Tbh in many cases with new models, the new model was applied throughout old content. Heck when it came to potential hunter pets Blizzard even added new NPCs that use the old model to preserve player choice in case a beloved pet was suddenly changed.
Because classic, tbc classic and wotlk classic are not supposed to use up to date models? It's just there to give you the game as it was when they released it, including the shitty graphics. If you want to play with HD models, just play the real deal instead?
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Hahahahaha. If you say so. The new graphics are 100000 times better, and I love the "cartoony" style.
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Or wait, I guess I missread the OP, sorry. They really didn't update the TBC demon mobs? That's weird. They usually auto update that stuff (see Molten Core f.e.). Atleast for SWP, I know they did use the new void hound models from BfA.
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Yeah that's true. Honestly, I still wish they would update Kalimdor/EK/Northrend to HD graphics. Outland is fine since they already did WoD which is basically HD outland with seas - but of course I would also take a revamp of that if it ever will become important to the lore again!
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Personal opinion but i find it just weird when high resolution models are present in a low res enviroment.
Just look at something like MC, you have updated Elemental, Molten Giants and Core Hounds, meanwhile the Flame Waker (Snake guys) and Ragnaros still use their original models.
Nevermind that the surroundings also still have their original appearance.
It just clashes horribly.
This hits a bit too close to home.
Their artstyle has not improved in the most recent expansions. I started noticing it badly in Legion, though the expansion was great everything became so... caricatural, for lack of a better word.
And mind you that can be done well too, but it just often wasn't when it came to some of the known demons mainly, who just felt blander for it, as if lacking any creative subtlety.
The Drust and the Underrot in BfA are examples of how it can be done right though, imo, same with the emerald nightmare creatures.
But a while back someone posted rwo hyena models for comparison; one from classic (i think) and one from Vol'dun (i think). The former looked like somethong resembling a hyena, even if obviously not very "high quality", but the latter really resembled something of a cross between a raw pastry and a claymation model.
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Blood elves and draenei use updated models in Retail TBC
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Classic still has the old models for bears, kobolds, rams, kodos, etc, so why dont you just go play that?
Why is it better to have inconsistency in the updates?
Because they don't have replacements for all of the models. So imagine if you have new models spread between the old ones, it'd completely break immersion. As it stands, you have just a quick moment of your brain adjusting to "this is what TBC looks like" rather than have to constantly flipflop between TBC-era and Legoin-era models
And why not made new models for all the NPCs? Because it'd be a huge waste of their time
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Being in a similar field of work, I always love it when people who have zero clue about what goes into my job, all of a sudden becomes an expert in my field. It's kind of similar to how people Google medical advice, then proceed to think they know more than their doctor.
Is that true? Didn't the Quilboar in the Barrens get updated during BfA? I genuinely don't know and can't be bothered to check.
That's a stretch too far. Only Nagrand truly feels that way. And to be sure, that's a good thing. I'm glad Blizzard gave themselves the creative license to create an original Draenor without being too stuck to what the Outland was.
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Does this even matter? It sounds pretty nitpicky at best. Surely you have better things to do than compare 3D models in a 18 year old game.