I've remade the Barrens video, with footage from WoW Classic. I hope you enjoyed the demo as much as I did. *Info:* Turn on subtitles / CC feature to see the music tracks titles. If you enjoyed the video, please consider watching other videos, subscribe and support the channel by joining Patreon or by donating directly. *Related videos:* Mulgore Vanilla Music & Ambience (old video): ruclips.net/video/x1U5sHcb9I4/видео.html Durotar Vanilla Music & Ambience (old video): ruclips.net/video/ragRR5r7k9w/видео.html Tauren of Vanilla: ruclips.net/video/ix2CRYd2FT8/видео.html Orcs of Vanilla: ruclips.net/video/fVo7MoXGFGg/видео.html Barrens Gameplay, No Commentary, ASMR: ruclips.net/video/gJD03H11xis/видео.html WoW Classic music & ambience playlist: tiny.cc/4p50xy WoW Classic dungeons playlist: tiny.cc/wt50xy WoW Classic factions playlist: tiny.cc/8t50xy WoW Classic rain ambience playlist: tiny.cc/9u50xy With love, Meisio
@@davidlewis2464 the only thing I’d say is it gave me a sense of “I want to live this life for real” and that just isn’t possible. It made me want to blacksmith in real life, it made we want to go live out in the fuckin woods, but it also made me feel like the real world actually sucks in terms of work and adventure life. Even more so than everyone already thinks. Addictive and detrimental but also so healthy and life changing in terms of socializing and making connections in your brain.
No, the barrons was a different experience. You had to spend a lot of time going everywhere. Once you gave up on the hurry and settled into the game, you just became immersed and that feeling is what you miss.
Nights in wow bear special ambience: it's when slowly everybody log off and chats become quiet. That's when you hear the sound effects + music best. No one speaks a word about forming pvp or pve teams but you know damn well you're going to do quests til your brains can't even make the difference between azeroth and the real world anymore
I love this. That was my night ritual for a lot of time. I like WoW more when not a lot of people are around, when I am alone the the world. Much like the "end of the world" movies type a genre, which I appreciate a lot. Salutations Alice! :)
Us sub-level 40's Alliance (in Vanilla) took the boat from Wetlands to Theramore. Then we ran through Dustwallow Marsh to the Barrens, and all the way south to the southern end so we could run RFK or RFD, while trying not to get ganked on a PvP server. Good times.. :)
Beginning of the Summer, Saturday morning, 9:00 AM. No school for three months ahead. After having my breakfast, just sat down in front of my PC. Launched WoW and started my journey in The Barrens. Nothing can replace those days...
And yet that was nothing against, how all chats in retail has become for quite some years now. I miss the days, when ppl were all on the same journey, had patience with each other helping each other, answered questions and so on. Sure, there was the occasional moron around, but they mostly stayed in Barrens and ran that chat. These days, if u dare ask a question in chat, u get ridiculed and derided, if u get into a new dungeon a week later than the rest, ur a useless idiot, and ur lucky not to get kicked, just for not knowing the dungeon in every detail. And so on. And the game is filled with toxic teenagers and trolls, who live to destroy the gameplay for others. Probably why Classic was so well received by us oldtimers. A bit of the toxicity has come over to classic, but u can still get that old chill feeling, random buffs from stranger on the road, always ppl ready to answer questions or even lend a hand. Thats the world, that I fell in love with back in the day, where I could just chill and destress. Retail today is just so stressful with the constant updates u have to keep up with and especially with the ppl and their behavior.
I remember spending so much time in the Barrens that I swear my brain began to believe it was real. Just hearing this music makes me feel as if the sun is beating down on me.
I think Blizzard will release "WoW. 2" a remastered version with BFA graphic using Vanilla as core. Let's just wait for Blizzcon early next years and see what they've planned.
yeah it was a big missed chance when they gave you chromie time to not also include the ability to go full pre cata with the old world :/ giving us an option to turn that back aswell if you prefered to look at or play in that old world
Trust me, it wasnt cata, i just was a change of a new decade itself. Replay all wow addons and u will see, cata is an excellent game. Maybe doesnt beat wotlk, but easily classic and tbc. If you say elsewhise, i still could understand you
Orc player here since 2005, Hardcore horde since day 1 for me and my wife, she was playing a Troll priest, haha..... The Barrens, i have learned to hate it, love it... running around for miles under the Barrens sun, everything was hard back then, everything took forever, but was satisfying, no wonder why Classic WoW is so popular nowdays, RIP.. Barrens.
For almost a year I've been trying to carve out time to play WoW. Go back, take it slow, turn on the sound, turn off the lights, read the quests, get off the flying mount, try to get some of the immersion back. Recoup just a little bit of that feeling of the first time logging in. But everything else... work, wife, kids, the house, some effort to stay in shape, unending oddjobs, the stupid front yard that I have to maintain. Then I'm just too tired to play games. Maybe there's no going back to those days. Can at least enjoy the music though.
I have a laptop and an overbed desk. This is how I manage to play at least one hour from time to time (once at 3-4 days), before bed. Maybe it works for you too.
