Do you think at some point in the future blizzard would try to update the game engine? If that would even be possible. WoW really shows it’s age compared to these newer MMOs coming out on unreal engine etc.
I know they have done some updates here and there but I’m talking about a total revamp. If they could pull it off I think it would benefit the game and keep it looking modern. Also I think it would allow them to add things to the game that they might not have been able to due to limitations with an older engine. What do you guys think?
They do update the engine periodically and killing off WoW’s style for a generic “looks exactly the same as every other UE fantasy game” look would be a poor idea.
WoW will probably never get a massive engine overhaul, bits and pieces will be updated as they need to be.
WoW2 - in the unlikely event that it ever happens - would probably use a new engine.
I don’t think blizz will ever do a wow2 though, sequels to mmos don’t do well.
I could see them doing a heavy engine revamp, but contrary to what many mean when they say “upgrade to a new engine”, the artstyle isn’t going to shift to some pseudophotorealistic thing in the process. It’d just look like one of Blizzard’s other cartoony games with a more advanced engine, like Overwatch.
EK, Kalimdor, Outland, and Northrend would benefit immensely from just having their unclimbable tall dirt mount “mountains” and “cliffs” reworked into actual mountains and cliffs like we’ve seen in Kul Tiras and Zandalar.
What “modern” MMOs are you even looking at? I don’t think a single one is actually going for realism. More realistic than WoW, sure, but not realism.
Or maybe it just doesn’t seem like they are because they don’t look that good because MMOs pretty much have to be limited in that department to function well. Idk.
