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On the Wrath of the Lich King cinematic his father describes his son Arthas, how he was, before his "fall" and becoming the Lich King.
I think Arthas was always doing opposite of what King Terenas II wanted. That is what this cinematic shows. Except stirring the hearts of people. He was always a good motivator.
@@matijamaksan4344 I don`t think he was always doing opposite. He was just young, self-confindent, stubborn and ambitious.
@@matijamaksan4344 Not sure what you mean opposite. What he's doing in this cinematic is exactly what his father was describing what to do to be a good ruler.. except it's with the knowledge that he's the Lich King and not King of Lordaeron. It's meant to be an exact parallel, but in a different light.
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King Terenas Menethil II wanted him to lead men to bright future. He lead them to death and than to undead. That is pretty opposite.
@@matijamaksan4344it’s not doing the opposite, it meant to be a twisted irony. A perversion of the narration. He is everything described, but not in the way it was meant to be.
Arthas... The Lich King, best character in video games, most iconic sword Frostmourne and the Helm of Domination, you have no idea how epic that cinematic was when it came out for all Warcraft and WoW players, nothing will compare to that moment ever again.
Thats not fully true.
The WotLK-Cinematic was quite controversial when it was released as it lacked the "action" of earlier trailers and the players that didn't care about lore thought it was boring.
The lore-fans and old veterans loved it from the start, but it wasn't always like that for the whole community.
I'm jealous of that feeling you all experienced! I'll only get a taste without the game knowledge and time 🔥
@@cortynnightshade We were not in the tiktok era yet, this was amazing, some may not have been onboard, but that was unimportant
@@Scotschie I know. I liked it and a lot of lore-fans liked it as well. But I know how the initial reactions in the form were - very mixed.
It wasn't overwhelmingly loved from the start, thats just not what happened.
@@GOTGames Lich King expansion ranks at the top couple of expansions for most of wow players who actually experienced it when it came out still today.... I absolutely loved it and I've played 14-15 years and still do. I started in Burning Crusade which was exciting for a new raid/dungeon gamer..and moved into Wrath. The music of Wrath was absolutely stunning and Arthas was a central figure through the couple of years of the expansion... I don't know of any games that have lasted as long, and created really great content for almost any aged player or man, woman child,, something for everyone. By the way, love your reactions :)
Arthas has an entire origin story that takes place in Warcraft 3 (and the expansion: Frozen Throne) telling the events of how he went from the Prince of Lordaeron into the Lich King we see in this World of Warcraft expansion.
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I feel watching the warcraft 3 and expansions in game cinematics between missions. It would answer questions luke has about who is who like illidan.
Cinematics release order
World of warcraft cinematic 2004
World of warcraft The burning crusade cinematic
World of warcraft Wrath of the LIch king cinematic
World of warcraft Cataclysm Cinematic
World of warcraft Mist of pandaria cinematic
World of warcraft Warlords of Draenor cinematic
World of Warcraft Legion Cinematic
World of warcraft Battle for Azeroth Cinematic
World of warcraft Shadowlands cinematic
World of warcraft Dragon flight cinematic
and finally World of warcraft The war within cinematic trailer.
If you want to go a bit deeper they did a few story cinematics around Battle for Azeroth that have the same quality and help understanding the story, so to the list above I would add after Legion:
-Old Soldier
-Battle for Azeroth Cinematic
-Lost Honor
-Safe Haven
-Reckoning
@@BernardoPC117 and there area a few more, that's why I made my own but that is like 1.5 movie time th-cam.com/video/fEz8lQCVO6Y/w-d-xo.html
@@BernardoPC117yea, it's very important to catch to the lore for non gamers
YES! Hope he reacts. They are all cool cinematics!
He definitely needs to go in order, for the best lore! And definitely do the warbringers cinematics as mentioned. Especially the Jaina one and old soldier!
But also, the mists of Pandaria Shao Hao cinematics are fantastic as well!
Btw, a quick info dump to Luke and ppl new to WoW lore.
- Arthas was the prince of a certain kingdom.
- The narrator is supposed to be his father who is talking to his son.
- During Warcraft 3(and during the Wrath of the Lich King) we see how Arthas becomes The Lich King(the dude we saw in this cinematic trailer).
His story is one of the best written in fantasy tellings in my opinion.
We have:
- Young Arthas who is in love with Young Jaina while being mentored by Uther and Muradin.
Yes, many people will tell you that Uther trained him how to be a Paladin but only a few know that Muradin trained him in how to be a proper swordsman.
- The infamous Culling of Stratholme.
- The expedition in Northrend and him obtaining the Frostmourne(the sword we see him wielding in the cinematic trailer).
