The first jump in the story is when you start the campaign properly, whereupon you leave the orcs behind and begin as a human hero, Prince Arthas, who conducts the defense of a village with WOTLK Gold the assistance of Uther Lightbringer, a character from the WOTLK Classic expansion Beyond the Dark Portal. Indeed, many of the hero characters encountered in the game will sound familiar to players of the previous WOTLK Classic games--if they aren't from WOTLK Classic directly, many on the human and orc sides are the direct descendants of characters that appeared in that game. For instance, in level three of WOTLK Classic, Arthas escorts a young sorceress called Jaina Proudfoot in a mission that seeks to find the cause of the plague that is sweeping the land. It turns out that Jaina is the daughter of Admiral Proudfoot from WOTLK Classic.
Although Roper wouldn't reveal when the storyline takes a twist back toward the orcs or branches into the WOTLK Classic or night elf plotlines, he did say that players may well find themselves battling heroes that they have previously played as in other races.
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above show both the start of the human campaign and some samples of orc gameplay from Thrall's Training. WOTLK Classic is scheduled for release in June. For more information, take a look at our previous coverage of the game.
One of the disappointment's of Nokia's N-Gage so far is that very few of the games have taken real advantage of the system's unique features. As a cell phone, complete with a GPRS connection for exchanging data over a worldwide network, the system really has a lot of potential for network gaming, but most of the experiences to be found on the system so far c around leaderboards and challenges that don't take place in real time. Pocket Kingdom: Own the World, from Sega, has the potential to fill in this gap with some interesting, strategic gameplay.
In Pocket Kingdom, you're the ruler of a floating castle. You'll immediately have to build and equip a fighting force so that you can take on other kingdoms. New character classes are found through research, so while you'll eventually be able to crank out a ninja fighting force, you'll have to experiment in your lab to perfect the ninja formula. You'll also equip your fighters with different items, like swords, claws, and so on. The game will have around 50,000 items to find. Lastly, you'll have to set up some rules and tactics for cheap WOTLK Classic Gold your fighters. Do you want your toughest character to go after the highest-ranked character on the opposing side? Or maybe the weakest? A series of menus will let you set up your battle tactics.
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