Should I Play World of Warcraft?

[The Name of Our Great Leader]

Here's the thing: I love video games. Absolutely adore them. However, MMOs have never really seemed like my cup of tea. Recently, I was browsing YouTube and came across an old classic: LEEEEROOOOYYY JEENNKKIIINSSSSS. Obviously I wet myself laughing (it's impossible not to), and thought "man, this seems like a game with real community spirit". I know that this is an old video, but couldn't help but wonder if the game is still like this.

Now, here's some personal backstory. I now have a lot of free time on my hands (my place of work burnt down (not my fault lol) and I got a pretty neat severance package (made redundant)) and was thinking of picking up WoW, but I thought I thought I'd come here to ask some likeminded individuals their opinion first as it seems to be a pretty big timesink.


Thanks

[Reino de Portvgal]

It's a nice game, try it and see for yourself. Some games are for you some are not, WoW is actuallly pretty nice if your in to that type of game. I have played it in the past and it was fun mainly because I had a lot of friends playing it, for me that makes it automatically more exciting and fun.

[Ostroeuropa]

The game and writing has gone fairly downhill tbh.

[Kalivyah]

Here's the thing: I love video games. Absolutely adore them. However, MMOs have never really seemed like my cup of tea. Recently, I was browsing YouTube and came across an old classic: LEEEEROOOOYYY JEENNKKIIINSSSSS. Obviously I wet myself laughing (it's impossible not to), and thought "man, this seems like a game with real community spirit". I know that this is an old video, but couldn't help but wonder if the game is still like this.

Now, here's some personal backstory. I now have a lot of free time on my hands (my place of work burnt down (not my fault lol) and I got a pretty neat severance package (made redundant)) and was thinking of picking up WoW, but I thought I thought I'd come here to ask some likeminded individuals their opinion first as it seems to be a pretty big timesink.


Thanks

Do you plan on staying together with your wife? If no, then go ahead and play it.

[Esternial]

Hi!

General is actually not the place to ask for advice on stuff like this. I've towed this topic to A&F because the topic revolves around a video game, but you aren't really supposed to dedicate an entire thread to just ask for advice.

This seems more like a topic to bring up in one of our chat threads, so in the future if you feel like having a light-hearted chat or need some input from folks, I'd invite you to post there. There's a lot of friendly folk there :)

To give you my opinion: I've played WoW for about a year or two. It's a fun timesink but nothing special from an RPG/Storyline perspective (it's very convoluted, especially if you're jumping now). Just make sure you don't get too addicted and think twice before you spend too much of your money.