- His return to Lordaeron and his betrayal.(I think this one has also a short trailer that is worth checking out)
- The Fall of Quel'Thalas and his encounter with Sylvanas Windrunner.
- His encounter with Illidan while Archimonde was attacking Dalaran and Mount Hyjal.
- Going back to Northrend and reaching The Frozen Throne(the place where we see him sitting at the start of the cinematic trailer).
Just my 2 cents.
Burning crusade came out in 2007, and even then, the cinematics team did amazing things!
Yes (TBC released on January 16, 2007), and the trailer was released before that, so it was probably made around late 2005/early 2006, which makes it even more impressive.
Also, fun fact, Cataclysm was released on December 7, 2010, which is the year he talks about.
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Wrath of the Lich King trailer is SO legendary that Game of Thrones paid homage to it by making an identical scene which is almost 100% same as in the trailer.
My grin at Illidan's "you are not prepared" man that took me back.
When facing a situation in life where I'm uncomfortable, I still hear him saying "You Are Not Prepared". I probably need therapy lol.
Illidan, (the bloke in the burning crusade voiceover) was imprisoned by his people for 10,000 years. He was released to help fight a bunch of demons in warcraft 3. He fled through the portal to "outland" (previously called "draenor", it's where the Orcs are from) in WC3. So now the players are going to outland, and he's like "you dare come here?"
Lich King trailer was so good Game of Thrones cribbed it for their season 7 finale
Man... Back when that aired I got confused for a second wondering how the fuck they could put a scene as similar to this in there, but somehow worse
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I love how they did the narration in the WoTLK cinematic. Everything Teranas (Arthas's father) said, has been proved wrong. He said Arthas grew into a weapon of righteousness, he ended up as a weapon of death and destruction, their line ruled with wisdom and strength, Arthas rules using fear and domination. He was sure that Arthas would show restrain in using his power, the dude just went and resurrected a big ass skeletal frost dragon. And the 'truest victory, is stirring heart of your people', but he just dominated them, and took control over them. But in the end, he really did become king. A Lich King...
Probably my no.1 WoW cinematic
It's complicated. Arthas was a good guy. This one's a bit of a ride, but he was a Prince and a Holy Paladin and a prodigy, literally the chosen one like Anakin Skywalker. However, his downfall is a lot more believable, as he loses himself pursuing a lich responsible for turning his father's subjects into undead. A major turning point in his story is when his friends abandon him as he proceeds to mercy kill an entire town of people infected with undeath. The problem his mentor and love interest have with this is that the people haven't fully turned yet.
So, Arthas goes on a path of vengeance against the masterminds behind the attack on his homeland, only to discover the sword and helmet you see him wielding in the video. The sword named frostmourne is used for stealing the souls of the dead to gain more power. The helmet and armour were made by the Burning legion to imprison an orc warlock who tried to stand up to the Burning Legion. The same burning legion from the title of the Burning Crusade.
That scary looking dude in the burning crusade trailer? He is someone else who was trying to fight against the burning legion, by using the burning legion's power himself.
So, this spooky possessed armour takes over Arthas and causes him to become more evil, and raise an undead army of his own. Together, they resist the control of the burning legion, and break free from it's hold, however they have a new plan. Kill everyone on the planet to make an unstoppable undead army to fight the Burning Legion.
So, he's not a good guy, his methods are bad, but his actual goal was a righteous one: Stop the Burning Legion and all those associated with it.
Going to add--I LOVED seeing your reaction. You were as breathless as we all were when this was on the CD we had bought. The times before YT was used--henced the 2010 release on YT but 2008 in reality. You didn't need to talk. It was all on your face.
Thats what i meant in my comment on the last reaction. You can enjoy the WotLk trailer on its own, but when you know the lore behind it, its a f.... masterpiece. Arthas fell from grace because he got corrupted. The one who speaks in this cinematic is his father, the king of Lordaeron and its sooo sad, that he wanted that bright future for his son and he became something so evil. Arthas kills him in Warcraft 3, when he is already "bad" because of the influence of the Lich King. And then Arthas becomes the Lich King, basicly a King of the Undead, and travels to Northend, where this expansion takes place. The dragon he raises there, we had to fight in the last raid. Arthas was the last main boss.
"Illidan", the guy talking at the start, was a hero during the war if the ancients against the demons of the burning legion.
However his methods were a bit "wild" and he did something shortly after the war was over that got him imprisoned for 10.000 years.
During warcraft 3 the burning legiin came back, he was released and helped fighting them back again, but once again with questionable methods, so he got banished.
After this he went to another world called draenor where he overthrew the demon ruling it and took over.
