Once or twice a year i come back here. Watching, thinking about my past. I will never forget making a character with my brother. He a Tauren Shaman, I myself a Tauren Druid. Together, side by side roaming through Mulgore, having no idea of the beautifull adventures that where ahead of us. Thank you Blizzard.
+BananaBread Same here. But for me I make a pally and find another pally questing. We made a friendship and still today playing together... So many memories...
Fotis Pappas i would like to hear it from a different perspective if you don't mind. you were 29 when you started wow and now you're 40. what are the differences in how/level of enjoyment then vs now, and how you believe it would have changed if you started at 9 years old?
Tim Rosén boooooo get off the stage. "Classic" WoW was incredibly tedious and boring for allot of people, for new players now... playing for like 2 months of casual play just to get to max level ISN'T gonna be fun. Your "classic" WoW isn't going to be released for a long long time, anyway.
It is the journey that is so fun and just to think back how far you've really come which so epic. I know vanilla really isn't for everyone but what we got now really isn't better than vanilla. And there were no flying so you will see alot more players in every zone, it wont be completely empty with just npcs like it is now which also means there will be world pvp when leveling and at max level. And when you're leveling from 1-60 just grinding mobs and doing quests isn't all you do like in retail, that might be why you think it's so boring but that's because you're wrong. Really, just go watch a video of some dude explaining why vanilla was a more fun experience than retail because I'm just not good at explaining things.
This was not a game, it was an adventure. It was not about hitting lvl cap or sitting in your garrison, it was about exploring. Exploring this endlessly big world at my own speed. Maybe i would meet some friends along my journey. Maybe they would help me out of a dark cave or assist me with some professions. Maybe i would fight murlocs or raptors til your weapons broke... I could go on forever thinking about my great journey through this great world that seemed endlessly big. Much love from someone who was a part of this increadible adventure
my parents forbid me to play the game cause my grades dropped and I would also wake up at 2-3am and turn my pc on so I could play without them noticing haha
Nah, beside close up at thral's face at end of "Thrall's vision" everything looks still very good. It's impossible for it to get old as Diablo II or Warcraft ii cinematics
I know, 3 years later. Realistic animation have not improved much if at all since this era. Actually attempts to make it more realistic makes it usually dull or ridiculous. Justice League movie a good example. This is close to the best we can possibly make.
This trailer represents what is so unique about Classic. It's about us, the players, going on adventures, making new friends and bashing more skulls. If you look at the trailers for the more recent expansions, it's all about the story related NPC's. And that is also reflected in the game. As time passed, it started being less and less about us. That sense of freedom and unity that Vanilla offered is gone in the modern version of the game.
I will never get tired of that Tauren moment. The rising string music. The color. It is a beautiful tapestry. I have revisited this video so many times over the years just for that part. Absolute perfection. So magical.
For me it was the Orc warrior screaming in rage, in the middle of fire infront of oggrima. And till this day. I'm a member of the Horde. And I will ever be one. FOR THE HORDE!
Watching this literally brings tears to my eyes. So many amazing memories from playing Vanilla back in 2005. My memories of my time in Azeroth are more vivid than nearly any memory I have from my real life during that time of my life. This amazing world, knowing largely nothing about what lay ahead, and me a lonely orc warrior starting my journey. memories of running through the Barrens, coming into Org for the first time, fighting Alliance in Booty Bay In STV and at Tarren Mill, all those 10-15 man UBRS runs I organized in chat to get my Valor Chest piece, grinding raptors in STV for my mount at level 40, awesome guild drama and slight rp, raiding MC and Onyxia, getting my Quel'serrar... so many. I would nearly give anything to turn back the clock and experience it all again. What a world and time in my life, so much fun!
Valkeir I also have the same feeling like yours. Those memories are unforgettable and will never have again. We are not young anymore to experience them again.
"Four years have passed since the mortal races banded together, and stood united against the might of the Burning Legion. Though Azeroth was saved, the tenuous pact between the Horde and the Alliance has all but evaporated. The drums of war thunder, once again..." That intro gives me chills every time. It really set the stage for the original game.
Man this cinematic actually makes me teary eyed, and it hurts my heart deeply to know what we lost over the years. Thank you original WoW for teaching my what gaming and friendship was. You will never be forgotten, but you will never be the same again. Goodbye.
