The Twitch streamer Asmongold has now elaborated on his experiences with World of Warcraft Shadowlands. He even claims in the video that it could become the best expansion ever.
What convinces Asmongold so much? In a nearly 30-minute video, the well-known streamer talks about his first experiences with the Alpha of Shadowlands. It has impressed him a lot.
One of the main reasons for this is that Blizzard has taken player feedback on Battle for Azeroth to heart and is now communicating more openly with them:
Blizzard is doing things and taking steps in the right direction to make the game better, and that is something I really like to say.
When I see how many interviews they conduct with content creators and how open and cooperative they are, it feels to me like they are developing the game in collaboration between the developers and players.
Asmongold at minute 1:10 in the linked video
Another positive point is the content and innovations that Asmongold praises. While in BfA it felt a lot like reskins and the same content as in the last 10 years, Shadowlands is supposed to be new and exciting.
Praise for Torghast and the Leveling Experience
What does Asmongold praise about Shadowlands? The streamer has many positive words for the new activity Torghast, a dungeon with roguelike elements and a creepy creature that hunts you. He has a lot of fun with it and appreciates a new element that still values the core contents of WoW.
The leveling phase also gets a good rating from him. He found this particularly terrible in BfA because it felt at times like the character was getting more of a downgrade than getting stronger. This is different in the new system, which also places value on the entry for newcomers.
Another praise was given to the new raid, but this is more of a personal preference since he loves the Victorian and Castlevania-like setting.
Where is there criticism? One of Asmongold’s biggest criticisms lies in how players get to Shadowlands. He was not pleased with Sylvanas and her role in the story:
If we have to use Sylvanas as an instrument to continue the story, then so be it. I would have preferred if N’Zoth had won and killed us all. That could be the reason we ended up in the Shadowlands. That would have been really cool.
Asmongold at minute 9:34 in the linked video
He also criticized some smaller points like the number of difficulty levels in the raids and the design of the new dungeon. But overall, he has a very positive attitude towards Shadowlands.
Will Shadowlands be the best expansion?
In his conclusion, Asmongold emphasizes how much better Shadowlands currently is compared to other expansions in alpha:
Shadowlands looks so much better than BfA at this point. And it looks much better than Legion at this point. And even better than Warlords [of Draenor].
I am very curious to see how it goes on with the expansion.
Asmongold at minute 26:35 in the linked video
He doesn’t know if Shadowlands will really be the best expansion because it’s still in alpha. But he is very excited about the new WoW expansion.
Anyone considering returning to WoW right now should be pleased about an XP buff that lasts longer and makes leveling twinks significantly faster.
