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Best Game made by Blizzard. I could spend a lot of time echoing the good others have said about this game. The graphics while not completely realistic, are beautiful. Play is never boring. Death is handled well. Quests are often integrated into a larger storyline, which might be integrated into an even larger storyline. All in all, I find it an amazing game. But I'd like to address a couple of the negatives that people have brought up. First is server downtime. The last significant server downtime I experienced was on Dec. 22. I can't remember anything since then. I know that some realms have been down for service, so maybe I got lucky, but I feel that the problems are far overstated by many. The second is server response, or lag. I experienced some really horrible delays while playing, especially when going into areas heavily populated by other players. I tried everything I could think of on my end, and nothing worked. Finally I read a review that said that the game used a lot of memory. Considering I had 512M, that wasn't something I'd considered. I jumped my machine to one gigabyte of memory and my "lag" problems ended. That's a lot of memory to expect for most users, so I expect most users are seeing something they feel is lag, when it's actually (in computer terms) their own computer swaping memory on/off of disk. So here are some suggestions if you do buy the game: 1) Install as much memory as you can, or be prepared for jerkiness and delays when you enter cities and towns. 2) You'll be selecting a realm. Select one with as low as usage as you can -- how to do this will be obvious. 3) Quest, don't just kill monsters. Following the quests will get you into the right places for your character at about the right time. Enjoy.