It's actually insane how well made this is all of these years later. It still looks REALLY good (let alone for 2004), the cinematography is honestly super solid, and the direction to ensure no particular race or (implied) class looks "too" cool or interesting or whatever is very nicely done. Props to the team for this one.
The only other company that could remotely compete with Blizzard Cinametic is Square Enix, and even them wasn't doing the insanity that Blizzard was doing back then.
Back when kids and adults respected one another. Unlike today where the majority are a bunch of foul mouthed disgusting miscreants who technically should all be perm banned for their perverted ways and zero respect. Even if we all went back to 2004 gaming, people will be as they are now, so it could never be the same.
+Not A Particularly Remarkable Brick U wot? True Orcs dont Zug you pathetic imbecile, only peons, the lowest of the low do. Only those that are good for nothing but slave work, useless as a warrior choose to zug at their superiors.
The feeling of watching this trailer for the first time as I booted World of Warcraft up? Indescribable by our vocabulary. Every time I come back to watch this, it brings me back. Such good times and memories. It was an honor and treasure to be a part of such a grand history. Thank you Blizzard!
DrobusMaximus Everyone's dmg was messed up, you were very welcomed to join a raiding guild (I was pvp-er though), everything was so imbalanced that it looked like 1 shot killing fest. Although, all of its flaws could be overlooked because game was all fresh and new. I've started playing at the end of vanilla... But do not worry you've played wow when it was the best and that is TBC, you got to enjoy warlocks at their strongest (SL/SL spec!), you haven't missed out on much trust me :D
***** Haha, I had a Dwarf Hunter back in Vanilla, during the times of the AQ war effort event. Think I hit mid 40's.. he had a pet boar called Brian.. good times.
I was 11 when Wow was released in 2004. It completely absorbed my life for the first 6 months. I still do not know how I passed my exams that year but I am very glad they were not important ones. I still remember my parents being like "what's the big deal?". I will always carry the memories, especially the pure adrenaline rush when I first logged in to Azeroth. I am 27 now, I have travelled the world, I have a career and yet there's still nothing that gets me through a cold wintery Scottish night like a bit of wow. Thank you Blizzard! From my 11 year old self.
Yeah I thought that was beautifully written/said too! I think it's because you expect her to say "once again [roar, beat, sound, whatever]" but she ends it at again, and then you realize it didn't need that extra verb that you thought of, it was perfect leaving it at again hahah
@chibuni Hopefully, theoretically crying over the intro to the Vanilla Cinematic is like me metaphorically crying when i hear the intro to the sims 1. Actually it's more cringe. It's almost.....Freakish? :O Suck another what?
Great Cinematic Trailer, blizzard nailed it when it came to trailers. Many awesome friends, still in contact with today. Met my wife in WoW had kids. Such great times! Thanks Blizzard for an awesome experience
I just come here every now and then to watch this absolutely beautiful cinematic and it gets me even more hyped up now that WoW Classic is coming back on August 27th. Wow.
I grew up on this game. I swear I've seen this cinematic so many times that I had every word of the opening monologue memorized before I knew what half those words meant. I think when I first saw this trailer when I was five years old. Now I'm in college, and I seriously can't wait to play classic again.
old good feelings if you play this game when its came out in 2004 you know the feeling of see whole new universe. I remember every single good time leveling in westfall etc. it was like new universe and I was never see game like that before in 2004 good times... (srry for bad english)
+Luxetra B westfall and the whole defias brotherhood quest chains are 1 of my favourites. great story thats easy to understand for the lower level players!
This. This is such a big part of my life, of ME! Every time I watch this I get the same feeling as I had back in 2004-2006, no game have ever been this good since.
I just got here after binge-watching a couple of WoW Classic related videos and building up my hype for the release in Summer 2019... see you all again after so many years!
