@@SuperBranFlakez i think the time is just over. It was only possible in its time - today MMOS are kinda dead, they already were becoming way less popular a decade ago. And i feel with having all the guides availeable people became way to elitist. It wouldnt work today.
That passion showed off, you guys created the best game to ever exist. The nostalgia and life changing feeling this game has for people is just unmatched.
@@AbraGaming you're trying to argue singleplayer vs multiplayer. there's a world of difference with that social interaction and neither of you are going to agree with eachother because they're such vastly different experiences.
@@khanzy. He just said "best game to ever exist" not best multiplayer game. And even if he did you could still argue it's not the best multiplayer game ever. Best MMORPG maybe but not best multiplayer overall.
@@AbraGaming yeah I'm just saying it's kinda pointless to argue with him. people are into different genres. only makes sense to compare stuff within genres.
Early 2000s and vanilla were peak of my life. Nothing came even close to bringing that feeling back once they released classic, sadly. You just cannot replace that magic...
You can never cross the same river twice. It was different back then because it was new. You didn't know what was around the corner. Most people had never played an MMO before. The world seemed infinite.
Yep. Nostalgia. Why do we need to grow up? So many beautiful moments in our childhood and in older years. And definitely WoW is one of that. Like you are literally that character you play in a game, i can't describe it. Mine favorite game.
@@SSDDssed Depends on the style. Street Fighter 2 and 1 v 1 arcade standing next to someone was an amazing time and boon that we will never see again but finally brought a challenge into the arcades and eventually the Super Nintendo/Genesis never seen before. Then you had the Nintendo 64 that ushered in 4 player couch coop games that were fun and full of trash talk with your pals and then what gaming is today with online.
These guys changed my life. Was some of the best times i had with my friends both online and that i grew up with. Ty some much for what you created for us. P.S can you all come back and help blizzard find there way back with classic plus?Mabe finish what you started please.
God I remember me and my best friend when this game came out we had cherry cokes by the two liters Pizza's ordered hot wings just some bro's getting together and gaming. Wish I could go back and do it all again.
Sounds like the best night ever! Wish everyday and night can be just like that. It was a good time to just play wow with no worries about responsibilities like mortgage and other bills. Such an amazing fun time back then to just think and play wow till you can no longer keep your eyes open.
I feel you, but you know what, in all honesty as much as I loved and cherish those days too I think that I missed out on a lot of other things in life also and wouldn’t want to do it all over again. Some things in life fit perfectly at the time.
This game is so special, what a triumph it must feel as a developer to be part of this history that really defined what the golden standard for mmo is.
So many good memories and late nights while maintaining a full time job. Couldn't do that at my age. Lol. I left the game in 2011. Left many characters and gold etc. Dont regret on minute of it. This game, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Soldier of Fortune, to Command and Conquer Generals.....all awesome games.
There was a community as well not obsessed with how to do things in the fastest and most efficient way, but just to explore and have fun. People forgot how to have fun. If the game was released today for the first time, with all of the resources out there, everyone would find a guide, do what it says and be done with it.
November 2004, Halo 2, Half Life 2, WoW, Nintendo DS and many more gems. The end of the 6th generation of gaming 1998-2004. Also to me the last great era of gaming, creativity and fun on everything/consoles/pc/handhelds. And then 360 dropped and the birth of Microtransactions started into the modern day. Games are not made anymore with love and care. They are made to see how much more they can charge the gamer after the full fee is paid.
I normally don't like MMO's and usually prefer offline optional games, but my wife and I play this together now. And it's the only thing I want to play. I'm normally on zelda, but there's so much more to do in WoW and such an amazingly huge world to explore.
We all owe so much to these guys. Thank you for everything. It’s been years since I’ve felt the same passion and love for something. Nothing has ever come close to the love for this world. The stories. The gameplay. The lore. The music. Everything was just perfect for me
"Chris always said that the main character of World of Warcraft was the world" ... said like poetry. This is exactly what made it so good, and this is what is missing from everything that tries to replicate it.
Oh, enough with this. Mists of Pandaria is considered the best expansion and that was well into the Activision Phase. You people need to take your nostalgia goggles off, TBC and WOTLK weren't THAT good and Classic WoW showed it.
