Non-MMO Player REACTS To World Of Warcraft Cinematics For The First Time!

[@dylanatorification]

woah. shoutout to you for immediately recognizing Anduin from his picture in his father's compass! You're seriously the first non-WoW player I've ever seen who was able to connect those dots right away.

[@SHSLBLAZE]

That’s crazy! I feel like they made that pretty clear but it’s something that could definitely fly over your head if you aren’t paying attention

[@Sanguiris]

I can't even grasp how many times I watched these reactions and very rarely people actually connected any dots...

[@Nightreaper86]

right this surprized me that he recognized it

[@TaldrenMGMoonGuard]

Yes! I was VERY impressed by that too!

[@Rakkasan11b]

Got it right the first time when he said, "Daughter". HAHA

[@Kelwolf]

Long time player here. I always enjoy watching non-players be blown away by the cinematics, because they are so good. And there are so many things that speak to players - seeing places you spend so much time in during game play, seeing actual abilities that you use in-game (although most of the main characters in the cinematic are raid bosses in-game and have abilities beyond what the player does). I really enjoyed watching your reactions, it brought back the feeling from when I first saw them.

[@TheLastMungebender]

Okay, but watching Gul'dan use Soul Siphon in the Warcraft movie... fucking legendary

[@Caleblmao]

Same!!! Thsts why I watch too. Haha

[@thunderborn3231]

i still love that the lichking cinematic says arthas was named by the forest of loredaerons whispers, then in legion its revealed below loredaeron there is a bound old god. named by the old gods and later corrupted by them

[@akse]

@@TheLastMungebender Man I think the movie was decent but wonder why they never continued with the movie series. They should have made at least all the Warcraft (RTS) stories.. and maybe in WoW up to WotLK.

[@terrypankhurst7601]

I think people forget how old that first cinematic is and how well it still holds up 20 years later, by far my favourite.

[@akse]

I just loved how it continued 4 years after events of Warcraft 3. I played a lot of Warcraft 3 just before they announced WoW and first I wasn't that hyped but after playing in Open Beta I was all in. Just moments ago I was looking at the units and buildings from top down RTS view and now I'm inside the world playing myself. Amazing.

[@JamCie]

True. Say what you want about Blizzard, but their Cinematics have always been top-notch.

[@Shritistrang]

I always loved that dwarf hunter in the beginning, because he is usually the first character you see when starting this game for the first time. I liked him and his bear so much that one of my first characters was a dwarf hunter.

[@artembentsionov]

In the siege trailer, the reason Anduin is able to heal his army is because he was a priest of the Holy Light before ascending to the throne

[@knighthawk3749]

I thought he was a Holy Paladin?

[@wildmoonchild9404]

@@knighthawk3749he was a priest before becoming a pally

[@Zeldafreak3]

@@wildmoonchild9404he’s technically still just a Priest. He just gets extra abilities because “main character leader treatment” Like how Tyrande is a Priest but uses a bow/glaive,and Thrall is a plate-wearing Shaman etc

[@ocean1539]

@@wildmoonchild9404thought he was a “war priest”

[@eternallegacy89]

@@wildmoonchild9404 that some how can wield a warrior's weapon like Shalamayne, which is a warrior weapon coming from Varian.

[@MrDarkSidius]

Both TBC and WotLK were super hyped, because they featured iconic, fan favorite characters from WC3 campaign

[@joezar33]

Arthas & illadan the 2 major villains , Warcraft 3 the Frozen Throne has awesome cinematic

[@radoslavboyanov6511]

@@joezar33 Illidan is not a villain neither is Arthas, Illidan is an anti hero and the dreadlords are the villains in the Lich King's story

[@MilkshakeGuruTTV]

@@radoslavboyanov6511 Arthas is definitely a villain. How he chose to respond to what the dreadlords were doing was definitely a choice of his own.

[@radoslavboyanov6511]

@@MilkshakeGuruTTV not at all, the Dreadlords are known to manipulate and alter one's thoughts, his choices were not entirely his own, also when picking up Frostmourne it was out of helplessness and the sword's voices calling, his mental was weak enough to give in, however that is not his fault, he did what he did to save his people

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

​@@radoslavboyanov6511to save his people? Stratholme may want to have a word about that. Arthas definetely is a villain. Jaina rejected him, and he went "sure, give me more whispers" Illidan also is a villain. Another rejection btw. Blizzard turning him into an antihero like a decade later wasn't in the script back then. There are the novels, which are now obsolete thanks to redcons

[@cos8585]

After 20 years I always get goosebumps, every single time. Blizzard has been making the best videos for a looong time

[@robertbloomberg3098]

Their cinematic team deserves an Oscar and four nominations. The direction is superb. Why aren't these people making movies?!?!

[@franzferdinand5810]

For me the Warlords of Dreanor cinematic is THE best. It just becomes so much better if you know a little but of the lore. So Garrosh the dude that attacks is basically going back in time to stop the orcs from drinking the blood, since that is what actually happend. So when Gul'Dan says "this wasn't our destiny" he's literally right. Not the best expansion in the end but that cinematic is just soooooo cool

[@Jakac55]

exactly what i always think when i watch these videos. if you dont know lore than the bfa cinematic is probably the bestfor you, but damn, when i first saw the wod cinematic i got goosebumps.

[@kerriganblade1171]

it's also a throwback to W3, that's exactly how Grommash dies which makes it so nostalgic

[@Doomfoolable]

WoD is good, but it would take an act of God for anything to dethrone the Wrath cinematic as one of the single greatest pieces of video game media for me.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@Jakac55 The problem with the BfA cinematics is that they did a poor representation of the expansion, the expansion feelt like pirates&marineers if you were alliance and Maya empire trolls if you were Horde...

[@017renegade]

There are 2 more now. Dragonflight and The War Within. Also well done with the Copyright issues on Old Soldier. Most reaction videos just cut it out. There is also so much more material to react to. Burdens of Shaohao for Pandaria. Warbringers for Draenor. Harbingers for Legion. Ingame cut scenes. WoW is a gold mine for reaction content. Looking forward to your next video.

[@Valleystick]

Shadowlands and Dragonflight both have two different cinematics if im not mistaken

[@joezar33]

​@@Valleystickbelieve all WoW expansion have their own cinematic opening..

[@primary2630]

@@joezar33 he's saying dragonflight and war within have 2 each i think

[@knighthawk3749]

He is missing "Daughter of the Sea". One of my favorites.

[@Trazynn]

Daughter of the Sea is the only one that gave me goosebumps. But I suppose that's because it resolved something that wasn't resolved for 15 years and I never thought it would.

[@myne5689]

The interesting thing about Sylvanas is she was killed and turned into a banshee by the original lich king then ended up defeating the "new" one.

[@lyn0083]

Yeah. I always thinks its kinda sad a non wow player dont know that Bolver is not Arthas and we already defeated Arthas and Bolver "sacrifed" himself to sit on the frozen throne.

[@Allexstrasza]

The original Lich King was Ner'Zhul before his soul was sealed in the crown, which merged with Arthas when he put it on.

[@miriamweller812]

@@lyn0083 Light defeated Arthas. The player would have had no chance. He just insta kills you and would have raised you as undead. But Light destroyed Frostmourne and with that Arthas, because it was his main power source by far with all the captured souls inside.

