Deathwing broke out near the stonecore, damaging it, it made the entirety of Azeroth weaker, with deathwing going around a few zones really doing some extra damage. The barrens for example wasn't Deathwing just using his toe, scrathing it along the floor, it was the crust from Azeroth breaking due to the crisis at the stonecore. Same with the water levels rising.
@@CharterForGaming well since you're an expert, can you explain: does it make any sense with N'zoths death and and then Azeroth being completely ok with that? since he's a old god
Jared Bailey no.. its because its badly written. Arthas was a character you could still relate to, because you played him in Warcraft III. N’Zoth and the Old Gods have been teased since the very beginning of WoW and yet they were still completely unrelatable. Which is a writing problem. They had 15 years to make you care about what the Old Gods want. But no one really understands their goal. And you dont relate to what you dont understand. Plus N’Zoth demise is kinda ridiculous. A 10000 years old escape plan.. and he stays free maybe barely 2 weeks lore wise. C’thun and Yogg Sauron were way more impressive. Also the design of N’Zoth is problematic: his many twitching eyes convey more a frightened/erratic behavior than a terrifying and implacable intelligence. N’Zoth design makes him look like a scared giant octopuss. Which isnt the more impressive if its supposed to be an aweful ennemy. But yeah basically i think that people are dismayed about how easily N’Zoth is vainquished.
Jared Bailey also because of the fact that N’zoth was a character teased until patch 8.2 and not even the main focus of the expansion but just a side character. Even Deathwing was more terrifying than N’zoth because of the fact that he was the main enemy that of cataclysm and most of the things happening in cataclysm was a way to stop Deathwing whereas we just fight towards and beat him in 1 patch.
@Jared Bailey arthas is evil too, he committed horrendous crimes, n'zoth is evil by nature because he was made for this, arthas chose his path, he never dealt with his people, deep down arthas was too proud, and his enemies fed him with everything that was bad, and he accepted it, I think he deserves redemption, but say he wasn’t bad? has a difference in liking a character and softening his mistakes
Arthas death:brings a tear to my eye from feeling acomplished and feeling bad for a good evil character N'zoth death:brings a tear of laughter at how bad it was to one of my eyes and a tear of feeling bad for "the most powerfull old god" that got the least time on screen
@@bnadalon9299 I mean it wasn't like he had a helmet on that whispered him to do these things over and over. He wanted the power because he thought the light was strong enough to fight against it so he could help his people in the fight against the legion but if you have something whispering in your head for years you are bound to go insane and do what it wants. It also tends to happens in real life on a much smaller scale of course. I mean look at deathwing for example.
Quite possibly one of my favorite parts in Legion. Illidan blows Gul'danny boi into pieces just like he did Varian and then proceeds to crush the skull, which is what originally gave him his demonic corruption in Warcraft 3- TBC. Fitting tribute to old lore.
You can see how the storytelling shifted from "you're just a spectator in a moving and living story made of deep motivated and relatable characters" into "you gotta keep fighting champion! You're the only one who can defeat the evil octopus who wants to create the dark empire!"
Your character supposedly lives and participates in all the events since Vanilla. Imagine if after all those years, all the feats you accomplished and all the mythic enemies you killed/help defeat you were regarded as a nobody. I can understand criticizing the writting, but I never understood the argument of "before we were just adventures, now we are champions".
Legion was so much fun and I wisehd I appreciated it more when it was current content. BfA is a fucking abomination in comparison, fuck I even liked WoD better. BfA is the worst addon so far
Story wise Sylvanas REALY did fuck up since the lich king was the one that kept the millions if not trillions of undead under control and now they are free to do whatever it is that they want.BUT IT DON'T MATTER CUZ WE IN THE AFTERLIFE AND WE DON'T GIVE NO FUCKS BOUT WHAT GOES ON DOWN BELOW IN THE REAL LIFE WOOOOHHOOOOOO
I know everyone is geeking out over the Lich King ending but can we give some love to the Legion endings considering they were consistent and were way better than the bra cinematics and had good endings(unlike nzoth and Rasta khan deserves more time)
The Legion cinematics were amazing and it was a great expansion. That line "your crusade is over" gave me chills. BFA just feels like a situation of TOO MANY COOKS and you the end of Nzoth shows it.
Story and cinematic wise, Legion was amazing. Gameplay, not so much. Ranking up the rep in suramar was extremely dull. More world quests which sucked. More rng titanforge crap which sucked
Magni: "Ye did it Chempion! Ye defeated N'zoth and saved Azeroth!" Champion: "Yes-Yes that's grand, but there is still the matter of Sargeras's sword sticking out of the planet's heart. The planet will only keep bleeding until we remove it somehow." Magni: "Erm... CHEMPION! Sylvannas is-" Champion: "The *Sword* Magni! There is still the matter of the *SWORD* sticking out of the planets heart!"
I don’t know what you mean for Eternal palace...Azshara got screen time there that was fantastic IMO. Now N’zoth on the other hand....yeah could have done better. If he is actually fully dead that is.
@@Rexwar31 for someone who was plotting in the shadows for a long time, Azshara had a shitty ending. Just being sucked into darkness and then disappearing. I really wish they would work more on the Naga and their empire's lore.
watching this reminds me of a lot of things: the excellence of wrath of the lich king’s storytelling, the majesty of mop, but most of all how absolutely top notch the legion expansion was from top to bottom. i’m so happy I played during legion and honestly I knew it was good during the expansion, not just after it. they really showed a masterclass with that one. the cinematics reflect that, every time I watch the nighthold I lose it.
Trilobietje This logic is dumb. Dude, I get that you liked Wrath, and I get that the gameplay for a lot of expansions might not have been the greatest for you, but WoW isn’t dead. Warcraft’s story never started nor ended with Arthas. Don’t be foolish now.
Wrath and it's ending was just WoW's peak writing and storytelling at that point. But I'd say Legion did a pretty good job over it's 2 year run. Beautiful cinematics and story was quite good after WoD's mess.
The level of facial expressions between Cataclysm and MOP is night and day. It'd be cool to see the older expansions cutscenes done with newer animations.
@@thomasfouassier-orsolini8053 you're telling me, IMO the only character in the lore to go on a full scale offensive, sack all of Lorderon, Quel'thalas and managed to unleash a fraction of his forces, if he had gone for the gusto, none would have survived.
My only complaint is Arthas was always on the retreat from defeat during wrath, Light hope, wrathgate, ICC, etc. they didn’t do him much justice in sense of tactical prowess. But, Wrath and it's ending was just peak writing and storytelling at that point. What a wonderful way to end an expansion and the Lich King legacy. "There must always be a Lich King, jailor of the damned for all eternity". A fitting tribute. Then Shadowlands came :3
@@Athelarius agreed, though the Lich kings plan was to lure us to ICC, kill and raise us to be his champions, Arthas or what part of him was left, held himself in check from unleashing the full might of the scourge. I never understood why the Lich king didn't send his forces to attack the main land kingdoms, drawing in even more numbers and spreading the plague across the planet... I wish they didn't just kill him off, but maybe subdued him or jail him like they did the DH's. However, he killed off many lore characters and brought the north lands to ruin, then sat on a throne for 5 years, all while enemies where already marching on the wrathgate...
All Broken Shore Cinematics: Link: czcams.com/video/tpA2VJLhIvk/video.html (Varian & Vol'jin's Death, Anduin Becomes King, Sylvanas Becomes Warchief) - Where it all began! Hiya Folks! Just a fun video born from the boredom of quarantine. A compilation of all Raid Intro & Ending Cinematics. First is a flashback, but is considered the end of Black Temple. Rest follows order for Arthas, Deathwing, Garrosh, Archimonde. In Legion, we had significant deaths, so they had to be included instead of just expansion endings. So, we have Gul’dan, Kil’Jaeden, Sargeras’ Imprisonment, Azshara’s Defeat, & lastly N’zoth going out like a wimp. Take care and wish you all the best.
The fall of a hero. Once to darkness, then to death. The greatest Warcraft character ever. And it is said that when he died, the fan base died with him.
It's his slow path to corruption that hurts more when you realise his strong desire for revenge lead him to the very tool of his own destruction and that of everything he ever loved; his father, kingdom, teacher, lover, friends, family, and very lands he once called home.
@@Athelarius he was consumed by rage and hatred for revenge and he had someone who was to blame You see the turning point for him wasn't sttatholme It was the battle before where he fought and saw his people die and then he had to put them down again moments later when he got to sttatholme after that he was mad and uther instead of helping him just said some bs and left basically letting him make a decision in a moment of rage no wonder many people even in game hate uther and consider him responsible
I think it's nice how the story telling changed, you are no longer someone who just witnesses the characters interact, but you became the one interacting and that brings lot of life to the world. But we cannot forget that this game is an mmo. Like yeah, i'm the greatest hero of azeroth, i saved the world from n'zoth, but the magic of the whole story fades away once you realise everyone is doing the same thing. This is no longer the story of an mmo, this is clearly a single player campaign.
Ms Lobster no. I mean like, he shouldnt been a raidboss already. Cuz technically N’zoth is already dead now. Y’know. A major badguy who’s been influencing since the very start of the game. shows up in BfA and just snap, a week later or whatever, is dead. Killed by a bunch of morons with Azerite laserbeams.
@@Delord112 He's gone from Azeroth. His spirit returned to the Void. Alleria said it. " one more voice in the whispers chorus now ". They'll all come back, eventually, as a swarm of parasite landing upon Azeroth in full Force. We have the last titan. They want it. All the void focus will be upon us now.
Legion was honestly a really great expansion. Sure it had its dumb stuff like the artifact system but overall i think it comes really close to being near the level of WOTLK. It still is below BC but its definitely the best expansion after WOTLK.
I don't think the artifact system was that bad tbh. The initial rng of legendaries was shit but I liked how you could get them from anything and it made me want to do other things than normal to try for it.
I remember completing nighthold and me and my guildies just started yelling "fuck yeah boys let's do this" after the cinematic we were so freaking hyped "you have seen what I have seen you know what we face Now mortals follow me into the abyss" is honestly some of the cheesiest and most badass things that could have been said after completing that encounter for the first time. had me straight up ready to jump in the twisting nether and bitch slap Sargeras with a rubber chicken after killing a wave of 10,000 demons
To me the nighthold raid was probably the most satisfying encounter in my entire WoW playtime. like they did such a good job for alliance players to seek vengance against gul'dan and finally shut this asshole down and they also took their time to build up Illidans revival, you know he was coming you just didn't know when, and then they put both those elements in the final encounter of nighthold and it was everything I hoped for and more. never ever did I have this feeling ONCE in BfA. such a shit writing and story progression. Legion truly was a diamond
I think a lot of us take it for granted that people like this guy compile the cinematics for us, I don’t doubt they’re thankful, but just let it be known that we appreciate it. Thank you.
15:20 “They will defy you!” *Epic orchestral music builds up for a second before being immediately being cut off with Guldan just snickering like a school boy*
There’s a pattern from what I see and BFA seems to share the same fate with cats and wod. Great start, potential to be great but just scrapped midway or at the end. Legion was a masterpiece, and their best work since wrath imo. BFA would’ve been good if Nzoth was done some justice.
Well normal,ilidan thrall and Arthas was main heroes of the game,sadly they made them killable by players :X Well I lied,ilidan wasn't main,main elf was tyranda but he was whit her xD
Honestly legion and BFA having npcs and lore characters constantly praising my character calling her champion and treating her like the best thing in the world has become so annoying that just the word champion triggers me.
that moment he becomes enraged with Sargeras taunting him and says "I paid for that destiny with my world!" is the best scene in this compilation for me.
@@M3g4t0n hey don't pity about kill'jaeden,things he did to Ner'Zull inside the twisting nether are unforgivable,and in the end he imprison him in the helm of domination...
Fantastic. I 've never played WoW before but Dota and other custom maps of Warcraft 3: Frozen Thone and Hearthstone and have a great interest in Warcraft characters. Tks for uploading these cinematics, they are deep, astonishing and spectacular than any Marvel movies I've ever seen.
but Vanilla & TBC didnt even have an ending cinematic! MOP was the worst IMO, huge blue balls...BFA gets too much hate...it has flaws but people exaggerate it them too much imo
@@AhmedBadawy79 Here's on thing I will say in defense of BFA's ending (I agree it gets too much hate), in every other Raid boss ending a lore figure is shown defeating the evil, not us the player. Only N'zoth was defeated by the Champions of Azeroth. Not Jania, aided by the Champions, not Tirion aided by the champions, but the Champions themselves. We beat N'zoth & people are bitching that it's there character killing him....seriously. For once it was the Champions of Azeroth that truly get the credit for the kill & the lore characters that are in the supporting cast slot.
