Rexxar's is among Blizzard's most floundered characters. The fact he didn't show up in Mists of Pandaria to team up with Chen Stormstout, Rokhan, Vol'jin, Thrall and Baine Bloodhoof for Siege of Orgrimmar as a callback to the Siege of Theramore in Warcraft III vexes me till this day. That, and he didn't speak a single word to Rokhan during BfA....
this shows that all the old warcraft writers no longer work at activision blizzard or have absolutely nothing to say anymore and only have say there who have little or no idea of the old or real lore of warcraft.
@@Fuchsfeuer Lmao this argument is so odd because as the decades roll on people keep saying this same type of argument yet it keeps getting pushed in years lmao.
@@FuchsfeuerLOL. First, yes, brilliant observation that after 20 years most if not all of Blizz’s old writers moved on. Almost like it’s something humans do when they have worked at the same place for over a decade. Second, many of those writers (Afrasiabi as an example) were very bad people who almost destroyed the company or at a minimum enabled the very bad people to do bad things (Metzen). I don’t care if they wrote The Bible, fuck them. Third, Blizz’s old writers weren’t perfect. Most of the lore was just massaged $2 ripoffs of LOTR, DnD, and Lovecraft. What you are acting resentfully about now is actually more original writing than we had back in the early days.
Don’t know what that is and I’d bet a lot of people who like Rexxar also don’t know what that is. Just because a character archetype has been done in the past doesn’t mean it can’t be told again in a different setting with different details. Bet you I could find some ancient story from thousands of years ago that’s a 1:1 of Rexxar too.
That's what Blizzard always did really good at those time. Steal good ideas and make it even better. The Blizzard touch. It does not exist anymore sadly, but they are getting better again.
Seeing Rexxar walking around in Vanilla was one of the coolest gaming moments I'd ever had - felt like I was standing next to a celebrity or something.
The fact that Rexxar is an aloof wanderer is what makes him great. He's looking out for himself. A self-imposed exile living quietly off the land. He shows up when needed and quietly recedes back to the wilds again once the need has passed. He's one of the few WC3 characters that have survived the abusive attention of Blizzard's writing teams over the years.
Chen might have been a joke character but he was a really cool joke character imo, when I had him in my team, I just liked him, I kind of wished there was more of a focus on him in MoP, he honestly should have been the horde representative for Pandareans
You should check out Vol'jin Shadows of the Horde if you liked to listen to/read the wow books. It's one of the better ones and Chen has a good amount of time in the story. At least go look up a summary 👍
@@Squadward I have read that book, it good, I think the human guy, forgot his name has a bigger role then chen. But it doesn't change the fact that Chen was a side story in the MoP campaign instead of the focal point. If they focused mainly on Chen hanging out with rexxar and rokhan, it would be way better.
Also Chen 100% should have been in Vanilla, people who didn't do Rexxar's campaign in WC3 didn't know about Chen, if Chen was in vanilla wondering around with Rexxar there's a better chance for people the understand why people liked Chen and how cool he was as a character, but because they omited Chen until MoP it just gave people the idea of Kung fu pandas.
@@ShadowzdotaIt was because of Kung Fu Panda's success and China as a growing market that MoP was released as it is. It was originally planned that they were Japanese Sengoku Jidai type Panda's. War like, and it would've been better.
It's hilarious how low they set the bar with the official warcraft movie, not that WoW machinima hasn't been among some of the most inspired content for decades now, especially lots of the musical parodies people have made.
Rexxar is one of the coolest characters in Warcraft, and is one of the primary characters I think of when I think "Horde". He's served as the inspiration for several characters even in my own writing, and is the basis of a character I created in a tabletop campaign. Thank you for doing this and giving him some justice! I hope he appears in game in a more meaningful sense in the future!
Rexxar is by far my FAVORITE wow character, he alone is the embodiment of what I seek to be as a BeastTamer. A true Warrior of the wilds, A hero who fights with Incredible Ferocity and Savagery along side his Mighty pets. I even say on occasion without a second thought in my mind "WE FIGHT AS ONE!!" or "BY FANG AND CLAW" in any video game that involves creature catching/taming, its hilariously more prevalent in Pokemon 😂🤣. For the curious I'm a "retired" hunter but dam Rexxar gets me pumped 💪
Man, it's such a shame we don't have the Mok'Nathal or Rexxar play a larger role in the story. Really hope they add them one day as a playble Allied Race Them and the Mogu
About Rexxar in kalimdor, Like the Ogres who had built juggernauts to cross the sea, Goblins already had a foot in Kalimdor at that time. Travelling by Zepellin or with the other Ogres would had been his choice.
