What did it Cost? Just how bad was Shadowlands?

Опубликовано: 09 Июнь 2026
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Shadowlands is considered to be the worst expansion and darkest period in World of Warcraft's history. For those who didn't play it, it's probably a very common question to ask: 'Why do players hate Shadowlands?'. In this retrospective video I offer a condensed story recap and discuss the systems: Covenants, Torghast, Dungeons, Raids and everything in between to illustrate why Shadowlands was such a disaster and for a lot of players the final nail in the coffin regarding World of Warcraft. In the eyes of some players Shadowlands was simply unforgivable. In this video I'm asking the question: Shadowlands: just HOW bad was it?

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro

1:09 - Story

8:23 - Thoughts on Story

10:53 - Anima & World Quests

13:12 - Borrowed Power, Covenants and 'Pulling the Ripcord'

17:14 - Character Customisation & Thoughts on Identity

19:17 - Zones

23:10 - The Maw

26:51 - Shadowlands Legendaries & Torghast

34:20 - Dungeons, Tazavesh & Quality of Life Changes for Mythic Plus

48:18 - Raids

58:51 - Thoughts on Fated Seasons

1:00:44 - Korthia

1:04:06 - Shards of Domination (Domination Gear)

1:05:45 - Zereth Mortis & Creation Catalyst

1:09:15 - Arthas Menethil

1:11:12 - Sylvanas Windrunner

1:15:49 - Zovaal, The Jailer

1:20:31 - Conclusion/Outro

Full credit of the story recap was taken from mihailoc_4's post on Reddit, which you can read here if you are interested :-
  / short_summary_of_shadowlands_before_the_10...

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