World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Retrospective Review: While Original WoW so highly touted, Burning Crusade delivered on the expectations of expanding this universe and gameplay. Now when we get a new WoW expansion, it doesn’t quite feel as special. Sure you have new places to go and new raids to conquer, but it didn’t bring in revolutionary features like the first few WoW expansions. Burning Crusade added so much and they refined the design on gameplay loops to make everything a better experience. While the raids in the original game were good, they finally hit everything perfect here. Raids are still largely modeled off of the strides they made in BC. From the tight corridors of Karazhan to the massive Black Temple, it all looked and felt so good. You also had a new land to explore in the Outlands along with flying mounts which were a game changer. There were also a lot of good goals to place for yourself. With the great rewards you got from PvP, to grinding reps to doing raids, there was something for everyone. Each faction also got a new race and technically a new class, allowing Alliance to play as Shaman and The Horde to play as Paladins. This was very welcome and something the player base wanted for a long time. They also added Arena PvP, which was really fun with a group of friends and became the new real competitive way to PvP. Everything they added felt better and more refined in BC. Getting gear and raiding felt better than ever and that sense of wonder was still in the air, even if we were getting into the era of everything being posted online (builds, guides, etc.) It was still one of the best expansions they had ever made.

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