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Warlords of Draenor In-Game Cinematics
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Warning: Here be spoilers!* Go no further! Turn back now before it’s too late! You have been warned!

The distant echoes of the Iron Horde’s war machine have already begun to reach the ears of Azeroth’s heroes. Soon, the journey into Draenor will begin in earnest—a journey filled with drama, tension, and momentous events that will shape the fate of this world.

To tell this tale, we’ve created more high-quality in-game cinematic footage for Warlords of Draenor than ever before—and as your story unfolds, these cinematics will illustrate some of the key moments of your adventure.

While we generally like to keep story beats like these a surprise, we know some players enjoy seeking out spoilers, and there are always plenty of people who find these files in the beta or on the PTR and share them. To help mitigate the potential for unsuspecting players to accidentally come across these and spoil their own adventure ahead of time, we’ve decided to go ahead and upload them ourselves—and provide plenty of caution and safeguards against watching them accidentally.

Of course, it goes without saying that we recommend you wait and watch these videos in-game as they were meant to be encountered—but if you choose to watch them here below, we hope you enjoy them, and only ask that you allow others to experience the story as they choose. Thank you for your continued excitement and passion for World of Warcraft, and we’ll see you in Draenor!

*What follows are the in-game cinematics that will play at various points during the Warlords of Draenor campaign. We encourage you to play the game and experience them in-context as you progress through Draenor—but if you decide to watch them now, don’t say you haven’t been warned!







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  1. McNeil's Avatar
    The Thrall vs Garrosh and Shadowmoon cinematics are really good. The others were meh, and it seems that they're trying way to hard to make a badass out of Yrel. Trying to hard to make someone badass will never actually make him a badass.
  1. Adoxe's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by McNeil View Post
    The Thrall vs Garrosh and Shadowmoon cinematics are really good. The others were meh, and it seems that they're trying way to hard to make a badass out of Yrel. Trying to hard to make someone badass will never actually make him a badass.
    She's a badass.
  1. grexly75's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by McNeil View Post
    The Thrall vs Garrosh and Shadowmoon cinematics are really good. The others were meh, and it seems that they're trying way to hard to make a badass out of Yrel. Trying to hard to make someone badass will never actually make him a badass.
    Anyone can become a badass if given the proper motivation and Yrel is given that and more in the Talador cinematic..
  1. Kryos's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by LittleJin View Post
    and? what is exactly bad about it? this is exactly who Horde needs. with him, lesser races of azeroth would perished under banners of the Warsong. if trolls and taurens had any kind of intelligence left in their beasty skulls then they would follow him. but you see, writrs of wow, prefer tv super heroes over realistic military exhibitions.
    Horde needs a Hitler? All they will get for doing what Garrosh does is getting destroyed by the combined force of all other races on Azeroth and Draenor. Only a fool hates coalitions, compromise and cooperation and that is why Garrosh is dead, the Iron Horde is dead soon and the Horde weakened. Garrosh is like IS or Hitler Nazis or any other megalomanic group of people that thinks they are superior and have the right to destroy everyone else. They win in their first battles, because most are surprised and don't expect this level of stupid brutality. But they always lose the war because they have no support and friends. They fight against everybody and can't keep up with all the resistance everywhere they go. Following a leader like Garrosh is a march into your own doom.
  1. grexly75's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by LittleJin View Post
    and? what is exactly bad about it? this is exactly who Horde needs. with him, lesser races of azeroth would perished under banners of the Warsong. if trolls and taurens had any kind of intelligence left in their beasty skulls then they would follow him. but you see, writrs of wow, prefer tv super heroes over realistic military exhibitions.
    Did you actually read what you wrote? You do know that there was a real life situation that occurred that pretty much mirrors what you said here and that was Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Thugs.. His megalomania started World War 2 and cost the lives of millions of people..
  1. Pabzi's Avatar
    haha people complaining about spoilers
  1. Balazzar's Avatar
    cool. still not sure what the point of making Garrosh warchief served for the narrative. Thrall never really developed as a character as a result of that decision. He still just crazy super-orc who handed reins to Zul'jin and said "bye."
  1. mmoca07ba3dd81's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kryos View Post
    Horde needs a Hitler? All they will get for doing what Garrosh does is getting destroyed by the combined force of all other races on Azeroth and Draenor. Only a fool hates coalitions, compromise and cooperation and that is why Garrosh is dead, the Iron Horde is dead soon and the Horde weakened. Garrosh is like IS or Hitler Nazis or any other megalomanic group of people that thinks they are superior and have the right to destroy everyone else. They win in their first battles, because most are surprised and don't expect this level of stupid brutality. But they always lose the war because they have no support and friends. They fight against everybody and can't keep up with all the resistance everywhere they go. Following a leader like Garrosh is a march into your own doom.
    every country needs a strong leader like Garrosh. they lose only because of the writing and game role to provide us with kill. the rest what you have said is simply untrue. Garrosh could manabomb most of the locations. slaughter everyone and everything on his path. with tauren and the trolls, nobody would stop him. he was doing very well even though the whole world turned against him