The best feeling ever is the feeling of peace you get exploring new zones and listening to the music late night.. You feel more connected with other players at that time even when you are not talking to them. Everybody is kind and ready to help. Nobody from your environment disturbs you and the immersion is unbelievable
I see a lot of comments saying " You don't miss the game but that feeling you got when you were a child". I have never played WoW prior to the release of WoW Classic in 2019 but a good friend convinced me to give it a try. It has since become my favourite game of all time (together with Heroes of Might and Magic 3). So I can say with confidence that this game still is as great as it has probably ever been and it is not just nostalgia that makes people want to reexperience the vanilla content.
I've not played WoW in 11 years, but it will always have such a special place in my heart! I started as a Tauren and wandered into the Barrens underleveled and oblivious lol. The music has burned itself into my brain and I still get it stuck in my head every so often. :)
Wow changed the way of gaming, and I would say the most important thing in wow (Vanilla) was THE MUSIC. You couldn´t help but listen to it while you were walking and walking the endless barrens getting pissed of all those far far away respawns after dying, and this made the game so immersive. The lack of travelling experience (where music becomes a thing) due to the flying mounts and +1000 portals has destroyed the need to be focused and so, the ATMOSHPHERE. A film with no music will never be able to transmit, and get us into it. Same happens in games.
The barrens IS world of warcraft to me. How Alliance players view elwyn forest or duskwood or whatever... is how I feel about places like the barrens and mulgore. I feel at home and comfortable in those places.
The people who designed this zone deserve some insane amounts of credits. So many smart choices were made. The barrens: a massive zone that was rather empty, the music that reflects this feeling, the level range that makes you stay there for a long time. You enter the Barrens and leave it weeks after leaving an impression on you that sticks for years (17 in my case, playing closed Beta in the summer of 2004).
So this actually happened by accident. They had spent so much time on the Alliance zones that they had very little time to do a Horde starting area. They quickly tossed together the Barrens. It ended up being a less is more situation because it really genuinely felt like the Horde were these primitive underdogs rising up out of the dirt to compete with these long established monarchies and technologically superior races. It made the Horde feel so much more noble and pragmatic and likeable despite their origins.
Barrens is savage. This and stv in vanilla, I spent so much time here learning to play the game and grinding, waiting to see what was next. Very good video!
Thank you. I've played in Vanilla Alliance only. But I could not hate Barrens. I used to wonder the savanna, stay in the shadows and relaxing. Loved to see players passing nearby, saluting and minding their own ways.
I am playing Season of Mastery as ex vanilla player, and I am checking these comments under wow music threads.... Tears are dropping. Outside world won't understand..... WE FOUGHT DRAGONS!
The Barrens will always be the one zone that immediately takes me back to my childhood. The nostalgia feeling of this music and ambiance and the scenes gives me chills. Takes me back to a simpler time.
Great video, it reminds me of the first time I played the game. I was such a noob I thought the barrens were the entire world. I just roamed around and tried to figure it all out. There was no real content to figure it out back then, unlike now. I guess thats what made it so fun. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
I noticed that music in some areas are using traditional musical instruments from specific ethnic group. For example, Music in Barrens and Thousand Needles sound's like they use a lot of Native American bamboo flute. In Northrend, they use scandinavian musical instruments, while Trolls music sound's like they use a Polynesian musical instrument.
Barrens/Thousand Needles > Taurens = native american tribes Northrend > Kvaldr = nordic vikings Troll lands > Troll = mix of african (Haiti more specific) with latin american tribes
there is a unique experience with each zone but The Barrens has to be one of the special ones because you've just left the "safe" zone of the staring area, probably ran into Orgrimmar before that and started to venture out into the big world as a new player. The dessert waste land of The Barrens, a huge area which takes a lot of time to finish quests in. This is where the music hits you the most because there is a lot of dead time in-between areas for quests and not really a lot of players to interact with. Playing until midnight when friends/players started to logoff, the general chat became quite and and it became this weird hollow and hostile place.
makes me cry listening to this and the wave of nostalgia just hitting me with full force. Life is so hard now compared to what it used to be, miss those simpler times...
I remember playing a night elf and coming across the barrens and my first impressions were "this place is scary" and "damn these dudes live like this? Savages!" 🤣🤣🤣
Mate , this Calms down my senses to a long forgotten place of my childhood. i am successfull in Life, but even If, i still come Back to the place where my heart seeks to be.i i i cant describe it, i never will BE able to describe the emotions..But Classic was different.... I really enjoyed the music themes.....
"Many have gone to see the wonders, the mystery. Many have never returned. I have no knowledge whether you still roam this endless land or was consumed by it seeking what you desire. But may spirits guide you, if you make it to the Crossroads again you will be welcomed to share your stories, to teach what you learned, to rest".
When playing this game back in the 00's, I didn't even think about the music since I was so focused on the gameplay, the music was like an afterthought or something that existed in my subconscious. Listening to it now flicks that switch in my subconscious to awaken the feelings of joy and immersion I had while playing this game. Thank you Meisio for your work and diligence in creating these videos, so I can jump from one zone to the next in this wonderful world of warcraft.
