World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Screenshots

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  okay thanks, will do! : pigvomit
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    Yep. Time for me to pick up Generic_FPS_4. Lets see, shall it be set in a WW2 theme, alien planet or squa... : mustaine
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      I'm not angry, I'm just trolling ;) This coming from a former lev60 paladin with full lightforge gear. ... : kainen1
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        well there's lots more to explore and see if you only had full lightforge : jane911
        • you can explore the whole gameworld (except for raid stuff) way before getting full lightforge or any oth... : yuried
• News Flash: We can play more than one game at a time. : Sapiens
• IAWTP. People used to complain about MMO grindfests prior to WoW. WoW offers that very same gameplay, and... : johnny skidmarks
• WoW is still pretty fun to play. Also I'm on a Mac, so I don't have much to choose from in the mmorpg ge... : crinos

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• Eh, I've been in a few epic battles in WoW. Like when theres 50+ ppl on each side duking it out. Super ... : crinos
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  I want pvp server w/o the battlegrounds. I miss the good ol' days raiding IF and other cities/towns. T... : Wombat Woo
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    When I used to play a year ago, the raids between Tarren Mill and Southshore were always fun. Plus it se... : crinos
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      Menethil Harbour is always under attack : te[R]ror
      • Not to mention poor Astranaar, that place is always getting the shit kicked out of it! : Roofus

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  yes - random babble to meet 10 letters : imperator
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    You can just hit space a bunch of times. : rudds
    • YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 : silverlinkx2
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  the warcraft (specially wow) games visuals were always saved by the art but even that cant save the looks... : Hoax
  • of course in game it always looks much better because the art in motion is beautiful to behold. wow is li... : italiano3d

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  Oblivian also is a single player game so yeah those are always going to have better graphics. : Chod
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    eq2 with everything on max defies that theory very well. To bad its got bad art. : italiano3d
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      Art is graphics so yes sorry my theory wasn't deflated. Plus as others mentioned Oblivion just came out ... : Chod
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        Graphics and art are two very different things but are merged together. Graphics can make art. Art is gra... : italiano3d
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          And in the case of EQ2 graphics might be better technically speaking but fails miserably in the design de... : L0opet
          • thats basically what i was saying =) : italiano3d
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        Other MMOs have done graphic upgrades with expansions. : yourname00
        • isn't this expansion was supposed to increase the polycounts (double?) of all the mobs/players/npcs/ and ... : pyide
        • They also generally do that years later. UO for example took almost 4 years before any sort of major up... : Chod
      • No, not really, graphics refers more to how it renders the art assets than the art assets themselves, a g... : Toraz Chryx
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      EQ2 on max defies nothing since the game runs like ass. If anything that game makes a perfect point as to... : Lyric Suite
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        Nah I play EQ2 on high settings (not max) and I haven't got a top end machine x850 xt, even for PVP it ru... : yourname00
        • Well, to be fair i was talking about release, by now i guess the game isn't much of an hardware hog anymo... : Lyric Suite
• yeah it really does look like ass in comparison : alexthegreat2
• I don't think its a fair comparison for two reasons. 1) Oblivian is brand new. Wow has been out sinc... : carazy
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  IA, why can't there be a good graphics mmorpg. EQ2 has shaders but idiotic art direction, WoW looks like ... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • Looking at these and other burning crusade screenshots I don't see whats so good about WoWs art direction... : yourname00
• Hi apple, meet an orange. : geedeck
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  WoW graphics were always terrible, ever since the first screenshot came out. Final Fantasy had better gra... : tomatoactivator
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    I think this is the first time I've read someone saying they were "terrible". I absolutely love them. ... : te[R]ror
    • He's talking about the graphics not the art. WoW graphics look like ass, the square/jagged low poly count... : 69shots
• I was waiting for this post. : mystifier
• I love the style of WoW, don't dig on the realistic look of Oblivion or EQ2. Just doesn't cut it, I see ... : jhof

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  I am not expecting better graphics, I am expecting better or equal ART. This artwork pales in comparisio... : deathofrats
  • From the screenshots released so far, I have to agree. : Ratsofatsorat
• Mythic released a new graphics engine with each retail expansion. Guess they broke the deal with expansio... : johnny skidmarks
• When it comes to mmorpg's, I think it's in the best interest of dev's to not let the game scale to graphi... : Wombat Woo
• They just added weather. They change graphics effects with many of the patches. Are they going to incr... : Topaz

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  you fuckers are relentless... what the fuck is wrong with you all? OMG 'I am here in my private widdle wo... : eskimo spy
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    they can't handle the social contact : AllYourBase
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=41526 : Ebu
• the oblivion thread is over 700 replies LOL : odin318
• But then I have to take screenshots of my gear and post for you guys here to see. Oblivion is too inconve... : te[R]ror

