Arthas Purges Stratholme - Deleted FULL CGI Cinematic [Warcraft 3]

[@MrHnm92]

This is how the cinematic should look when the Reforged came out. Was it so hard to do this, Blizzard?

[@h_dduwsc]

It isn't hard for them. They just don't give time for developers and want to release it asap. I put so much hope to see the new cutscenes and cinematics like what they showed us :(

[@Athelarius]

Honestly, if this early version of culling had such animation and detail, can you imagine what other cutscenes would've been like? Sylvanas, Varimathras, Kil'jaeden & Illidan, Arthas & KT attacking Silvermoon. Dear god, it'd be 4 hours of pure Warcraft3-gasmic action!

[@MrHnm92]

@@Athelarius True!

[@_._._._._Thiago_._._._._]

The community asked for #Nochanges. Blizzard scrapped these cutscenes style and changed them to ressemble more the original cutscenes. The community asked for that at the time the same way they are now enraged with reforged. If people stopped to hate and started to talk, this kind of nuisance could've been avoided.

[@secretopn]

@@Athelarius but they promised

[@peekafch]

Wish they kept the rainy weather. It fits perfectly with the mood. Got left by the people he trust when he needed them most.

[@Athelarius]

"And so Arthas, betrayed and abandoned by those he loved most, did take up his mighty hammer to slay the ill citizens, and with a torch did set fire to the prosperous city, and with a mighty shout did vow to one day take vengeance for the crimes committed upon this fateful night" Intermission!

[@Persequimur_Umbras]

Maybe Arthus is the one who *left* his friends and love interest, suggest do I.

[@alexmag342]

@@Persequimur_Umbras shit take

[@ataridc]

@@Persequimur_Umbras very true friend

[@Persequimur_Umbras]

@@alexmag342, you think friends are required to agree with our choices in life? That as one changes during life, friends have to follow regardless of their own perspective?

[@stachman9531]

"they may look fine now" turns to people who look weak and are coughing

[@bossjohnny7515]

jaina would have never known that this would be the last time she would see arthas

[@skial7493]

They talked right after the Culling just before he leaves for Northrend but according to the book about Arthas the last time she saw him was when he attacked Dalaran. She heard the discussion between him and Antonidas before she fled to Kalimdor

[@CIAinTaiwanAndUkraine]

@@skial7493 also in the next cinematic Jaina pleads to Arthas to not go to Northrend

[@96Zorac]

Just like in real life you might never know when u see someone for the last time

[@GRIMHOOD99]

When you arrive to stratholme and everyone is having corona virus.

[@Roboticlloyd]

This city must be purged!

[@jangerloff3521]

This was the highlighted cutscene right? Suspicious timing and possible predictive programming..

[@amitkenan3878]

@@Roboticlloyd The Chinese solution

[@VegetoStevieD]

Ironically, the man who panicked most and took the most drastic measures, became the worst offender.

[@ephemeral8997-e]

Do we get murdered for having coronavirus? 😢

[@Kat1kafka]

then I must consider this an act of seasoning

[@momatotsosrorudodi]

Seasoning? Have you sauced your mince, Arthas?

[@СтаниславУразов-г5п]

Åge Kush have I?...

[@pvshka]

**DING** It's done!

[@Anudorini-Talah]

As if i could forgetti

[@CritStanley]

Since they realized they wouldn't be able to redo all the cutscenes. They could have just done a handful of the important ones. Like this one.

[@Balnazzardi]

ye but I quess they didnt want to have too big of a difference between the cutscenes...

[@Athelarius]

Like others have said, I assume they realized it would be too much work and resources to remake all the cutscenes like this. So I assume they toned down the quality. Then I assume it was still expensive for the 3 and a half people working on them, so they probably scrapped the entire idea, and just resorted to slightly less pixelated versions of the original, but without the loving animation and charm. I'd love to see them at least remake the major/main moments, and patch them in the future.

[@CritStanley]

@@Balnazzardi That argument holds no water when they have the classic mode in the game. :P

[@Arbalista]

1:06 This emotion is priceless!