Remember running around in The Barrens 16-18 years ago for the first time. Never felt that enjoyment in my body. Night time local time it was you alone, maybe someone else far in the distance. I dont miss the game, I miss myself as a little kid, and those feeling I had to life attached to the game. Thanks Blizzard for THAT time. Sadly I will never experience that again.
Yo I gotta thank you fam, your videos (this one specifically) help me focus and stay productive while I'm making my game. Like idk what it is about the Barrens, but it just puts me in the perfect mindset to grind and build these levels lol
It feels like I played this game in a different life... wish I could go back but the only direction we can go is forward, though I hope our paths cross again :)
The thing I miss most about this is a time of my life more than anything else. I didn't have more immediately pressing concerns, and so I could immerse myself for hours in this game. It wasn't an optimized use of my time, but I wouldn't give it up.
oh yes, even though I was a hunter (tauren) I can still perfectly relate. I was 14-15 back then, I remember it really good, the ambience, the farming, the quests... there was always something special about the barrens to me, I do not know if people agree with me on this one but I enjoyed everything about it, I even didn't mind the chat lol
The Barrens is so special. Because as Horde players you were here for so damn long. I was 9 years old so my leveling efficiency as you could imagine was pretty bad. So I spent so much time hearing these sounds. Feels like im 9 years old again.
I listen to wow music and read the comments What I can say is that I only see nostalgia! We all want to go back in time and play world of warcraft As if we were living in an unreal world of beautiful but more beautiful than reality
When i lissen to this it throws back memories 10 years back of so many friendships made. So much fun and questing. It brings joy and peace , so for this i say Thank you for your video.
It's amazing how almost every zone in classic has its own style of music that's so unique and so memorable. I hate how Cata changed so much of the landscape of Classic, especially The Barrens area. Keep up the great work Meisio, it's much appreciated :)
Interesting approach :>. May your dreams come true. Personally I just stopped playing classic on my p-server, to built up the hype for the real thing as much as possible.
Probably the most iconic zone in vanilla. I haven’t played this game in many many years but it still holds a special place. Thanks for the nostalgia feels
Можете надо мной посмеяться, но я включаю эту музыку, когда мне нужно расслабиться и помедитировать. Она вызывает такие приятные чувства тепла, степного зноя, запаха трав и морской соли. В самые неприятные и нервные моменты в жизни я прихожу сюда и успокаиваюсь. Композиторы ВоВ, браво.
Sometimes I hear this music and get carried away with nostalgia, nostalgia can be uncomfortable sometimes… but then I remember all the terrible remarks within the /1 general chat of the barrens and can’t help but smile xd
On my first ever toon, I remember accidentally stumbling my way into the barrens as a low lvl night elf and having my first encounter with Horde players. I was so intimidated and awestruck that I decided to switch to Horde. Played as an undead disc priest for many years following.
Exactly what I was looking for so long! This is so perfect! Thank you so much for making all of these videos! I can't even guess how much time and energy snd planning went into it all! I've got a ton of respect for you!
The Barrens is a very special place for me in this game. I got talked into playing WoW by one of my friends. he was already max level and told me he would start a new character if i got the game. he got to level 10 and told me he was done and went back to his max level guy to raid. I dont blame him but i was a little upset. we were alliance so i switched to Horde. Now i basically was on my own. i knew very little about the game and how to play it so i played it my way. Quests were boring to me so i grinded by just killing things. This meant levels took DAYS to achieve, even at low levels. and since i didn't do quests i had to figure out where to go by the level of the creatures i was killing which meant i had to explore the world. I finally ended up at the Crossroads at about level 12. i didnt know it at the time but this was going to be my new home for about 3 months. killing Lions, Raptors, Zebras...constantly dying. the zone is quite large so getting to where i wanted to be took a while and dying meant having to run back to my body which would take even longer. I was on a PvP server, also. so getting ganked and body camped wasn't uncommon. But i never gave up. and through it all, this music was always in my head. even after i finally made it out of the barrens i would frequently come back to the crossroads to hear this music. It felt like home to me. i would always log off in the hut, laying in one of the beds there. My hearthstone was always set to the crossroads.
Dude. That’s how I started. About a month after launch my friend who had disappeared into the game convinced me to play it. He also said he’d start over. By the time we got to the Barrens, he went back to his lv 60 troll rogue and his raiding guild. I was alone. I played a few more weeks solo until I gave up and started fresh on a different server to try alliance. It was also a PVP server and I was tired of being ganked. Our friendship was dead for a few years as he was devoured by raiding whereas I played more casually.
back in the day everything felt like a huge adventure, dunno if its the empty zone design or the fact that people didnt min/max and read wowhead. It was just pure bliss being lost in this world, when you had a rare drop it was like OMFG. Was always cool ending your session in thunder bluff and checking the AH just before bed, placing some bids on gear and then the next day after school waking up to cool new upgrades in the mail. The items themselves were always cool and interesting with little special effects or bonuses without being too over the top. When I first saw an epic in the AH it was like OMG I cant believe there is stuff even better than my blues and eventually I had an epic drop and I sold it and paid for most of my epic mount. Such cool memories.
