IT Took 22 YEARS! The WILD Evolution of WoW's Graphics

Prepare to have your mind blown! 🤯 MarcelianOnline is back with another deep dive into the world of World of Warcraft. This time, we're taking a journey through time, exploring the evolution of WoW's graphics from its humble beginnings to the stunning visuals we see today.

Whether you're a veteran player who's been with us since the early days, or a newcomer to the WoW universe, this video is a must-watch! We'll be comparing side-by-side the changes in character models, environments, and special effects that have taken place over the years.

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[robinhood]

If only it's writing evolved as nice as the graphics

[lgrpbbm]

hot take, but I do believe that troll female models in alpha made... more sense stylistically? of course the textures were not appealing, but the direction of the model has been more to the point and had more resemblance with their male counterparts - huge, humpbacked and scary monsters. And it provided more of those vibes of some dangerous forest witches.
Overall, that model is an exact description of what an ideal woman should look like according to the deleted male troll joke: "dumpy and droopy with halitosis."

[enhancethechance]

The graphics were actually pretty good on vanilla launch for its time, take it from a old man here

[MrOrcshaman]

Regardless of gameplay and story failures, I will always hold the wow art and music team in the highest regard 👍

[xBartGR]

While being one of the worst expansions, WoD was clearly the biggest tech jump WoW has ever had.
The new updated character models and the new zones were incredible back in the days!

[krsmovie]

It doesn't matter how many times people say WoW is dead. Its still the king of MMO. No other game can offer even a half what World of Warcraft offers a player to experience.

[der_nermin]

Yet shamans still throw a wet noodle as a lightning bolt 😭

[beerasaurus]

Outdated graphics for an MMORPG in 2004? Have you seen Everquest or Asherons call's graphics? Games that launched only a few years prior to WoW? For an MMORPG WoW's graphical quality was revolutionary. It's was stylized as a choice. You also never mention what game could be the graphical standard for that time. Ratchet and Clank might have looked the best out all games that year. However it was also stylized and just a single player action adventure game.

[mattiik]

The vanilla/TBC gfx have always been my favorite. It felt like I was playing first person in all the wc3 maps that I went crazy for as a young kid

[therealghost]

BFA was the best for me in terms of graphics and gameplay.
I liked very much!

[jofvenom]

Am I the only one who actually prefers old models running and idle animations?
These days all races look so wonky...

[kmaguire]

I thought it looked great 19 years ago when I first started playing but now I look at those old graphics and I'm like "Yeesh. Did it really look like that?"

[superninja]

Awesome video! I imagine a good amount of time was needed to gather and lay all this out!

[wowzockasuc]

i think the new graphics are cool, my issue are the animations tho. in the past you could distinguish between a human mage and a troll mage for example very easily even from afar, because their cast animations were ancored to their race. now the animations are often ancored to the class instead and it often looks the same if a female zandalari or a female kultiran casts a spell. i dont like that... but i guess everyone has different opinions

[sinni]

Well researched video, but what kept messing with me was the audio cuts even within the same sentence. Can you say a whole sentence without requiring a cut??

[TheMaelstrom]

Phasing was actually introduced in late TBC with the smart ogres - but it was barely functional.

[steffon]

Old character models had better casting animations imo. Male orc, undead and humans looked sooo much better casting animation wise

[tomcatpurr]

Its somehow better with the older graphics to be immersed in your surroundings because you're eyes could see everything easier.

[occ]

Great video. Looking forward to more and more. I am especially awaiting you retrospective on the most important class of all time....the Death Knight!

[jacobcollier]

Nice video!! Good change up from the repetitive tier lists that mean nothing in the real life game. This was a great change up!!! Loved it