22:00 Which is why OG players all laugh at Baine. For such a minor character, I got really attached to Rexxar, and I often felt like all the turmoil the Horde went through in later expansions would be reason for him to return to lead. He certainly deserves to be warchief before Garrosh or Sylvanas.
Personally, as someone who was already drinking age when WoW came out, I am very grateful to these videos. I have forgotten or still do not know, the entire story when it is directly related to World of Warcraft. Seeing them played out like this, condensed and bite-seized, it is much more fun for me to watch. Yay cartoons that teach old people lol But srsly, thank you 🌛💙🌜
Man Wc3 was my Jam Back when I was a Kid. Loved the Founding of Durotar Campaign. Rexxar is a Legend. Seeing him in Vanilla wow was surreal. Back when Warcraft had good story telling.
It's bad what they did to him in WoW, but tbf I'd rather have him untouched in his glory than stained with ass story telling. Sucks that his role in WC3 means nothing in WoW too
Everyone who thinks wow/warcraft has ever had good storytelling is blinded by nostalgia. Its always been hit or miss, and ironically some of the most questionable/worst lore was imo in TBC when they basically made Illidan, Kael and Vashj into your average irredeemable bad guys that had to be put down, which i was super disappointed by because i loved kael and illidan in WC3. Thankfully Legion retconned most of Illidans story and fixed it but not the same could be said for Kael and Vashj.
Ahh, Rexxar. I like the guy, but every time I see him I'm reminded that Survival hunters can't dual-wield [in retail]. By the way, Rexxar was voiced by Steve Blum in WC3 (also, Metzen didn't voice Zul'jin; at least not in TBC)
Rexxar was a cool character in WC3. However the mightiest hunter in the warcraft universe is the unnamed hunter who caused the Corrupted Blood Incident which caused hundreds of thousands of deaths on Azeroth from September to October 2005. :)
Rexxar's story even helped influence my own character's story back in the day. I had i that my Troll was a survivor of Admiral Proudmoor's assault on the Echo Isles, rescued by Rexxar's group during the attack. A minor part granted, but still nice.
I love that "He some how ended up in Kalimdor" I like to think he swam there cussing out the Warsong But I believe he could have befriended a Dragon and flew there on a 1 way trip to get away from the wars
I like to think that Rexxar just caught a very well-off pirate ship in Booty Bay that was headed for Gadgetzan and persuaded the captain to join the crew. WoW as I know it 2007-2016 just focuses on such a black and white "HORDE VS ALLIANCE" view.
Rexxars campaign in Warcraft 3 cemented my love for Warcraft as a whole when I was a kid, and pretty much started my World of Warcraft journey (Hunter for life 💪) I only wish we could have more of a focus on him as a character instead of just him being used as a plot device for other stories.. Just one slight correction, Rexxar is voiced by the amazingly talented Steve Blum in Warcraft 3
Budget clearly gone up, this shit is awesome man, the editing, the ambient and sound design are incredible, and also your voice acting improved a lot (before anyone says it, I recognize it's not all your voice, but your parts are great also). Love to see it
Rexxar is my favorite character and i actually hope that he one day he becomes warchief because i think he might be a great leader and this was an amazing video probably my favorite just because its about rexxar
Rexxar was always interesting to me, he was so unique and was one of the highlights during my horde playthrough of BFA And of course you always are such a great storyteller so getting this video makes me so happy
What makes this more funny is, when they were making the Hunter Trees Rexxar wasn't even the first choice for the Survival background art. (Was some Troll lady, idk if they're named)
I rewatched the naga axe to the face scene like 10 times expecting it to be the only such scene, it was hilarious. But no, Platinum went above and beyond and added more and more and more. Great work.
What an amazing video, loved it, make more, you make the Lore so much more interesting. Fyi: when I got to 13:30 the editing with Misha, the bear, I died of laughter, so good :)))
When I think about the warcraft universe, Rexxar is the one that pops into my head immediately, he feels like the embodiment of it. Always cool to see him when leveling. My fav character.
