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World of Warcraft: Fall of the Lich King Trailer

LFG KILL LICH KING

Dec. 9 2009

Posted by: Vinny

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I think it looked pretty good for a patch trailer (they did one for the Sun Isle, too), but having seen it now, I know in reality what it really means to be a grunt among that setting.  For me it involved running from one area to another and then back again while spamming heals on the tank and trying to maintain my mana regeneration...which I read is harder again with the pally nerfs.  Ugh, just when I get a very slight inkling of going back someday, Blizzard kills it off again. 

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@Reverseface said:
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Nice trailer won't go back to WoW untill the next Xpac. FROSTMOURNE HUNGEEEEEEEEEERRRRS for pancakes.

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Don´t forget sirup.
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"Patch 3.3"  may be the best subtitle ever.
 
Yawn.

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 @Milkman said:

" Oh man, Blizzard, you can make a goddamn trailer! "

  Yes, yes they can. Haven't played in like, 2 years (stopped right before Burning Crusade) but damn, this is an awesome trailer. Makes me want to play again.
 
And I hope that bastard actually dies.
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Haha wow, that trailer was epic.  I was disappointed until I realized the spirit Terenes (his father). 
 
So far I've been very pleased with Icecrown Citadel, they have done a good job of making progressing through the dungeon feel more like an actual assault with a lot of cinematic moments and encounters.
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@caseylakes said:
" @trimon said:
" Read it as Fail of the lich king XD "
exactly the same as me, especially in how it looks in the trailer. fail is still correct in that context thou. "
Me too xD
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I have never played WoW, so it's very hard for me to imagine why anyone would get excited for something that looks this bad. But i guess that's MMO addiction for ya.

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Pft... you are not prepared!

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Whys the WoW hate?...

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I see a lot of haters here, frankly unjustified.
1. There have been trailers for wow patches for like 5 years now, this is not new. Welcome to the internet.
2. I can pretty much guarrantee that if you took Warcraft 3 Arthas at max level (with Frostmourne and all) and put him up against 25 non-hero knights, he would lose.
3. 12 million people playing this game doesn't say anything about whether this game is good or bad. It only proves this game is popular. Any of your comments about the player quantity, however, also do not prove if the game is good or bad. For that, you need to log in, play the game (preferably more than just run around naked), and then come here and write in your completely subjective terms what you liked or didn't like about the game. Until then, your argument is zero.
4. In my completely subjective opinion, the trailer is mediocre. They could have done a lot better than your standard "prepare to fight boss - fight boss - kill boss - rejoice" plotline, and they could have done a lot better than "hey look it's a massive army at my gates, all my teritory in Northrend has been lost, my castle is under attack, the spirits in my blade are likely going to wake up and backstab me, 90% of my undead army is now no longer undead, my allies have been thoroughly defeated and humiliated every day, my enemies have been organizing championships of who gets to kill me which i thoroughly failed to stop, BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THE DETAILS I CAN STILL KILL THEM. DURR.". You have to wonder if reducing Arthas to stardard-game-villain#54536 dumbs down the plot's credibility and complexity a bit.
 
And in my opinion based on 3 years of experience, WoW is a lot better MMO than any other out there. It's still an MMO though.

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@Meatsim said:
" The story of Warcraft was better served when it was a RTS it's hard to care about it in WOW when it's all through text boxes. "
Wow, you have no clue about what you're talking about, theres is even a cutscene in game(Wrathgate), text boxes lmao.
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@Gunrock said:

" @Meatsim said:

" The story of Warcraft was better served when it was a RTS it's hard to care about it in WOW when it's all through text boxes. "
Wow, you have no clue about what you're talking about, theres is even a cutscene in game(Wrathgate), text boxes lmao. "
I stopped playing at level 60 and In the original game there was no in game cutscenes everything is told through quest text. Also adding 1 or 2 in game cutscnes I don't think makes WoW all of sudden some great story driven game.
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@Teran said:
" Haha wow, that trailer was epic.  I was disappointed until I realized the spirit Terenes (his father). 
 
So far I've been very pleased with Icecrown Citadel, they have done a good job of making progressing through the dungeon feel more like an actual assault with a lot of cinematic moments and encounters.
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I think you deserve to be stabbed. Simply for the embolden lettering and use of the word "epic" 
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@mattysen:
I think you deserve to be stabbed. Simply for the embolden lettering and use of the word "epic"  "
I apologize if my use of real words and the exclusion of 4chan meme pics has in any way confused or offended you.  In the future I suggest you use an online dictionary to learn the meaning of words that intimidate you.  I have a policy against posting stupid pictures so I'll have to communicate my message using just text. 


 
That trailer was epictacular.
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Damn... A year later and the shit is about to hit the fan.  Blizzard made their last expansion pack last a whole damn year!  Not bad for $15 a month.  Not bad at tall!
 
The big question is... When the Lich King falls, will Arthas fall too?

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WAIT A SECOND!!!  That trailer just showed Arthas killing his father as the Lich King. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if memory serves, Arthas killed his father before he found Frostmoune!
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  @raynate2022 said:

" WAIT A SECOND!!!  That trailer just showed Arthas killing his father as the Lich King. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if memory serves, Arthas killed his father before he found Frostmoune! "

Nope. He killed him with frostmourne, cinematic and all. Youtube search warcraft 3 human campaign outro.
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@krisp:  Alright..I was wrong..thank you for correcting me bud. Like I said, I wasn't sure.
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@Meatsim: 
Well alot has changed, now there is a lot of voice work and scripted events, and the lore has been progressing as the game keeps going, the death knight starting experience is really great, i don't play one but ive made one just to see it.