Shadowlands Doesn’t Feel Like WoW

Like practically all modern, post 2008 entertainment, it never takes itself too seriously. All of it is done tongue in cheek. You are meant to ironically enjoy the tone and setting, whilst creating uninspired memes to post on reddit and Twitter.

Imagine if Shadowlands was done in the late 1990s, it wouldnt be presented as this carnival of anime tropes. It would be presented as dark as anything seen in original Doom, Diablo 1 and Warcraft 2.

Its not the topic of afterlife that is the issue, its the very presentation and ironic tone that ruins it. Its not a WoW exclusive problem, its a broad entertainment tone that has infected everything. Doom Eternal is a game about a fan of Doom who collects Doom figurines and is into "memes".

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