10 Video Game Decisions You Immediately Regret Making

5. Horde Or Alliance (World Of Warcraft)

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If you're going to spend the next 700 hours of your life ensorcelled within a digital realm, you'd best take your time picking your house colours.

That was the dilemma facing World of Warcraft subscribers migrating to Azeroth back in 2004, who were presented with the tricky choice of the Alliance's band of differently shaped humans or the Horde's, um, horde of otherworlders and outsiders.

Warcraft lore dictated it wasn't even as easy as Alliance = Heroes and Horde = Villains. Throughout the series' chronology, the plight of the misunderstood albeit bloodthirsty Orcs is explored in as much detail as the arrogant pomposity of the supposedly virtuous humans. Where your sympathies lie largely depends on your tolerance for green skin.

A simple aesthetic choice was just as tough. The undeniable, fan-art baiting coolness of the druidic Night Elves is matched by the Undead's skeletal shuffling, whilst the steampunk gadgetry of Gnomeregan's exiled crew is comparable to the low-key nobility of peaceful cowmen the Tauren.

And what about lore? The Alliance side has Stormwind and all of Azeroth's key assets, but the Forsaken call the ruins of Lordaeron their home. Ultimately, the only answer is to roll a rogue, and tour the world under a cloak of invisibility.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.