@@VDA19 I quit over MoP, absolute horseshit expansion :D The Problem with Classic is, sadly; it was never really finished. Also the Playerbase is the Problem, toxic, egomaniac, metaslaves, at best. And i also see TBC as an way, way overrated Expansion.
@@FuchsteufelswildesBasteln Classic would bomb today, no one has time to spend 1 hour spamming " Mage DPS LFG BRD " and then waste 30 more min waiting for people to get to the dungeon. You need to take off your nostalgia goggles.
@@VDA19 Just because YOU don´t want to look for a group, doesn´t mean other people, like me have a problem with it. If you like the "pull the whole dungeon and aoe it down"-playstyle, i recommend a hack and slay-game and not a MMORPG. like i stated, classic was never finished and some changes defently would be necessary in regards to "modern gamedesign", but overall classic still holds up. To use your analogy here; maybe you are the one with the egomaniac/modern fast pass design-googles on. i think modern games lack character and/or uniqueness. Fells all the same. to each his own 🥨
I wish I could explain to you all what this game meant to me in the 2000’s. That magical feeling of being level 40 something and entering a new instance, I didn’t even know what dropped or what was going on. I’d just come back home after school and completely lose myself in the magic. It was so far ahead in terms of world building, ability design and more than the next best thing. I was coming from ffxi and this just seemed like it was designed by smarter people who planned out item drops that make sense, a good system of levelling beyond just grinding, and most importantly a magical world to explore. Truly thank you.
I have never ever experienced a game in that large scale that truly touched me emotionally almost 20 years ago and still does. I still visit Redridge mountains and it just feels right. It's like watching Pulp Fiction or Junglebook. But WoW could be experienced for hours and hours and the fact that so many people experienced sharing this world with their friends and talking about it creates real magic. I still can quote most of the things a alliance NPC says when you click on him (only in german, since I'm german lol).
I still remember my first time playing. End of Vanilla. Tauren shaman in Mulgore just loving the story and scenery. when they brought back Classic, i went straight to that and fell back in love with the game so much. it holds a special place in my heart as it seems like for a whole generation of WoW players.
Honestly, the Peter Jackson LOTR trilogy equivalent in terms of lightning in a bottle passion that lit up my childhood. And by that, I also mean it won’t ever be repeated. Just as no blockbuster trilogy or series has come close to mixing artistic integrity with epic blockbuster action proportions. And don’t say Marvel came even remotely close. There’s a reason LOTR received 28 Oscar noms and 17 wins collectively. It wasn’t just getting recognized for special effects, make-up, sound design, it was a formidable foe in just about every category-all the while, also appealing to mass audiences. Never again to be repeated.
This guys doesnt know long ago the magnitude of impact this game arrives on us, BEST GAME BY FAR. As a Tauren Shaman questing in thunderbluff - Camp Taurajo and Tanaris . Man this is legend. Music and development was addicted and fun. THANK YOU GUYS. Shaman Classic and Burning Crusade best eras. 0-60. 60-70.
Any billionaire out there should just give each one of these guys millions each to create World of Warcraft 2, no budget, no deadlines. Let them create.
There's something just so unbelievably wholesome about this. So much nostalgia and it's so deserved because especially for that time there was nothing quite like it. WoW will always have a history that no other game can possibly contend with.
Vanilla/TBC was just an amazing experience as a teenager. I had friends that I'd quest with, run instances with or PVP with and then I'd have friends who I'd group with and spend hours wall climbing. There were so many little subcultures within the game itself in those early years.
Literally watched this whole video with a smile on my face, it’s crazy the passion they had for the project that delivered us one of the best mmo’s ever created THANK YOU!
5:19 is so true, playing an older game always brings back memories of a younger self, for me anyway. For me, I can tap into the way I felt back in that time of life. It’s really special, WoW was such a special experience and time of life that I know will never come again.