[@lyn0083]

@@miriamweller812Whos "Light"? You mean Tirion Fordring?

[@Zatheris76]

She did not, she was using the powers of the jailer, it was not her own power that defeated him. She was depowered when she split from the jailer. She was basically the jailer's Avatar.

[@trolly5762]

Lore time : - First cinematic is the presentation of the world of Azeroth with most of the races and playable classes. - Second one takes place in Outland (another planet) the demon guy is Illidan Stormrage, a main character of the Warcraft series. We're also shown two new races blood elf (their previous leader joined Illidan who's the bad guy) and draenei (Outland was their planet and was destroyed) -Third one takes place in the continent of Northrend in Azeroth where the Lich King resides and he's a main character of Warcraft and the antagonist of this expansion (really badass by the way) -Fourth one shows Deathwing, a really powerful dragon who once was a protector of this world and went mad because of evil beings and now seeks to destroy the world -Fifth one takes place in Pandaria, a continent on Azeroth which was envelopped by mists until now where Pandarens live (and yes you can play them) so you explore this new continent and face the evils there. -Sixth one takes place in an alternative timeline of the origin of the orcs. In the normal timeline the big ass brown orc drinks the green blood and goes mad along with his people and invade Azeroth. Here, he rejects the gift because an orc from the original timeline went back in time to warn them. - Seventh one is basically the big boss of villains and his army who found a way to invade our world because in its core resides a powerful entity -Eighth one is self explanatory -Ninth one takes place in Northrend where the new lich king fights Sylvanas and when she shatters the helm, she also breaks the veil between life and death in order to start her mAsteRpLaN (I don't like the lore behind this expansion)

[@zoltandeak2342]

Draenei planet = Argus , Outland = Draenor, Draenor was the orcs planet....No offence

[@trolly5762]

@@zoltandeak2342 Well first of all thanks for reading my uselessly long comment and second Argus is their home planet but they were forced to abandon it after Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden made a pact with Sargeras. Then they went to Draenor where they first cohabitated with the orcs then burning legion stuff, slavery, escape draenor, becomes outland, go to azeroth and those who remained became the broken. And that's why I said Outland, because in TBC the draenei in Azeroth want allies to kick Illidan's ass basically to save their people

[@m4d44]

Illidan wanted to fight Legion and made an army of Demonhunters but Alliance together with Horde didn't know that and defeated him. Maiev Shadowsong was so obsessed on his point and his previous betrayal that she couldn't believe he wants to fight Kil'Jaden.

[@weaponmaster1515]

Battle for azeroth is an expansion that talks about sylvanas burns a night elf tree with people ( that pissed them off more ) so the 4th war began ( short lived) with allied races you can play ( but you must rep grind to get them)

[@christofferohlsson6837]

Fun Fact: Deathwing was also in earlier games, specifically Warcraft 2. I don't remember if he was in the base game or only the expansion. I think he helped the orcs capture Alexstrasza and spread discord among humans while using a human disguise

[@Carakav]

"How much power does she have?!" The power... of plot.

[@MrSarcasm101]

TRUE

[@Sanguiris]

To be fair, even though Sylvanas' character was murdered, She is an elf, and therefore alot older than literally any non-longlife race, which for elves usually means they're alot stronger/more powerful/more skilled, so it's not exactly outlandish.

[@miriamweller812]

Power of a god of one of the cosmic powers. Got NOTHING to do with plot armor. Plot armor is called that way because there is no explanation, the character simply is powerful to succed so the story can continue, even though it makes zero sense. It's made more than clear in the story of Shadowlands that she got those powers from a Death god, and the gods of the cosmic forces are FAR beyond the power of any mortal. Even when you beat someone in the game, it's always with massive support, including other cosmic forces. For example the Lich King is in the end solely beaten by cosmic force Light. Light destroys Frostmourne and by that robs Arthas of most of his power. When you fight gods, like a Titan or Zoval, you ALWAYS got support from other gods and in case of Zoval from Azeroth itself. He would have roflstomped you without that.

[@eternallegacy89]

​@@miriamweller812For clarity, none of these entities were actual gods. They already clarified not even Zovaal or Sargeras are Gods. Elune is actually the first real God we heard of. The Titans are God-like, Old Gods are just parasites not actually gods not even the Naaru. The First Ones may be Gods, Elune if she isn't a First One herself is a Goddess, etc.

[@BlastHeart96]

@@SanguirisYeah she’s always been incredibly skilled and strong especially after she became a banshee and got her body back. She’s just never been *this* strong. It’s all plot convenience thanks to the umbrella explanation that The Jailer was feeding her power.

[@TaldrenMGMoonGuard]

Not only are all of Blizzard's cinematics still mostly viable today, everything you see is all hand drawn and the magical abilities you see in those cinematics are spells you can actually use in game for that class. Blizzard cinematics are second to none and the attention to detail is so amazing that each are so mind blowing as they just keep getting better and better. Even if you hate the game the cinematics are fucking boss!

[@twylanaythias]

There's an extremely deep and complex backstory surrounding Lady Sylvanas Windrunner - I've been playing World of Warcraft since the latter part of Vanilla (before any of the expansions) and I'm fairly sure even I know only a portion of it. But a brief summary, from what I recall over the years: Arthas, son of Terenas Menethil II, King of Lordaeron, was so determined to stop the original Scourge that he crossed many moral boundaries - including the complete annihilation of the city of Stratholme, killing countless innocents in the process. This gave the cursed runeblade Frostmourne the opportunity to corrupt him completely, becoming the new leader of the Scourge. As the Lich King, he led his undead armies against many kingdoms - including Lordaeron, Quel'Thalas, and Dalaran. When he besieged the Human capitol of Stormwind, the Sindorei sacrificed thousands of their finest warriors in the city's defense. Lady Sylvanas Windrunner was originally an elite Sindorei (aka Blood Elf, one of several high elven races in Azeroth) ranger - limited yet potent magic combined with legendary archery skills and a brilliant tactical mind. In retribution for their defense of Stormwind, Arthas turned his eye towards the Blood Elf capitol of Silvermoon City... but the Humans did not reciprocate and the Sindorei were abandoned to face the Scourge alone. She fell to Arthas and, rather than allowing her a clean death, he used Frostmourne to enslave her soul and transformed her into a banshee. She eventually managed to break free of the Lich King, reclaimed her original body, and liberated Lordaeron. The citizens' minds freed, though their bodies remained corrupted by the Scourge, they sought to rejoin the Alliance but were rejected. Under Sylvanas' leadership, they dubbed themselves The Forsaken and desired nothing more than to be left in peace. But being perceived as horrifying monsters, this was not to be. Synergizing her old ranger skills with her newer undead abilities, she became known as The Banshee Queen. During the Battle of Angrathar the Wrathgate, Grand Apothecary Putress (one of Sylvanas' captains, though it's uncertain if he was acting under her orders) unleashed an extremely potent Plague which annihilated the Scourge, decimated the united Alliance and Horde forces, and seriously wounded the Lich King. Highlord Bolivar Fordragon fell to this assault, but ultimately survived when the dragons of nearby Wyrmrest Temple purged the Plague with dragonfire. This left Bolivar horribly disfigured and, when Tirion Fordring led Arthas' defeat, he knew that the Scourge would run rampant unless someone became the new Lich King - sacrificing himself to keep the Scourge forces under control. "There must always be a Lich King." As you can probably understand, Sylvanas detests 'the living' who perpetually shun The Forsaken and rightly despises the Lich King like no other. She is both ruthless and relentless in pursuing whatever course of action seems of the most benefit to her people - even siding with the Alliance, as you saw in some of the cinematics. She never understood why Warchief Vol'jin, the Troll who was mortally wounded in battle, proclaimed her the new Warchief with his dying breath, but she saw an opportunity to use the might of the Horde to defend Lordaeron and The Forsaken. Though, as it came out in a later cinematic, she only saw the Horde as a means unto an end. Knowing this, Varok Saurfang's smile when Sylvanas proclaimed the Horde to be "nothing" becomes all the more meaningful. No matter what else happened, he had forced her into revealing her hand before everyone - Horde and Alliance alike. As her words stripped The Forsaken of their strongest defense, she turned her attention to the ultimate source of their suffering - the Lich King and his Helm of Domination. Despite her power, the Helm was the one and only thing she truly feared - it had enslaved her and The Forsaken before and, so long as it existed, it could possibly enslave them again. The classic mantra in writing is "There, but for the grace of God, go I" - or sometimes "The Villain is the Hero of their own story." Without much of this background, Sylvanas is readily perceived as evil incarnate. But strictly from her own perspective, she is arguably incorruptible in her pursuit of freedom and justice. This runs throughout the narrative of World of Warcraft, and is a cornerstone of the game's enduring popularity.

