by Byron Mudry on Aug 21, 2006
This week our network editorial topic is Back to School. The various community staff take a look at how well their games do at teaching newbies how things are done? Is the beginning portion of the game interesting? Well paced? Does it introduce players to the games social scene? Is there room for improvement?
While I was not selected to write the editorial for WoW, I had to step up and voice my opinion on this topic, as it is one that is near and dear to my heart (cold and dead as it may be). I am not so much interested in the first part, looking at how well World of Warcraft teaches new players the ropes, but in the second part of the topic. In particular I want to focus on how the Blizzard introduces players to various aspects of the game, with real attention being paid to the social aspect.
You can read the whole rant on my blog here: messiah.blogs.tentonhammer.com.