If you watch the scene in Game of Thrones where they revive the dead dragon it kind of bears some resemblance to this so I guess there was some homage going on. :D
Yeah the GoT scene just after the wall is broken totally copies this WotLK trailer. As soon as I saw it I and other WoW players thought “ ‘Rise, Sindragosa’ much?” (The dragon’s name in this trailer is Sindragosa, she’s in the book you’re reading I think.)
It always gives me goosebumps :D But after I read the War of the Ancients trilogy ALL of the cinematics do that xD Really... Blizzard is so good in this :D they should make movies like these cinematics so I can show them to my parents and friends how cool this is :3
WoTLK trailer ALWAYS leave me goosebumps though I follow Warcraft since Warcraft 2 and while I do not play WoW I still follow lore...... but Arthas Lich King trailer always leaves me goosebumps second is Sylvanas "For The Horde" one....
@@madzec nah... :D that "For the Alliance!" is still better ;) after that holy mass ress :P And given that Sylvanas doesn't even care about the Horde... :/ But really I can only say: FOR AZEROTH! 😁😁😁
Arthas alwasy received so much hate =( I loved Arthas in Warcraft 3. Loved him as the Death Knight, loved him as the Lich King. Before WOTLK launched i wish there was a seperate faction like in LOTRO where you can play the creeps. I wish we could fight for TLK. Arthas has such a powerful story..Sad..but powerful.
So,Arthas is basically a Fantasy version of Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars (Except the fact that his backstory was written even before "Revenge of the Sith" came out) Arthas Menethil was a young prince of Human Kingdom of Lordaeron He was a handsome man with long,golden blond hair,and he was in love with a pretty and smart mage - Jaina. Together with Jaina they were trying to stop an unspeakably horrifying invasion of Undead. Driven by the will of their Master - The Lich King,they were spreading the plague across the kingdom. When Arthas was facing those forces - He realized that not only this plague was killing those who were infected - but they were resurrected as mindless zombies as well. He then realized that a whole city was infected by the plague,and the only choice was to slaughter everyone in this city before the transformation,or else it could be much worse. His girlfriend and his master - Uther the Lightbringer, thought that it was a violent and unhonorable decision///They left him behind when he needed them most..So the only thing he was left to do - Is face the Undead general Mal'ganis all by himself. To defeat a powerful demon,he started searching for a special, cursed runeblade "Frostmourne" He sacrificed his soul to take the sword and kill Mal'ganis,after which the war with Undead was officially over... But when Arthas came back to his father,the runeblade has already driven him crazy by the whispers of the Lich King himself....Arthas killed his father,destroyed his kingdom,killed his master and a whole paladin's order. He became a right-hand man for a Lich King. His loyal Death Knight..And soon has acheived the right to take the throne and became the second,and most known Lich King in history of WoW
@@HannaHsOverInvested Arthas was also the one who turned Sylvanas (That lady with huge eyebrows from previous cinematics) into Undead Banshee. She was an Elf-Ranger,and she was protecting the capital city of Elves,when Arthas and the Scourge was attacking it. Sylvanas was a serious pain in his ass, because she was using various traps and obstacles on his way to his mission when he was just a Death Knight. As a result - when Arthas finally reached her, he was so pissed, that instead of killing her - He turned her (and some of her other rangers) into an Undead, and forced her to obey him and slaughter others who she was protecting. It mentally broke Sylvanas,and she's still a complicated character,even when there's no more Lich King
My heart breaks for Arthas every time i see his WoW trailer. he was someone who was basically Captain America good that ultimately took a dark turn making him king or "Lich King" of a faction of undead known as "The Scourge".
@@HannaHsOverInvested That's also why the voiceover always gets me, especially after becoming a father. It is a fathers speech to a young Arthas before his fall that he will become a good man and king, only for him to fall to corruption and later killing him.
I just want to point out that night elf wasn't the only one showing skin, 3 out of the 5 male characters where either shirtless or open shirt and showing as much skin as she was or more. So one could argue that all was fair with that.
@@HannaHsOverInvested A though I didn't share but will now is that you have an uncanny way of anticipating where the story is going in these reaction vids. You ask a question and answer it. And your answer is more often on point. thanks again for the vids and the interaction.
"A bunch of nerdy voice actors", Liam O'Brien, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Matt Mercer (he's the cowboy in Overwatch), Talisen Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, and Sam Riegal all play DnD on twitch and youtube. Critical Role is to online DnD as Elvis was to Rock and Roll. Laura and Travis are married - and she recently received death threats for being a voice in 'The Last of Us Pt 2'.
That was actually Matthew Yang King. The first instance of hearing Liam O’Brien voicing Illidan was back in 2014 when he was the culminating “story” boss in the Hearthstone beta.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Yes,I also recommend you to watch Warcraft Reforged Cinematics. Especially three of them,which are most important ones: Human Campaign ua-cam.com/video/T3tPTE60qa4/v-deo.html Human Campaign Ending: ua-cam.com/video/Jvwk5jpJ8Ec/v-deo.html And The Frozen Throne Ending ua-cam.com/video/yUDhlJC2Ig4/v-deo.html
Wrath of the Lich King was and still is my favourite cinematic from blizzard because Artha's story is tragic and it's continued from the warcraft games that was released couple of years back not to mention that wow was at it's peak during that era with 12 million active subscribers and god knows how many more on private (free, illegal) servers i remember waiting for up to an hour just to enter my account only for the server to be riddled with bugs, but i enjoyed it so much that even to this day i still play wow. PS the voice from the cinematic is his father talking to him before Arthas corrupts himself and kills him.
Seeing that you enjoyed all these Warcraft trailers I recommend the following Stracraft 2 trailers in order. (the trailers are not the opening cinematics) Starcraft 2 Ghost of the Past trailer (part of Wings of Liberty), Starcraft 2 Vengeance trailer (part of Heart of the Swarm), and Starcraft 2 Oblivion trailer (part of Legacy of the Void). Pretty sure you will enjoy em, and if you do enjoy all three trailers then I would suggest you watch the cinematic cutscene movie of each game if the same order; Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void.
Aww I miss these. Watching them when I was young really made me feel like getting the game at all costs. But my personal favourite WoW cinematic is still “Wrath of the Lich King”. It was and still is ‘cool’ (hehe 🙊). And yeah being the Lich King is very Night King-esque (undead ice king vibe) A little backstory about Arthas; he was the main protagonist until, in a desperate attempt to save his people, seeked an artefact of unfathomable powers - Frostmourne (the sword he is wielding); which corrupted him. The trailer is much sadder if you knew that Arthas killed his father (during his descent to the darkside) but still turned out to be everything his father had hoped for (albeit in a sick and twisted way). You could see it from the contrast of his actions in the trailer vs his father’s speech about him. And to top it all off, the haunting vocals for this trailer is singing a song (though through a made up language) with meanings that’s basically “Long live the King”.
The third video was a trailer to set the stage for one of the greatest written villains of gaming history. If you're such a bookworm, I really recommend the Warcraft books, they are very well written and do a good job at introducing you to this vast fantasy world. Love your reactions and videos! Keep it up
i will do my best to deconstruct each cinematic for you: the 'original' version of the game was set shortly after the collected races of Azeroth (the planet) repelled the Burning Legion and the premise of the game at that time was the underlying war between the 2 factions the 'Horde' and the 'Alliance', and as you say their tenuous pact of peace was crumbling and old hatreds had reignited the faction conflict causing them to fight amongst themselves, to break down each character you see in the cinematic: Race/Class: Dwarf Hunter (Alliance) Night Elf Druid (Alliance) Undead (Forsaken) Warlock (Horde) Tauren Shaman (Horde) Orc Warrior (Horde) Human Mage (Alliance) so in the cinematic we see the dwarf fighting the tauren, the night elf fighting the orc and the mage fighting the infernals (a type of demon) summoned by the undead warlock, the cinematic also shows class abilities that you can also use in game with your playable character and some of the spells that were iconic from the 'Warcraft' game series. in the second cinematic which is narrated by Illidan Stormrage the Demon Hunter you see at the end, he was a former Night Elf Mage, he had a lust for power not for his own ends, but as a means to defeat the Burning Legion for good, sadly his methods were very questionable and his people didn't understand him at all, for crimes committed against his kin he was imprisoned and kept there for 10,000 years until he managed to escape where he fled through the 'dark portal', (the great magical gateway at the start of the cinematic), to the broken and shattered homeworld of the Orcs known now as 'Outland', after his taunting introduction we see 2 new races that were added to the game with this expansion: Race/Class: Draenei Paladin (Alliance) Blood Elf Priest (Horde)
the Draenei people are a race of beings that have existed for millennia longer than the oldest races on Azeroth and came to Azeroth as refugees after their homeworld was taken over by the Burning Legion, the blood elves were also refugees but of a different sort, for millennia they drew power from the sunwell, a font of arcane energy that 'fed' them, after Arthas attacked their capital city with his undead legions to use the power of the sunwell to reanimate his lieutenant Kel'Thuzad and in the process destroyed the sunwell revealing that the blood elves had been addicted to the magic the sunwell had provided, so in the cinematic you see the blood elf priest 'mana drain' the mana wyrm for its essence to feed her addiction. in the final cinematic you see the now Lich King Arthas Menethil sitting atop the 'Frozen Throne', encased in ice after his 5 year slumber and finally reawakening, to understand the story of Arthas would take more space than the comment section would allow but suffice to say he is the greatest Anti-Hero the game world has seen he was the crown prince of the northern kingdom of Lordaeron, but after the plague of undeath had afflicted his people he vowed to find a way to stop it and cure those afflicted if possible, he is taunted by the dreadlord Mal'ganis (a poweful demon commander in the burning legion) to go to Northrend to find a weapon that could save his kingdom and defeat Mal'ganis, the cursed runeblade 'Frostmourne', after taking up the cursed blade it stole his soul and thereafter Arthas begins his descent into madness and corruption eventually returning to his kingdom the first death knight of the Lich King, where upon his return he kills his father sealing his soul inside Frostmourne and paving the way for the undead to rise and ultimately destroy his kingdom, he then returns to Northrend to 'fuse' with the Lich King and after a short time he becomes the Lich King himself. in the cinematic the narrator is the father of Arthas, king Terenas Menethil, talking to Arthas as if he is still a child reminding him of what it takes to be a good king and during this whole sequence he is raising the former brood queen of the blue dragonflight Sindragosa into undeath as his first 'Frostbrood' dragon, and his new mount after the destruction of Sapphiron in Naxxramas, and through the power of telepathy when she flies over the undead legions below (faction known as the scourge), Arthas takes control of all of them and bends them to his will. while it has already been mention it's worth saying again that this cinematic happened back in 2007/2008, and in fact GoT almost had a copyright lawsuit issue for ripping off this cinematic, if it wasn't for some of the names and slight tweaks to the show they would have been liable for copyright infringement due to ripping off this sequence.
