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kadomi's review
5.0
Volume 3 of the WoW Chronicle covers way more ground than the previous ones. Whereas Volume 2 covered the story of Draenor and the first two RTS games, we now get all the juicy lore bits from Warcraft 3, its addon The Frozen Throne, classic WoW, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm.
The lore is really far more impressive when its delivered in this format instead of the regular questing experience. Artwork throughout is gorgeous, though the 'King Varian comes home with his son Anduin' art looked a bit dorky. But then, I am primarily a Horde player. I especially love the cartography, the maps are always lovely.
The only choice I found odd is that the first kills for each WoW raid are assigned to a faction. So I guess it's canon that way? For example, the Alliance is attributed with having stormed Coilfang Reservoir, whereas the Horde killed Magtheridon. It all makes sense story-wise though.
If you play WoW and have even the slightest interest in the game's story, you should pick up the Chronicle volumes, for sure. Especially in light of BfA's story developments with N'zoth, the scope of the story is impressive. Great books to have on the shelf. Volume 2 is decidedly the weakest of the three, but it's still an impressive collection.
The lore is really far more impressive when its delivered in this format instead of the regular questing experience. Artwork throughout is gorgeous, though the 'King Varian comes home with his son Anduin' art looked a bit dorky. But then, I am primarily a Horde player. I especially love the cartography, the maps are always lovely.
The only choice I found odd is that the first kills for each WoW raid are assigned to a faction. So I guess it's canon that way? For example, the Alliance is attributed with having stormed Coilfang Reservoir, whereas the Horde killed Magtheridon. It all makes sense story-wise though.
If you play WoW and have even the slightest interest in the game's story, you should pick up the Chronicle volumes, for sure. Especially in light of BfA's story developments with N'zoth, the scope of the story is impressive. Great books to have on the shelf. Volume 2 is decidedly the weakest of the three, but it's still an impressive collection.
cinnamonfox's review
4.0
WoW Chronicle Volume 3 - o sinteză bună a lore-ului WoW, deși știam în mare toată povestea, mi-a plăcut să o mai ascult încă odată.
shanbear16's review
4.0
I think this series really should have been over 4 or 5 volumes. This last one felt a bit rushed. It's still well written with gorgeous artwork, but I felt like I was being yanked all around the globe every other page when it jumped to another topic.
justgeekingby's review
5.0
It was fantastic to read through events that I actually took part in as a player, as well as hearing some new lore and additional information.
brookenomicon's review
4.0
I never played Warcraft 1-3, so it was nice to get those stories laid out in chronological order, filling in the gaps in my lore knowledge, especially with the characters and events that led to the Burning Crusade expansion. (I didn't start playing WoW until WotLK and only with Legion did I truly become a lore nerd) I felt like the chapter on Cataclysm was rather sparse compared to the rest of the book, which was a weird note to end on. I feel like they skipped over a lot, especially with Anduin. I'm super looking forward to the next Chronicle though.
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