Discussing nostalgia in gaming. Not just in the context of WoW, but just gaming in general.
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I picked a Night Elf hunter as my first ever character, maybe 7 or 8 on my older brother's account. I got bored easily and made new characters constantly, but there was something magical about seeing Tiragarde keep for the first time, and dying over and over just to explore it.
As many have likely said, it was the sense of adventure; a whole new world. For a lonely neurodivergant boy, it was love at first sight. It was something to escape into.
I guess it was the warcraft strategy games. It was mind blowing to be a character of your own in the warcraft world. To talk to the w3 heroes etc.
Classic is just objectively better than Retail, and its not just because of nostalgia.
I know that I'm late to the party, but I disagree with this video. Although I know people who will refuse to give a game a try if it's older than a decade, people can be just as close minded regarding trying out genres that they never interacted with in the past and it's unrelated to the quality of these games. I never got to play shin megami tensei nocturne until recently as it released 4 years before I was born, yet it is one of my favorite video games thanks to it's timeless gameplay and unique setting, and it's not the only case I fell in love with an old game. Baldurs gate, dishonored, diablo, ff7 and morrowind all offered me unforgettable journeys that I would have missed out on were I to judge these games before even playing them based on their age, and I don't see why more people don't give older gems a try with how easy it is to step into shit when playing only the newest releases.
I think nostalgia is valid because when people say "nostalgia" they actually refer to certain quailities. For me what makes me nostalgic about WOW vanilla is the aesthetics, the sounds, the story, designs, characters and overall art direction. What I like about the game is the sense of wander that it creates. You're an adventurer lost in a vast world that feels enchanted and magical, alive. It's truly a beautiful world and I think that's what makes us nostalgic about it.
Good game is like a book – it doesn't matter how many years have passed since the release. There are today's kids that completely fallen in love with Mario, Fallout, Diablo, cause those were just very very good stories and games made by heart. But i guess everybody here will agree, that games today aren't made with that passion as before.
Man i miss classic :(, absolutely saved my quarantine…
my heart aching a little when I remember.
Best time i ever had in vanilla was the travel and see all places inis and raids
First time to become my 60% mount was priceless
And my heart bleeding when i remember all the people i never see in real life but play with them together
In past the most people’s was great and nice and we meet us again after a finished quest
There was a video where they interviewed random people asking what they think about the subscription fee. This was done back in the early 2000s, it brought me so much nostalgia when I saw it. But for the life of me I have no idea how to find it again.
even your inro theme brings a tear to my eye. watching vanilla wow is hard it brings back alot of emotions and good times.
Watching this again makes me miss Classic WoW. That first phase was literally the best gaming experience I've ever had
classic wow feels more like a world and rpg than modern wow. classic RPG elements etc. I never played vanilla but played some tbc and wotlk. loved leveling and just playing. later on i played on classic servers and they were so good. i didnt actually have any nostalgia 😀
Once our children will be able to upload their friging brainwaves to a game, they will say our vr was crap.
Hearing the Morrowind theme hit hard.
I literally listened to the allcraft video of the run from teldrasill to elwynn at work today. It made me so happy. This game used to mean everything to me. I can tell you might say the same. Thanks for the video friend.
Weird panda creatures running around
WoW nostalgia hits me so hard. I haven’t played since legion. My best friend I played with since TBC passed away, the games never been the same to me anymore. So many good memories though.
Bless you MadSeason, may you never end.
My level of respect for you has risen to astronomical heights after this video
I was blown away by the game. I was an orc, warrior, and almost everyone didn't know what to do in the beginning. When I hit level 40(which was a pain in the ass considering I played tank but with damage talent skills) a guy named Fraxtonn came to me and just started talking to me. I said what I was doing and he told me everything I did wrong, I thought he was a time traveler because he knew things I didn't know anyone can know. I asked him how to get my mount and how to farm gold, he just laughed. Told me that it will be hard and I will need to be dedicated. He told me some ways, I did them and in 1 week I think I got like 5 gold or something(I don't remember really). He told me that I needed to just grind all day long, and when I told him I'll do that he gave me the money for the mount. He was the best in my server( at least I believed him to be). Fast forward to TBC. He hit level 70 in no time and just disappeared. I didn't know what happened to him. 2 months into the game and he came back. Told me he came only to see his WoW friends( no one was there except me). He told me he had lung cancer and that he wouldn't make it. He gave me a lot of items, gold and stuff I would need. Told me farewell and never saw him again. I found his girlfriend, and she told me he died the next day he said goodbye to me. That made me re-think my life. Think about every human u were online friends with. Their lives,families.
I'm sad that I didnt experience the earlier expansions of world of warcraft. I'm only 15 and I first started playing mop when it just came out, i used to watch my brother play wotlk before, he was also young like 5-6 years old. Now mop is even nostalgic i cant imagine the nostalgia with vanilla would feel like. Such a strange thing nostalgia is. Lol.
This makes me remember even more nostalgic games that I played when I was 4, games like splinter and assassins creed were the first games I experienced
Damn man. Very good video
Me, nostalgic for a server with a thriving community and in-depth experienced devs 'types on keyboard' "LotusWoW"
THIS VIDEO IS TOP NOTCH LEGENDARY. Much respect
WoW nostalgia is so powerful. I’ve done a great many things iRL, and this game, for better or worse gives me more nostalgia than anything.
I don’t even play wow anymore but this video is part of my “go to bed” routine. We make moments homie, every day.
how can i have nostialgia for a game i never played
Leveling alts with your videos playing in the background hits differently
eh, I like classis because it feels like an rpg. Retail feels like diablo, which is fine if you like diablo, but I'm not a fan of that type of gameplay
I think a link to the past would still be popular if released today. It was a great game for its genre and really holds up
lol snes… alternate reality. first rpg
If something gives you please and joy, no one can tell you you are wrong.
If that burger pie was in-game, it'd be a purple.
Love your videos
I think you have the most reasonable take on all of this. I kind of what to give classic a shot, it would be a fresh experience for me.
Damn I wish I could like this video a thousand times. Great video man
The hamburger pie reminded me of this chicken pasta my mom made, none of the ingredients were homemade but whenever i ate it I felt happy, and my father who wasn't really there for me in childhood would talk about how he could make the alfredo sauce and stuff from scratch and it was so much better but. How can it be better if he never made it for me? Thank you for the video
So, when we getting the recipe? Wow 20 year anniversary?
ahhh the old days with hot coffe and sigareds