These were the trailers for the original game and the first two expansions to the game. The first trailer showed a dwarf hunter with his bear pet, a night elf druid, and a human mage on the Alliance side and a undead warlock with his demon pet, a tauren shaman, and a warrior orc. Trolls (horde) and gnomes (alliance) were not shown. The 2nd trailer showed a draenei shaman (alliance) and a blood elf cleric (horde). They were new to this expansion. Illiad is a night elf born demon hunter. Demon hunters were added as playable characters in a later expansion. The 3rd trailer is Arthas, the lich king.
Vindicator Maraad (the draenei from TBC cinematic) is a vindicator (Paladin according to the game), and Priest is the term for the class the sin'dorei girl is, both lore-wise and gameplay-wise. But other than those two mistakes, the comment was/is correct.
You really need to react to Elder Scrolls Online trailers. Along with League of Legends, Overwatch and Star Wars the Old Republic, I think ESO is by far one of the best for trailers that tell a story. Plus the Khajiit are adorable.
HannaH's Over Invested it started as the RTS (real time strategy) game Warcraft 3 in which we are introduced to a lot of the characters including Arthas and his turn into the Lich King. The story is so deep and there are a lot of out of game novels that fill in the story too (just pre-purchased the one for the new expansion) aside from the expansion cinematics, during the Wrath of the Lich King they started introducing in game cinematics too. Definitely check out Nobbel87. His lore videos are a great start. He has a few over time that are the summary of the story.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Not suuuuper necessary to know what went on in them. The voice-over summary ("4 years have passed... brink of war again") is enough for the first trailer. The first and second trailers are just collections of vignettes, but starting with the third one (Wrath of the Lich King) the cinematics are much more narrative in form.
Capsule history in case you're interested: On another world, Orcs lived, were enslaved by demonic forces who addicted them to demon blood, and came thru the gateway (The Dark Portal in trailer #2) as an invasion force to conquer the Warcraft world, Azeroth. Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 were the wars between these Orcs and their flunkies, and the Alliance of humans, dwarves, and elves. Warcraft 3 takes place later, when a prophecy leads a young orc, Thrall, to gather up his defeated people and travel across the sea to found a new homeland. The demons are coming again, heralded by a plague that turns people into slavering undead, led by the former hero Arthas who has been turned into a death knight, and who later ascends to the throne and usurps the Lich King. Finally, an alliance of the Horde (the Orcs and their peeps) and the Alliance (humans et al) aided by the Night Elves (the purple elf ladies and their druid bros) fight off the demonic forces, and Arthas goes into a deep slumber in the northern wastes (until the Wrath of the LIch King cinematic). I trimmed a LOT out, but hey, it's a *capsule* history. :D I hope the list you're using includes the mid-game cinematics from the later expansions, which fill out the narrative.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Both the characters you saw in the trailers, the demon you called Loki and the King of the dead army are villains in this game, but you got to play them in the last one. They are both tragic characters that went too far in order to protect what they cared about the most.
Quick sidenote, Lich king came out in like 2007 ish. so it wasnt from the game of thrones show, but it might be inspired from the books. Also kung fu panda was after warcraft 2 which had the pandaren race in it. pandaren monks may have inspired the kung fu panda themes
that dragon that Arthas had risen , SIndragosa was killed by Deathwing from the cataclysm trailer and was send flying across the world. it was also a lover of his ex best frined.
Still such a amazing trailer for 2004. Feel so blessed i was able to play this when i was 11 years old, almost no game has been better ever since the early years of wow.
You really should check out the Final Fantasy 14 cinematics, pretty sure you would love them. The watch order would be ( Flames of Truth, Heavensward, Stormblood and Shadowbringers).
so glad I discovered this channel. The Warcraft universe is up there as one of my favourite IPs. I've been binging your reaction videos and I'm subscribed now so I look forward to your future vids! Who knows, maybe one day you'll go from "Non-gamer" to "Gamer" if your interest is piqued enough! Looking forward to any new videos you have in the pipline! - new subscriber :D
I tried to warn you about Assassins's creed in commentary: "I think there is one problem with Assassin's creed trailers. These trailers are really good, but they are about cool action and visual element and not about story or characters, unlike the game itself". These old World of Warcraft cinematic trailers are not very great too in terms of story and characters, but it'll gets so much better. I still recommend to start with all Battle of Azeroth videos, i think you'll really like it, because it has consistent story and friendly to newcomers. Watch in this order: 1. Warbringers: Sylvanas (not CGI cinematic video, but important for the story): ua-cam.com/video/TVp7yLfnmrE/v-deo.html 2. Old Soldier: ua-cam.com/video/aW_h0qf9vpA/v-deo.html 3. Battle for Azeroth trailer (you already watched it). 4. Lordaeron Throne Room Confrontation (in-game cinematic video): ua-cam.com/video/nTowPRMsiEA/v-deo.html 5. Lost Honor: ua-cam.com/video/LKZ7ygLTR0g/v-deo.html 6. Safe Heaven: ua-cam.com/video/umAgdVTBae0/v-deo.html 7. Negotiation (in-game cinematic video): ua-cam.com/video/2DjwOglqONg/v-deo.html 8. Reckoning: ua-cam.com/video/8NRLuUnpGYg/v-deo.html 9. Shadowlands: ua-cam.com/video/s4gBChg6AII/v-deo.html
If she enjoyed the first two, she can definitely also watch the "Warlords of Dreanor" and the "Cataclysm" cinematic trailer. They are not as story heavy as the Battle of Azeroth stuff, still though definitely worth a try.
8:15 "ooh i got like a feeling. yeh? That's why the sword is called Frostmourne... to give people the chills! TLK didn't have Netflix... At the Frozen Throne it was all about Frostmourne and Chill
Did you ever read the Dragonlance book trilogies? The original novels were written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, but there is a ton of others in the world of DL.
Dude, I know I'm late on this video, but Wrath of the Lich King and the Arthas story is the best arc in WoW, period. It makes the trailer have so much more impact when you know the story.
Loved your reaction to World of Warcraft. As for Creed it is a game trailers that are made for mostly people who have played the first game as well as the other games as well.
@@HannaHsOverInvested I was going to respond to your comment above about starting in the wrong spot. I don't think you did. It's just the lore for WoW is so interwoven with the gameplay, cinematics, books etc. With the upcoming release of Shadowlands, a lot of the lore has been expanded upon (such as Arthas, who was the original Lich king, is it all an interdimentional plot, hint: probably). I think you're videos are fun to watch and you're picking up the lore just fine.
If you're looking for new TV shows to watch then i would highly recommend two shows. Firefly which is, unfortunately, only one season with a follow up movie, Serenity. It's very character driven with an old west outer space vibe similar to The Mandalorian but with more jokes and an amazing cast. The other is the 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica, it starts with a two part miniseries then four seasons of the show, none of which are long. Again, it's very character driven with themes touching on religion/philosophy, the nature of war, refugees, genocide, civil strife, compassion, what it means to be human, and doing so in an accessible way. That might sound too deep for reaction videos but the storytelling is compelling and there are plenty of moments of levity. It also has a great cast. That was a bit more rambling than I meant it to be but I think you'd enjoy both shows. I'll link the trailers. Sorry about the video quality. ua-cam.com/video/oGODQkSNF_Y/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mEx6UpiIKM4/v-deo.html
Arthas is the fallen hero / tragic character of Warcraft lore, he basically starts out as a prince trying to save his kingdom, and as his fight gets desperate he starts dabbling with dark powers and eventually winds up killing his father, destroying his kingdom and usurping power over the undead as the Lichking.
To be fair, World of Warcraft was (and to some extent still is) primarily marketed, and probably focus tested, towards young boys in the age range of 12 - 15... So you know, titties is a valid marketing tool. In fact, I seem to recall hearing, back when WoW was new, that Blizzard was actually surprised at how popular the game was outside of their targeted audience.
@HannaH's Over Invested _ I came to see some of your videos for the last couple of weeks and i thank you very much for the content and your fresh way to look at things you dont know. iam also sorry for my english, its not my mother language :D - i personally think, that the Wrath of the LichKing Cinematic is the best one there is, because the irony of the words, that Terenas Menethil (the guy that speaks in the off) speaks to his Son (Arthas Menetil - the guy in the video) before he is killed by his son and he becomes King... not of their kingdom, but of the Undead Scourge. Those Words are so full of power, wisdom and meaningfull. But they can be interpreted very wrong. That and naturally the AWESOME music and sounddesign (as always in blizzard cinematics) make it to (in my opinion) the most best and awesome short mvie i have seen in my live.
there are so many awesome videos blizzard done for warcraft but one of the best is series of Warbringers: Jaina, Sylvanas and Azshara. It might be difficult to get into it w/o context from warcraft lore but I somehow did and I loved them
Arthas is one of the best villains ever. His story is truly tragic. you should delve into his lore. Also check out he song "Invincible" with lyrics. Invincible was the name of Arthas' steed when he was a Paladin. Before he became the Lich King.
Arthas is something of a tragedy. (and Warcraft's version of Darth Vader). He used to be a prince and a paladin who's kingdom was besieged by a plague of undeath. Finding a cursed blade that could kill the source of the plague and control the undead, he took it... And it possessed him. Now Arthas has become the very thing he tried to stop.
