Should the Warcraft become more creepy?

[LazarusLong]

I didn't, but it really didn't grab me the same way. I think it is because it is so flooded with mobs.

I would say that this https://www.wowhead.com/quest=44785/tea-party is the creepiest quest in all of WoW.

[sam86]

no warcraft is ok in this state, if u want a far more dark lore... i was going to say go diablo then i remember blizzcon, so i guess go dark souls ?

[Broken Fox]

The game has the depth and atmosphere of a Pokémon episode. It’s not capable of being creepy.

[Magnagarde]

Yes, definitely. The Scourge left a big void (no pun intended) in its stead when it was "defeated" back in WotLK.

[Kyphael]

I don't think Blizzard can do creepy if I'm honest, or at least I don't think WoW as a game is capable of such.

Whenever I watch one of those Halloween top 10 videos of creepy things, I always leave with a feeling of, ''wow is that it?''

Drustvar was pretty well done and I thought was pretty creepy.

But on Old Gods, yeah, Void Elves kind of trivialized being afraid of that particular power.

[Zandalariprelate]

They better go with visual horror rather than lovecraft atmosphere because that is very hard to make it work but I guess they can copy from Bloodborne and Berserker creepiness for the void creatures

[Queen of Hamsters]

I believe there can be a balance, but I LOVE the creepy stuff!!

I just think they need to be better at utilizing darkness and visual effects to create threatening atmosphere.

[Evaddon]

I would like it to be more darker and lose most, if not all of the pop culture references. If not lose them, have them hidden and ducked off like they used to be

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no warcraft is ok in this state, if u want a far more dark lore... i was going to say go diablo then i remember blizzcon, so i guess go dark souls ?

Nah Darksiders man! Darksiders 3 comes out in two weeks!

[Broken Fox]

Ok, I'll give Drustvar props. Especially coming off Bloodborne that zone was pretty awesome.

[vertigo12]

With 3 of the 4 Old Gods dead N'zoth is the only hope we have for creepiness, and we already kinda know what he looks like from the Azshara Warbringers and Hearthstone so Blizz ruined that as well.

Unless we resort to exploring what happened at Bael Modan...

You forgot Xal'atath's old goddess form.

[Deleted]

If New Scourge or Black Empire Expansions yes.

[Bigby]

Blizzard don't have the writing subtlety to do creepy, let alone horror in any real form. They're too eager to blow their load with OOGA BOOGA LOOK TENTACLES LMAO.

Their world building and zone designers would do a good job of it - Duskwood, Vanilla EPL, Dread Wastes, etc - but anything beyond that? Nah.

[TheVaryag]

It's not a secret,that part of the Warcraft lore is influenced by the Eldritch Horror - H.P. Lovecraft's books and the names of the old gods in WoW are a bit changed names of his characters - such as C'thun and Cthulhu.

The creatures and the events portrayed in his books are quite creepy - if you have played the Eldritch Horror board game,you know what I'm talking about. Despite the fact,that the whole void theme is heavily influenced by his works,the events and the creatures of the void in WoW look quite...cartoonish and the whole void theme in Warcrat doesn't seem creepy - at all.

So,what you think - do you like how the whole Twilight's Hammer/Old gods/Void theme is shown in the game or would you like it be more creepy?

I would rather have World of Warhammer.....

/Looks back at Legion Ships appearing at for Legion's Prelaunch Patch.

Oh, nevermind, we're already in a bad version of It.

/Looks deeper at the ridicilous dogfights and Warhammer like fights in Antorus

No.. stop It... enough! >_< you're not Warhammer, blizz.


Being a cynical bastard aside though, no. WoW devs can't do that well and an MMO Isn't good for It either, secret world got closest...ish? But that's about It.

[Florena]

The old god stuff has always been 'lovecraft lite' anyway.

Part of the horror of cosmic horror is being powerless. When we can put a raid together and go kick an old god's ass, or when its motivations are as understandable and made clear as they are in WoW, you lose that. The old gods have never been more than a shadow of the great old ones in lovecraft's work. Their mission only helps to make Azeroth seem like the center of the universe, not an insignificant spec in a vast cosmic ocean.

[gioderpington]

Like drustvar? Cause halfway through the story when I realized the ghouls were actually humans with decaying pig heads (like I finally zoomed in to look at the model). I actually jumped and blew CDs on a basic mob cause it creeped me out so much. The entire Zone is creepy in different ways which is nice. Unfortunately it's hard to portray creep and horror in a game where we have killed "gods" for over a decade straight.

[Maljinwo]

They fucked it up already with Void Elves, there is nothing that can change that.

"Controllable eldritch powers" fuck you Blizzard.

I still wish that Random Void Elves explode into tentacles and start attacking their own.
It would actually show how unstable and dangerous being infused with Void magic is and how Void Elves must constantly fight against it.


ALso, it'd be hilarious

[Jastall]

Blizzard can do creepy in doses. Drustvar has plenty of creepy, most of which is effective. I thought G'huun was also pretty creepy and gruesome in his design as well.

But yeah, no, the Old Gods aren't creepy anymore. Not when we know all about their origins, their plans, their magic, know that their power really isn't that corruptive (thanks Void Elves) and when they show N'zoth immediately ditching all subtlety and going all MWAHAHA IM A GOD". Plus, Lovecraftian horror doesn't really work in a game where most, if not all villains are destined to be killed by loot-crazed maniacs rather than remain unknowable abominations beyond human understanding.

[Kwento]

There is no need to “become” more creepy. Just like with reasons for fighting, Blizzard should just look into their own lore. Cannibals, sacrifices, demons that aren’t just aliens with green fire, slavery, brutal deaths. Warcraft has the material.

[Blizzard Moneybot]

you can't have any of that when you know almost everything about the baddies you are facing. We know too much about the old gods. The whole point of cosmic horror is fear of the unknown. NOt fear of a tentacle blob with a name that talks shit to u through his pawns, all of whom are defined.

[Felixon]

Yes, definitely. The Scourge left a big void (no pun intended) in its stead when it was "defeated" back in WotLK.

True. The stuff,that the Scourge did lorewise,is pretty scary - shit,the portrayal of it in Warcraft III was better,than in the WoW. Just remember about the meat wagons and what they used for the ammunition,for example. Or the first time you see the abominations and find out how they were "made".

Also,Drustvar - it definetely is the creepiest zone so far in WoW - I still don't understand how those bird-people were made.