I literally broke up with two girlfriends because i wanted more game playing... lol while hanging out all i could think about was the game! Insane, ill never forget these times
This is such an awesome thing you guys have made! There’s more reasons than one why we played/play wow for almost 14 years.. (5yr hiatus financial issues came up and WoW had to go..that truly sucked!) we love this beautiful world you have created! I especially love the current Malfurian and Tyrande
Myself, I started playing TBC vanilla, played through the pandas I believe, then took several years of break, and join WoTLK Classic for my "return", met tons of wonderful people during that time, and whom we are still in a guild with Cata Classic launch, talking and playing daily, I also met my current GF during WoTLK Classic believe it or not, the most absurd meeting scenario. Thinking back to when I created my first ever Troll Priest (that is to this day, in retail, still lvl 11), with the sounds, quests, music, it brings back a whole childhood for me, and it brings me such joy thinking that yes, i did spend all of that time playing during my later 10's, into early 20s, and still to this day, now almost in my 30s, i am still playing, the same game. I can't begin to fathom what the developers of this game feels like who has designed, created, and nurtured this thing into what it is today, granted, it has taken a few jabs here and there, the content has dropped ect its not what it was, but bringing them back to that time, sheesh. WoW for me growing up, and WoW for me now, it is unbelieveable, and questing through classic, brother, let me tell you how it made me feel.. Could you ever imagine a simple game, could hit this far home, for anyone..
Warcraft saved my life. I was so shy and so reserved irl. Ppl were awful to me and I've always been kind and helpful. In Wow, ppl loved me because I was helping. I knew shit and I had my own guild, was GM and Raid leader and I did 2 CE with my own mythic guild. It helped me socialise, it helped me having confidence in myself and actually be my own hero irl. Life is so much better in my 30's because of this experience. I love WoW, always will and still playing. Thank you Blizzard ❤
wait a second,I played wow in 2005 but didnt had time to find all those events cause I was on school and I just made a quest from event of today on wow classic called "Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Extravaganza" for a NAT PAGLE, Im sure its a trick name for Pat Nagle the original game designer. I was lucky enough to get the rod "Arcanite Fishing Pole ", the enchant for my fishing pole and the trinket. all on my level 39 gnome mage. Coming back after almost 20 years its pure nostalgic and my brain almost explodes full of memories finding the places Ive been, Ive played games since mid 90's and for me WOW was the most sucessful game I ever played.
I never had time or money for WOW but now i got it and i just subscribed to Classic and honestly it's got the feeling i had as a boy seeing it for the first time. I love it. And like they say, it's the world building that makes it so great.
I played up to 2008. I had 2 years of play time, did all the raids, went top 4 on the server for pvp, was the most decked out Shaman on the server. And I have no idea what the story was - you lost me in the first hour of “get 10 x”, I just went where I was told, got what I needed and moved on. Didn’t know or follow the story at all.
The thing I love about old wow the most is the art style the feel of the game it’s the main reason I don’t play retail very much I just love the feel of the old game
I started in wrath and started raiding in cataclysm. I was very young. Im not a english native speaker but im have been very good at english since i was 9 years old. This game is the reason why. Even tho im a "retail baby" i enjoyed vanilla and tbc the most. Raided almost every lockout in classic. I was glad i was able to live that experience since i was 4 years old when wow launched, so i never got to play the original game.
i would give my literal life away if i could experience what i experienced back in 2005 as a 14 yr old. NOTHING no drug no person no amount of money could ever bring the emotions and the sensastions i was feeling the first time i logged in on my dwarf hunter, i literally didnt know what to do in the game but it was just so powerful. Im 35 now and experienced quite a few things, THAT game always pops up as the best feeling and time in my life. alot of it could be because i was 14 and free of worry and things to do, because i didnt feel anything when classic released, i actually didnt even play it ..
"i was 14 and free of worry and things to do" - I think that this is why 95% of the nostalgic people miss Vanilla. Not because the game itself was mindblowing. Sure it was new, but it had a lot of flaws.
@@Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066 Err no. First, everything in this world is flawed and nothing is perfect. Second, WoW was totally different from other games back then and far more immersive. If it's just nostalgia then the same would apply to other games people played back then, since they were also ''14 and free of worry and things to do'' whilst playing other games back then. But people don't mention that as much, they do mention it in connection with WoW, which just goes to show WoW was different from the rest. If it was just nostalgia then people would say the same about other games they played back then.
