Ive never played WOW, should i try it?

In all seriousness, it's probably not a healthy life choice. You may end up loving it, and if so, it can consume you. If you don't love it, you wasted your time and money. Kind of a lose-lose in my opinion.

Incredibly massive game with YEARS of content, it will consume you.

If you've never played it you will love it. Almost 2 decades of content and if you want to see what it used to be like you can play classic. You don't have to mythic raid to get a lot out of WoW anymore either.

I’ve never played it but can tell you don’t do it. MMOs are life ruiners. Seems like something that should only be played when you retire lol

WoW is not some kind of drug that you'll get an addiction to if you try it

It's not necessarily the type of game that you can "play through" once and put down. It's a live service game like Destiny or The Division where they're constantly adding new content, and the real meat of the game is tackling the hardest content with groups of real players.

WoW was always one of the more casual MMORPGs and is even more so now. You'll have to devote some time if you want to min/max your build, grind for best-in-slot gear, and complete the bleeding edge raid content, but if you don't care about any of that, you can see virtually everything the game has to offer as a solo player.

That said, in 2020, I'd recommend both FFXIV and ESO as superior products to WoW. WoW has been on a downward trajectory since Wrath of the Lich King, and Blizzard isn't the studio they once were.

Like everyone here has said - there is a possibility that it will suck you in...

I've played since launch and no game will ever touch the hours (days now) I've logged. It didn't almost ruin my life per say, but I've had school troubles, relationship issues, and lazy issues throughout my years playing it though. More so in the early years of playing (Classic-WOTLK). As I got older it didn't effect me as much though. Everyone's different, however.

With that being said I wont' tell anyone not to play it though. In it's current game state, it's not too grindy if you want to be casual and you can get a lot done with just a few sit downs a week. I play two nights a week now because I'm married with kids and still feel like I accomplish something.

I would NORMALLY suggest starting with classic, but for the above reasons I would go retail. If you don't have the time to grind to 60 and do end game stuff I don't particularly feel Classic is worth it, but with that being said I've already done it countless times so the level 60 grind is the chore for me.. for a new player it may be amazing. Classic can consume you because the more you play the more you accomplish because it takes time to earn things.

WoW is a great game that gets memed a lot but I've had some great experiences and met friends I still chat with daily - even met some IRL. It's a shell of what it once was but still fun to play and probably the best MMO of all time.. it's success will be hard to touch. It will be be a sad day when/if the servers close down one day.

TLDR: Play the game, try it out! I suggest Retail but can't go wrong with Classic but it's grindy (but rewarding). Play responsibly!

New expansion will be out in a few months.

I'm currently 11/12 M. Working on nzoth now.