Honestly, the problems with WoW’s writing are there no matter what tone they try to go with. Blizzard just isn’t good at crafting interesting storylines and characters that aren’t cardboard cutouts. I don’t even remember the name of the dwarf that sacrificed himself in TWW, nor do I remember the “stay and listen” monologues about him because I just…didn’t care. If anything, it felt slightly embarrassing that I was even expected to. I felt no connection to the character, no connection to the story, and no stake in what was going on.
But it was exactly like this when they tried to ride the post-GoT dark fantasy craze: Blizzard trying to deliver on the big emotional beats that everyone loves in other popular media, but not having the patience or subtlety to craft a narrative competent enough to get to that point. They want the payoff without having to do the buildup.
Very much so… the storylines are just too soft and playful. I wanna see meaningful death and murder, well written betrayals and I want some doom n gloom… I want the atmosphere to scream, “we’re all going to die” and please… good dialogue.
Maybe Metzen will turn it around since he was the original art guy responsible for the edgier tone in the past.
It doesn’t need to be completely grimdark like warhammer or whatever, warcraft always had whimsical stuff on top of the edgier things, but it’s definitely gone too far in that direction and is very feminized now.
yea, a perfect allegory of what real gamers have been saying about the de-evolution of gaming in ‘modern times’: Rainbow Six.
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Yea for me I just really want some more grim edgier tones added to the game again. Dalaran getting destroyed was a great start but it fell off a bit after that until towards the end of the hallowfall campaign. I feel the game really needs a bit of gore or death again in the main story. There’s some solid side quests especially in hallowfall and ajkahet but overall the main tone of the game last two xpacs is way to whimsical and cartoony for my liking. Like even the last few store mounts they put out are way to bright and colorful and don’t feel like they belong in Wow at all. Like I can’t even picture my paladin riding on a weird flying rainbow cobra. Like what? Add in some cool off faction mounts to the store at least. Like they could do a scarlet crusade themed charger or something with some undead heads hanging off it as trophies. Or like a cool HD undead dragon for dks like they did for the wrath promotion. But no we got a rainbow flying cobra and a weird dragon that’s also a tree that flys. Went on a bit of a rant there but yea.
Wow I guess I never noticed that. But still my point stands. They could have made them way cooler. I’ve seen like 3 people in game actually use those mounts. It’s gotta be like less than 2% of the playerbase that likes them.
you’ll probably find that barring mounts with utility, most mounts will only be used by a small percentage of the playerbase. also, is this really what we’re getting up in arms about? among the earliest store mounts were a golden asian dragon and a pegasus made from stardust. wow has never been grittier than goofy
They thought their aging player base could get their children and teen to play WoW, but the truth is WoW is such a mediocre new player experience coupled with a monthly fee , LMAO, in 2025 that nobody under the age of like 20 is playing this atrocity when such better free to play game are available and offer a much better live service than WoW retail does. So now we’re stuck with childish artwork and there’s nothing to be done.
