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Allow our World of WarCraft: Cataclysm zone videos to shed some light on what's new and different in the new expansion. Blizzard's Lead World Designer Alex Afrasiabi takes us on a guided tour through the newly destroyed world, showing off all the new terrain and freshly created arenas that you’re certain to be exploring as you venture your way through WoW: Cataclysm.
Check back here often as we update this page with a tour of yet another area of Azeroth so you can re-learn the world you’ve spent so long trying to conquer.
Your Guide To The Underwater Realm of Vashj'ir
Vashj’ir is a brand new zone and one of the first you can travel to on your journey from levels 8-85. It’s one of the most beautiful zones in all of World of Warcraft, has a great storyline, and it’s completely underwater. The developers faced a lot of very interesting challenges in the process of making an underwater zone and, ultimately, it looks like they’ve succeeded.
Developer tidbits:
- Challenges of making a completely underwater zone
- Lore behind the friendship of Deathwing and the Naga
- The visual themes seen in Vashj'ir
- A new boss is on the horizon in the form of animal Gods in Vashj'i
The Secrets of Stormwind
Stormwind City is now the major central hub for Alliance players. With Cataclysm, tons of new things are happening in this gorgeous, bustling, sprawling metropolis including the implementation of portals to new zones, a complete graphics overhaul, and even new roleplay heavy districts that you can visit.
Developer tidbits:
- The challenges behind making the zone flyable
- Talking about the ground treatments and technology
- Overhaul on Stormwind Keep
- Access point of portals for 80-85 relevant zones
- The roleplaying aspects of the redesigned Stormwind
Developer tidbits:
- Design theories behind the Egyptian aesthetic
- Lore behind Uldum and how it ties in with Wrath of the Lich King's Ulduar storyline
- Alliance and Horde conflict in Uldum
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- Design struggles with Hyjal since it was already in the game as a raid in Burning Crusade
- Lore and quest design behind Ragnaros’ return to Azeroth
- Future content patch will hold a fully healed Hyjal, daily quests, and the Firelands raid
- Lore and development behind Deepholm and the Greymane Wall
- Design concepts behind the Worgen starting quest lines
- The conflict between The Forsaken and the Worgen
- In depth description of the 1-5 experience of Goblins
Twilight Highlands - No Edward or Joseph In Sight
Twilight Highlands is the last new zone in Cataclysm, and features quests for level 84-85 characters. Not only does it house the new Ring of Blood questline called the Crucible of Carnage, but it’s also where one of the first raids, The Blackwing Descent, is located.
Developer tidbits:
- Equivalent to leveling in Icecrown from Wrath of the Lich King
- Where the Twilight's Hammer is based
- Lore behind the Horde and Alliance quest hubs
- Design of the Isowrath
Tanaris: Land of A Thousand Needles
Tanaris and Thousand Needles, level 30-40 quest zones, are both areas that got hit extremely hard by the Cataclysm. What were once vast landscapes of desert and rock are now zones that are either halfway or fully submerged underwater.
- 80% of quests have been redone
- The new Gadgetzan has become a port town
- Added a lot of Goblin and Gnome content
- Totally revamped from quest, content, and level design perspectives
- Speed barge to continue races
- Future patch will hold boat races for players
- You get your own boat to travel in throughout the zone which is now submerged underwater
- Grim Totem and Twilight Hammer can be seen throughout the zone
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DrekoArcon
@acas7i11o the only reason WoWs graphics arent top of the line is because they want a wide range of people to be able to play and not just people with super comps, they have come out and said this already. and DC universe is for comic fanatic morons. and @Cole you are just strait up stupid. And @UnJakeable YOU NEED TO GET WITH THE TIMES WoW is the most popular game right now just look at the subscription numbers and the 24hrs sale rate do some research before posting.
DrekoArcon
@acas7i11o the only reason WoWs graphics arent top of the line is because they want a wide range of people to be able to play and not just people with super comps, they have come out and said this already. and DC universe is for comic fanatic morons. and @Cole you are just strait up stupid. And @UnJakeable YOU NEED TO GET WITH THE TIMES WoW is the most popular game right now just look at the subscription numbers and the 24hrs sale rate do some research before posting.
Taiki420
@acas what you said makes no sense. @UnJakable WoW wasn't out 15 years ago, and is one of the most popular games to date.. and lastly @Cole, WoW and BBC2 aren't even in the same genre of game, so thinking one is better than the other comes down to if you like army games or fantasy games before anything else, nice try though.
Endy489
Twilight Highlands-
"... but it s also where one of the first raids, The Blackwing Descent, is located."
Pretty sure you meant to say Bastion of Twilight.
crocodilius
dananananananana whale shark!
ColeKinion
Ok people, im gonna be straight-forward with you people, WoW is the gayest game ever. Ya its cool to run around and do alot but if you want to do that, get Battlefield Bad Company 2. Thats so much more fun then Cataclysm.
finthesky
no cool i can wish win World of WarCraft: Cataclysm
UnJakeable
Dudes really sick of the WOW crap no one on this site cares about that shiznit. Quit posting about WOW, It may have been cool 15 years ago but not any more. I think every one here would agree.
acas7i11o
World of Warcraft has dated graphics and after watching the latest DC Universe gameplay video, one can just wonder about Blizzard business model, using macro-transactions to sells lots of subscriptions to the horde of addicted fans.
hoof_hearted4
also woulda been funny if someone killed him
hoof_hearted4
they shoulda done a side by side
Raisinbman
Vashj'ir is 8-85? Boy, Blizzard REALLY lowered the difficulty this expansion!
Muscley_Arms
awesome. do an orgrimar one to =D
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