You can just feel that these videos are made with craftsmanship. Thank you Platinum for making it fun and easy to catch up on some lore. You truly are one of the pillars of the World of Warcraft community.
For me BfD is the essential D&D/RPG experience. A group of adventures delve into some unknown lair of cultists and slay their god. It really doesnt get more old school RPG than this.
I agree. I don't like what they did later with the Twilight's Hammer and Old Gods, but earlier on they felt like much more of a Conan the Barbarian style mixed with the eldritch horror threat. Very fun in contrast to large groups like the Defias and Scarlet Crusade.
@@beytran70 I think they went too ham on the stuff. The good part about the TH cult is that it was essentially what a cult would be - secretive, in old, decrepit temples and caves, away from civilization, and yet slowly eating it from within. Then they just made them the equivalent of doomsayer maniacs. The appeal of the cult is how sinister and how it penetrates deep even into places of worship of the light, with even Stormwind's bishop being tempted into the vast but all consuming power of the Void. But then they started doing all the flashy stuff and it kind of ruins the whole mystique that they had. Once a cult reveals it's hand it somehow becomes way more boring. TBH I still don't know why there aren't more dungeons like that. That Shrine of the Storm instance was also a pretty cool lovecraft reference, but somehow the Twilight's hammer feels more organic.
The entirety of dire maul, ragefire chasm, razorfen kraul and possibly uldaman would be very surprised by that statement.. E: oh we even said classic final boss, eh? Then let me add stockades, sunken temple and maraudon...
It’s so awesome to see your videos being appreciated by Blizzard themselves - you always put so much care and thought into crafting them and it’s just so heartwarming to see people loving the game and its lore enough to put that sort of effort in 🥰
If you're interested in Season of Discovery, I'd really recommend going into the history of WoW development. Blizzard really overplanned the content for vanilla, you were meant to be able to go through the Dark Portal to Hellfire Peninsula, Karazhan was going to be a vanilla raid, and both Mount Hyjal and the Dragon Isles were planned as zones for example.
That's what I like about really all of the classic dungeons. They feel much more like D&D dungeons than any of the dungeons introduced by WoW expansions.
If you play on a PvP server in Classic you’ll know there’s a completely different reason to be afraid of the Zoram Strand. It’s a killing field for questing 20’s.
That area has lockpicking training chests of a certain level, doesn't it? I think it was for 150 to 200 skill levels, though I might be remembering the exact numbers incorrectly.
First dungeon I ever did. Honestly, among the best in Classic for atmosphere. Getting to the instance alone was a hurdle because you find Satyr and Naga working together. But then it starts revealing itself as probably the earliest encounter we get with the Twilight Cultists in large numbers, which is probably the second hinting toward the old gods we get (first in Darkshore at the Masters Glaive). Even if they weren't completely fleshed out yet, the carryover to seeing the cultists again in Silithus, and knowing who's in Ahn'Qiraj, really started getting the thoughts flowing about who's in charge of the Blackfathom Deeps.
I liked when the Old gods were their own thing, not just attack dogs for a generic "void." Wnd when thr Voidwalkers were more some generic beasty from the Nether that sometimes the Legion would summon.
Omg finally I've been crazy you fun lore videos you know how many times I've repeated your lore playlist I have over and over while working finally something new
I love you included the reaction to the revamp, I had the exact same reaction when I LFD:d it one day during WoD and was like "wtf when did this shit happen?"
I've always REALLY loved BFD ever since Vanilla for the reasons you said. It's a very simple but very flavorful dungeon. Waterlogged Ruins have since become my favorite type of place in Fantasy RPGs and good lord does BFD do exactly that. I hope the SoD Raid is gonna be even more fun gameplay wise, it looks really cool!
BFD was by far the most hilarious dungeon for me, all the way until the end boss everyone was saying "Yo, Akumai will fuck you up dude" "Yo, Akumai is though af and they are going to do some crazy shit once them get out of here" "Yo, ever heard of Akumai man? That thing is nasty!" And... you kill it in like... less than 30 sec.
Blizzard should officially get you on the lore telling. You are a great story teller, you always make it fun, and everytime I see a video of yours, I am so excited about it :) Thank you for making this one as well, and maybe, in the future, I get to see a video about Boxigar, and that period of time, with annimations, it would be absolutely insane.
I am surprised you didn't mention or even play the Old God audio related to the dungeon. Even though Blizzard probably forgot it existed and it doesn't lead to anything other than a cool intro to the boss.
Dang I love platinum WoW videos. I hope the new direction WoW (probably mostly Metzen) are taking the lore will make retail videos worth doing again. Awesome to see you getting commissioned by Blizzard btw!
