Comments on: World of Warcraft Trailer Online

By: Frostzhock

Frostzhock — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:54:43 +0000

Although the animation might be good in the warhammer vid, the story, as it were, at the beginning was actually badly written. I was also a little surprized, like Rodney, that the final “beast to end all beasts” was a vulture. :)

It is so much easier to choreograph battle scenes than what Blizz did. Blizz pulled pieces in from the story we know of right now, and hinted at what’s to come, leaving our imaginations able to play out what might happen next. No, it wasn’t anywhere nearly as exciting as a battle sequence where gonmes are turned into sheep, (which we all love to see!), but it was FAR more deep and evocotive.

Blizz has built this game around a huge base of lore, which can be fascinating to follow. It is what makes the game as rich as it is. Even for those who don’t care about the lore, it still surrounds you as you play, and is what makes this game as addicting as it is… it makes SENSE, as opposed to a bunch of parts thrown together because they are cool.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:27:47 +0000

The animation was pretty sweet in that Ramsey, however that dragon-vulture? thing at the very end looked RETARDED.

But yes, some amazing animation for sure.

By: Ramsey

Ramsey — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:17:01 +0000

Wow (pun!), not nearly as good as the second cinamatic trailer for Warhammer Online.

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/flash/WAR_cinematic_08.html

Even the first one beats this… they do have more to work with though.

By: Luckily uninstalled WoW

Luckily uninstalled WoW — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:04:32 +0000

I hope no one will compare Blizzard CGI animation with Paramount’s Motion-Capture rendition of Beowulf. Blizzard has been in the animation business for a long time and now that they receive $15 per month from 9 million subscribers (I would say 7 million since most bums have 1 or more accounts) from WoW alone, I would take the educated guess and say that they would have enough currency floating around to open their own film-production studio and conjure some stunning visuals for your senses; the amount of detail they spend on lore and music isn’t half bad either. That would be at least 5 million tickets sold for any movie they came up with, especially if you get a free in-game item for your ticket stub or in-movie game code.

Even if their pockets weren’t deep enough for one movie, I would bet my W,A,S and D keys that they would receive numerous phone calls from those that would love a piece of that Acti-Blizzard pie. But then again, why burden yourself to make the world happy on the silver screen when you have Starcraft II and DIablo III making an appearance in the next few years.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:48:42 +0000

90 minutes of animated people kicking the crap out of each other. Sounds a lot like Beowulf

By: Jason Angel

Jason Angel — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:52:57 +0000

i think i just had an orgasm

By: bigsampson

bigsampson — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:48:10 +0000

and oh ya…haha aint no one killing arthas any time soon….you will have many other encounters before they even introduce his lair …..so atm i havent heard much about what it takes to get to him…..if u go to old durnhome then book it to south shore..u will see some of the key players in wotlk

By: bigsampson

bigsampson — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:45:03 +0000

ya i stopped playing my main bigsampson a while back…i sometimes cruise around on him…..ill tell you what death knights are lame…..every one and there mom has one….all good cause like i said i smash on them….one thing i love about this new exp is that they brang back the lich kings temple again..havent been in the new one yet but should be fun…kinda sux that blizz made a super awesome dungeon that only 10% or less have ever seen…so its good for new players….and i havent had time to get gold so no new super epic flyer boo hoo…always fun with new exp on any game…..but i got to say that im on the guild beta of WARhammer and that game has some few tweakings needed but the classes are way better configured then wow….but ea has had crap online gaming so we will see.

By: Pudie

Pudie — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:33:33 +0000

@Bee – I understand why it is what it is. And for what it is, it is great. I just expected something different.

I agree that the fight has to be something special, and I expect nothing less. Major lor fights in WoW are always epic and get better as the game goes on. I can only imagine what it will be like to fight the Lich King.

@Rodney – Sadly, it’s already been said that this is it. Well this one, and the original in game announcement trailer.

Also, a cool little tidbit. Once we get to Northrend in game, there will be a huge whole where that dragon was raised from.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:12:32 +0000

Pudie, I am sure there will be a character Cinematic out as well. This was just a cinematic to focus on the storyline of the game.