By Alec Meer on November 25th, 2008 at 9:40 pm.
Oh, Blizzard and their funny April fool’s jokes. Moreover – oh, Blizzard fans and their tendency to turn said April fool’s gags into a big deal. This time, someone’s actually made one of the gags flesh. Well, pixels. Blizz’s 2008 rib-tickler was the promise of a console version of WoW – only it was an Atari 2600. World of Warcraft: The Molten Core would, they promised, offer lush 2D graphics and the ability to move in any of 8 directions. Giggles!
Now Gamer’s University have only gone and made the bally thing.
And whaddaya know, you really can move in any of 8 directions. It’s 2 player, it’s very silly, it has a faintly terrifying degree of attention to detail and it’s incredibly difficult. Well, I say that, but I was trying to control both Warrior and Priest myself. I can barely do that patting my head while rubbing my stomach thing, so that was clearly a bad idea. I wiped at the first fight, which was reasonably reflective of my general WoW dungeon experience.
Grab it for no-pennies from here, though be aware it’s more an elaborate pun for WoW devotees than a fun time in and of itself.
25/11/2008 at 22:31 The Hammer says:
There was another version (or an earlier version? I’m not sure) out a few months back, which I have nestled in my computer. Seems that this one is getting more press. Nice to see the joke made real, anyway! Hilarious stuff!
26/11/2008 at 01:32 Carra says:
No time to comment, must get to level 80.
26/11/2008 at 05:35 Konky Dong 1000: Skinning a Bear Should Aggro Every Bears says:
Molten Core occupies a weird place in my mind. On one hand, it has a lot of history in terms of the game’s progress and I have a lot of nostalgia for it (and the whole Blackrock Mountain experience, really). On the other hand, it’s the worst fucking raid instance in the game. I mean, it is pure shit. Blizzard has come a long way since then but it’s odd to have so many warm feelings for a place I hate so much.
26/11/2008 at 06:19 Dyscharge says:
What’s next, World of Starcraft? Ha!
…I called it.
26/11/2008 at 08:15 Tei says:
If it run on a x86, is tecnically a 20bits game.
/just kidding
26/11/2008 at 16:21 Arides says:
Blizzard has come a long way since then but it’s odd to have so many warm feelings for a place I hate so much.
The warm feeling aren’t from nostalgia. They’re from all that lava.