[@CinamonFrog]

Omg that story about you growing up not being able to play WoW just hit me hard. I can't even imagine a world not growing up with the game. Sounds a bit dramatic but almost every major good memory was from WoW. Even if it was just friends hanging out and just talking about the game for hours ^^

[@Quetzen]

Also look up Nobbel87, he's been spending the last decade making intensive lore digging for every single event and major character in the whole franchise. He has a TON of videos, and he's very good at it. You can't possibly see how huge the game is until you've seen the amount of work has been put in every character in it.

[@TheNarghes]

Second this! Nobbel87 is THE loremaster, absolutely worth a watch

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

I disagree, Nobbel is a bad entry point. He explains thing well and go deep. But when you know nothing, it's like reading a wikipedia. Platinumwow is a much better first introduction to the lore because he is surface level and his content is actually very fun to watch. When you finally know the basis of the lore and want to go further, at this point, Nobbel is the best choice.

[@joezar33]

​@@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchymanagree PlatinumWoW dose a better job explaining the Lore of Azeroth..

[@mjtechnoviking44]

“How much power does she have?” As much as the writers need her to have.

[@miriamweller812]

Sylvanas' power is perfectly explained. It's coming from a god of a cosmic force, in that case Death and is by that zero surprise to be absolutely overwhelming. She's actually holding back to not reveal too much.

[@runeguardian]

This is a 6 hour fan-made movie of all the cinematics and cutscenes starting with Warcraft 1 all the way to the end of Battle for Azeroth. This gives all the needed context so they parts you have already seen will just very much harder when you see then within. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKa9q3ZphM6phpI It is worth the sit down and watch. P.S. It even includes clarification on what races you get to play and in what context by including the Character creation cinematic for each race as it occurs in the timeline.

[@G3N0Unknown]

"how powerful is she?" That was literally the question back then. Around this time she was very mysterious the players were left questioning her motives/goals. Her insane power gain felt like it came out of no where.

[@jet047]

with these, i have a feeling that blaze will react cinematics like Dota and LoL

[@jelenadjokic9843]

LoL cinematics are actually pretty dope...

[@Thromash]

These cinematics takes anywhere from 6 months to over a year to make. They don't have the tech to make a movie like this, though they want to. Devs & the head of the cinematics team have discussed it during Q&As as it has been heavily requested by the players for over a decade.

[@madss6258]

There is an aweomse video by Hidden Azeroth called "The (almost) Complete History of World of Warcraft", which is a fast paced timeline of the whole WOW story. Great watch!

[@Knightfang1]

So the cataclysm trailer is Deathwing emerging from Deepholm. Deathwing was once the Elemental aspect of Earth but was corrupted. His emergence broke the lands. From a game mechanic standpoint, they needed to rebuild most of the game’s map in order to add flying to azeroth, so the story was basically a way for them to rebuild and change almost every zone.

[@dariusnoxian1642]

"In the Light, We are One" Better than most CGI back then.

[@wildmoonchild9404]

Ahhh my childhood! This game holds such dear place in my heart, even though I stopped playing in Shadowlands. I still love the artistry and people’s reaction to the trailers. I was only 1 year old when the game came out, but my dad played it, and through out my childhood, me and my brother was introduced to the game. I finally made my own account in Legion when I was old enough to play it. I’m not sure how the current game is in Dragonflight, but I heard the gameplay improved.

[@jare3959]

The coolest thing about the cinematic with Sylvanas vs Saurfang is the constant yet subtle reverence to who Saurfang was. For context, Sylvanas was Warchief of the entire Horde but Varok Saurfang was High Overlord of Orgrimmar. The capital city's mayor essentially. That's why it was so important for his body to be taken inside the city. And that's why Sylvanas wanted to make him suffer in particular. His loyalty meant the loyalty of the people. He was their hope. Sylvanas hated hope for reasons that are later revealed.

[@ocean1539]

More WoW content please 🖤 great reaction. I’ve probably watched all of these cinematics and more, as well as cut scenes, a hundred times…some make me cry every single time. The war within looks so real I would pay anything to watch a WoW film with that level of CGI perfection.

[@ErynofEdoras]

This was so nice, to review them all with someone who shares the exitement for good cinematics even if not playing the game or knowing the whole story. Thanks for that 🥰

[@jackym4891]

The Blizzard Cinematics are top notch. Always. So you want a bear and a bow, go for a Beastmaster Hunter character (and yes, it can be a panda). In a few weeks there will be a "Mist of Pandaria Remix" event where you can faster level a character through the Mist of Pandaria expansion and it will give you a nice range of activities although not completely the same as the regular game, that said, when doing normal levelling you wont see it all anymore anyway so remix is probably the best way to go, especially if you want to play in a month or so. I have enjoyed all expansions (started playing in Cataclysm so MOP was my first expansion). And in a few months the new pre-patch content for the next expansion will start so you are jumping in at a good time to experience that whole hype up to the next expansion. And I really shouldnt have to say it.... go Horde (pandas can be either horde or alliance)! (There is a movie, it is fun to watch)

[@joezar33]

Old school vanilla Hunter's where a lil better then current retail .. vanilla "the Spirit Bond" with a Hunter's Pet , seen people keep the same pet for years . Nowadays Beast Master's are just Zoo Keeper's lol

[@roogarou1395]

I concur. The Remix (previously called Pandamonium, but changed for some reason) would be the best way to get into WOW. It's a limited time event, but all Remix characters transfer to live realms for The War Within expansion (maybe sooner). If you get a chance to look into what the Remix is all about, I suggest looking at any of the WOW News videos, such as SignsofKelani, Bellular, Taliesin & Evitel, Hazelnuttygames or MrGM. I think the general consensus is Mists of Pandaria was one of the better expansions, along with Legion and Wrath of the Lich King.