The reason why so many game trailers will look boring for you is that most games with story try not to show much of anything about story of the game as to intrigue people to play the game and learn the story from in-game. World of warcraft on the other hand is a MMORPG game which means its a game for massive multiplayer experience and its a very old game thus it has large engine limitations on what you can do in game to push the narrative experience. Like most of the story in game of WOW is just reading a bunch of texts with a few cinematics thrown in because of game limitations. A game like Assasin creed, for example, is a story-based game where you meet historical characters and see often historical events take place but with an alternative history twist of Templar/Assasin conflict thrown in together
Calling Illidan Loki really isn't that far off from the truth. A tragic hero that fights for the good, even if the so-called good guys shun and even hate him. Abandons his.... elfhood to become a demon for power, so he can hunt other demons threatening his homeland. Also, being scared of Arthas the Lichking is a 100% rational fear.
Destiny 1&2 trailers are pretty nice and interesting. There are a lot of serious ones that tell a story but also some pretty funny (mostly Life-Action) ones that are worth a watch.
LIST OF CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER: Classic. Burning crusade. Lich King. Cataclysm Pandaria. Draenor. Legion. Battle for azeroth. 3 Cinematics within this expansion, Old soldier. Then lost honor. And then reckoning. Shadowlands is not out yet but you can watch it.
Love your game trailer reaction videos! My kids and I are hardcore gamers; my wife is not. This reminds us all of her reactions to the games we play. I recommend you check out the trailers for Dragon Age, especially the “Sacred Ashes,” “Violence,” and “Destiny” trailers for the game. You will not be disappointed.
you must definitely watch some other Blizzard game trailers, for instance the Starcraft 2 trailers. There are 3 trailers, in order "wings of liberty", "heart of the swarm" and "legacy of the void", plus an addictional plot one: "Kerrigan betrayal". Imo they are more enjoyable for a non-gamer like you, as you already saw in other blizzard trailers (world of warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch) Edit: and you should take a look to the Star Wars the old repubblic trailers, very good stuff
Anton yeah it is, I personally love the starcraft story, and I still strongly reccomend for our lady here, to see the fantastic trailers i just mentioned
Night elves I think have somewhat been always skimpily dressed, I think that’s more for mobility and agility than anything else, especially as a Druid and a fighter she needs to be agile
The primary reason was that all the Warcraft games were primarily marketed towards young boys in the age range of 12 - 15. And titties is a valid marketing tool. Lore reasons came second to marketing.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Pro tip: Of course you have to react, but when you do, just pause or go back a bit. But there is no way you could have known the biggest meme in Warcraft was about to happen. =D Looking forward to more Warcraft, specifically the out of game animated shorts they have done, like the Warbringers series. Some of them are truly amazing. Plus, Blizzard doesn't copyright strike reactions to their stuff, so cash bonus. =D
Assassins creeds fans: "Watching a 10 year old video and expecting it to be good quality, thats bullshit" Hannah watches 20 year old Warcraft opening Trailer: 😲
The WoW trailers rely over time less and less on narration, and eventually will be all show and no tell. I think the only one where this is a problem is the Warlords of Draenor trailer, since it helps there to know ablot the lore, but even without it the trailer rocks even though knowing the lore behind the shown things just makes it that much better than it already is.
Hannah, you didn't watch the full story trailer for WoW on your first go-around (ua-cam.com/video/yGGy2GizTMA/v-deo.html). I think you'll enjoy this much more as a whole entity. Also a trailer for the WoW movie if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/2Rxoz13Bthc/v-deo.html
i like the game of thrones comment, but WoW thought of it years before. same with kung fu panda. pandaren were in introduced in warcraft 3, back in 2002
WHile the first Cinematic, from the launch of the game just kinda presents the various races in the game and has no real plot. Each following Cinematics for each Expansions of the game, has a more Narrative driven storytelling. Each time you'll see well knowed and Famous or Infamous figures of the Warcraft franchise, that players from the RTS games Knows and love/hate. There is a plethora of characters in the Warcraft universe, and the story can be really deep, but some of the most famous/Infamous ones are Arthas the Lich King, Illidan Stormbringer, the Traitor( the guy with the huge horns and wings), Thrall, Warchief of the Horde, Jaina Proudmoore and some others. Now the games and expansions, you either love it or not, but the characters and the universe of Warcraft is interesting, there's comics, novels, even the Warcraft movie.
You have to check out the Harbingers cinematics and Warbringers cinematics. The one with Jaina has a song that is kind of a must-have in any nerds' playlist. They're set in the WOW universe too but sort of show where some of the most important characters in those two stories came from. Here are the Harbinger ones; ua-cam.com/video/I3QJ8Pgjj3c/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mUfOIvlC6Eo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/UW5IYrgOgYU/v-deo.html And here are the Warbringer ones; ua-cam.com/video/Fo7XPvwRgG8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/hndyTy3uiZM/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/TVp7yLfnmrE/v-deo.html
Assassin's Creed 2, brotherhood, revelations all three games revolves around Ezio Auditore da Firenze. You follow his life in three games. Best games of all the Assassin''s creed in my opinion.
Dunno if you're gonna read this but I just wanted to give my take on Arthas. I'm fairly certain Blizzard took to Arthurian lore when developing this character. There's alot of obvious parallels. So I think of Arthas Menethil as what Arthur Pendragon would have been had Arthur turned evil in the worst way. Actually, Arthur + Morgana = Arthas ... I'd say.
I didint play this game but usualy in games (Not all) you have a lot of different outfits that you can change. In many rpg you can even run half naked haha just npc (artifical characters ) can do strange comments.
Woo hey. Ya miss me? I’ll be doing another one of these “deep dives” into the WoW lore up until Wrath of the Lich King as succinctly as possible. It’ll still be a lot since this game has like 30 years of history behind it. There are many different forces in the WoW universe. Chief among them are the Light and Void. (I’m sure you can guess what they are). These primordial energies clash and create the Fel, which is a highly addictive and super chaotic form of energy. In the vast cosmos of WoW, there is a realm called the Twisting Nether which is made up of swirling Fel and houses an intergalactic army of demons known as the Burning Legion. Like all fantasies, WoW has its own pantheon of deities. Multiple, actually. Chief among them are the Titans, which are intergalactic beings born from the souls of entire planets. Their quest was to order the universe and help bring life throughout. Before we get any further, the Void has their own “deities” known as the Void Lords and probably the strongest beings in the universe. Fortunately for the player character, they’re deep in the vast reaches of space so they act more like a puppeteer pulling strings. The Void Lords eventually saw the Titans spreading life and sought to undo their work. They would try to achieve this by corrupting the world soul of a Titan before it was born. To do this, they flung parts of themselves across the cosmos that attached to planets with world souls in them. These parts became their own autonomous creatures known as the Old Gods which are parasitic beings that attach to these planets and work to corrupt them. The strongest of the Titans and the general of their army, Sargeras went about the universe to find more Titan world souls. In the process, he would round up the various demonic species as he traveled to and from the Twisting Nether onto a prison planet known as Mardum. One day, he came across a planet that was covered in Void and was alarmed. Peering inside, he saw multiple old gods infecting the planet and also saw that they were nearly complete. Deciding that a Void infected Titan would be stronger than the rest of them and would bring upon the destruction of the universe, a terrified Sargeras swung his mighty sword and cleaved the planet in two. (Should have noted that Titans are generally the size of Galactus from Marvel comics). Hurrying back to the rest of the Pantheon, Sargeras tried to convince them that in order to stop the universe from becoming Void corrupted, the only answer was to purge all life across the cosmos and start anew. The Titans deemed Sargeras mad and outcasted him. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, he went to the prison planet of Mardum and broke the magical bonds that had imprisoned the hosts of demons. In the process, the pent up Fel energies on the planet erupted outward and forever changed Sargeras into a demon himself. Thus the Burning Legion was born. We would later learn that Sargeras had also been corrupting his own Titan world soul and was using the planet as basically an infinite respawn for his vast demon armies. Fast forward to Azeroth. The home of the heroes. Azeroth is a world with a world soul of a Titan in it and possibly one of the strongest. Aman’thul, the leader of the Pantheon came across her (Azeroth is a she) but noticed something was wrong. 4 Old Gods had infected the planet and were working to turn the planet into a Void corrupted Titan. Reaching down, Aman’thul ripped one of the Old Gods off the planet but saw that her lifeblood came flowing out and reasoned that ripping the rest of them out would end up killing her. So the Titans left beings of order behind on the planet who would become the Titan Keepers. These Titan Keepers worked to imprison the rest of the Old Gods and had succeeded. But being super powerful, the whispers from these Old Gods eventually corrupted some of these Keepers and infected them with the Curse of Flesh. Part of the reason why the Keepers were effective were because they were of metal and rock, not flesh and blood. I think that’s how they say dwarves, gnomes, and humans came to be on this planet. Fallen Keepers who fell to the Curse of Flesh. 10,000 years before the events of the first Warcraft game, the Burning Legion tried to invade Azeroth in what would come to be known as the War of the Ancients. The conflict lead to an event called the Great Sundering which split the world apart. (Basically, everything was on one huge continent. Like Pangea.) Sargeras had convinced parts of the High Elves over to his side and with the help of their queen, let his demons into the world to try to wipe out the planet. The “YOU ARE NOT PREPARED” guy is a night elf by the name of Illidan who at this time was a powerful mage. But upon seeing the Burning Legion, he decided the only way to ensure his home’s safety was to join the Legion as a double agent. Sargeras took his eyesight and in return imbued him with Fel, turning him into a half demon. (He can still see energies and stuff. He’s basically Daredevil). When Aman’thul ripped the Old God from the planet, it left behind a well from which the planet’s lifeblood came out. This well of powerful arcane energy would become known as the Well of Eternity and was what caused a group of trolls to evolve into the elves. As Sargeras influenced the elven queen, she corrupted the Well and used it to create a portal to let the Legion in. Illidan, before the Well was completely destroyed, took some of the arcane waters to try to create a new Well. This was apparently super taboo in his people’s culture and along with him becoming a demon, he was labeled a betrayer and outcasted from society. The wild gods of Azeroth, along with the rest of the good elves, succeeded in driving the Legion back. Illidan was captured and imprisoned for 10,000 years. Fast forward that amount of time to the First War. This was when the orcs invaded Azeroth through the Dark Portal (seen in the second Warcraft video. The thing that gave you the Aladdin vibes). On Azeroth, there is a powerful mage known as the Guardian and Sargeras had managed to infect the baby in her womb when she was pregnant. That baby would later grow up to become the new and last Guardian known as Medivh. With the seeds of Sargeras’ corruption within him, Medivh would eventually create the Dark Portal on Azeroth and let the orcs of Outland in. Sargeras, after having been defeated 10,000 years ago, decided he’d send in the warring clans of orcs to try to weaken the planet. That leads to the events of the first game. The orcs eventually settle on a continent known as Kalimdor and recruit people to their cause, forming the Horde. Meanwhile, the Eastern Kingdoms were governed by one kingdom known as Lordaeron. (Think the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros all united into one.) The king of Lordaeron, Terenas II, had a son who he named Arthas. Arthas trained from a young age to become a paladin, an order of holy warriors, which is why in the narration of the Wrath of the Lich King video, Terenas calls Arthas “a weapon of righteousness”. The leader of the orcs from Outland (originally called Draenor before it was siphoned of most of its life) was a Warchief known as Ner’zhul. He was the first Lich King, granted the power by Sargeras. He was eventually captured by one of Sargeras’ lieutenants who destroyed his body and shoved his soul into the Helm of Domination (the pointy thing Arthas wears on his head). Kil’jaeden, the lieutenant, placed it on the Frozen Throne in Northrend. (Think super Greenland). Then they worked on turning infecting the planet with the Scourge in order to weaken Azeroth once more. Later, the Legion would whisper in the ear of a mage known as Kel’Thuzad who was outcasted by the order of mages known as the Kirin Tor for his obsession with death. Through his help from these whispers, he perfected the Plague of Undeath which is like covid if it turned all the dead bodies in its wake into mindless zombies and had a 100% mortality rate. Arthas the paladin eventually caught up to Kel’Thuzad who said the planet was already doomed in his villainous monologue. Seeking to find a way to destroy the Scourge (as these zombies were called), Arthas followed the whispers of Ner’zhul to the Frozen Throne and found Frostmourne (the ram skull sword from the video). It acts as a conduit and siphons the souls of those it slays, gaining more power from each soul it absorbs. Not wanting to be the Legion’s pawn, Ner’zhul had Arthas take up the blade. One of the dwarves Arthas traveled with noted the blade was cursed but Arthas was willing to bear any curse if it meant saving the planet as he was seduced by the whispers into believing it was some sort of super weapon. Arthas then killed the small army he’d brought with him using the weapon and turned them into the undead Scourge. Going back to Lordaeron, Arthas used the blade to commit regicide and become the next king. He then returned to Northrend and donned the Helm of Domination to complete his transformation into the Lich King as the two consciousnesses of Ner’zhul and Arthas fused. He then commanded his Scourge army to create a massive castle known as Icecrown Citadel while he sat encased in ice on the Frozen Throne. Later, after having regenerated all his energies, Arthas resurrects a dragon known as Sindragosa and this is shown in the Wrath of the Lich King video. I hope I got this more or less correct. WoW has had so many retcons throughout its history, it’s hard to get the full, correct story down.
