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World of Warcraft Classic, the "new" version of World of Warcraft that recreates the main experience if your popular massively multiplayer online RPG launched almost many years ago, are at once perfectly familiar -- nevertheless, at its core, it is like a different game WOW Classic Items than modern Warcraft.

WoW Classic releases on August 27. Stress tests, which start May 22, enables more players to discover the beta server in their own business.

(Public service announcement: People invited on the Classic beta report failing to get any emails. So if you're an energetic WoW player which has opted into beta tests, look at the account drop-down in your Battle.net launcher to ensure "Beta: WoW Classic" isn't already out there.)

I received a beta invite for Classic, coupled with also been an alpha and beta tester for an original game 20 years ago. That isn't unique; plenty of people in Northshire Valley had WOW Classic Boosting a similar experience, suggesting to me that active players who had been Day 1 WoW gamers or had participated in the first tests probably have gotten priority invitations for this one.

I recreated my primary character -- a personality's warrior, because inside last-push alpha test I joined in 2004, there is no Horde -- and logged in. Immediately, I was amazed at how good the graphics actually looked, internet marketing 15 yr old textures-on-polygons. Warcraft's bright colors and cartoony aesthetic continue to the day, so all the improved resolution and better-contoured characters in Lordaeron don't really alter the game's visual aesthetic.