Originally Posted by
Steelangel
So I've watched the trailer a few times by now, and I think the artists definitely knocked it out of the park as usual. The world looks gorgeous.
But the voiceover for the trailer is milquetoast bullshit. Who is speaking? Are they speaking to you or just reading lines?
"The future will unfold as it was meant to." Hint for Murozond? Why not make this clear? Does this not contradict the Jailer's last words? What even does this mean??
"The threat is greater than you know, young one." What threat?
"We must join forces and strike now!" Against WHO?
"All that matters is this moment..." Why? What is this destiny you speak of?
The voiceover belongs in one of those millions of Asian Mobile MMO ads that pop up, not WoW. Whoever greenlighted this video must have thought it was good enough, but it's not.
The Shadowlands video showed well-known characters, a voice over whom we knew, some actual terror, and the Jailer just sounded threatening. That was a hype video.
Dragonflight's video is about soaring through the land. Visiting unknown places. Amazing visuals. Dragons! And it is saddled with a voice over that is throwing every terrible WoW aphorism against the wall hoping something sticks.