Man,I apreciate your comment,but it's a bit too much lore per video. You may accidentaly confuse her. Just do a simple recap of what happened in current cinematic
ALMAS well the thing is that’s what everyone else did. So I wanted to give more than just a simple overview. It’s up to her if she wants to read the full in depth stuff anyway.
You might like the Skyrim trailer. It has a fantastic soundtrack and a great narration in the beginning. It is also fantasy like these Warcraft trailers. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/JSRtYpNRoN0/v-deo.html
I have a suggestion regarding your list, that is now possible filled with all kinds of trailers that are boring to you. Instead of deleting it, maybe you could at the end of each video select two or three from the list and ask us which of those we think might suit you. In that way we can comment and help you sort out the list for you.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Haha okay. Some people have a hard time position themselves in the mind of a non gamer I guess. If you ever think about revisiting Assassins Creed, you should probably go with Black Flag since the trailer has a narration about what kind of guy the main character is.
@@HannaHsOverInvested It's not perfect no haha but I enjoyed it. Its worth a watch to make up your own mind if you're curious. Here's the trailer! ua-cam.com/video/2Rxoz13Bthc/v-deo.html
Because they are all scheduled. This is how I am able to write and work too. I do a bunch of stuff, upload it all, and schedule the videos. Thats when I take a bit of a video editing break. Otherwise, I find I start to get annoyed with the editing instead of enjoying it.
Those have more impact if you know the lore. There is 26 years of lore, and there was 10 years built up before World of Warcraft was actually released.
Yaaas warcraft trailers :D Happy you liked these first trailers even if they're the ones with little story. The better ones are these cinematics: ua-cam.com/video/ZDzPkTEMBgc/v-deo.html (one video with them in chronological order, you've already watched one of these). This is basically a short movie (25 min). Also, you'll love the "Lords of War", "Harbringers" and "Warbringers" shorts (I think someone else recommended these before so I think you already have the links) because each video is the story of one of the characters of the Warcraft universe.
Did you see The GTA 4 and 5 trailer? There are cool, yeah In this games the female armor doesn't make any sense. Full Iron armor = 20 armor. Leather armor = 20000000 armor
The average media consumer obsesses over plot and cool aesthetics. They praise action and cliffhangers, addicted to a cocktail of adrenaline and dopamine. Somewhere in their education should've been an English class that taught them about analyzing characters and themes instead of testing plot to see if they've actually completed their required reading. So many of the comments on the Assassin's Creed video and even this video reference deep lore and worldbuilding, intricate storylines and imaginative scenarios. You already know what to expect. With these last two video releases, the UA-cam algorithm now has more of both the Warcraft and Assassin's Creed target demographics in your comments section suggesting you videos.
Arthas reviving dead dragons before it became mainstream
The OG dragon reviver. 🤣😂 Noted.
god dammit, you beat me to it
If you watch the scene in Game of Thrones where they revive the dead dragon it kind of bears some resemblance to this so I guess there was some homage going on. :D
@@Valfara770 The scene where they breach the wall is nearly shot-for-shot.
Yeah the GoT scene just after the wall is broken totally copies this WotLK trailer. As soon as I saw it I and other WoW players thought “ ‘Rise, Sindragosa’ much?” (The dragon’s name in this trailer is Sindragosa, she’s in the book you’re reading I think.)
HannaH: Are you just Death?!
Undead Warlock: YES, THANK YOU FOR NOTICING.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He did try really hard to get it across. Had this whole appearence planned out and everything.
"Look at the man on that nose"
Dayum why you gotta destroy that man's whole life like that lmao
🤣😂 I still found him very endearing!
I know right, I laughed my ass off
When you know story of Arthas, Wotkl trailer is the best trailer like for anything ever!
It always gives me goosebumps :D
But after I read the War of the Ancients trilogy ALL of the cinematics do that xD
Really... Blizzard is so good in this :D they should make movies like these cinematics so I can show them to my parents and friends how cool this is :3
WoTLK trailer ALWAYS leave me goosebumps though I follow Warcraft since Warcraft 2 and while I do not play WoW I still follow lore...... but Arthas Lich King trailer always leaves me goosebumps second is Sylvanas "For The Horde" one....
@@madzec nah... :D that "For the Alliance!" is still better ;) after that holy mass ress :P
And given that Sylvanas doesn't even care about the Horde... :/
But really I can only say:
FOR AZEROTH! 😁😁😁
i actually think that the cinematic with saurfang's death to sylvanas was the best one. just because it gave saurfang such a good ending.
Arthas alwasy received so much hate =( I loved Arthas in Warcraft 3. Loved him as the Death Knight, loved him as the Lich King. Before WOTLK launched i wish there was a seperate faction like in LOTRO where you can play the creeps. I wish we could fight for TLK. Arthas has such a powerful story..Sad..but powerful.
So,Arthas is basically a Fantasy version of Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars (Except the fact that his backstory was written even before "Revenge of the Sith" came out)
Arthas Menethil was a young prince of Human Kingdom of Lordaeron
He was a handsome man with long,golden blond hair,and he was in love with a pretty and smart mage - Jaina.
Together with Jaina they were trying to stop an unspeakably horrifying invasion of Undead. Driven by the will of their Master - The Lich King,they were spreading the plague across the kingdom.
When Arthas was facing those forces - He realized that not only this plague was killing those who were infected - but they were resurrected as mindless zombies as well.
He then realized that a whole city was infected by the plague,and the only choice was to slaughter everyone in this city before the transformation,or else it could be much worse.
His girlfriend and his master - Uther the Lightbringer, thought that it was a violent and unhonorable decision///They left him behind when he needed them most..So the only thing he was left to do - Is face the Undead general Mal'ganis all by himself.
To defeat a powerful demon,he started searching for a special, cursed runeblade "Frostmourne"
He sacrificed his soul to take the sword and kill Mal'ganis,after which the war with Undead was officially over... But when Arthas came back to his father,the runeblade has already driven him crazy by the whispers of the Lich King himself....Arthas killed his father,destroyed his kingdom,killed his master and a whole paladin's order. He became a right-hand man for a Lich King. His loyal Death Knight..And soon has acheived the right to take the throne and became the second,and most known Lich King in history of WoW
😯😯 If you could see the dumb look on my face as I was reading that. Legit gasped two times.
@@HannaHsOverInvested FYI - Jaina Proudmoore is voiced by Laura Bailey, good friend of Liam O'Brien.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Arthas was also the one who turned Sylvanas (That lady with huge eyebrows from previous cinematics) into Undead Banshee.
She was an Elf-Ranger,and she was protecting the capital city of Elves,when Arthas and the Scourge was attacking it.
Sylvanas was a serious pain in his ass, because she was using various traps and obstacles on his way to his mission when he was just a Death Knight.
As a result - when Arthas finally reached her, he was so pissed, that instead of killing her - He turned her (and some of her other rangers) into an Undead, and forced her to obey him and slaughter others who she was protecting.
It mentally broke Sylvanas,and she's still a complicated character,even when there's no more Lich King
@@HannaHsOverInvested By the way, you shoul dcheck out the Jaina's warbringer video. It's great, and a great character.
@@almas4663 but there must always be a Lich King
My heart breaks for Arthas every time i see his WoW trailer. he was someone who was basically Captain America good that ultimately took a dark turn making him king or "Lich King" of a faction of undead known as "The Scourge".