@@Chrysaetos11 Its obvious that everything is flawed. That wasn't even my point. WoW wasn't "totally" different from everything else. There was Lineage, Runescape, Everquest, D&D and so on. Yes! The same is applied for other games too. They do say the same. AOE, HOMM, CS, HL...its applied for so many games. Classic WoW had its charm, but the flaws outweight the pros. And this is coming from a former Classic Andy. Currently the game with the new xpac is in a really great state. Vanilla was a great introduction to people who have never played an MMO and when combined with the Warcraft universe it could suck you in, which is what happened. People go back to that time like i said because they were, young, didn't have jobs and so on. Its not that Classic WoW was something incredible. Especially compared to the later expansions
![Blizzard's Announcement On World of Warcraft Classic That Shocked The World (BlizzCon 2017) [4K]](/img/n.gif)
Honestly, one of the highlights of my life. These developers are so humble for what they put together.
its honestly so crazy to me that after all this time nobodys come close to making an mmo as good as a game from 2004.......
@@SuperBranFlakez i think the time is just over. It was only possible in its time - today MMOS are kinda dead, they already were becoming way less popular a decade ago. And i feel with having all the guides availeable people became way to elitist. It wouldnt work today.
That passion showed off, you guys created the best game to ever exist. The nostalgia and life changing feeling this game has for people is just unmatched.
definitely not the greatest game to ever exist lmao wtf. Have you not played mass effect?
@@AbraGaming you're trying to argue singleplayer vs multiplayer. there's a world of difference with that social interaction and neither of you are going to agree with eachother because they're such vastly different experiences.
@@khanzy. He just said "best game to ever exist" not best multiplayer game. And even if he did you could still argue it's not the best multiplayer game ever. Best MMORPG maybe but not best multiplayer overall.
@@AbraGaming yeah I'm just saying it's kinda pointless to argue with him. people are into different genres. only makes sense to compare stuff within genres.
@@khanzy. then it's pointless to "argue" about pretty much anything...
This game has a very special place in my heart. Greatest game of all time.
It is more than a game :)
ahhh, the nostalgia i have playing with my parents back then.... it makes me cry TwT
Early 2000s and vanilla were peak of my life. Nothing came even close to bringing that feeling back once they released classic, sadly. You just cannot replace that magic...
“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”
― Andy Bernard
You can never cross the same river twice. It was different back then because it was new. You didn't know what was around the corner. Most people had never played an MMO before. The world seemed infinite.
have u not seen the new league of legends update ?
@@blaze7386 I have never played it. Enlighten me?
@@simulki7108 oh I was joking. I agree with your comment though.
Literally the best video game ever made.
Yep. Nostalgia. Why do we need to grow up? So many beautiful moments in our childhood and in older years. And definitely WoW is one of that. Like you are literally that character you play in a game, i can't describe it. Mine favorite game.
SPACE INVADERS
@@messixavibarca4ever and also internet was in nascent state
@@matijajuric5479 Yep. 1990-2010 for me the best years :)
I'll sum it up , Best game ever made , im still hooked after 18 years . Thanks Blizzard.
Funny how every dev from the start says the same thing "We didnt know/understand what we were making"
@@Mikesusendsadasdc That's what a passion project is. Sometimes the stars just line up and the right people have the right ideas at the right time.
let's say it's the multiplayer game ever made.
I feel that way for Street Fighter 2. Still playing weekly 33 years later.
@@SSDDssed Depends on the style. Street Fighter 2 and 1 v 1 arcade standing next to someone was an amazing time and boon that we will never see again but finally brought a challenge into the arcades and eventually the Super Nintendo/Genesis never seen before. Then you had the Nintendo 64 that ushered in 4 player couch coop games that were fun and full of trash talk with your pals and then what gaming is today with online.
These guys changed my life. Was some of the best times i had with my friends both online and that i grew up with. Ty some much for what you created for us. P.S can you all come back and help blizzard find there way back with classic plus?Mabe finish what you started please.
nov 30 :)
Aged like milk
God I remember me and my best friend when this game came out we had cherry cokes by the two liters Pizza's ordered hot wings just some bro's getting together and gaming. Wish I could go back and do it all again.
Sounds like the best night ever! Wish everyday and night can be just like that. It was a good time to just play wow with no worries about responsibilities like mortgage and other bills. Such an amazing fun time back then to just think and play wow till you can no longer keep your eyes open.
Dude, I played WoW vanilla with Cherry Coke at hand too. Good times.
hell yeah, that feeling man.. such an epic exp.
I feel you, but you know what, in all honesty as much as I loved and cherish those days too I think that I missed out on a lot of other things in life also and wouldn’t want to do it all over again. Some things in life fit perfectly at the time.
These guys need a sacred Hall of the Creators in some secret mountain somewhere in game.
