WORLD OF WARCRAFT GAME MANUAL
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by World of Warcraft Tips
The Art Of World Of Warcraft Burning Crusade Art Book (The Burning Crusade)
Posted on February 7th, 2010 by World of Warcraft Tips
The Art Of World Of Warcraft Burning Crusade Art Book (The Burning Crusade)
A hardcover book filled with over 200 pages of artwork from the World of Warcraft expansion The Burning Crusade.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars more great developmental art
i love behind the scenes art and design. This book is full of great illustrations and concept work.
i’m glad i have a copy of it.
3 Stars Not too bad
If you liked the first book, The Art of Warcraft, then you’ll probably enjoy this one, too. As expected, this book is packed with concept art and beautifully painted digital art. From characters to environments, this book has it. However, unlike The Art of Warcraft book, this one doesn’t have as much text to explain the new characters, environments, and weapons. This book, as well as The Art of World of Warcraft book, seems like it was slapped together in a hurry so that it could be released to the public.
If this one had more text behind it and a little more organization, I would have given it more stars, but for those of you who care only for illustrations, then this book will probably appeal more to you.
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World of Warcraft Board Game
Posted on February 7th, 2010 by World of Warcraft Tips
Dragon Hunt (Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy, Book 1)
Posted on February 6th, 2010 by World of Warcraft Tips
Dragon Hunt (Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy, Book 1)
Set in the same rich universe as Blizzard’s upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game World of Warcraft, Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy is a fresh take on the Warcraft universe using original characters and storylines. The three manga volumes follow the adventures of Kalec, a blue dragon who has taken human form to escape the forces that seek to destroy his race, and Anveena, a maiden with secrets of her own. What starts as a flight for survival turns into a quest to save the entire High Elven Kingdom from the forces of the Undead Scourge.
- From the artist of the best-selling King of Hell, cover art by Charles Park (Street Fighter, Robotech, X-men)
- Written by Richard Knaak, the New York Times best-selling author of Warcraft, Diablo, Dragonlance and English adaptor of Ragnarok
- Since the debut of Warcraft in 1994, it has sold more than 14 million copies of various iterations of the popular PC game
- Check-out the World of Warcraft game and Blizzard’s website, battle.net
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Stars Manga = Yes, Lore = No
I found this to be a weak start to what I assume will be a weak source of lore. I should have looked more closely at the description and seen that this was a manga. I guess it’s fine if you like that kind of thing, but I was hoping for more storyline, less half-naked girls and men who look like half-naked girls. Unless you simply stare at the artwork, which is fine if you enjoy ink sketches with no color, it will take you no longer than 30 minutes to read this from cover to cover. Half of that time was spent reading the prologue which is a descent summary of “The History of the World of Warcraft.”
My recommendation is, if you enjoy manga and Warcraft, you might like this book. If you’re buying it for the lore, you’re much better of checking out the wikis there’s not a lot of content in this black and white comic book.
4 Stars Decent
An interesting read and imaginative take on Warcraft lore. My only real gripe about this book (and trilogy as a whole) is length. You can pretty much finish all three books in one short sitting.
3 Stars OK…
I starting reading this short series of manga a couple years back when WOW first came out. I had never played WOW, all my friends did though. I had played Warcraft, Warcraft 2, and Warcraft 3 though. I was in San Francisco with some friend and needed something to read on the BART on the way home, and saw it in a comic store in the Metreon Mall.
I first noticed that the art was a little different than Japanese artwork, or American artwork. I realized after reading it the first time, that it was actually drawn by a Korean guy. The art reminds me of the art of the horrible manga adaptation of Battle Royal. The art is a little too serious, but very detailed. The art looks very similar to the art in the game manual to Warcraft games.
There is a pretty good summary of the history of Warcraft in the first couple pages of the book. This is a good read for people that have no idea what Warcraft is about. The story really is complicated enough to be summarized in 10+ pages of text. The storyline in the actual manga is a little sappy. It follows the story of a shape-shifting dragon and his female counterpart. There are a lot of familiar races and scenarios to the Warcraft Canon. It is a true Warcraft manga, and not just a fantasy manga with a warcraft name. There is interesting back history to those that like to play Blood Elves as well. One of the main plot elements added to push the characters on is the classic RPG tag of “I have this cursed item stuck on me and I need to get it off, lets find “Random Guy” to take it off (maybe)”.
3 Stars Warcraft continues
This is not your typical book. Because it is TokyoPop it is (forgive me) more like a comic book. As such I read it in about 20 minutes. It was entertaining though.
