I gotta agree with Rager here. The art style of WoW is.. bleah.

It worked in the prior Warcraft games, because you weren't staring at the backside of one character for hours on end. When you're up-close and personal with WoW's graphics, it's hard to take the game seriously, especially in the modern era of neigh-photorealistic worlds for MMOs.

Also, Warcraft has -not- had the same art style for all of their games. There was a Warcraft Adventure game, I forget exactly what it was called, followed the story of a young Orc, very short lived game. It's style was still cartoony, but it was more like.. Dragon's Lair in graphics.

Well Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans was never released, so for most people it probably doesn't count.

Official post about this:

"With the launch of Rage of the Firelands (patch 4.2), we introduced the World of Warcraft Starter Edition, a replacement for the previously available free trial. The Starter Edition allows anyone to play for free up to level 20 without the time restrictions placed on trial accounts – all you need is a Battle.net account and Internet connection. The Starter Edition also opens up some new features that weren't available in the old time-limited trial:

Players with the WoW Starter Edition can create draenei and blood elf characters, which were previously unavailable with trial accounts.
The two starting zones associated with these races are also available to people wishing to try out the game.
The gold limit has been raised to 10 gold, allowing Starter Edition players to purchase mounts when they reach the appropriate level.

When you reach level 20, your characters will stop gaining experience. However, you are free to continue playing and exploring Azeroth for as long as you wish – or you can roll an entirely new character to try out a new race or class. You can also choose to upgrade to a full, paid account at any time and continue your adventures beyond level 20.

With the launch of the Starter Edition, all existing trial accounts, including expired ones, have been reactivated. That means if you've tried WoW in the past, your trial-account characters are now accessible once more.

As you may have already seen, our Recruit-a-Friend program has also been upgraded as a result of the changes introduced with the WoW Starter Edition.

Now's a better time than ever to try out World of Warcraft. If you’re thinking of getting into WoW or know a friend who's been interested in joining you in Azeroth, it's easy to give it a try today.

For more information on this exciting new feature and a full list of restrictions, please visit the Starter Edition FAQ."

Yes, but did you start playing again? If so, can you tell stonebro "hi" and that we miss him:)

Haha, yea, currently logged in... Having trouble soloing some TBC group quest... grrrrrrr!

And I still don't feel the urge to waste my time on some MMO shit like this....