ELDER SCROLLS FAN REACTS TO ALL WORLD OF WARCRAFT CINIMATICS!!!! 

Blizzard’s art team is ridiculously good.

This gave you chills and you don't even know the story. Imagine if you understood all the backstory and plots. I've been playing Wow since 2006 and all of these still give me chills no matter how many times I see them. Great video!

There's so much context missing if you only watch the fully rendered cinematics and not the in game cutscenes, but it's always a genuine thrill to see people react to them anyway. Especially the earlier ones because people look at the first one for example and don't fully realize that came out in 2004 and still holds up to brand new games, quality wise 20 years later.

15:00 "Bro is causing a-aa catastrophic event." Bro you were THIS close!

About the third cinematic (the guy in full plate armor in ice summoning a dead dragon), he is Arthas. The voice narrating the video is his father, a human king talking like if he was speaking with the young prince Arthas. This Arthas was a paladin and a good man in live, but he was so obsessed to help his people against some evil that he corrupted his own soul in desperation for that, becoming a death knight and later one the Lich King himself (lord of the dead, that you see in the video). When he came back to his realm, he assassinated his own father in the throne, thats why the last words of the video are "when my time has come to the end, you shall be king".... well... the lich king. This paladin has fallen because he let his emotion get the better of him. Arthas is like the Anakin Skywalker going Dark Side in the Warcraft universe.

I hate Sylvanas and I've generally primarily played alliance, but her For the Horde will never not give me chills xD

King Varian is a badass, the legion trailer always gives me chills

1000000% I play for the lore. I never cried so much for a cinematic before! (Ysera...)

Thank you for being respectful with our precious Gaming Legacy. I`m glad you liked it!

One thing - Sylvanas is not a demon, she is undead. She was killed by Arthas and "reanimated" as banshee under control of the Lich King, like all the other undead people, but at one moment Lich King weakened and lot of undead returned control for themselves, and Sylvanas became a queen of them and they joined the Horde. And yeah, this is in short.

Every time Sylvanas screams and turn in to the Banshee and yells “For The Horde!” I get goosebumps.

The Original Lich King was killed, the "Fire" Lich King took his place when he was killed so that the helm had a host or else the scourge would roam free. Also fun fact, Arthas was the original one to kill Sylvanas which is why she's that way now. The young prince Anduin isn't the son of Arthas, but the son of Varian Wrynn the king who was looking at this compass with his sons photograph. If you are a lore person I'd highly recommend this game or at least the books

Always great to see new people watching these for the first time. And yes, LOL, Sylvanas' infamous "...wait, was my mic on?" moment. Love her guard's reaction.

WOTLK cinematic still gives me goosebumps.

imagine if this man knew anything about arthas, garrosh and guldan or ilidan these cinematics still make me cry till this day

the dude in the armor in the last cinematic isnt the same guy in the third cinematic for wrath of the lich king. The original guy was named arthas. he was defeated and this new guy "bolvar" wore the crown because there always has to be a lich king to keep the scourge (undead) in check. The original lich king arthas wouldve spanked her

6:24 "Bro just sprayed crystal meth in the water." Bruh, shit got me weak 😂😂😂

the lich king in the last cinematic was not the same one you saw earlier. he was the guy's successor. although, if you ask me, "king" is a bit of a stretch for the successor

The blonde young king is the son of the other kind in the previous cinematic that was in an airship. He became the king after his father's death while fighting demons.

All these cinematics bring tears and chills to my skin and were still fighting long live wow

Till this day, I can watch the Burning Crusade cinematic and I will WITHOUT FAIL have goosebumps up and down my arms at Illidan's voice lines. So much so, that my late cat I had in high school ('07 or whatever) was named Illidan. "YOU. ARE. NOT. PREPARED!" Just wanted to add: finished up the video and your reactions were awesome, man! Thoroughly enjoyed your commentary and your insight on the lore without hardly knowing anything about it. Got a like and a sub from me! Well done, friend!

28:40 had me crackin' the fuck up 😂😂. The way you got so into it and screamed 😂 omg bro

Man, there is SO MUCH lore throughout all of this, it's a hundred times more epic when you know the story and the timeline.

If u wanna see more of this you should check the animated shorts that have some stories about the world, burdens of shao hao, lords of war and harbringers

The Blizzard cinematic team is absolutely incredible

Just Imagine how powerful these cinematics were for people who have played since the beginning of the game. I legit cry every time. These are characters we've fought with for LITERAL years. I'm super enjoying seeing them again through fresh eyes! Ty!! And you were right....The LORE is WHY we keep coming back to play.

