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NEW CINEMATIC REACTION – Anduin Raid Finale Reaction! Check out my reaction to the brand new cinematic that plays once Anduin is defeated in the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid in WoW Shadowlands 9.2!
“Bound by the Jailer’s will, Anduin Wrynn makes an unwilling stand against the heroes of Azeroth.”
WATCH CINEMATIC HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpl8qIBq9CI&
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What'd you all think of this cinematic??? As a huge DAD fan, this just hit the heartstrings. I'm still on a break from WoW but damn. Love seeing this conclusion to this arc!
They did Arthat sooooooooo dirty. And the f was that power of friendship moment.
Sry I had to say it.
Damn they did Arthas dirty “let’s just do with him what we did with Garrosh in 9.1 but worse”
seeing varian talk to his son once again i got emotional always nice to see a strong family bond
Im glad Arthas got a known end and it wasn't redemption. As much as I would have liked Jaina to have a goodbye speech she feels so far removed from the girl who loved him it doesn't overly matter Sylvannas and Uthers characters are more bound to his end than her.
WoW still knocking Cinematic out of the park
No way!
I love Sour Fang!
Not gonna lie-started crying when I saw Varian, started bawling when I saw Saurfang, and cheered when Sylvanas finally realized she became the very thing she despised.
alright alright im usually toxic, but this cinematic got the best of me, u win bliz
The Varian/Saurfang thing was awesome. Having them both stuck in the sword, I assume because they both died holding it was cool. Hearing him say "My son" gave me goosebumps.
BUT they could have done so much more with Arthas here before he faded away. Have him materialize and help save Anduin, then talk to Anduin saying he wouldn't share the same fate as him. Have him have a moment/goodbye with Uther (especially with the Bastion pre-story) and Jaina where they realize they failed him at Stratholme which led to so many things. Have him and Sylvanas face off one final time and talk. Apologize to her and tell her to make amends for all the terrible things she did, something he will never have the chance to do.
You can't redeem Sylvanas with the Jailer scapegoat and not somewhat redeem Arthas as well. Having him just fade away like that after teasing so much more and wasting so much potential was absolute dogshit. The twisting of the knife there is having Sylvanas of all people monologue at his soul when her storyline is literally the same kind of arc.
Who knows though maybe something will change with the Jailer fight/mythic only phase/cinematic (if there is one).
Just feels like such a waste. Same as Garrosh in the last raid.
Should be called when the men show up
Both Varian and Saurfang died wielding Shalamayne. The sword absorbed a part of their essence/soul when they were killed and both live on within it.
Horrible way to end Arthas, again.
But Sylvannas is a girl and the focus of WOW, so she needed to live after all of her atrocious war crimes.
It was good until the blade broke. then the rest of it was absolute trash. They did the OG prince dirty.
I didnt expect this cinematic to hit me in the feels like it did
Arthas being the soul powering the weapon is cool. The rest was then doing him dirty while also under delivering on the potential of that moment where he's there in the presence of Sylvanas and UTHER. He should have had so much more to say or do there. Instead Uther somehow has nothing but exposition.
i think they were always part of the blade
You cried in the exact same moment as I, lol. Andy's two daddies coming to give their strength. I also think this is a good ending for Arthas. I didn't realize it before until I watched this but when she says "May the last whisper of your name…" … I recalled the OG Wrath cinematic "…the very forest of Lordaeron whispered the name, Arthas…" … interesting full circle.
I'm mixed on it but its a beautifully done cinematic.
We last time see Arthas, we never forget him.
One of the best characters(Arthas) in wow if not gaming history and it ends like this, i am glad i've quit this game.
I don't think those were the souls of Varian and Saurfang because that doesn't seem to make much sense with what happened to them–Varian's soul I think was obliterated to the Fel energy Gul'dan used and Saurfang likely would have gone to the Maw after Sylvanas used the Jailor's power in their Mak'gora. But I think they more so like a memory or something else that stuck with Shalamayne due to them both having been able to split the blade into its separate parts (I suppose each blade is meant to represent valor and honor like they mentioned here). It felt cool thematically although if I were to give a bit of constructive criticism to the writing here, it's kind of a Deus Ex Machina moment because why should the power of Shalamayne with Varian's and Saurfang's influence be enough to break the Jailer's godtier domination magic? But regardless, that part of the cinematic I'm okay with all things considered.
But… there was just so much wrong with the last half. I know Blizz has mentioned they were hesitant of doing too much fanservice for Arthas to potentially ruin his legacy, but with the story arc of this expansion it was inevitable that he'd have to be involved in some way, so I'll just go ahead and say this feels like a bigger insult than any cheap fanservice ever could be, especially after having gotten some teases along the way suggesting he'd show up eventually, only to not even have his soul manifest enough to have one last goodbye convo with the characters here. Hell I probably would have preferred him to not show up at all if it was just a choice between that and what we got here.
He could have been a part of the process that broke Anduin free which would have made my earlier point about the Deus Ex Machina less egregious because at least Arthas had gone through years of being the Jailer's puppet and it was even stated during Wrath that a part of Arthas still remained within the Lich King just enough to hold back from unleashing the full might of the Scourge washing over the world like a locust swarm, so that was a completely wasted opportunity for a reasonable redemption.
For the sake of argument, if I were to accept that this is how Arthas' legacy was meant to end, why the hell should Sylvanas have the most voicelines addressing him, especially in such a condescending tone when she should know by now that it was always the Jailer controlling him as the Lich King like he did with her? Uther and Jaina of course have a huge emotional bond to him (not that Sylvanas doesn't), they should have gotten more lines grieving over his fall from grace while Sylvanas really only needed the line admitting her selfishness caused her to become more like him (as the Lich King, mind you, not who he was prior to being mindcontrolled).
I'll go ahead and stop the rant now, but yeah first half was better than what I expected out of Blizz at this point, I would have been willing to give the writing team credit for a decent cinematic if it weren't for the last half.