Someone else gave me a little synopsis and holy! That guy didn't have easy. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
@@HannaHsOverInvested That's also why the voiceover always gets me, especially after becoming a father. It is a fathers speech to a young Arthas before his fall that he will become a good man and king, only for him to fall to corruption and later killing him.
he was good for a really short time
"Look at the man on that nose" made me wheeze for 15 straight seconds.
🤣🤣🤣 I loving hearing stuff like this. Thanks.
I just want to point out that night elf wasn't the only one showing skin, 3 out of the 5 male characters where either shirtless or open shirt and showing as much skin as she was or more. So one could argue that all was fair with that.
"You are not prepared!" Illidan Stormrage voiced by Liam O'Brien.
idk who that is but I want prepared.
@@HannaHsOverInvested A though I didn't share but will now is that you have an uncanny way of anticipating where the story is going in these reaction vids. You ask a question and answer it. And your answer is more often on point. thanks again for the vids and the interaction.
"A bunch of nerdy voice actors", Liam O'Brien, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Matt Mercer (he's the cowboy in Overwatch), Talisen Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, and Sam Riegal all play DnD on twitch and youtube.
Critical Role is to online DnD as Elvis was to Rock and Roll. Laura and Travis are married - and she recently received death threats for being a voice in 'The Last of Us Pt 2'.
@@clownzzz4837 oh okay cool!!
That was actually Matthew Yang King.
The first instance of hearing Liam O’Brien voicing Illidan was back in 2014 when he was the culminating “story” boss in the Hearthstone beta.
"those woman armor don't protect anything I want something practical"
meanwhile my boy is like 3:09 hehehe jk jk :p
hahah his outfit at least looks comfortable! Imagine if he was wearing a metal corset around his dick😳😳🤣😂🤣😂
@@HannaHsOverInvested I gotta tell you I'm a serious advocate for dick armor, no more knee to the balls :p kkkk lmao
@@HannaHsOverInvested That's what codpieces basically are girl. Won't let the boy breathe down there but it protects him from cheap shots!
Man, wait til she sees Bondage Jaina.
@@raziel6304 you guys crack me up 🤣😂
Warcraft lore is deep and rich.I look forward to seeing you delve deeper into it.
I am really loving it but I think maybe I started at the wrong spot?
@@HannaHsOverInvested Warcraft 3 reforged cinematics are a good starting point. Then move onto World of Warcraft expansions and in-game cinematics.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Yes,I also recommend you to watch Warcraft Reforged Cinematics. Especially three of them,which are most important ones:
Human Campaign
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Human Campaign Ending:
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And The Frozen Throne Ending
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Wrath of the Lich King was and still is my favourite cinematic from blizzard because Artha's story is tragic and it's continued from the warcraft games that was released couple of years back not to mention that wow was at it's peak during that era with 12 million active subscribers and god knows how many more on private (free, illegal) servers i remember waiting for up to an hour just to enter my account only for the server to be riddled with bugs, but i enjoyed it so much that even to this day i still play wow. PS the voice from the cinematic is his father talking to him before Arthas corrupts himself and kills him.
Illidan: You are NOT prepared!
Arthas: I am prepared
I was not prepared.
Seeing that you enjoyed all these Warcraft trailers I recommend the following Stracraft 2 trailers in order. (the trailers are not the opening cinematics)
Starcraft 2 Ghost of the Past trailer (part of Wings of Liberty), Starcraft 2 Vengeance trailer (part of Heart of the Swarm), and Starcraft 2 Oblivion trailer (part of Legacy of the Void). Pretty sure you will enjoy em, and if you do enjoy all three trailers then I would suggest you watch the cinematic cutscene movie of each game if the same order; Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void.
I have handed my list off to a pro for advice! But I will be working my way through Overwatch WoW and StarWars for the next few weeks.
Aww I miss these. Watching them when I was young really made me feel like getting the game at all costs. But my personal favourite WoW cinematic is still “Wrath of the Lich King”. It was and still is ‘cool’ (hehe 🙊). And yeah being the Lich King is very Night King-esque (undead ice king vibe) A little backstory about Arthas; he was the main protagonist until, in a desperate attempt to save his people, seeked an artefact of unfathomable powers - Frostmourne (the sword he is wielding); which corrupted him. The trailer is much sadder if you knew that Arthas killed his father (during his descent to the darkside) but still turned out to be everything his father had hoped for (albeit in a sick and twisted way). You could see it from the contrast of his actions in the trailer vs his father’s speech about him. And to top it all off, the haunting vocals for this trailer is singing a song (though through a made up language) with meanings that’s basically “Long live the King”.
A tragic hero. I am excited to watch more of these.
Far Cry 6 Cinematic trailer just came out and you should seriously see it. Best cinematic trailer this year so far.
Thank you! I'll take a look!
.... Do I need to know about 1-5 to understand 6??
LOVED IT! Can't wait until you watch all the other World of Warcraft trailers and cinematics!!!! X3
I'm excited too. So cool.
I love your energy. You give off big older cousin vibes and I love it. Welcome to the world of Gaming
Haha thank you!
can't wait for Mists of Pandaria trailer :D
The third video was a trailer to set the stage for one of the greatest written villains of gaming history. If you're such a bookworm, I really recommend the Warcraft books, they are very well written and do a good job at introducing you to this vast fantasy world.
Love your reactions and videos! Keep it up
Thank you so much!! I might do one of those for book club next month.
i will do my best to deconstruct each cinematic for you:
the 'original' version of the game was set shortly after the collected races of Azeroth (the planet) repelled the Burning Legion and the premise of the game at that time was the underlying war between the 2 factions the 'Horde' and the 'Alliance', and as you say their tenuous pact of peace was crumbling and old hatreds had reignited the faction conflict causing them to fight amongst themselves, to break down each character you see in the cinematic:
Race/Class:
Dwarf Hunter (Alliance)
Night Elf Druid (Alliance)
Undead (Forsaken) Warlock (Horde)
Tauren Shaman (Horde)
Orc Warrior (Horde)
Human Mage (Alliance)
so in the cinematic we see the dwarf fighting the tauren, the night elf fighting the orc and the mage fighting the infernals (a type of demon) summoned by the undead warlock, the cinematic also shows class abilities that you can also use in game with your playable character and some of the spells that were iconic from the 'Warcraft' game series.
in the second cinematic which is narrated by Illidan Stormrage the Demon Hunter you see at the end, he was a former Night Elf Mage, he had a lust for power not for his own ends, but as a means to defeat the Burning Legion for good, sadly his methods were very questionable and his people didn't understand him at all, for crimes committed against his kin he was imprisoned and kept there for 10,000 years until he managed to escape where he fled through the 'dark portal', (the great magical gateway at the start of the cinematic), to the broken and shattered homeworld of the Orcs known now as 'Outland', after his taunting introduction we see 2 new races that were added to the game with this expansion:
Race/Class:
Draenei Paladin (Alliance)
Blood Elf Priest (Horde)
the Draenei people are a race of beings that have existed for millennia longer than the oldest races on Azeroth and came to Azeroth as refugees after their homeworld was taken over by the Burning Legion, the blood elves were also refugees but of a different sort, for millennia they drew power from the sunwell, a font of arcane energy that 'fed' them, after Arthas attacked their capital city with his undead legions to use the power of the sunwell to reanimate his lieutenant Kel'Thuzad and in the process destroyed the sunwell revealing that the blood elves had been addicted to the magic the sunwell had provided, so in the cinematic you see the blood elf priest 'mana drain' the mana wyrm for its essence to feed her addiction.
in the final cinematic you see the now Lich King Arthas Menethil sitting atop the 'Frozen Throne', encased in ice after his 5 year slumber and finally reawakening, to understand the story of Arthas would take more space than the comment section would allow but suffice to say he is the greatest Anti-Hero the game world has seen he was the crown prince of the northern kingdom of Lordaeron, but after the plague of undeath had afflicted his people he vowed to find a way to stop it and cure those afflicted if possible, he is taunted by the dreadlord Mal'ganis (a poweful demon commander in the burning legion) to go to Northrend to find a weapon that could save his kingdom and defeat Mal'ganis, the cursed runeblade 'Frostmourne', after taking up the cursed blade it stole his soul and thereafter Arthas begins his descent into madness and corruption eventually returning to his kingdom the first death knight of the Lich King, where upon his return he kills his father sealing his soul inside Frostmourne and paving the way for the undead to rise and ultimately destroy his kingdom, he then returns to Northrend to 'fuse' with the Lich King and after a short time he becomes the Lich King himself.
in the cinematic the narrator is the father of Arthas, king Terenas Menethil, talking to Arthas as if he is still a child reminding him of what it takes to be a good king and during this whole sequence he is raising the former brood queen of the blue dragonflight Sindragosa into undeath as his first 'Frostbrood' dragon, and his new mount after the destruction of Sapphiron in Naxxramas, and through the power of telepathy when she flies over the undead legions below (faction known as the scourge), Arthas takes control of all of them and bends them to his will.
while it has already been mention it's worth saying again that this cinematic happened back in 2007/2008, and in fact GoT almost had a copyright lawsuit issue for ripping off this cinematic, if it wasn't for some of the names and slight tweaks to the show they would have been liable for copyright infringement due to ripping off this sequence.
That is so interesting about GoT. Def got some similar vibes.
I enjoyed your reactions to the cinematic trailers. There are also some very well done ones using game footage. The Wrathgate is a fine example.
Thank you!
Wrathgate always gives me goosebumps as a Forsaken player.
These were the trailers for the original game and the first two expansions to the game.
The first trailer showed a dwarf hunter with his bear pet, a night elf druid, and a human mage on the Alliance side and a undead warlock with his demon pet, a tauren shaman, and a warrior orc. Trolls (horde) and gnomes (alliance) were not shown.
The 2nd trailer showed a draenei shaman (alliance) and a blood elf cleric (horde). They were new to this expansion. Illiad is a night elf born demon hunter. Demon hunters were added as playable characters in a later expansion.
The 3rd trailer is Arthas, the lich king.
Vindicator Maraad (the draenei from TBC cinematic) is a vindicator (Paladin according to the game), and Priest is the term for the class the sin'dorei girl is, both lore-wise and gameplay-wise. But other than those two mistakes, the comment was/is correct.
