To ensure that the game was actually released out of WoTLK Gold the gate the team cut elements. It was clear that the work they had already completed, including the rerecorded dialogue that was recorded using the script that was rewritten was removed in favor of cutting scenes and the dialogue from the original game. The postmortem report states that the leadership of the company was "totally disconnected from the speed and scale of the project up until late in the development" and that warnings were ignored by management.

While Blizzard was eventually able to get support from all over the company to finish and release World of Warcraft: Reforged but it wasn't enough. The game was widely criticized by both critics and fans to the point that Blizzard began to offer no-questions-asked refunds. Blizzard was known for only releasing top-quality games and also had a reputation for only releasing games as soon as they were ready regardless of how long it would take. Developers were pressured to release the game fast due to the fact that they had already received pre-orders for it, but knew that it would not arrive within the timeframe they had planned. In retrospect the postmortem report states that in the future, Blizzard should "resist the temptation to release an unfinished game due to pressure from the financial side," with a Blizzard spokesperson declaring to Bloomberg the Blizzard "should have spent more time getting the right product even if that involved returning preorders."

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