When i heard the murloc's situation in BFD I instantly thought that was ripped straight out of a dnd 3.5 dungeon module or something. It really is such a cool setting.
my favorite memory from my younger days was watching your videos when getting home from a college party drunk, making myself food. Now here i am, drunk after a work christmas party, watching your video and eating pizza. Love this channel
tip: do not throw the meat chunks you can pick up after the first boss and use them on the mobs that controll pets, they pets stay evade buged as they target what ever the mob they used that eats people you throw the meat at. The pet cant be killed and your group stays in combat for the hole run.
BFD!! Honestly, once I heard this announcement that BFD was going to be "end game content" for Season of Discovery..... Part of me was so happy. This place is a sweet dungeon just like platinum said. It just screams classic WOW. Glad to see you back Platinum!
6:34 Couldn't agree more. That's the sort of thing where the "charm" of old Warcraft lay (including, sort of, in Warcraft 3 campaign scenario maps). In WoW. you were just another adventurer going on exploring and fighting in all kinds of remote, fey locales with their own little stories (which could or not be connected to some overarching theme or storyline, like the Old Gods and Twilight's Hammer in this case). Compared to the new dopey cosmic fuckery combined with you being the "super duper supreme grand marshal commander champion overlord" or whatever.
Hi, Platinum! I appreciate a lot your work for the community. And I have a question: do u consider to make video about the the Death Knights and Darion Mograine?
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Missed your videos!!!
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And just like that, you are now corrupted....
When the world needed him most, he returned
Why do people keep leaving this comment on videos of youtubers who have only been gone a month. (2 months in this case).
@@DevixianTheOriginal cuz we enjoy his content?
@@DevixianTheOriginal when the world needed him most, DevixianTheOriginal returned.
@@DevixianTheOriginal cause his content is dope ?
@@DevixianTheOriginalwhy do people keep leaving this comment in response to aforementioned comment?
That twerking sea giant was too much.
😂😂😂
You forgot the hardest part, where you have to jump on broken piece of ruins and there is always one dude that fell of the bridge.
Literally clicked away, then he yelled, "WAIT DON'T LEAVE" and I had to come back lol
You can just feel that these videos are made with craftsmanship. Thank you Platinum for making it fun and easy to catch up on some lore. You truly are one of the pillars of the World of Warcraft community.
For me BfD is the essential D&D/RPG experience. A group of adventures delve into some unknown lair of cultists and slay their god. It really doesnt get more old school RPG than this.
I agree. I don't like what they did later with the Twilight's Hammer and Old Gods, but earlier on they felt like much more of a Conan the Barbarian style mixed with the eldritch horror threat. Very fun in contrast to large groups like the Defias and Scarlet Crusade.
@@beytran70to be fair defias brotherhood is pretty awesome as well with their much more nuanced background.. 100% evil shouldn't be the only option
@@beytran70 I think they went too ham on the stuff. The good part about the TH cult is that it was essentially what a cult would be - secretive, in old, decrepit temples and caves, away from civilization, and yet slowly eating it from within. Then they just made them the equivalent of doomsayer maniacs. The appeal of the cult is how sinister and how it penetrates deep even into places of worship of the light, with even Stormwind's bishop being tempted into the vast but all consuming power of the Void. But then they started doing all the flashy stuff and it kind of ruins the whole mystique that they had. Once a cult reveals it's hand it somehow becomes way more boring. TBH I still don't know why there aren't more dungeons like that. That Shrine of the Storm instance was also a pretty cool lovecraft reference, but somehow the Twilight's hammer feels more organic.
I will forever remember Uberdanger’s legendary run of BFD.
“Damn you turtle.”
DON'T CLICK ANYTHING
STOP
WHAT THE *FUCK*
I no joke was thinking just yesterday I haven’t seen Platinum upload for a while and boom here we are. Awesome vid
I missed your videos so god damn much. Love the collab with official WoW channel. Good luck!
Thank you for continuing to make content. Yours is one of the few channels I go back and rewatch videos of.
Aku'mai is also I believe the only Classic wow dungeon final boss not in Hearthstone yet.
Just another random fun fact
The entirety of dire maul, ragefire chasm, razorfen kraul and possibly uldaman would be very surprised by that statement..
E: oh we even said classic final boss, eh? Then let me add stockades, sunken temple and maraudon...