When I watch this trailer I almost show a tear because it reminds me of my life younger. I lived so good and so much happiness then that I get so good feeling everytime thinking about it. I was 10 years old when I tried World of Warcraft and have somewhat a little story of my own from that day
Truly an insane cinematic from every point of view, and to think it was made so long ago It manages to immediately immerse you in this incredible world
The reason as for why this cinematic gives you goosebumps and overall sensations compared to other cinematics, is the Close-view and danger factor, the mage's fireball at 2:16 crossing to your left as you hear it barely missing your ear, and the toughness of the infernal after receiving two of these to the face yet it still climbs up, it lets you wondering if that mage is okay or not, which he seems to be after he nova'd later, changing his elemental approach after the fireballs just... "immuned" it I guess. 2:10 The orc warrior swinging at the camera, with each sound the weapon generates, you know the weapon is the blunt type after hearing it, you feel it rather than just seeing it on the screen. The added SWOSH is phenomenal. Plus the way that orc slams it toward's the druid staff brute style at 2:36 you know he broke it in half even if it doesn't show it, that faint CRACK gives it away. The Dwarf shot at 2:25 made from the side, just like the mage's fireball, you see it, you hear and feel it yet it gives you a hint in the dark of who it is already by that click, the bear charging feels like it just passed you by. The warlock at 1:41 doing his best onto controlling the big beefy fiery rockboi, the concentration and it's pain, even the way that infernal shouts so strongly you can see the undead's strands of hair moving forward from it, even when the infernals runs towards the viewer at 2:32 you can tell how big they are given the low-focus on the camera, as if you're an actual human-sized scale throughout the entire cinematic. Not to mention the tauren's slam at the end, this cinematic is on YOUR point of view, it feels like you're there, that's why it gives these exciting goosebumps. With each cinematic this feeling was lost, because they started to focus more on the main antagonist or was mostly a story-telling on the skin of someone else, shoving away "YOU" from the picture. Let it be know, this is one if not THE cinematic that used this kind of technique, and it was never done again. Remember it as how it was, and not as how it ended to be.
Nope its because the game lived up to the cinematic. The art of it, everything conducted so well that it is literally one of the best games to EVER exist
the section depicting the elvin druid leaping through a dense, colorful forest from 1:09 in combination with the fact-pased epic choir never ceases to make me smile. As someone who has started playing WoW late MoP, I am excited that vanilla WoW is in the works so I can experience the story and world pre-Cata in all its glory
Once or twice a year i come back here. Watching, thinking about my past. I will never forget making a character with my brother. He a Tauren Shaman, I myself a Tauren Druid. Together, side by side roaming through Mulgore, having no idea of the beautifull adventures that where ahead of us. Thank you Blizzard.
i can so totally feel you brother
nothing will bring this nostalgia back NOTHING
+BananaBread Same here. But for me I make a pally and find another pally questing. We made a friendship and still today playing together... So many memories...
+BananaBread You know the game is still around, don't you? ;)
+Victor Frederiks It is, it's not the same though
True :)
Almost 20 years old and still one of the best cinematics ever created.
Also still better than their 2022 gameplay graphics.
Forever!!!
Almost 20 years later still can't believe that mage used fireballs on an infernal
rip wow =c
Love to see it.
It's insane how ever after 20 years this cinematic still holds exceptionally well.
11 years of WoW, 29 to 40 years old. So many people, so many friends, so many adventures. Thank you Blizzard for the memories.
Fotis Pappas i would like to hear it from a different perspective if you don't mind. you were 29 when you started wow and now you're 40. what are the differences in how/level of enjoyment then vs now, and how you believe it would have changed if you started at 9 years old?
Meovah wait till classic gets released. Dont buy the trash that's out now or you'll be dissapointed
Tim Rosén boooooo get off the stage. "Classic" WoW was incredibly tedious and boring for allot of people, for new players now... playing for like 2 months of casual play just to get to max level ISN'T gonna be fun. Your "classic" WoW isn't going to be released for a long long time, anyway.
It is the journey that is so fun and just to think back how far you've really come which so epic. I know vanilla really isn't for everyone but what we got now really isn't better than vanilla. And there were no flying so you will see alot more players in every zone, it wont be completely empty with just npcs like it is now which also means there will be world pvp when leveling and at max level. And when you're leveling from 1-60 just grinding mobs and doing quests isn't all you do like in retail, that might be why you think it's so boring but that's because you're wrong.
Really, just go watch a video of some dude explaining why vanilla was a more fun experience than retail because I'm just not good at explaining things.
15 years now.
Fun to see how a game cinematic trailer from 2004 still beats most game cinematics from recent years.
Imagine if they remastered the same exact cinematic with their current graphics.
