Premise: 8/10

I like Warcraft. I find MMORPG's tolerable. The idea of combining the two would seem natural to the people who have played previous games and it works as an MMO. Its a standard cookie-cutter MMO but I have yet to find one that isn't. Pay them money. Install Game. Choose class, name, faction, race, and etc. surrender your credit card. Grind for days of gameplay.

Fun: 5/10

This game has the wildest extremes. I have played for a while during each major part of the day. Sometimes you can sign up for an instance and have a group in 10 minutes.
Somedays you can go 10 minutes in a major city before seeing anyone. It has high points which drag you in and are awesome, a la battlegrounds, and parts that will test your attention span, a la grinding for hours. It all depends on how many other people are on.

Connectivity: 10/10

This is one thing Blizzard does right. Each individual server has almost no downtime, and the only time servers have a bad day are holidays after lunch and dinner. The spikes then are ridiculous and a large numbers of servers go full.

Life Consumption:

You start of playing it like other Warcraft games. Maybe an hour here or there, but you usually put in a half-hour a day. Then you get an instance quest. You've never seen this and you've probably seen people yelling "LFG RFK Tank DPS" in towns despite the in place system. The process of doing your first instance will consume some serious time. Slowly you will start to enter the battlgrounds. Say good bye to you friends. The game is in your mind now. You will begin to think about your crit ratio, Battleground tactics, and where you could grind faster. As your level climbs so does you playtime.

Price: 5/10

A fair price for the game, endless billing however.

Difficulty: ?/10

Some servers are Horde controlled, some Alliance. If you get on the strong side its "a fair game for anyone" choose the wrong side than this is what you'll hear, "The Horde/Alliance is rigged. Their capitals are better designed. Their races are better". If you choose the wrong side you will hear about your towns being attacked and you leaders dying. Obviously the inverse is also true. The battlegrounds are multi-server so they balance out nicely.

Graphics: 10/10

Its Blizzard this is where they shine. The cinematics are godly, but it still has Warcraft's feel about it.

Lag: 3/10

The low score means its bad about it not limited lagging. This game can eat your computer if its slightly average. If you were looking t go to the Undercity on the last Friday of Spring Break you might as well not.

OVERALL: 5/10 for Casual Gamers
10/10 for MMO, RPG,and Warcraft Fans

Its for those who liked the other Warcraft games or other MMOs.