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WoW to get graphical overhaul?
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 19th May 2008
Blizzard is constantly considering a complete graphical reboot for World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft producer J. Allen Brack said that a complete reworking of the graphics in the game is needed and is probably going to happen in the future.
Brack confirmed that Wrath of the Lich King will enable some extra effects for high-end gamers, but that it will not include a full reboot of the graphics for the entire game. That reboot is definitely being discussed though.
"That's actually something we talk about every expansion," he said. "I'm positive we'll talk about it next expansion."
However, Brack did say that such reboots had not been successful for other MMOs in the past and that games like Ultima Online and Everquest had actually been damaged by the process.
"A lot of people continued to play with the original client, because it was faster, or they preferred it, or were just used to it or whatever," he said. "And so for me as a game developer, the idea that we would spend so much time and energy on something and have people go, 'meh, that's not really for me,' that's not very exciting."
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Personally im all for it, i like the gameplay and the graphics dont bother me so if they feel like changing go for it i say.
I'd want to see it, but I don't see it making me want to play it. Eh. Could be interesting to see, if anything.
Alternatively have an "Enable next generation content" option in display options like Tomb Raider Legend
The key being interoperability and choice of use!
If it's a ploy to get new players it won't work for long: anyone who jumps on the wagon these days finds out very quickly that there is an almost insurmountable gear hump at the high end of the game. They'd be much better off working on a new game and letting this one just become a refuge of people who have been playing since before BC.
Yep. Back when I used to play on my radeon 9600xp I would always get a some VERY seriously slowdown..especially in the suppression room in Blackwing Lair.
In regards to a new graphical 'style' .. I think that's a mistake.. I like their style the way it is... this is purely a subjective topic.. a lot of people will have widely different opinions here, but I think that it's better left to WoW2 as well.
And as well as that, the hardware reqs are not set in stone anyway. They are higher now than before the expansion, i know at least one person who had to upgrade his PC just to run the expansion pack
the only thing that'd need to stay the same is the raw terrain data: ie. they could add higher quality meshes as well as bigger textures, but the pathfinding ability of the game would need to be the same in both graphical versions... (if that makes sense)
yeh, you'll need like a geforce 3 to run it :O
Was it? lol :p
The fact 80% of the player base is running on something close to minimum says it all really
Id expect to see starcraft 2 have some very low system requirements. Since blizzard wants to sell to mass market. Not 1% of it with uber kill systems