Mists of Pandaria Beta: Watch the Alliance intro to Pandaria
by Mathew McCurley 
Mar 29th 2012 at 8:00PM
The Alliance introduction is metered and well played out. I like the focus back on the Horde and Alliance conflict -- it feels like an old friend you haven't seen in a long time but can quickly pick up the conversation with again. Suffice to say, I'm liking this brand of cinematic storytelling over the Uldum type any day.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
anonymous Mar 29th 2012 8:15PM
Heeee yaaaaa!
RGSmith Mar 29th 2012 8:14PM
I wish they used the same technique they used for the Goblin and Worgen cutscenes. Cannot wait to play this but man these ones are so cheesy haha.
anonymous Mar 29th 2012 8:20PM
"Sir, they're firing at us!"
"Make sure to circle around and give them as many opportunities to shoot us down as possible!"
"Aye, captain!"
[gunfire]
"They got me!"
"Good job, Lieutenant!"
[gunfire]
"Arrrgggh, me too!"
"Excellent, Corporal! Now that everyone's dead we can get out of the ship's firing range for a crash landing."
Henri Poincaré Mar 29th 2012 11:06PM
Nailed it. It is Spaceballs-grade ridiculous.
Cragdog Mar 30th 2012 4:51PM
Wow! Good thing there was a Quest-giver there!
Throm Mar 29th 2012 8:25PM
Anduin seems to get kidnapped or something similar like, every other week.
Any relation to Princess Peach?
Vitos Mar 29th 2012 11:20PM
Or Corki?
Natsumi Mar 30th 2012 10:01PM
http://www.darklegacycomics.com/135.html
Damnit, Corki!
zackwbrandon Mar 29th 2012 8:46PM
Seems to be more complete than the Horde experience: very cool both of them). I agree with those who think these cutscenes are superior to Uldum: I hope they get voice-actors though...
Omegan01 Mar 29th 2012 8:56PM
Grand Admiral Jes-Tereth getting a speaking role is great.
It's so jarring to see a night elf doing things like using holograms and flying bombers. I kind of wish the guy had been a gnome. Gnomes could use some love.
That damaged plane slamming itself into the Horde ship was epic. I almost - ALMOST - want them to put in some orcs screaming "INCREASE FORWARD CANNON FIRE!" and "TOO LATE!" before it hits.
LynMars Mar 29th 2012 9:38PM
Seeing Taylor get a promotion to Admiral was pretty awesome. After Vashj'ir, the man more than deserves it.
andrey.pkk Mar 29th 2012 10:05PM
He do have a real bad luck tough, wrecking a ship over each xpac...
byronius_prime Mar 30th 2012 8:59AM
Wait a minute... that's former Cpt. Taylor? If so that's so goddamn awesome! I loved Taylor, easily one of the best Alliance NPCs.
Blazing Rain Mar 30th 2012 12:17AM
Ahaha! Finally a map of where Pandaria is located, turns out, on Sylvanas' left shoulder! I should have known!
Matt P Mar 30th 2012 12:40AM
Someone said it in the Horde Cutscene post, but it bears repeating:
Those are the least stealthy stealth bombers ever.
byronius_prime Mar 30th 2012 9:00AM
Epic.
EverythingRuned Mar 30th 2012 12:43AM
I'm Varian! I'm angry! I smash all my toys!
prosk8er26 Mar 30th 2012 1:20AM
Is it me or did anyone else notice the woman in the first scene wearing a Kul'Tiras tabard?
Omegan01 Mar 30th 2012 1:41AM
It's Theramore, actually (the Theramore tabard is the same as Kul Tiras' but with white backing instead of green).
The woman in question is Grand Admiral Jes-Tereth, and she's been around since vanilla. About bloody time she got some attention.
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=1750
Boobah Mar 30th 2012 3:59AM
The only place I've ever seen actual Kul-Tiras tabards in game are at Tiragarde Keep in Durotar, although these days only the corpses wear them; the live soldiers there now wear Theramore's livery.