Installing Wrath of the Lich King: What to Expect

So, the natural follow-on to my unboxing video was to actually install Wrath. What's the experience like?

Well, for one thing, the game coming on DVD gets rid of all that tedious disk-swapping that you got with vanilla WoW and the Burning Crusade.

Here's how it goes:

No guesses as to who the main boss of the Expansion is, then…

Then, there's a language choice screen, and you're thrown into the main install. And that's the really interesting bit, because the install tells a story:

Yes. the install package tells you the story of Arthas' life, and how he became the Lich King, concluding with this screen:

And that's a really interesting place to finish, because the first thing that happens when you run the game (after upgrading your account. And redoing the 3.02 patch. Oh, and the 3.03 patch…) is that you go into the intro movie that starts right where that little narrative leaves off.

The story of Arthas is front and centre in this Expansion, and suddenly they've got me very interested to see how it plays out across the three content patches they have planned…