The Battle for Azeroth has so many cinematics, because it is when they started to make them for in-game events and not just trailers, I mean those rendered cinematics. There are many more in-game cinematics in the game engine.

I’ve been playing wow, since 2005, it has had its ups and downs with the expansions. But I still find the game to be extremely fun.

Omg I loved this, you gave me a bit of the joy of originally seeing them. You guessed so many things well and also missed so much story outside the scenes that I think you would have loved. I’ve legit cried over deaths in this damn game

the lich king from the third cinematic is not the same guy as the last. in the last cinematic sylvanas does say a usurper sits on the throne. the previous lich king was killed, and someone else burned by the red dragons took his place(hence he is fire and ice).

Love seeing peoples reactions to the cinematics. People don't realize just how massive the lore side of WoW actually is. I think there are now 30 novels.

The worst part, is that Sylvanas was working with some power hungry god of death, to basically send every dead soul to him. So no, Saurfang *didn't* get to see his son. Also, side note: Arthas was beaten in Wrath of the Lich King. So the guy at the end who is the current Lich King is a different character.

There is still some expansions after the one you watched last. After "Shadowlands" theres the current expansion named Dragonflight, which also have its own cinematics.

Your reactions to these cinematics are straight fire. Can't wait to see your reactions to the next expansions Dragonflight and The War Within.

the third one (with Arthas) its super cool when you realise, the older guy talking is Arthas's dad (who was the King) and its him talking about his son a long time ago. It was a father talking to his son, giving him advice on how to be a king. And yet the words he says to his son, apply now, years later, but in a different sense.

This left off a pretty important cinematic that tells you how the lich king (arthas) dies and who that fiery guy at the end is. To fully understand that part I think you should watch "Wrathgate" and "The fall of Arthas Menethil and the crowning of Bolvar". They were both made using upscaled in-game models from Wrath of the Lich King, so they look very old compared to the rest of the ones you've just seen, you will also see who narrated the third cinematic in this compilation in the latter of the two. This compilation also cuts off at intro to Shadowlands, leaving all of Shadowlands and Dragonflight to be seen.

Just fyi, The Lich King in the last trailer is a different person from the earlier one. There's basically this "there must always be a Lich King" thing, so someone had to sacrifice their soul to replace the evil LK and become the new one

In the Shadowlands cinematic it was not Arthas as the Lich King. He would have killed her in a duel but Bolvar is the current Lich King and he is much weaker.

Since I don't see anyone else in the comments explaining this, I figured I would. In the last Battle for Azeroth cinematic, High Overlord Saurfang, the orc that was so prominent in all the BFA cinematics, issued a challenge of Mak'Gora to Sylvanas, which started as an orc tradition of a trial by combat to decide leadership, which was adopted into the Horde itself, as the orcs were the main reason why the Horde was created in the first place, Saurfang was challenging Sylvanas for the right to lead the Horde. The thing is, Mak'Gora is a test of purely physical prowess, meaning the use of magic is not allowed, so while the things Sylvanas said certainly didn't help her case, just the fact that she killed Saurfang with magic means that she was disqualified, and Saurfang named the leader. There is no coming back from the violation of the sacred rite of Mak'Gora, and the Horde will likely always see Sylvanas as someone without honor, who is undeserving of the title of Warchief of the Horde, hence why she kinda just took off after she killed Saurfang.

You missed the last one. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, and if you was waiting a couple of weeks, there will be another one for sure, for the next expansion, that is highly probable, it is going to be announced on Blizzcon in the first days of November. Also, even if not cinematics, there are a couple of video that could explain the main ones. Bolvar's clip, and Arthas Death's, also the Young Orc dieng in Bolvar's clip, He is the son of Saufang, the Old Soldier.

so many of the cinematics are just gold. The " you are not prepared!" from Illidan still gives me chills on the arms. WotlK... everything King Menethil says and seeing the opposite, man it strikes a cord. Zappy talking about the gain and Saurfang talking about the loss gives chills to the skull. Saurfang disserved more in WoW, even though Blizz gave him the heroes death he craved for so long. Blizz needs to give Eitrigg a more important role now... and probably a heroes death. Some of these cinematics made my cry. BfA's storytelling is awesome. the cinematics are way more than gold. So much put the characters and the emotions, the backgrounds and expressions. Saurfang is just the ultimate boss.. "So, this is home now..?" looking around and a shitty place, grain that turns to dust.. Sarcastic ass :D One moment Saurfang can make you weep, Saurfang can encourage you, bolster you.. but Saurfang also can hurt you with all the pain that is in his heart and the sacrifice he made. Saurfang is the ultimate Orc. Never been a Warchief, but has all the traits a Warchief should have. As a human even... Fight for what you believe in but NEVER sacrifice your honor, be willing to sacrifice, never back down, look at the big picture (like when Thrall says many lives be lost and he says: Or maybe just one....) 51:51 "that is a sword sword" My guy, notice he is carrying a 2handed axe AND the sword. Saurfang is a legendary legend warrior. This whole family of Orcs is very respectable and legendary, in a lesser state his son who never really had the chance to become of the same status as his father and uncle. 56:46 it is not too funny.... the guy gave his life to expose the cheat Sylvannas is. He saved hundreds if not thousands lives by giving his own. Thrall was the old Warchief. Ofc they won't deny them entry into the city, even if the new Alliance King is with them. The Hordes see that the Ally King chose the side of Saurfang while they stuck with Sylvie... They are embarrassed as is...In perspective, when Michiel de Ruyter died and was transported back to the Netherlands enemies saluted. The is the stature he had... Saurfang is awesome and should have at least a statue if not a city named after him (we got Grom'gol after all after Grom and Grom's blood). Saurfang demanded respect so ofc they won't deny him. Nothing funny about that

My man having a great time with the WoW cinematics. Welcome to the club, they NEVER get old, loved the vid sir!

Fun fact: Blizzard was using the Pandaren Long before the first Kung Fu Panda movie was made.

Super fun to watch with you man! Always loved these cinematics.

maaaaaaan i get goosebumps watching these cinematics after all these years.

This was so cool to see you watch through all of these and catch everything that you caught story-wise. You've got to react to the latest cinematic! "The War Within"

I'd actually love to see a fight between a Daedric prince and a fully empowered Dragon Aspect. Maybe even a titan.

Love how the Pandaren is like "I can end you whenever I want. This is child's play."

9:50 illidan stormrage is and will forever be the G O A T to me

it makes me so happy with zero idea of the lore this man can atleast put some context clues together and figure bits out love it

I can't help to tears up to seeing all the them, like it's has been my childhood, my teens and my adult years

Bro you had me rolling the whole time, your reactions were immaculate

also the guy in the last cinematic isnt actually arthas the lich king. Its bolvar the lich king. After we (the players) killed arthus back in that expansion, it was revealed that there must always be a lich king, since the lich king managed all these undead in this place. So theres this guy called bolvar whos like an alliance hero and he just got burnt by a dragon and we thought he was dead, and he shows up las tminute and is like "ill be the lich king" so its him, not arthus

I remember during Cataclysm you're just minding your own business walking around in the middle of nowhere, and this guy just flies pasts you all of the sudden and you die lol...

"Bro just sprayed crystal meth in the water" I fucking lost it lol.

54:36 the context of why banner girl gave the side eye is bc the forsaken (sentient undead) have an almost religious devotion to spooky eyebrow lady, she's basically their Moses. The second part is the Horde is basically found family, each all those races banned together for mutual protection. The Horde took the forsaken in when no one else would.

So, for those who don't know the story, Sylvannus Windrunner was the War Chief of the Horde and her powers? She's a banshee, and ridiculously powerful, and at the time, arguably the most powerful alive on Azeroth at the time. The person she beat was the Lich King yes, but it was a different person who became the Lich King after the other person was defeated. The person there is Highlord Bolvar Fordragon. After the last Lich King, Arthas Menathil, was defeated, Bolvar picked up the Crown of Domination (that's the helm Sylvannus broke), and he put it on because, there must always be a Lich King. The Lich King is who keeps the dead under control, and if no one wears the crown, all of Azeroth will be overrun with the dead, and the reason why Bolvar is fire like that, is because he survived being consumed by dragon's fire. It didn't kill him. It changed him. As for the Crown of Domination it also does something else - it's the keystone that holds the veil between the land of the living and the land of the dead in place so they are separate. What Sylvannus did was break the crown, and therefore breaking the veil between life and death. She's literally trying to unmake the entire world. The entirety of the battle for Azeroth is actually her story. As for the other characters, Saurfang is the horde general. He leads the armies of the Horde. The other orc he's talking to was the former War Chief of the Horde, Thrall... and he's not actually a warrior. He's a shaman and he's actually a beast and when I think about it, probably the only one at the time that might have been powerful enough to stop Sylvannus if it came to it, but he grew tired of war and left. The two kings... In the beginning the king was Varian Wrynn. That's the old man. In the rest of it, that was indeed his son, Anduin. And the sword he's carrying? That wa his father's sword, Shalamayne, and it too has a story of it's own. But understand, World of Warcraft picked up after the 3rd standalone game, Warcraft 3, sort of. There's SO MUCH history and lore behind it, you HAVE to play it and quest through to get all of it, and even then, as someone who's been playing for YEARS, even I still don't have all of it. PS: I love elder scrolls too.