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    Quote Originally Posted by grexly75 View Post
    Did you actually read what you wrote? You do know that there was a real life situation that occurred that pretty much mirrors what you said here and that was Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Thugs.. His megalomania started World War 2 and cost the lives of millions of people..
    I'm fed up with A.H. power, supremacy and killings are as old as human kind. means to achieve them differ.
    Garrosh was the perfect leader who suffered from the blizz terrible writing.
    for all I care. lesser races of azeroth may burn alive while choking on the pit that orcs pour into their mouths.
    conquest knows no mercy. resources and materials do not choose sides nor lives. progress requires conflict.
  1. Debased's Avatar
    I agree Garrosh could have been an interesting character, even a longterm one. Instead Blizzard employs a laughable voice actor and writes Garrosh off as a brute with delusions of grandeur. I could have easily seen a refined version of Garrosh rallying the Horde through strength and fear and finally doing something about that wannabe hero faction across the sea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Balazzar View Post
    cool. still not sure what the point of making Garrosh warchief served for the narrative. Thrall never really developed as a character as a result of that decision. He still just crazy super-orc who handed reins to Zul'jin and said "bye."
    I agree who is Thrall at this point? He's just that guy that disappeared for some asinine reason even after handing the reins to a nutter, and now a 'gasp' Troll.
  1. ThrashMetalFtw's Avatar
    Really don't like the Blackhand model. Where is the Antler helm, the most iconic part of his appearance?
  1. Velshin's Avatar
    Also about nagrand cinematic isn't Maka'gora (not sure about the spelling haha) suppose to be no body armor? Then why Thrall wearing the full plate doomhammer there? hmmm
  1. mmoca07ba3dd81's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Velshin View Post
    Also about nagrand cinematic isn't Maka'gora (not sure about the spelling haha) suppose to be no body armor? Then why Thrall wearing the full plate doomhammer there? hmmm
    and why is he using power of the elementals? the answer is simple: thrall is a cunt. balding did not only take the last hair but also remaining shreds of courage.
  1. Kioshi's Avatar
    You know what I learn from the Thrall vs Garrosh fight?

    Raising pigs for the first part of your life makes you stronger than fighting since birth as a gladiator. Those damn pig must be very strong.
  1. Kryos's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by LittleJin View Post
    every country needs a strong leader like Garrosh. they lose only because of the writing and game role to provide us with kill. the rest what you have said is simply untrue. Garrosh could manabomb most of the locations. slaughter everyone and everything on his path. with tauren and the trolls, nobody would stop him. he was doing very well even though the whole world turned against him
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    You do know what happened to Garrosh? He lost. Guess why, he was warchief and in command. How can he lose if his way was so good and clever? Because he was stopped by the "weak" Alliance. The Alliance that even cooperated with the horde trolls. A cooperation of many cultures and races. They won. And did they dismantle the Horde like the still angry Jaina suggested? No, they did not and it was a good call because their power was needed to fight back Garrosh once again - this time with his idiotic Iron Horde. All their warchiefs will die, all their plans will fail. They made the mistake to follow this stupid idiot called Garrosh. That's the price.