Emotionally and atmospherically no trailer beats it.
2010*
+derbigpr500 I disagree, the cinematics that tops this are Wrath of the Lich King and Star Wars Knights of the Fallen Empire.
far cry 3 cinematic trailer from 2012 has a way better quality
18 years of WoW, 29 to 47 years old. So many people, so many friends, so many adventures. Thank you Blizzard for the memories.
@TheWiseMonkey8888lo 😅 po 😅😊😊llloooooo 😅 ok lllp😊 oi 😅 all llo😅m jio 😊😅 kaki 😅 hhhvxxxtttttn ihi 😊
@TheWiseMonkey8888 na man. its the orc for me
bald?
@@Just__Kami not yet
This game is pure evil.
This was not a game, it was an adventure. It was not about hitting lvl cap or sitting in your garrison, it was about exploring. Exploring this endlessly big world at my own speed. Maybe i would meet some friends along my journey. Maybe they would help me out of a dark cave or assist me with some professions. Maybe i would fight murlocs or raptors til your weapons broke...
I could go on forever thinking about my great journey through this great world that seemed endlessly big.
Much love from someone who was a part of this increadible adventure
yes! WoW made a big impression on me I remember wondering out into the world for the first time with my undead character, awesome stuff.
I remember waking up at 3am in the morning and sneaking into my uncles gaming room/garage to play WoW. I was 11 at the time. Ahhhh, good tyms.
my parents forbid me to play the game cause my grades dropped and I would also wake up at 2-3am and turn my pc on so I could play without them noticing haha
Were in Vanilla. It's all about hitting level 60 as fast as you can, then wipe in Moltencore.
Couldn't have said it better myself, excellent read and thanks for sharing
Amazing how in 10 years this has barely aged at all.
Indeed, WC3 cinematics have aged quite a bit but these hold up really well.
It's really weird isn't it
Nah, beside close up at thral's face at end of "Thrall's vision" everything looks still very good. It's impossible for it to get old as Diablo II or Warcraft ii cinematics
I know, 3 years later. Realistic animation have not improved much if at all since this era. Actually attempts to make it more realistic makes it usually dull or ridiculous. Justice League movie a good example. This is close to the best we can possibly make.
unlike the actual game lmfao
Still get goosebumps !
for legal reasons this was a joke
@@adamm2121 u wot m8?
Me too! Beta tested it during this time.
Dwarf hunter as my first class. Not gonna lie, it was mostly because of this video. The epic feeling you get when seeing him on that snowy mountain.
I did the same thing, then I retired mine. put him on top of The Gates of Ironforge on his Netherwing drake. He'll remain there forever.
just like my brothers main
So true. still he was my main to wotlk.
i rolled a mage throwing fireballs looked neat
Until u know why he is on that mountain warcraft 3
Blizzard. Attacking the camera in trailers since 2004.
Serathis since before that colleague
This trailer represents what is so unique about Classic. It's about us, the players, going on adventures, making new friends and bashing more skulls.
If you look at the trailers for the more recent expansions, it's all about the story related NPC's. And that is also reflected in the game. As time passed, it started being less and less about us. That sense of freedom and unity that Vanilla offered is gone in the modern version of the game.
Beautifully said my friend
I love the Elven Druid and the Tauren Part, pure gaming poetry
I will never get tired of that Tauren moment. The rising string music. The color. It is a beautiful tapestry. I have revisited this video so many times over the years just for that part. Absolute perfection. So magical.
Same the elven druid is so pretty
meh the dwarf hunter is better
indead
Just wish we actually got that as a druid cat form for Night Elves, instead of what we have.
So many years have passed. Now we can finally can go back. The drums of war, thunder, once again!
Thank you Blizzard!
#WoWClassic
Yeah ! can't wait
The drums of war,*Thunder, once again.
Blejac95 thanks I fixed it now :)
Im ressubing when they implement this, classic was best time in wow for me.
AAAAAHHHHH ISHNU-ALAH WEARY TRAVELERS
August 27 boys and girls! We're going back home!
Nacho Muñoz incoming large quantities of returning players (myself included) get hype boys n girls😈😈😈
@LeLLe Thank you Blizzard finally listening! they are humans after all and FANS always WINS! it some times need extremely big campaing
Yes
FOR THE HORDE!
