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World Of Warcraft Classic Isn't A New Concept

World of Warcraft Classic has attracted a lot of attention since its release last Monday, and Blizzard vastly underestimated the game’s popularity. But ratcheting a long-standing MMO back to its roots is hardly a new concept as developers look to harnessing the awesome power of nostalgia.To get more news about buy wow classic gold, you can visit lootwowgold official website.

WoW Classic was originally announced way back in 2017 a few years after Blizzard took down an unauthorized private server that was running an earlier version of WoW. That got the California-based company thinking– how hard can it be to take the current version of World of Warcraft but make it look like the original game circa 2004?

It took a few years, but Blizzard managed to faithfully recreate the way WoW was using the current game engine. WoW Classic servers run alongside the regular servers and use the same infrastructure so it’s easier for Blizzard to keep WoW Classic up to date, but the game provides a unique retro experience for both new players and old ones alike.

In reality, however, it’s not all that unique at all. Two other MMOs have done similar things to keep players interested via the power of nostalgia: Old School Runescape and EverQuest’s Progressive Servers.The name "Progressive Server" is a bit of a misnomer. Originally launched in 2011, EverQuest's intent was to create a classic EverQuest server that brought the game back to its 1999 origin but used the modern version of the game's engine. There have been 23 expansions since EverQuest first debuted, and the game as it once was is almost unrecognizable to the game playable today.

EverQuest's Progressive Servers do make a few exceptions to the original 1999 version. Updates to the game's topography remain current, as do balance updates to the game's weapons and character classes. Everything else, however, is as it once was way back when EverQuest first started.

Old School RuneScape takes a different approach. RuneScape originally began in 2001 and has since seen its engine revised twice into what's known as RuneScape 2 and RuneScape 3. To get truly retro, Old School RuneScape uses the original game engine, with minimal updates in order to function on modern hardware.