WoW Archivist: How each WoW expansion set the tone, part one

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The WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft ‘s past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW ‘s history? What secrets does the game still hold? Before we learned about Mists of Pandaria and where we stalwart adventurers would be exploring in the coming months, I wrote a post discussing how an expansion about Pandaria, specifically its title, would change the tone of World of Warcraft . Mists of Pandaria would be the first expansion that does not directly reference or reveal the main villain of the expansion’s storyline. Blizzard and the WoW development team has been incredible stewards of tone, from the early days of Warcraft to Cataclysm ‘s world-breaking motif. Tone is one of the most important aspects of the MMO because your game world needs to be compelling enough to call back players at any point. Good MMOs set good tone. Tone has evolved in WoW after each expansion pack, changing considerably each time we swap settings and install the latest content. Alex asked me to write an article that spanned the history of World of Warcraft, and I could think of nothing more dynamic than the tone of the story and how masterfully Blizzard has handled it. Continue reading WoW Archivist: How each WoW expansion set the tone, part one Filed under: WoW Archivist WoW Archivist: How each WoW expansion set the tone, part one originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink