World of Warcraft: Cataclysm intro unleashes Deathwing
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
on Oct 17th 2010 8:03PM
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Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:11PM (Unverified) said
Nice intro as always.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:16PM iHavePants said
@ben linus
Well, it's seemingly filled with magma and ejects fire from places, apart from that no?
Well, it's seemingly filled with magma and ejects fire from places, apart from that no?
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:27PM Pesterenan said
Man, Blizzard always does some pretty sweet cinematics.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:30PM TherionMEC said
Looks like the Baron Ünderbheit of dragons.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:32PM bones8677 said
Chills.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:33PM TheDarkWayne said
Wow, when he was flying through the air with the fire following him, that was the coolest thing i've ever seen
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:35PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
....and my Axe!
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:37PM Tabarnacos said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze That still only counts as one !
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Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:45PM shoan said
Another quality cinematic by blizzard but this one did not have the emotional impact of the lich king cinematic for me.
Posted: Oct 19th 2010 10:12AM blingximus said
@shoan True, I watched The Lich King cinematic many times over and even downloaded it, simply epic.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:48PM TheDarkWayne said
@Altrix FFS, shut up
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:52PM Alexisonfire said
You see, Deathwing went to destroy Stormwind because he knew he couldn't take down Orgrimmar. Why?
Varok Saurfang.
Varok Saurfang.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:03PM RogueJedi86 said
@Alexisonfire
Actually you see Orgrimmar destroyed by one of the tremors before he even gets out, which causes a zeppelin to crash into Orgrimmar. Deathwing doesn't bother taking down Orgrimmar himself because the mere tremors proceeding his breaking out of Deepholm are enough to take it down without even having to show up personally.
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Actually you see Orgrimmar destroyed by one of the tremors before he even gets out, which causes a zeppelin to crash into Orgrimmar. Deathwing doesn't bother taking down Orgrimmar himself because the mere tremors proceeding his breaking out of Deepholm are enough to take it down without even having to show up personally.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:21PM WillyLo said
@Alexisonfire
I say he didn't attack Ogrimmar because of Garrosh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6R4U6OdY64
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I say he didn't attack Ogrimmar because of Garrosh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6R4U6OdY64
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:49PM The Wicker Man said
@RogueJedi86. "Actually" the word you see on the internet or hear in comic book stores when one nerd wants to out nerd another. I am now hearing Chris Grant doing his nerd voice.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:59PM Alexisonfire said
@RogueJedi86
Destroying a puny zeppelin is not destroying Orgrimmar. Saurfang can do that by merely looking at it.
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Destroying a puny zeppelin is not destroying Orgrimmar. Saurfang can do that by merely looking at it.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:19PM RogueJedi86 said
@Alexisonfire
Likewise, laying some claws on 2 of Stormwind's many towers and knocking down a statue is far from destroying it. :)
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Likewise, laying some claws on 2 of Stormwind's many towers and knocking down a statue is far from destroying it. :)
Posted: Oct 18th 2010 9:18AM Negatron said
@RogueJedi86
Actually we members of the Horde, gave the OK for the zeppelin crash scene out of sympathy towards the pathetic Alliance faction.
As we all know, there is a "no fly zone/path over Ogrimmar. It did look as if Ol' DW shook up Org though eh?
:)
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Actually we members of the Horde, gave the OK for the zeppelin crash scene out of sympathy towards the pathetic Alliance faction.
As we all know, there is a "no fly zone/path over Ogrimmar. It did look as if Ol' DW shook up Org though eh?
:)
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 8:55PM Jack Spicer said
Story intros are great and all, but I personally enjoy watching intros that try to capture the player experience like the cinematic did for the original WoW release or more recently the FFXIV intro.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:13PM Alexisonfire said
@Jack Spicer
Ah, but you see, the cinematic DID show you what was different, mainly the sundering of Azeroth. The player experience has changed, but not greatly, since the last expansion. The real change is the complete overhaul of the entire Azeroth experience.
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Ah, but you see, the cinematic DID show you what was different, mainly the sundering of Azeroth. The player experience has changed, but not greatly, since the last expansion. The real change is the complete overhaul of the entire Azeroth experience.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:00PM OmgUmad said
OH SNAP
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:05PM pluupy said
Uh this is big news, I guess...? o.o Gorgeous graphics attracted me here. Shame on me.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:14PM Alexisonfire said
@pluupy
There are millions of people who have waited months to see this.