"Nostalgia is the best, and the worst, emotion a person can experience." We can never go back and experience it for the first time. We're only ever going to get older, more disillusioned, more fragile and. Only ever going to experience the same drudgery again and again, day in day out, never having a hope of something new and breathtaking ever again. Never experience the same wonderment, the same freedom and laissez faire attitude to our lives. We will never experience this again. I would rather forget it, than remember the good times knowing there are no more to come.
I remember going to baren as my level 20 druid night elf and coming across a level 21 orc rogue attacking me. Back then it felt like an epic duel. That was my first horde kill ever felt amazing
Coming across alot of old thing tonight that use to make me so happy. Just strolling through the Barrens, saving a couple noobs from being killed by raptors and being praised for it on a free day was so peaceful. Growing up blows. As a kid you don't realize how easy you got it even from mid to late teens. A time ill enjoy watching when life flashes before my eyes.
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I've remade the Barrens video, with footage from WoW Classic. I hope you enjoyed the demo as much as I did.
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WoW Classic dungeons playlist: tiny.cc/wt50xy
WoW Classic factions playlist: tiny.cc/8t50xy
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With love,
Meisio
You ready for classic?
More or less. I have a lot of plans for the channel and that means work and less play :-)
Thank you for your service. These were the best of times.
Thank you
Thank you for that! :)
I don't miss the game, I miss that feeling of exploring it for the first time.
I miss being able to zone out with my friends and have a good ass time in another realm. Now I have to pay bills and work and shit. Smh wtf life..
Agree
Bullshit you don’t miss it. Everyone misses it, I miss it. God moving out of red cloud Mesa and feeling like a big dog, that’s burned into young me.
@@davidlewis2464 the only thing I’d say is it gave me a sense of “I want to live this life for real” and that just isn’t possible. It made me want to blacksmith in real life, it made we want to go live out in the fuckin woods, but it also made me feel like the real world actually sucks in terms of work and adventure life. Even more so than everyone already thinks. Addictive and detrimental but also so healthy and life changing in terms of socializing and making connections in your brain.
No, the barrons was a different experience. You had to spend a lot of time going everywhere. Once you gave up on the hurry and settled into the game, you just became immersed and that feeling is what you miss.
Nights in wow bear special ambience: it's when slowly everybody log off and chats become quiet. That's when you hear the sound effects + music best. No one speaks a word about forming pvp or pve teams but you know damn well you're going to do quests til your brains can't even make the difference between azeroth and the real world anymore
I love this. That was my night ritual for a lot of time. I like WoW more when not a lot of people are around, when I am alone the the world. Much like the "end of the world" movies type a genre, which I appreciate a lot.
Salutations Alice! :)
well said
Fuck yes
You just nailed it.
I didn't even realize how much I missed that feeling until you said it.
Damn this music is like a drug. Makes you wanna go back to WoW Classic and play 12 hours a day and forget real life...
18 hours of wow, smoke
Some bud and not have to worry about rent.. those were the days
🥲
Fuck i want it so bad
Hahaha so true.
Yea I just got 28 and damn those were great times boys.. the world nowadays is so fast and fluid idk how to describe😢
When that trumpet starts playing, I feel like I'm home again.
We're home buddy, we made it.
That 1 dislike is from one night elf who accidentally crossed border from Ashenvale to Barrens.
Maybe from a NOT Classic fan. I was a night elf in Vanilla but I couldn't hate the Barrens. Barrens is beautiful, Barrens is love.
Us sub-level 40's Alliance (in Vanilla) took the boat from Wetlands to Theramore. Then we ran through Dustwallow Marsh to the Barrens, and all the way south to the southern end so we could run RFK or RFD, while trying not to get ganked on a PvP server. Good times.. :)
@Vik D Thank you, yes, Wetlands and Dustwallow Marsh. My bad. :)
"Accidentally"
Haha xd
Beginning of the Summer, Saturday morning, 9:00 AM. No school for three months ahead. After having my breakfast, just sat down in front of my PC. Launched WoW and started my journey in The Barrens. Nothing can replace those days...
The toxicity of the barrens general chat from 2004-2005 will forever be legendary. It’s been twenty years and I still haven’t forgotten.
And yet that was nothing against, how all chats in retail has become for quite some years now. I miss the days, when ppl were all on the same journey, had patience with each other helping each other, answered questions and so on. Sure, there was the occasional moron around, but they mostly stayed in Barrens and ran that chat. These days, if u dare ask a question in chat, u get ridiculed and derided, if u get into a new dungeon a week later than the rest, ur a useless idiot, and ur lucky not to get kicked, just for not knowing the dungeon in every detail. And so on. And the game is filled with toxic teenagers and trolls, who live to destroy the gameplay for others.