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• I thought the same when I saw that shot. Barrens 2.0. Thank god...because the first barrens wasn't la... : gnoleb
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  I thought the GW guys left Blizzard ages ago. Or was there a more recent exodus to arena.net? Anyway, : node
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    um i believe hes talking about the people in the expansion team whom were rumored to be being woo'ed over... : italiano3d
    • Well both actually. I know a lot of folks left because Blizzard lied about royalties they were going to ... : deathofrats
• http://blue.cardplace.com/cache/wow-general/7682603.htm might indicate otherwise. : Sapiens

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  Really depends on why you played WoW to begin with... After having played MMOs for a while, singleplayer... : yAak
  • A MMO could never compete with a real RPG, but with semi-RPG like Oblivion i can see why some people pref... : Lyric Suite

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• Because they're designed to work on systems dating back to the mid 90s. A better question is, why is WoW ... : Avatar
• Because you have your detail sliders turned down? : Sapiens

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  HAD it's own style. Tell me, in those screenshots, where does it show any of the style they once had? : deathofrats
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    "in those screenshots" yes... they are poor representations. Lots of the other expansion screens look g... : pigvomit
    • The layout of the trees and other foliage is an example of style. World elements arent just placed anywhe... : johnny skidmarks
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    The game is still pretty and lush to me. Sure it's not Oblivion level graphics, but remember when we alwa... : mystifier
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      But no one has ever held the illusion that most MMOs have what anyone would call "good" gameplay. : Vincent Grayson
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        Define gameplay? For me, I absolutely love playing it, the graphics are just icing on the cake. That's al... : mystifier
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          do you really enjoy playing the game or is it the social aspects involved in being in a guild and the sta... : alexthegreat2
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            Isn't it all the same really? Its like asking someone if they like to play monopoly or just the social a... : pigvomit
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              Of course it's a perfectly valid reason to play it. But I wouldn't call it gameplay. Just semantics I g... : alexthegreat2
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                The way your character interacts with others is one of the core parts of the MMOG gameplay experience. I... : spl
                • Well as I said it's essentially a semantic difference but the point was that there is a difference betwee... : alexthegreat2
          • I play to kill the bosses and get their loots. Scored 25 epics since November! : Avatar
        • I love "gameplay" arguments. Pac-man had gameplay. You gobble dots, ghosts, and fruit. Thats all, yet ... : pigvomit
  • hahaha what : Downforce
  • They still have it, it's readily apparent in the Screenshots. Those Blood Elves look like something out o... : graceofdragons
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  I agree. And stop brining up EQ2 about MMO Graphics. 1 the Art Style makes any of the graphics achievment... : graceofdragons
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    EQ2 looks good. Deal. WoW did well because it's simplified and Blizzard has had a rabid following for ... : Ebu
    • So is the fucking WoW hate. Groundless wow hate. I bought EQ2, tried to play it, but the graphics didn... : graceofdragons
    • my eq2 hate is more of the "first impressions can last a lifetime" variety. I bought it on launch, got t... : pigvomit
• well a graphical upgrade would not be unprecedented.. I think DAOC had a nice upgrade midway or so throug... : alexthegreat2
• werd ia, blizzard put alot of really nice art direction into that game. : wetard
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  so apparently no one is ever allowed to comment on how the game looks. : tomatoactivator
  • well if you do, don't sound like this: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11911745 : pigvomit

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• They are pouty, snobbish, emo bastards. They fit right into the horde. : pigvomit

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• Yeah, I really enjoy the quality servers they created. Top-notch for over a year! : bwine

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  I'd wager 1-59 WoW is as fun as Oblivion. To this day, the undead starting areas and instances are some o... : johnny skidmarks
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    yeah, but it looks like a kids game : odin318
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      So do all Nintendo games, and people still play them. And to be honest, I think WoW looks great, especial... : johnny skidmarks
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        anisotropy? : odin318
        • texture details. crank it and the textures look really nice. : johnny skidmarks
        • Anisotropic filtering (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filtering). Its a texture filtering met... : Judicus
    • You need to try better than that. : pigvomit
    • weak. : grendel
    • 0 / 10 on the Troll scale. : Chod
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      lol i no it likes like crap compared to xbox!!!!11 I can't wait to the mods for oblivion where you play ... : Mr.SEX
      • hells yeah! : pigvomit
      • also you use guns : Mr.SEX

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  explain for those of us that barely made it over level 40 and never went back. : Hoax
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    the shadowcraft set is used by rogues. so its possible the BE race could play as a rogue. Which would m... : jedi_27
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      k thx. so its nothing spectatular. : Hoax
      • spectacular. goddamnit : Hoax
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  BE's will be Warrior, Rogue, Mage, Lock, Hunter Although I wouldn't be surpised if instead of Hunter the... : Crimsonbeak
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    They'll Deffinatley be Priest in addition. Every Race is Capable of Warrior and Priest to meet demand. Is... : graceofdragons
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      Taurens cannot be priests. : Chod
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        Neither can Orcs or Gnomes. : nakedsavage
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          True, I forgot about Orcs and Gnomes, been out of game too long. Taurens get druids though. I still go... : graceofdragons
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            Druids != priests : Ebu
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              hahahaha : graceofdragons
              • Don't laugh at them, they can't help it :( : Ebu
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    they get to be a hunter! but the human race still does not!!! LAME : jedi_27
    • yeah, i never understood that. first character i tried to make in the beta and retail were human hunters ... : pyide