It's wild to watch these... I don't feel old until I realize I've been playing Warcraft, in general, since 1994.10 years later World of Warcraft came out and now almost 20 years later, I still play.

WoW 2004 opening cinematic is probably one of the best CGI ever made... it's fucking 20 years old and it still looks fantastic

i watched this whole thing at work and was dyinggggg! Love WoW and hope to see more content!~

11:22 that was hysterical when you genuinely said that the king of the frozen throne looked cold lmao

Yo this was lit, I've been waiting for this. You should check out the 3 warbringers videos from world of warcraft too. They're really good and one of them shows some more back story on Sylvanas.

@DrazuEmpire Activision bought Blizzard back in 2008 for $19 billion. So technically Call of Duty's company has owned them since 2008 until this year. This year Microsoft concluded their acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.

56:20 Saurfang was the NPC stood just inside of that gate of Ogrimmar the horde capital city. Alliance's raid party for invading the city wasn't easy, because of him. 60 level elite warrior NPC killed countless alliance player characters on that site. This trailler was proper dedication for his life, I think.

PLEASE watch the new cinematic trailer for The War Within! THAT trailer alone will show you how BEHIND every other game is

I'm an OG WoW player, really enjoyed your reaction. I'm also with you on the Elder Scrolls. I like WoW but I'm a huge Elder Scrolls fan. As I like to say, I love absolutely everything about ESO except playing it. I'm sure that makes no sense to people to who don't play ESO but I think a lot of long term ESO players feel me lol.

I loved your reaction video and I agree the look from that undead woman to the leader who spoke nonsense was incredible.

Your reactions are so fun to watch XD especially the Saurfang story, so great :D glad you enjoyed it

For context: Warlords of Draenor takes place in an alternate universe on the world of Draenor, the original home world of the orcs, prior to its destruction and the creation of Outland which is the setting in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. A major character of the previous WOW games goes back in time with the help of a time dragon and changes history by preventing his father from drinking the blood of the demon lord, which originally led to the orc's corruption and subjugation by the Burning Legion and played a major role in the events of the first three Warcraft games. This creates an alternate timeline that collides with the main game as the orcs in this new timeline seek to concur the original world.

Context: the Lich king (The guy that summoned the icy death dragon) was defeated in that expansion and another dude took his place so that all the dammed dead would have a master that could control them instead of just running rampant. The guy taking the crown (which holds the power to control the dead) was burned by a dragon but survived and that is why he is fire and not ice anymore... and he is WAY less powerfull then Arthas ever was.

The fact that you called Sylvanas Windrunner "Shorty" had me LOL'n. XD

Wow is incredible... and there is one more expanstion to watch. Also new trailer coming in Nov 2-3 with the next expansion expected. (Blizzcon 2023)

My man… there is not a soul or anything … that beats blizzard cinematics. They are top of the food chain.

32:07 Saurfang's son died as a result of events in Wrath of the Lich King, starting with the Wrathgate questline, and ending with the Icecrown Citadel Raid

In the Shadowlands cinematic, Sylvanas is boosted by the power of The Jailer, who is basically a God presiding over The Maw, World of Warcraft's version of "Hell." So in that fight against Lich King (Bolvar) , she had the Jailers chains to assist in the fight, which definitely tipped the scales ultimately in her favor. BONUS POINTS: When she rips the Helm of Domination into pieces, she shatters the barrier between The Maw and Azeroth. It's pretty wild shit. There's so much backstory and stuff, I think the lore is both silly and cheesy but also pretty cool. P.S. Warlords of Draenor is probably the cinematic that requires the most context to fully understand. Basically, that cinematic shows the scene where Gul'dan tempts the orcs into drinking Demon Blood. However, the expansion took place in an alternate version of Draenor (the alien planet that Orcs originally came from.) where the orcs refuse the offer. It's a pretty weird "Multiverse" story before those were popular, and kinda violates the lore of the Bronze Dragonflight but whatever.

