Man I remember reading the the booklets that came with Warcraft 1 and 2 over and over when I was young. There was so much lore there it was awesome.
Comment on What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
World of Warcraft; Azeroth (the planet) lore is quite detailed and fleshed out - building upon the foundations of the original RTS trilogy.
It’s a bit of a shame a lot of it gets swept under the rug every major expansion and patch cycle, so it’s hard for new(er) players to catch up.
njm1314@lemmy.world 2 days ago
False@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Even Warcraft 3 was basically a giant retcon of the first 2 games (even as plot light as they were). The series has constantly pulled new stuff out of it’s burr.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Oh, absolutely - but a lot of perpetual/evolving media has similar issues where previous canon ends up being recontextualised, reframed or outright retconned in order to better fit the overarching story currently being told.
Sometimes it’s for the better, others for the worse (cough, Shadowlands, cough).
Still, it doesn’t stop it from being an otherwise great example of world building - evident in part by just how many people actually care about the lore!