Probably why Classic was so well received by us oldtimers. A bit of the toxicity has come over to classic, but u can still get that old chill feeling, random buffs from stranger on the road, always ppl ready to answer questions or even lend a hand. Thats the world, that I fell in love with back in the day, where I could just chill and destress. Retail today is just so stressful with the constant updates u have to keep up with and especially with the ppl and their behavior.
@@AyeThatsHandsomePete Can you please help me find Mankrik’s wife?
@@dfuher968 that’s unfortunate to hear. I haven’t played WoW in probably twelve years.
Didn't have the problem on a Rp-pvp server.
33:00 holy fuck that's shivers down my spine
Thank you for that time stamp.
Me too, thank you for the time brother... bring so much memories...
Happens to me , amazing memories
I remember spending so much time in the Barrens that I swear my brain began to believe it was real. Just hearing this music makes me feel as if the sun is beating down on me.
World of Warcraft’s world building is absolutely incredible and timeless.
played wow with my dad since launch and stopped before cata due to parents breaking up. he recently passed and this music hits different. rip Bastoi
I'm sorry to hear that
oh man :( Do you still have his char?
Nothing can relax me like the music from classic wow.
Good old day :)
Thank you for watching
Not agree. When I hear that I want return back, and then I realize that its impossible and get upset(
Nothing stress me more than meeting Allience ganks in the Barrens =))
@@saintfather7757 just tell yourself it's a composition like any other.
@@greygoose2209 🥲😂 but in reality it is not
Sounds like staying up at 4 AM hoping your mom doesn't wake up and catch you
RIP pre-Cata Barrens and Azeroth. I honestly liked the world better then. 😥
I think Blizzard will release "WoW. 2" a remastered version with BFA graphic using Vanilla as core. Let's just wait for Blizzcon early next years and see what they've planned.
yeah it was a big missed chance when they gave you chromie time to not also include the ability to go full pre cata with the old world :/ giving us an option to turn that back aswell if you prefered to look at or play in that old world
Trust me, it wasnt cata, i just was a change of a new decade itself.
Replay all wow addons and u will see, cata is an excellent game. Maybe doesnt beat wotlk, but easily classic and tbc.
If you say elsewhise, i still could understand you
Orc player here since 2005, Hardcore horde since day 1 for me and my wife, she was playing a Troll priest, haha..... The Barrens, i have learned to hate it, love it... running around for miles under the Barrens sun, everything was hard back then, everything took forever, but was satisfying, no wonder why Classic WoW is so popular nowdays, RIP.. Barrens.
I want to live in Barrens)
Umm idk if you do, its called the barrens for a reason ya know lol
And one you'll end up in the Wailing Caverns
No you don't it's an African Savanah
I feel you bro, me too, I wouldn't mind a life working, hunting, fishing, and end the day smoking that peace pipe down in Camp Taurajo ;)
One of the greatest soundtracks to any game ever
WoW is in the top 3 gaming experiences I've ever had in my life. I'm very glad I got to play it for some good years. For the Horde!
What are the other 2?
Same! For me the Pokémon franchise and the whole Nintendo 64 franchise are in the Top 3 along with WoW Vanilla.
@@mihaimax2180 Bad Fur Day for N64 and probably GTA San Andreas
@@taylenday Yes! Same here! Pokemon franchise is a gem!
Wow , diablo 2 and silent hill
the world blizzard has created especially the old world is beyond fascinating and deep. So many memories, millions of people saw it
Beautifully crafted with passion so say the least. It will never revert to that unfortunately.
Everyone got a unique and unforgettable memory from this world…
For almost a year I've been trying to carve out time to play WoW. Go back, take it slow, turn on the sound, turn off the lights, read the quests, get off the flying mount, try to get some of the immersion back. Recoup just a little bit of that feeling of the first time logging in. But everything else... work, wife, kids, the house, some effort to stay in shape, unending oddjobs, the stupid front yard that I have to maintain. Then I'm just too tired to play games. Maybe there's no going back to those days. Can at least enjoy the music though.
I have a laptop and an overbed desk. This is how I manage to play at least one hour from time to time (once at 3-4 days), before bed. Maybe it works for you too.
Man you will retire from job someday and you will have time
Bro, I couldn’t have described it better.
yup
ya gotta make time for your hobby. don't forget to enjoy the little things. don't blame the world for the way things are when you can change them
The best feeling ever is the feeling of peace you get exploring new zones and listening to the music late night.. You feel more connected with other players at that time even when you are not talking to them. Everybody is kind and ready to help. Nobody from your environment disturbs you and the immersion is unbelievable
I see a lot of comments saying " You don't miss the game but that feeling you got when you were a child". I have never played WoW prior to the release of WoW Classic in 2019 but a good friend convinced me to give it a try. It has since become my favourite game of all time (together with Heroes of Might and Magic 3). So I can say with confidence that this game still is as great as it has probably ever been and it is not just nostalgia that makes people want to reexperience the vanilla content.
Happy someone said it 👍
I've not played WoW in 11 years, but it will always have such a special place in my heart!
