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Rikiya
Profile Joined March 2011
Japan87 Posts
August 16 2012 13:37 GMT
#621


Not the best cinematic but still alright
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
August 16 2012 14:10 GMT
#622
This game seriously has turned into a big joke now... And it starts with the cinematic.

Lookd like a mix between Pirates of the Caribbean and Kung-Fu Panda... What happened to the bad-ass cinematics WoW used to get?
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Ottoxlol
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
735 Posts
August 16 2012 14:12 GMT
#623
ive always got some serious chills for any blizzard intro and watched them repeatedly half hundred times at least, especially wow. I feel nothing here, maybe half a smile when he gets his keg. wow is dead lol.
Copymizer
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark2108 Posts
August 16 2012 14:12 GMT
#624
On August 16 2012 23:10 FliedLice wrote:
This game seriously has turned into a big joke now... And it starts with the cinematic.

Lookd like a mix between Pirates of the Caribbean and Kung-Fu Panda... What happened to the bad-ass cinematics WoW used to get?

Agreed, the cinematic just seems random and then you suddenly see the Panda appear and was a war between 2 factions are now fighting along side. TBC cinematic is the best one imo. YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!
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Cuce
Profile Joined March 2011
Turkey1127 Posts
August 16 2012 14:18 GMT
#625
Now this is warcraft!
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SinTio
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany871 Posts
August 16 2012 14:19 GMT
#626
Quality is amazing as always. Sadly it suffers from the theme it has to follow, but I think they got the most out of it. Still think Wotlk is the best WoW cinematic.
Teence
Profile Joined February 2012
Canada157 Posts
August 16 2012 14:28 GMT
#627
As usual, Blizzard displays that it's art direction and cinematography teams are superb, yet this cinematic seems to go against what they claimed would be the theme of the expansion: the war between the Alliance and the Horde. They've repeatedly stated that this expansion would be just as serious as previous iterations of the game, with a focus on the PvP conflict. However, in the release trailer of all media, the Alliance and Horde are jokingly shown to be working together in almost a comical fashion. Personally, I think that kind of humour should have been reserved for a quest chain cinematic at most. The opening trailer is just re-iterating how Pandaria was discovered and doesn't explain any of the reasons for the factions remaining there.

Thumbs up for the art and the fluidity of the cinematic as a whole, but I wasn't impressed with the theme. It certainly wasn't befitting of a WoW cinematic that was following in the footsteps of the TBC and WotLK ones.
NIIINO
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Slovakia1320 Posts
August 16 2012 14:50 GMT
#628
Its not the cinematic we deserve but the one we need right now.
Well It makes me want to play Pandas.
Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
August 16 2012 14:51 GMT
#629
So what's the lore about this time around in this expansion...
Wildmoon
Profile Joined December 2011
Thailand4189 Posts
August 16 2012 14:54 GMT
#630
Amazing cinematic to help set thing up for this xpac.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
August 16 2012 14:57 GMT
#631
On August 16 2012 23:51 Snuggles wrote:
So what's the lore about this time around in this expansion...


I dont care for the lore of the game tbf i never have xD

But i think the story is they have been around in Kalimdor long before horde and alliance where even there, and have been rediscovered and will be dividing the Horde and Alliance up even further.

Main boss of expansion is the Horde guy ermm i forget his name but he is like Thrall's no2 or something xD
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42411 Posts
August 16 2012 15:07 GMT
#632
On August 16 2012 23:19 SinTio wrote:
Quality is amazing as always. Sadly it suffers from the theme it has to follow, but I think they got the most out of it..


Agreed completely. Still awesome trailer.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Signus
Profile Joined February 2009
United States269 Posts
August 16 2012 15:08 GMT
#633
It's incredibly well-made, as is to be expected from Blizzard's absurdly talented cinematics studio, but this still rubbed me the wrong way. The way they framed the conflict between the Human and the Orc was going well until the Pandaren showed up and completely dominated the both of them. The whole fight was a joke after he showed up and removed any feeling of tension that could have been felt.

I understand that Blizzard wanted to show how cool the Pandaren are, as they are the major draw of this expansion, but that's usually a bad way to go about things and it definitely shows here. More respect should have been given to the Human and Orc fighting prowess and they shouldn't have gone out of their way to shoe-in humor that only toddlers would bother to laugh at.

But what do I know? I haven't played WoW in 6 years.
Bigtony
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1606 Posts
August 16 2012 15:21 GMT
#634
On August 16 2012 23:50 NIIINO wrote:
Its not the cinematic we deserve but the one we need right now.
Well It makes me want to play Pandas.


Very yes.

I won't be coming out of retirement for this, but I do like it.
Push 2 Harder
DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
August 16 2012 15:22 GMT
#635
Damn, at least that cinematic has some awesome human vs orc moments. Ahh nostalgia.
yanot
Profile Joined March 2010
France130 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-16 15:25:21
August 16 2012 15:24 GMT
#636
garrosh hellscream

that's one thing I dont like about blizzard nowadays: you are spoiled the story 1 year before the expansion is released..

EDIT: answering to pandemona
Crownlol
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States3726 Posts
August 16 2012 15:30 GMT
#637
On August 16 2012 23:51 Snuggles wrote:
So what's the lore about this time around in this expansion...



As far as I can tell, there isn't any.

I believe this is Blizzard's way of putting WoW out to pasture, but relegating what was once a mighty warhorse to giving kids rides in a circus is humiliating.

shaGuar :: elemeNt :: XeqtR :: naikon :: method
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16124 Posts
August 16 2012 15:43 GMT
#638
On August 17 2012 00:30 Crownlol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2012 23:51 Snuggles wrote:
So what's the lore about this time around in this expansion...



As far as I can tell, there isn't any.

I believe this is Blizzard's way of putting WoW out to pasture, but relegating what was once a mighty warhorse to giving kids rides in a circus is humiliating.



You couldn't be more wrong.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Crownlol
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States3726 Posts
August 16 2012 15:50 GMT
#639
On August 17 2012 00:43 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 17 2012 00:30 Crownlol wrote:
On August 16 2012 23:51 Snuggles wrote:
So what's the lore about this time around in this expansion...



As far as I can tell, there isn't any.

I believe this is Blizzard's way of putting WoW out to pasture, but relegating what was once a mighty warhorse to giving kids rides in a circus is humiliating.



You couldn't be more wrong.



Care to elaborate? All the hardcore and mediumcore gamers left ages ago. The only people I know still playing are girls and supercasuals (no offense).

The Rise of the Lich King was an amazing story arc. WotLK actually felt like saving the world from an evil zombie apocalypse army. Cataclysm did a terrible job of painting the antagonist- who cares about Deathwing? MoP is silly KungFu pandas.

As far as I can tell from the website, it appears the only conflict is a dash for resources by the Alliance and Horde for the new island. Yawn. Who's the antagonist? What's the conflict? Who are the heroes? Why does the world care about Pandas at all?

shaGuar :: elemeNt :: XeqtR :: naikon :: method
deepfield1
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States373 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-16 15:51:34
August 16 2012 15:51 GMT
#640
The quality of that cinematic is fantastic..

Unfortunately the "story" saddens me.. slapstick comedy routine?

Blizzard insisted when they announced Mists that it would not be a joke.. but then they deliver this.

Compare this to the WoTLK cinematic..

Sadly - I'll still end up buying it.
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