FOR THE ALLIANCE
"The drums of war, thunder, once again". It gives me chills every single time, as the rest of this epic trailer.
I get chills every time i hear the music and see the dwarf show up in the snow....so epic.
When the dwarf hunter shoots the Tauren and the bear starts charging. That’s what made me wanna play wow when I was a kid
For me, it was the mage casting his fireball!!!
and for me it was the druid transformation
For me it was the starting Dwarf sequence. Atmosphere 100%.
For me it was the Orc warrior screaming in rage, in the middle of fire infront of oggrima. And till this day. I'm a member of the Horde. And I will ever be one. FOR THE HORDE!
For me it was when I saw the Tauren Shaman top of the mountains.
Watching this literally brings tears to my eyes. So many amazing memories from playing Vanilla back in 2005. My memories of my time in Azeroth are more vivid than nearly any memory I have from my real life during that time of my life. This amazing world, knowing largely nothing about what lay ahead, and me a lonely orc warrior starting my journey. memories of running through the Barrens, coming into Org for the first time, fighting Alliance in Booty Bay In STV and at Tarren Mill, all those 10-15 man UBRS runs I organized in chat to get my Valor Chest piece, grinding raptors in STV for my mount at level 40, awesome guild drama and slight rp, raiding MC and Onyxia, getting my Quel'serrar... so many. I would nearly give anything to turn back the clock and experience it all again. What a world and time in my life, so much fun!
Valkeir I also have the same feeling like yours. Those memories are unforgettable and will never have again. We are not young anymore to experience them again.
Simply put, the best game experience ever delivered in the world. By my standards.
@@LadyDark000 nice comment
And now... finally we have returned home.
"Four years have passed since the mortal races banded together, and stood united against the might of the Burning Legion. Though Azeroth was saved, the tenuous pact between the Horde and the Alliance has all but evaporated. The drums of war thunder, once again..."
That intro gives me chills every time. It really set the stage for the original game.
Man this cinematic actually makes me teary eyed, and it hurts my heart deeply to know what we lost over the years. Thank you original WoW for teaching my what gaming and friendship was. You will never be forgotten, but you will never be the same again. Goodbye.
you know classic exists right?
It in our heart
you can still play vanilla, lots of people still playing on mankrik vanilla era alliance side
lol
Too bad blizzard has gone insane lol
Never forget the fallen at Tarren Mill.
RIP
+koZmo .seVen And South Shore m8
Bagoom Potatoman Even though I was Horde, we are all brothers and sisters in the end.
koZmo .seVen Many people died at the battle of Tarren Mill/South Shore. They will all be remembered for their bravery on the battlefield
+koZmo .seVen If we are brothers and sisters then "why do we fight"?
George de Vries Watch the mop cinematic you dumb dumb. To protect home and familly and preserve balance.
Being in the Night Elven forests for the first time. There are just no words to describe it.
For reals
Never. Gets. Old.
being a dwarf with your rifle and pet in forest....
It's actually insane how well made this is all of these years later. It still looks REALLY good (let alone for 2004), the cinematography is honestly super solid, and the direction to ensure no particular race or (implied) class looks "too" cool or interesting or whatever is very nicely done. Props to the team for this one.
The only other company that could remotely compete with Blizzard Cinametic is Square Enix, and even them wasn't doing the insanity that Blizzard was doing back then.
It's been 15 1/2 years, and this cinematic still holds up pretty well.
The game was really ahead of its time.
Everyone in this video seems to really hate the camera guy.
Mainly the Orc, he's very pissed off.
+The Red Bloc cameraguy is a murloc
+Pim Meijer ahahhah
Lmaooo
LOL
This video game trailer from 15 years ago is more epic than the final season of game of thrones
Its finally time to return home on 27.8.2019.
Indeed brother
Wow could become extremely massive if there was no monthly fee and merge servers and make servers alot bigger so you can see lots of ppl in citys.
@@pokiblue5870 get a job you filthy hippie
Almost there.
OOO YESSS
Only 3 million views for this masterpiece. I remember watching this over and over again as I set up my internet before I was able to start playing wow
10 years, this trailer is still as epic as I saw it when it was back then
off I go too cry my nostalgic tears once again ... and again ... and again ..
chaosdream1 cry no more friend, the drums of War Thunder Once Again
Shhh, no more tears.