"Taste the steel of Mogrin's axe!" I love how the Hearthstone retelling of Rexxar's story used that exact line from Warcraft 3. There's just something so novel about the existence of Mogrin. Back in Warcraft 3, it was rare for very minor characters to even have names. And when they do, they are typically quest-givers for optional quests that don't add much to the main plot of the campaigns and aren't even referenced at all in WoW or other Warcraft-related media. Mogrin is kinda special. He was introduced in a cutscene, and died in that same cutscene. And he is just some grunt. He isn't like the other named non-hero units in the game like Captain Falric (who was only named in the campaign in Reforged), or Nazgrel, or Shandris who were important figures in their factions. He is just a low-ranking member of the Horde. And yet, he gets to have a name. And he technically was the catalyst for the entire story of the Bonus Campaign to be set in motion. And the way Rexxar treated Mogrin in his final moments is just a great way to portray what kind of guy Rexxar is because for most people, the opening cutscene of the Bonus Campaign is their first encounter with Rexxar so the writers had to give a good introduction to that campaign's protagonist.
Main universe Blackhand does have an in-game model. During the chess game in Karazahn, Blackhand is there as the King piece for the Horde. WoD Blackhand ain't my Blackhand yo
Such a fan of the Animations, and story telling. Great work mate. If requests can be made. The war of the ancients has always fascinated me, but its details are many, and evasive.
Melee Hunter was indeed a thing back then, it just didn't have a dedicated spec. Hunters had melee specific abilities and also had a range requirement for their ranged attacks and abilities. If an enemy was too close to you you were forced to use melee attacks/abilities because your ranged stuff would be unusable. They actually had a deadzone too, where the enemy would be too far for melee and too close for ranged, making the Hunter unable to attack them. This was pretty important for PvP.
@@maxpowers4436 Who plays melee hunter in a raid?Who even plays survival unless it's pvp?Even back in Classic,Survival/Melee spec is overlooked and underdeveloped.
it's crazy that Rexxar is actually ... so old :D I always thought idk, he's like maybe 5-10 years older than Thrall Rexxar is like Aragorn, he's 80 but look like 40 :D
19:53 oh my god it's so good to hear the voice of Big Bobby Baratheon. aka Mark Addy again. The man was perfect to play Robert Baratheon and a young Robert Baratheon would be perfect as Admiral Proudmoore!
@@saikanji9570 It really sounds like Matt's Rexxar here though haha. Did they get him to say these lines for the vid? Are they from something else where he did say these lines? It was very well done regardless.
Hahah what? This type of comment is so blizzare. The voice lines are from Rexxar book of heroes playthrough...... from the game Hearthstone and the dialogue Platanium voice is from a Warcraft book aka its literally blizzard old fashioned story telling. You types always get cheap shots in even when you are wrong.
I would love for a return to Outland expansion in which we get Moknathal as playable yess YEEES I would like to add that Horde pushed for the north not because of an endless bloodlust alone. Doomhammer had a solid plan.
Rexxar is the reason my Mag'har Survival Hunter (who I off spec as both beast and Marksman whenever the mood arises) Is the way he is now... For the Horde and the Iron that makes up its bonds!
I remembered being so excited when I first saw Rexxar in Outland! I loved playing as him in Warcraft 3 and it was like meeting an old friend again after so many years!
This has to be by far my favorite lore video of yours, especialy since Rexxar's one of my fav character's in the Worldcraft universe. Keep it up the good work my guy
This video was great! One of your best ones, if not the best one. And I don't say that lightly, as your other videos already set the bar ridiculously high.
I could be wrong, but wasn't Rexxar around during the founding of Orgrimmar? Under Thrall's 'more peaceful' Horde? That sounds like something he'd be in on, so he likely caught a boat to Kalimdor with Thrall and co. and just dipped when he could.
Thank you so much! This is my favorite warcraft character in all of the lore. The whole reason I play hunter is because of this legend. It's awesome to see a in-depth lore video on him. You rock!
Rexxar is my favorite WoW character. We both love animals and nature and live by the motto "Don't start none, won't be none" 🤣 I'm that one guy that's always played a melee hunter 😁
Blizz used many writers, to create warcraft From the get go warcraft was never a single man job. This is why wc and wow lore has alot of gabs and doesn't make sense moments. Even with the external books. Many well written characters got forgotten or badly humbled like rexxar, a quest in bc thrall says, even him wouldn't be a match for rexxar. You confirmed that for me by mentioning blakhand duel. Yet we got him later as minion in mission table or useless npc in bfa dungeon 😅 In 1v1 without magic mak'gora rexxar>garrosh >thrall When u have 20 writers 5 directors for the lore and questing experience. You get the mess of storytelling in world of warcraft 😢
Thank you @Platinum WoW for making such great lore videos. Far away from the World First pushes and solo shuffle queues, it is the story of the warcraft universe that got us into the game in the first place. I'm glad it continues
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That WoW Cancel Quest sound paired with The Rock Stare from Gromash should be a new viral meme in WoW community.
Dude, did you legit get the VA's from WoD to voice their roles in this machinima? Because it fucking sounds like it!
