Warcraft 3 Cinematic - The Frozen Throne Ending - "The Ascension" 

Connor Mac i believe the developers said that Illidan did survive the fight but they didn’t have enough time to polish that scene.

Eagledx 69 actually if you open the warcraft 3 files with some tools, you can even find a unused asset called Illidan victory or something like that.

I think that Blizzard already planed this for WOW . Wow was on development when the Frozen Throne was released

Illidan should’ve never lost to Arthas in the first place. I love the story of the Lich King and Arthas’ fall from grace, but you’re talking about a pre-LK Arthas with Frostmourne vs a 10,000 year old Illidan with the Warglaives of Azzinoth, who was pumped up on the power of the Skull of Gul’dan, no less… Illidan should’ve never lost that fight, especially to an Arthas who was weakened by proxy due to the LK’s power seeping out of the cracks in his icy prison. And while I’ll freely admit that Illidan has been my favorite Warcraft character since WC3 and the one that I identify with the most, I still think there’s no arguing that point… he had weapons that were absolutely the equal of Frostmourne, and he was far older and more experienced than death knight Arthas pre-LK. If Arthas had managed to merge with the Lich King prior to their battle it would’ve been another story entirely, but that wasn’t the case.

@@phantom0456 but it was necessary for the story of world of warcraft, which was in its way when the Frozen Throne was released.

I don’t think Arthas is winning here at all...

@@alisonpurgatory85 He got the throne, killed his enemies. Not win? He's a villain. Do you still think he's the good guy?

@@reianvase6683 Maybe the lich king was winning here but not Arthas

@@Evencane Read original comment.

@@reianvase6683 I did, but in this case, the one sitting on the throne isn't Arthas, it's the lich king. Arthas may be part of the lich king, but his original ideals were to do anything for his people, not to kill and raise an undead army to combat the legion, that was Ner'zhul's plan. Arthas was corrupted by the influence of the sword and by the power of the helm of domination. like I said The lich king is winning here, but Arthas is not.

Butt still awsome game with sad ending

The music is so hopeful and the contrast of him alone on that throne kills me.

nice tribute, gl my man

"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead. And that World of Warcraft... died with him."

4 years

WoW should always have been just a spin off.....so it could satisfy gameplay needs without fucking up the main story.....but blizz didnt do it the right way.... :/

tell me how story was fucked up until WOD ? in game you went in and killed him simple as that

@Bruno Ferreira I would say the decline started with WotLK rather than after it

Arthas in end game

@Bruno Ferreira Yea because Burning Crusade story was good right? It is still biggest butchery of WoW lore to this date.

that would have been a real monday moment

She? lol

@@Robertward111 She= frostmourne

i wish i had your imagination xD awesome idea

@@wellwisher6925 Frostmourne=it cuz it's a sword.

WoW was a stupid mistake.

Tell them only that the lich King is dead. And the franchise....died with him. Wotlk was when it should have stopped. Vanilla and tbc and wotlk where primeeeee

@@TMoDDD 12 million subscriptions and blizzards bottomless money bag. Yeah World of Warcraft was stupid

same. This was a good ending.

@@joetrafford1085 When idiots like you will learn that the amount of money the product has made has nothing to do with its quality

That ending makes the title menu's looks and the title of the expansion "Frozen Throne" make sense.

I can still hear the chains

Ryan Bashnick arthas first arrival in northrend all the scourge and the lich king were in the hands of the dreadlords and the legion They coudnt end the circle and became one with nerzhul at the time Only after the legions fall arthas and the lich king could do this

Arthas, the arrogant, idealistic, lordling prince was a dupe, but once he became a deathknight everything changed. It's always weird thinking Ner'zhul is supposed to be an ogre magi. Makes no sense.

Not an ogre magi, an orc shaman who got so many new ones torn by Kil'jaeden that he became the Lich King