Thats "his realm" now. (Though its more complicated than that)
Also illidan was the "villain" of that expantion, but overall hes more of an anti hero.
Hey Luke, with the objective of helping you out, here is the order you are supposed to watch these trailers as they have cronological order:
Vanilla WoW.
The Burning Crusade.
Wrath of the Lich King.
Cataclysm.
Mists of Pandaria.
Warlords of Draenor.
Legion.
Battle for Azeroth.
Shadowlands.
Dragonflight.
War within.
There are also cinematics that are from each expansion and add a lot of context for them, so if you are planning to also watch those important story pieces, you should do it in the order from above. I hope you get to see the fantastic (and some times not at all) story of WoW, love your reactions, have fun!
There are videos that compile all the cinematics in chronological order. I recommend just looking for one of these (jut make sure you pick one that includes War Within since that is the newest)
th-cam.com/video/vM5BRluPchc/w-d-xo.html
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The monologue in wrath of the lich king is from arthas' father talking to arthas as a child, it is meant to show the contradiction for what arthas has become compared to the king he should have been.
Burning Crusade was 17 years ago, while base WoW first came out 20 years ago.
lol shh don't remind me I'm old now. BC was college!
World of Warcraft came out in 2004, Burning crusade in 2007 and Wrath of the Lich King in 2008. Most media companies didnt upload their IP's to TH-cam till 2009 which is when they were able to monetize shorts/trailers/teasers.
The 2000s was the golden era for gaming to me. RTS games never reached the same peak as were the late years of 2000s.
''this guy gives me evil vibes'' LOL about one of the main heroes of the world haha
Illidan was an anti-hero at best of times. He did get a redemption arc and he did become more sympathetic, but come on, he literally helped the first demon invasion.
@@ODDnanref he only did it as a double agent to defeat them
@@deenman23 "ends justify the means" tell that to all the people dead because of what he did. To them Illidan would absolutely be considered evil.
@@Doomfoolable yeah when facing extinction level threats,and what we now know a universal threat,the ends do justify the means
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by chronological order of release years (not including warcraft, only World of Warcraft), these years were also the years the cinematics were shown/made, exept for later ones the cinematics were like 1/2 a year older
Original WoW or Vanilla: 2004
The Burning Cruisade: 2007
Wrath of the Lich King: 2008
Cataclysm: 2010
Mists of Pandaria: 2012
Warlords of Draenor: 2014
Legion: 2016
Battle for Azeroth: 2018
Shadowlands: 2020
and the curent expantion "Dragonflight": 2022
So if you wnat to do them in the order they were released, now you know
As a hardcore TBC raider, we had so little time in Sunwell. /cry
I subbed to you back when you were doing a lot of Pentatonix stuff, when I saw this, I was like...oooooh! I am a huge World of Warcraft fan. I have played since about 2 weeks prior to Burning Crusade's launch. Took a few breaks here and there but I have played WoW since about December 2006. This game is fantastic and the musical score is friggan amazing!!
Arthas becoming the Lich King was basically like Anakin becoming Darth Vader in that no one could have imagined the hero everyone loved who seemed to be above reproach would become nearly the biggest villain their universe.
Arthas' journey to becoming the Lich King is still to this day one of the best stories in gaming for me. The levels of betrayal, manipulation and death. The impact on the world, and it's characters, were monumental. It literally shaped the world for all future events that came afterwards.
I would absolutely recommend looking into lore videos of his story.
There absolutely is good and evil in Warcraft as well as the tons of morally grey.
The story tested characters and pushed them in ways they never imagined. Illidan, the big winged demon guy in the Burning Crusade cinematic? He was an elf that took on demonic magic to become a Demon Hunter and save the world from the Burning Legion (basically an army of demons attempting to invade the world). He was punished for his actions (imprisoned for 10,000 years), but he did help save the world at the time. It was one of those morally grey moments.
There are hundreds of stories to tell from Warcraft lore and every expansion cinematic trailer will give you more questions than answers. Although sadly some of the more recent stories aren't as interesting (or make much sense). The cinematics are always fantastic though.
Don't feel bad about not pausing and just staring, mouth open at the Wrath of the Lich King trailer. It's such a masterpiece that it just sucks you in and commands your attention. Every tiny bit of detail in the animation and every note of the score were positioned in just such a way that you can't look away from it and are just enthralled; much like how Arthas is to the sword and armor. This trailer just goes so hard and the backstory is so deep.
When you get to the Battle for Azeroth cinematic, watch the three animated Warbringer videos with it! Azshara, Jaina, and Sylvanas! They each brought me to tears when I first watched them!