2 Stars And what exactly does this have to do with Warcraft?
Dragon Hunt was, by far, a disappointment. I’m sure I’m not the first to ay how excited I was to see the World of Warcraft franchise extending its hand into the world of printed media, but the result, while not horrific, was extraordinarily mediocre.
I received my copies of the first two volumes of the Sunwell Trilogy as prizes for winning one of the WoW comic contests this past year, and even the fact that I got them for free couldn’t cover up how poor I thought they were. The art is impressive, I must admit, and is towards the higher-end of manga, but it’s generic and in no way reflects the already gorgeous and well-established visual style within the Warcraft universe. Similarly, the writing style and storyline, as has been said in previous reviews, goes on and on like any typical high fantasy novel and has little or no reason to be set in Azeroth. World of Warcraft is renowned for its stylized design, clean gameplay, and a well-honed sense of humor- why would that then be stripped away to write a story about bishounen elves who can turn into dragons? Search me.
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Cycle of Hatred (World of Warcraft) (Bk. 4)
Posted on February 5th, 2010 by World of Warcraft Tips
Cycle of Hatred (World of Warcraft) (Bk. 4)
The Burning Legion has been defeated, and eastern regions of Kalimdor are now shared by two nations: the orcs of Durotar, led by their noble Warchief, Thrall; and the humans of Theramore, led by one of the most powerful mages alive — Lady Jaina Proudmoore.
But the tentative peace between orcs and humans is suddenly crumbling. Random attacks against Durotar’s holdings suggest that the humans have renewed their aggression toward the orcs. Now Jaina and Thrall must avert disaster before old hatreds are rekindled — and Kalimdor is plunged into another devastating war.
Jaina’s search to uncover the truth behind the attacks leads her to a shocking revelation. Her encounter with a legendary, long-lost wizard will challenge everything that she believes and illuminate the secret history of the world of…
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Stars World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred
World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred, by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Set a year prior to the opening of the World of Warcraft MMO, “Cycle of Hatred” would perhaps better be titled “Cycle of Blah.” Unlike most novels set in the Warcraft universe, this one doesn’t really add anything at all to the world.
The plot is mediocre and has no twists or turns - it’s straightforwardly flat. You easily guess what’s going to happen. Jaina Proudmoore and Thrall aren’t true to their established characterization; it feels like the author didn’t do any research before writing this book. There are three strong female characters in the book; DeCandido constantly harps on how a woman has to work harder than a man to be in power. It’s very overdone, and I was rolling my eyes the second time it came up, let alone the third, the fourth, etc. The characters and plot feel very flat, very one dimensional.
For me, this is the worst of the World of Warcraft novels. I’ve read all multiple times, and this is my least favorite and the least enjoyable. It’s blah - not good, not bad - just blah. If you’re a WoW player, or curious about the universe, and want to read some of the books, I recommend you pick something other than this one.
1/5.
4 Stars A good read
This was a good book, and well worth reading, but I didn’t like it as much as the other Warcraft Novels.
1 Stars This book holds the honor
This book holds the honor of being the only book I have ever thrown in the garbage in anger before finishing. It’s a terribly written book with a mediocre plot. Checking the author’s personal web site revealed why he painted the characters the way he did. The plot just seems to ooze with the author’s personal socio-politcal beliefs which might not be a bad thing if such beliefs furthered the plot along. It’s not enough for the author to paint women as strong and influential (which is often done, and done well, in the Warcraft universe). No, the author also has to paint nearly all males in the book as mean and/or ignorant. I’m not hard to please when it comes to fantasy novels but this book was unbearably bad. If you’re craving some more Warcraft lore, go back and re-read one of the books by Knaak, Golden, Rosenburg, or Grubb. I read them and enjoyed them all. How Blizzard let this book slip by their quality control is simply beyond me.
3 Stars Passable
I didn’t out and out hate it, and it did shed some light on various events, however I most definatly agree with other people on here that it is by FAR the worst written Warcraft book. Its worth it (to me) if you are a big fan of Warcraft, or simply looking for soemthing different to pass the time, but the book feels like it has less depth then a sheet of the paper it is printed on. Get it to fill out your colletion, read it once, then shelve it permanatly.
1 Stars terrible
this is definitely the worst of the warcraft book series…
a large portion of the novel just doesnt feel like it belongs in the warcraft universe… the method with which the differing races communicate, their approach towards each other, it feels like it was written by a child… like a 5th grade project or something… terrible
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