While the internet abounds with press releases, developer diaries, and a plethora of information on world the hot ticket for those who want to know the game is the closed Beta. When playing the closed Beta you don't just play a buggy game with unfinished everything, you play parts of the game that the developers want to test, from quests in a particular zone to city sieges at level 40 and of course they have systems to let you make characters of the particular level and type that is being tested. On top of this testing a five or so question survey pops up after you do things asking you to rate whatever you just did. It seems EA Mythic wants to listen to their players.
Graphics While many reviewers are lauding the WARs art, the current graphics are taking a bit of slag out there. Yes they are plastic, flat, and a little cartoony, but as anyone who knows about game art could tell you, it is unfinished and most importantly unlit. Already the Animation is smoother than then a lot of current MMOs and the art style is grittier, grimmer, and, if you can predict the future lighting, Darker with a lot more contrast.
WAR vs. WoW: The Snake eats its own Tail