"This guy gives me evil vibes." Probably the best Anti-Hero that I know ;D
Arthas is one of the best Characters in Warcradt History. Once a Noble Prince and Paladin of the Holy Light, in his Quest to save his People from the Curse of Undeath, he took the cursed Blade Frostmourne and slowly became what he wished to destroy, an Undead Knight... a Death Knight. And lastly the Lich King. I f***ing love this Dude.
Illidan Stormrage, the one imprisoned for 10,000 years, was released from prison during warcraft 3 and in warcraft 3's expansion was exiled from the main world that everyone calls homes. And during the events of Burning Crusade the Dark Portal reopens up to the shattered lands of Draenor now called Outland and we are venturing forth.
Soooo long story short. For Illidan ( the winged guy at the end / narrator in the beginning) He "betrayed" his people by defecting to the Burning Legion who were going to invade Azeroth (the land he is originally from / the player is from in WoW) to try to dismantle them from inside their ranks. His people instead labeled him as a betrayer and imprisioned him for 10,000 years.
When the Burning Legion did finally invade Azeroth again he was set free from the prison to help battle them once more, but he consuemd the Skull of Gul'dan to become a demon (He was originally a Night Elf) and was banished by his brother Malfurion Stormrage. He eventually fled to Outland ( realm Burning Legion is from) and set up shop in the Black Temple.
The players in Wow are eventually manipulated into invading Outland to bring him down thinking he is now the cause for the Burning Legion invading Azeroth once more. (This is not actually the case but it's how it is presented in game as your reason for the expansion)
Very very very condensed summary of the events. There is a ton of Lore behind everything in Warcraft 3 / WoW
In the The Burning Crusade cinematic (the first cinematic you watched), the one narrating is Illidan Stormrage, the twin brother of Malfurian Stormrage, both of them being very prominent characters in the lore of the Warcraft series. They are Night Elves, this franchise's take on Dark Elves/Drow from D&D. Night Elves were immortal until Warcraft 3, when the World Tree Nordrassil was sacfricifed to defeat an extremely powerful enemy. Nordrasill was a very special tree that gave the Night Elves their immortality, but after it was sacrificed, they lost that immortality. Most Night Elves at that point were well over 10,000 old.
10,000 years before the start of the games, during what is called the War of The Ancients, the Night Elves fought against a legion of demons called The Burning Legion. Illidan was imprisoned by Malfurion because Illidan had become half-demon due to a bargain he made with an extremely powerful demon from the Legion. Malfurion feared that Illidan had become the very thing that they had been fighting against, and so had him imprisoned rather than have him killed. The Burning Crusade takes place over 10,000 years later after Illdan was recently released from his prison.
The story about Arthas and his downfall is without a doubt the most tragic story in the gaming industry ever created. Arthas was the prince of Lordaeron and was loved by everyone. From an early age he was trained to become a Paladin, a righteous and holy warrior fighting for the human race. Then came The Scourge threatening the very existence of the world and Arthas decided to save the world by defeating it, no matter the cost. He was forced to make lots of impossible choices (for example killing everyone in a city that had become cursed by the plague, also known as The Culling of Stratholme). On his path to save the world Arthas lost himself and later on became the very thing he sought to destroy. This expansion was the peak of World of Warcraft and this cinematic is such a masterpiece when you know the backstory to Arthas. You can hear his fathers distant words how he wanted his son to turn out, which is the complete opposite of what actually happened. All he wanted was to save everyone he loved but ended up killing them all instead. Such tragedy.
Arthas and illidan stormrage is by far the coolest characters in the warcraft universe.
Brunign Crusage is the second installment from the first expansion. Luke u should sometimes read things. :D
To answer your random question: The vocie belongs to Illidan, he is a former Nightelf (Became a demon by consuming stuff someone shouldnt consume to protect his home and got banished for that from his own brother.) He was indeed imprisoned and got freed in the Warcraft III Nightelf campaign, he did vanish then (returns in the frozen throne expansion to fight Arthas and getting defeated by him) and in WoW he returns behind the portal u saw in another world. That is what he meant with his realm, Draenor the name of that world. U watched the Movie so u know Draenor!
In Wrath of the Lich King, Arthas was a main character in Warcraft III and because of anger and blind revenge he turne to the Sword u see in the cinematic (Frostmourne what is part of the real Lich King) getting corrupted and turns from being a Paladin to being a Deathknight, later after he defeats Illidant he takes the Lich Kings crown (The helmet he is wearing) and fuzes basicly his mind with the mind of the Lich King and then he himself became the Lich King.
Illidan is actually a good guy, just twisted in the way he accomplishes his mission.
