race, and when you come back from the cutscene, the town is burnt. This is an MMO, so how does this work? Phasing. Everything looks different in that area to you then to others because you have completed a certain prerequisite. It works really well, and to even further the effect, another portion of phasing takes place where you are to walk in to one of the opposing sides main cities and talk to a leader. Phased of course, or else you would be destroyed by the NPCs there or players. You even perform a raid with tons of NPCs on a certain city that is normally a starting area for a race, and a major city for a certain side.

That's phasing and a few of its amazing uses, which all contribute to some amazing storyline development, so if you do do the questline, I highly reccomend paying attention if you have been following the Warcraft lore.

Another great thing about the expansion is the humor. There is a lot more of it then before, and a large amount of the quests are silly/fun/humorous. For example, to get back to a town, instead of walking, you are actually demanded by the quest to "Surf" a spear that flies through the air. Or, another one, where you have to mount a machine gun, call out to friends who are in hiding, and then mow down the NPCs who are chasing after them.

That's another thing, the new seige weapons and mount weapons are extremely amazing and provide a whole new possibility for tons of quests, and does. There is a ton of quests that instantly turn in to an action game because of it, and that kind of variety has driven me to play so much. I'm not playing to race to 80, getting there quickly only means you have to wait for others to level as well for end game content. I've been so damn hooked because of how fun each and every quest is. That, and because so many people are out there doing them all at the same time, the player interaction and grouping makes it all even more fun. Wrath of the Lich King is game of the year material.

Tidbits: I started the line at 8:56 at my GameStop. 4 minutes later, the store closed, and people waiting for the game walked out of the store and got behind me. I ate Taco Bell (Aquired by my friend Emily who waited with me the whole way) and chatted with people about changes and met several women who cleared even more content then I did in Burning Crusade, more knowledge then even me (They were skinny and cute to boot! Everything about stereotypes that we know is wrong!)! It was a blast though, so much fun and rewarding. The store gave out leftover Wrath posters (Approx. 5 of them, I got one, it's huge and on my wall (Double sided too )!) and big packs of gum and warheads. GameStop midnight openings are the shit

Time to get sucked back in to the game...(Oh, and I'm a level 73 Rogue named Hajitsu on Sargeras)

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