I`m back here after the war within trailer. It wasn't even close to this.
still one of my all time favorite videos. that dwarf is badass
that time when blizzard was blizzard
And made games for their fans and cared about them.
Back when kids and adults respected one another. Unlike today where the majority are a bunch of foul mouthed disgusting miscreants who technically should all be perm banned for their perverted ways and zero respect. Even if we all went back to 2004 gaming, people will be as they are now, so it could never be the same.
it's cute that you think people being mean on the internet is a new invention
Its just activision now
Whos watching this with less than 3 days to go until were back home???
Watching the night before because I am so hyped!
Coloring for Kids HYYYYPE, POGGERS IN THE CHATTUH
4 and a half hours to go... Work starts the 15th for me XD
Watching this while in queue. I swear, back in my day (2 days ago) our server had a low pop and now it's full all the time.
Тут даже русские есть
Ah, so many memories.
Zug zug
+Not A Particularly Remarkable Brick FOR THE EMPRAH !!!!!!!!
+Not A Particularly Remarkable Brick
U wot? True Orcs dont Zug you pathetic imbecile, only peons, the lowest of the low do. Only those that are good for nothing but slave work, useless as a warrior choose to zug at their superiors.
Are... are you... a troll?
Millam Tackitt King ???? WHAT KING ??
After 13 years, 6 expansions, lots of BS changes, and "You think you do, but you don't," we're finally going...home...
We're home at last!
aaand they ruined it
You thought you did, but you didn't..
Now they ruined it even more with all them UI changes
the cinematics from the past are much better than retail cinematics today.
In what way? The new cinematics look way better, not sure what you mean.
@@slinttu1378 the new cinematic are not better
The feeling of watching this trailer for the first time as I booted World of Warcraft up? Indescribable by our vocabulary. Every time I come back to watch this, it brings me back. Such good times and memories. It was an honor and treasure to be a part of such a grand history. Thank you Blizzard!
When I had first seen that undead warlock at 1:33, I immediately knew which race/class I was going to roll :D
Stefan Petrovic taurens look so much better the shammy beautiful
Stefan Petrovic I didn't play Vanilla, I'm playing from TBC, but I heard warlocks were pretty useless in Vanilla, weren't they ? :D
DrobusMaximus Everyone's dmg was messed up, you were very welcomed to join a raiding guild (I was pvp-er though), everything was so imbalanced that it looked like 1 shot killing fest. Although, all of its flaws could be overlooked because game was all fresh and new. I've started playing at the end of vanilla... But do not worry you've played wow when it was the best and that is TBC, you got to enjoy warlocks at their strongest (SL/SL spec!), you haven't missed out on much trust me :D
***** Haha, I had a Dwarf Hunter back in Vanilla, during the times of the AQ war effort event. Think I hit mid 40's.. he had a pet boar called Brian.. good times.
Same with me and the Night elf druid!
Noob mage using fireball on an infernal.
Well we took down Ragnaros with buttloads of fire mages
@@conradpham In vanilla? I bet not :P
In vanilla infernals are immune to fire dmg. Even lock fire spells.
@@maltebrennecke422 They did...
Then the last mage is AOE cleaving like a b0ss
This intro was a beginning to a journey full of adventures. It still gives me goosebumps.
BACK WHEN VIDEO GAMES HAD SOUL
2020 - this cinematic still gives me chills!
Sometimes I still come here to watch this and cry...
blizzard really really needs to make the warcraft movie, if it is even half as good as their cinematics, it will be a blockbuster
Xanode saw a clip at blizzcon 2014, the CGI is on par of avatar *James cameron* if that builds any hype.
hi imYatiX NA THAT WILL FAIL !! they need to do it in 3D animation where they are good at making them
***** plot wise *shrug* animation detail pretty high up there
+junito1957 I think you are talking about computer generated imagery, but that is extremly expensive.
Shame they ended up butchering the lore to do it, but they made it.
Almost 15 years later, still gives me goosebumps! Glorious!
Is it weird that this video always makes me cry? So much nostalgia packed into two minutes.
I Played this game so much in 2010 with my family, i was only 12 then.
I'm 19 now and i'm so excited to play the vanilla servers who's with me!
