We could do with a few player model improvements. I mean they showed that they can go even further with the model detail when they released the dragon-thing race.
I think the standard of the models are good enough, however more customisations should be provided. No, I dont mean fat sliders.
fat sliders ftw!
A graphics overhaul would risk alienating players on more humble hardware but wouldnât do much to draw new players because WoW, and MMOs more broadly, are increasingly of niche appeal compared to other live service genres.
Simply put, it would be a poor business decision to spend a lot of time (money) on a graphics overhaul to only risk alienating your core playerbase.
Smart businesses tend to be conservative with their cash cows.
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probably not. the last time they attempted this in WoD they irreversibly destroyed the vibe of many of the playable races. male night elves went from somewhat cool to goofy and nerdy, undead males went from cool to smeagol-like, female worgens went from hideous werewolves to some guyâs fursona.
this attempt cost them probably tens of thousands of work hours as they are, still to this day, trying to fix some of the races and regularly throw in some extra eyebrows or whatever every few patches to try and make them presentable.
the graphics revamp seemingly killed their ability to make new races, too, as the new and more complex armour pieces need to be fitted and retrofitted to the also new and more complex race models. the last new race we got that looked unique, was unique and was whole was⌠Pandaren. Every other race is either a clone, like void elf, half done, like Kulâtiran, or 20% done, like Dracthyr.
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Every Expansion they try to make the code better - but the maincore ist from early 2000.
Its like an old building you can only using the washing machine or play on the pc
Great name for a PC store.
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I think the game looks pretty great for the most part. It has a distinct style to it and on many fronts it is ahead of its time given how large the zones are and how most are effectively a part of a broader set of zones that you can move between with no loading screens.
Some of the older zones are a bit dated and could technically benefit from a touch up but then thereâs the risk of ruining the âvibesâ.
As far as the player character models are concerned, I do like the idea of more customisation options within reason. Especially new hairstyles.
Most people cant afford high end pcs and mmos in general are not played by people who drool for graphics.
Also game looks fine for 20+ year old game.
To be fair Iâve recently upgraded to a hell of a PC, where I can have everything on ultra, and oh my Thrall! Wow has some truly beautiful scenery and effects.
Coming from a lousy laptop with everything set on âlowâ Iâm seeing WoW in a whole new light. 
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I have an OLED monitor (/brag) and it looks absolutely amazing. I canât even have the full effects on because of migraines and simulation sickness. I think most peopleâs issue lies in that it is still cartoony but thatâs specifically what I like about WoWâs art style.
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In some areas it looks great like buildings, ships, characters, zones, etc. But in others it looks horrible like the plain grey mountains that look so fake and lazy.
I thing it comes down to the individual designer, some are great and some may be bad.
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WoW graphics are better than the hyper realistic ones imo
i dont want to play a WoW game that requires a 10k pc
Every 20 year old game looks bad compaired to modern games.
WoW and Blizzard as a whole has an advantage that the art style is not a realistic one so minor updates can increase the logevity of the art.
Personally I feel Retail WoW today looks great.
Also to change engine or artstyle would require a massive overhawl that would likely loose more players than it would attract and wouldnât be worth the effort IMO.
Crysis says âhiâ 
gAME IS NOT BAD LOOKING LOL.
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2007 Crysis looks not as good compaired to current games, thanks for making my point.
again, I donât think this is gonna happen WoW had dated graphics upon release, people still played this game for decades despite better looking competitors.
Most players quit playing because of fatigue or content droughts.
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The graphics are timeless. Not every single game has have the best looking realistic graphics.
The cartoony style is great. Also itâs ironic that you say the game is unplayable because of so-called graphics since some of the most popular games currently do not have what could be considered âgood graphicsâ.
As other have said, the game wonât be seeing the sort of graphics single player games have moved to. They donât age well and over time will need a remaster anyways. WoW has survived this long for the graphics not needing to limit itself to needing such high ranking graphic cards which are becoming far more expensive with each generation.
It sounds like youâre not liking the game anymore due to said graphic looks the developers have chosen and therefore another game may be more of a right move for you as some have chosen to use more up to date graphics.
I see WoW as I saw Zelda: Windwaker. Itâs a artistic choice which has helped keep that game to look better over time than say Twilight Princess, probably why that side went back to cel shaded graphics again.
Realistic life like graphics isnât always the win for videogames. Wukong for instance needs good hardware to make it run good at higher resolutions. WoW doesnât need as much and therefore is open to more players due to said lower demands on computer hardware.
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