A World Revamp for World of Warcraft is Long Overdue

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World of Warcraft first launched in 2004, and the game has begun to show its age. Many of the older zones across Azeroth are still utilizing old assets and textures that are in desperate need of a facelift. Azeroth has evolved over the years with the World of Warcraft story, and gaming technology has also advanced majorly. However, Azeroth looks almost exactly like how it did after the last world revamp in 2010. The world is just waiting for another large overhaul, and it is time for Blizzard to deliver.

New zones in World of Warcraft are usually well put together and feature some pretty nice models surrounded by fancy textures. The Shadowlands are engrossing and really represent what the team is capable of creating. That illusion is quickly broken when players return to older zones across Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms as these zones are filled with dated textures, older models, and a style that is very reminiscent of 2010. It makes sense that a game that has been running this long may have some rougher corners, but Blizzard needs to work on updating the landscape across Azeroth to make it look more like the current content.

Warcraft: The Creation of the Alliance

World of Warcraft is no stranger to world revamps as it got a major facelift for the game's third expansion pack Cataclysm. Deathwing the Destroyer laid waste to Azeroth and caused a huge upheaval in the landscape. Giant chasms were formed in the center of zones, volcanoes billowed lava across others, and an entire zone became an ocean. It completely changed the lands of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, and the game never looked back. Gone was the classic world of Azeroth that was introduced in 2004, and it was replaced by a new world that looked very