Everyone except Alex Afrasiabi.
@@LumiCraft no, especially Afrasiabi considering how much content he created. The assault bullshit is feminist propaganda
@@herrwolf7702 Okay bro go enjoy the Cosby suite with him and get sexually harassed. Sympathiser.
@@herrwolf7702hahahahhahahh. You will die alone please touch grass virgin.
@@herrwolf7702 spoted the mark kern fan
This game is so special, what a triumph it must feel as a developer to be part of this history that really defined what the golden standard for mmo is.
So many good memories and late nights while maintaining a full time job. Couldn't do that at my age. Lol.
I left the game in 2011. Left many characters and gold etc. Dont regret on minute of it. This game, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Soldier of Fortune, to Command and Conquer Generals.....all awesome games.
There was a community as well not obsessed with how to do things in the fastest and most efficient way, but just to explore and have fun. People forgot how to have fun. If the game was released today for the first time, with all of the resources out there, everyone would find a guide, do what it says and be done with it.
November 2004, Halo 2, Half Life 2, WoW, Nintendo DS and many more gems. The end of the 6th generation of gaming 1998-2004. Also to me the last great era of gaming, creativity and fun on everything/consoles/pc/handhelds. And then 360 dropped and the birth of Microtransactions started into the modern day. Games are not made anymore with love and care. They are made to see how much more they can charge the gamer after the full fee is paid.
nintendo DS is more of a USAs thing.. in central europe I dont know noone who played on that
@@JabliickoCZ it was popular in france also
@@JabliickoCZ Bro tf u talking about, Nintendo was big af here
@JabliickoCZ I liked the ds as a youngster me and my brother was always on it, we had the gameboy color and then the ds for pokemon games
Add to that Lord of the Rings: Battle for MiddleEarth 2. Absolutely wonderful game that sadly cannot be played on modern computers 😢.
"the main character of world of warcraft is the world" thats literally true lorewise
I normally don't like MMO's and usually prefer offline optional games, but my wife and I play this together now. And it's the only thing I want to play. I'm normally on zelda, but there's so much more to do in WoW and such an amazingly huge world to explore.
We all owe so much to these guys. Thank you for everything. It’s been years since I’ve felt the same passion and love for something. Nothing has ever come close to the love for this world. The stories. The gameplay. The lore. The music. Everything was just perfect for me
"Chris always said that the main character of World of Warcraft was the world" ... said like poetry. This is exactly what made it so good, and this is what is missing from everything that tries to replicate it.
this is why metzen was the balls. the world is the main character is so true. fed up of the "CHAAAMPION WE NEED YOU" bull shit.
My first thought after that quote, came to look in the comments for the same thing
spot on
Yeah and and how world PvP is no longer even a thing because they care more about making money from server transfers. 🤬🤬🤬🤬!!!!!
Wake up call - metzen created the “champion we need you” philosophy, and still does.
@@Accelerate55 Yep it started with Cataclysm.
I've spent north of 15.000 hours in Wow. Thank you so much!!
The motivation wasn't about money, it was about dream.
A generation of giants that built the greatest online world ever, and handed the baton to the generation of "You think you do, but you don'ts".
Oh, enough with this. Mists of Pandaria is considered the best expansion and that was well into the Activision Phase. You people need to take your nostalgia goggles off, TBC and WOTLK weren't THAT good and Classic WoW showed it.
@@VDA19 I quit over MoP, absolute horseshit expansion :D
The Problem with Classic is, sadly; it was never really finished. Also the Playerbase is the Problem, toxic, egomaniac, metaslaves, at best.
And i also see TBC as an way, way overrated Expansion.
@@FuchsteufelswildesBasteln Classic would bomb today, no one has time to spend 1 hour spamming " Mage DPS LFG BRD " and then waste 30 more min waiting for people to get to the dungeon. You need to take off your nostalgia goggles.
@@VDA19 Just because YOU don´t want to look for a group, doesn´t mean other people, like me have a problem with it. If you like the "pull the whole dungeon and aoe it down"-playstyle, i recommend a hack and slay-game and not a MMORPG.
like i stated, classic was never finished and some changes defently would be necessary in regards to "modern gamedesign", but overall classic still holds up.
