I occasionally pop into WoW after years of not caring. It’s a world I’m happy to explore, but don’t really care for the mechanics. What’s clear when I return is that I enjoy the new content a lot more than the existing stuff. You can clearly see the level designers coming to terms with the notion of ‘fun’ in their world. The glimpses of Pandaria below really only show the world they’re building, but it does look pretty enough for me to dust off my WoW mage for a short holiday.

This is Valley of the Four Winds.

Kite flying in the Wandering Isle.

The Jade Forest is very green, and has balloons!

This one shows shows how the Scarlet Monastry and the Scholomance Dungeon will be rejigerred.