TweetysDen Ishnu-Alah Weary Traveler Elune Be With You
Oooooh ishnu alah weary Ilthalaine!
I was 11 when Wow was released in 2004. It completely absorbed my life for the first 6 months. I still do not know how I passed my exams that year but I am very glad they were not important ones. I still remember my parents being like "what's the big deal?". I will always carry the memories, especially the pure adrenaline rush when I first logged in to Azeroth. I am 27 now, I have travelled the world, I have a career and yet there's still nothing that gets me through a cold wintery Scottish night like a bit of wow. Thank you Blizzard! From my 11 year old self.
Still the best cinematic ever created for any game.
***** name better one? this cinematic hyped and shaked whole world...the beggining of best adventure ever...
***** that japanese shait? where everything looks the same? every cartoon and every game? omg.
***** I just don't approve that god mode japanese stuff...and this trailer is 10 years old and have massive legacy and outcomes...
WOTLK Cinematic is better ;)
Thralls vision in WC3 is the best ever! the par with the Kodo Wardrummer... it makes me want to grab an axe and follow the warchief!
This short film actually opened up my childhood's rich imagination.Thanks.
Poor cameraman.
"The drums of war thunder once again".... can't stop crying
Nam LeHoai 10 days
Yeah I thought that was beautifully written/said too!
I think it's because you expect her to say "once again [roar, beat, sound, whatever]" but she ends it at again, and then you realize it didn't need that extra verb that you thought of, it was perfect leaving it at again hahah
Freak
@chibuni Hopefully, theoretically crying over the intro to the Vanilla Cinematic is like me metaphorically crying when i hear the intro to the sims 1.
Actually it's more cringe. It's almost.....Freakish? :O
Suck another what?
@@Georgia221LaLa You don't have any self-awareness do you?
Great Cinematic Trailer, blizzard nailed it when it came to trailers. Many awesome friends, still in contact with today. Met my wife in WoW had kids. Such great times! Thanks Blizzard for an awesome experience
Still stirs my heart watching this. One of Blizz very best cinematic trailer.
Me too, its still a wonderful cinematic.
Its been 10 years since you said this what is your opinion now
This was a real game, so many memories...
This cinematic is over 15 years old, why is it still better than most of the stuff produced today?
Music and art department carrying the wow industries since the stone age
honestly, this trailer is still fresh
Seeing that Night Elf Druid turning into cat form is was sold me back in 2006. The memories of those early adventures are so precious to me.
I just come here every now and then to watch this absolutely beautiful cinematic and it gets me even more hyped up now that WoW Classic is coming back on August 27th. Wow.
I grew up on this game. I swear I've seen this cinematic so many times that I had every word of the opening monologue memorized before I knew what half those words meant. I think when I first saw this trailer when I was five years old. Now I'm in college, and I seriously can't wait to play classic again.
Almost 2025 and still get goosebumps. Thanks Blizzard from Germany.
old good feelings if you play this game when its came out in 2004 you know the feeling of see whole new universe. I remember every single good time leveling in westfall etc. it was like new universe and I was never see game like that before in 2004 good times... (srry for bad english)
Luxetra B Wasn't a new universe for people who played the Warcraft RTS games... >_>
+Luxetra B If you like whole new universes try EVE-online :>
+Luxetra B westfall and the whole defias brotherhood quest chains are 1 of my favourites. great story thats easy to understand for the lower level players!
+Antility TV It's a shame, what they did to Old Blanchy.
the chills are real 14 years later
Never realized that was Maiev narrating for all these years (played since tbc) until bro pointed it out.
She sounds so much calmer.
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this.
This. This is such a big part of my life, of ME! Every time I watch this I get the same feeling as I had back in 2004-2006, no game have ever been this good since.
Still gives me chills, over a decade later!
I miss 2005...
i even miss 2014.
@@smh7461i even miss 2019
It makes me sad watching this and thinking about all the memories and friends I met playing wow, and how the game will never be the same again
I come back to watch this so often. It is my childhood and I cannot be more greatful. The music and scenes forever live on
*NOSTALGIA* - the official soundtrack
This was World of Warcraft my dear children. What you see today is just an undead that looks like World of Warcraft.
I just got here after binge-watching a couple of WoW Classic related videos and building up my hype for the release in Summer 2019... see you all again after so many years!