It’s so awesome to see your videos being appreciated by Blizzard themselves - you always put so much care and thought into crafting them and it’s just so heartwarming to see people loving the game and its lore enough to put that sort of effort in 🥰
thats interesting that at 1:39 when you show the early development map, azshara is listed to go to lvl 70
If you're interested in Season of Discovery, I'd really recommend going into the history of WoW development. Blizzard really overplanned the content for vanilla, you were meant to be able to go through the Dark Portal to Hellfire Peninsula, Karazhan was going to be a vanilla raid, and both Mount Hyjal and the Dragon Isles were planned as zones for example.
The whole "Dnd campaign" is exactly why I grew to like this dungeon over time... even tho I think I only finished it once lol.
That's what I like about really all of the classic dungeons. They feel much more like D&D dungeons than any of the dungeons introduced by WoW expansions.
It is hilarious how a quarter of Warcraft lore is “Everything was great until the elves-“
The rest is "and then the mages fucked up."
I mean they are a british rip off
@@carloscrispens4816 point is, most of those mages are also, likewise, elves
How is this the elves' fault?
your voice is so relaxing, thank you for coming back
1:09 wow.. she hulks been around for a while
If you play on a PvP server in Classic you’ll know there’s a completely different reason to be afraid of the Zoram Strand. It’s a killing field for questing 20’s.
At least there won‘t be lvl 60 Rogues xD
@@konig4626 True, at least not for the first few phases. It’ll be interesting to see how the level cap phasing changes stuff like ganking.
You're correct. With the horde FP right there, it's gonna be bloodshed.
That's you won't be leveling in Ashenvale unless you wanna be part of the bloodbath.
That area has lockpicking training chests of a certain level, doesn't it? I think it was for 150 to 200 skill levels, though I might be remembering the exact numbers incorrectly.
He's back!
Man I don't even play wow anymore but these videos are always a gem, keep up
First dungeon I ever did. Honestly, among the best in Classic for atmosphere.
Getting to the instance alone was a hurdle because you find Satyr and Naga working together. But then it starts revealing itself as probably the earliest encounter we get with the Twilight Cultists in large numbers, which is probably the second hinting toward the old gods we get (first in Darkshore at the Masters Glaive). Even if they weren't completely fleshed out yet, the carryover to seeing the cultists again in Silithus, and knowing who's in Ahn'Qiraj, really started getting the thoughts flowing about who's in charge of the Blackfathom Deeps.
I liked when the Old gods were their own thing, not just attack dogs for a generic "void." Wnd when thr Voidwalkers were more some generic beasty from the Nether that sometimes the Legion would summon.
Your videos are the most comprehensive lore videos i have seen in a while, amazing!
Yoo this came out the day I'll be doing Blackfathom Deeps in Hardcore Classic for the first time, this is great
Love the humour dude! Plus go back to listen to Medivh's bangers from time to time xD
First dungeon I ever ran on my Nelf Druid back in Vanilla. The memories
Love it. More classic content please!!! 😊
One of my favourite dungeon, with earliest Old Gods links.
Thanks for the video !
Two videos in a week??!! 🎉🎊
Cheers! Shoutouts! Love!
Oh wow great to see you posting these again
Omg finally I've been crazy you fun lore videos you know how many times I've repeated your lore playlist I have over and over while working finally something new
Holy moly, I was about to minimize the video when he screamed WAIT DONT LEAVE
I *just* completed a raid there in WotLK Classic. Good to see you back!
Nice video, very funny and entertaining. Grats on making to the official wow channel!:)
Holy heck, this was AWESOME. Keep up the good work, Plat!
yay a new platinum video
Platinum WoW has regained strength after watching an OG WoW rap video by goremy
Season of discovery just brought me back into wow and i'm very exited to dive deeper into the lore with stuff like this once more~
you're narrative voice and videos are amazing. awesome work!😃
I love you included the reaction to the revamp, I had the exact same reaction when I LFD:d it one day during WoD and was like "wtf when did this shit happen?"
I've always REALLY loved BFD ever since Vanilla for the reasons you said. It's a very simple but very flavorful dungeon. Waterlogged Ruins have since become my favorite type of place in Fantasy RPGs and good lord does BFD do exactly that. I hope the SoD Raid is gonna be even more fun gameplay wise, it looks really cool!
This is the greatest Warcraft youtube series.
BFD was by far the most hilarious dungeon for me, all the way until the end boss everyone was saying "Yo, Akumai will fuck you up dude"
"Yo, Akumai is though af and they are going to do some crazy shit once them get out of here"
"Yo, ever heard of Akumai man? That thing is nasty!"
And... you kill it in like... less than 30 sec.