So the voice at the start of the Burning Crusade trailer, he was imprisioned for 10,000 years and then banished from their world to another, and now in this expansion we're trespassing into his territory
Imagine how cool Overlord would look with this kind of animation :O
The phrase in the last video was the one his father told him when he was a Palladin, and a good prince. Arthas' story is the best downfall arc in all videogame history and maybe in all sci-fi imho.
When you understand Arthas's experience before becoming the Lich King and compare it with the lines in the film, I believe you will fall in love with this character as much as I do.
Arthas is depiction of a classic Hero turn Villain arc. For example: Paul Atreides(Dune), Anakin Skywalker(Star Wars), Harvey Dent(Batman)
its just so funny that he was teasing the WoTLK cinematic wondering why people was so loud about it and then proceeded to have the best reaction to it xD
I'm surprised no one mentioned, but your comment on the Lich King looking like Sauron is spot on. Not 100% sure if it has been confirmed a reference, but they share a lot of similarities. There is even an eye of the lich king that looks very similar to the eye of sauron.
The funniest thing is when the lich king has glowing red eyes (next guy (Bolvar Fordragon) he’s on our side!
I think I mentioned on the last video that I started playing back in Burning Crusade. I never placed Warcraft 3 so I didn't have the initial background on Arthas when Lich King came out but I have read the novels and if you're ever interested, there is one called "Arthas" that covers a TON of his backstory. He is a seriously amazing character that.....I'm not gonna say he fell but instead he chose that path and charged down it. The things he did along the way.....enslaving Sylvanas as his Banshee Queen after killing her and forcing her to murder her own people (you saw her in the first cinematic you watch...the one that screamed. Her story is amazing too), the raising of Sindragosa (the dragon). It's intense. I definitely recommend the book. :)
There are several other Battle for Azeroth cinematics that are fantastic. And honestly, you can't go wrong with any of the WoW cinematics. They're all just beautiful.
Oh! You mentioned the music in Lich King.
Yes. That particular track still gives me chills. I do know the words are taken from a Warcraft 3 song called "O Thanagor" (O King). but you can also find this track on the soundtrack for WotLK as "Arthas, My Son"
The Lich King cinematic can be confusing for newcomers since it requeres some context.
The main character Arthas has his story in Warcraft 3 where he shifts from a noble holy paladin to the lich king you see here due to him being corrupted by that sword you see .
His story in Warcraft 3 ends with him going to sleep on that frozen throne.
So him waking up here years later was a big hype for fans since he was a beloved character.
The Lich King was Anakin done right. A young man of such promise who fell into darkness with the best of intentions.
"Maybe its the blue color, if he was red i would consider him a bad guy" - Oh the Irony
Now we need more WoW cinematics !!!!
Arthus was a holy Paladin and price of a country, in the end he was so desperate to get revenge on the undead he was after he took up a cursed sword, it made him kill his Paladin mentor, his best friend, his father and destroy his kingdom.
There's no way to properly describe how hype that Wrath cinematic was at the time. The last we saw of Arthas was him ascending to the Frozen Throne, donning the Helm, and taking his seat as the new Lich King. Then he was relatively inactive until Wrath, at least him personally, his minions were doing stuff but he was very noticeably absent. Then that shot of him on the Frozen Throne is exactly how his previous cinematic ended, and now he's done sitting on his throne. It was finally his time.
3:06 that guy is a Dreanei, a new playable race, that was added for players in Burning Crusade expansion
Wrath of the Lich King. I remember it well. That's back when World of Warcraft reached its peak. It's been nothing but downhill since.
The Warcraft 3 Cinematics are a sort of prequel story arc to World of Warcraft that will give insight into both the Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King cinematics, if you want to understand them. After that the rest are their own storylines mostly contained in the World of Warcraft game or books. My recommended watch order would be:
Warcraft 3 cinematics (optional, there's 9 in total for about 26 minutes runtime)
"The Wrathgate" + "Fall of the Lich King Ending" cutscenes (for understanding Lich King and Shadowlands)
Cataclysm cinematic
Mist of Pandaria cinematic
"Burdens of Shao Hao" series (optional for understanding Pandaria, 6 videos)
Warlords of Draenor cinematic
"Lords of War" series (optional for understanding Draenor, 5 videos)
Legion cinematic
"Harbringers" series (optional for random backstory of key characters, 3 videos)
"Warbringers" series (for understanding Battle for Azeroth, also has a cool song, 3 videos)
"Saurfang's Mak'gora" (collection of Battle for Azeroth cinematics in chronological order)
Shadowlands cinematic
"Shadowlands Afterlives" series (optional for random backstory and vibe of regions)
Dragonflight Announce cinematic
The War Within Announce cinematic
I played Warcraft 3 back in the early 2000's and absolutely loved the story of Arthus. I didn't hear anything about World of Warcraft until one of my buddies in the Navy had me come over to his barracks room to show me this new mmo that had recently come out. Once I saw that it was based in the Warcraft universe, I went straight to the nearest game store and bought WoW. Wrath of the Lich King expansion has always been my favorite because Arthus was always my favorite Warcraft character and that whole expansion is centered around him.
