![]() Accessories include dreadlocks, piercings, hides, pelts and not just bones but entire animal skeletons. When it comes to orc style, the art directors have really gone to town – or at least to the abattoir. These orcs aren’t the anonymous monsters of Tolkien lore they’re more like intelligent ogres, with tiny heads, tusk-like lower canines, and giant hands with fingers the size of human arms. Azeroth’s stability is rocked by a sudden influx of orcs, who pour in from another world through a magic portal. The population is mostly human, mostly white, but there are also dwarves, elves and various other mythical creatures in the fringes. ![]() Our home world is Azeroth, a Middle-earth-like realm along the lines of medieval Europe. Newcomers have a lot to get up to speed with here. Its greatest battle could be against widespread indifference. Like the 2012 Martian flop, it’s a complex, jargon-heavy, deadly earnest battle epic, short on star power and with more than a touch of 1970s fantasy art about it. But there’s also a whiff of the John Carter about it. And there’s much to admire in its ambition, its design, even its politics. It’s an expensive, high-fantasy epic reminiscent of The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones. ![]() The World of Warcraft online game apparently had 12 million players at its peak, and every single one of them is going to need to turn up to see this – with their extended families – if it’s ever going to get past its first instalment.
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