You really need to react to Elder Scrolls Online trailers. Along with League of Legends, Overwatch and Star Wars the Old Republic, I think ESO is by far one of the best for trailers that tell a story.
Plus the Khajiit are adorable.
Hannah told me that one ESO trailer (the three fates) is on the list.
Yes it is on the list! But the list is long! And I'm going to work through StarWars WoW and Overwatch for the next few weeks.
That’s what i kept saying. Just one more. Now 7 expansions later I’m still playing lol
Good to start at the beginning. The “four years have passed” is from the end of the Warcraft 3 game.
Oh really! So that was another games story?
HannaH's Over Invested it started as the RTS (real time strategy) game Warcraft 3 in which we are introduced to a lot of the characters including Arthas and his turn into the Lich King. The story is so deep and there are a lot of out of game novels that fill in the story too (just pre-purchased the one for the new expansion) aside from the expansion cinematics, during the Wrath of the Lich King they started introducing in game cinematics too. Definitely check out Nobbel87. His lore videos are a great start. He has a few over time that are the summary of the story.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Not suuuuper necessary to know what went on in them. The voice-over summary ("4 years have passed... brink of war again") is enough for the first trailer. The first and second trailers are just collections of vignettes, but starting with the third one (Wrath of the Lich King) the cinematics are much more narrative in form.
Capsule history in case you're interested:
On another world, Orcs lived, were enslaved by demonic forces who addicted them to demon blood, and came thru the gateway (The Dark Portal in trailer #2) as an invasion force to conquer the Warcraft world, Azeroth. Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 were the wars between these Orcs and their flunkies, and the Alliance of humans, dwarves, and elves.
Warcraft 3 takes place later, when a prophecy leads a young orc, Thrall, to gather up his defeated people and travel across the sea to found a new homeland. The demons are coming again, heralded by a plague that turns people into slavering undead, led by the former hero Arthas who has been turned into a death knight, and who later ascends to the throne and usurps the Lich King.
Finally, an alliance of the Horde (the Orcs and their peeps) and the Alliance (humans et al) aided by the Night Elves (the purple elf ladies and their druid bros) fight off the demonic forces, and Arthas goes into a deep slumber in the northern wastes (until the Wrath of the LIch King cinematic).
I trimmed a LOT out, but hey, it's a *capsule* history. :D
I hope the list you're using includes the mid-game cinematics from the later expansions, which fill out the narrative.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Both the characters you saw in the trailers, the demon you called Loki and the King of the dead army are villains in this game, but you got to play them in the last one. They are both tragic characters that went too far in order to protect what they cared about the most.
Quick sidenote, Lich king came out in like 2007 ish. so it wasnt from the game of thrones show, but it might be inspired from the books. Also kung fu panda was after warcraft 2 which had the pandaren race in it. pandaren monks may have inspired the kung fu panda themes
that dragon that Arthas had risen , SIndragosa was killed by Deathwing from the cataclysm trailer and was send flying across the world. it was also a lover of his ex best frined.
I am super excited to see your reactions to the rest. They only get better!
I'm excited to watch them!!
Still such a amazing trailer for 2004. Feel so blessed i was able to play this when i was 11 years old, almost no game has been better ever since the early years of wow.
You really should check out the Final Fantasy 14 cinematics, pretty sure you would love them. The watch order would be ( Flames of Truth, Heavensward, Stormblood and Shadowbringers).
Thank you! They are on my list, but I am working through Overwatch, Star Wars and WoW right now.
I saw WoW cinematic million times, yet still I have goosebumps
so glad I discovered this channel. The Warcraft universe is up there as one of my favourite IPs. I've been binging your reaction videos and I'm subscribed now so I look forward to your future vids! Who knows, maybe one day you'll go from "Non-gamer" to "Gamer" if your interest is piqued enough! Looking forward to any new videos you have in the pipline!
- new subscriber :D
I tried to warn you about Assassins's creed in commentary:
"I think there is one problem with Assassin's creed trailers. These trailers are really good, but they are about cool action and visual element and not about story or characters, unlike the game itself".
These old World of Warcraft cinematic trailers are not very great too in terms of story and characters, but it'll gets so much better. I still recommend to start with all Battle of Azeroth videos, i think you'll really like it, because it has consistent story and friendly to newcomers.
Watch in this order:
1. Warbringers: Sylvanas (not CGI cinematic video, but important for the story): ua-cam.com/video/TVp7yLfnmrE/v-deo.html
2. Old Soldier: ua-cam.com/video/aW_h0qf9vpA/v-deo.html
3. Battle for Azeroth trailer (you already watched it).
4. Lordaeron Throne Room Confrontation (in-game cinematic video): ua-cam.com/video/nTowPRMsiEA/v-deo.html
5. Lost Honor: ua-cam.com/video/LKZ7ygLTR0g/v-deo.html
6. Safe Heaven: ua-cam.com/video/umAgdVTBae0/v-deo.html
7. Negotiation (in-game cinematic video): ua-cam.com/video/2DjwOglqONg/v-deo.html
8. Reckoning: ua-cam.com/video/8NRLuUnpGYg/v-deo.html
9. Shadowlands: ua-cam.com/video/s4gBChg6AII/v-deo.html
That's why I added a WoW video yesterday too 😬🤓 too right about AC
If she enjoyed the first two, she can definitely also watch the "Warlords of Dreanor" and the "Cataclysm" cinematic trailer.
They are not as story heavy as the Battle of Azeroth stuff, still though definitely worth a try.
How about the lords of war shorts 1 - 5? I think they are also really great.
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@@jekalezusopeenbakfiets2653 Yes definitely,
also "the burdens of shaohao 1-5"
So beautiful and deep.
8:15 "ooh i got like a feeling. yeh? That's why the sword is called Frostmourne... to give people the chills! TLK didn't have Netflix... At the Frozen Throne it was all about Frostmourne and Chill
Did you ever read the Dragonlance book trilogies? The original novels were written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, but there is a ton of others in the world of DL.
In the world of what?!
@@HannaHsOverInvested Dragonlance
Dude, I know I'm late on this video, but Wrath of the Lich King and the Arthas story is the best arc in WoW, period. It makes the trailer have so much more impact when you know the story.
Loved your reaction to World of Warcraft. As for Creed it is a game trailers that are made for mostly people who have played the first game as well as the other games as well.
I hate automatic spell checker programs
Someone said the game itself is more story based than the trailers are.
@@HannaHsOverInvested I was going to respond to your comment above about starting in the wrong spot. I don't think you did. It's just the lore for WoW is so interwoven with the gameplay, cinematics, books etc. With the upcoming release of Shadowlands, a lot of the lore has been expanded upon (such as Arthas, who was the original Lich king, is it all an interdimentional plot, hint: probably).
I think you're videos are fun to watch and you're picking up the lore just fine.
If you're looking for new TV shows to watch then i would highly recommend two shows. Firefly which is, unfortunately, only one season with a follow up movie, Serenity. It's very character driven with an old west outer space vibe similar to The Mandalorian but with more jokes and an amazing cast. The other is the 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica, it starts with a two part miniseries then four seasons of the show, none of which are long. Again, it's very character driven with themes touching on religion/philosophy, the nature of war, refugees, genocide, civil strife, compassion, what it means to be human, and doing so in an accessible way. That might sound too deep for reaction videos but the storytelling is compelling and there are plenty of moments of levity. It also has a great cast.
That was a bit more rambling than I meant it to be but I think you'd enjoy both shows. I'll link the trailers. Sorry about the video quality.
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Ohhhhh I have 100% seen and loved both.
Well... I love firefly. BSG had its ups and downs.
Arthas is the fallen hero / tragic character of Warcraft lore, he basically starts out as a prince trying to save his kingdom, and as his fight gets desperate he starts dabbling with dark powers and eventually winds up killing his father, destroying his kingdom and usurping power over the undead as the Lichking.
That is sad and unfortunate. ☹️
the side by side of this ancient cinematic and game of thrones they totally drew inspiration from this
Wrath of the Lich King 6:54
To be fair, World of Warcraft was (and to some extent still is) primarily marketed, and probably focus tested, towards young boys in the age range of 12 - 15... So you know, titties is a valid marketing tool.
In fact, I seem to recall hearing, back when WoW was new, that Blizzard was actually surprised at how popular the game was outside of their targeted audience.
@HannaH's Over Invested _ I came to see some of your videos for the last couple of weeks and i thank you very much for the content and your fresh way to look at things you dont know. iam also sorry for my english, its not my mother language :D - i personally think, that the Wrath of the LichKing Cinematic is the best one there is, because the irony of the words, that Terenas Menethil (the guy that speaks in the off) speaks to his Son (Arthas Menetil - the guy in the video) before he is killed by his son and he becomes King... not of their kingdom, but of the Undead Scourge. Those Words are so full of power, wisdom and meaningfull. But they can be interpreted very wrong. That and naturally the AWESOME music and sounddesign (as always in blizzard cinematics) make it to (in my opinion) the most best and awesome short mvie i have seen in my live.
there are so many awesome videos blizzard done for warcraft but one of the best is series of Warbringers: Jaina, Sylvanas and Azshara. It might be difficult to get into it w/o context from warcraft lore but I somehow did and I loved them
I am really loving WoW stuff.
"I know you will show restraint when exercising your great power" *Arthas did not show restraint when exercising his power*
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Yup! That's a precious reaction too. I am so watching these out of order!😊
🙏🏼🖖🏼✌🏼thanks for watching!!
Arthas is one of the best villains ever. His story is truly tragic. you should delve into his lore. Also check out he song "Invincible" with lyrics. Invincible was the name of Arthas' steed when he was a Paladin. Before he became the Lich King.
Thanks!!
Nothing will ever top Wrath of the Lich King for me, it's goosebumps everytime I watch it.
That's why I'm also recommending you to read the World of Warcraft book series 😉
Maybe...
@@HannaHsOverInvested Most definitely! ;P
Yeah the books are pretty good definitely something more people should read
Been watching and reading stuff about the lore for years now and never got to read any of the books... that may be a mistake I should fix.
Arthas is something of a tragedy. (and Warcraft's version of Darth Vader). He used to be a prince and a paladin who's kingdom was besieged by a plague of undeath. Finding a cursed blade that could kill the source of the plague and control the undead, he took it... And it possessed him. Now Arthas has become the very thing he tried to stop.