When I watch this trailer I almost show a tear because it reminds me of my life younger. I lived so good and so much happiness then that I get so good feeling everytime thinking about it. I was 10 years old when I tried World of Warcraft and have somewhat a little story of my own from that day
Best trailer for what would become the greatest online game ever
Truly an insane cinematic from every point of view, and to think it was made so long ago
It manages to immediately immerse you in this incredible world
more than 20 years and no one can beat down this trailer.
so many years later still gives me the goosebumps and eyes watering with joy
cant imagine that the waiting is over today. What a time to be alive
The reason as for why this cinematic gives you goosebumps and overall sensations compared to other cinematics, is the Close-view and danger factor, the mage's fireball at 2:16 crossing to your left as you hear it barely missing your ear, and the toughness of the infernal after receiving two of these to the face yet it still climbs up, it lets you wondering if that mage is okay or not, which he seems to be after he nova'd later, changing his elemental approach after the fireballs just... "immuned" it I guess.
2:10 The orc warrior swinging at the camera, with each sound the weapon generates, you know the weapon is the blunt type after hearing it, you feel it rather than just seeing it on the screen. The added SWOSH is phenomenal. Plus the way that orc slams it toward's the druid staff brute style at 2:36 you know he broke it in half even if it doesn't show it, that faint CRACK gives it away.
The Dwarf shot at 2:25 made from the side, just like the mage's fireball, you see it, you hear and feel it yet it gives you a hint in the dark of who it is already by that click, the bear charging feels like it just passed you by.
The warlock at 1:41 doing his best onto controlling the big beefy fiery rockboi, the concentration and it's pain, even the way that infernal shouts so strongly you can see the undead's strands of hair moving forward from it, even when the infernals runs towards the viewer at 2:32 you can tell how big they are given the low-focus on the camera, as if you're an actual human-sized scale throughout the entire cinematic.
Not to mention the tauren's slam at the end, this cinematic is on YOUR point of view, it feels like you're there, that's why it gives these exciting goosebumps.
With each cinematic this feeling was lost, because they started to focus more on the main antagonist or was mostly a story-telling on the skin of someone else, shoving away "YOU" from the picture.
Let it be know, this is one if not THE cinematic that used this kind of technique, and it was never done again. Remember it as how it was, and not as how it ended to be.
Nope its because the game lived up to the cinematic. The art of it, everything conducted so well that it is literally one of the best games to EVER exist
The rush of nostalgia these trailers bring always make me cry :(
its a game
August 27th is when World of Warcraft gets back to good.
CGI still holds up to this day. They really did an amazing job. Love coming back to this and re-watching. Well worth it.
Happy 20th Anniversary Warcraft and Happy 10th Anniversary World of Warcraft , may it keep going for another 10 years.
No forever! I love this game been playing it 8 years
Brenden Burlage They have a "last expansion" planned, supposedly, so it'll stop, eventually, and then they can finally make Warcraft 4.
the feeling, the real danger., the challenge. the true adventure. best cinematic ever.
Idk why but I’ve been addicted to this trailer lately it just gets me hype every time.
Because it's EPIC. Music, variety of worlds, races and classes, editing...
Gratz to all people who contributed to this masterpiece.
I still love this video! I look back fondly when I first started playing WoW. My first experiences were such an adventure! Thank you Blizzard!
Stop my crying pls...
RIP WOW 2021
RIP wow...
Most epic game ever released on the planet.
Vanilla wow cant be beaten.
They guy at 2:23 is like ''Hey, don't film me!!!!''
the section depicting the elvin druid leaping through a dense, colorful forest from 1:09 in combination with the fact-pased epic choir never ceases to make me smile. As someone who has started playing WoW late MoP, I am excited that vanilla WoW is in the works so I can experience the story and world pre-Cata in all its glory
In memoriam
Blizzard Entertainment
1991 - 2023
There will never a game like this.
I am so thankful for all the years playing this. It was all worth it.
Thank you Blizzard.
Released in 2003... this trailer has better quality than some 2021 material
This still gives me a euphoric feeling every time I see it.
I'm gonna play this on loop until the official Vanilla server launches
My favourite WoW intro ever. Just made a "narration" tribute to it 👍👍👍