Others say...

"A good deal to get started"
I joined my friend in World of Warcraft by downloading the free recruit a friend trial from the website. I enjoyed my time spent with her, and since my characters are still fairly low level, I figured that the original game and the Burning Crusade expansion will keep me busy for a while. I wasn't really interested in the books that come with the battle chest box, as they are of course all out of date now, but it was a better deal than buying each box seperately, and so I picked this option.

I was pleasantly surprised when the 30 days that come with the box were added on top of the remaining six days of my free trial, bringing me up till the end of January for my subscription. All I had to do was enter the two game codes (one for base game, and one for burning crusade) into my Battle.Net account, and I was set. I never even broke the seal on the disc to install from it; the free trial was the complete game, up to at least BC, and I suspect all the data for Wrath of the Lich King is already on my computer, but not unlocked yet, as I haven't purchased that expansion.

I was also pleased that I didn't have to give Blizzard any credit card info to continue playing the game, I just told them I'd be using game cards, and did not put one in right away. Having played EverQuest and other Sony Online Entertainment games, I was not used to this! In my experience, they wanted some kind of card right away.

I'm coming to the end of my free days, and I do plan on getting a game time card to continue my subscription, as it's been fun playing this MMO with my friend, and I'm currently just about level 30, without really trying all that hard.

"Friends dont buy friends world of warcraft"
This game is worse than heroin. I had a mistake once of giving my account to my nephew as a birthday gift. My sister doesnt speak with me anymore. The game is optimized to get you addicted. The main goal of the creators of the game is that you spend the maximum amount of time playing it. The size of the world for example is optimized so that you can run for the longest time from one side to the other without getting pissed and leaving the game. The game itself is an infinite grind without a goal. They just make any effort to keep you there without any particular long-term purpose.

What you get addicted to is dopamine - a little pleasure hormone that is broadcast around your brain when you receive a reward. This is to let your brain know that you did something good. In normal life you dont get rewarded so often because of real-life constraints. In wow you get rewarded little-by-little every time you kill a little or a big monster or play a player-versus-player game. So you get a little puff of dopamine every five minutes. Our brains are not ready to handle this. This is worse than heroin for them, because soon you discover that you cannot leave this little series of puffs. An addiction develops.

I played this game since 2005. I quit a few months ago and had horrible headaches for a few weeks. The same happened to several my friends. So if you are buying this "product" for someone its better be your enemy. In my opinion they should make this game illegal or put a tax on it like on tobacco or alcohol. At least the government should (and believe me will!) put a warning on this game about its addictive nature. At some point heroin was legal but eventually the law caught up with it.

wowdetox is a volunteer-run website dedicated to helping ppl with addiction to World of Warcraft. It contains 45k+ posts of addicts. Read a few before you buy.

"Parents Be Aware of Torture!"
At one point in Warcraft characters are asked to use a device on a prisoner until the prisoner releases a certain location. You are told it's OK for your character to torture as you are not bound by restrictions. The item you use to torture (as stated in game), "inflicts incredible pain". The human character you torture pleads for the player to stop. Just something to think about.

"I love this game!"
This game is the most fun game I have ever played! It doesint stop giving hours of fun I would say 8 and older for this one! and with this battle cheast you save like $40 u get great guides and all! I highly recomend this to any one!

"Too bad the keys were invalid"
I purchased product through Amazon because of its low price. However, when I received this product I discovered that both keys were invalid. Therefore, I bought the " first part" through Blizzard and paid considerably more. I am very disappointed with the whole ordeal but love WoW.