WoW: Cataclysm Cinematic Intro Blows Everything Up Forever

[Crimsane]

Eh, count me among the underwhelmed. Maybe it's because I've never played WoW. I don't recognize the places being destroyed, nor do I recognize the decent-looking dragon destroying said places. Seems to me this trailer will cater more heavily to those who already play. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Scytail]

Really dont know why everyone has a stiffy for the vanilla intro. Yeah, it has all the pc races fighting it out but thats cause thats all vanilla wow was! There was no "big evil" yet, nobody was at level cap so no raid groups. All the game had going for it at the time was the occasional pvp.

 

[Baldr]

Damn. That was... pretty awesome. Hopefully my brother buys it so don't have to, but I might start playing WoW again. For a little while. Then I'll get bored and do something else.

That how I started playing in the first place. I thought waste a couple hours with this game... that was 4 years ago.

 

[SturmDolch]

Those underwhelmed may not have grown up with this game as I did. I've been playing for 5 years on and off.

This was epic.

I got chills seeing the Booty Bay statue get destroyed by a tsunami. The Barrens sinking. The Thousand Needles turning into the Thousand Islands. The dwarven dam slowly destroyed. Darkshore getting lit up.

And to top it off, the Megatron-esque voice of Darkwing with some epic music.

What is there not to like!?

Edit: Also, just checked my e-mail and got one from LOTRO. Harvestmath! After seeing this trailer... Yeah, no thanks.

 

[harv3034]

well... I will definatly agree with your assesment of the situation Mr. Funk.

Azeroth is indeed screwed.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

As someone who's never played WoW but was interested in seeing the trailer anyway, it seemed somewhat underwhelming. Then again, anything too "familiar" with fantasy tends to bring the cynic out of me. Regardless, from a quality perspective, it was certainly well done on about all fronts of cinematography, voice work, and mayhem. Nonetheless, it would never compel me to try picking up WoW just to see Puff Deathwing the Magic Megatron Dragon.

Grafting Adamantium plates onto his skin looks painful :<

Maybe he wouldn't be so angry if he had some morphine..

That would be A LOT of morphine. . . . although speaking as someone who has been on morphine before, it would definately do wonders for his demeanor. I had a leg broken in multiple places and it turned my frown upside down.

I would also tend to agree out of my own experiences, however, there is always the risk of a "bad trip." I can only imagine his reaction then...

"I shall rain...rain... Legos? Legos? WHY IS EVERYTHING COVERED IN FURRY, NEON LEGOS??? Why is a talking spoon shooting rockets? Why is there a dam full of grape jelly?"

 

[Dommyboy]

I think it's meh. Deathing doesn't do a whole lot other than fly around all "HEY GUIZ LEWK AT MEH!"

This is such utter meh'ness... It's making me sad.

Cool eye candy though.

Whaaaaaaaaaat?

I mean, let's be honest here. We watch their videos for the eye candy (and the awesome cinematography, but that falls under "eye candy"), and this was awesome eye candy.

Much better than Classic/BC intros, IMO. Not sure if I like it as much as the WotLK one.

John, its obvious Blizzard is just throwing out stuff to keep the game going. Not that this isn't an awesome cinematic, but it just feels like more addons. What about the other four Dragon aspects though?

 

[Deathfish15]

Purchase another Blizzard expansion (for $40) that contains no game time and requires purchase of ($15/month, $30 card for 2) just to even come BACK to the game to see whether or not it's worth it....


OR...


Paying for a single month ($15) to go back to EVE Online with it's FREE expansions and not worry about any extra costs.




The LEAST Blizzard could have done was added some game time to the expansion, whether it be 30-days or whatever. But no, they don't do much but a few graphical changes on already existing maps, make a few already existing models as playable races (Goblins and Wargen), and added a few same-model dungeons (notice how many of the last expansion's feature skins shared a lot in common with already existing things, such as gear sets, creatures, flora and fauna).


Where's the worth?

 

[ShadowsofHope]

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Much better than Classic/BC intros, IMO. Not sure if I like it as much as the WotLK one.

I dare to disagree. I loved the vanilla intro, it was way better in my eyes. It had a dwarf, cleavage, forsaken, cleavage, infernal, cleavage, and of course a bear! Beats a dragon that run into psychotic dentist by far.

So you're saying that you don't like this as much because there aren't any Blood Elf female warriors running around in plate bikinis? Got it.

Isn't that pretty much the only reason males play WoW? ;P

 

[Rhayn]

Yeah, I half-expected my interest in WoW to spark to life again, but alas, it didn't. While visually very impressive, it lacked... Something. There was nothing in there that screamed "you've got to play this". Maybe it was Deathwing's ridiculous chin that I've always found stupid or that I'm over WoW entirely.

We may never know as I've more or less now decided I won't be getting Cataclysm.

 

[Loonerinoes]

Good one! Definitely better than the Vanilla and TBC intros...but still not quite as good as that of WotLK. Funnily enough, I remember being in some doubts over playing that expansion, but when I saw Arthas and that cinematic I was all like "Naw man! Come on! You're gonna see this through to the end at least come on!" Heh...funnily enough it wasn't quite enough retention in the end but...the WotLK cinematic was still one that really did give me that initial push and drive to see what it was all about. That and the initial DK starting zone also really helped in a big way too.

