Retail VS Classic | which version of WoW should you play in 2025?

[00:03] huh so you want to jump into the Video

[00:05] Game World of Warcraft or you just want

[00:08] to charge into battle

[00:11] screaming or maybe they just want to

[00:14] jump into a fantasy MMO RPG game with

[00:17] their friends that could be the reason

[00:19] as to why they want to try out World of

[00:21] Warcraft actually yeah you could be

[00:23] right that could be a reason as well

[00:25] well if you want to play World of

[00:27] Warcraft there are two versions of the

[00:29] game that you can pick from there's

[00:31] retail World of Warcraft or there is

[00:33] classic World of Warcraft which is the

[00:35] best version that you should play oh my

[00:38] God all right all right bro hold on a

[00:40] second we can't just go on full scale

[00:42] rants as to why they should play our

[00:45] version that we suggest of the game why

[00:48] don't we do this we'll both have our

[00:50] time to share why they should jump into

[00:53] either retail or classic wow and then

[00:56] the viewer themselves can decide which

[00:58] version of the game they wanted jump

[01:00] into how does that sound actually that

[01:02] sounds perfect I'm looking forward into

[01:05] diving into it all right in this video

[01:07] we're going to go ahead and dive into

[01:08] the two different versions of the game I

[01:10] will be supporting retail World of

[01:12] Warcraft and I'm going to be repping

[01:15] classic wow and spoiler alert I am

[01:18] probably kind of like a new player

[01:21] sharing my opinion as to which version

[01:23] of the game you should jump into we are

[01:26] actually new players I started playing

[01:28] the game in early February February 2023

[01:31] so we're noobs sharing our opinion but

[01:33] regardless I'm giving a very unique

[01:35] opinion as to which version of the game

[01:38] that you should try out because I'm not

[01:40] some hardcore crazy player who's super

[01:43] into the game and knows the best way to

[01:45] DPS and do the most numbers yeah we

[01:48] sometimes don't even know what our

[01:49] skills are when we're reading our skill

[01:51] bar we are that new exactly and that's

[01:54] why this video is probably a little bit

[01:56] more unique than some of the other ones

[01:58] that are out there on the internet but

[02:00] have no fear I have played retail World

[02:03] of Warcraft and I am actually playing

[02:05] classic wow on Twitch I'll be live

[02:07] streaming it there you should check me

[02:09] out okay bro listen there's no reason

[02:11] for you to start you know sharing the

[02:13] twitch channel that early on let's just

[02:15] go ahead and jump into the

[02:17] [Music]