Also cool video.
Oh nvm.
Ye got a thumbs down for not calling steve blum to voice rexxar.
suprised you didnt mention Fire and Ice at all. aka the animated rotoscope movie they basically nabbed Rexxar from
"Do you think we are stupid??
"Yes."
Simple comedy like this will ALWAYS make me exhale air through my nose sharply
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Reminds me of alarak from StarCraft 2
"Do you think us fools?"
"Yes but that is irrelevant"
The Rexxar battle strategy.
Step 1: Throw axe at face
Step 2: Yell "Shut up !"
Oh hey they adapted that well to hearthstone.
@@eisgnom7383 Everybody knows, face is the place.
If steps 1 and 2 don’t finish the fight then hit all you summon abilities but that’s the advanced rotation
Step 3 Win.
If the Avengers had Rexxar instead of Thor, Infinity War would have ended differently.
Rexxar's is among Blizzard's most floundered characters. The fact he didn't show up in Mists of Pandaria to team up with Chen Stormstout, Rokhan, Vol'jin, Thrall and Baine Bloodhoof for Siege of Orgrimmar as a callback to the Siege of Theramore in Warcraft III vexes me till this day. That, and he didn't speak a single word to Rokhan during BfA....
this shows that all the old warcraft writers no longer work at activision blizzard or have absolutely nothing to say anymore and only have say there who have little or no idea of the old or real lore of warcraft.
@@Fuchsfeuer mop was 2013. cool it. old blizzard also had shit writing a lot of the time
@@Fuchsfeuer Lmao this argument is so odd because as the decades roll on people keep saying this same type of argument yet it keeps getting pushed in years lmao.
@@FuchsfeuerLOL. First, yes, brilliant observation that after 20 years most if not all of Blizz’s old writers moved on. Almost like it’s something humans do when they have worked at the same place for over a decade.
Second, many of those writers (Afrasiabi as an example) were very bad people who almost destroyed the company or at a minimum enabled the very bad people to do bad things (Metzen). I don’t care if they wrote The Bible, fuck them.
Third, Blizz’s old writers weren’t perfect. Most of the lore was just massaged $2 ripoffs of LOTR, DnD, and Lovecraft. What you are acting resentfully about now is actually more original writing than we had back in the early days.
It was planned for him to be a part of patch 5.3.0 alongside all of them. But it didn't happen due to time restraints
"I hear the call of wild" always stuck with me. Rexxar is old style cool.
Rexxar is in fact based on character Darkwolf from the movie Fire and Ice by Ralph Bakshi
@@MrLolguy93 wow, yea its the same hat/mask thing. didnt know that.
"Shut up" *throws axe at opponents face* always stuck with me, personally.
I hear this sound line like once a week, somehow accompanied with volibear from league of legends ‘embrace the storm’
I have no explanation for this.
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Rexxar's "Shut up!" are truly words to live by.
...and to die by....with an axe in the face
Shut up.... :D
Exactly, lol
“Yes!”
I'm kind of disappointed this video wasn't just like 75% him telling people to shut up as violently as possible.
After 20 years, it feels Blizzard never realized how cool they made this character. They didn't delve into him for some reason.
Hes just a 1:1 of darkwolf from Fire and ice
Don’t know what that is and I’d bet a lot of people who like Rexxar also don’t know what that is.
Just because a character archetype has been done in the past doesn’t mean it can’t be told again in a different setting with different details.
Bet you I could find some ancient story from thousands of years ago that’s a 1:1 of Rexxar too.
@@sucraloss its dev confirmed.
That's what Blizzard always did really good at those time. Steal good ideas and make it even better. The Blizzard touch.
It does not exist anymore sadly, but they are getting better again.
Rexxar would have had a chance if Blizz had ever given the customers playable Ogres.
I appreciate using the Hearthstone story and voiceacting to give Rexxar more self-narration. Helps add to things.
I was wondering where that was from since i didnt recognize it from wow
I actually didn’t know it was from Hearthstone. I honestly thought it was their actual voice actors collaborating with Platinum at first lmao.
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"Always aim for the face" That pretty much sums up Rexxar gameplay in Hearthstone, doesn't it
Hearthsone book of heros is actually pretty good
He honestly has always felt like a character from a different game that just cameos in Warcraft games from time to time
Another character like, say, Darkwolf from Fire and Ice? He also waltzes into that story, helps the heroes, and disappears without any explanation.
And Samuro the only reedemed Burning Blade clan Orc, who used only in WC3 and HOTS
I like how he saw a stranger about to die and he instantly rushed in like "I got you Homie!"