@@tezzi2544 yes but they were possible back then as they were present in WC3. My main point is that BFA gets too much hate despite having amazing cinematics through out the expansion life; i admit that ending of Nylotha raid was not as epic in terms of "grand finale" but i feel like people take disappointing aspects and exaggerate them. No expansion will be perfect; WOLK was a shit show of bugs when it was first released. WOD was a barren land of content. BTW i am a HUGE Sylvanas fanboy and BFA broke my heart with her, but i have to also look at some good stuff BFA brought. Its not one of my top fav expansions but just give Blizz a break because if we keep complaining about EVERYTHING how will they know which aspects are truly important & Vital? Finally, just keep in mind that WOW must have a mass appeal...catering to many different kinds of player. this means that every person will find some great stuff but also disappointing stuff. For every thing you disliked, most probably you will find other people that liked it and vice versa.
I just hate how we went from adventurers to the heroes that ever major leader depends on. It feels out of place when you know everyone else is in the same position.
Yeah, went from people running around fulfilling bounties and helping people out to the chosen one(s). The biggest thing we did in classic was killing c'thun and that was canonically through the power of teamwork. It wasn't the chosen guardians of azeroth, it was a band of intrepid adventurers.
@@daridon2483 The Lich king created by the demons,to use the power of the dead,destroyed after the demons are defeated open gate to the realm of the dead xD
I just loved watching the evolution of the graphics. They all hold up really well but you can definitely see the increase in quality on the art team's behalf.
Am I the only one who feels sorry for Kil'jaeden? He gave everything for the Legion - his people, his family, his home - all for nothing. He realised this, and actually repented before his death. Velen silently forgiving him, with his expression changing to one of him accepting his fate as Velen lays his hand on him, is actually quite touching.
The fact that there always has to be a lichking is only said because otherwise the scourge would rampage through azeroth and destroy everything. (what will happen in the pre patch). Isnt it ironic how you didn't listen to the monolog and only payed attention when a famous line is said and then blame blizzard when you don't understand the events unfolding
Aupa Kaixo I know the scourge would rampage through Azeroth. The scourge could singlehandedly take out all life on Azeroth as the more they kill, the more their numbers are bolstered. Isn’t it ironic that Blizzard told us that there must always be a Lich King because the scourge would do that, only to get rid of the Lich King and not have the scourge rampaging across the planet? Pre patch event or not, we have no chance against the scourge but we have another expansion, meaning we actually beat them through whatever weird ways blizzard thinks of.
@@flo2052 while your probably correct, and we don't know what will happen I think that we will die in the pre patch and be transported to the shadowlands, starting the expansion. But how we get back and defeat the scourge will probably be established during the expansion
In all honesty back when I thought of giving WoW a shot after the Legion DLC came out(already was thinking about getting into from the WOD cinematic), I really didn't know who to pick. Orcs are always my fantasy babies and are my fall back, but once I saw Varian kicking demon ass(and realizing that if I was to get a friend of mine to play I'd have to pick Alliance because he'd pick Dwarf) I was really thinking about going to Alliance.
5:55 "YOU [Tirion] and these brave heroes have your own destinies to fulfill." Yea, his destiny is to die in legion and nothing more xD whole cata, mop, wod he done nothing and then die in legion xD 14:05 "But know this... If your horde fails to uphold honor as Garrosh did... We will end you" Horde in the end of BfA.. "eee... ops, sorry again?" xD Ofc it wasn't Vol'jins horde but... still xD 16:57 "Draenor is free!" I think that this doesn't need comment xD he is like - "I've started everything, now that someone else died everything is fine xD" And for ending of the last, I like idea that our character is MAIN character in last movie, but I miss some kind of last conversation, some kind of end for expansion. Whole idea of this cinematic is good in my opinion, just there are gaps in it. And ofc wht we do about motherfcking big sword? It was casues pain to azeroth, what about it? I loved idea of 8.3, but it was just... not finished, much more potential in world.
Yeah, allegedly we fixed the sword situation by healing all the WOONS but I would have liked some more resolution on it no longer corrupting our titan. Just having all of the red magic disappear from the sword through some final end quest or something would have felt so much better.
One thing i really notice about wow that each expansion is about a different set of characters.. glad to see that Thrall always show up again.. At this point i just feel like he is the MC of horde
I played the last 4 months of vanilla up to a week or so before Firelands came out. I came back briefly for the first few months of legion and stopped just before tomb of sargeras because job and life got in the way. But from what I can tell, if the art department wasn't absolutely out of this world, Warcraft would've been a dead franchise the second draenor launched.
Lol you think millions of people still play this just because it looks pretty? Graphics don't keep people playing your video game. I'm not going to explain to you why people still log in every day to play this because it's braindead simple, but I will give you a hint. It doesn't matter how pretty the world is if there isnt an ounce of fun to be had in it.
I mean, what about before lich king? That phrase just meant to sound cool... Really they defeated Old gods, dragons, demons and what not. Bunch of undead should not be any problem... well i know new lore sucks...
I'm for the horde but to be honest, Varian death was heartbreaking and Illidan killed Gul'dan the same way Gul'dan killed Varian and it's so satisfying :')
I had already seen the Nzoth cutscene before actually seeing it in-game, and I skipped it because I didn't want to see my character in/associated with that trainwreck
An octopus getting hit by a laser beam from a floating orc energized by Titan energy heartbeam power of friendship sent from a portal in Mordor's 5th dream dimension by a dwarf made of diamond.
@@OfficialVirilamis I am sure that shadowmourne is the reason for frostmourne demise,you know you feed this axe whit the souls of all of Arthas strongest generals and his army. Shadowmourne weakened frostmourne and ashbringer finished him.
The feels :( remember back in the day when I would sweat the game to the point i hit rank 2 PVE mage on our server. Downed Lich King, saw the death cinematic and didn't play for weeks -_- completely shattered the game for me. Everything was a pure joke after that (apart from Legion) - not much hope for Shadowlands but we will see
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By the way, gigantic ass sword gets stucked into the world: nothing happens.
