Reviews for The Battle for Azeroth: Adventure, Alliance, and Addiction: Insights Into the World of Warcraft (Smart Pop)

1. Not as insightful as I had hoped

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2007

   The Battle for Azeroth presents twelve subjective narratives from a range of academics, writers and programmers around the phenomena of the world's greatest MMO to date. There are a further nine chapters, each dealing with the classes available for players to chose to play within the game. The content of the first part offers little that any level sixty (or now seventy) player would find insightful. There are some interesting points though, for example the chapter covering the addiction factor is a hoot, and there are plenty of interesting factual paragraphs which fans will find interesting. Unfortunately these gems are rare, buried amongst the narrative covering the 'day job' information on WoW. Newcomers to WoW will find this book far more insightful.
   
   The second half offers a different approach. It details the 'factual' history of each of the classes and is interesting reading. It also offers some tactics (in no way as comprehensive as Prima's guides). Both new and veteran players will learn something from the latter half of the book.
   
   Overall, it will hold your interest, although there is not enough of the 'why', it mostly covers the 'what'.