3 ms·

I think the person you are responding though means adding more content without changing the gameplay mechanics that later patches and expansions brought. Also

I think the person you are responding though means adding more content without changing the gameplay mechanics that later patches and expansions brought. Also not every evolution means going down the paths previously taken. Old School Runescape has been developing continuously without turning into modern Runescape. AFAIK Blizzard has stated that if successfull (udefined criteria) they want to expand on the Classic release, but they have not decided wether they want that to be releasing ports of the next exansions (The Burning Crusade etc., 'vertical expansion'), or more content but still in the Classic game ('horizonal expansion'), or both etc.

falcolas 7y ago
Any expansion path they take will divide an already niche community. There’s a set of people who have expressed a desire to go through the expansions again (up to a point, which is also a divisive point in the community), and there’s another set of poeple who don’t want any new releases, and a final group who wants new “old school” content. In short, a small niche set of gamers is split in three on where they want Class WoW to go, promising no real value to Blizzard (especially since they are not being independently monetized).
- PeterStuer 7y ago
  Re-masters/releases are some of the cheapest games to produce. Therefore my money would be on them most certainly releasing the next expansions in the series remastered as well. Whether the customer-base for such a remake game series is primarily predatory on the current 'modern' game remains to be seen. Some retakes have been far more successful than their original bloodlines. Everyone always references OSRS, as that is also an MMO and therefore the most comparable, but think about the successes of the 'Age of Empires II' series still going strong where AoE3 was not longlived.

falcolas 7y ago

Any expansion path they take will divide an already niche community. There’s a set of people who have expressed a desire to go through the expansions again (up to a point, which is also a divisive point in the community), and there’s another set of poeple who don’t want any new releases, and a final group who wants new “old school” content. In short, a small niche set of gamers is split in three on where they want Class WoW to go, promising no real value to Blizzard (especially since they are not being independently monetized).

PeterStuer 7y ago
Re-masters/releases are some of the cheapest games to produce. Therefore my money would be on them most certainly releasing the next expansions in the series remastered as well. Whether the customer-base for such a remake game series is primarily predatory on the current 'modern' game remains to be seen. Some retakes have been far more successful than their original bloodlines. Everyone always references OSRS, as that is also an MMO and therefore the most comparable, but think about the successes of the 'Age of Empires II' series still going strong where AoE3 was not longlived.