    The Horde can also thank Kalegos that he safed millions of them because Jaina eventually poises herself to destroy Orgrimmar in retaliation with the stolen Focusing Iris by using it to summon a massive tidal wave's worth of water elementals to drown the city's citizens. Having been begged for help by the elements beforehand, Thrall barely arrived in time and tried to dissuade her from committing the horrific act, but Jaina ignored his pleas. Kalecgos also arrived, preventing Jaina from killing Thrall, and tried to reason with her. Jaina considered Kalec's words, and was horrified to realize that not only was her behavior similar to Arthas, but that her intended actions were nearly identical to what Garrosh and the Twilight Hammer had done with the Iris. Jaina finally realized what she had become, and dispelled the tsunami, saying that while she would fight Garrosh's Horde, she would not murder civillians.

    That's a single woman from the Alliance and there are many others with similar power. Don't mistake the lack of cruelty and brutality from the Alliance as a sign of weakness. They could erradicte the Horde if they wanted. But they know that the better way is cooperation and alliances. Not senseless brutal warmongering.

    If you really think Garrosh could have won long term, then you need to check history books. Real ones and WoW lore. You can't keep power for long if you only have violence and force and no support from anyone.

    It's a daydream by violent and stupid people and all who followed this dream in the past are dead and beaten and those retards that follow this path will be in the future.
  1. mmoca07ba3dd81's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kioshi View Post
    You know what I learn from the Thrall vs Garrosh fight?

    Raising pigs for the first part of your life makes you stronger than fighting since birth as a gladiator. Those damn pig must be very strong.
    it is not only strength but also wit. the way Garrosh fights. he is a great tactician. even when you think he is raging, he is still planning his movements. true Warchief. Truest of orcs! and well, garrosh lived in Nagrand, plenty of gronns to break their necks
  1. Kryos's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kioshi View Post
    You know what I learn from the Thrall vs Garrosh fight?
    Raising pigs for the first part of your life makes you stronger than fighting since birth as a gladiator. Those damn pig must be very strong.
    Thrall won the fight pretty easily. He is not a good melee shaman and made the mistake to get too close to this warrior and got hit, but not critical at all. But he had not problem killing Garrosh with two spells from range. Thrall has much more power. Only a fool mistakes strength for power. Fact is, that Garrosh, the oh so great warrior - was killed by Thrall in a 100 second fight. All his roaring, screaming, big muscles and jumping was useless. He was not even able to make Thrall bleed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleJin View Post
    it is not only strength but also wit. the way Garrosh fights. he is a great tactician. even when you think he is raging, he is still planning his movements. true Warchief. Truest of orcs! and well, garrosh lived in Nagrand, plenty of gronns to break their necks
    And lost his war - twice - and lost against Thrall and accomplished NOTHING. All of his plans failed. He made the Horde weaker. He was also in prison after SoO and just was lucky to escape. But did he learn? No. He started the stupid Iron Horde and as a result he is DEAD new. You really love losers. He was just a stupid pig farmer after all and had no idea how to run things.
  1. Kioshi's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kryos View Post
    Thrall won the fight pretty easily. He is not a good melee shaman and made the mistake to get too close to this warrior. But he had not problem killing Garrosh with two spells from range. He has much more power. Just less muscles.

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    but that is what i don't get, thrall was a Gladiator before he became a shaman, he was fighting melee and was train to fight melee, and Garrosh well was fighting pigs..... pigs .....
  1. mmoca07ba3dd81's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kryos View Post
    You do know what happened to Garrosh? He lost. Guess why, he was warchief and in command. How can he lose if his way was so good and clever? Because he was stopped by the "weak" Alliance. The Alliance that even cooperated with the horde trolls. A cooperation of many cultures and races. They won. And did they dismantle the Horde like the still angry Jaina suggested? No, they did not and it was a good call because their power was needed to fight back Garrosh once again - this time with his idiotic Iron Horde. All their warchiefs will die, all their plans will fail. They made the mistake to follow this stupid idiot called Garrosh. That's the price.

