This automated matchmaking tool, introduced roughly a year into the original Wrath of the Lich King's two-year lifespan, changed the course of Blizzard's MMO forever. There is no greater example of this than the Dungeon Finder. Instead, Wrath of the Lich King Classic is in many ways "Wrath of the Lich King: GOAT Edition." Players simply do not play games the same way they did back in 2004, and modern hardware and internet have made some aspects of how the nearly two decade-old MMO plays no longer necessary.Īrmed with the knowledge of hindsight and with nearly 20 years of WoW history to learn from, Blizzard was not content with simply re-releasing the original Wrath of the Lich King as it was. The "no changes" plan worked for a time, but it quickly became apparent that nearly two decades after the original release of WoW, some changes needed to be made.
It was a mostly no-changes approach that the WoW Classic team used when it re-released the original, vanilla version of the MMO in 2019, which by all accounts seems to have been a much bigger success than even Blizzard predicted.
Nostalgia is a powerful tool, and too many changes could ruin what players remembered about playing the original. Now Playing: World of Warcraft Classic - Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic Announcement Trailerīlizzard had two options for this year's re-release of the expansion, Wrath of the Lich King Classic: Keep Wrath of the Lich King largely as it was, or introduce changes. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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