Sylvannus breaking the Helm of Danmnation was such a shock to all of us. When you put on the Helm, you become the Lich King/Queen and command the undead. She was already in a streak to ruin most of the worth at this point so we thought "Ah shit she's gonna become the lich queen and we're gonna have to kill her." But nah she broke that shit sending the entire world of Azertoth into chaos

So, The old Orc that died against Lady Sylvanas was called High Overlord Saurfang. One of the greatest war heroes of the Horde. He has faught in so many wars. Of course they would let him be buried in Orgrimmar (The Horde's capital city)

08:17 bro just spoke over one of the most legendary quotes in the history of the game :X

A little clarification so it all makes more sense to you : -This Lich Kind and the one from Wrath of the Lich king Cinematic is not the same, The first was killed and this new one took his place in order to control the Scourge and prevent it from going rampage. -The Young king is Anduin, and yes you were correct, it's Varian's son (the guy who crashed in the sea with the ship). Unfortunately, he died betrayed by Sylvanas who we love to hate.

“Wait, blicky??” Got me rolling on the floor 😂😂

saying "you playin with me - you playin with your life" to the lich king is the youtuber equivalent of saurfang jr at wrath gate

"THE HORDE IS NOTHING" Dude standing in the back: bruh

"ITs a panda. You're a panda! What're ya gonna do big fella, sit on me?"

Loved watching you trip out over WoW! Dude, I am 58, woman- been playing it since it started- “You are NOT prepared”!! LoL

36:36 The armor who Anduin Wrynn wears is the family hairloom from his Grandfather. The sword is from his Father's legacy- Shalamayne by Highelves. The scene is the battle retaking the brother country Lordaeron as Alliance leader nation Stromwind. 26:33 is Anduin's Father Colosseum Champion " Lo'Gosh " Varian Wrynn. " Lo'Gosh " means " Ghost Wolf. "

So much notice on this generation ,that never lost people in wars ,they don't feel the emotions and sadness of losing someone ... (the world comes near to a big one in any moment ,watch out)

Nah the fucking “what is you talking about” had me fucking dying, 1000% subscribed

"I think he black" I spat out my food he is the whitest, blondest, blue eyed Northern Prince you've ever layed eyes on but of course he won't know, this is only showing the CGI cinematics not the rest that add to the story

Imagine seeing the cinematics for the previous Warcraft games, too. They all lead up to WoW.

In the second trailer, you might recognize Liam O'Brien, narrating he's like a hundred random NPCs in ESO

Arthas (Wrath of the Lich King) was killed and his place was taken over by Bolvar Fordragon (Shadowlands Cinematic) who was reanimated by the flame of the red dragons, but his body was charred in the process.

Was amazing watching you see this stuff for the first time! I really wish you knew all the story! Gave me chills watching it all again

It always makes me feel good to watch someone get hyped over something I've loved for so long. Sylvanas' story is... complicated.

He doesn't even know that he's missing two videos, the one for Dragonflight and the new one for the World Soul Saga

“Who is that!?” Sylvanas Windrunner. The most powerful character in wow lore.

Yeah, "Prince Arthur" is Anduin Wrynn, the son of Varian Wrynn who dont die at the airship crash (spoiler: he died after half hour - there is an ingame cinematic about it - The Broken Shore (if you want to watch)) Other: the green ones are the Orcs. Blue one dude is a Troll (my main char :D). The horned bullmans are the Taurens. This is the original Horde. After join us the Undeads, Blood Elves, Goblins, and Pandarens (yeah they must choose side at lvl 10 :D Horde or Alliance) Other: THAT is a VERY LONG story! Sylvanas Windrunner (the dead elf chick) was our new Warchief (who lead the entire faction (players)). But she died 3 times. First when Arthas, the Lich King killed her and raised into banshee. After all Sylvanas feelings are changed. In the Afterlife there are 5 entitys, the Eternal Ones. One who called Zovaal, the Jailer scheming Sylvanas to use her his own plan. Destroy the Reality. So Sylvanas turn against her own people, own faction (the Horde) and then we players defeated her in raid. She has a very complex story, and this youtube comment wall dont enough to tell :D

In the last cinematic, had Sylvanas fought the ACTUAL Lich King (Arthas), he would've wiped the floor with her. He's the one that created her in the first place. This however was a 'stand-in' King to sit on the throne after Arthas was defeated by "heroes" (the players) due to the fact that if there was no Lich King, the dead would roam free. The stand in king in this place is Bolvar Fordragon, a human paladin general that was killed by Arthas and hung him up as undead over his throne as a sort of trophy.

Arthas Lich King has been killed in the end of WotLK, in Shadowlands its Bolvar Fordragon, the guy who sat on the frozen throne after Arthas just to control all of the rest undeads with no harm to others

53:40 The Forsaken just looked at Sylvanas like : "Bitch, say sic' right now"

just saying, the one Sylvanas was fighting wasn't Arthas, Arthas would have destroyed her