To use your analogy here; maybe you are the one with the egomaniac/modern fast pass design-googles on.
i think modern games lack character and/or uniqueness. Fells all the same.
to each his own 🥨
@@VDA19 MoP is sht dude.
Can we just bring back Vanilla WoW and the original developers and let them finish their work where they left off haha.
At least we have turtle wow
What /playtime?
Having a blast in Dragonflight & Cata classic right now, soon MoP remix! And cata launch 20th/21st for EU.
So you mean cataclysm?
That's called The Burning Crusade
Great job on a superb game developers! Thank you.
I wish I could explain to you all what this game meant to me in the 2000’s. That magical feeling of being level 40 something and entering a new instance, I didn’t even know what dropped or what was going on. I’d just come back home after school and completely lose myself in the magic. It was so far ahead in terms of world building, ability design and more than the next best thing. I was coming from ffxi and this just seemed like it was designed by smarter people who planned out item drops that make sense, a good system of levelling beyond just grinding, and most importantly a magical world to explore. Truly thank you.
These men are absolute legends of gaming.
I have never ever experienced a game in that large scale that truly touched me emotionally almost 20 years ago and still does.
I still visit Redridge mountains and it just feels right. It's like watching Pulp Fiction or Junglebook. But WoW could be experienced for hours and hours and the fact that so many people experienced sharing this world with their friends and talking about it creates real magic.
I still can quote most of the things a alliance NPC says when you click on him (only in german, since I'm german lol).
I was an original Closed Beta Tester in 2004. Greatest time in my gaming life after EQ and UO.
"Onyxia by the end of the play session?" LOL
This video is so depressing. They're all gone now and nothing replaced them.
just be glad it happend, nothing lasts forever
@@stealthzi7465 anyway its impossible to make a better MMO then wow classic
They got replaced with talentless blue haired 'individuals'
no king rules forever.@@stealthzi7465
Well considering one of them was the lead suspect in the Blizz Sexual assault scandal... I think its important that they don't come back...
RIP Mike Krond
😂 Those who know, know
@@Psykokiller1 I member
My inside the rock formation in orgrimmar
I still remember my first time playing. End of Vanilla. Tauren shaman in Mulgore just loving the story and scenery. when they brought back Classic, i went straight to that and fell back in love with the game so much. it holds a special place in my heart as it seems like for a whole generation of WoW players.
Best game I have ever played.....And I'm not even into MMO's normally. Its the only time in my life where I was addicted to something.
Tom Chilton: IS THAT A FERAL DRUID!?
I don’t usually comment, but damn. Special thanks guys.
You can just see the amount of passion these guys have it’s really awesome and it paid off
Honestly, the Peter Jackson LOTR trilogy equivalent in terms of lightning in a bottle passion that lit up my childhood. And by that, I also mean it won’t ever be repeated. Just as no blockbuster trilogy or series has come close to mixing artistic integrity with epic blockbuster action proportions.
And don’t say Marvel came even remotely close. There’s a reason LOTR received 28 Oscar noms and 17 wins collectively. It wasn’t just getting recognized for special effects, make-up, sound design, it was a formidable foe in just about every category-all the while, also appealing to mass audiences. Never again to be repeated.
Oh man the quests in Westfall are like the most vivid memory I have of playing WoW when I was 12-13. Over 10 years ago.
Theres no way you could've made this game without a ton of very passionate people working their guts out everyday. Rare to see.
This guys doesnt know long ago the magnitude of impact this game arrives on us, BEST GAME BY FAR.
As a Tauren Shaman questing in thunderbluff - Camp Taurajo and Tanaris . Man this is legend.
Music and development was addicted and fun.
THANK YOU GUYS.
Shaman Classic and Burning Crusade best eras.
0-60.
60-70.
AAAAAHHHH that classic music and all those early zones ambiance’s just never escapes
Any billionaire out there should just give each one of these guys millions each to create World of Warcraft 2, no budget, no deadlines. Let them create.
There's something just so unbelievably wholesome about this. So much nostalgia and it's so deserved because especially for that time there was nothing quite like it. WoW will always have a history that no other game can possibly contend with.
Thank you for reuploading this after they removed it.
They wanted to hide just how good things were back then compared to retail lol
@@notafortnitegamer i think they were just trying to get rid of Alex’s face after the scandal, but classic definitely beat the wheels off retail.