Deathwing rages in a cave: everything falls apart.
Deathwing broke out near the stonecore, damaging it, it made the entirety of Azeroth weaker, with deathwing going around a few zones really doing some extra damage. The barrens for example wasn't Deathwing just using his toe, scrathing it along the floor, it was the crust from Azeroth breaking due to the crisis at the stonecore. Same with the water levels rising.
@@CharterForGaming well since you're an expert, can you explain: does it make any sense with N'zoths death and and then Azeroth being completely ok with that? since he's a old god
rayne Wait did he actually died I thought we just imprisoned him again, or did what we did cthun
@@thealmightyoppai1670 well looking at the cinematic it's pretty obvious that his body literally disintegrated
@@rayne1337 where is your the problem
Arthas death : Ironically, it makes me feel sad...
N'zoth's death : Well sadly, it makes me laugh
Jared Bailey no.. its because its badly written.
Arthas was a character you could still relate to, because you played him in Warcraft III.
N’Zoth and the Old Gods have been teased since the very beginning of WoW and yet they were still completely unrelatable. Which is a writing problem. They had 15 years to make you care about what the Old Gods want. But no one really understands their goal. And you dont relate to what you dont understand.
Plus N’Zoth demise is kinda ridiculous. A 10000 years old escape plan.. and he stays free maybe barely 2 weeks lore wise. C’thun and Yogg Sauron were way more impressive.
Also the design of N’Zoth is problematic: his many twitching eyes convey more a frightened/erratic behavior than a terrifying and implacable intelligence. N’Zoth design makes him look like a scared giant octopuss. Which isnt the more impressive if its supposed to be an aweful ennemy.
But yeah basically i think that people are dismayed about how easily N’Zoth is vainquished.
Jared Bailey also because of the fact that N’zoth was a character teased until patch 8.2 and not even the main focus of the expansion but just a side character.
Even Deathwing was more terrifying than N’zoth because of the fact that he was the main enemy that of cataclysm and most of the things happening in cataclysm was a way to stop Deathwing whereas we just fight towards and beat him in 1 patch.
@Jared Bailey arthas is evil too, he committed horrendous crimes, n'zoth is evil by nature because he was made for this, arthas chose his path, he never dealt with his people, deep down arthas was too proud, and his enemies fed him with everything that was bad, and he accepted it, I think he deserves redemption, but say he wasn’t bad? has a difference in liking a character and softening his mistakes
Arthas death:brings a tear to my eye from feeling acomplished and feeling bad for a good evil character
N'zoth death:brings a tear of laughter at how bad it was to one of my eyes and a tear of feeling bad for "the most powerfull old god" that got the least time on screen
@@bnadalon9299 I mean it wasn't like he had a helmet on that whispered him to do these things over and over. He wanted the power because he thought the light was strong enough to fight against it so he could help his people in the fight against the legion but if you have something whispering in your head for years you are bound to go insane and do what it wants. It also tends to happens in real life on a much smaller scale of course. I mean look at deathwing for example.
The fact that illidan killed guldan the same way he killed varian was awesome
Vic i think that was shoutout lmao
he probably saw it from the twisting nether
@No Chance Without Pasta true
Quite possibly one of my favorite parts in Legion. Illidan blows Gul'danny boi into pieces just like he did Varian and then proceeds to crush the skull, which is what originally gave him his demonic corruption in Warcraft 3- TBC. Fitting tribute to old lore.
Illidan went full disenchantment
You can see how the storytelling shifted from "you're just a spectator in a moving and living story made of deep motivated and relatable characters" into "you gotta keep fighting champion! You're the only one who can defeat the evil octopus who wants to create the dark empire!"
DINT LISTEN TA HIM YER A CHAMPION O' AZEROTH
@@victorolson1477 Player nearly dead of boredom: ".....k....."
I don't think, it's a bad change, but N'Zoth deserved more...
To me, BFA reminds me of last season of GoT. So much crammed into a short time and not as fully vested as it could have been.
Your character supposedly lives and participates in all the events since Vanilla. Imagine if after all those years, all the feats you accomplished and all the mythic enemies you killed/help defeat you were regarded as a nobody. I can understand criticizing the writting, but I never understood the argument of "before we were just adventures, now we are champions".
To be honest from now, Legion was a pretty awesome expansion.
I actually loved it
One every expansion is great, the other is pretty bad. Hopefully Shadowloands will keep it this way
The best
My favorite after Wotlk. I even prefer it instead Bc.
Legion was so much fun and I wisehd I appreciated it more when it was current content. BfA is a fucking abomination in comparison, fuck I even liked WoD better. BfA is the worst addon so far
Terenas Menethil: "Control must be maintained. There must always be a Lich King."
Sylvanas Windrunner: "Hold my bow."
Story wise Sylvanas REALY did fuck up since the lich king was the one that kept the millions if not trillions of undead under control and now they are free to do whatever it is that they want.BUT IT DON'T MATTER CUZ WE IN THE AFTERLIFE AND WE DON'T GIVE NO FUCKS BOUT WHAT GOES ON DOWN BELOW IN THE REAL LIFE WOOOOHHOOOOOO
“Hold my bow” is accurate since she hardly used it and mainly used random dark magic we have never seen her use before to take bolvar down
@@cxyte814 it was plan of her plan the scourge killing everything will send more souls to the jailor giving him and silvanas more power
@@knightgabriel1311 Cuz she is empowered by the Jailer.
I just hope we can see arthas again haha even as a soul
Velen was the brother Illidan needed and deserved
Damn spot on
fuck malfurion, and fuck cenarious, i need them both dead for daddy illidan
Ilidan had the brother he needed to become what he became
Arthas was,Arthas is the reason ilidan know what he know xD
I know everyone is geeking out over the Lich King ending but can we give some love to the Legion endings considering they were consistent and were way better than the bra cinematics and had good endings(unlike nzoth and Rasta khan deserves more time)
The Legion cinematics were amazing and it was a great expansion. That line "your crusade is over" gave me chills. BFA just feels like a situation of TOO MANY COOKS and you the end of Nzoth shows it.
Story and cinematic wise, Legion was amazing. Gameplay, not so much. Ranking up the rep in suramar was extremely dull. More world quests which sucked. More rng titanforge crap which sucked
I want to see more Bra cinematic tbh
Archimonde shows up and falls. It looks like gul'dan tripped him. Lol
Tremble Mortals and despair! Doom has come to..”
