World of Warcraft: Legion
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As of Oct 19, 2026, World of Warcraft: Legion is rated 88/100 on Metacritic (66 critic reviews), and 89/100 on OpenCritic (57 critic reviews). Each source is shown in its own units, never blended into one score.
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Is World of Warcraft: Legion worth it in 2026?
World of Warcraft: Legion earned strong critical marks, holding an 88 on Metacritic and an 89 on OpenCritic for revitalizing the veteran MMO. Reviewers praise its substantial additions, highlighting a new hero class alongside features like artifact weapons, class campaigns, and level-scaling across engaging new zones. However, sampled feedback notes notable friction, citing lots of waiting on timers, occasional tedious fetch quests, and world elements that can feel bland by comparison. Despite these persistent pacing snags, the expansion delivers a compelling overhaul for those invested in the game's core progression.
Active and returning players seeking a substantial MMO overhaul featuring a new hero class, artifact weapons, class campaigns, and refreshed leveling zones.
Progression friction, particularly enduring lots of waiting on timers, repetitive collect-and-return quests, and portions of the world that feel comparatively bland.
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Pros
- new hero class4
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- World of Warcraft: Legion adds ten levels, a new zone, and a new hero class to the twelve year old MMO and manages to deliver some of the best content that the game has ever offere...
- After months of missteps, Legion shows World of Warcraft finding its footing again and asserting its relevance after more than a decade. Many elements make this an expansion worth...
- World Of Warcraft Legion is an intensive episode, with epic atmosphere, a new class, dungeons and a brand new continent to discover.
- compelling new content4
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- World of Warcraft: Legion adds ten levels, a new zone, and a new hero class to the twelve year old MMO and manages to deliver some of the best content that the game has ever offere...
- Legion strikes a very good balance between nurturing feelings of the past, while also slaying old beasts and leaving the old world behind. It’s the biggest shake up since Cataclysm...
- World of Warcraft: Legion has learned and acted upon mistakes made by previous expansions to deliver an experience that offers nostalgia alongside compelling new gameplay experienc...
- engaging world zones4
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- World of Warcraft: Legion adds ten levels, a new zone, and a new hero class to the twelve year old MMO and manages to deliver some of the best content that the game has ever offere...
- After months of missteps, Legion shows World of Warcraft finding its footing again and asserting its relevance after more than a decade. Many elements make this an expansion worth...
- World Of Warcraft Legion is an intensive episode, with epic atmosphere, a new class, dungeons and a brand new continent to discover.
- revitalized gameplay4
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- After months of missteps, Legion shows World of Warcraft finding its footing again and asserting its relevance after more than a decade. Many elements make this an expansion worth...
- World of Warcraft: Legion proves that Blizzard still has enough tricks up its sleeve to keep WoW relevant more than a decade after its initial release.
- Legion injects excitement into a game that for the past year has survived on being better than most.
Cons
- waiting on timers1
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- Class campaigns, artifact weapons, and level-scaling make Legion feel like an entirely different game. Lots of waiting on timers.
- bland world elements1
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- Legion succeeds at making you feel important, even if Azeroth itself sometimes feels bland by comparison.
- tedious fetch quests1
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- I won’t deny that some of the quests still whittled me down with the tedious ‘run here, collect ten X, and run back’, but those are few and far between…
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