[@krodatem]

The thing about the Warlords of Draenor trailer is, you need to know a good bit of Warcraft lore to understand what's happening there.

[@parsababaee2134]

am i alone in this one? when ever hear illidan's voice i get chills and remember him saying "YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!"

[@KomninosA7X]

If you liked these, there is still plenty to see, in the form of in-game cutscenes, etc As for CGI cinematics I believe the only ones missing are the trailers for Dragonflight and the upcoming The War Within. In-game cutscenes are the most reaction worthy though. If you need help figuring out which ones to watch, ask and your comment section shall deliver, I'm sure we can make you a playlist or something.

[@ZanesZygot]

I think people might already have said it here on comments but this isn't all cutscenes. Not only there's for 2 more expansion (Dragonflight and the yet to release War Within) but there's the launch trailer for Shadowlands

[@Nicholas1994]

24:25 It's a good question to ask if you're going to play the game now, because they have this feature called timewalking campaigns, where you can basically pick an expansion pack (in-game) and you get the story hooks to go to that area and everything is scaled to your level, so it's a great way to experience the different stories. You could for instance level a different character in each of the different expansion areas, or you can just do them all with one character, it's up to you. My favourites are Warlords of Draenor and Legion.

[@Shiruvi]

i love how you can see them flexing their character animation for the mop trailer. there's so many perfect little details in the expressions and timing. a lot of people dislike it because it's so different from the previous trailers and 'lol kung fu pandas in my warcraft???' memes but it's still my favourite to this day.

[@JackGPT84]

If a compelling story is crucial for your gaming enjoyment, I suggest playing Warcraft 3 (RTS) and, if time allows, even Warcraft 2 (RTS) and start with this on first before diving into World of Warcraft. Take your time to immerse yourself, but be prepared for extensive quest reading. Additionally, be aware that some aspects of the story may not meet your expectations.

[@Gray-soul_81]

For me, this is from best to last 1. Wrath of the Lich King 3 2. The Burning Crusade 2 3. Vanilla 1 T-4.Mist of Pandaria 5 T-4. Legion 7 T-6. Cataclysm 4 T-6. Dragonflight 10 8. Battle for Azeroth 8 T-9. Shadowlands 9 T-9. Warlords of Draenor 6 EDIT: The War Within (11) is not out yet. We'll see where it places. For now, it's obviously not ranked. As well as the next two after which have also been announced. Midnight (12) and The Last Titan (13).

[@JesperAndrez]

Started playing WoW seriously in Legion but even all the previous expansion trailers brought shivers down my spine.. I miss those days so much

[@Jakac55]

I can try to sum it up for you here. So, the main races are orcs and humans. Orcs arent from azeroth, they are from a planet called draenor(the planet where saurfang goes to convince thrall to fight for the horde), which after it got pretty much obliterated, is now called outlands. Now, originally orcs were corrupted by drinking the blood of the demon mannoroth(the big guy with wings in the warlords of draenor cinematic). What you saw in that cinematic is like a parallel universe we went to in that expansion, which is also 35 years before the original timeline in that expansion. So, originally, orcs were corrupted by demons and opened a portal to azeroth where they fought with humans. The humans made the alliance with dwarves and defeated the orcs multiple times. After the last victory over the orcs, the alliance closed the portal to draenor and put the orcs in internment camps where they treated them like trash, of course. The orcs broke free eventually, and thrall founded the horde. He and grommash hellscream(again, the one you see in the alternate universe) defeated mannoroth and broke their curse, freeing the orcs from their bloodlust, but grommash still dies. Prince arthas(later the lich king) was one of the humans who fought the orcs. You see, demons are a constant threat throughout the history of azeroth, ruled by a corrupted titan(something like a god),and they made a sword which steals your soul and corrupts you and a helm that makes you the lich king(he can control the undead). They put a soul of a tortured orc in that helm thinking he will work for them. Arthas was chasing a demon to northrend where the demons and their armies surrounded arthas’s army, so in order to save his people he found the sword which stole his soul and defeated the demons. The demons planned for him to find that sword, but they didnt plan that the orc soul infused in the helm and sword would betray them and tell arthas to kill them. Now corrupted arthas goes back home and kills his father and raises his kingdom as undead. The rest of the demons think arthas is on their side. They summon one of the most powerful demons in the universe(second in command) to destroy the world. A small group of humans ally with the horde and night elfs to defeat that demon, which they do. Eventually, arthas merges with the helm and becomes the lich king. Before he even became the lich king he killed millions and raised them as undead(one of which is sylvannas who later breaks out of his control and makes her undead kingdom). We later kill him, but we are told there must always be a lich king, otherwise the undead would go rampant in the world, so another guy puts on the helm, but doesnt let it corrupt him. In cataclysm, thrall names garrosh hellscream the warchief of the horde(son of grommash), because thrall is the most powerful shaman in the world and has to deal with the elements going insane, so he doesnt have time to be the warchief. Garrosh, being a hotheaded warrior, starts going to war with everyone. In mists of pandaria, the horde and the alliance come together to dethrone garrosh. They defeat him and during the trials, a rogue bronze dragon(bronze dragons control the time) transports garrosh to an alternate universe which is 35 years in the past. The reason the dragon did that is because he wanted garrosh to assemble an army from another universe to bolster azeroth against the demons. Garrosh being garrosh, after being transported to alternate draenor, immediately kills the dragon and goes to see his father grommash(who is dead in the original universe). He tells him not to drink the blood from the demon and saves his life in the cinematic because he knew how he died. Instead of bolstering our ranks, alternate draenor founds the iron horde and makes a portal and attacks azeroth. We go in the portal and close it. Thrall kills garrosh in makgora(duel to the death) and we defeat the iron horde, but the demons are coming once again. They kill the alliance king and the new horde warchief, but eventually we go on their world and defeat them, imprisoning the corrupted titan who is leading them. Now, the horde warchief is sylvannas and alliance king is anduin. Battle for azeroth starts. Sylvannas starts another war with the alliance. She burns the tree from the night elfs(it is a huge tree where night elfs live). Saurfang(the main orc from the cinematics) gets pissed because he believes in honor and she just killed a bunch of civilians. To explain why she is doing all the bad things would take too long. Alliance attacks undercity(main city of undead, former human kingdom of prince arthas) and sylvannas lures them in and then plagues the whole city(a plague is like a poison which either kills you or turns you into undead, depends on the kind), making it useless to the alliance. However, the alliance capture saurfang because he purposefully stayed behind to fight all of them alone after seeing what sylvannas is doing during the battle. Anduin sets saurfang free so he can start a revolution in the horde. As you saw in the cinematic, instead of a battle, he challenges sylvannas to makgora and manages to provoke her into saying something she shouldnt have said. In the last cinematic, she fights the new lich king and breaks his helm, opening the gateway to the realms of the dead(places where people’s souls go when they die). PS i didnt mention illidan from the burning crusade, he has a quite interesting and long story.