**trips**
GUL’DAN!!!
@@Athelarius YOU MADE A PACT NOT TO DO THAT
Can you tell me why Archimonde hit gul'dan with beam of fel? I am not playing game just trying to follow lore and i couldn't understand that.
@@velicanavc500 to both punish him for failing the legion and to send him to azeroth... I think
@@zeppelinled3967 Thank you
Magni: "Ye did it Chempion! Ye defeated N'zoth and saved Azeroth!"
Champion: "Yes-Yes that's grand, but there is still the matter of Sargeras's sword sticking out of the planet's heart. The planet will only keep bleeding until we remove it somehow."
Magni: "Erm... CHEMPION! Sylvannas is-"
Champion: "The *Sword* Magni! There is still the matter of the *SWORD* sticking out of the planets heart!"
No one care about the sword xD
*Stabs Silithus*
*Brings us BFA*
Later Saurfang: "Nothing good has ever come out of Silithus.".
Ny'alotha and the Eternal Palace were the worst, Azshara and N'zoth deserved way more screen time.
Agreed, that shit gets my blood boiling every time. Potential wasted.
EP was amazing. Sometimes less is more.
@Zerebrat Eightyseven big mistake there, the raids of bfa have been one of the only great things about it
I don’t know what you mean for Eternal palace...Azshara got screen time there that was fantastic IMO.
Now N’zoth on the other hand....yeah could have done better. If he is actually fully dead that is.
@@Rexwar31 for someone who was plotting in the shadows for a long time, Azshara had a shitty ending. Just being sucked into darkness and then disappearing. I really wish they would work more on the Naga and their empire's lore.
watching this reminds me of a lot of things: the excellence of wrath of the lich king’s storytelling, the majesty of mop, but most of all how absolutely top notch the legion expansion was from top to bottom. i’m so happy I played during legion and honestly I knew it was good during the expansion, not just after it. they really showed a masterclass with that one. the cinematics reflect that, every time I watch the nighthold I lose it.
Legion was pretty awesome, but if Legion was 2 steps forward, then bfa was 3 steps backwards
Legion was good only PVE. They destroyed pvp in it .
Legion was actually a great expansion imo.
K
@@ManzugsYT How is that a "K"? He's right.
@@preds43 WoW died with Arthas so nop
Trilobietje This logic is dumb. Dude, I get that you liked Wrath, and I get that the gameplay for a lot of expansions might not have been the greatest for you, but WoW isn’t dead. Warcraft’s story never started nor ended with Arthas. Don’t be foolish now.
@@trilo8689 bet you didn't even play back then lol.
They put so much emotion in making Lich King. Hell even that frozen sickly looking blue color makes me shiver.
I see... only darkness... before me... - the strongest ending ever. Still hurts(( Looking at the BFA ending... nothing compared!
Wrath and it's ending was just WoW's peak writing and storytelling at that point. But I'd say Legion did a pretty good job over it's 2 year run. Beautiful cinematics and story was quite good after WoD's mess.
@@Athelarius agree. Much more better than Draenor. In all aspects. Hope that Shadowlands won't repeat the Draenors mistakes
@@Athelarius WoD had the potential to be the best expac ever, but internal problems at Blizz made it very rushed.
Now ir has more value XD
guess what, they retkoned that line now xD
Wrath and Legion are probably the most satisfying lore wise.
Yes
BC as well
The level of facial expressions between Cataclysm and MOP is night and day. It'd be cool to see the older expansions cutscenes done with newer animations.
"Let them come, Frostmourne hungers" -The Lich King-
give me chills man
@@thomasfouassier-orsolini8053 you're telling me, IMO the only character in the lore to go on a full scale offensive, sack all of Lorderon, Quel'thalas and managed to unleash a fraction of his forces, if he had gone for the gusto, none would have survived.
My only complaint is Arthas was always on the retreat from defeat during wrath, Light hope, wrathgate, ICC, etc. they didn’t do him much justice in sense of tactical prowess. But, Wrath and it's ending was just peak writing and storytelling at that point. What a wonderful way to end an expansion and the Lich King legacy. "There must always be a Lich King, jailor of the damned for all eternity". A fitting tribute. Then Shadowlands came :3
@@Athelarius agreed, though the Lich kings plan was to lure us to ICC, kill and raise us to be his champions, Arthas or what part of him was left, held himself in check from unleashing the full might of the scourge. I never understood why the Lich king didn't send his forces to attack the main land kingdoms, drawing in even more numbers and spreading the plague across the planet... I wish they didn't just kill him off, but maybe subdued him or jail him like they did the DH's. However, he killed off many lore characters and brought the north lands to ruin, then sat on a throne for 5 years, all while enemies where already marching on the wrathgate...
@@I_am_Fred-788 maybe we can meet him in the shadowlands? would be nice :V
The fact that bolvar said he’ll be the Jailor of the Damned just got me
All Broken Shore Cinematics: Link: czcams.com/video/tpA2VJLhIvk/video.html
(Varian & Vol'jin's Death, Anduin Becomes King, Sylvanas Becomes Warchief) - Where it all began!
Hiya Folks! Just a fun video born from the boredom of quarantine. A compilation of all Raid Intro & Ending Cinematics. First is a flashback, but is considered the end of Black Temple. Rest follows order for Arthas, Deathwing, Garrosh, Archimonde. In Legion, we had significant deaths, so they had to be included instead of just expansion endings. So, we have Gul’dan, Kil’Jaeden, Sargeras’ Imprisonment, Azshara’s Defeat, & lastly N’zoth going out like a wimp. Take care and wish you all the best.
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Arthas's death still makes me sad
The fall of a hero. Once to darkness, then to death. The greatest Warcraft character ever. And it is said that when he died, the fan base died with him.
Let's just hope they dont kill every warcraft 3 characters there. And i wish we can see arthas (his soul) in shadowlands even just as cameo
It's his slow path to corruption that hurts more when you realise his strong desire for revenge lead him to the very tool of his own destruction and that of everything he ever loved; his father, kingdom, teacher, lover, friends, family, and very lands he once called home.
