{"id":1161,"date":"2010-05-12T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2010-05-12T15:34:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T22:34:41","slug":"world-warcraft-cataclysm-screenshots-aplenty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/world-warcraft-cataclysm-screenshots-aplenty\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – Screenshots Aplenty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next expansion for ‘World of Warcraft’ will take the familiar landscape of Azeroth and change it forever. \u00a0And based on the screenshots, it’s for the best.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I haven’t played ‘WoW’ in a year or so. \u00a0What can I say, it just lost its appeal. \u00a0I didn’t have time to do the end game content, and going back and creating yet another alt didn’t hold any appeal to me. \u00a0But I’m coming back for ‘Cataclysm,’ and these screenshots just guaranteed that my name will be on the preorder list too. \u00a0There are a lot of subtle touches to some zones, which were left largely unchanged, but others underwent drastic transformations.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time an MMO expansion changed the landscape, but this is by far the biggest. \u00a0It’s also fairly unique in that it changes things for every single player, whether they’re at level 80 or starting again from level one. \u00a0All of the original zones are being changed, quests being redone, and new features being added. \u00a0It’s a pretty big deal.<\/p>\n

The whole thing came about in the usual way. \u00a0A dragon went to town on the world, and changed the landscape forever. \u00a0It’s pretty cool though, since it’s a dragon last seen in ‘Warcraft II,’ which was released back \u00a0in 1997.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thousand Needles is a perfect example of the change. \u00a0It used to be a barren desert. \u00a0You’d take an elevator down into the valley and wander, surrounded by hundred foot high pillars of stone. \u00a0But it’s going to be flooded in the Cataclysm, and it takes on a whole new look.<\/p>\n

MMO-Champion<\/a> has tons of screenshots of the different zones that were leaked from the Friends and Family testing. \u00a0You can check out new zones, revamped versions of old zones, and the ultra-cool Goblin car.<\/p>\n

So, apparently MMO Champion has taken down the screens at the request of Blizzard. It’s a shame, but if you don’t mind doing a bit of a search on Google, there’s still plenty out there. (Thanks for the heads up Nathan!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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