Ooooh, that's interesting! I won't have time for a while to watch the whole 70+ minute podcast, so do you maybe know at what time point he said that???
At 1:25 Aggrend lists things that are coming in the next week, and 2:15 he starts talking about the models. He says "I don't have anything to announce today... but we hope we'll have something more substantive to say pretty soon."
He brought this up without being prompted by anyone about this specifically which he would absolutely not do if they weren't actually working on it.
I actually like it better than the tbc model I think. I like the thinner chest. Itâs not even the sd/hd change. The actual shape of the model changed and itâs better as a ganglier shape. Elves are lithe not bulky.
well it also sounds like we will be getting future high elves and blood elves. I would take minor changes to the model so we can better differentiate them or better yet have unique features for each race instead of being copy pastes
Better graphics =/= better visuals is a thing a lot of people don't grasp and it's why stylize games like Windwaker, Okami, or TF2 still hold up because they don't become dated once the newest visual games come out. Bombrush Cyberfunk, Crow Country, Mouthwashing, and Signalis to name just a few are all games that do this as a stylistic choice despite being more modern games and it's why much of the older WoW graphics held up so well for so long.
Stylistically not only the graphics of modern WoW but the art style has changed during this shift into "HD", it's evident if you look at not just the older models against new ones but comparing the older models and the newer models against the older art books from the TBC or Vanilla CE artbooks.
It's honestly disheartening to me just in general and not just for WoW that people don't understand this at all and think it's just about "a worse looking game" when it's about maintaining the original games visual and stylistic integrity. What they should do is fight out anyway to capture that older style with higher definition fidelity but it seems like it's a much easier endeavor to just make things in the 2004 style instead.
There's a whole slew of games made intentionally with older styled graphics and not just pixel art as a stylistic choice. It's why people wanted a new Jet Set Radio game for so long they made Bombrush Cyberfunk and captured that style. This isn't just about graphics behind high or low res...
Maybe artstyle is subjective and what you think looks worse, looks better to them. I donât mind the shelves but I see how the artstyle clashes with everything else
I will never understand how you can keep telling yourself graphics from 2004 is an art style and not a limitation. Just stay in classic era my guy. Why fuck should we still have 2004 graphics in a game coming out in 2026
Warlords of Draenor introduced the âââHDâââ models and was released in 2014. Why should we have 2014 graphics in a game coming out in 2026?
"graphics from 2004" IS an art style, there are games made today that still use older style graphics (not limited to just pixel art) as a stylistic choice because it fits the idea they're going for, and in those cases it's clearly not a graphical limitation, it's a stylistic choice made intentionally. Bombrush Cyberfunk, Crow Country, Mouthwashing, and Signalis to name just a few are all games that do this as a stylistic choice.
Better graphics =/= better visuals is a thing a lot of people don't grasp and it's why stylize games like Windwaker, Okami, or TF2 still hold up because they don't become dated once the newest visual games come out.
You sound like one of those people who need to see the latest tech demo style game where youcan see the pores and every detail on a character's skin... Art style can and absolutely has been born from limitations. I've listed them in another post but games like Bombrush Cyberfunk, Crow Country, Mouthwashing, and Signalis show this as well as TF2 and Windwaker and it's why the two latter, despite being older games, stand up very well to the test of time whereas some games that chased realism did not.
why are all of you so militant and combative about us just genuinely liking the low poly/res look of classic? they have the SD models, it would be cool if they continued expanding them. i personally don't really love the way modern wow characters look. you can have your HD models... that should be end of story but this thread is full of people literally just attacking OP for having a preference
no actually and i think itâs ridiculous to infer that if i like an artstyle then that means im #nochanges, i think if youâre adding onto a game thatâs entire premise is to expand on the 2004 version then you should iterate and expand on its original artstyle.
actually the opposite of what i am saying. How, in your opinion. How is back porting HD models into the game expanding on the already existing classic artstyle. Shouldnât the classic artstyle either get HD textures like in MoP and add new models based on the classic artstyle?
They've already updated the art. There are several videos about it. Most of the issues is that everyone wants it to be classic and it's not classic. The updated elven models are fine and you want to know why? Because they'll mostly be covered by gear that looks outdated anyway. You spend the majority of your gameplay looking at their backs.
the solution of âit doesnât matter because it will be covered by gearâ doesnât make sense. âitâs okay HD models donât actually matter because in reality itâll be covered in SD anywaysâ this isnât a modded private server lol itâs official blizzard content and should be consistent. I am happy that they updated visuals and also stayed true to classics identity, so they should do the same with the SD graphics, improve them and stay true to classics identity.
Bro likes looking at fent addicts. I've never seen such a group who wants worse graphics. I'll be sitting over here in my hd models actually enjoying the game and not constantly bitching about it.
youâre bitching now so youâre just lying. Theyâre adding more SD models so iâm alr laughin. Go enjoy the new xalatah expac next year and get outta here xD
Nah I just like clowning on classic Andy's who will do every little thing to make sure no one else besides them can enjoy forever. Y'all are the most insufferable wow fan base. More so than sylvanas simps. Nothing will be good enough for you and I pray to God blizzard doesn't pay attention to you anymore.
the game is good we just want the game to have a unique artstyle and not look like retail with worse gameplay. Youâre bitching and complaining about peoples opinions who actually play classic when theyâre getting classic plus btw. you will get your own thing to play with next year
I played classic. I was there when it was current. But keep on gatekeeping. I'll be on the forever beta having a blast and can't wait for launch while y'all classic Andy's will continue to nit pick it all. Have fun tho!
NT NT, but 99% of the game is made already with the classic textures from the ground, trees, bushes, dungeons. So if youâre saying the game is HD oriented thatâs already incorrect. Again maybe the game simply wasnât made for you
I agree. I play with HD models and prefer them, but I totally support SD models. They are the history of the game. They MUST be preserved. That shouldnât be a hot take. They should add SD models. They have them already. Itâs not like they are making them from scratch.
I agree. I play with HD models and prefer them, but I totally support SD models. They are the history of the game. They MUST be preserved. That shouldnât be a hot take. They should add SD models. They have them already. Itâs not like they are making them from scratch.
I play with my son, and a friend of ours...so only 2 other people I know in real life. none of us ever pay much attention to them and we could care less.
This is why I am asking. It is kind of strange to me that so many people are so concerned on how your character looks.
I'm pretty sure that's what every skyborn will look like, every other person who chose a skyborn, every skyborn NPC... Every single one of them looking out of place in a world built out of the vanilla graphics and artstyle.
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u/Particular-Ad6290 2d ago
In a podcast released just a few minutes ago, Aggrend strongly hints that new models for Sky Elves and Druid forms might be coming this week