:( Someone told me about it. I was gasping like an idiot reading the comment of his story. Poor guy...
You have to watch the lore of Arthas. It will tell you more about what his father is saying through the Wrath of the Lich King cinematic.
I hope to get to all of them eventually
I’m crying “look at the man on that nose”
The reason why so many game trailers will look boring for you is that most games with story try not to show much of anything about story of the game as to intrigue people to play the game and learn the story from in-game. World of warcraft on the other hand is a MMORPG game which means its a game for massive multiplayer experience and its a very old game thus it has large engine limitations on what you can do in game to push the narrative experience. Like most of the story in game of WOW is just reading a bunch of texts with a few cinematics thrown in because of game limitations.
A game like Assasin creed, for example, is a story-based game where you meet historical characters and see often historical events take place but with an alternative history twist of Templar/Assasin conflict thrown in together
Well so far only AC has been boring. I didn't understand Astartes and it's not a trailer, so I don't count that one against me.
Calling Illidan Loki really isn't that far off from the truth.
A tragic hero that fights for the good, even if the so-called good guys shun and even hate him.
Abandons his.... elfhood to become a demon for power, so he can hunt other demons threatening his homeland.
Also, being scared of Arthas the Lichking is a 100% rational fear.
These nongamer vids are taking over and I'm here for it -
Haha they are.
Destiny 1&2 trailers are pretty nice and interesting. There are a lot of serious ones that tell a story but also some pretty funny (mostly Life-Action) ones that are worth a watch.
Thanks!
LIST OF CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:
Classic.
Burning crusade.
Lich King.
Cataclysm
Pandaria.
Draenor.
Legion.
Battle for azeroth.
3 Cinematics within this expansion, Old soldier. Then lost honor. And then reckoning.
Shadowlands is not out yet but you can watch it.
Thanks!
Love your game trailer reaction videos! My kids and I are hardcore gamers; my wife is not. This reminds us all of her reactions to the games we play. I recommend you check out the trailers for Dragon Age, especially the “Sacred Ashes,” “Violence,” and “Destiny” trailers for the game. You will not be disappointed.
Thank you so much!
you must definitely watch some other Blizzard game trailers, for instance the Starcraft 2 trailers.
There are 3 trailers, in order "wings of liberty", "heart of the swarm" and "legacy of the void", plus an addictional plot one: "Kerrigan betrayal".
Imo they are more enjoyable for a non-gamer like you, as you already saw in other blizzard trailers (world of warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch)
Edit: and you should take a look to the Star Wars the old repubblic trailers, very good stuff
I guess, "kerrigan betrayal" really need some background knowledge as otherwise it has much less impact.
Anton I agree, that’s Why I put that on a “plus one”, ‘cause it’s surely optional for a non-gamer
@@kevincatania8795 yeah, maybe you should have just emphasized this more ;-)
and for those knowing the background that is the most touching one...
Anton yeah it is, I personally love the starcraft story, and I still strongly reccomend for our lady here, to see the fantastic trailers i just mentioned
I have a video up for star wars, diablo 4, overwatch, and one other WoW already! Loved them.
Still crying when listening to that music...
It's good!!
I am a 15 year WoW player and I am over here answering you like you can hear me LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I appreciate that!
The Wrath of the Lich King video is so iconic that Game of Thrones blatantly ripped it o .... um sorry "paid homage" to it lol
😂🤣 I can see it. But everything is a remix.
@@HannaHsOverInvested
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@@Retnoob OMG shame! Hahaha that is too similar.
Holy shot... " did that guy watched got..." this came out 2008 and the lichkings story is much older...
They actually made a warcraft movie, it's like... a prequel to the games, i think? Also, Travis Fimmell is hot af in there ahah
Oh really? Like to the first game?
Night elves I think have somewhat been always skimpily dressed, I think that’s more for mobility and agility than anything else, especially as a Druid and a fighter she needs to be agile
The primary reason was that all the Warcraft games were primarily marketed towards young boys in the age range of 12 - 15. And titties is a valid marketing tool.
Lore reasons came second to marketing.
o boi... I'm so gonna enjoy telling you the story of warcraft if you were ever up to it. xD I love these reactions.
I think I'll learn a lot through the videos I watch. I have gotten a few about lore that I'll be watching soon.
It's almost midnight and I'm watching reaction videos. I hate reaction videos, but I like yours.
Talked through the best line in any of these..."You are not prepared". I am disapoint.
I'm only (mostly) human after all.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Pro tip: Of course you have to react, but when you do, just pause or go back a bit. But there is no way you could have known the biggest meme in Warcraft was about to happen. =D
Looking forward to more Warcraft, specifically the out of game animated shorts they have done, like the Warbringers series. Some of them are truly amazing. Plus, Blizzard doesn't copyright strike reactions to their stuff, so cash bonus. =D
Assassins creeds fans: "Watching a 10 year old video and expecting it to be good quality, thats bullshit"
Hannah watches 20 year old Warcraft opening Trailer: 😲
🤣😂🤣😂 was the WoW one 20 years old? And man, those AC meanies were mean! Lol.
Fan fact the end of the book : world of warcraft Arthas , is the begining of the Wrath of the Lich King trailer.
The WoW trailers rely over time less and less on narration, and eventually will be all show and no tell. I think the only one where this is a problem is the Warlords of Draenor trailer, since it helps there to know ablot the lore, but even without it the trailer rocks even though knowing the lore behind the shown things just makes it that much better than it already is.
I am really enjoying WoW
Hannah, you didn't watch the full story trailer for WoW on your first go-around (ua-cam.com/video/yGGy2GizTMA/v-deo.html). I think you'll enjoy this much more as a whole entity. Also a trailer for the WoW movie if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/2Rxoz13Bthc/v-deo.html
That first link is World of Warcraft from the beginning?
i like the game of thrones comment, but WoW thought of it years before. same with kung fu panda. pandaren were in introduced in warcraft 3, back in 2002
This is Vanilla WOW. This is where players used to start in this game.
Wait until you watch the Warcraft Warbringer Jaina and Warbringer Sylvanus. OH and Old Soldier.
I wait with bated breath...
WHile the first Cinematic, from the launch of the game just kinda presents the various races in the game and has no real plot.
Each following Cinematics for each Expansions of the game, has a more Narrative driven storytelling.
Each time you'll see well knowed and Famous or Infamous figures of the Warcraft franchise, that players from the RTS games Knows and love/hate.
There is a plethora of characters in the Warcraft universe, and the story can be really deep, but some of the most famous/Infamous ones are Arthas the Lich King, Illidan Stormbringer, the Traitor( the guy with the huge horns and wings), Thrall, Warchief of the Horde, Jaina Proudmoore and some others.
Now the games and expansions, you either love it or not, but the characters and the universe of Warcraft is interesting, there's comics, novels, even the Warcraft movie.
Its interesting how everything the father says in the audio, the son does the opposite in the video.
You have to check out the Harbingers cinematics and Warbringers cinematics. The one with Jaina has a song that is kind of a must-have in any nerds' playlist.
They're set in the WOW universe too but sort of show where some of the most important characters in those two stories came from.
Here are the Harbinger ones;
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And here are the Warbringer ones;
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That Orc and Illidan are basically naked. How come you didn't mention that ? Female gaze ? Or it doesn't work like that ?
It definitely does not work like that.
That actually is a practical outfit for a Blood Elf.
How?! 🤣😂 How is that practical for any being with tits who needs to breath!
Assassin's Creed 2, brotherhood, revelations all three games revolves around Ezio Auditore da Firenze. You follow his life in three games. Best games of all the Assassin''s creed in my opinion.
Dunno if you're gonna read this but I just wanted to give my take on Arthas. I'm fairly certain Blizzard took to Arthurian lore when developing this character. There's alot of obvious parallels.
So I think of Arthas Menethil as what Arthur Pendragon would have been had Arthur turned evil in the worst way. Actually, Arthur + Morgana = Arthas ... I'd say.
Ohhhhh interesting! Thanks!
Oh that glorious early 2000s female armor. 😂😂
Like, for shame! Thats not protecting nothin from nobody!
@@HannaHsOverInvested Like many games of the time, they were geared towards a teen male audience.
I didint play this game but usualy in games (Not all) you have a lot of different outfits that you can change. In many rpg you can even run half naked haha just npc (artifical characters ) can do strange comments.
Woo hey. Ya miss me? I’ll be doing another one of these “deep dives” into the WoW lore up until Wrath of the Lich King as succinctly as possible. It’ll still be a lot since this game has like 30 years of history behind it.
There are many different forces in the WoW universe. Chief among them are the Light and Void. (I’m sure you can guess what they are). These primordial energies clash and create the Fel, which is a highly addictive and super chaotic form of energy. In the vast cosmos of WoW, there is a realm called the Twisting Nether which is made up of swirling Fel and houses an intergalactic army of demons known as the Burning Legion. Like all fantasies, WoW has its own pantheon of deities. Multiple, actually. Chief among them are the Titans, which are intergalactic beings born from the souls of entire planets. Their quest was to order the universe and help bring life throughout.
Before we get any further, the Void has their own “deities” known as the Void Lords and probably the strongest beings in the universe. Fortunately for the player character, they’re deep in the vast reaches of space so they act more like a puppeteer pulling strings. The Void Lords eventually saw the Titans spreading life and sought to undo their work. They would try to achieve this by corrupting the world soul of a Titan before it was born. To do this, they flung parts of themselves across the cosmos that attached to planets with world souls in them. These parts became their own autonomous creatures known as the Old Gods which are parasitic beings that attach to these planets and work to corrupt them.
The strongest of the Titans and the general of their army, Sargeras went about the universe to find more Titan world souls. In the process, he would round up the various demonic species as he traveled to and from the Twisting Nether onto a prison planet known as Mardum. One day, he came across a planet that was covered in Void and was alarmed. Peering inside, he saw multiple old gods infecting the planet and also saw that they were nearly complete. Deciding that a Void infected Titan would be stronger than the rest of them and would bring upon the destruction of the universe, a terrified Sargeras swung his mighty sword and cleaved the planet in two. (Should have noted that Titans are generally the size of Galactus from Marvel comics).