[02:19] video so which version are we going to

[02:21] start off with I think we should

[02:23] probably start out with the version that

[02:25] has been around for the longest

[02:28] technically speaking is actually retail

[02:31] World of

[02:32] Warcraft this version of the game has so

[02:34] many updates that have been sprinkled

[02:37] into the game over the past 20 years if

[02:40] you want to go ahead and try and beat

[02:41] the Lich King with an overpowered

[02:43] character you can do that in this game

[02:46] if you want to play the newest expansion

[02:48] that Blizzard Entertainment is

[02:50] constantly adding updates on currently

[02:52] with this video it's the war within you

[02:54] can do that in this video game they're

[02:57] constantly adding brand new transmogs

[02:59] into to the game for you to acquire in

[03:01] new raids seasonal updates all this kind

[03:04] of stuff there's always something to do

[03:07] within retail wow so what makes it stand

[03:09] out compared to its younger little

[03:11] sibling classic wow well there's a lot

[03:14] more to do in the game there's way more

[03:17] classes to pick from at the character

[03:18] select screen as well as way more

[03:21] customization for your character classic

[03:24] is a bit more limited obviously the game

[03:26] was made in 2004 and hasn't been updated

[03:29] since but with retail wow if you want to

[03:32] be a giant dragon walking around in the

[03:34] game or maybe you're just looking to

[03:35] have more hairstyles to pick from when

[03:37] you create your character yeah if you

[03:39] want to have dreadlocks as a human you

[03:41] can't do that in classic World of

[03:42] Warcraft it's only allowed in retail wow

[03:45] for the time being I don't know maybe

[03:47] they'll make Classic Plus at one point

[03:49] and we'll have new character creation

[03:51] options but for the time being if you

[03:53] want to be a little dreadlock human boy

[03:55] you have to play retail wow aside from

[03:57] that though when you jump into the game

[03:58] you might think okay I'm I'm super far

[04:00] behind how am I going to go through the

[04:02] game and actually get to the max level

[04:05] currently it's level 80 but I don't know

[04:07] maybe when you're watching this video

[04:08] it's level 100 or 200 who knows well how

[04:11] do you catch up Blizzard Entertainment

[04:13] makes it very easy for you to actually

[04:16] level in the game the main appeal with

[04:18] retail wow is for you to actually hit

[04:20] max level so that that way you can start

[04:22] farming out higher level gear that way

[04:25] you can jump into the raids in the game

[04:27] or Mythic plus now these are the two

[04:30] different I guess I would say endgame

[04:32] content that a lot of players jump into

[04:34] with raids it's your typical large scale

[04:37] player group activity in an instance

[04:40] where there are multiple bosses that you

[04:42] can defeat and hopefully one of them

[04:44] drops those items that you're looking

[04:46] for and you have your fingers crossed

[04:48] that you win the role to get that item

[04:51] raids are some of the most fun I've had

[04:53] within World of Warcraft it's one of my

[04:56] favorite things that I really like about

[04:57] retail and blizzard does a great job at

[05:00] tuning it and making it so it's still

[05:02] difficult but it's not easy for you to

[05:05] kind of steamroll through and if you

[05:07] think wow this raid is kind of easy

[05:09] there are higher scales you have the

[05:11] normal difficulty you have heroic and

[05:13] then you have Mythic difficulty wow I've

[05:16] only done a couple of Mythic raids

[05:19] within World of Warcraft and they're

[05:21] actually pretty hard if you don't have a

[05:23] good or high enough item level aside

[05:26] from raids the other type of content

[05:28] that players like to do is called Mythic

[05:30] plus this is essentially dungeons that

[05:32] are scaled up so if you want to do a

[05:35] level two Mythic dungeon that

[05:38] essentially means there will be some

[05:40] kind of variables that are sprinkled in

[05:42] to make it a bit more difficult maybe

[05:44] the enemies are a bit more tankier they

[05:46] have more Health perhaps you have a

[05:48] debuff on your character that makes it a

[05:50] little bit more difficult and of course

[05:52] the dungeon or Mythic dungeon is timed

[05:55] so you can't just kind of steamroll your

[05:57] way through take some breaks you know to

[05:59] eat some food or I don't know scroll on

[06:01] Tik Tok to watch some mless content no

[06:04] you got to go through and there's a

[06:05] timer that you got to beat if you want

[06:07] to get the loot from the Mythic dungeon

[06:09] and it constantly scales up which is

[06:11] really fun because you could do content

[06:13] that is normal you know you used to do

[06:16] this dungeon before and you're like ah

[06:18] it's easy it's whatever I did it once

[06:20] but this is constantly evolving you can