and the problem here is, they didn't go all the way to progress this. They discarded Ner'Zhul, which was actually worse, because it never felt like progress when Arthas just went back to being himself and it completely undermined Ner'Zhul's power over Arthas. At the end, they flat out said, THEY FUCKING FUSED TOGETHER! Why would they ever even consider going back on this when they had this, why didn't they do the same with Arthas back then and keep him as this floating armor's little Bitch Boy Death Knight if it was such a good idea to do this a few years ago???! I would've liked if the Lich King evolved with him and took its whole role by becoming this entity, because frankly, that's much more interesting, a being that consumes great leader potential endlessly and has power to control an uncountable and seemingly impossible to stop mass of an army.. That's, Fucking COOL! Arthas becoming that in the end and losing himself so much. Isn't that just like Arthas, isn't that what he did to get here? Why would he change his mind, after killing literally everyone to get where he is? he was hearing all these voices talking to him in memories in this cutscene and didn't falter for a single moment, he kept moving forward and eventually silenced all those whispers and memories. Basically, he regained control and went back to the same Arthas we knew in Warcraft's RoC and TFT undead campaigns. Why that's so wrong to me is that, that's not why we cared about Arthas as a villain, it was his non-ending progression we cared about and stripping all that away from him at that moment of pinnacle and placing him in a stagnant position, which doesn't even make sense for him to do because That will to move forward should be the only thing left of him, it's what makes him a credible and feared threat! His will, as well as his descent into a monster and losing every single tiny fraction of his humanity, leaving him with just that calculated will that is ready to do ANYTHING, all in order to just WIN and create the most invincible kingdom the world has ever seen, THAT.... THAT'S THE ARTHAS THAT I KNOW.. That's what his motivation was dressed up as in WotLK, but instead of Just, DOING IT, as in, Doing a lot of DOING and less TALKING, he did, Whatever the fuck it was he was trying to do in WotLK, which to me seemed like what just about literally any one person alive Posing as the Lich King would do when that person knows not how to lead. When they did that with him in Wotlk, it felt like it did the most massive disservice to any character that I've seen so far, as well as the scope of this cinematic here and the moments before this.. It felt like, all these incredible ideas being fed to us and hyping us, they were all demolished, because they didn't know where to go from here, or they lost the direction of this and went a completely different route instead to do something and end it, as it's been like a decade since this was made when WotLK came out, which I kind of get as it's been that long, but ffs, they should've had this planned all along man, since they day they knew what they were doing here, in 2000-2004, with Arthas's story.. This is why long term planning always beats, progressing as we go. Progress characters as you are in the process of writing the story, but always try to plan out long term for them to have an aim and a goal, or stay relevant to the reader! fuck... the only reason I'm ranting, is because this is just how much I love and appreciate the fuck out of these 2000-2004 cinematics in Warcraft 3, they're a really brilliantly executed and shot dark story..

@@toxicitzi357 Preach. I've been saying this for over a decade, it makes no sense and it shouldn't have been possible given Nerhzul's power before he became Lich King vs Arthas'.

Me too back in 2003, genuinely sad.

No King rules forever

What?

Icecrown citadel is built over that glacier, and at the end you go up its peak

Mateo Vicentin he has got a point. I would prefer having the spiralling path up the platform with teleporter onto after wipes or having Shadowmourne. The suspense would have been fun the first time. I guess the fight might go awry with the collapsing platform and all that with the spire.

Its sad these beautiful relics will never be appreciated as they used to.

well we have mods and custom campaigns to enjoy more this game

Try out Iron Harvest, good RTS, but completely different to War3

Yes and it still wasnt released officially, there is a remake by fans made but no original score nor the lyrics for it which are completely different to O thanagor and invinceable....

I wish the Naga was a fully playable faction

undead?

Wow always should have had 4 factions instead of 2 Night elves and undead should be their own factions "FOR THE ALLIANCE! FOR THE HORDE! FOR THE NIGHT! FOR THE SCOURGE!"

The most Genuine feeling when I played wow , was the Death Knight starting zone. We were supported by the Lich King's Val'Kyries and raid bosses through the Scarlet Campaign. The quests were interesting , the story compelling , the theme was terrific. We could all feel a bit evil , the choices , the burden.... It wad perfect!

It's reprised in a lot of WotLK ost actually, including Invincible

Drozd Łukasz Arthas story was better then all of game of thrones combined. Period.

Jon becoming the Night King?

Do you mean Jon taking the position of the Night King? as Bolvar did to control the Scourge? I will not lie... I thought that is how GoT would end.

@@akuntansibersamaratna2166 Same.

so it would be kinda like skyrim right?

A game like Baldurs Gate but set in the world of WarCraft, the dream.

Northrend *

Except the king in the north never had a throne

It's not English. I believe it has some Latin mixed in. It's supposed to be azeroth's common language

well a lot of the talented staff left and the main vision was money not having fun and creating the best game there is.

And different lyrics. O Thanagor and invinceable have just same melody as this but totally different lyrics and singing is done by different people

Only Death is eternal.

No homo (?)

thanks i hate it

The future here, you are in for a surprise son...

I see you are a man of culture as well