[@matthewl312]

Still to this day I get chills at 27:35, Varian's my favorite character even though I play horde 🤷🏻‍♂😁

[@n0cturus]

Спасибо за эмоции 24:12 Pandaria sux. PS. And yes.... 25:00 "Daughter? Wife ? Sun?" This is the problem of nowdays. I'm too old to that :) Overall I enjoyed this react. Greeteengs from Russia.

[@1ViiWoWCO.1]

When you boot WoW up for the first time, it always plays the current cinematic upon launching it for the first time As well as you can look and find all of the Expansion cinematics in the client itself when on the log in screen or character screen. Might've heard it that one time you tried to play it as a kid. And yeah, WoW expansion cinematics have always been top tier and memorable, even for the less liked Expansions. The quality can't be denied though. If you wanna do another WoW react and get a literal whole rundown of all of WoW's lore from before it became an MMO all the way to current expansions check out a video called "All WoW Lore in 23 Minutes" I think, it's a great summary and easy watch for how much it details.

[@filo5930]

loved your reaction bro, so much lore and good cinematics, glad you enjoyed them

[@RLYtoxic]

Saurfang the Betrayer, got exactly what he deserved.

[@russell9153]

You should watch the in-game cinematics. They start off rough looking but they get really good! :D

[@fumetsu-950]

I feel so good when i see people only reacting to the story i lived and still live :) Been playing this game since the beginning

[@auminne8500]

"How much power does she have??" that is exactly what everyone was thinking when watching that cinematic.

[@sk2790]

probably heard it in youtube ads few years back when they released classic wow. the music in the game is sick. mustve felt so good like u finally got to scratch that itch in ur brain.

[@wolfiecorporation8059]

Hey i just wanted to say I've played since cata, and watching you react to all the cinematics has been really enjoyable. Watching this reminds me why I fell in love with the game. One cinematic I highly recommend is watching the new cinematic for the upcoming expansion the war within, if you haven't already. its quality is unbelievable.

[@David_M395]

I agree but he should watch the shadowlands in game Anduin cinematics first to get the most out of it.

[@Kosgrim]

I just love it! I've watched all these cinematics 10000 times, and i played the game since 2004. But I must say I looooved your take on it

[@joezar33]

Blizzard back in the days of Diablo and all Warcrafts and WoW, always knocked it out the ball park , when it comes too their cinematic intro.. yes u can play as a "Pandaren" , and using a bow if for "Hunters".

[@wyrdstone]

It is still so obnoxious that Old Soldier still trips up the copyright system, because it's one of those videos I like seeing people's reactions to.

[@diegoschiavone9827]

You are missing several cinematics. Dragonflight and the next expansion coming out this year The war within. I also recommend you to watch the in game cinematics in order because they are nice with the cartoon style of the game. Regards

[@tigerfist1126]

I have been playing WoW for 20 years . These cinematics never gets old .

[@mitochondria6247]

Bro, the humming thing at the start happened to me with a different wow song. I watched a shanty collection at some point that included a shanty from wow, and i didn't figure it out until i stumbled on the original teaser. [Btw, assuming it's not included in the video, I'd suggest watching 'Warbringers: Jaina.' Peak blizzard marketing Imo.]

[@Flasksval11]

I love how further into the cinematic you got the more quiet you became.... just enjoying the quality and storytelling of the cinematics, that's the effect they have. Like you said Blizzard needs to make a movie of this CGI quality not the live-action crap they tried with!

[@grm0402]

Shoutout for doing this reaction, nice to see you appreciate the awesome music

[@Moham94]

Lich King will forever be my favorite game character.

[@jimx45]

The fact that you have no idea what all those characters are but still get hyped shows it did it's job right.

[@jasonjitsu86]

Been playing since vanilla back in 04! Love seeing people interested in the game! The game is absolutely massive with so much going on it can be a bit dense for newcomers, always helps to have a buddy that can show you the ropes.

[@victoriasullivan1394]

about mists of pandaria, a lot of people claimed it ripped off kung fu panda (including players), but the pandaren featured in the cinematic appeared in warcraft 3 back in 2002-2003. and yes, you can be a panda i dont know how to explain warlords of draenor in a way that makes sense but here goes. spoilers the bald orc that says "times change" is garrosh hellscream, former warchief of the horde and orc leader. he is one of the villains of mists of pandaria, and at the end he is arrested for war crimes. he escapes with the help of a rogue bronze (time) dragon and travels back in time, in an alternate timeline. the orc with the ponytail is grom hellscream, garrosh's father. in the original timeline, he drinks the blood of mannoroth offered by gul'dan (the warlock) and the orcs become corrupted. to free his people, he and thrall slay mannoroth, same way as in the cinematic, except the blast at the end kills him. garrosh gives grom a warning about what his fate would be, and they come prepared, hence why he rejects the blood and gul'dan is confused. the demon (a pit lord) is mannoroth. garrosh saves his father from the blast, and their goal is to raise an orcish horde to invade azeroth (which is what they did in the original timeline, but this time better equiped without demon blood) gul'dan, who is dead in the original timeline, tries and partially succeeds in summoning the burning legion (demonic army), hence legion. only thing i really have to say about bfa is to clarify that sylvanas is an undead high elf (similar to the elf in the burning crusade cinematic). she was turned into a banshee by arthas (wrath of the lich king) and then found and possessed her own body. its why she does the fly-around shriek move a bunch. she leads the playable undead faction for most of warcraft and becomes warchief during legion. using magic in a mak'gora is kind of a faux pas. its usually hand-to-hand combat (sometimes even unarmored) for leadership, and its a duel to the death by nature. its not explicitly banned but her one-shot was basically her saying "yeah, ive had enough." anduin gives varok his father varian's (who was in the legion cinematic) sword shadowlands' story is a mess. the lich king featured is a different one than the one in the wrath cinematic. he's the budget lich king there because (spoiler) "there must always be a lich king."

[@definitelyJulie]

On patch day I used to re-watch the cinematics while waiting for WoW to come back online. I love watching others see them for the first time. As others have said, the Warbringers cinematics are also amazing!

[@dexternelson]

You probably remember it from a kid. When you first downloaded the game, the cinematic plays on launch, as it does when a new expansion launches.

[@Galantus1964]

Not gonna lie, i still think Sylvanas is absolutely amazing

[@MistaTwigz]

She's still hot, but for me the complete end of her being a relatable character is when she burned the world tree. That and her just getting to Mary Sue levels of strength to kill off beloved characters.

[@Timmeytim]

​@@MistaTwigz She's not just hot, she's badass. Also I still like her story. Imo the only bad thing in her story is the jailer... It has impact, yes, but it's not ruining her for me. Also she was always evil, burning the world tree was just right for her imo.