[06:22] try and challenge yourself and be like

[06:23] okay can I do a level five Mythic

[06:26] dungeon or can I actually hit that max

[06:28] level of of level 10 for this Mythic

[06:30] dungeon or is that too difficult then

[06:32] can I only do a level eight for the time

[06:34] being this is constantly getting more

[06:37] difficult as time goes on of course the

[06:39] rewards are a bit better but this is

[06:41] something that a lot of players like to

[06:42] do but maybe you're a solo player and

[06:45] you're like I don't have time to put

[06:46] together a group or try and get into a

[06:48] guild to run this instance-based content

[06:51] how can I enjoy World of Warcraft this

[06:53] would be when the delves come into the

[06:55] game this is essentially solo instance

[06:58] dungeons that you can with NPC

[07:00] companions in all honesty like delves

[07:03] are fun if you're looking to do it like

[07:05] once or twice every once in a while but

[07:08] in my opinion it's an MMO RPG game it's

[07:11] way more fun when you do instance-based

[07:13] content with other players which means

[07:16] you can do delves with other players

[07:18] it's something that you can consider and

[07:20] I would recommend doing this instead

[07:22] instead of jumping into it with your NPC

[07:25] companion named uh Bran or whatever his

[07:27] name is he he's so annoying he he

[07:29] doesn't heal me when he needs to but

[07:31] whatever he's kind of a meme at this

[07:32] point I recommend playing the MMO RPG

[07:35] game with other players w you know

[07:38] that's crazy and when it comes to

[07:40] playing with other players you might

[07:41] find that they have some unique looking

[07:43] outfits and then you'll ask them how did

[07:45] you get this piece of armor where did

[07:47] you get this weapon and this is when the

[07:49] other element of retail wow comes to

[07:52] shine so much brighter compared to its

[07:55] little sibling classic with retail World

[07:58] of Warcraft there's so much transmog

[08:00] this means that there's lots of

[08:02] different armor there's lots of

[08:03] different weapons and there are tons and

[08:06] tons and tons of mounts to collect in

[08:08] the game this means that you'll spend a

[08:10] lot of time going back through old

[08:13] content to put together a unique looking

[08:16] appearance for your character I think a

[08:19] lot of players really enjoy this aspect

[08:22] of retail World of Warcraft so much so

[08:25] that when they're done getting together

[08:27] an outfit and a a mount that matches

[08:30] that outfit for their main character

[08:32] they will create an ALT character to

[08:34] make a very unique outfit for them so

[08:37] that that way when you log into the game

[08:39] your War band where all the characters

[08:41] are at this kind of campfire area you

[08:44] can look at all the characters and be

[08:45] like wow I made all of these characters

[08:48] they're all decked out in very unique

[08:50] appearances that I collected across all

[08:52] of Azeroth this is something that is

[08:55] truly amazing and to be honest with you

[08:58] I think I covered a lot of points as to

[09:00] why players like to play retail wow I'm

[09:03] sure there are other points that you

[09:05] might want to drop in the comment

[09:07] section down below but I do know that if

[09:09] I take up too much time this guy over

[09:12] here is going to be incredibly rude to

[09:14] me later so I'll go ahead and stop

[09:17] talking let's give the microphone over

[09:19] to our classic World of Warcraft fan

[09:22] over here and see as to why you should

[09:25] play that version of the game all right

[09:28] take it away yeah can't believe you

[09:29] actually listen to that guy chat for

[09:32] that long let's dive into the best

[09:34] version of the game classic World of

[09:37] Warcraft so classic World of Warcraft is

[09:39] the version of the game that people

[09:41] literally ruined their lives playing

[09:43] they dropped out of college they stopped

[09:46] dating their girlfriends they wanted to

[09:48] level up and get to endgame within this

[09:50] version of the game there's no flying

[09:52] mounts in the game you have to run

[09:54] everywhere on foot that is until you hit

[09:56] Level 40 when you can finally get your

[09:58] Mount that means that the game's world

[10:01] and scale is so large and massive of

[10:04] course you think well I have to run

[10:06] everywhere is this just a running

[10:08] simulator well it isn't because you can

[10:11] unlock flight paths in certain areas but

[10:13] the fact that you have to run everywhere

[10:15] in the game at first makes the game's

[10:18] World feel so immersive and massive for

[10:21] you as a player this is something that

[10:23] you'll realize classic wow is a bit more

[10:26] slower compared to retail wow it's more

[10:29] of the journey to leveling up to max

[10:32] level than just rushing to max level and

[10:35] then doing a bunch of endgame content

