Review of 'World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
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 …
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.