@@Athelarius he was consumed by rage and hatred for revenge and he had someone who was to blame
You see the turning point for him wasn't sttatholme
It was the battle before where he fought and saw his people die and then he had to put them down again moments later when he got to sttatholme after that he was mad and uther instead of helping him just said some bs and left
basically letting him make a decision in a moment of rage no wonder many people even in game hate uther and consider him responsible
He was too stupid and full of pride, thats what you get when you give too much power to a kid because hes the son of the king
You know what all these raid bosses have in common? They all fall, eventually.
with the right party members.
do they call you the smartest perdon on earth?
But arthas technically won and lost just cause of an ass pull
@@kblacklabel Nah Arthas lost caused Blizzard nerfed his cc on Tyrion mid fight.
"No king rules forever, my son"
The laughs at the end... So accurate.
Even Gul'dan is too tired to chuckle at this. But that smirk seals the deal!
I think it's nice how the story telling changed, you are no longer someone who just witnesses the characters interact, but you became the one interacting and that brings lot of life to the world. But we cannot forget that this game is an mmo. Like yeah, i'm the greatest hero of azeroth, i saved the world from n'zoth, but the magic of the whole story fades away once you realise everyone is doing the same thing. This is no longer the story of an mmo, this is clearly a single player campaign.
Tbh N’zoths reign should’ve atleast lasted an entire expansion.
Floorboard isn’t it still ongoing ?
Ms Lobster no. I mean like, he shouldnt been a raidboss already. Cuz technically N’zoth is already dead now. Y’know. A major badguy who’s been influencing since the very start of the game. shows up in BfA and just snap, a week later or whatever, is dead. Killed by a bunch of morons with Azerite laserbeams.
@@floorboard9858 I honestly dont think he is dead yet. Nyalotha was only a vision of the Black Empire. It was not his realy body we killed.
Desox_AUX i really really really hope you’re right. But I cannot say I would be suprised if you arent. But lets keep our fingers crossed.
@@Delord112 He's gone from Azeroth. His spirit returned to the Void. Alleria said it. " one more voice in the whispers chorus now ". They'll all come back, eventually, as a swarm of parasite landing upon Azeroth in full Force. We have the last titan. They want it. All the void focus will be upon us now.
The death of Arthas made me cry. The death of N'zoth did as well, but in a very different way.
Legion was honestly a really great expansion. Sure it had its dumb stuff like the artifact system but overall i think it comes really close to being near the level of WOTLK. It still is below BC but its definitely the best expansion after WOTLK.
My only regret with the legion ending is they should have sent Maiev off with illidan.
I don't think the artifact system was that bad tbh. The initial rng of legendaries was shit but I liked how you could get them from anything and it made me want to do other things than normal to try for it.
Illidan and Gul’dan at the end makes me crack up... that sums up exactly the end of N’Zoth and the Black Empire.
LMAO im glad i wasnt the only person laughing at that part lol
That ending you pulled after the N'zoth cinematic with Illidan and Gul'dan laughing made me LMAO!
Illidan Defeat Cinematic: Satisfying.
Arthas Death Cinematic: Legendary.
Deathwing's Death (lol) Cinematic: Praise Green Jesus.
Garrosh's Defeat Cinematic: M'kay.
Archimonde's Death Cinematic: *Sigh of Relief.*
Varian's Death Cinematic: God Damn...
Gul'dan's Explosion Cinematic: F*ck yeah!
Kil'Jaeden's Death: F*cking finally.
Sargeras' Imprisonment: Holy Shit...
Ashara's Defeat, and N'zoth's Freedom: Fucking Hype...
N'zoth Death: *Sigh of Disappointment.*
Kil'jeaden's death was depressing for me to be honest
Lol Illidan & Gul'Dan laughs between one screen after another its hilarious
That was part of BFA cinematic? I didnt understand :(
@@ianinsaurralde6497 no it was back in legion. Night hold end cinematic
I remember completing nighthold and me and my guildies just started yelling "fuck yeah boys let's do this"
after the cinematic we were so freaking hyped
"you have seen what I have seen
you know what we face
Now mortals follow me into the abyss"
is honestly some of the cheesiest and most badass things that could have been said after completing that encounter for the first time. had me straight up ready to jump in the twisting nether and bitch slap Sargeras with a rubber chicken after killing a wave of 10,000 demons
To me the nighthold raid was probably the most satisfying encounter in my entire WoW playtime. like they did such a good job for alliance players to seek vengance against gul'dan and finally shut this asshole down and they also took their time to build up Illidans revival, you know he was coming you just didn't know when, and then they put both those elements in the final encounter of nighthold and it was everything I hoped for and more. never ever did I have this feeling ONCE in BfA. such a shit writing and story progression. Legion truly was a diamond
Watching it with tears, just cant help crying... I've been missing those WoW memories.
Wrathion: Strucks dagger in N'zoth's head
N'zoth: AHEGAO
Weeb trash
I think a lot of us take it for granted that people like this guy compile the cinematics for us, I don’t doubt they’re thankful, but just let it be known that we appreciate it. Thank you.
15:20
“They will defy you!”
*Epic orchestral music builds up for a second before being immediately being cut off with Guldan just snickering like a school boy*
Not gonna lie, you can feel the story telling falling apart ...
Correlated with old WoW team retirement
There’s a pattern from what I see and BFA seems to share the same fate with cats and wod. Great start, potential to be great but just scrapped midway or at the end. Legion was a masterpiece, and their best work since wrath imo. BFA would’ve been good if Nzoth was done some justice.
I miss Metzen
Yeah, storytelling in TBC was so great and complex.
Or was it a merely setback?
It's pretty linear dude. You must not pay much attention
I didn't realise how much I missed Legion.
Illidan and Arthas. The rest is epic, but those two are legendary.
Well normal,ilidan thrall and Arthas was main heroes of the game,sadly they made them killable by players :X
Well I lied,ilidan wasn't main,main elf was tyranda but he was whit her xD
Honestly legion and BFA having npcs and lore characters constantly praising my character calling her champion and treating her like the best thing in the world has become so annoying that just the word champion triggers me.
Why that's been a thing since wolk if not bc
"O CHAMPIONNNN, AZEROTH NEEDS YOU"
Did you put Illidan and Gul'dan laughing at the end because it followed the terrible ending that was N'zoth?
Because it's fitting if you did.