Seeing Rexxar walking around in Vanilla was one of the coolest gaming moments I'd ever had - felt like I was standing next to a celebrity or something.
The fact that Rexxar is an aloof wanderer is what makes him great. He's looking out for himself. A self-imposed exile living quietly off the land. He shows up when needed and quietly recedes back to the wilds again once the need has passed.
He's one of the few WC3 characters that have survived the abusive attention of Blizzard's writing teams over the years.
honestly i feel like that's why they don't really progress his story. why ruin what is perfect? a lone wanderer who's always then for you when needed
Chen might have been a joke character but he was a really cool joke character imo, when I had him in my team, I just liked him, I kind of wished there was more of a focus on him in MoP, he honestly should have been the horde representative for Pandareans
You should check out Vol'jin Shadows of the Horde if you liked to listen to/read the wow books. It's one of the better ones and Chen has a good amount of time in the story. At least go look up a summary 👍
@@Squadward I have read that book, it good, I think the human guy, forgot his name has a bigger role then chen. But it doesn't change the fact that Chen was a side story in the MoP campaign instead of the focal point. If they focused mainly on Chen hanging out with rexxar and rokhan, it would be way better.
Also Chen 100% should have been in Vanilla, people who didn't do Rexxar's campaign in WC3 didn't know about Chen, if Chen was in vanilla wondering around with Rexxar there's a better chance for people the understand why people liked Chen and how cool he was as a character, but because they omited Chen until MoP it just gave people the idea of Kung fu pandas.
@@ShadowzdotaIt was because of Kung Fu Panda's success and China as a growing market that MoP was released as it is. It was originally planned that they were Japanese Sengoku Jidai type Panda's. War like, and it would've been better.
God everytime you release a video it's like a movie just came out man, straight up some of the best most entertaining content on TH-cam
It's hilarious how low they set the bar with the official warcraft movie, not that WoW machinima hasn't been among some of the most inspired content for decades now, especially lots of the musical parodies people have made.
i don’t even play WoW and i love this stuff 😭
The running joke of Rexxar throwing an axe at anyone who monologues too long is one I didn't know I needed.
It's insane that a huge character like Rexxar has rarely been used in WoW. I'd love to see his storyline progress in the future.
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If he gains more power I could see him as warchief
@@smiley4995 Rexxar warchief rather than that stupid banshee queen? LOL as if, it's current year after all
be careful what you wish for
Rexxar is one of the coolest characters in Warcraft, and is one of the primary characters I think of when I think "Horde". He's served as the inspiration for several characters even in my own writing, and is the basis of a character I created in a tabletop campaign. Thank you for doing this and giving him some justice! I hope he appears in game in a more meaningful sense in the future!
I love the use of actual voice lines so the characters tell their own stories for a change. Best one yet!
Rexxar is by far my FAVORITE wow character, he alone is the embodiment of what I seek to be as a BeastTamer. A true Warrior of the wilds, A hero who fights with Incredible Ferocity and Savagery along side his Mighty pets. I even say on occasion without a second thought in my mind "WE FIGHT AS ONE!!" or "BY FANG AND CLAW" in any video game that involves creature catching/taming, its hilariously more prevalent in Pokemon 😂🤣. For the curious I'm a "retired" hunter but dam Rexxar gets me pumped 💪
Agreed, Axe & Pet or Bow & Beast. Those Marksmans are just archers
Rexar and warlock fighting, warlock be like, "your pet died." Rexar be like, " call ambulance, call ambulance... But not for me."
the lock failed pvp 101, kill the hunter not the pet. Thats a snack for later
@@Dezkoi the problem is that it was an mm hunter
@@patrickstar1164 no, Rexxar is a survival hunter. He's literally the picture for the spec in-game
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Man, it's such a shame we don't have the Mok'Nathal or Rexxar play a larger role in the story. Really hope they add them one day as a playble Allied Race
Them and the Mogu
eh... the mogu less so. theyre very "pitbully". id rather have the tolvir/saberon or the sethek since warcraft doesnt have any tabaxi or tengu
Rexxar being involved more, yes. Yet ANOTHER Orc race...no.
you spelled tuskarr wrong
@@razvantudor4357 lmao tru
Blizz should have added the Moknathal in BFA instead of the Maghar and add brown orc customization options for regular orcs.
About Rexxar in kalimdor, Like the Ogres who had built juggernauts to cross the sea, Goblins already had a foot in Kalimdor at that time.
Travelling by Zepellin or with the other Ogres would had been his choice.
Or boat from Booty Bay !!!