[@WilliamWolfFace]

Dark Lady watch over you

[@layhon3832]

She was blizzard ruined her

[@charlayned]

I've been playing since Burning Crusade. I main a gnome mage but I have other characters. Yes, you can play a lot of different races, you can be a Pandarian Monk (with moves). Orcs and Mag'har Orcs (different), Forsaken (the undead--something Sylvanas is), goblins, Blood Elves, Night Elves, Void Elves, Nightborne Elves, and the Illidari (the demon hunters, who are ALL elves--the guy who said "You Are Not Prepared" is Illidan Stormrage, who made the demon hunters). Humans, Kul Tiran (another race of humans), Tauren (the "cow" people), High Mountain Tauren (different), Worgen (the werewolves--the big gray one is the King of Gilneas, King Greymane), Trolls, Zandalari Trolls (two different races), Dwarves, Iron Forge Dwarves (different), gnomes and mechagnomes (gnomes who are part machine), and Vulpera (desert fox people). Classes: Mage (DPS, arcane, fire, frost), warlock (Affliction, Demonology, or Destruction.), warrior (tank), paladin (DPS and tanks--basically warriors with light), death knight (Tank and DPS undead warriors), shaman (Elemental (Ranged DPS), Enhancement (Melee DPS), and Restoration (Healer).--earth magic), demon hunter (Tank and DPS--double jump and kill--), Druid (Healer, DPS, Tank, and Balance), Drakthyr (DPS and Support DPS--dragon-kin, can fly), Hunter (beast mastery--pets; marksman, and survival), Monk (Brewmaster (Tank), Mistweaver (Healer), and Windwalker (DPS).), Paladin: Holy (Healer), Protection (Tank), and Retribution (DPS), Priest: Discipline and Holy (healer) specializations, or DPS as Shadow, Rogue: DPS ---Assassination, Outlaw, and Subtlety, And not all races can be all classes, there are limits (ie: I STILL can't play a gnome paladin).

[@dangerbook4807]

I had to start answering your questions - why are the Orcs fighting? because the Legion enslaved them, then brought them to Azeroth, then they broke free - and the one went back in time to prevent them from being enslaved. Descendents of slaves - green orcs. Orcs came from Draenor before the first cinematic. The Draenor expansion was about preventing orcs from a weird splintered AU Draenor from invading 'our' Azeroth (don't ask me how that works, nobody quite understands.) Varyan was King of Stormwind and the leader of the Alliance early on, until the Legion expansion when the demons invaded again. I started playing in BFA where all the multiple stories started showing up in trailers and cutscenes. A lot of people might argue they went overboard on cutscenes but I like them (ingame if you hit the same cutscene for the 4th time you can just escape out). The Warcraft movie included way too much lore and couldn't attract a greater audience in the US, but it was the highest grossing video game movie that didn't have a sequel (note that they had to weasel word it because 2 video game movies have beat it since). There is a lot of good plot in WOW that could be straight out converted into a movie but apparently Hollywood is scared of it, rumors do pop up sometimes usually from wishful gamers.

[@stephaniec3759]

I love watching people's first time ever reactions to WoW cinematics. It is a world unto itself. I have been in it for almost the entire 20 years and it is still wonderful.

[@usernamenotavailablee]

Oh boy. You just fell into a deep deep rabbit hole 🤭

[@Subxenox15]

I wish Battle For Azeroth was as good of an expansion as it was a trailer smh...lol

[@kariholmgren8791]

I loved watching your reaction to all the cinematics! It's hard to believe that the first cinematic is 20 years old. Just goes to show you how good the Blizz cinematic team is. I do recommend you watching the Dragonflight cinematic and the newest one, The War Within.

[@Mcguinness3]

They do small mini-series before the recent expansions that explain a lot of the lore and are amazingly well produced. These are: The Burdens of Shao'Hao Harbringers Warbringers Afterlives Also, you're a few years behind on the cinematics. The War Within cinematic is especially good! Also, out of the above list Warbringers is the most popular by far.

[@sikhandtakerakhuvar9678]

Running commentary on questions asked: 1st Cinematic. Warlock, summoning a demon; no necromancers in WoW as such, although Death Knights can raise dead as temporary minions. All their cinematics are that good, except for the semi-animated short stories, that are mostly narration with comic-book style illustrations with some minimal amount of animation, ie, 2-3 frames. 3rd Cinematic: Yes, different continents of Azeroth (excepting Outlands, a different planet entirely) Wrath of the Lich King is placed in Northrend, although most of that continent is not frozen; Icecrown and Dragonblight are frozen wastes, but jungle, grasslands, and forest zones are there as well. Bliz always makes sure there is a variety of landscapes to keep things from being monotonous. ◼The sword is Frostmourne, a cursed sword that eats souls -- especially the soul of whomever wields it. Google, replicas are available for a hundred or two. 4th Cinematic: Neltharion, the Earth Warder, was driven insane by turning to the Old Gods for power when he and his army was about to lose a battle. He took on, or was given, the name Deathwing. 5th Cinematic: Pandarans are the first race that BOTH factions could play. As a player, when you get to the end of the starter zone quest chain, you pick Alliance or Horde. Mists of Pandaria not only adds this new race, but a new class as well: Monk. ◼Not only does the Pandaran put the post top back, but if you find it in-game and re-straighten it yourself, you get a minor achievement for doing so. 6th Cinematic: Mannoroth, a demon, wanted the Orcs to drink his blood to gain strength and power. It also instilled a blood lust in them that in the unaltered timeline (Warlords is the result of time traveler meddling) made the Orcs the perfect invaders to destroy worlds for the Burning Legion. ◼Note that the giant gateway you see at the end of this cinematic is the same one you saw in the second one. 7th Cinematic: compass pic is Anduin, his son. In-game, you can dive down into water and find it, triggering a short quest / cinematic. ◼Giant green stone-thing demons arrive via green fireball. If you do the Mount Hyjal raid from the very first release of the game, you get to deal with a lot of those -- although not quite that big. 8th "Cinematic" - that cinematic is on Y'Tube elsewhere. Did Bliz complain, or was it YT's ©bot? Surely just playing all of Bliz' cinematics in sequence doesn't amount to something that can be granted a copyright? 9th Cinematic: For the BlizCon of that year, there was a large diorama of that scene. Everyone who registered and paid in advance had their main in-game character 3-d printed and made part of that diorama. ◼The werewolf is the king of Gilneas, which had a simultaneous outbreak of werewolves and attack by the Forsaken (undead Horde group, headquartered in that city. Worgen (ie, werewolves) are an Allied race, and can switch back to human form when not in combat. Most of Gilneas became Worgens by choice, as it made them immune to being turned into undead. The Horde got gobins as their new race. Both races were added in Cataclysm. ◼ As turns out, Sylvanas got that shadow power from a sort-of-Titan who rules the Maw, a realm of death where the irredeemable are sent. ◼The live-action movie certainly had a lot of generated stuff in it. I don't think even Lou Ferrigno (the original Hulk) could have filled out an Orc suit of the size the movie had. 10th Cinematic: Battle for Azeroth was my favorite expansion. The zones are beautiful, and Boralus, the main Alliance City, is the first one that feels like a real city. So much so, that there is an entire game addon that adds map markers for the best places for role-playing -- mostly inns and taverns. The music for the mountain areas outside of town is some of the best WoW has ever had, and the storyline for Jaina in particular is excellent. 11th Cinematic: Many expansions had major patches along the way that added a new 'chapter' to that storyline, with an associated cinematic introducing it. 12th Cinematic (I think? may have lost count?) - Icecrown again. While that fellow on the throne is the Lich King, it isn't THE Lich King, from Wrath of. On his defeat, the ghost of Arthas' father informs the group that "there must always be a Lich King" to keep the Scourge (that undead army) under control, 'lest they overrun all of Azeroth. Bolvar Fordragon, who had apparently been killed in a 3-way battle between a Forsaken revolt, the Horde & Alliance forces and the Lich King, was actually cleansed of undeath by the fires of the Red Dragonflight, at a cost -- of looking like that. He took up the crown as his final duty. ------- Be sure to watch the two fight scenes where Tyrande as the Night Warrior (empowered by the goddess Elune) shows her stuff: Tyrande kills Nathanos, and Tyrande vs Sylvanas (both here on KZbin). If you like that shark-eye look, Night Elves get that as an appearance option.

