Criticisms and Adaptations of World Of Warcraft

Criticisms and Adaptations of World Of Warcraft

Video games have been the source of entertainment for millions of people all over the world, the popularity of these games is so immense that the numbers of people who are indulged in these video games are considered to be the ones having the maximum amount of time that they have spent on playing these games. However there have also been countless criticisms based on many bases about these video games. World of warcraft has also not remained virgin from this tag of being criticized. Although there have been millions of users and players of world of warcraft and although its popularity is growing day by day, there are certain criticisms that have been associated with the same. The very prime criticism is that of gaming addiction which states that the people who are actively participating in these video games are so addicted to these games that they are not being able to concentrate on anything else. it was even reported that a child died due to neglect by her parents who were extremely addicted to this game of world of warcraft. The same year i.e. 2005, the republic of china even amended the law regarding these videogames by putting a limitation of time on its users. This limitation was not only focused to time but also the kind of graphics that were considered to be very unhealthy and passed a bill that ordered in the modification of the graphics to more users friendly.
   
Even many psychiatrists were invited to present their views on the use of the game. They put forward their presentation that there were certain percentage of people who were addicted to the world of warcraft but even if the number is low, the damage is very high. Such reports gave more insight reference to the playing of such games and regarding them to be highly addictive as well as harmful.
   
Another criticism or rather complaint that came into light was not from the people who did not play this game but from the players themselves. As the blizzard entertainment proposed the free trial account opening offer more and more spams were sent to their mailboxes. Although anti-spam boxes and technology were introduced by the blizzard as counter attack to these spams, they are still continuing to provoke hazard.

Inspite of its ongoing criticisms, there have been many cases where the virtual transaction of such popular game has been taken into more successful as well as positive account. The adaptation of world of warcraft for a movie also proves the point. Legendary pictures have taken the rights of world of warcraft to make a movie adaptation. The budget allocated for such is said to be over 10 million dollars. This act clearly identifies the popularity of the game and indulges people to realize that there are more things to world of warcraft than mere criticisms regarding addiction. Following of the same storylines as of those of the actual game would rather be much repetition. Therefore they are not using the same storylines for the movie but they have decided to use the location of fantasy universe. This movie indeed falls into the category of much awaited as long as much hyped about especially to the players and the loyal followers of world of warcraft.

Indeed world of warcraft has come a long way since the release of its first episode or rather first saga. There have been various vivid criticisms even about the characters of the game. There have been the usual ups and downs of the various parts and sections of the game. There also has been the ongoing process of developing new characters and features for the game. No matter what world of warcraft can be considered to be one of the best creations of another realm and world done by humans. This extraordinary part of the deal of entertainment has indeed been very fruitful to date.