User:Zeal/Sandbox/Cinematic Narrative History/World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

This page serves to document the narratives told by official Warcraft cinematics, so that they may be consumed outside the game and long after the game is gone. This includes full CGI, pre-rendered, animated and (significant) real-time forms of cutscenes, trailers, advertisements, and other cinematics that include a unique narrative, but excludes actual gameplay.

Click a game's logo in the navigation to view its cinematics.

Where the official YouTube channel has deleted/privated a video, an unofficial source should be used and the official link retained as a dead entry.

As YouTube video titles are typically promotional and/or descriptive in nature, more consistent and accurate labelling should be used where apparent (e.g. patch, zone, quest, etc.), with original parts of video titles included only where appropriate.

The videos are ordered to achieve a cohesive and roughly chronological narrative first, and by original publication date second.

Terminology

Render type

Real-time

Rendered in real-time as a scene within the game's engine

Pre-rendered

Rendered outside the game, but may use parts of the game's engine or assets

Full CGI

Fully rendered outside the game without the use of the game's engine or assets

Animated

Key-frame animation, typically in a 2D hand-drawn style

Cinematic type

Cutscene

A cinematic that appears during a break in gameplay

Trailer

Used to promote a game feature or event

Advertisement

Used to promote the sale of the game's products/services

Music video

A cinematic developed specifically for a song

Other

A cinematic that doesn't fit into any single one of the other categories

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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

This section concerns content related to World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic.

#	Video	Label	Render type	Cinematic type	Date
1		Introduction – Xaxas	Full CGI	Cinematic	2010
2		Reveal	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2009
3		Races:
3.1		Quel'Thalas Blood Elf introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.2		Exodar Draenei introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.3		Ironforge Dwarf introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.4		Bilgewater Cartel Goblin introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.5		Gnomeregan Gnome introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.6		Stormwind Human introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.7		Darnassus Night Elf introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.8		Orgrimmar Orc introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.9		Thunderbluff Tauren introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.10		Darkspear Troll introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.11		Forsaken Undead introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
3.12		Gilnean Worgen introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2010
4		Gilneas:   [1-30] Last Stand	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2010
5		The Isle of Kezan:   [1-20] Life Savings	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2010
6		Patch 4.1 – Rise of the Zandalari	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2011
7		Patch 4.2 – Rage of the Firelands:
7.1		Trailer	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2011
7.2		Reveal (Classic)	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2023
8		Patch 4.3 – Hour of Twilight:
8.1		Trailer	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2011
8.2		The Dragon Soul:
8.2.1		Ultraxion finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2011
8.2.2		The Spine of Deathwing introduction	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2011
8.2.3		The Spine of Deathwing finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2011
8.2.4		The Madness of Deathwing epilogue	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2011
8.3		Fangs of the Father – Legendary Rogue:
8.3.1		Part 1 –  [15-30] A Strange Request →  [15-30] The Egg Lives On and   [35] To Catch a Thief recap	Pre-rendered	Cinematic	2012
8.3.2		Part 2 –   [35] To Catch a Thief →   [35] Our Man in Gilneas recap	Pre-rendered	Cinematic	2012
8.3.3		Part 3 –   [35] Our Man in Gilneas →   [35] Patricide recap	Pre-rendered	Cinematic	2012
8.3.4		Part 4 –   [35] Patricide recap	Pre-rendered	Cinematic	2012