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  Thank you for telling us what we can and can not say. I appreciate having someone like you to help me rea... : Ebu
  • But he's right dude. : gmoney
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  When Fanboys Bleed: The Don't Say Anything About Burning Crusade Edition : thebigbeefsandwich
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    I think you kind of missed the point. I'm not saying the game is perfect; it's not. I'm not saying th : Sapiens
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      well then start something stimulating. There isn't any other discussion here so apparantly people are in... : alexthegreat2
      • I don't know, "shut up retards" stimulated me pretty thoroughly. : Sapiens

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• You mean those angsty anime rejects? : moogle
• lol, ouch! : Skai-kun

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• only on the outside.. : g0nk

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  Fucking Warlocks. : Crimsonbeak
  • IAWTP oh wait... : creep
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  NOC? Yet you cared enough to make this post -_- Funny stuff, btw! : pyide
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    yeah. i don't care if you hate the game, or the game fucked your sister, or its the worst thing that eve... : grendel
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      sorry, but that is a ridiculous idea to me. why not make posting your dislike or hate for any game in a : pyide
      • Hi. World of Warcraft sucks. Go flame on b.net boards blizzardkiddie. Have fun raiding with 39 people in ... : tyrelhill
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      Hey what happened to our posts last night over Dreamworks and stuff? It's all gone. : deathofrats
      • Yeah, someone nuked half of it :( : graceofdragons
• Fucking signed. : mystifier
• I dont think WoW is even close to being the best MMO ever made. Its really nothing more than an EQ clone.... : johnny skidmarks

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  Level gride is so much more fun than rep grinding. New abilities > loot. : pigvomit
  • Eh I was being sarcastic :/ I hate the rep grind lol. Everything you do in this game after hitting 60... : Defacil

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  I thought the dranae were those ugly, shriveled things that the current Orcs evovled from. : snuff
  • Err, Draenei (Yay RPG names). http://www.thottbot.com/?n=652296 These guys are in Swamp of Sorrows ... : snuff
  • Orcs did NOT evolve from Draenei. The drae were just another race on Draenor and were all but wiped out o... : DM7

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• no. i never gave a shit about 40 people raids (can you say laaaaaaagggg?) or 6 hour dungeons. the regular... : Hoax
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  It's not the lack of engine power, it's the lack of creativity of these shots. The graphics are what sol... : deathofrats
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    exactly, these look like something the eq2 people would release, not blizzard. Devoid of life and art, j... : alexthegreat2
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      I didnt say everyone likes to raid. However, I will argue that pvp/battlegrounds and raiding are pretty m... : jarek99
      • well fair enough, I guess no amount of amazing art was gonna get me to resubscribe anyways. The only thi... : alexthegreat2
• not everyone plays mmorpgs to go on 40 man raids. In fact that's just about the least attractive part of... : alexthegreat2
• SWGs, EQ and EQ2 had great graphics when they came out, WoW decided to go low spec to get higher subscrib... : yourname00
• Do those screenshots make hard-core players excited? They just don't show anything. : byorn

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• Because higher polly counts make a better game... oohhh waaaiiit. : 00kewk00
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  but it is NOT about the graphics..it's about the lack of creativity! I wouldn't care if it was 2d sprite... : deathofrats
  • See? He gets it. It's not the graphics. They look bad because before in the previous press shots, they sh : stelth
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  well with that attitude they might as well be an e-casino rather than a game. who cares what it looks lik... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • Lol, move to another game then. : mavmavv

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• You arn't doing enough grinding from what it sounds like. Grind Rep! Grind Honor points! Grind fire re... : deathofrats
• No sarcasm here at all... I honestly can't wait. Leveling in WoW is actually fun and leveling with my pim... : 00kewk00

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  It's easy: 1) Leave all chat rooms, don't show player names, download AutoDecline 2) Make 3-5 chara... : Lionel2b
  • damn those NPC farmers! : pigvomit

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  These screenshots are terrible. However the concepts that have been discussed are exciting. I never playe... : stelth
  • See I haven't really heard any interesting features coming from the expansion pack either, extra high lev... : yourname00

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  Does it matter? There are millions of WoW addicts that will buy it the second it's released, regardless ... : lowtax
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    as will I. I just thought it was a rather wierd choice of shots to release. : italiano3d
    • yeah there is nothing to crazy or amazing in those shots. the info they have released about the new inst... : jedi_27
• I don't know what the point of these pics are... they don't really show anything new. They don't really s... : snuff

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• lol, I was thinking the same thing :( : bad_fish

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• oblivion would also never work as a multiplayer game due to system stress. : reverend~heresy