[@InTheDemonsWake]

Reminder that Uthor betrayed his oaths to the people by abandoning Arthas during his time of need and Jaina did the exact same. If either/both of them had been there they probably could have killed Malganis and Arthus never would have needed Frostmourne and wouldn't have been driven insane by his loss and grief. He did what had to be done, what NEEDED to be done and they shunned him for it. #ArthasDidNothingWrong

[@bossjohnny7515]

Uther's self righteousness got in the way of his duty as a paladin. uther should have thought first what other way could they have done to save those people. they were already infected with the undead plague, saving stratholme was already too late. the greatest help he would have given to those people was to kill them befor they turned into the undead at least they could have died human. if jaina really loved arthas she should have stayed by his side to the end. if you cant handle me at my worst then you don't deserve me at my very best. and im glad arthas killed uther. #ArthasDidNothingWrong

[@dantefromdevilmaycry9857]

While it's true that there was probably no other way to save Stratholme, Arthas did plenty that was wrong especially after acquiring Frostmourne... it's not good letting Revenge get the better of you.. Remember Muradin and those Mercenaries?

[@LordofSadFac]

@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 everything that Arthas did after acquiring Frostmourn was under the influence of the Lich King, so i cant really blame him for it. But i can blame him for everything that happened from here until then, his thirst for justice and revenge agaisnt Mal'Ganis took the best of him.

[@EyeStorrm]

Uther reminds me of Ned Stark, somehow.

[@InTheDemonsWake]

@@EyeStorrm you take that back, Ned was a good boy

[@mainchannel7003]

I'd buy reforged, if reforged has such cinematics, I mean look at Jaina and her big b... eyes

[@Athelarius]

The most significant feature of these scrapped cutscenes!

[@linjudy5644]

blue eyes?

[@Marconius6]

I just like her itty bitty chest armor.

[@dantefromdevilmaycry9857]

So sad they Nerfed the Sorceress, I mean just look at her... the assets are almost gone!

[@4nakinSkywalker]

Rumors are there adding a titlord also

[@GabsareSarg]

Man Malganis seems so hard core when he is speaking.

[@Athelarius]

Hiya Folks! This one took forever to piece together as most of the lip synching was hard to work with due to it being a very, very early version. Some scenes look unrefined and some parts were missing so I filled those in with in-game parts. I added the dialogue & music, a bit spliced in some parts compared to current W3. Overall, I think this is the closest we can get to the original vision of what Warcraft 3: Reforged could’ve been. Just look at the animation on Mal’ganis on that last part! Shame they scrapped their work, as they did quite a good job even this early on.

[@VChong1991]

I was just about to ask did they patch it? 🤣

[@shadowgamer4306]

This is how all the cutscenes should be

[@Chazwozel1]

This is literally what they promised and failed on. I would have so paid for this! I'm glad I didn't preorder the mess that was actually sold.

[@albertofrankdiaz6664]

This?? This is soulless. Better play old wc3. (And yes, we can, by other ways)

[@linjudy5644]

It cost too much for Blizzard

[@finrodfel06]

Albeto Frank Diaz the rose tinted glasses of nostalgia

[@picklerick5990]

@@Chazwozel1 danggg tbh if the cutscene is like this in the vid i gladly purchase this

[@thanagor_fry5367]

it seems completely incoherent that the old version has better art direction and "photography" than the new one. Several cinematics that previously had changes in angle and music have become plastified and without music resulting in a soulless work.

[@coadacatalin4510]

Daaaaamn, young Jaina looks fine...

[@thechessplayer8328]

Damn they cut “glad you could make it, Uther”

[@aleksandarvil5718]

0:05 Wuhan, January 2020

[@Athelarius]

Oh, no it's already begun! Those dreadlords made it to Earth!

[@viniciusmenezes9538]

@@Athelarius We need to purge China

[@oakpanichapong2304]

@@viniciusmenezes9538 I'm down

[@mysteriousguy4467]

@@viniciusmenezes9538 what how you can consider there must be some other way

[@viniciusmenezes9538]

@Ayalus lol shshsjhssh nice

[@mygamestodayllc]

All I hear is El dente and the dinging sound of a microwave 🤣😂

[@Athelarius]

This entire citrella must be peeled! Have you sauced your mince ARTHAS!

[@nanoex2245]

Ah i see your a man of culture aswell

[@Anya-up4pv]

bruh😂

[@AlexSaysHi2013]

Glad you could bake it, Uther

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

The worst part is that there probably really wasn't another way.

[@misasa53]

There was but the purge was definitely the "best" option if you want to save lives as much as you can.

[@CrabDougnut]

​@@misasa53 Yeah, like listening to god fucking Medivh. But I understood Arthas and his motives on that one

[@kunalmehta8961]

Fantastic once again!

[@MordonaT]

When one person can do a better job than the entirety that is Activision. Thank you.

[@yonokhanman654]

Yeah! We don't want Warcraft 3 Reforged, we want Warcraft 3 Athelarius!