Never played WoW, but damn, everybody should know this is one of the Cutscenes of all time
Prince Arthur's started good, but wanted more power. He then Search for the frozen sword and it slowly took over his mind turning him evil. The sword led him to the helmet. If you watch all the Cinematics of the game from those two crusades, you will see the story of Arthur and how he became the lich King.
Your reaction to the last part of the Wrath fo the Lich King trailer is exactly what I was expecting. I've watched a lot of reaction videos to the WoW trailers (which somehow led me to your channel last week due to some other reaction of yours), and the end of the Wrath of the Lich King trailer always seems to stun people. The trailer is from 2008, but the graphics still hold up so well. Combine it with one of my favorite WoW soundtracks ("Arthas, My Son"), and it just creates an epic experience that hits in all the right ways.
The first time I saw the trailer, I didn't know the lore behind Arthas either, but the cinematic still conveys his power as the last boss of the expansion so well!
WoW recommendations apart from the trailers (others have mentioned them already): WoW soundtracks. However, only the short ones, as most of the zone soundtracks are over 1h long, but they are incredible as background music while working! Here are my recommendations for videos (and do try to find them with lyrics for a translation of the songs):
-Arthas, My Son (a song about Arthas)
-Invincible (a song about Arthas's stead Invincible)
-Lament of the Highborne (a song by Sylvanas, the Banshee Queen you partly reacted to in the Battle for Azeroth trailer)
-Warbringers: Jaina (a song by Jaina, a major lore character of the WoW universe, which was 1 of 3 parts for the Battle for Azeroth expansion apart from the trailer)
-A Call to Arms (an epic original soundtrack for Warcraft 3. For lyrics and proper sound, check the video from neo2001ro (best I could find))
-Nightsong (a beautiful song in Darnassian (Night Elf language). Remember to find a lyrics video with the Darnassian and English)
funny thing about the blue glowing eyes of arthas menethil (that is lich king there) is that the guy that takes over the lich king role after arthas is a good guy called bolvar fordragon and he was severely injured and then burned by alexstrasza of the red dragons, the aspect of life, to save his life, that burn caused his skin to have cracks glowing red and his eyes also glowing red
should be mentioned that bolvar volunteered to take on the lich king role to control the undead horde called the scourge, without a lich king, the scourge would have roamed azeroth more freely and caused even more havoc than they already were
Almost need an entire video for the story beforehand. There were 3 RTS games before World of Warcraft. Arthas' character came out of Warcraft 3 and is one of the most well-known video game villains of all-time. The father is talking about his son in the past so the one you see is the fallen version. He was the true final boss of this expansion of WoW and for many the culmination of Warcraft lore. I started WoW in 2004 and the prior is my favorite time in the game. I was in college and played all sorts of hours making great friends and memories I'll never forget even now into my 40s. So yeah, you watched one of the much later ones. I don't know if you've seen the original WoW trailer. Remember this game began its development in the late 90s. If we get technical WoW is a nearly 30 year old game with still massive popularity. I've moved on, but it'll forever hold a spot in my heart full of wonderful memories. Yes, even all you Wrath babies. ;)
This, and their "Warbringers: Jaina" are the absolute BEST.
My dude if you do these, you’re going to go through my whole childhood. I was just telling my wife how me and my little bro would watch the trailers on release and camp out together waiting for our copy of the expansions.
Keep going, the cinematics only get better. The story behind the games are fun too. They try to build a narrative of people blurring the line between what’s “good” and what’s “evil.” Enjoy!
As a world of warcraft player I thank you for reacting to them :) (Only game I play since 2008) xD
In terms of Arthas being a "good guy", think of him as the Warcraft version of Darth Vader. He was meant for greatness, but due to circumstances beyond his control he slowly fell from greatness to despair.
From prince of the Holy Order to king of the dead.
There were so many years of amazing lore in the Warcraft franchise, so it is such a shame that nobody has successfully made a movie/series that properly embodies the games. Some of the books are actually amazing though. I highly recommend reading "World of Warcraft: Arthas" by Christie Golden for the back story on the Lich King, but there are some other great books from the franchise too.