I started as a Tauren and wandered into the Barrens underleveled and oblivious lol.
The music has burned itself into my brain and I still get it stuck in my head every so often. :)
Wow changed the way of gaming, and I would say the most important thing in wow (Vanilla) was THE MUSIC. You couldn´t help but listen to it while you were walking and walking the endless barrens getting pissed of all those far far away respawns after dying, and this made the game so immersive. The lack of travelling experience (where music becomes a thing) due to the flying mounts and +1000 portals has destroyed the need to be focused and so, the ATMOSHPHERE. A film with no music will never be able to transmit, and get us into it. Same happens in games.
Barrens was always my favorite zone...the music, the size, the scenery, the wild life, etc. Seems like I lived a lifetime there. Thank you.
"Seems like I lived a lifetime there" That really hit home bro.
This really resonated with me and its hard to describe
The chat from The Barrens was wilder than any fauna in the zone
The barrens IS world of warcraft to me. How Alliance players view elwyn forest or duskwood or whatever... is how I feel about places like the barrens and mulgore. I feel at home and comfortable in those places.
The people who designed this zone deserve some insane amounts of credits. So many smart choices were made. The barrens: a massive zone that was rather empty, the music that reflects this feeling, the level range that makes you stay there for a long time. You enter the Barrens and leave it weeks after leaving an impression on you that sticks for years (17 in my case, playing closed Beta in the summer of 2004).
So this actually happened by accident. They had spent so much time on the Alliance zones that they had very little time to do a Horde starting area. They quickly tossed together the Barrens. It ended up being a less is more situation because it really genuinely felt like the Horde were these primitive underdogs rising up out of the dirt to compete with these long established monarchies and technologically superior races. It made the Horde feel so much more noble and pragmatic and likeable despite their origins.
Barrens is savage. This and stv in vanilla, I spent so much time here learning to play the game and grinding, waiting to see what was next. Very good video!
Thank you. I've played in Vanilla Alliance only. But I could not hate Barrens. I used to wonder the savanna, stay in the shadows and relaxing. Loved to see players passing nearby, saluting and minding their own ways.
I am playing Season of Mastery as ex vanilla player, and I am checking these comments under wow music threads.... Tears are dropping. Outside world won't understand..... WE FOUGHT DRAGONS!
Me: lfg wailing caverns
Response: ya momma looking for group for her wailing cavern
Good times, Good chats😎
The Barrens will always be the one zone that immediately takes me back to my childhood. The nostalgia feeling of this music and ambiance and the scenes gives me chills. Takes me back to a simpler time.
Thank you :)
I know I will never be as happy as I was back then.
I’m now a baker. Listening to these while packaging bread…
@@yurisaschultz5557 cooking lvl?
Great video, it reminds me of the first time I played the game. I was such a noob I thought the barrens were the entire world. I just roamed around and tried to figure it all out. There was no real content to figure it out back then, unlike now. I guess thats what made it so fun. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
When you're one of the last ones at the office on a Friday afternoon. The emptiness of the Barrens music fits perfectly.
I noticed that music in some areas are using traditional musical instruments from specific ethnic group. For example, Music in Barrens and Thousand Needles sound's like they use a lot of Native American bamboo flute. In Northrend, they use scandinavian musical instruments, while Trolls music sound's like they use a Polynesian musical instrument.
Underrated comment
Facts. Today this would be cultural appropriation 😂
it's a shame orcs don't do gangsta rap then
Barrens/Thousand Needles > Taurens = native american tribes
Northrend > Kvaldr = nordic vikings
Troll lands > Troll = mix of african (Haiti more specific) with latin american tribes
@@fuckthatsonofabitch Imagine thinking this was a good joke to make
there is a unique experience with each zone but The Barrens has to be one of the special ones because you've just left the "safe" zone of the staring area, probably ran into Orgrimmar before that and started to venture out into the big world as a new player. The dessert waste land of The Barrens, a huge area which takes a lot of time to finish quests in. This is where the music hits you the most because there is a lot of dead time in-between areas for quests and not really a lot of players to interact with. Playing until midnight when friends/players started to logoff, the general chat became quite and and it became this weird hollow and hostile place.
They don't make zones like that anymore
makes me cry listening to this and the wave of nostalgia just hitting me with full force. Life is so hard now compared to what it used to be, miss those simpler times...
[Local Defense] The Crossroads is under attack!
Oh, how I miss my childhood😢
i started playing in 04 at 31 , good times
When i take a deep breath. When i breath out. Its always the first part of the barrens. The melody. Never went away....
I remember playing a night elf and coming across the barrens and my first impressions were "this place is scary" and "damn these dudes live like this? Savages!" 🤣🤣🤣
This zone is so good, specially the contrast going over to ashenvale from this
Mate , this Calms down my senses to a long forgotten place of my childhood. i am successfull in Life, but even If, i still come Back to the place where my heart seeks to be.i i i cant describe it, i never will BE able to describe the emotions..But Classic was different.... I really enjoyed the music themes.....
