World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Still early, so just an initial review. The new continent is pretty and the character models look very good. Quest lines are almost always nicely grouped and streamlined, although for some reason they still have the occasional random drop quest which can drive you insane if you're unlucky. While there is an underlying story, thankfully they don't make you do everything sequentially (I generally skip ahead to the next zone whenever I level). I did the new starter zone for pandas after getting to 90, and was a little disappointed that it didn't feel unique compared to the new continent (minor gripe; you're only there for an hour or two). As for pvp, I love the new temple bg as it has nonstop fighting. The new mine bg is okay. Regarding pve, I've only done a couple of dungeons; in my limited experience it seems like they've (thankfully) gone back to easier and quicker runs. I barely ran anything last expansion as they were often time consuming and could be wipefests with poor groups. The new concept of scenarios is a bonus; fairly quick, any group makeup, etc., although the rewards aren't great so I'm not sure there's much lasting value. Probably worth noting that one rather nice change for casuals is that most daily quests now give valor, which means in a month of this expansion I'll have more valor pieces than I got in two years of the last one.