Chris Metzen "the main char of wow is the world" super true ... only possible "rival" for main char is the music
As a very casual WoW player and a gamer for 22 years, this is the best game ever made.
Man this is making me emotional
Vanilla/TBC was just an amazing experience as a teenager. I had friends that I'd quest with, run instances with or PVP with and then I'd have friends who I'd group with and spend hours wall climbing. There were so many little subcultures within the game itself in those early years.
2:52 this is what we lost with developers nowadays
Watching this is a rush of so many emotions and memories
Pat Nagle! I loved playing the nat pagle line for the underlight angler!
Literally watched this whole video with a smile on my face, it’s crazy the passion they had for the project that delivered us one of the best mmo’s ever created THANK YOU!
I still remember my first griffin ride, stormwind to westfall blew my mind.
5:19 is so true, playing an older game always brings back memories of a younger self, for me anyway. For me, I can tap into the way I felt back in that time of life. It’s really special, WoW was such a special experience and time of life that I know will never come again.
1:16 I laughed out loud so hard... "You never forget the first thing you add..." "I can't say I really remember HUEUEUE"
Had the best times in Classic. Fond memories!
I literally broke up with two girlfriends because i wanted more game playing... lol while hanging out all i could think about was the game! Insane, ill never forget these times
This is such an awesome thing you guys have made! There’s more reasons than one why we played/play wow for almost 14 years.. (5yr hiatus financial issues came up and WoW had to go..that truly sucked!) we love this beautiful world you have created! I especially love the current Malfurian and Tyrande
YOu guys gave millions of people around the world a new way to escape reality, connect with each other .. We owe you so much
What a brilliant game. 40 man onyxia was something else. What a game.
05:48 Nails it - the main character of the game is the world and not the player, recipe for success
thx for shaping my life hood and giving me addidction at years 9. i loved the shit out of this game
Great nostalgia from when I was 10-11 years old, thank you!
This is why classic is the best. Made by people who were left to their own devices who were passionate about just making something good.
Vanilla WoW back in the days will never be beaten
Myself, I started playing TBC vanilla, played through the pandas I believe, then took several years of break, and join WoTLK Classic for my "return", met tons of wonderful people during that time, and whom we are still in a guild with Cata Classic launch, talking and playing daily, I also met my current GF during WoTLK Classic believe it or not, the most absurd meeting scenario.
Thinking back to when I created my first ever Troll Priest (that is to this day, in retail, still lvl 11), with the sounds, quests, music, it brings back a whole childhood for me, and it brings me such joy thinking that yes, i did spend all of that time playing during my later 10's, into early 20s, and still to this day, now almost in my 30s, i am still playing, the same game.
I can't begin to fathom what the developers of this game feels like who has designed, created, and nurtured this thing into what it is today, granted, it has taken a few jabs here and there, the content has dropped ect its not what it was, but bringing them back to that time, sheesh. WoW for me growing up, and WoW for me now, it is unbelieveable, and questing through classic, brother, let me tell you how it made me feel.. Could you ever imagine a simple game, could hit this far home, for anyone..
Thank you for your services ❤️
The trick to using evasion is realizing that the best fifteen seconds of your life are often the last.
This is like watching Gandalf trying to remember who he is.
Warcraft saved my life. I was so shy and so reserved irl. Ppl were awful to me and I've always been kind and helpful. In Wow, ppl loved me because I was helping. I knew shit and I had my own guild, was GM and Raid leader and I did 2 CE with my own mythic guild. It helped me socialise, it helped me having confidence in myself and actually be my own hero irl. Life is so much better in my 30's because of this experience. I love WoW, always will and still playing. Thank you Blizzard ❤
bingles missing supplies will always be a fav
wait a second,I played wow in 2005 but didnt had time to find all those events cause I was on school and I just made a quest from event of today on wow classic called "Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Extravaganza" for a NAT PAGLE, Im sure its a trick name for Pat Nagle the original game designer. I was lucky enough to get the rod "Arcanite Fishing Pole ", the enchant for my fishing pole and the trinket. all on my level 39 gnome mage. Coming back after almost 20 years its pure nostalgic and my brain almost explodes full of memories finding the places Ive been, Ive played games since mid 90's and for me WOW was the most sucessful game I ever played.