Being First time Crossroads getting all the Quests
"Many have gone to see the wonders, the mystery. Many have never returned. I have no knowledge whether you still roam this endless land or was consumed by it seeking what you desire. But may spirits guide you, if you make it to the Crossroads again you will be welcomed to share your stories, to teach what you learned, to rest".
@@iz5808 this is super good.gives me chills.you re Welcome my friend
When playing this game back in the 00's, I didn't even think about the music since I was so focused on the gameplay, the music was like an afterthought or something that existed in my subconscious. Listening to it now flicks that switch in my subconscious to awaken the feelings of joy and immersion I had while playing this game. Thank you Meisio for your work and diligence in creating these videos, so I can jump from one zone to the next in this wonderful world of warcraft.
Barrens and Shattrath City - the two areas I could listen to all day, and thanks to you now I can!
5:50 - 6:35 i fucking love that part
me too man... i've been looking for that theme for some time and i still haven't found it :(
Absolutely one of my fav soundtracks period
the wailing caverns scene has me feeling all sorts of ways.
Welcome back Kass! :)
haha im always watching/listening- i listen to these vids the entire day while I work- hope you are doing well.
I'm fine. Thank you. A bit tired like always, with children getting my energy levels down :D
I will be there in 1 or 2 years with the children :)
@@Meisio i now have the children :)
20 seconds in and I'm already away
Thank you for watching
Remember running around in The Barrens 16-18 years ago for the first time. Never felt that enjoyment in my body. Night time local time it was you alone, maybe someone else far in the distance.
I dont miss the game, I miss myself as a little kid, and those feeling I had to life attached to the game. Thanks Blizzard for THAT time. Sadly I will never experience that again.
Perfect background music while working
The Barrens has a special hold on my heart.
this still gives me goosebumps.
Yo I gotta thank you fam, your videos (this one specifically) help me focus and stay productive while I'm making my game. Like idk what it is about the Barrens, but it just puts me in the perfect mindset to grind and build these levels lol
Mankrik, I hope you found peace, the same that this music brings to me.
It feels like I played this game in a different life... wish I could go back but the only direction we can go is forward, though I hope our paths cross again :)
The thing I miss most about this is a time of my life more than anything else. I didn't have more immediately pressing concerns, and so I could immerse myself for hours in this game. It wasn't an optimized use of my time, but I wouldn't give it up.
Brings back a lot memories where I started my 1st character as a Shaman and the fun and torture of farming for 4 types of the element totems...
oh yes, even though I was a hunter (tauren) I can still perfectly relate. I was 14-15 back then, I remember it really good, the ambience, the farming, the quests... there was always something special about the barrens to me, I do not know if people agree with me on this one but I enjoyed everything about it, I even didn't mind the chat lol
The Barrens is so special. Because as Horde players you were here for so damn long. I was 9 years old so my leveling efficiency as you could imagine was pretty bad. So I spent so much time hearing these sounds. Feels like im 9 years old again.
i have held off on listening to these for years in fear of ruining the feeling they bring me, 10 sec in and i actually started crying
I listen to wow music and read the comments
What I can say is that I only see nostalgia!
We all want to go back in time and play world of warcraft
As if we were living in an unreal world of beautiful but more beautiful than reality
Hey Doru,
I miss those days too. Hang in there buddy and thank you for watching
When i lissen to this it throws back memories 10 years back of so many friendships made. So much fun and questing. It brings joy and peace , so for this i say Thank you for your video.
It's amazing how almost every zone in classic has its own style of music that's so unique and so memorable. I hate how Cata changed so much of the landscape of Classic, especially The Barrens area. Keep up the great work Meisio, it's much appreciated :)
My first character was created in Durotar - Troll Shaman - the nostalgia HITS HARD when I watch and listen to this!
So summer 2019... i will try to sleep 12+ hours a day so basically i will travel in time to play classic sooner
Sounds like a perfect plan. Sleep well! :)
Interesting approach :>. May your dreams come true. Personally I just stopped playing classic on my p-server, to built up the hype for the real thing as much as possible.
4 months have passed. Half way there!
Is time moving quicker for you? :)
@@spirit5877 i obviously couldn't sleep more than 12 hours a day but 10 is enough, playing games and creating my own games makes time go faster.
Probably the most iconic zone in vanilla. I haven’t played this game in many many years but it still holds a special place. Thanks for the nostalgia feels
Ah the Barrens. When I first went Horde and never looked back. So many memories.
Such amazing music, really puts life into chapters having it around.. feeling pretty lucky to know about this kind of music
Можете надо мной посмеяться, но я включаю эту музыку, когда мне нужно расслабиться и помедитировать. Она вызывает такие приятные чувства тепла, степного зноя, запаха трав и морской соли. В самые неприятные и нервные моменты в жизни я прихожу сюда и успокаиваюсь. Композиторы ВоВ, браво.
This brings back such good memories of the people I used to play WoW with. I really miss them and hope they're all doing well.
god i miss 2005......