[@TheRayny]

... wat. this cinematic is present in the game editor, is the one that was shown to the blizzcon.

[@dominikeichenberger5263]

@@yonokhanman654 Its from blizzcon bro

[@yonokhanman654]

@@dominikeichenberger5263 I wasn't arguing that, "bro".

[@gumiho8352]

Damn arthas was daddy af

[@quiver5756]

I love the look of Arthas.

[@chrissy93x]

why couldnt blizz do this for all the cutscenes why did they keep it the same as WC3 Original ... this is why people got upset cos they were lied about the game cinematics/cutscenes immersion

[@Balnazzardi]

Because they quickly figured how much work it would have required to remake all cutscenes like this...and especially the ones with more action... It would have required quite big cinematic/cutscene department to do that within 1 year, way too much what the small team of Reforged could have been ever been capable of. And as you can imagine Activision-Blizzard would likely NOT give Reforged team the resources/manpower required to accomplish that. Not when those people are required in other games (Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, WoW expansions...)

[@chrissy93x]

@@Balnazzardi but they re-used the same voice lines/sound effects and music for the game all they did was update some models/textures lol

[@Balnazzardi]

@@chrissy93x actually they DID add/remix some new music into it, but most of it is not that great/can only be heard during cutscenes. They also did add different kind of sound effects for example when units die. As for voice acting, thats the one spesific thing fans DID request that would be kept the same, or atleast players would be given option to choose the original voice acting. Most Warcraft III fans do not like how especially Arthas and Illidan sound like in WoW. But yes overall I agree that Reforged simply had too small of a team/not big enough budget clearly, because even the remade unit models were made by outsourced studio, not by Blizzard themselves...

[@Reknilador]

I was hoping this was from the actual game after a few patches since release, guess i'm askin for too much :P

[@maksymilianziele28]

Mathias Shaw said about Arthas' purge that the situation could be better handled where salvation would be granted even for all.

[@chrissy93x]

Arthas was right he just wanted to prevent coronavirus

[@amitkenan3878]

Until he became the Covid king

[@Omega-jg4oq]

@@amitkenan3878 man you have no chill lol

[@fighterx9840]

I guess even if there was some other way, the people would still die and turn to the undead. In a way, by killing them, Arthas spared them from suffering from the plague. I like to think that their death was mercy

[@wildcat002]

insane monster actually made game to look like this he is still creating in live streams on his channel

[@grumblegnome]

It´s like: "Sry Arthas... i can´t watch you do this" and "You have crossed a terrible threshold Arthas" Then: Haha !!!! He wont do it anyway.... but holy crap... he actually did it. So if they would´ve really cared for him and the people of stratholme, they wouldn´t have left the cities entrance and would´ve tried to stop him. Oh... and btw... terrible decision to not implement that cutscene into the game xD

[@aleksandarvil5718]

WAY BETTER THAN REFORGED!Cutscenes

[@a.k.k2888]

When I played this level when I was a kid I did not understand the English language. I thought I had to resist Malganes and destroy the living deadhouse. I did the stage dozens of times and did not give up. I even destroyed the entire living mortuary, but I couldn't destroy Malganis's place even with 8 mortar shooters I thought this stage was impossible until I thought, what if you destroyed the houses and killed the people before they turned into a zombie, perhaps I succeed, and in fact I won. (Google translation, I don't speak English yet)

[@allanaalberto9730]

FOR THE SCOURGEEE!! OOPS TOO EARLY??

[@TheDarknessFR]

where is the rain, btw ?

[@xeriath2326]

What it SHOULD'VE been but sadly wasn't......

[@Athelarius]

Like others have said, I assume they realized it would be too much work and resources to remake all the cutscenes like this. So I assume they toned down the quality. Then I assume it was still expensive for the 3 and a half people working on them, so they probably scrapped the entire idea, and just resorted to slightly less pixelated versions of the original, but without the loving animation and charm. I'd love to see them at least remake the major/main moments, and patch them in the future.

[@xeriath2326]

@@Athelarius Maybe in the future yeah, BUT I've seen several instances where important scenes were shown in full cinematic or at least stretched out like this, not just opening and ending so maybe it could be done here too Blizzard's done it plenty of times. With Warcraft 3 there are those important parts take The Culling for example, so if they were shown like this......there could be another chance. Yeah it would've been cool if all of them got it but sadly there is a budget and number of people working on it to consider.

[@clargenesisarribalicayan6528]

Feels very different with this advanced cgi.

[@beer5250]

If all the cinematic had released like this, I would gladly pay money for it. It's just a big fraud.