I really appreciate how these clips almost make WOW into a Saturday Morning cartoon. These are great!
“Yes he did… but who will save yours?”
That was such an awesome line. Never stick around if you’ve just killed a killer’s pet 😂
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22:00 Which is why OG players all laugh at Baine.
For such a minor character, I got really attached to Rexxar, and I often felt like all the turmoil the Horde went through in later expansions would be reason for him to return to lead. He certainly deserves to be warchief before Garrosh or Sylvanas.
Rexxar is what really drew me into the Warcraft lore in Wc3 and he's remained my favorite character through all these years
This is amazing, I have watched it three times and I can't get enough of it. I didn't know Rexxar was such an awesome character!
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I loved when Samuro joined and did all those amazing things while being invisible
Easily one of your best videos so far, Plat. That transition into the WC3 Blaze of Glory mission was an absolute masterpiece of editing.
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"I will *always* be there when you need me, brother."
*Rexxar died on the way back to his home planet
Personally, as someone who was already drinking age when WoW came out, I am very grateful to these videos. I have forgotten or still do not know, the entire story when it is directly related to World of Warcraft. Seeing them played out like this, condensed and bite-seized, it is much more fun for me to watch. Yay cartoons that teach old people lol But srsly, thank you 🌛💙🌜
Rexxar's design is based on Darkwolf from Fire and Ice. Such a great iconic look and character. It's a shame they basically abandoned him.
Man Wc3 was my Jam Back when I was a Kid. Loved the Founding of Durotar Campaign. Rexxar is a Legend. Seeing him in Vanilla wow was surreal. Back when Warcraft had good story telling.
Please, vanilla had awful story telling.
@@metal_monocle7334 vanilla had story?
@@ProtossOP of course, but it did a shit job of telling it
It's bad what they did to him in WoW, but tbf I'd rather have him untouched in his glory than stained with ass story telling. Sucks that his role in WC3 means nothing in WoW too
Everyone who thinks wow/warcraft has ever had good storytelling is blinded by nostalgia. Its always been hit or miss, and ironically some of the most questionable/worst lore was imo in TBC when they basically made Illidan, Kael and Vashj into your average irredeemable bad guys that had to be put down, which i was super disappointed by because i loved kael and illidan in WC3. Thankfully Legion retconned most of Illidans story and fixed it but not the same could be said for Kael and Vashj.
Ahh, Rexxar. I like the guy, but every time I see him I'm reminded that Survival hunters can't dual-wield [in retail].
By the way, Rexxar was voiced by Steve Blum in WC3 (also, Metzen didn't voice Zul'jin; at least not in TBC)
Rexxar was a cool character in WC3. However the mightiest hunter in the warcraft universe is the unnamed hunter who caused the Corrupted Blood Incident which caused hundreds of thousands of deaths on Azeroth from September to October 2005. :)
Rexxar is truly one of the coolest and badass characters Blizz ever made and he is so fucking underrated by Blizz themself. He deserves more love.
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Rexxar's story even helped influence my own character's story back in the day. I had i that my Troll was a survivor of Admiral Proudmoor's assault on the Echo Isles, rescued by Rexxar's group during the attack.
A minor part granted, but still nice.
I love that "He some how ended up in Kalimdor"
I like to think he swam there cussing out the Warsong
But I believe he could have befriended a Dragon and flew there on a 1 way trip to get away from the wars
i prefer the dolphin theory
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Man in some weird way I love it when they put the human jokes into those machinimas.
“Father did you ambush the orcs?”
“No, I was too busy trying to find the BREASTPLATE STRETCHER!”
I like to think that Rexxar just caught a very well-off pirate ship in Booty Bay that was headed for Gadgetzan and persuaded the captain to join the crew.
WoW as I know it 2007-2016 just focuses on such a black and white "HORDE VS ALLIANCE" view.
Rexxars campaign in Warcraft 3 cemented my love for Warcraft as a whole when I was a kid, and pretty much started my World of Warcraft journey (Hunter for life 💪)
I only wish we could have more of a focus on him as a character instead of just him being used as a plot device for other stories..
Just one slight correction, Rexxar is voiced by the amazingly talented Steve Blum in Warcraft 3
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Budget clearly gone up, this shit is awesome man, the editing, the ambient and sound design are incredible, and also your voice acting improved a lot (before anyone says it, I recognize it's not all your voice, but your parts are great also). Love to see it
You did amazing with the editing. You took long but worth watching.
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Rexxar is my favorite character and i actually hope that he one day he becomes warchief because i think he might be a great leader and this was an amazing video probably my favorite just because its about rexxar
Rexxar and Zek’han are also featured in the Exploring Azeroth: Kalimdor book. Not much information, but minor interesting tidbits :).
