It’s common for World of Warcraft developers to give major characters visual updates when they launch a new expansion. No character has received a bigger evolutionary overhaul than Anduin Wrynn, the human king of Stormwind, who has literally grown up along with the entire player base.

When WoW first launched in 2004, Anduin was a toddler, and now he's grown into a man. However, players have noted that while Anduin's character model is extremely detailed in WoW's art and cinematics, those extreme aging-related changes aren't reflected as drastically in-game. In a post on the WoW subreddit earlier today, players discussed the inconsistencies between Anduin's appearance, noting how the character looks slightly different in-game, almost disappointing, when compared to what's shown of him in the official art.

"[Anduin's] hair and beard are the wrong color compared to the artwork (too blonde), and look quite low-res/low-poly compared to the rest of his model," the original poster of the Reddit thread said in a comment. "His eyes also look quite dark and his expression is grumpy, whereas the cinematic version is more… I don't know, worn and tired?"

Anduin has received a model upgrade in three of the game's last four expansions, and his look in The War Within is easily the most mature of the three. The strides Anduin took between The War Within and his last major appearance in Shadowlands are huge, as his new model is a day-and-night upgrade.