These are the guys alongside Rob Pardo, Morhaime and Metzen and others who ARE Blizzard, not what "Blizzard" is today
Best game i ever played, i get goosebumps thinking about the classic vanilla days. Brings a tear to my eye. No game will come close
I so wish that they were the current game developers. Sadly, this is not World of Warcraft anymore.
Jeff Kaplan: "Onyxia by the end of the play session?" God what a fucking G. Blizzard truly lost some core talent when this man left.
Thank you, lads!
Almost all these guys are gone, from getting cancelled to quitting. What a travesty modern Blizzard has become.
If these guys would lead again..
Would be so cool to be one of these guys. So sick. All good things must come to an end, and I hope it’s sooner than later for WoW.
Teared up watching this.
I hope them replaying sparks some inspiration for a new project. Even they feel the same magic we still do when playing classic.
5:47 i think this is my inspiration to make a morrowind-lite game... I miss exploring worlds and stats were just a mediator between that interaction.
I never had time or money for WOW but now i got it and i just subscribed to Classic and honestly it's got the feeling i had as a boy seeing it for the first time. I love it. And like they say, it's the world building that makes it so great.
crucial part of my character development irl was spent in Azeroth as a kid
We want an hour long playthrough 10-20 with them!
The closest thing you can get to that sense of exploration and originality today with Vanilla wow is Turtle Wow
Now all they care about is money...
Thank you. For everything
The best game forever and ever! Thank you!
Sadly, we'll probably never see another game like the original WOW.
I played up to 2008. I had 2 years of play time, did all the raids, went top 4 on the server for pvp, was the most decked out Shaman on the server. And I have no idea what the story was - you lost me in the first hour of “get 10 x”, I just went where I was told, got what I needed and moved on. Didn’t know or follow the story at all.
The thing I love about old wow the most is the art style the feel of the game it’s the main reason I don’t play retail very much I just love the feel of the old game
These were the guys discussing around the table "how do we kill that which has no life?"
anyone that runs an office with gave devs should show all of their employees this video this is legenedary
These guys, along with the rest of the crew are LEGENDS!!! Now what's the iddqd? :p
I started in wrath and started raiding in cataclysm. I was very young. Im not a english native speaker but im have been very good at english since i was 9 years old. This game is the reason why. Even tho im a "retail baby" i enjoyed vanilla and tbc the most. Raided almost every lockout in classic. I was glad i was able to live that experience since i was 4 years old when wow launched, so i never got to play the original game.
i will never stop playing classic, retail i dropped in 15 min.
have you heard of the updates comming in about 6 months to classic? :
Before everything had to bring in money
They don't make em' like they used to. 😢😢
i would give my literal life away if i could experience what i experienced back in 2005 as a 14 yr old.
NOTHING no drug no person no amount of money could ever bring the emotions and the sensastions i was feeling the first time i logged in on my dwarf hunter, i literally didnt know what to do in the game but it was just so powerful. Im 35 now and experienced quite a few things, THAT game always pops up as the best feeling and time in my life.
alot of it could be because i was 14 and free of worry and things to do, because i didnt feel anything when classic released, i actually didnt even play it ..
"i was 14 and free of worry and things to do" - I think that this is why 95% of the nostalgic people miss Vanilla. Not because the game itself was mindblowing. Sure it was new, but it had a lot of flaws.
@@Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066 Err no. First, everything in this world is flawed and nothing is perfect. Second, WoW was totally different from other games back then and far more immersive. If it's just nostalgia then the same would apply to other games people played back then, since they were also ''14 and free of worry and things to do'' whilst playing other games back then. But people don't mention that as much, they do mention it in connection with WoW, which just goes to show WoW was different from the rest. If it was just nostalgia then people would say the same about other games they played back then.
@@Chrysaetos11 Its obvious that everything is flawed. That wasn't even my point. WoW wasn't "totally" different from everything else. There was Lineage, Runescape, Everquest, D&D and so on. Yes! The same is applied for other games too. They do say the same. AOE, HOMM, CS, HL...its applied for so many games. Classic WoW had its charm, but the flaws outweight the pros. And this is coming from a former Classic Andy. Currently the game with the new xpac is in a really great state. Vanilla was a great introduction to people who have never played an MMO and when combined with the Warcraft universe it could suck you in, which is what happened. People go back to that time like i said because they were, young, didn't have jobs and so on. Its not that Classic WoW was something incredible. Especially compared to the later expansions