Dungeon cinematics in Sunwell
by Eliah Hecht 
Feb 10th 2008 at 8:00PM
Here's something very new in Patch 2.4: what appears to be a cinematic cut-scene for the 5-man dungeon in Sunwell Plateau. I couldn't quite tell what was going on in it, but it's certainly an interesting idea with some potential. Will we only see it the first time we visit the dungeon? Can we skip it? How is it synchronized? What do we see while someone is watching the cinematic -- does it look like they just take forever to zone in? Will we see cinematics in Wrath, or maybe even retrofitted ones for BC and old-world dungeons? As you can see, I have more questions than facts here. At the moment, as you can see, this is a rather crude cutscene; something more cinematic, with dialog and such, might be nice. But this is cool as a sort of level overview, as seen in many other games (Mario Galaxy, why do you haunt me so?).
[via Blizzplanet]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jake Feb 11th 2008 5:01PM
sweet.
Artemis11 Feb 10th 2008 8:20PM
Awesome, its sorta like the cut-scenes when you make a new toon outlining that toon's faction/race info. I like it. :D
Torash Feb 10th 2008 8:26PM
I'm 95% sure the area whe see at the end with the 3 channeler is where we fight kil'jaeden.
ColinSFX Feb 10th 2008 8:52PM
It's been said in the previous news that Magister's Terrace has an observatory that the High Elves used to view the Sunwell. The cinematic shows someone clicking on an object to use the observatory and sneak a peek at the sunwell.
Bifuu Feb 10th 2008 9:15PM
Theres one of these in Elwynn forest that does the same thing basically, its in that tower thing with the enchanter.
Solnova Feb 10th 2008 9:19PM
The cinematic is part of the questline to gain attunement for Heroic mode. You have to click on the orb, then it flies over Sunwell (as you see above), then it returns you to where you were. It just looks like your teammates are standing there. Afterwards, you look to your right and see someone that you weren't expecting...
(yup, got into the PTR, and yes, mag's terrace is really cool)
Charlie Taylor Feb 10th 2008 10:23PM
who do you see?!
Baluki Feb 10th 2008 10:26PM
That's pretty cool. They definitely need to add more stuff like this. Having a voiceover that explains the history of the place we're about to go in and clear out would be awesome.
ninjasuperspy Feb 10th 2008 11:22PM
Agreed. And it would clear up any arguments about how to pronounce Scholomance and Auchindoun.
Abhinav Kumar Feb 10th 2008 10:50PM
kil'jaeden looks fraking amazing. That dark Naruu looks rather interesting too. Nice job Blizz, i'll never be able to reach thoes fights but at least you can taunt me ;-P
Nick S Feb 10th 2008 10:54PM
"Where's, uh... where's the quest? At the base camp, right?"
For one and a half seconds, I thought this was part of the cutscene, and I went "MAN, they need to hire some voice actors."
ninjasuperspy Feb 10th 2008 11:21PM
Good to see I wasn't the only one thinking "I hope they clean that up for the final release." Thankfully it is just sometbody who thought "This fraps movie would be cooler if it has some of my gibber-jabber in it."
Cool movie though. Here's something I might never see in game, as I am lazy and often derailed by month-long alt projects.
Styl3s Feb 11th 2008 12:16AM
Whats the UI he is using? i love that interface and would love it for my lock
Balasan Feb 11th 2008 4:20AM
That was frickin awesome!!!
I truly hope and pray that blizz does this for every single dungeon and raids they have.
Rhywolver Feb 11th 2008 11:10AM
I wouldn't be surprised if you will see some Raiders fighting there when your server is that far, or at least the shattered sun offensive.
A story mode was suggested several times, it would totally kick if we get it this time.
iguananeytor Feb 11th 2008 5:46PM
Ok, it the 25-man raid not the 5-man.
Peculiar Mar 20th 2008 3:15PM
Me and my friends were just talking about this kind of stuff in WoW. We decided that one thing that WoW is missing from their dungeons is some sort of animation when the bosses die. We thought that a short little CGI animation when the boss dies would be cool. Almost like a cutscene.
Zander Feb 19th 2008 4:41PM
*agree with above* I know he wouldn't count, but watching Smite yell "Now I'm angry!", and then like falling sideways into the water would be funny. Then you actually get the loot from his chest xD