Breakfast Topic: Which Warcraft moment would make a great cutscene?
by Matt Low 
Dec 26th 2009 at 8:00AM
Earlier this month, an interview was conducted with Jeff Kaplan by Phil Kollar of Game Informer where they talked shop about World of Warcraft. One of the items that piqued my interest was that a new cutscene was being included in patch 3.3. I'm sure we can guess that it has something to do with Icecrown Citadel (and Arthas).
I know the Wrathgate cinematic itself was a big hit. Blizzard is certainly no stranger to creating movies. There's the Ulduar trailer, the Call of the Crusade trailer, and the Fall of the Lich king trailer.
Remember the Sunwell Plateau? That one is my favorite out of them all.
I'm sure there will be new cinematics to come. But if you could pick a moment in the game, what would you like to see in cinematic form?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
jimbobfredsamuel Dec 26th 2009 8:17AM
I think they should make the death of The Lich king a cinematic.
His death is far to epic to just be a little 'falling on the floor' animation!
Chrior Dec 26th 2009 9:47AM
It will be :)
I guess in February or so, when the Lich King is open to the World Firsts, Blizzard will probably post the cinematic of the end of the Wrath storyline. At least this is my opinion.
Hoggersbud Dec 26th 2009 9:58AM
It better not happen in the game, or half the raid will disconnect.
Suzaku Dec 26th 2009 10:01PM
It's going to be an in-game cinematic (they've said as much), but I'm not sure if it's going to be tied to completing a raid or if it'll be part of some other questline or world event that's readily available to more casual (non-raiding) players.
It'll probably be included in a minor patch sometime between now and the opening of the final gate of Icecrown Citadel.
Cetha Dec 26th 2009 8:19AM
just found this on youtube from blizzard trailers for Hellfire Citadel. Somehow I've never seen it before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpyUxxy5AMo
Jamie Dec 26th 2009 8:24AM
I suppose I shouldn't be asking why it seemed the ret paladin/dps warrior was seemingly "tanking" there for a 2 hander.
Hexbox Dec 26th 2009 10:12AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce7ivrGMN0U&feature=related
Here's the epic Molten Core trailer, which I have never seen before. They just don't make them like this anymore.
Blasterion Dec 26th 2009 10:47AM
look carefully it's actually a feral druid tank
orlochavez Dec 26th 2009 8:26AM
I always thought the final part of the Alliance Onyxia attunement chain would have made a great cinematic. Start when Marshall Windsor returns to Stormwind.
siimmart Dec 26th 2009 8:27AM
Absolutely agreed! ive thought of it myself, too.
Kia Dec 26th 2009 8:46AM
Exactly what I was coming in here to post!
PvtDeth Dec 26th 2009 9:36AM
Absolutely. I didn't get to finish it until literally 30 minutes before the servers went down for patch 3.0. I spammed trade for half an hour before announcing I was going to do the quest and that it would be the last chance to ever see it. Turned off auto run and just walked alongside him the whole way; I actually had quite a little procession accompanying me.
The way he just walked the whole way, like what was coming was just inevitable, I definitely found it to be the high point of lore for classic. The only thing I could rate higher as needing a cinematic would be the opening of the gates of Ahn'Qiraj, which I unfortunately never saw.
Gimmlette Dec 26th 2009 11:26AM
I was going to post that myself but you're first. /salute. I've got, somewhere, a video I made of our final guild member attunement before it was going to all go away. We started at the gates of Stormwind and walked with Windsor. I felt so sad. The best quest line was leaving the next day.
I learned how to toggle walk on, following Windsor. I learned the value of patience, doing that section from "A Crumpled Note", 4 and 5 times a week in an effort to get enough people attuned to take a guild group into her lair. I learned what success in a raid meant when we downed her the first time as a guild. There have been many "Oh wow!" moments in this game since I first started playing, but I think Onyxia in the keep was the very best up to Wrathgate. I missed the opening of the gates so I can't compare that.
Unfortunately, my video is huge and I've not found any place where it could be uploaded without $$$. I haven't watched it in months. I think I shall find it now.
siimmart Dec 26th 2009 8:27AM
Maybe the game is phased, the Icecrown Citadel will collapse?
Sounds stupid, but the ''phasing'' comes out hard in Cataclysm, and with the Citadel bombed to dust, that would loosen the ends. Ihope it doesnt, I even like the architecture of the place.
Drayik Dec 26th 2009 5:50PM
Tirion seeing his son die and pwn-facing everyone. Woud be a perfect moment for a cinematic. Even without it it was epic, but that would have been a gory bloodbath of own-faceage.
Sithril Dec 26th 2009 8:40AM
Agreed, Arthas' death just needs it's own cinematic.
And if not , than the cutscene needs to be so great that it would blew away Wrathgate like nothing. Heck , this (that?) moment is the culmination of sooooo many chapters in WarCraft that I could hardly name them all .
dirx.09 Dec 26th 2009 8:44AM
I would find it funny if they did a cinematic before you fight the lich king, but a glitch happeelns and the fight starts as your watching the cut scene and die.
But really, I don't think they will make a icc cut scene for only those who raid it seems a bit unfair to those who rarely raid.
Lucidique Dec 26th 2009 9:16AM
Well, raids now as a whole is way more accessible than, say, Sunwell was.
Also, the cutscene would probably be put up on their site after some weeks, so people won't miss out.
Skyburnone Dec 26th 2009 8:56AM
The Battle For Undercity... That would be epic!
FifthDream Dec 26th 2009 9:21AM
Agreed.