I love how we all come back here from time to time, and every time we do it makes us want to return xD
Sometimes I hear this music and get carried away with nostalgia, nostalgia can be uncomfortable sometimes… but then I remember all the terrible remarks within the /1 general chat of the barrens and can’t help but smile xd
I spent my childhood in the Barrens
*Flashback unlocked*
On my first ever toon, I remember accidentally stumbling my way into the barrens as a low lvl night elf and having my first encounter with Horde players.
I was so intimidated and awestruck that I decided to switch to Horde.
Played as an undead disc priest for many years following.
this is my jam right here. when i die bury me with a walkman playing this and other vanilla greatest hits
Loving this at night time sleep with my baby, we sleep awesome to this music! Great effort on video, thanks for sharing!
I'm in Spain right now on holiday and thought of you. This will help me sleep tonight; I really miss Classic.
Exactly what I was looking for so long! This is so perfect! Thank you so much for making all of these videos! I can't even guess how much time and energy snd planning went into it all! I've got a ton of respect for you!
I'm listening this video for sleep or working. Best music in the game ever!
Those days farming fishing deviated fish in the Oasis for the AH... xD
Yes, very good zone for some trading. Although I think it's better later on, when people are starting to have more gold. :)
@@Meisio Indeed :)
500G stack lol
The Barrens is a very special place for me in this game. I got talked into playing WoW by one of my friends. he was already max level and told me he would start a new character if i got the game. he got to level 10 and told me he was done and went back to his max level guy to raid. I dont blame him but i was a little upset. we were alliance so i switched to Horde. Now i basically was on my own. i knew very little about the game and how to play it so i played it my way. Quests were boring to me so i grinded by just killing things. This meant levels took DAYS to achieve, even at low levels. and since i didn't do quests i had to figure out where to go by the level of the creatures i was killing which meant i had to explore the world. I finally ended up at the Crossroads at about level 12. i didnt know it at the time but this was going to be my new home for about 3 months. killing Lions, Raptors, Zebras...constantly dying. the zone is quite large so getting to where i wanted to be took a while and dying meant having to run back to my body which would take even longer. I was on a PvP server, also. so getting ganked and body camped wasn't uncommon. But i never gave up. and through it all, this music was always in my head. even after i finally made it out of the barrens i would frequently come back to the crossroads to hear this music. It felt like home to me. i would always log off in the hut, laying in one of the beds there. My hearthstone was always set to the crossroads.
Dude. That’s how I started. About a month after launch my friend who had disappeared into the game convinced me to play it. He also said he’d start over. By the time we got to the Barrens, he went back to his lv 60 troll rogue and his raiding guild. I was alone. I played a few more weeks solo until I gave up and started fresh on a different server to try alliance. It was also a PVP server and I was tired of being ganked. Our friendship was dead for a few years as he was devoured by raiding whereas I played more casually.
Gee, this brings back fond memories !
I love this. So much. Thank you.
Wow is the best game EVER made! Nothing will come close to what it did back in the days..
back in the day everything felt like a huge adventure, dunno if its the empty zone design or the fact that people didnt min/max and read wowhead. It was just pure bliss being lost in this world, when you had a rare drop it was like OMFG. Was always cool ending your session in thunder bluff and checking the AH just before bed, placing some bids on gear and then the next day after school waking up to cool new upgrades in the mail. The items themselves were always cool and interesting with little special effects or bonuses without being too over the top. When I first saw an epic in the AH it was like OMG I cant believe there is stuff even better than my blues and eventually I had an epic drop and I sold it and paid for most of my epic mount. Such cool memories.
Just want to say I love these videos, thank you so much for making them.
Much love,
Ducky
"Nostalgia is the best, and the worst, emotion a person can experience."
We can never go back and experience it for the first time. We're only ever going to get older, more disillusioned, more fragile and. Only ever going to experience the same drudgery again and again, day in day out, never having a hope of something new and breathtaking ever again. Never experience the same wonderment, the same freedom and laissez faire attitude to our lives.
We will never experience this again. I would rather forget it, than remember the good times knowing there are no more to come.
dayum
This is wonderful, thank you. So many memories!
Your videos will be liked in time, since nostalgy will come later. This is like vine. Older - better. Thanks!
I remember going to baren as my level 20 druid night elf and coming across a level 21 orc rogue attacking me. Back then it felt like an epic duel. That was my first horde kill ever felt amazing
What year ?
Wow,halo and gta my childhood top 3 games back then 2001-2007 man those were the years
Coming across alot of old thing tonight that use to make me so happy. Just strolling through the Barrens, saving a couple noobs from being killed by raptors and being praised for it on a free day was so peaceful. Growing up blows. As a kid you don't realize how easy you got it even from mid to late teens. A time ill enjoy watching when life flashes before my eyes.
the feels
Loved the footage. You picked exactly the right places !
Oh how great! I love this music, it's so relaxing. Thx for the upload.
Putting these on just might keep me sated until Classic hits. Thanks!
Said it before, I also recorded here 2 more gameplays. I'll release them later on, to keep up strong! :)
[Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]