YES, THE BEST HALF-OGRE HALF-ORC FINALLY GETS THE ATTENTION HE DESERVES!
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Rexxar was always interesting to me, he was so unique and was one of the highlights during my horde playthrough of BFA
And of course you always are such a great storyteller so getting this video makes me so happy
Main universe Blackhand does have an ingame model (but not unique) - he is found in Karazahan at chess event
Thank you so much for posting. I can't get enough of your content!
What makes this more funny is, when they were making the Hunter Trees Rexxar wasn't even the first choice for the Survival background art. (Was some Troll lady, idk if they're named)
He should have been the beast master one, considering he was a beast master with like 5 pets
I rewatched the naga axe to the face scene like 10 times expecting it to be the only such scene, it was hilarious. But no, Platinum went above and beyond and added more and more and more. Great work.
1:14 YOU ARE NOT PREPARED! RAAAAGH!!!
What an amazing video, loved it, make more, you make the Lore so much more interesting. Fyi: when I got to 13:30 the editing with Misha, the bear, I died of laughter, so good :)))
When I think about the warcraft universe, Rexxar is the one that pops into my head immediately, he feels like the embodiment of it. Always cool to see him when leveling. My fav character.
You didn't mention how he apparently tamed an army of Thunder Lizards off screen.
"Taste the steel of Mogrin's axe!"
I love how the Hearthstone retelling of Rexxar's story used that exact line from Warcraft 3. There's just something so novel about the existence of Mogrin.
Back in Warcraft 3, it was rare for very minor characters to even have names. And when they do, they are typically quest-givers for optional quests that don't add much to the main plot of the campaigns and aren't even referenced at all in WoW or other Warcraft-related media.
Mogrin is kinda special. He was introduced in a cutscene, and died in that same cutscene. And he is just some grunt. He isn't like the other named non-hero units in the game like Captain Falric (who was only named in the campaign in Reforged), or Nazgrel, or Shandris who were important figures in their factions. He is just a low-ranking member of the Horde. And yet, he gets to have a name. And he technically was the catalyst for the entire story of the Bonus Campaign to be set in motion. And the way Rexxar treated Mogrin in his final moments is just a great way to portray what kind of guy Rexxar is because for most people, the opening cutscene of the Bonus Campaign is their first encounter with Rexxar so the writers had to give a good introduction to that campaign's protagonist.
Ahh finally Plat back with another video. Was getting worried there for a bit.
Main universe Blackhand does have an in-game model. During the chess game in Karazahn, Blackhand is there as the King piece for the Horde. WoD Blackhand ain't my Blackhand yo
Outstanding! This is how you tell a story.
Such a fan of the Animations, and story telling. Great work mate. If requests can be made. The war of the ancients has always fascinated me, but its details are many, and evasive.
So, Rexxar was so badass that even tho melee hunter wasnt a thing back then, he still beat a warrior in 1v1 without his pet.
Melee Hunter was indeed a thing back then, it just didn't have a dedicated spec.
Hunters had melee specific abilities and also had a range requirement for their ranged attacks and abilities.
If an enemy was too close to you you were forced to use melee attacks/abilities because your ranged stuff would be unusable.
They actually had a deadzone too, where the enemy would be too far for melee and too close for ranged, making the Hunter unable to attack them. This was pretty important for PvP.
@@arstulex thank you I think no one here played classic and knows about this you should spread the word my brother
Wtf does melee hunter was not a thing back then mean?
@@maxpowers4436 Who plays melee hunter in a raid?Who even plays survival unless it's pvp?Even back in Classic,Survival/Melee spec is overlooked and underdeveloped.
it's crazy that Rexxar is actually ... so old :D I always thought idk, he's like maybe 5-10 years older than Thrall
Rexxar is like Aragorn, he's 80 but look like 40 :D
A character blizz forgot. Lucky guy
19:53 oh my god it's so good to hear the voice of Big Bobby Baratheon. aka Mark Addy again. The man was perfect to play Robert Baratheon and a young Robert Baratheon would be perfect as Admiral Proudmoore!
Rexxar is just a type of character you can not hate. His story was my favourite in WC3. I hope they will bring him back in Dragonflight.
The batman of WoW.
He is!
Black Mask from Fire and Ice. Search it. 😉
Big correction here: Metzen did not voice Rexxar in Warcraft 3, Steve Blum did (he also did Anub'arak).