[10:37] the real journey with classic wow is

[10:39] trying to level up and get to level 60

[10:42] there are some classes that you can pick

[10:43] from in the game they do have a little

[10:45] bit of character customization I know

[10:47] the previous guy was chatting about how

[10:49] oh there's there's more hair in our

[10:51] version of the game who cares bro just

[10:53] make your character it doesn't matter

[10:55] you're going to deck them out and

[10:57] hopefully some good armor drops that you

[10:58] get from from different enemies and

[11:00] different Dungeons and then eventually

[11:02] you'll be running through the game and

[11:04] you don't want to get too tied to your

[11:06] character if you end up playing the

[11:08] hardcore version of the game where if

[11:10] you die you have to delete your

[11:12] character and go back to level one again

[11:15] so who cares about spending an eternity

[11:17] at character customization it does not

[11:19] matter if essentially if you play

[11:21] hardcore wow like you are in the thick

[11:23] of it you better be prepared to dive

[11:26] into it and maybe lose your character

[11:28] unless you're a gig Chad like me who

[11:30] hasn't died yeah I'm level 30 right now

[11:32] but regardless why should you play

[11:34] classic wow the journey is a bit more

[11:36] slow it's a it's a really chill game and

[11:38] you'll get to understand why MMO RPGs

[11:41] are where they are today this version of

[11:44] the game is the reason why MMO RPGs

[11:47] still exist it's so massively successful

[11:50] classic wow that people are still

[11:52] playing this old version of the game 20

[11:55] years later that should speak for itself

[11:58] the music when you enter Stormwind for

[12:01] the first time the experience that you

[12:03] get going through deadmines and kind of

[12:05] freaking out like am I going to make it

[12:07] through exploring the different zones

[12:10] within the game that you would normally

[12:11] just fly over in retail because you

[12:14] quickly hit max level so you didn't have

[12:16] to go to Zone to Zone to Zone to level

[12:19] when it comes to Classic wow you'll be

[12:22] experiencing most of the zones within

[12:24] the game of course if you do make an

[12:26] alliance character and you never roll on

[12:28] over in to The Horde then maybe you

[12:30] won't see all the zones but for the most

[12:32] part you're going to see a lot more

[12:34] compared to retail World of Warcraft

[12:36] you're going there because of quests

[12:38] you're going there you know to get

[12:40] through a map to unlock a flight path in

[12:42] the next Zone that is you know

[12:44] neighboring it the world within classic

[12:47] wow is just I don't know it's just a

[12:49] whole lot more immersive than retail wow

[12:52] at least in my opinion because you're

[12:53] not rushed to some certain area in the

[12:55] game to get the end game no you're

[12:57] you're slowly leveling and going through

[12:59] the game world I recommend a couple of

[13:01] add-ons though if you're going to play

[13:03] classic World of Warcraft one of them is

[13:05] called questy and the other one is

[13:07] called voiceover it essentially will

[13:10] voice over the text that a lot of people

[13:13] will just skip over when it comes to

[13:14] Quest but if you want a AI voice that

[13:17] actually does a pretty fairly decent job

[13:20] at voicing the quest if you want them to

[13:22] essentially voice over the quest and

[13:25] read things out loud I would install

[13:27] this add-on because it makes The Quest

[13:29] thing and the experience with it way

[13:31] more better in my opinion aside from

[13:33] that though there is endgame content if

[13:35] you make it to the end they do have big

[13:38] big big raids like way more players than

[13:40] you would actually experience in retail

[13:42] World of Warcraft see with classic they

[13:45] had larger scale raids I think it was

[13:47] with 50 or 40 people I'm still new I'm

[13:50] I'm still only level 30 so hey you go

[13:52] easy on me but I think the larger scale

[13:55] with more players in a raid makes it all

[13:57] the more epic I think with classic wow

[13:59] it's it's more simple you know there's

[14:01] not tons of skills within your skill bar

[14:03] there's only the set from Level 1 to 60

[14:06] obviously with retail wow they have

[14:08] sprinkled in a bunch of things like oh

[14:09] you have you know like different skills

[14:11] that you can pick and there's there's

[14:13] more talentry things that you can deck

[14:15] out and it's just way more confusing I

[14:17] feel like with with classic wow it's a

[14:19] bit more tamed down you have still the

[14:22] talent points that you can kind of build

[14:23] out a different tree and different

[14:25] skills and obviously your skill bar will

[14:27] look pretty loaded if you want it to but

[14:30] it's still dumbed down in a way that is

[14:33] a bit more simple to understand there's

[14:35] a reason why people stick around with

