Azeroth, thousands of players in one world, alliances and rivalries that last for years, and a profile that fits the legend.

What strikes first is attachment: World of Warcraft lands ahead of 86% of games when you ask what people cling to most, and it's its most solid line, backed by a few more votes than the others. Controller feel climbs even higher, ahead of nearly 90% of titles. Rediscovery follows, above seven games in ten. Fun settles in the middle. The one slip is the art style, behind two thirds of games. There's the tension: a world you hold onto viscerally, but whose cartoon look splits people. Keep in mind most of these lines rest on one or two votes.

Against other MMOs, it tracks: the genre feeds on attachment and invested time more than on visual punch, and WoW is the archetype.

So who's it for? You, if you love a world that becomes a second home, bonds woven over time, an endless adventure. A lot less so if you put art direction at the very top of your criteria.