will WOW ever get a ....
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HD doesnt mean hard-drive, everybody knows hard drives are really called Hard Disk Drives!
Why would they bother updating the graphics, it wont make them money?
They'll keep upgrading the engine really slowly so as to avoid losing customers running the game on their microwave oven.
I'll wager that something like World Of Starcraft (is that happening or am I making it up?) will look much more up to date.
I'll wager that something like World Of Starcraft (is that happening or am I making it up?) will look much more up to date.
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I thought the next update was to give a big revamp to the original zones graphically, im pretty certain this is the case.
As has been stated by many of the other posters, it's not worth blizzards effort really.
And i think it's fine as it enables me to play on my laptop while travelling and still manage to 20-25fps on average and this is on a 2 year old lappy with with a gma gfx chip.
And i think it's fine as it enables me to play on my laptop while travelling and still manage to 20-25fps on average and this is on a 2 year old lappy with with a gma gfx chip.
Just go and sit in the corner.
Whilst the game continues to run flawlessly on basically every machine in existence (with a few exceptions for some graphics drivers) i can't imagine why they would change it.
They gave the game a cartoony feel which allows it to really profit from its low graphical requirements yet still add in extras that give it a nice polished touch. It's not the prettiest game out there and doesnt even try to hide it's lack of advanced engine (hexagonal wheels!) but it just works, and it works for everyone. £200 machine or £2000 machine.
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And like someone else said, whilst it's running fine on my netbook and still playable in raids, i hope it stays that way! I suspect they will slowly add in graphical upgrades over time anyway, much lik ethe dynamic shadows that were only added Q4 last year.
In any case, the game has far more pressing longevity issues than graphics.
They gave the game a cartoony feel which allows it to really profit from its low graphical requirements yet still add in extras that give it a nice polished touch. It's not the prettiest game out there and doesnt even try to hide it's lack of advanced engine (hexagonal wheels!) but it just works, and it works for everyone. £200 machine or £2000 machine.
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And like someone else said, whilst it's running fine on my netbook and still playable in raids, i hope it stays that way! I suspect they will slowly add in graphical upgrades over time anyway, much lik ethe dynamic shadows that were only added Q4 last year.
In any case, the game has far more pressing longevity issues than graphics.
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I definitely think the graphics have improved over time. It's hardly Aion but maxed out in Icecrown it looks half decent!
oh no how terrible lets sue him now
whooooooosh! Your bit about £ is right tho.
Rumours abound.. but yeah.. this would indeed be awesome.
WoW does what it says on the tin, like others have said, you will gets small patches and improvements over time. They would not overhaul the whole lot in one go, I think mainly because they like to keep it relatively easy for computers to run so those gold farmers can run 5+ bots on a single machine
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Think the next big graphical update will be cataclysm. Think I will get back into the game when this is released.
If they updated the gfx by increasing the poly count, adding higher res textures and adding all sort of post process effects etc how would the game retain its distinctive look and character? It just wouldn't feel right. I reckon it looks great the way it is.