Hurrying back to the rest of the Pantheon, Sargeras tried to convince them that in order to stop the universe from becoming Void corrupted, the only answer was to purge all life across the cosmos and start anew. The Titans deemed Sargeras mad and outcasted him. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, he went to the prison planet of Mardum and broke the magical bonds that had imprisoned the hosts of demons. In the process, the pent up Fel energies on the planet erupted outward and forever changed Sargeras into a demon himself. Thus the Burning Legion was born. We would later learn that Sargeras had also been corrupting his own Titan world soul and was using the planet as basically an infinite respawn for his vast demon armies.
Fast forward to Azeroth. The home of the heroes. Azeroth is a world with a world soul of a Titan in it and possibly one of the strongest. Aman’thul, the leader of the Pantheon came across her (Azeroth is a she) but noticed something was wrong. 4 Old Gods had infected the planet and were working to turn the planet into a Void corrupted Titan. Reaching down, Aman’thul ripped one of the Old Gods off the planet but saw that her lifeblood came flowing out and reasoned that ripping the rest of them out would end up killing her. So the Titans left beings of order behind on the planet who would become the Titan Keepers. These Titan Keepers worked to imprison the rest of the Old Gods and had succeeded. But being super powerful, the whispers from these Old Gods eventually corrupted some of these Keepers and infected them with the Curse of Flesh. Part of the reason why the Keepers were effective were because they were of metal and rock, not flesh and blood. I think that’s how they say dwarves, gnomes, and humans came to be on this planet. Fallen Keepers who fell to the Curse of Flesh.
10,000 years before the events of the first Warcraft game, the Burning Legion tried to invade Azeroth in what would come to be known as the War of the Ancients. The conflict lead to an event called the Great Sundering which split the world apart. (Basically, everything was on one huge continent. Like Pangea.) Sargeras had convinced parts of the High Elves over to his side and with the help of their queen, let his demons into the world to try to wipe out the planet. The “YOU ARE NOT PREPARED” guy is a night elf by the name of Illidan who at this time was a powerful mage. But upon seeing the Burning Legion, he decided the only way to ensure his home’s safety was to join the Legion as a double agent. Sargeras took his eyesight and in return imbued him with Fel, turning him into a half demon. (He can still see energies and stuff. He’s basically Daredevil).
When Aman’thul ripped the Old God from the planet, it left behind a well from which the planet’s lifeblood came out. This well of powerful arcane energy would become known as the Well of Eternity and was what caused a group of trolls to evolve into the elves. As Sargeras influenced the elven queen, she corrupted the Well and used it to create a portal to let the Legion in. Illidan, before the Well was completely destroyed, took some of the arcane waters to try to create a new Well. This was apparently super taboo in his people’s culture and along with him becoming a demon, he was labeled a betrayer and outcasted from society.
The wild gods of Azeroth, along with the rest of the good elves, succeeded in driving the Legion back. Illidan was captured and imprisoned for 10,000 years.
Fast forward that amount of time to the First War. This was when the orcs invaded Azeroth through the Dark Portal (seen in the second Warcraft video. The thing that gave you the Aladdin vibes). On Azeroth, there is a powerful mage known as the Guardian and Sargeras had managed to infect the baby in her womb when she was pregnant. That baby would later grow up to become the new and last Guardian known as Medivh. With the seeds of Sargeras’ corruption within him, Medivh would eventually create the Dark Portal on Azeroth and let the orcs of Outland in. Sargeras, after having been defeated 10,000 years ago, decided he’d send in the warring clans of orcs to try to weaken the planet. That leads to the events of the first game. The orcs eventually settle on a continent known as Kalimdor and recruit people to their cause, forming the Horde.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Kingdoms were governed by one kingdom known as Lordaeron. (Think the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros all united into one.) The king of Lordaeron, Terenas II, had a son who he named Arthas. Arthas trained from a young age to become a paladin, an order of holy warriors, which is why in the narration of the Wrath of the Lich King video, Terenas calls Arthas “a weapon of righteousness”.
The leader of the orcs from Outland (originally called Draenor before it was siphoned of most of its life) was a Warchief known as Ner’zhul. He was the first Lich King, granted the power by Sargeras. He was eventually captured by one of Sargeras’ lieutenants who destroyed his body and shoved his soul into the Helm of Domination (the pointy thing Arthas wears on his head). Kil’jaeden, the lieutenant, placed it on the Frozen Throne in Northrend. (Think super Greenland). Then they worked on turning infecting the planet with the Scourge in order to weaken Azeroth once more.
Later, the Legion would whisper in the ear of a mage known as Kel’Thuzad who was outcasted by the order of mages known as the Kirin Tor for his obsession with death. Through his help from these whispers, he perfected the Plague of Undeath which is like covid if it turned all the dead bodies in its wake into mindless zombies and had a 100% mortality rate. Arthas the paladin eventually caught up to Kel’Thuzad who said the planet was already doomed in his villainous monologue. Seeking to find a way to destroy the Scourge (as these zombies were called), Arthas followed the whispers of Ner’zhul to the Frozen Throne and found Frostmourne (the ram skull sword from the video). It acts as a conduit and siphons the souls of those it slays, gaining more power from each soul it absorbs. Not wanting to be the Legion’s pawn, Ner’zhul had Arthas take up the blade. One of the dwarves Arthas traveled with noted the blade was cursed but Arthas was willing to bear any curse if it meant saving the planet as he was seduced by the whispers into believing it was some sort of super weapon. Arthas then killed the small army he’d brought with him using the weapon and turned them into the undead Scourge. Going back to Lordaeron, Arthas used the blade to commit regicide and become the next king. He then returned to Northrend and donned the Helm of Domination to complete his transformation into the Lich King as the two consciousnesses of Ner’zhul and Arthas fused. He then commanded his Scourge army to create a massive castle known as Icecrown Citadel while he sat encased in ice on the Frozen Throne.
Later, after having regenerated all his energies, Arthas resurrects a dragon known as Sindragosa and this is shown in the Wrath of the Lich King video.
I hope I got this more or less correct. WoW has had so many retcons throughout its history, it’s hard to get the full, correct story down.
Man,I apreciate your comment,but it's a bit too much lore per video.
You may accidentaly confuse her.
Just do a simple recap of what happened in current cinematic
ALMAS well the thing is that’s what everyone else did. So I wanted to give more than just a simple overview. It’s up to her if she wants to read the full in depth stuff anyway.
Good lawrd! Thats an essay! haha Thanks!
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You need to see the Dead island trailer, its good and not need previous story.
I have heard this...
You might like the Skyrim trailer. It has a fantastic soundtrack and a great narration in the beginning. It is also fantasy like these Warcraft trailers.
Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/JSRtYpNRoN0/v-deo.html
Thank you!!
I have a suggestion regarding your list, that is now possible filled with all kinds of trailers that are boring to you. Instead of deleting it, maybe you could at the end of each video select two or three from the list and ask us which of those we think might suit you. In that way we can comment and help you sort out the list for you.
I got a gamer to organize it for me 😍😍😍 But a poll is a good plan... that said, a poll voted Assassins creed in.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Haha okay. Some people have a hard time position themselves in the mind of a non gamer I guess. If you ever think about revisiting Assassins Creed, you should probably go with Black Flag since the trailer has a narration about what kind of guy the main character is.
I would recommend watching albion online stuff but there isnt much variety in their trailers or cinematics
Have you seen the WoW Movie?
not yet. People say it sucks.
@@HannaHsOverInvested It's not perfect no haha but I enjoyed it. Its worth a watch to make up your own mind if you're curious. Here's the trailer! ua-cam.com/video/2Rxoz13Bthc/v-deo.html
@@HannaHsOverInvested Haha truth be told, there's a wide line between "Great" and "It sucks" and people seem to forget that the past few years.
@@HannaHsOverInvested It sucks compared to the vast lore that the games contain.As a standalone movie,it's aight'.
And since I know zero lore, maybe I'll love it! Nothing to compare it to😃😃
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!!!! ... That´s what I said to myself the first time I saw my mother in law.
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reason why 7 videos in ur NGW playlist are set to private?
Because they are all scheduled. This is how I am able to write and work too. I do a bunch of stuff, upload it all, and schedule the videos. Thats when I take a bit of a video editing break. Otherwise, I find I start to get annoyed with the editing instead of enjoying it.
@@HannaHsOverInvested ah i see:) thanks for explaining
lol gane of thrones totally stole this scene XD love it
totally.
Those have more impact if you know the lore. There is 26 years of lore, and there was 10 years built up before World of Warcraft was actually released.
That is a lot.
told ya, these are all gems :D
I was so happy to watch these after being bummed out by assassin's Creed and astrartes.
You should have watched Warcraft 3 cinematics before... Many stories here continue characters and events from there.
OKay. I have only watched a few past what I have seen in this one. Should I not finish these and go to a different video?
Yaaas warcraft trailers :D Happy you liked these first trailers even if they're the ones with little story. The better ones are these cinematics: ua-cam.com/video/ZDzPkTEMBgc/v-deo.html (one video with them in chronological order, you've already watched one of these). This is basically a short movie (25 min).
Also, you'll love the "Lords of War", "Harbringers" and "Warbringers" shorts (I think someone else recommended these before so I think you already have the links) because each video is the story of one of the characters of the Warcraft universe.
Thank you!!
Did you see The GTA 4 and 5 trailer? There are cool, yeah In this games the female armor doesn't make any sense. Full Iron armor = 20 armor. Leather armor = 20000000 armor
No I haven't! And yea, no sense at all, hahah!
The average media consumer obsesses over plot and cool aesthetics. They praise action and cliffhangers, addicted to a cocktail of adrenaline and dopamine. Somewhere in their education should've been an English class that taught them about analyzing characters and themes instead of testing plot to see if they've actually completed their required reading. So many of the comments on the Assassin's Creed video and even this video reference deep lore and worldbuilding, intricate storylines and imaginative scenarios. You already know what to expect.
With these last two video releases, the UA-cam algorithm now has more of both the Warcraft and Assassin's Creed target demographics in your comments section suggesting you videos.
I have a trusted gamer source I will now go to when I need help deciding what to watch.
The cow people are the best people.
They are cows???
Lmao, cows? They are Taurens.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Taurens (from the Minotaur I'd assume) :3