World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Review
It’s been three weeks since Dragonflight , the newest expansion for World of Warcraft launched; with the first Season of content and raiding well underway, it is time to finally put a number to this expansion. Of course, all of this is just how things have gone so far, and a lot remains to be seen with where the story will go from here and, most importantly, the pacing of new content moving forward. So, without further ado, let’s jump right in.
As I touched on in my Review in Progress , leveling this time around was a real joy. Even though the general storyline of each zone was at its base the same, needing to empower the oathstones, the specific storylines were all quite enjoyable and multifaceted. There was also a nice symmetry in the storyline in that the first zone, Waking Shores, was very focused on the dragons themselves and learning more about them; then in Thaldraszus we return to a very dragon-focused storyline. Additionally, both focus on the future of dragons, but in very different ways. Meanwhile, the Azure Span and Ohn’ahran Plains have a heavy focus outside of the dragons specifically. In Ohn’ahran Plains nearly all of the storyline takes place with the centaurs and the green Dragonflight is only active in the last bit. While in Azure Span Kalecgos features throughout, a lot more time was spent learning about the Tuskarr than I expected.
Mixed in with the incredible storylines was an absolute glut of some of the best cinematics we’ve seen in game. From playing during the alpha and early beta, I thought I knew what to expect from these, but wow, was I wrong. First of all, there were far more cutscenes than I expected, and secondly, there were many more than just the ones for the big climatic moments and
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