WoW Insider previews the zones of Northrend
by Mike Schramm 
Nov 12th 2008 at 2:45PM
We showed you what Northrend has to offer in pictoral form last night, but here's a rundown of the various zones you'll see up in the frozen north when you take that boat or zeppelin. Northrend definitely seems like some of the best work Blizzard has ever done -- there's a zone-wide city of Trolls, we're getting visits from new NPCs like the Oracles (talking Murlocs!) and the Tuskarr and Taunka, and old visits from groups like The Venture Company, the Titans, and old Hemet Nesingwary himself. And the richness of available landscapes here is amazing as well, from the chilly flats of the Borean Tundra to the sheltered heat of the rainforests of Sho'lazar to the windswept, battered Storm Peaks and the icy evil of Icecrown.
Northrend is going to be amazing -- here's one final preview before we take that step into the land of the Lich King.
Northrend is going to be amazing -- here's one final preview before we take that step into the land of the Lich King.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Guides, Galleries, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Barbas Nov 12th 2008 2:52PM
Can't wait for tonight, this is gonna be awesome!!!!!
BigJimm Nov 12th 2008 3:02PM
*sigh* I need a new computer. No WotLK for me yet...
(Mac G4, 1ghz; even Shatt is choppy right now)
Mike Nov 12th 2008 3:01PM
Is it just me, or does it seem like Blizzard has improved the graphical style in Northrend? It just seems like there is more detail and there are more graphical flourishes. We probably won't notice those details after a few days/weeks, but they seem impressive now.
Runstadrey Nov 12th 2008 3:21PM
Has the compare & contrast article on Borean Tundra & Howling Fjord already been published? Or is it on the way? Or am I waiting in vain?