[@Quetzen]

World of Warcraft: The classic one. The Third War is over, the demons have been chased off. But 3 whole kingdoms were wrecked in the process, cities need to be rebuilt, new bad guys might be creeping about. It's time to open the world building of the Warcraft world. The Burning Crusade: The Dark Portal to the world of Draenor is once more reopened. Demons have been using that world as a garrison ever since the orcs sold their souls to demons. With trouble escaping it since the Third War, it's time to go visit its new ruler, who is a Demon Hunter. Wrath of the Lich King: You're close, we fight an army of undead, but mostly only near the end. The fantastic lands of the far north are riddled with dragon magic and Titan treasures, for better and for worse. The Lich King is watching the forces of Azeroth grow stronger, patiently. Cataclysm: Before the First, Second and Third Wars, there was the ten thousand years in the past War of the Ancient. Demons fought elves, and in the background, eldritch Gods waited for them to weaken so they could finish the job. Their tool of destruction, Deathwing the Destroyer, has been deployed to accelerate the end of the world. His first set of commands: disturb everything that's been set in stone in the classic core game. Mists of Pandaria: I can't really tell if you're fine with spoilers. But anyway. While fighting at sea, the prince of the Alliance got lost and his ship crashed on a completely new, unexplored land. The undefeatable warchief of the Horde is about to let go of everything and sacrifice it all to claim all of Pandaria's (sometimes VERY dangerous) resources. Warlords of Draenor: Oh, no, warchief failed and is getting his just punishment. But, some time-engineer dragon took him into the past to solve some of his people's mistakes and unify them against the demons. He starts by changing history, causing all orcs to never get corrupted in the first place, and creates a new super steampunk horde. He then attacks Azeroth with it, after breaking the pact with the dragon. History might repeat itself. Legion: Yeah, the orcs did the bare necessary to re-corrupt themselves. The catalyst of it, Gul'dan, is sent to Azeroth to start the final invasion of the demonic legions. He succeeds, and slays the head of the Alliance and the Horde, eliminating both factions momentarily for the invasion. Heroes need to make the most of what they can with what they have instead. Battle for Azeroth: History MIGHT be repeating itself. After losing much to the war against the demons, the Alliance and Horde need allies and new supplies. A new planet-grade explosive mineral has been discovered, and Sylvanas, new warchief of the Horde, takes the war path and opens war after war against the Alliance. The Old Ones watch again. Shadowlands: This one's a bit bizarre. The gates of hell have been broken loose, and corrupt archangels swoop down the mortal realm to abduct world leaders. With the powers of the Lich King (What's left of them) heroes travel to the nexus of afterlives to find out how everything is in capital turmoil due to an incredible spiritual energy shortage. Dragonflight: Oh, you didn't see that one? It's pretty much as the title says. Dragons, their lands, the conflicts within, the titan conspiracy, etc etc. There's more expansions after that, we haven't gotten to them yet.

[@PrimetimeD]

Really enjoyed watching you discover these. My favorite character in the whole game is "The Old Soldier" Varok Saurfang (the big orc with the white hair). He was the heart of the Horde. As a long-time player, I'm still dealing with his death, but he deserved to die with honor, and finally take his rest.

[@badmoon7695]

Back in the day, Wrath of the Lich King was the expansion i was excited about. Having played Warcraft 3 in the past and witnessing Arthas' downfall, I've always wondered what could have happened to him after. Then I got to experience it on WOTLK. Best WoW expansion ever. And Deathwing, that dragon in Cataclysm, is a playable hero unit in Warcraft 2.

[@deanm375]

I'm 58 and I remember back in the late 90's and early 2000s trying to get some of my buddies to first play Everquest then Wow but they always complained about the subscription fee. Never mind they were spending $100s a month on one shot games.

[@alexp4932]

14:20 "This is another dragon". It is that dragon who smashed previous one (Sindragosa) to the ices of Nord.

[@deejkeithanmusic]

wow community is open to everyone, would love to have you

[@GiacomoPhilipp92]

Yes, there is a Warcraft movie from 2016 :) Its very comparable in qualities with the trailers, in my opinion.

[@DickGarrison]

Is an amazing movie but the lore was cut into many way that it’s not that really understandable to Warcraft fans but it was amazing to see it on the big screen tho.

[@TheGoldenAngel82]

As for your question to the ammount of cinematic's for Battle for Azeroth, It was not any longer than any other expansion, but the original lore based upon the written books and so on, was about to get wrapped up, and there were many storylines to also wrap up. As for the gameplay in the expansion it self: This is my personal oppinion but, they went overboard with pumping storylines into that as well throughout the expansion (that hadn't much to do with the cinematics by the way), to an extend that it was hard to keep up. It became real messy

[@naapan]

This really brings back memories. It´s the best game and has played it since the first expansion. I hope you find it exiting and fun.

[@Blizzard0fOz93]

You should check out the Celebrity ads for WoW. Ozzy Osbourne, Chuck Norris, Mr T, Aubrey Plaza, and Vern Troyer were in various commercials. Pretty sure there were others, but those are the 5 I remember most.

[@iPanicyt]

When Sylvanas was killed by the Lich King that sat on the throne before the one she defeated in the last trailer she was ressurected into a banshee. When the Lich King was defeated in Wrath of The Lich King (the 3rd trailer i think) she threw herself off the spire as she had no purpose in life. She went to Shadowlands and make a deal with the Jailer who was trying to take over the Shadowlands and enter into our world by breaking the veil. She did not know that the Jailer was the one who effectively created the Lich King but she was given the same powers of Domination as the Lich King possesses(The Lich King uses the helm of Domination, the one she rips apart) but a Hero of the Alliance took the frozen throne so that he could hold back the Jailer, and therefore the Jailer super charged Sylvanas so that she could defeated the Usurper of the frozen throne. This is also why she started all those wars, so that she could feed the Jailers powers in the Shadowlands(the afterlife) andd in return he would feed some of the power back to her.

[@coojw777]

There are full (3 hour) lore videos from the beginning of the WoW universe til current that you can watch.

[@WilBgames]

There's a video called "The (almost) Complete History of World of Warcraft" that's worth a watch if you want to get a brief overview of the lore. There are also a bunch more cinematics for shadowlands that weren't included here, and a whole other expansion called Dragonflight

[@DaReal_Magic]

Damn i had literally goosebumps from hearing the Music For Classic WoW, Burning Crusade and Wotlk. Some of the Quotes are so nostalgic aswell "You are not prepared" and the best one for all ime "No King rules forever, my son."