[@Forge17]

What is that ending music? A variation of the culling dungeon?

[@dystopiapark]

type into youtube: 14 - The Culling

[@ironic4910]

If only we had someone like arthas

[@EquiNoctum]

What is the name of the song that plays in the first half of the video? It sounds like an awesome variation of "A light in the darkness" from WOD OST.. I've been looking for the name of the song for quite some time now, but no luck :(

[@EquiNoctum]

@@bmW308BqmOuZZkElgm50 I've been searching for it like a maniac and I finally found it - It's called "Iron Dawn"

[@_D-K_]

Did anyone notice Jaina's bossom looks astonishing.

[@Athelarius]

The most significant detail of Warcraft 3. And this cinematic truly pays homage.

[@epicnoresh]

At least they could mantain this....

[@daniloherrera139]

"they may look fine now" *homie coughin his lungs out like he has covid-190000

[@willt2810]

Oh wow was this put back?!

[@APureCatholicState2438]

Why they deleted this good cutscenes

[@jadeorbigoso5212]

Arthas is basically Cure Inc. in Bioweapon in Mega Brutal mode hahahaha

[@moamineismoamineiss315]

i love you malganis ❤❤❤❤

[@wilburtuba4903]

this is actually goood animation not gonna lie

[@picklerick5990]

Dangg if only reforged looks like this, gonna buy this game no question ask!

[@scribjelly3713]

I like the way they spin lol

[@travistaylor9635]

Pictured: Arthas arrives in Israel after former prime minister Ben Netanyahu injected his citizens with the disease, colorized, 2021

[@ShoddyLegion]

The fact that they made it means it should've been in the game.

[@Athelarius]

I'd like to see what other ones they actually had made or were in progress, but decided to scrap them all, since they couldn't remake all of them. As people would complain that only half the scenes received this treatment. Maybe 4 hours would be too much, but the major moments should have received this cinematic treatment, especially in 2020 and the resources they have available.

[@ShoddyLegion]

@@Athelarius on the contrary a massive multi billion company like Activision Blizzard could remake them all no problem with very little financial loss. However Activision like EA sucks the soul and life out of games.

[@Athelarius]

That's the thing, they should've been able to deliver on the 4 hours of cutscenes. I don't know what corporate decisions go down in there, but it's definitely a bit shady.

[@DZ-rt7hb]

This looks better than what we actually got, no doubt, but still looks kinda bad. The camera angles are really static and the animations look plastic af, this would have been good 10 years ago but in 2020 I expect way more from a AAA company like Blizzard. The fact that people were hyped for this is laughable, they should have been disappointed from the start.

[@Balnazzardi]

Well this would have still been way better than we got...yes I agree on Blizz standards its still nowhere near as good as lets say SC2 cutscenes, but then again I didnt expect Reforged to get that kind of budget....so I wasnt really expecting that kind of quality, but I wish they had done all the cutscenes more cinematic like this

[@lolamento7265]

*people coughing* Me: Coronavirus

[@homelander2522]

this entire world must be purged

[@ivyscyther]

The United States must be purged

[@MrThecrazyzombie]

Arthas wasn't wrong here

[@TheRealmLkR]

Hello! What's the song called at the end of the video ? :)

[@dystopiapark]

type into youtube: 14 - The Culling

[@Caady]

Wotlk OST : The Culling Also in spotify :)

[@TheRealmLkR]

Thanks guys!

[@KategariYami]

You've tossed a terrible salad Arthas.

[@requiem1123]

looks like a mobile game ad

[@jamesralph3521]

This is equivalent to Anakin’s killing of the younglings, his fall began here.

[@Nurix09]

Except these people were pretty much already dead and soon to be undead, killing them was a mercy.

[@Athelarius]

NOT THE YOUNGLINGS!

[@LemonRush7777]

@@Nurix09 It's not easy killing your own people, even if it is a mercy killing. Besides, it's a world filled with magic, so having any sort of hope of finding a cure is not entirely unreasonable.

[@Nurix09]

@@LemonRush7777 within next few minutes? It is unreasonable.

[@LemonRush7777]

@@Nurix09 They didn't really know how long it would take.

[@vyrusunderscore]

early gang we rise

[@j.jbinks9669]

Have you lost your mind, Arthas!? "Find out next time, on Dragonball Z!"

[@domhemingway6271]

Is this now fanmade or just cutted out from blizzard? I dont get it 🤷🏼‍♀️ And does someone know the soundtrack name?! Cheers

[@grzegorzkukla4096]

Music name? 1:09

[@grzegorzkukla4096]

@Sacred Squadron SAS Thank you!