[14:37] classic because it feels cozy this is

[14:39] something that a lot of players love to

[14:41] experience the music the the different

[14:44] content and of course when you're

[14:45] playing through the dungeons within

[14:47] classic most of the time you're within

[14:49] the level bracket so it's going to be a

[14:50] challenge for you or at least other

[14:52] players within your group when you're

[14:54] doing instance-based content the main

[14:57] appeal with classic is just no knowing

[14:59] that this game led to so many other MMO

[15:02] RPGs rising from the ground up there

[15:04] wouldn't be a Guild Wars 2 if classic

[15:07] wow didn't do so well there wouldn't be

[15:09] new world or even any other MMO RPG that

[15:12] is out there and that has been

[15:13] influenced by classic wow it wouldn't

[15:16] exist without this game and that's why

[15:19] this game is worth playing at the end of

[15:21] the day now of course you can't really

[15:23] deck out your character in transmog but

[15:26] that does not mean that blizzard isn't

[15:28] thinking and in the kitchen with Classic

[15:31] Plus and I think I'll spend a quick

[15:33] minute chatting about what Classic Plus

[15:34] is everyone really loves classic World

[15:36] of Warcraft this is their favorite

[15:38] version of the game they still play it

[15:39] to this day and it's constantly fun

[15:41] because when they hit the 60 they go

[15:43] okay do I want to try out you know the

[15:45] hardcore version or reroll another

[15:47] character blizzard knows though that

[15:49] this version of the game isn't forever

[15:51] people will churn out eventually when

[15:53] you hit Level 60 when you do the raids

[15:55] when you get the best gear you'll

[15:56] probably stop playing the game unless

[15:57] you make another character or play with

[15:59] a friend or or join a guild it's very

[16:01] important to play this game with other

[16:02] players I highly suggest it but they are

[16:04] thinking about probably doing something

[16:06] what they call Classic Plus is what the

[16:08] community is saying it's essentially

[16:09] taking what classic World of Warcraft is

[16:11] and building onto it basically adding on

[16:14] new content new expansions all that kind

[16:16] of stuff within classic World of

[16:18] Warcraft and that's very exciting that

[16:19] could mean that the formula of what

[16:22] makes classic World of Warcraft really

[16:24] good fun and exciting they're not over

[16:26] complicating things they're just adding

[16:28] more content within the game maybe

[16:29] that's more endgame content for you to

[16:31] dive into maybe it's more um you know

[16:34] middleof the road content for level 30s

[16:36] 20s 40s we really don't know what it is

[16:38] but we do know that blizzard is trying

[16:41] things out they tried it with season of

[16:43] discovery which is like an off-brand

[16:44] version of classic wow and of course

[16:46] they are doing that re-release of brand

[16:49] new servers where if you do want to

[16:51] continue playing the classic wow you can

[16:53] jump into burning Crusade later on in

[16:55] 2025 and I don't know maybe we'll have

[16:58] Wrath of the L in 2026 like classic is

[17:01] really exciting and Blizzard

[17:03] Entertainment knows that a lot of people

[17:05] really like this version of the game

[17:07] it's hard to explain why classic is good

[17:09] because if you look at the the gameplay

[17:11] you're like this looks kind of boring it

[17:13] it it seems like it kind of plays by

[17:15] itself but I promise you if you dive

[17:17] into classic wow you get to at least

[17:19] beating deadmines like past level 20

[17:22] it'll click For You especially if you're

[17:24] looking for a challenge I highly

[17:25] recommend diving into hardcore wow it is

[17:28] like my favorite version of the game

[17:30] especially if you don't know what you're

[17:31] doing every little encounter with a

[17:34] murlock or or any anything in the game

[17:37] has you on edge because you know if you

[17:39] die you're going back to level one and

[17:41] essentially this is why I recommend

[17:43] classic wow maybe you have some

[17:45] recommendations yourselves or advice as

[17:47] to why you play classic wow be sure to

[17:50] leave it in the comment section down

[17:51] below I do read every single comment I

[17:53] do want to take a moment to thank my

[17:55] patreon supporters it's only one person

[17:57] thank you very much SAS pass I

[17:59] appreciate you so you're nearing the end

[18:01] of the video and this is where we want

[18:03] to know what version of wow are you

[18:05] going to pick are you going to jump into

[18:07] retail World of Warcraft or are you

[18:09] going to jump into classic wow or are

[18:11] you going to jump into both let us know

[18:14] in the comments section down below and

[18:16] thank you very much for watching to the

[18:18] end as always stayed gamers

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