Could someone give me a small overview of what "The World of Warcraft" is about?

Question

I want to read a fanfiction story that is a crossover with Warcraft. So I want to know a little about it and I can't get the game so if anyone could help I would really appreciate it. I just want the basics of the world and maybe a little of the plot and storyline.

Answer 1

Theres a great overview of the story you can find on the official site at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/story/index.html

Answer 2

World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994.[5] World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.[6] Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001.[7] The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise.



The first expansion set of the game, The Burning Crusade, was released on January 16, 2007.[8] The second expansion set, Wrath of the Lich King, was released on November 13, 2008.[9] The third expansion set, Cataclysm, was announced at BlizzCon 2009,[10][11] and entered into closed beta testing in late June 2010.[12][13]



With more than 11.5 million monthly subscriptions in December 2008,[14][15] World of Warcraft is currently the world's most-subscribed MMORPG,[9][16][17] and holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.[18][19][20][21] In April 2008, World of Warcraft was estimated to hold 62 percent of the MMORPG subscription market.[22]



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_of_Warcraft

Answer 3

I'll suppose you played Warcraft 3 and it's expansion.

World of Warcraft is an open-world MMORPG, the most popular MMORPG in the world. With your account you can make up to 10 characters per server and 50 in total. Characters have different classes and races, which you pick when you create them. Classes are warrior, paladin, hunter, shaman, rogue, druid, priest, mage, and warlock. The death knight hero class (starts at level 55) is added for those who have Wrath of the Lich King expansion and have a character leveled to 55.



There are 8 races, 4 for the alliance and 4 for the horde. Two races are added for those who have the Burning Crusade expansion. The horde and the alliance cannot speak, trade, or group with each other, but they can kill each other. Most Player vs. player combat is between the horde and the alliance. The alliance races are human, dwarf, gnome, night elf, and draenei (burning crusade). The horde races are orc, troll, tauren, undead, and blood elf (burning crusade).

The character levels through questing, killing, and other ways until he reaches the level cap. The level cap is 60. 70 for those with the Burning Crusade expansion. 80 for those with Wrath of the Lich king expansion. Wrath of the lich king cannot be implemented without the Burning Crusade.

Story:

World of Warcraft starts 5 years after the battle of mount hyjal. Every few months a patch is added that pushes the story further and adds new things. Expansions push the story a lot more. The horde and the alliance are at constant war with each other. The horde, lead by Thrall, consists mainly of orcs, darkspear trolls, tauren, and the undead forsaken lead by Sylvanas Windrunner. The horde consists mainly of the humans of Stormwind, the dwarves of Khaz Modan, gnomes, and night elves. Your character adventures through Azeroth, with many stories in this world.

-The Burning Crusade starts in patch 2.1. Before it's release, an in-game event was made. The dark portal was reopened, with hundreds of demons marching to Azeroth. High level players are requested to fight. When the Burning Crusade is released, anyone who buys it can go to Draenor (now called Outland) through the dark portal. The blood elves joined forces with the horde, thanks to the fact that Sylvanas was one of them when she wasn't an undead. A space ship crashed on an island near night elf settlements. Inside the ship, there were the Draenei race that came from Draenor. The draenei joined the alliance. The story develops from patch 2.1 until patch 2.4.

-Wrath of the Lich King starts in patch 3.1. The event before its release is boxes spreading diseases in the main cities. Players turn into undead (temporarily). This is the first attack. When this attack is beaten the second event comes. Tens of undead abominations, dragons, ghouls, and other stuff attack Orgrimmar and Stormwind. The alliance and the horde decide that they should march to Northrend. The story develops and is still developing.

The story is much more to that. It's just that I'll need to write a book if I wanted to tell you a real summary of it.

The guy who said that there isn't much to the story doesn't know the true essence of the game. The story is one of the best games stories I've seen.

If you want to know more about the story you can go to WoW.com and read know your lore articles.



Don't read the story in the official site. It hasn't been updated for years.

Answer 4

World of Warcraft shares the Warcraft title with the Warcraft series of real-time strategy games, is set in that series' world of Azeroth, and has similar art direction.[23] World of Warcraft contains traditional fantasy elements, such as gryphons, dragons, and elves; steam-powered automata and extreme engineering typical of steampunk; zombies, vampires, and other undead typical of horror; as well as time travel, spaceships, and alien worlds typical of science fiction.[citation needed]



World of Warcraft takes place in a 3D representation of the Warcraft universe that players can interact with through their characters. The game world initially consisted of the two continents in Azeroth: Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. Two separate expansions later added to the game's playable area the realm of Outland and the continent of Northrend. As a player explores new locations, different routes and means of transportion become available. Players can access "flight masters" in newly discovered locations to fly to previously discovered locations in other parts of the world.[39] Players can also use boats, zeppelins, or portals to move from one continent to another. Although the game world remains relatively similar from day to day, seasonal events reflecting real world events—such as Halloween,[40] Christmas, Children's Week,[37] Easter and Midsummer—have been represented in the game world. Locations also have variable weather including, among other things, rain, snow, and dust storms.[39]

Answer 5

theres not really much of a story line for the game, but in the most recent expansion you are supposed to kill arthas menethil who is the lich king

Answer 6

go to worldofwarcraft.com and you can navigate through it to find the history of WoW (storyline) read this