This one? Well...yeah like I'd said, it's probably enough to have me buy one last 2-month card to see what's changed...but to buy the actual expansion for the extra levels and such? Eh...not so sure. Might change after those 2 months but then again...maybe not - depends on wether the gameplay and feel of it all has changed in any way that I'd find meaningful too or if it's just another teensy upgrade the way most previous expansions were. Don't get me wrong, things like having starting zones redone ala the DK starting zone would be awesomesauce, but...I'd need something that sticks with me to the endgame to make me buy the expansion itself in the end so - we'll see.

Still...nice cinematic, yup.

 

[John Funk]

Purchase another Blizzard expansion (for $40) that contains no game time and requires purchase of ($15/month, $30 card for 2) just to even come BACK to the game to see whether or not it's worth it....


OR...


Paying for a single month ($15) to go back to EVE Online with it's FREE expansions and not worry about any extra costs.




The LEAST Blizzard could have done was added some game time to the expansion, whether it be 30-days or whatever. But no, they don't do much but a few graphical changes on already existing maps, make a few already existing models as playable races (Goblins and Wargen), and added a few same-model dungeons (notice how many of the last expansion's feature skins shared a lot in common with already existing things, such as gear sets, creatures, flora and fauna).


Where's the worth?

Uh, or you pay $15 to check out the entire revamped 1-60 content with improved quest flow/mechanics/graphics? I'm not saying that Cataclysm is OMG BEST XPAC EVER, but A.) they're changing a lot of the old world beyond "a few graphical changes." They're revamping probably over 70% of all of the quests.

And B.) that bit is free without the expansion. If you don't get the xpac, you can't go to 85 and you can't make a Goblin/Worgen.

So, yes actually, it's completely feasible to just reup your subscription for a month and play to see if the changes are worth it.

 

[Yelchor]

Not as touching as the Wrath of the Lich King cinematic. Though I guess in this case there wasn't any hope or reason for the antagonist to be redeemed. It's just mindless, primal rage.

It felt a bit short on the destruction shots. I had expected to see much more expanded and lengthier geological changes.

Oh well. I guess I just miss the former villain who had had a much more immersing build-up since Warcraft 3.

 

[Mcupobob]

It feels like only yesterday I was getting all pumped up for WotLK and now I sit here, getting pumped up for Cata!!

 

[dghjdgdjf]

The whole theme of this kinda reminds me of the theme they are making for FEAR 3, only less ridicilous.

 

[Loonerinoes]

Oh well. I guess I just miss the former villain who had had a much more immersing build-up since Warcraft 3.

Yep...but then again...somewhere around WotLK I'd pretty much given up on WoW sticking to some of its lore roots for a change, rather than just making stuff up as it went along. It started very subtly, with things like the draenei being retconned in TBC or the odd wierd gadget, but that was acceptable enough since it still had some new lore standing behind it. But then by this last expansion it was all about choppers and full-blown snarky copypasta of real-world items, people and events and...meh...the illusion, that WoW is a seperate universe, really was broken for me by then quite resoundly and the level of my enthusiasm for any kind of RPing dwindled along with it.

Kinda probably what the subtext of Cataclysm is tbh: "This ain't your father's Warcraft anymore! It's changed forever! So get along on the ride or STFU!" But nonetheless that doesn't mean that this new Warcraft with wierdo modernistic jokes, ala what was done in the old games, beginning to drive the narrative moreso rather than just being a nifty little side-quip you get from clicking on your units to bug them couldn't work hence...I'm willing to give it 2 months. But I doubt any more than that.

 

[Dukenstein]

Seeing Deathwing over the Stormwind gates brings me back to the times when people would kite the Duskwood dragon to SW. Ahh..good times...

 

[Vaccine]

Really I feel for what they're going for with this expansion to be rather strong, which is holding new players.
The WotLK Intro was amazing..........for people who played Warcraft 3 and knew who Arthas was and why he was a pinnacle character to the lore.
With the Deathwing intro it feels like they're more making the character feel more accessible to everyone, you don't really need a background story on him, he's a big burly fire dragon fucking your worlds shit up, yet in the game there's going to be more lore cop-out for existing players.
Different areas of the game for players, I'm rather happy with it, the revamped areas all look amazing for old players and new players alike.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Eh, in retrospect I find them way too scattered and unfocused. It's PLAYER CHARACTERS! DOING COOL THINGS! AWESOME POSE! VIOLENCE!

With the WotLK and now Cata intros, they're definitely more cohesive. I felt that having a defined villain from the outset in WotLK was one of the things it did really well (as opposed to Illidan/Kael/Vashj/KJ who were just kind of vaguely there in BC), and I like the new focus.

Scattered? Yes, you could call it that. Unfocused? I wouldn't say so, it just focusses on a bigger picture; the diversity of the Warcraft world, hence why I really liked it. It showed off how many different things happen in the grand world of Azeroth.

Now the WotLK cinematic was incredible thanks to the story angle behind it, the stark contrast between what's happening and the speech in the background. This cinematic doesn't really have that, plus it pretty much copies what they also used in the WotLK trailer; big-ass dragon powering up. That's kinda weak.

But it's still a Blizzard cinematic, and they're still awesome. Though it always saddens me that the game, while I also love that, is never that epic.

 

[Sonicron]

Well, in the novels I've read so far, Deathwing was the best villain out of the bunch, so if they could finally end the game with this expansion pack I'll consider it going out on a high note.

Also, agreed on the enhanced level of content cohesion. Me likey. It's unlikely the game will ever lure me in again, but boy oh boy, would I pay to see a WoW movie mady by Blizzard's CGI department.