    The Horde can also thank Kalegos that he safed millions of them because Jaina eventually poises herself to destroy Orgrimmar in retaliation with the stolen Focusing Iris by using it to summon a massive tidal wave's worth of water elementals to drown the city's citizens. Having been begged for help by the elements beforehand, Thrall barely arrived in time and tried to dissuade her from committing the horrific act, but Jaina ignored his pleas. Kalecgos also arrived, preventing Jaina from killing Thrall, and tried to reason with her. Jaina considered Kalec's words, and was horrified to realize that not only was her behavior similar to Arthas, but that her intended actions were nearly identical to what Garrosh and the Twilight Hammer had done with the Iris. Jaina finally realized what she had become, and dispelled the tsunami, saying that while she would fight Garrosh's Horde, she would not murder civillians.

    That's a single woman from the Alliance and there are many others with similar power. Don't mistake the lack of cruelty and brutality from the Alliance as a sign of weakness. They could erradicte the Horde if they wanted. But they know that the better way is cooperation and alliances. Not senseless brutal warmongering.

    If you really think Garrosh could have won long term, then you need to check history books. Real ones and WoW lore. You can't keep power for long if you only have violence and force and no support from anyone.

    It's a daydream by violent and stupid people and all who followed this dream in the past are dead and beaten and those retards that follow this path will be in the future.
    yes, he lost. and he lost because not only a puny alliance was against him but also horde with its 'greatest champion of plot'-us. trolls and taurens, not the traitors that they are now, with Garrosh would conquer the world.

    yadda yadda emo eldorado. suu hurrubl, suu bedd. ohh how romantic, such a deep lesson for me. she could destroy enemies of her side but no-o-no-o. mind boggggling.

    but in reality, such situations never happen that you don't have allies. but we probably have read completely different history books. mine don't have hammer and sickle on the cover. he would have won, especially if it was not an mmo.

    it is unrealistic, completely out of place that Garrosh had no support from the horde. it is ridiculous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kryos View Post
    Thrall won the fight pretty easily. He is not a good melee shaman and made the mistake to get too close to this warrior. But he had not problem killing Garrosh with two spells from range. He has much more power. Just less muscles. Facts are that Garrosh, the oh so great warrior - was killed by Thrall in 100 seconds.

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    And lost his war - twice - and lost against Thrall and accomplished NOTHING, make the Horde weak, was in prison and is DEAD. You really love losers. He was just a stupid pig farmer after all and had no idea how to run things.
    during mak'gora he should have not used 'spells' which are not even spells. it is channeling of forces that may or may not give him power. so it was a Garrosh vs thrall and all elements

    yes, he was killed by the plot and for the sake of mmo character of this game. shitty writing all over the place.

    you must love them, cheap cheesy stories
  1. Ulfric Trumpcloak's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kryos View Post
    Thrall won the fight pretty easily. He is not a good melee shaman and made the mistake to get too close to this warrior. But he had not problem killing Garrosh with two spells from range. He has much more power. Just less muscles. Facts are that Garrosh, the oh so great warrior - was killed by Thrall in 100 seconds. All is roaring and muscles and jumping was useless. He was not even able to make Thrall bleed.

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    And lost his war - twice - and lost against Thrall and accomplished NOTHING, make the Horde weak, was in prison and is DEAD. You really love losers. He was just a stupid pig farmer after all and had no idea how to run things.
    Lorewise is not like in game where every class is at the same level. Lorewise theres a clear difference between a warrior and someone who has powers, mages, shamans, druids, warlocks. Thats what happened in the cinematic, much like in lore, a simple warrior is defenseless against someone who can cast spells. If Thrall had used powers from the beginning it wouldn't have been much of a fight.
  1. mmoc989d81a7d3's Avatar
    Honestly cant wait for WoD
    Second the Blackhand model looks awesome
    Third My plate wearers gonna hhave a blast

    PS
    All the other cinematics are also very well made
    SO BRING THE IRON HORDE

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