Yu tyututuuyutututju
Yigigvucugv
@@gigyycuhcoceyhun1356 *stroke mah dude?*
got to love how they had badass cinematics for most of them after Wotlk, then a full ingame cinematic for BFA
But still sux?
@@saharsial2 He said full in-game cinematic in BfA, as in actual in-game graphics that suck compared to the excellence of good cinematics.
That ending though.
Bolvar: Place the crown upon my head, Tyrion.
Tyrion Lannister: Umm... I know your name is Fordragon, but you're not a Targaryen.
Death wing - magic beam. Sargeras- magic titan beam. N'zoth magic dragon beam.
Blizzard really has turned into a one trick pony.
KA ME HA ME HA!
Shadowlands Final Boss - Death by magic titan dragon beam of friendship.
Deathwing was magic dragon beam (aka Dragon Soul) and N'Zoth was also magic titan beam, lol.
Damn son i rememeber 2014 when i first saw MoPs ending cinematic Varian goes hard as fuck so does Voljin SoO was insane MoP was a great xpac
Kil'Jaden seems to be actually pitiable in these cinamatics.
He was lied to, fed false visions from the fallen Titan. How would you feel?
that moment he becomes enraged with Sargeras taunting him and says "I paid for that destiny with my world!" is the best scene in this compilation for me.
@@ddenozor very azshara "this is not the deal or bargain i made!"
Ye Archimond is way better,never look weak,even if he die xD
@@M3g4t0n hey don't pity about kill'jaeden,things he did to Ner'Zull inside the twisting nether are unforgivable,and in the end he imprison him in the helm of domination...
Fantastic. I 've never played WoW before but Dota and other custom maps of Warcraft 3: Frozen Thone and Hearthstone and have a great interest in Warcraft characters. Tks for uploading these cinematics, they are deep, astonishing and spectacular than any Marvel movies I've ever seen.
Just watching this makes me love Varian Wrynn even more
Illidan's death in TBC is the saddest death of a character in WoW's history.
Just goes to show what a freakin joke the end of BFA was. That one still hurts
but Vanilla & TBC didnt even have an ending cinematic! MOP was the worst IMO, huge blue balls...BFA gets too much hate...it has flaws but people exaggerate it them too much imo
Ahmed Badawy I mean that’s an unfair comparison since cinematics didn’t become an actual thing until wrath
@@AhmedBadawy79 Here's on thing I will say in defense of BFA's ending (I agree it gets too much hate), in every other Raid boss ending a lore figure is shown defeating the evil, not us the player. Only N'zoth was defeated by the Champions of Azeroth. Not Jania, aided by the Champions, not Tirion aided by the champions, but the Champions themselves. We beat N'zoth & people are bitching that it's there character killing him....seriously. For once it was the Champions of Azeroth that truly get the credit for the kill & the lore characters that are in the supporting cast slot.
@@tezzi2544 yes but they were possible back then as they were present in WC3. My main point is that BFA gets too much hate despite having amazing cinematics through out the expansion life; i admit that ending of Nylotha raid was not as epic in terms of "grand finale" but i feel like people take disappointing aspects and exaggerate them. No expansion will be perfect; WOLK was a shit show of bugs when it was first released. WOD was a barren land of content. BTW i am a HUGE Sylvanas fanboy and BFA broke my heart with her, but i have to also look at some good stuff BFA brought. Its not one of my top fav expansions but just give Blizz a break because if we keep complaining about EVERYTHING how will they know which aspects are truly important & Vital?
Finally, just keep in mind that WOW must have a mass appeal...catering to many different kinds of player. this means that every person will find some great stuff but also disappointing stuff. For every thing you disliked, most probably you will find other people that liked it and vice versa.
@@AhmedBadawy79 Imaging thinking MOP was the worst when BFA and WOD exists.
I just hate how we went from adventurers to the heroes that ever major leader depends on. It feels out of place when you know everyone else is in the same position.
Yeah, went from people running around fulfilling bounties and helping people out to the chosen one(s). The biggest thing we did in classic was killing c'thun and that was canonically through the power of teamwork. It wasn't the chosen guardians of azeroth, it was a band of intrepid adventurers.
"When everyone is super, no one will be" - syndrome
It would actually work if it was a single player game
"there must always be a lichking" well that didn't age well.
I mean, Sylvanas disenchanted heirloom. Ain't that illegal enough?
It did age well, because what we see now is what happens, when there is no lich king
@@jacob3257
That's true
Well, it aged well, because now we see with shadowlands what happens when there is no lich king anymore.
@@daridon2483
The Lich king created by the demons,to use the power of the dead,destroyed after the demons are defeated open gate to the realm of the dead xD
I just loved watching the evolution of the graphics. They all hold up really well but you can definitely see the increase in quality on the art team's behalf.
"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead, and that Warcraft died with him"
Am I the only one who feels sorry for Kil'jaeden? He gave everything for the Legion - his people, his family, his home - all for nothing. He realised this, and actually repented before his death. Velen silently forgiving him, with his expression changing to one of him accepting his fate as Velen lays his hand on him, is actually quite touching.
"There must always be a Lich King..."
Good job with that one Blizzard
Hihi sylvanas make helmet go crank
Sylvanas Be Like: me no like dis power, me break.
The fact that there always has to be a lichking is only said because otherwise the scourge would rampage through azeroth and destroy everything. (what will happen in the pre patch). Isnt it ironic how you didn't listen to the monolog and only payed attention when a famous line is said and then blame blizzard when you don't understand the events unfolding
Aupa Kaixo I know the scourge would rampage through Azeroth. The scourge could singlehandedly take out all life on Azeroth as the more they kill, the more their numbers are bolstered. Isn’t it ironic that Blizzard told us that there must always be a Lich King because the scourge would do that, only to get rid of the Lich King and not have the scourge rampaging across the planet? Pre patch event or not, we have no chance against the scourge but we have another expansion, meaning we actually beat them through whatever weird ways blizzard thinks of.
@@flo2052 while your probably correct, and we don't know what will happen I think that we will die in the pre patch and be transported to the shadowlands, starting the expansion. But how we get back and defeat the scourge will probably be established during the expansion
tyrion please i'm on fire i could really use some fresh ice sleep, give that goddam elm and let me nap.
Not for nothing, but Anduin's punch to Wration's face...was pretty damn badass, and cathartic.