[@borkupine9800]

If you do delve into the world of MMOs and if you do end up getting through WoW, I also highly recommend FF14. Sadly, like everyone says, the content really picks up in the expansions, but narratively it's some of the best out there imo. I know there's a lot of comparisons between WoW and FF14, but I reckon they're best looked at individually. Personally I wasn't a big fan of WoW when I played it, but I had only done so for a short time so I'd like to give it another shot in the future, but I'm hugely into FF14 and been heavily addicted for quite some time lol

[@vinaryn6064]

there are lore videos but without watching everything but to get a better understanding of some of the key lore with how you pieced things together I would suggest watching the warbringers: sylvanas because that fills in so much about what happened to her and why the Battle for Azeroth story. But also one of my fav warbringers was the one for Jaina and the song is so good and chilling.

[@VeryBloodyPumpkin]

I've watched the first battle for azeroth cinematic so many times, but everytime i see that i get goosebumps. Sylvanas is really cool. I love that you enjoyed it as well. Please give wow a go!

[@poshotrotf.a.j529]

Bro, really, the history, the lore of this game is insane! i love it, i told u, bcs i play it since 10-11 years ago

[@ndk2k4]

Back in vanilla days, my parents didn't understand the concept either, but you could just buy a physical subscription card in stores for 10 bucks or whatever it was, which was obtainable as a 15 year old kid back then.

[@zennonapieronn3734]

While Blizzard doesn't always hit the mark with the game, nobody can say that the cinematics are not the best that there is. Not only did they create insane cinematics decades ago, that did not age at all, going further, the quality never fails, and the sense of excitement they create is on another level. We might've not liked WoD, but let's be honest, the second we saw that trailer, the hero we knew from decades ago in Warcraft 3, going to curse his people again, only for his own son to time travel and reveal to him of Mannoroth's ploy, and seeing him reject the gift and coming face to face with the foe he slain before and died doing so, in such a beautiful animation. I think it hit everyone who had played Warcraft 3 right in the heart. And yet again, he defeats him, and stays in his blast once again, ready to die only for Garrosh to get him out of the way. It was pure genius. We not only got the happy ending we wanted from Garrosh, we saw him do it without cursing his people. And then, they go on to invade Azeroth, building the gate, without Medivh, not as a cannon fodder, but as conquerors. That was one of the biggest hypes for the fans of Warcraft, I would say even on par with Illidan and Arthas. And it showed in the numbers in the game, for a little while. I would say we were not really interested in a war between the Horde and Alliance after Legion. The stakes went down drastically, there was a damn huge sword in the planet and the two factions went to war, again. It was not exactly something that would make us shiver with excitement. But seeing Teldrassil in flames for the first time, only for us to guess who was behind it. And I remember hoping it was Sylvanas, I wanted her to be evil. (really unlucky they butchered her character with redemption like that). But let's be honest. The main cinematic for BfA, everyone had goosebumps seeing Sylvanas scream, unleashing her banshee powers only to scream "For the Horde" and seeing the soldiers get up and fight on. And then, we get the famous crying Anduin. And yeah, everyone had goosebumps when he said "For the Alliance". For something so minor at the moment as a war, considering the lore, the cinematic certainly did stir emotions in us. Even though the war between the factions was nothing new or very exciting, the cinematic was excellent. And once again, when we got Sylvanas invading Icecrown Citadel, where "usurper" held the hordes of undead at bay, only for her to fight him and actually win. Many predicted that she would become the Lich Queen. Nobody even anticipated what she would actually do with the crown. And it blew as away. The cinematic was mindblowing, although the story went to gutters after that, that cinematic is still something to behold, and I won't forget the experience I had when they first shown the cinematic at Blizzcon. I held my breath as she held the crown, and I screamed as she tore not only the crown apart, but the fabric of the world as well. That moment was nothing short of absolutely epic. And now, with the current cinematic for The War Within, it is so subtle, so different, there is no hype, there is no epic moment. Instead, we get superb facial animation. They make them seem so human, they capture the feeling and the agony Anduin is going through, his battle within himself right in front of our eyes. The way he drew his sword and held it like Arthas. They could've made another epic cinematic with action, instead, they ventured beyond that and chose a new approach. And in my opinion, it was excellent as well. No cinematic, no animation I have ever seen captured a traumatized character so well. To show subtle facial expressions as he fought inside his own head. We got to see his struggle just through his eyes. What animation achieved something like this? They took a detour from their usual cinematics, a risky one, I would say. And it payed off wonderfully. That cinematic is a masterpiece. This is the only thing I can confidently say that Blizzard is absolutely best at. Their cinematics, be it Warcraft, Starcraft or another one of their IP's, are not only ahead of their time, but also timeless. If you showed WotLK cinematic to someone unaware and told them it's a new game just coming out, they would believe it. A cinematic that is 18 years old. Damn is it really that long ago? Wow.

[@p.sanchez4150]

I was the same, I tried the game almost 15 years ago and never really got into it. Then in january 2022 I was like you know what im gonna give it another try and I've been playing ever since.

[@Schimyping]

yeah now you need to watch the shadowlands cinematics and the dragonflight and the war within cinematics as well lol

[@shaneanigans86]

The Legion cinematic always gives me goosebumps and makes me tear up!

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

Even if you forget warcraft for a second ; The Arthas / Lich King story is hands down one of the best developed lore stories in the history of gaming

[@loganbennett2488]

The first two expansions and the "Warlords of Draenor" had a lot of lore from the Warcraft RTS games, mostly Warcraft 3. There are some things that just don't really mean anything to someone who isn't a fan. Arthas (the lich king) was a prince and a young paladin who was tricked and goaded in his quest for revenge to become the lich king, and the monologue is his father talking to him as a child (he killed his own father). In the Warlords of Draenor, the big demon is the one who originally corrupted the orcs. He tricks them into drinking his blood, which makes them strong but basically mind slaves. The trailer is from an alternate timeline where instead of drinking the blood, the orc you see (Grom Hellscream) doesn't drink the blood, so the orcs never get corrupted (but they're still very warlike). A nod to warcraft 3 is that that character does eventually break the orc corruption, but he dies fighting the demon, the shot where the other orc tackles him out of the way is the same shot as the original Warcraft 3 cinematic, but originally no friend comes to save him and he dies.

[@deldour5995]

You'll have to watch a couple more cinematics. The video you watched was 3 years old, and we've since gotten just a few more. Def curious to see how you react to The War Within.

[@ChrisPChicken10]

I love reaction videos but I usually only watch the few ones that I really love but I legit watched the entire video...loved it! subbed

[@xJeevy]

you missed some great cinematics :) and the artstyle is a little special, but the storys are beautiful and bring so much more input in the game. Battle for Azeroth Jaina: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKCaiYOsrLeafZo Battle for Azeroths Jaina2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn6zpWmjrbhmiLs Battle for Aszeroth ingame cinematic sylvanas crimes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iofTaKyCm9OgqKc Dragonflight Cinematic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYvXlpegg5Z9jrs Dragonflight Launch Cinematic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpuWfnp3ociZr9E THe War Within (The next expansion) Cinematic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWGWhIeZocyricU The War Within Clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIDKeYl7htuIrNk The War Within Teaser: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moi2f395rtSpn8k

[@avian9033]

YESSSS!! I love your channel so much and I've been a WoW player since I was 4 years old so I'm sooooo excited for this! I hope you enjoy everything WoW has to offer!!