World of Warcraft Classic has officially looped all the way back around to the very expansion that, in many ways, sparked the desire for it to exist in the first place. On May 20, Cataclysm Classic will release and move WoW Classic into a new era that is ironically similar to the live version of WoW.
This, of course, comes as WoW is about to enter its own new era with the War Within, and after Dragonflight, which set the foundation for the next trilogy of expansions. WoW Cataclysm essentially did the same for old WoW, moving it far away from the stereotypical MMO where you kill seven wolves for gold. That game still exists, but Cataclysm piled big story arcs and set piece moments on top. Cataclysm is when WoW wanted to have storytelling in its leveling experience and an endgame that wasn't just about running 40-player raids.