God Varians death hits me like a train every time
In all honesty back when I thought of giving WoW a shot after the Legion DLC came out(already was thinking about getting into from the WOD cinematic), I really didn't know who to pick. Orcs are always my fantasy babies and are my fall back, but once I saw Varian kicking demon ass(and realizing that if I was to get a friend of mine to play I'd have to pick Alliance because he'd pick Dwarf) I was really thinking about going to Alliance.
Arthas Death Cinematic: Legendary.
Frank and willing to
5:55
"YOU [Tirion] and these brave heroes have your own destinies to fulfill."
Yea, his destiny is to die in legion and nothing more xD whole cata, mop, wod he done nothing and then die in legion xD
14:05
"But know this... If your horde fails to uphold honor as Garrosh did... We will end you"
Horde in the end of BfA.. "eee... ops, sorry again?" xD
Ofc it wasn't Vol'jins horde but... still xD
16:57
"Draenor is free!"
I think that this doesn't need comment xD he is like - "I've started everything, now that someone else died everything is fine xD"
And for ending of the last, I like idea that our character is MAIN character in last movie, but I miss some kind of last conversation, some kind of end for expansion. Whole idea of this cinematic is good in my opinion, just there are gaps in it. And ofc wht we do about motherfcking big sword? It was casues pain to azeroth, what about it?
I loved idea of 8.3, but it was just... not finished, much more potential in world.
"Draenor is free"
Yrel : Yeah haha free... have you ear about "light" guys?
Yeah, allegedly we fixed the sword situation by healing all the WOONS but I would have liked some more resolution on it no longer corrupting our titan. Just having all of the red magic disappear from the sword through some final end quest or something would have felt so much better.
"The age of mortals has begun..." *immediately shifts to legions & multiple realities that vastly outnumber mortals*
WOTLK: There must always be a lich kin....
Shadowlands: Wait what did you say
WOTLK:🤨
So that's true Withouth him the scourge go crazy and the Sky is fucking broken :(
@@EdgeyStyle that's why we need the real lich king,not bolvar xD
He let some crazy helm to get disenchanted...
The only thing that makes me mad is that Gul'dans Death was 5 seconds faster than Varians
One thing i really notice about wow that each expansion is about a different set of characters..
glad to see that Thrall always show up again.. At this point i just feel like he is the MC of horde
Wrathion is so much more badass looking in BFA than his little sad self in MoP
I played the last 4 months of vanilla up to a week or so before Firelands came out. I came back briefly for the first few months of legion and stopped just before tomb of sargeras because job and life got in the way. But from what I can tell, if the art department wasn't absolutely out of this world, Warcraft would've been a dead franchise the second draenor launched.
Lol you think millions of people still play this just because it looks pretty? Graphics don't keep people playing your video game. I'm not going to explain to you why people still log in every day to play this because it's braindead simple, but I will give you a hint. It doesn't matter how pretty the world is if there isnt an ounce of fun to be had in it.
"Control must be maintained... there must always be a lich king"
I mean, what about before lich king? That phrase just meant to sound cool... Really they defeated Old gods, dragons, demons and what not. Bunch of undead should not be any problem... well i know new lore sucks...
Blizzard used the bfa budget on the shadow lands cinematic at the end😂
Actually all the budget went into Sylvanas' 25th CGI rendition. The Lich King was just an add she had to clear during her weekly ICC farm.
God, N'zoth's intro cinematic was so great, how did they turn it into such a joke in the ending cinematic.
I'm for the horde but to be honest, Varian death was heartbreaking and Illidan killed Gul'dan the same way Gul'dan killed Varian and it's so satisfying :')
Best Cinematic ever? The best is the classic intro
34:45 'Yer a child o' Azeroth!' *PC in cinematic is an orc from Draenor*
ME NOT THAT KIND OF ORC :O
Burning Crusade and LK, when wow used to be an awesome game
I had already seen the Nzoth cutscene before actually seeing it in-game, and I skipped it because I didn't want to see my character in/associated with that trainwreck
The determination of illidan is out of the world to beat sargares from the moment he saw him.
Most satisfying villain death ever award goes to: Gul'dan
Wotlk ending is still giving me chills..
Gul dan at the end xD perfect haha
15:15
I love that face
He’s like “Oh really?”
What the actual hell is that last bit of story line
An octopus getting hit by a laser beam from a floating orc energized by Titan energy heartbeam power of friendship sent from a portal in Mordor's 5th dream dimension by a dwarf made of diamond.
The best part of the video is the ending Lmao. Illidan and guldan laughting was halarious.
Anyone else think frostmourne broke way too easily, like all he did was swing ashbringer and that sht got gotted
When the plot demands it, anything breaks like glass. Even the mighty frostmourne from a Paladin man frozen in an ice cube.
@@OfficialVirilamis I am sure that shadowmourne is the reason for frostmourne demise,you know you feed this axe whit the souls of all of Arthas strongest generals and his army.
Shadowmourne weakened frostmourne and ashbringer finished him.
11:37 This is the moment when Varian sealed his fate
Am i only player who gets goosebumps on the Lich King Cinematic??
You know, My character Chicksneaky on illidan has a illidan mog. The nighthold cinematic rallyed me to be that. :)
Tyrion was so badass, he sheathed the Ashbringer like a one handed weapon
I still remember the legion raid Its awesome and challenging
Arthas is still one of my favorite WoW characters. I will be happy if we at least see him in Shadowlands and get to help him find rest.
Varians death was making me so sad..
most all of this just reminds me why i only play horde. the horde cinematics drive it all home. For the horde!
Those Fall of The Lich King feels... :'(
The feels :( remember back in the day when I would sweat the game to the point i hit rank 2 PVE mage on our server. Downed Lich King, saw the death cinematic and didn't play for weeks -_- completely shattered the game for me. Everything was a pure joke after that (apart from Legion) - not much hope for Shadowlands but we will see
3:35 Iconic moment
king varian's death still hurts me.
Ive always hated him as a character. I was so ecstatic to see him die, not to mention in an agonizing way
@@jasonmcnally3514 why?
I Freaking Love It Bro!!! Ten Chapters of World of Warcraft !!!!
the opening nzoth cinematic is really good at showing what the old gods do i just wish he had is own expansion and not a horrible ending