"SHUT UP" throws axe. Never have i seen such a master negotiator. 👏👏
Amazing quality, really impressive stuff. Both animations, VA and script is just lovely. Love it mate.
I teared up when he killed his wolf. God damnit. That wolf is the real mvp
You have no idea how much this made my day. It literally made me feel like a kid again watching Saturday morning cartoons, thanks again.
One of my best heroes of HotS. If you ignore how many dead Misha it took me to get there.
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I wanted this for so long. Still mad Rexxar and his team never got the attention they deserve during MoP and BFA
I love how you always find a way to slide in those ridiculous human /silly lines lmao
My headcanon is that Rexxar Shrek's son, transported to another dimension by some magic.
Top notch voice acting!! This is what Blizzard needs. A return to old-fashioned storytelling
The voicing is amazing, sooo fukin good
Well yeah, Rexxar's voiced by Matt Mercer. He's amazing!
@@saikanji9570 It really sounds like Matt's Rexxar here though haha. Did they get him to say these lines for the vid? Are they from something else where he did say these lines? It was very well done regardless.
Hahah what? This type of comment is so blizzare. The voice lines are from Rexxar book of heroes playthrough...... from the game Hearthstone and the dialogue Platanium voice is from a Warcraft book aka its literally blizzard old fashioned story telling. You types always get cheap shots in even when you are wrong.
@@montgomerym5407 No its from a game. Hearthstone to be exact.
I would love for a return to Outland expansion in which we get Moknathal as playable yess YEEES
I would like to add that Horde pushed for the north not because of an endless bloodlust alone. Doomhammer had a solid plan.
Rexxar is the reason my Mag'har Survival Hunter (who I off spec as both beast and Marksman whenever the mood arises) Is the way he is now... For the Horde and the Iron that makes up its bonds!
I remembered being so excited when I first saw Rexxar in Outland! I loved playing as him in Warcraft 3 and it was like meeting an old friend again after so many years!
Finally the legend returned
This has to be by far my favorite lore video of yours, especialy since Rexxar's one of my fav character's in the Worldcraft universe. Keep it up the good work my guy
Both a curse and a blessing Blizzard hasn't focused on Rexxar for all these years
This video was great! One of your best ones, if not the best one. And I don't say that lightly, as your other videos already set the bar ridiculously high.
Rexxar is such a good guy
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Warcraft's MIGHTIEST Hunter: Rexxar
Warcraft's MIGHTIEST Warrior: Grommash
Warcraft's MIGHTIEST Warlock: Guldan
Warcraft's MIGHTIEST Shaman: Nerzhul
Orcs are just OP!!!
Let the hunt begin!
I’m acting on instinct.
I could be wrong, but wasn't Rexxar around during the founding of Orgrimmar? Under Thrall's 'more peaceful' Horde? That sounds like something he'd be in on, so he likely caught a boat to Kalimdor with Thrall and co. and just dipped when he could.
Can't wait to rewatch with Asmongold reaction
What an incredible video, Plat! Thank you for making these, they’re such highlights of my day whenever they come out!
Did somebody mention Rexxar?
Came here looking for your comment
Thank you so much! This is my favorite warcraft character in all of the lore. The whole reason I play hunter is because of this legend. It's awesome to see a in-depth lore video on him. You rock!
You should cover queen azshara
Her VA is perfect
Rexxar is my favorite WoW character. We both love animals and nature and live by the motto "Don't start none, won't be none" 🤣
I'm that one guy that's always played a melee hunter 😁
Blizz used many writers, to create warcraft
From the get go warcraft was never a single man job.
This is why wc and wow lore has alot of gabs and doesn't make sense moments. Even with the external books.
Many well written characters got forgotten or badly humbled like rexxar, a quest in bc thrall says, even him wouldn't be a match for rexxar. You confirmed that for me by mentioning blakhand duel. Yet we got him later as minion in mission table or useless npc in bfa dungeon 😅
In 1v1 without magic mak'gora rexxar>garrosh >thrall
When u have 20 writers
5 directors for the lore and questing experience. You get the mess of storytelling in world of warcraft 😢
"Who has existed for 21 years" Holy fuckin shit, I had to google the release date of Frozen Throne, way to make me feel old haha
I love the recurring characters of the human joke-tellers who are always laughing.
Great vid, love the subtle reference of Rexxar throwing his axe cuz he used to have a thunderbolt spell before the eagle summon.
Rexxar got to Kalimdor by taming two dolphins and riding them like waterskies.
Thank you @Platinum WoW for making such great lore videos. Far away from the World First pushes and solo shuffle queues, it is the story of the warcraft universe that got us into the game in the first place. I'm glad it continues