The 4 Squares Review – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King



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The Dice Tower takes a look at World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King!

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Overview 1:09
Final Thoughts 8:52
Scores 22:16

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48 thoughts on “The 4 Squares Review – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King”

  1. I can't quite put my finger on whats wrong, but I don't like the look of this game (though I'm sure it's fun)… the map itself looks good but the iconography and cards look a little plain to me and the color palette seems a bit too bubblegummy.

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  2. Wrath of the Lich King was the second expansion to World of Warcraft. You know… just… FYI. 🙂 I played a lot of WotLK during the era! The lore and story lend themselves well to this Pandemic reimplementation. Looking forward to trying it out.

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  3. After watching them live play this I fell in love with it and pre-ordered it immediately. However I didn't get the vibe that the guys were having fun. Was very surprised at the gushing reviews, especially from Zee. Very happy to hear it!

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  4. I love Warcraft, but im really disappointed by the aesthetics of this. I played Warcraft 3 to death and one of the things I loved about it was the bright vibrant colours in the art of the units – like the headhunters and the night elves etc. this colour palette is grey and greyish purple.

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  5. The theme really isn't for me, but I'm very happy that the WoW fans got a solid and fun implementation of the pandemic mechanics.

    Now here's hoping that they paste this on some more properties. My personal recommendation: Adventure Time. Has a big fandom, looks colourful and fun so will even attract people outside of that fandom, and is suitable to play with kids.

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  6. I am honestly surprised none of you guys played World of Warcraft back in the day! Lol I was excited to see this as the theme, because we no longer play WoW but it holds a sweet spot for us. Thanks for the reviews.

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  7. The only game of pandemic I ever played was lost in first 10 minutes. This looks more fun to me. The one problem I have is with Activision/Blizzard. The disgusting allegations coming out against them is enough to make me not support them. Apart from getting paid a royalty from the theme how much support would this be giving them? Would Z-man games make most of the profit? I'd like to support them.

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  8. Agreed with the picture of the mini being useful. One of the first things I do with any game that has minis is identify what each mini is and write who / what it is on the bottom of the base so it's easier for others. Also when I paint them I stick to whatever scheme is depicted on character cards to make it even easier to identify them.

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  9. Just got it for 50% off on Blizzard Gear Store. Free shipping if you sign up for an account and use the emailed link. Not sure how long deal will last. Excited to give it a try for that price.

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  10. WoW Pandemic, WoW Smallworld….looking forward to WoW Catan, WoW Istanbul (Ogrimar), WoW Ticket to Ride (Stormwind tram), WoW Castles of Burgundy (Castles of Azeroth)…so many lazy options, skys the limit Blizzard!

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  11. I never played World of Warcraft but I did play the Warcraft real time strategy games a LOT so the nostalgia for that (especially Warcraft 3 it seems) makes me curious about this game, always wanted to try a game in this board game series as well with a (for me) compelling theme (Cthulhu and Rome is also something I would consider).
    This might be for me, I'll watch the playthrough of it someday this week and think about it a bit.

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  12. Got the game a few weeks ago, and I do agree with the 8.5 score, it's a very solid pandemic-style game. But I will address two points:

    1 – Replayability: the game does lack some of it because you always know your end-goal from the start; you might get different quests, different characters, but in the end you will be going to Icecrown to face Lich King, there is no other type of victory. HOWEVER, after more than 10 games of this at Heroic difficulty, the cards that you get might deeply impact the game, making two games with exactly same characters and quests feel completely different. So while it's not a game to play every single day, I do think it's one that has enough in it for several playthroughs with buddies, and for a strong replayability if you really love the theme.

    2 – Strategy: the game might seem simple but at Heroic difficulty it does slap you hard if you do not plan things. While it might seem "just go there for quest and kill monsters on the way", at higher difficulty it might not be in your best interest to go straight for a quest zone, because you need to clean up some monsters before, or risk getting a bad draw that will put the board under strain. It is more straightforward than most Pandemic-style games, but if no thought is made you will lose hard.

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  13. I have not played WoW.

    I only played base pandemic, it's not one of my top games, but i did enjoy it.

    But I played a lot of warcraft 1, 2 and 3, Dota2 , Hearthstone. I enjoyed the movie as well.

    Now after seeing this review with scores that high, this will probably go into my maybe/got to have, just to see Thrall/Jaina have that epic battle with Arthas.

    Frostmourne hungers!

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  14. yeah i got it this week to join my solo game collection

    it's solid like you say… pandemic games aren't ever really on the top of my list but they're fun enough for me to play, it'll be a game that i pull out every other month and do a couple of runs

    then put it back again

    it's not a game that would ever become a main go to all the time i think

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  15. The possibilities to use the WoW franchise are endless and they decided to use the pandemic system …
    You've got a whole generation of previous computer gamers who now play board games instead and I betcha the backers for a kickstarter for a serious dungeon crawler with WoW theme would blow up to proportions never seen before…
    I feel like this is such a wasted opportunity.

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