Of course other fantasy rules are also applied to the game apart from the world you walk in. Creatures, magic, factions, classes, it is all there. Things like dragons, ogres gnomes and other fantasy creatures roam Azeroth. And in the game there is the battle between good and evil, which is played out by the Horde and the Alliance. The fun is that as a game player you can choose if you want to be good or evil.  Okay, so the rules that are followed are rahter universal and the type of game is not unique as well, but the way the rules are applied and the story is written and played is what makes it stand out and have people talking and writting about it.

The thing that makes this game unique is the large background that was created and developed specificly for it with the addition of the expansion packs.So you see, World of Warcraft follows a theme with a set of rules seen in many fantasy games, books and movies. But still it is very unique and attracts a lot of gamers around the world. It is the storyline that gives it this uniqueness.