Kaplan: Wrath of the Lich King will be darker, more hardcore
Here’s more news about Wrath of the Lich King, the next expansion for Blizzard‘s World of Warcraft MMORPG, straight from the Leipzig Games Convention. If you’re a long-time Warcraft fanatic, you’ll probably be happy to hear that Northrend will be “a little bit darker and a little bit more Hardcore”, bringing the popular MMO’s vibe closer to that in the original series that spawned it.
Speaking to video game news website CVG, lead game designer Jeffrey Kaplan promised a return to the more “hardcore” roots of World of Warcraft. “It’s kind of a reaction to how high fantasy we got for the last expansion – going to space and some of the stuff that strayed from the feel of Warcraft and some of that hardcore fantasy vibe,” said Kaplan.
Kaplan pointed to the new Death Knight class as an example of how the expansion will do just that. “The Death Knight armour is very dark with spikes and skulls, and then we have the 15-foot tall Vikings who are going to be very prevalent in this cold environment.”
Via CVG
Here’s more news about Wrath of the Lich King, the next expansion for Blizzard‘s World of Warcraft MMORPG, straight from the Leipzig Games Convention. If you’re a long-time Warcraft fanatic, you’ll probably be happy to hear that Northrend will be “a little bit darker and a little bit more Hardcore”, bringing the popular MMO’s vibe closer to that in the original series that spawned it.
Speaking to video game news website CVG, lead game designer Jeffrey Kaplan promised a return to the more “hardcore” roots of World of Warcraft. “It’s kind of a reaction to how high fantasy we got for the last expansion – going to space and some of the stuff that strayed from the feel of Warcraft and some of that hardcore fantasy vibe,” said Kaplan.
Kaplan pointed to the new Death Knight class as an example of how the expansion will do just that. “The Death Knight armour is very dark with spikes and skulls, and then we have the 15-foot tall Vikings who are going to be very prevalent in this cold environment.”
Via CVG
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