If this was a book, I would want something that made me want to turn the page. Something to keep me interested. The whole premise of Shadowlands is that Sylvanas and the Jailer want to break the machine of death for …reasons. We were told back in BFA that there was a ‘morally grey’ reason behind the burning of Teldrassil.
Right now, its just a trail of bread crumbs. If Shadowlands was a book, it would have gone on the DNF pile because the author couldn’t commit to moving the plot forward.
The current story is like something a child would tell.
There was this lady called Sylvanas who did something bad, except it wasn’t really bad. Another lady called Tyrande and got mad and got her dads shot gun out the cupboard. Then her Mum said she shouldn’t be angry and took the shotgun away. AND theres this really awesome guy who is like really bad and he did some stuff and his brothers don’t like him any more. He’s going to the magic cave of awesomeness to do some cool stuff. AND THEN there were dread lords and they looked cool and stuff. AND there’s another really cool guy that we go in and rescue and he’s got magic powers, he’s going to help us make new badges for all the guys that don’t like the bad guy and… if I write really big I can fill up the page and hand in my homework.
There is very little depth to any of it, and its a shame because Blizzard in the past have been capable of telling a decent story. It’s never been Tolkien level but its been OK,