[@dejan5342]

1 year late, original reply not there. Do you know, since he told you?

[@IXizorI]

This was great...what they released on the other hand...sigh.

[@DannyKay.]

Why the f***ing hell isn't it in the game?

[@billm1234]

What reforged could have been :(

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

Long live the King💔😢Arthas did nothing wrong...

[@TheRevanchists]

This cutscene had gotten me so damn excited. They promised sooo much. All cutscenes redone, extra story bits from the books added in etc. It would have been perfect....but no...Activision didn't want to spend the money, because they couldn't monetize a single player RTS game .....I waited my whole life for this remake....oh well.

[@Omega-jg4oq]

Activiston who? It’s Blizzard who was behind this game

[@vegeta1885]

It looks like an edit of camera angles. Because the lip-synch is still terribble

[@GamingSpoiler]

I never understood how Paladins were able to grab that hammer with one hand. The only thing that comes to my mind is that it's made of cardboard box material.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

Un Fucking BELIEVEBLE i can’t believe it

[@MultiMereke]

Where is this reforged 2.0 has not added anything

[@almas4663]

That was fans own fault cinematics and lore changes was scrapped..

[@superfrycook6360]

This entire city must be purged!

[@Athelarius]

This entire citrella must be peeled!

[@xccxdd6144]

arthas is anakin skywalker

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

Arthas is Eren Jaeger

[@John_Doe465]

he was right.

[@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123]

So this is remaster-remastered or maybe remaster v.2.0

[@Athelarius]

That which was meant to be reforged but was deforged and has now been re-reforged!

[@irontrids]

Was this voiced by Patrick Seitz?

[@Balnazzardi]

Nope, by Justin Gross who was the original voice actor of Arthas

[@paulwill7698]

We need bigger shoulders. -some guy at blizzard.

[@Jose-tv2pl]

that was sooo beutiful why they dont keep it. damn blizzard

[@OceanHedgehog]

Sigh, what could have been.

[@xxxspace7995]

please play pvp again with your warrior you are so good please

[@andrewbergamann7982]

So you're saying Putin went full Arthas on Ukraine?

[@JonGreen91]

Wouldn’t it be to the ends of Azeroth?

[@nanoex2245]

This is what we've been lied to And also now that i had a good look at it yeah i can finally agree that arthas's new model gives him a fkin giraffe of a neck.

[@nanoex2245]

@Liam Hagenson Ahahaha you got a point i guess that giraffe neck is useful after all

[@divineoblivionx]

Blizzard really screwed the pooch when they cut this scene from the game. Was it really so hard to actually add this into the game Blizzard? You had one damn job and you screwed it. Screw. You. Blizzard

[@mrjoejoecraftpl3093]

Arthas was right. They should help him but leave him when he tried his best there

[@titanosaurdy9493]

This animation did not belong to blizzard, IT WAS STOLEN

[@ThangPlants]

wow the graphics looks really shitty for a 2020 game from a big company

[@Athelarius]

Compared to what we got in the actual release of Reforged, this is a blessing. As unrefined as it looks, it's a good look at the vision they originally had for the game.

[@Zpieygre]

did you forget this is an rts game???? your brain too Pepega

[@zack2608]

@@Zpieygre Starcraft 2 has 10 years, is a rts and look really good, not like this shit

[@MrRaksaChan]

I think this wasnot made in World edirtor

[@itsyaboiherman]

This was in the game!?

[@jonsku6662]

Sigh, what could have been...

[@Destroyer2150]

I wouldn't mind new VO for Reforged. Giving a new breath of air to the game. But ofc, you can't have nice things and Blizzard is lazy.

[@Ahmed-_Hilal_-]

if only would be like that :( :( so sad

[@unclecharlie5766]

Warcraft 3 refunded was all we got.

[@Voidload]

I mean this does not change the fact they released a shit game. This should have arrived at launch. Who are we to even have story elements be updated due to unfinished product being released

[@VoldoronGaming]

This cinematic is the very reason arthas deserves no redemption. This was an atrocity committed by him long before he laid his hands on frostmourne. He was not mind controlled here

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

The purge was necessary. The first atrocity he committed was burning his ships and blaming the mercs.

[@MrThecrazyzombie]

And let the civilians turn into undead then having to kill them anyway?

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Too little to late, and it still looks like plastic, like they are using action figures,

[@Pablochette98]

There is Diablo 2 Resurrected 😄and there is Warcraft 3 Reforged 💀