That's more than can be said for 99% of news articles out there.
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There are millions of people who have waited months to see this.
That's more than can be said for 99% of news articles out there.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:06PM Huma said
Watching Azeroth fall like that actually made me kinda sad. :(
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:24PM Altrix said
@TheDarkWayne I loved the response.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:35PM TheDarkWayne said
@Altrix you probably feel really cool and justified given my response and your initial feelings about the post being late. But here's the thing, this was also posted on WoW.com, joystiq's sister site at 5, which means that it's also been at the bottom of joystiq.com on the little WoW category since then, as long ago as you saw it on youtube. It was also pretty heavily advertised on WoW that it was gonna air during football even earlier than it would be on youtube. But here's the thing, nobody really gives a shit anyway.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:34PM liquidsoap89 said
Good GOD I wish I could be on their cinematic team!
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 9:56PM The Wicker Man said
I am very excited for this expansion. I still do not think Deathwing is that great of a baddy. I am hoping the old gods turn out to be behind all this.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:05PM Ryuk said
Now I have absolutely nothing to do with the WoW world, but just out of pure curiosity, is Blizzard planning on just consistently releasing expansions or are they planning a full blown sequel?
I've been curious about this ever since I've been an avid reader of gaming news, seeing WoW all over the place
I've been curious about this ever since I've been an avid reader of gaming news, seeing WoW all over the place
Posted: Oct 18th 2010 12:36AM Drakkenfyre said
Considering they are going into 3 expansions.
There is no need for a sequel. This expansion goes back and fixes alot of the problems of the original game, and changes much of the original world.
Look at EverQuest. The original game is up to like 18 expansions now. The sequel to it sucks. You don't need to keep pumping out sequel after sequel.
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There is no need for a sequel. This expansion goes back and fixes alot of the problems of the original game, and changes much of the original world.
Look at EverQuest. The original game is up to like 18 expansions now. The sequel to it sucks. You don't need to keep pumping out sequel after sequel.
Posted: Oct 18th 2010 2:23AM ShiroShishi said
@Ryuk
With all the story changes AND world/zone changes, this is practically WoW 2.
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With all the story changes AND world/zone changes, this is practically WoW 2.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:06PM Omega2822 said
I'm sorry, this was very meh in my opinion.
There were better dragon CGI parts in The Legend of Dragoon back on the PSX that were hundreds of times better than this.
There were better dragon CGI parts in The Legend of Dragoon back on the PSX that were hundreds of times better than this.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:59PM ThePenIsMightier said
@Omega2822
You haven't played that game since it came out, have you? ;)
(feel free to link better ones from the game, though!)
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You haven't played that game since it came out, have you? ;)
(feel free to link better ones from the game, though!)
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:08PM Razorlution said
It makes you wonder when it comes to fighting him, how on Azeroth do you kill something that freaking big...give me a random raid finder...
Posted: Oct 18th 2010 3:29AM In A World said
@Razorlution
Simple: just get together with 24 other people and have everyone be well coordinated and in complete agreement of what to do.
**snicker** did I say that out loud?!
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Simple: just get together with 24 other people and have everyone be well coordinated and in complete agreement of what to do.
**snicker** did I say that out loud?!
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:13PM Nytemare said
Man...I haven't played WoW in a good 3 years and that still gave me chills.
Epic trailer Blizzard, epic as usual.
Epic trailer Blizzard, epic as usual.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:22PM Mach2 said
That was like, eight different levels of badass, but I have one issue with this:
Deathwing the Destroyer? Really? I can't be the only one who thinks that's a bit overly generic. I can dig his other name, "Neltharion The Earth-Warder" has a classic fantasy sound to it.
Deathwing the Destroyer? Really? I can't be the only one who thinks that's a bit overly generic. I can dig his other name, "Neltharion The Earth-Warder" has a classic fantasy sound to it.
Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:38PM TheDarkWayne said
@aisle5 it was also the name he was given way back in 1995 when Warcraft 2 came out. Given the EXTREME tendencies of err, everything in the 90s it's actually fairly restrained
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Posted: Oct 17th 2010 10:59PM ThePenIsMightier said
@Mach2
It's WoW/Blizzard. "Generic" and "inspired by" is what they do.
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It's WoW/Blizzard. "Generic" and "inspired by" is what they do.
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