Blizzard should officially get you on the lore telling. You are a great story teller, you always make it fun, and everytime I see a video of yours, I am so excited about it :) Thank you for making this one as well, and maybe, in the future, I get to see a video about Boxigar, and that period of time, with annimations, it would be absolutely insane.
didn’t know you were still doing this series hell I’m not complaining always love me some wow lore vids
I really miss these series
Some elements have been forgotten in this video.
Like the whispers.
They turned out to be c'tun. And it foreshadowed a bigger problem.
THE SERIES RETURNED
6:58 got me! :-DD Nice video!
Holy f, you are amazing guy, waiting for the next 2 videos to come
That sea giant was dummy thicc. Got me all bricked up shaking that cake around. GYAAAT!
Thank you for bringing this series back!
I love it ❤
I am surprised you didn't mention or even play the Old God audio related to the dungeon. Even though Blizzard probably forgot it existed and it doesn't lead to anything other than a cool intro to the boss.
Dang I love platinum WoW videos. I hope the new direction WoW (probably mostly Metzen) are taking the lore will make retail videos worth doing again. Awesome to see you getting commissioned by Blizzard btw!
You're awesome, keep it up!
The ending made me laugh , guy has such a good sense of humor
Great work, Platinum!!
more classic lore please!
Great video as always, I'm actually hyped for this. :)
Double dipping on Platinum WoW content this week? Hype!
When i heard the murloc's situation in BFD I instantly thought that was ripped straight out of a dnd 3.5 dungeon module or something. It really is such a cool setting.
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As a Night Elf main I'm pretty sure this was also my first dungeon back in the day
Same! Good times being a total noob
I love your videos so so much. Thanks for the work sir.
Great to see you working with blizzard. Your videos were always soo unique and fun to watch.
Ah Platinum, you still alive. Good.
Never in my life did I expect to see a twerking giant in World of Warcraft. Thank you.
HE'S BACK!
The nostalgia has returned.
One of the best things baldy has ever given me, was exposing me to Platinum WoW.
Alright the music has started that means I pick my phone back up and-
"WAIT DON'T LEAVE!"
Alright, I'm convinced.
I hope we get vids for all the SOD raids!!! This is so hype
Bruh! a twerking sea giant is CRAZY
I literally had zero idea it was re-vamped in WoD
Glad to see your official team up with WoW. Love your vids!
Finally this series is continued after 3 years ago
Lets friggin go!!!! I was judt wanting some of your content
aw yeah dad's back with the video
my favorite memory from my younger days was watching your videos when getting home from a college party drunk, making myself food.
Now here i am, drunk after a work christmas party, watching your video and eating pizza. Love this channel
Already said it on Twitter but you're the goat
YES LET'S GO I MISSED THIS SERIES
1:11 i never thought i would see a sea giant twerking xD
Thanks for the vid!
You got my like for the Sea Giant throwing it back.
I think this is the first video I've seen on youtube running on 50fps.
Good video 👍
Two platinum in such short time and it's not even Christmas yet!
Finally a platinum wow video
tip: do not throw the meat chunks you can pick up after the first boss and use them on the mobs that controll pets, they pets stay evade buged as they target what ever the mob they used that eats people you throw the meat at. The pet cant be killed and your group stays in combat for the hole run.
BFD!! Honestly, once I heard this announcement that BFD was going to be "end game content" for Season of Discovery..... Part of me was so happy. This place is a sweet dungeon just like platinum said. It just screams classic WOW. Glad to see you back Platinum!
Nice video as always. I would love to see a video about the ogres lore in warcraft, they somehow always fascinated me. Keep up the grat work :)
Damn, so much i had no idea about, awesome!
NEVER STOP DOING THIS LORE VIDEOS
That sea giant had no business throwing ass like that
awesome as always
I LOVE NIGHT ELVES! I LOVE XARYU! I LOVE HARDCORE CLASSIC WARCRAFT BB! YAYAYAYAYAYA!!!
6:34
Couldn't agree more. That's the sort of thing where the "charm" of old Warcraft lay (including, sort of, in Warcraft 3 campaign scenario maps).
In WoW. you were just another adventurer going on exploring and fighting in all kinds of remote, fey locales with their own little stories (which could or not be connected to some overarching theme or storyline, like the Old Gods and Twilight's Hammer in this case).
Compared to the new dopey cosmic fuckery combined with you being the "super duper supreme grand marshal commander champion overlord" or whatever.
The twerking sea giant at the beginning of this film made my day 😂🤷🏼♂️✨
from Skyrim memeing the spear throw in BFA to Wow main page, congrats.👍😁
Hi, Platinum! I appreciate a lot your work for the community. And I have a question: do u consider to make video about the the Death Knights and Darion Mograine?
I missed these so much :)