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 Great price June 8, 2005
Nam Nguyen (NY United States)
256 out of 294 found this review helpful
The price as the time writing this review is $23 for 2 months, that gives you about $11.50 per month. The cheapest you can get from WoW official website is $12.99/month, only IF you pre-paid for 6 months.
So pre-paid for 2 months at $11.50/month vs pre-paid 6 months at $12.99/month, you do the math.
I had to say I was a little bit turn off by what Blizzard did to me few minutes ago, I posted on their forums the link to this Amazon deal, it was deleted in 3 minutes. I know they're trying to protect their monthly fee, but it's kind of childish and immature, IMO. Just let you guys know here, you're the judge.
 Listen People, I'll tell you why WoW costs money.... January 19, 2005
Andrew J. Fredrickson (Superior, CO)
135 out of 204 found this review helpful
In order to run the servers which hold thousands of people at any given time takes up a ton of power & bandwidth and can hit the server pretty hard, while this also calls for maintence, it's not enough for Blizzard to keep the server free to everyone, so that is why (pretty much all) MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) games have a monthly fee, its incredibly expensive to run these things all year round, your company would run into the ground if the servers were free. Plus Blizzard is always making new content FOR FREE to the addition of the game,like the recent 1.11 patch which has Naxxramas and in the future for 1.12 World PvP, so don't think you're just paying for the basics, you are paying for the long future of WoW.
World of Warcraft is a fantasic game for this genre and I'm willing to pay for it. For those who keep complaining, its not going to change, Blizzard still has other free games such as Warcraft 3 , Diablo II and Starcraft.
But as for the 60-day pre paid card, I like the option because some people may not want to use a credit card or go into thier accounts, or even younger people who don't have access to their banking account and only have allowences to purchase the game with. Literally every MMO has done this, so Blizzard continues with the tradition.
 What the heck, Blizzard?!?!? November 30, 2004
James King (Pittsburgh, PA)
45 out of 106 found this review helpful
Ok...so upon getting my shiny copy of W.O.W. Collector's Edition...I find that to access my 30 Day "Free" trial, I have to have in my posession the 60 Day, 30 dollar Pre-Paid Game Card...? WHAT?!?!?! Sooooo...by wanting to not hand my credit card numbers over to Blizzard I have to pay for my "FREE" trial and am not eligible for any discounted rates like anyone using other payment methods can get (i.e. pay 6 months in advance with your credit card and only pay $12.99 per month total). Does anyone else think this is insanely stupid? I played the beta, bought the COLLECTOR'S edition, and am now being punished for not wanting to hand out a credit card number to another MMORPG. Sorry Blizzard, but you guys really dropped the ball on this one. Great game...bad financial department. Maybe you should rethink your payment schemes. Oh, and incidentally, as of me writing this, Pay Pal doesn't work, either...even though it should. It's good to know the game is bug free...too bad the payment options aren't.
Game is good, but you don't need to buy this pack April 5, 2005
D. Kim (San Jose, CA)
29 out of 37 found this review helpful
WOW is a great game to play, but you don't need to buy this package. It is cheaper to pay online for the subscription.
Addictive September 13, 2005
Thomas Li (Flushing, NY)
20 out of 26 found this review helpful
This game is very addictive. There are many character selection each with different abilities/skills to learn. When venturing in a party, the dynamic changes with different people. Graphics are great.
I do NOT recommend this to students. You grades will go down because of the time it eats up.
BTW, I ordered the 60 days prepaid because I do not want to be locked into any long term agreement. You do need a break once in a while and 60 days is a bargain if you find the right price. Your character will be kept in storage during "breaks". Besides, if I subscribe online, there is TAX! Order the prepaid card by mail and avoid tax.
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