This is EVERYONES first reaction for wotlk 😂 its a damn good piece of film
Favorite reaction to wow cinematics yet
2:50 Illidian, was an elven Daemon Hunter, who was imprissioned for 10 000 years by other elves(especialy by his brother->Malfurion). He became impure 10 000 ago, when fighting deamons from buring legion. That impurement was the main reason for his lockdown.
Back in warcraft 3, we play as an elven priest, who in order to defend her lands does both:
Wakes up some sleeping druids (including their leader-> Malfurion). She also frees Illidian from his prison in order for 2 brothers to reunite and fight common enemy.
Following events leed to Illidian absorbing powerfull deamon object, which results in Ilidian becomeing a deamon himself (but greatly weakening Burning Legion invasion force).
Illidian then, cursed again by his brother runs away.
He reappears in Warcraft3: Frozen Throne as he besieges an Ice Fortress in the Northland -> home of Lich King, and tries to destroy Frozen Throne, as a result of his actions, some of undead are capable to get free from Lich King influence... and that's how 1 of playable races in WoW began their strony.
Nevertheless, Ilidian, after failing to destroy the place, flees to Outlands -> an other world realm, where he takes over Black Citadel and makes it his fortress.
Burning Crusade expasion allowed WoW players to enter Outlands (through a dark portal) and fight Illidian himself in Black Citadel ;)
Never played WoW but it make me want to play it. First time watching the trailers. 2nd trailer was awesome. The soundtrack, animation, and narration was amazing. You should do the Star Wars Cinematic too. ❤❤❤❤
What a throwback. I still remember the first time I watched this back in the day, good times
Arthas was a noble and honorable paladin type character but in order to save everyone he picked up that sword and was corrupted to be the new Lich King so that evil armor is Arthas now as the big bad instead of the hero he was raised to be
the dude escaped prison in warcraft 3 its the dude with wings & horns in the end illidan u might know from hearthstone
He is imprisoned for 10.000 yrs night elves leader prison break him to literally save the world (he was an Elf),he sacrificed everything just to get in the end hunt down from his own people and banished
ironically the next lich king have a glowing red eyes while he is the good guy
Luke you should go through the campaign in Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne. The story of Arthas is simply legendary. The path from the hero of the savior of his kingdom to the Lich King who destroyed everything. The story of Arthas is very beloved and dear to fans of the World of Warcraft.
Each player went all the way from start to finish with Prince Arthas.
Ankaranir thanador.
Frostomorn thirst for blood.
For glory of the plague.
I received power that my father never dreamed of.
Does sound fun 🤔
3:20 Blood Elves, another playable race, added in Burning Crusade
I have no words... this is epic!
Hearing you have played Hearthstone in the past, I what you to react to all the trailers for it, they are so much fun, and the music is amazing
I realize I'm a couple weeks late but I'd also recommend checking out the in game cinematics not just the expansion trailers. The early ones are kind of jank but still fun and from Mists of Pandaria onwards their absolute fire.
keep on with wow cinematic reactions. and pls do in chronologic order, nobody skips any of them.
each one is an important step on a looong yourney of awesomeness.
one of my current cats is named Arthas. had joked that if he became an aggressive beast i would call him the lich king
Burning crusade was prolly my favorite expansion. Friends stopped playing WoW leading up to WotLK and that is prolly related to my loss of interest as well in the game. I played Cataclysm a little bit to scratch the curiosity itch. I spent so much time in this game as a whole in my youth. I truthfully can't dedicate my time to any one thing like that again. Mostly because I have responsibilities now... but at the same time I realize that the older I get, the more I value my time and not waste it on things that likely won't let me grow and experience new things.
5:50 Illidan Stormrage was voiced by Liam Christopher O'Brien who is an American voice actor, writer, and director. He is a regular cast member of the Dungeons & Dragons actual play series Critical Role
Edit: 13:50 1. If you had talked during the trailer you'd be executed 😂
2. Immersion denotes a great reaction imo
3. Arthis Menethil was a paladin (holy magic) turned death knight (unholy magic) turned lich king (ultimate necromancer) and his lore is one of the best stories written for the Warcraft universe
4. Ringwraiths got nothing on arthis
Burning Cruzade and Lich King are conclusions of stories started in warcraft 3. The man in the 1st cinematic is Illidan a demon hunter and the lich king in the 2nd cinematic is called Arthas, a prince who became corrupted.... Both have an incredible story and probably one of the best in the history of videogames.
"if they swap it from blue to red now that is a bad guy" funny you say that as when bolvar takes the crown he becomes "red" Arthas is the "bad" guy in this expansion and is one of the most loved characters in the warcraft universe.
