WoW classic was Blizzard’s attempt at letting their player base relive the memories and nostalgia of the base game that was released in
2004. With mind-blowingly difficult enemies that force group
coordination, quests that make you question your skill and lack of quest
markers, WoW Classic is the hard mode of the retail version of World of
Warcraft that is out today.
When the game was released in 2019, the result paled in comparison to what was expected; many expected a hundred thousand players maximum
to join the grounds, but instead millions of die-hard fans flocked in to
replay their favorite MMO from their childhood. The numbers almost
reach one million players upon release with millions of viewers actively
taking part in streams relating to the game.
World of Warcraft Classic is the original World of Warcraft, with a few minor tweaks and adjustments to make it more playable in the current
era of gaming. The art, the text and the NPCs are all left untouched
from the original launch. The developer team has also opted to keep
certain bugs that were in the original WoW, thereby making World of
Warcraft Classic extremely similar to it both in feel and playability.
The gameplay is however a bit different from the modern retail version of WoW, players do not have to worry about many status effects
such as interrupts, purges and dispels that did not exist at the time;
instead players are advised to be more selective in their talent tree,
as it matters a lot more in WoW classic when compared with the modern
retail version.
Mobs and monsters are not easy to defeat in WoW classic when it is compared with the modern version of WoW. The monsters hit hard and since
they do not scale, it is very tough for beginners, on most occasions
they will out-level your character. Hit rating is back in WoW classic,
and in general, you have a higher tendency to end up dead.
It is challenging, WoW classic is so much more challenging than the modern retail version of WoW. The original vanilla game was hard and
difficult and that has been preserved in WoW classic, which could be
both an upside and a downside.
This is what made WoW popular in the first place. What you see, experience and feel in WoW Classic is what made it the most played
MMORPG in the world. These are the elements that combined together to be
that fantastic title that millions of players loved over the years; and
that is why WoW Classic is that much good. It is time tested, players
loved the concept back then and so they continue to do now in 2020.
It is also not a hidden fact that players that play WoW Classic are actually older than most gaming communities in the world, this is mostly
because WoW Classic is actually a revamp of a really old game, so most
of the players that come to enjoy it are old as the game itself. This
brings forth a more mature community that understands the game
thoroughly preventing any form of unnecessary friction and toxicity.