Basically The Lich King/Arthas in the Cinematic was contradicting what his father was saying about him. We get the idea of the King his Father saw that he could be, but Arthas did not follow and became corrupt and dark.
16:49 you're probably thinking about undead that were in Lord of the Rings - the ones who helped Aragorn...
They did change the future lich king's eyes to red, but he went from a bad guy to a morally grey guy, while also going from a good fighter to being beat by a girl
The Wrath of the Lich King cinematic is one of the best.. i remember seeing it when it came out 15 years ago or however long it has been and playing the expansion. xD
considering that WarCraft III ultimately also weaves into World of Warcraft, my recommendation would be the following (it´s effectively the release-order):
- Warcraft III
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
- World of WarCraft
- WoW: The Burning Crusade
- WoW: Wrath of the Lich King
- WoW: Cataclysm
- WoW: Mists of Pandaria
- WoW: Warlords of Draenor
- WoW: Legion
- WoW: Battle for Azeroth
- WoW: Shadowlands
- WoW: Dragonflight
- WoW: The War Within
That´s effectively the main trailers for the games/expansions, and since WC3 especially gets relevant again in WotLK, it´s a good addition upfront. I think there are a few more (for the content-patches inbetween the expansions), but the most important ones are imo the main-trailers (especially if you don´t know what´s going on anyway^^)
About the WotLK-trailer: The narrator talking about Arthas (the at-that-time Lich King you see in the cinematic) is his father (Terenas Menethil) talking about his son and former Prince of Lordaeron. The way he talks about him effectively describes Arthas' former self, before he fell from grace and became the Lich King. Arthas used to be a righteous paladin before, but got effectively baited in taking the cursed sword (Frostmourne, the sword he wields in the cinematic), that slowly but steadily took his humanity in WC3: The frozen Throne, ending in Arthas becoming the Lich King
Also, fun-fact about undead actually being "the good guys":
technically, the playable race of the Undead in World of Warcraft are "the good guys" (based on the viewpoint of the player). because while most undead before and during Wrath of the Lich king are under the Lich King's control, the playable race basically freed themselves from the LK's influence. So they (objectively speaking, in the greater scheme of things) are "the good guys".
However: this view is (from a lore-standpoint) not necessarily shared, since the WarCraft/WoW-universe is effectively split into 2 faction: the Alliance and the Horde. While the Alliance consists out of (only counting the main races, but not sub-races that we currently have) humans, draenei, dwarfes, gnomes and night elves, the Horde consists of Blood Elves, Orcs, Tauren, Trolls and Undead.
considering that the alliance and the horde have a massive history of periods of war and temporary armistice (the war never settles permanently), depending on who you would ask, the respective other would always be "the bad guys", unless they are forced to work together against "an even more bad guy" (like the Lich King for example).
World of Warcraft turns 20 this year and the Warcraft franchise is turning 30 this year.
WoW - 2004
Burning Crusade - 2006
Wrath of the Lich King - 2008
Cataclysm - 2010
Mists of Pandaria - 2012
Warlords of Dranor - 2014
Legion - 2016
Battle for Azeroth - 2018
Shadowlands - 2020
Dragonflight - 2022
War Within - 2024
from what i remember, the Lich King is once a good prince of human kingdom. in search of power to save his kingdom, he got cursed weapon and armor that control him became the lich king.
Its funny you mentioned he looks like Sauron. Death battle did a fight between the Lich King and Sauron, its a really cool video you should check it out.
Illidan's voice always gives me chills. Blind demon hunter fanboi for decades and still going here
Now you're obligated to react to "Patrick that is the Frostmourne"
The easiest analogy would be, think of Arthas like the Warcraft version of Anakin Skywalker. The brash chosen-one hero of the light who fell to darkness while trying to save what he loved. His story is fantastic and I highly recommend looking more into it but that's the TLDR. As for the narration in this cinematic, it was something Arthas' father told him in the past and was deliberately punctuated by the irony of what he has become and what he's doing in the cinematic.
Illidan fits that idea as well. Maybe not as white to black...but still.
@@samuelengle3773 eh, sort of. His story has a lot more subtly and intrigue. Illidan played the role of infiltrator and for the longest time it was hard to tell where his motivations truly came from. Yes he wanted to stop the Legion buuuuuut... recontextualized 2016 Illidan isn't going to convince me that there was no selfish desire for power also guiding his actions.
The Wrath of the Lich King packs so much more of an emotional punch if you had played Warcraft 3... or at least the missions for the humans.
I would highly recommend watching the Lords of War, Harbingers, and Warbringers and Afterlives videos too, they are incredible.