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

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.

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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: Legion

This section concerns content related to Legion.

#	Video	Label	Render type	Cinematic type	Date
1		Harbingers: Part 2 – Khadgar	Animated	Cinematic	2016
2		Reveal	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2015
3		Level 100 character boost – 100 or Bust!	Pre-rendered	Advertisement	2015
4		[Brightpaw]	Pre-rendered	Advertisement	2015
5		Illidari Demon Hunter (starting experience):
5.1		[8-45] A New Direction; Harbingers: Part 3 – Illidan	Animated	Cutscene	2016
5.2		Illidari Demon Hunter class introduction	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
5.3		[8-45] The Invasion Begins	Real-time	Cutscene	2016
5.4		[8-45] Meeting With the Queen	Real-time	Cutscene	2016
6		[45] Destiny Unfulfilled	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
7		Illidari Demon Hunter (starting experience):   [8-45] Return to the Black Temple	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
8		Harbingers: Part 1 – Gul'dan	Animated	Cinematic	2016
9		Teaser	Full CGI	Trailer	2015
10		Illidari Demon Hunter (starting experience):   [8-45] Stop Gul'dan!	Real-time	Cutscene	2016
11		Introduction – Azeroth's Last Hope	Full CGI	Cinematic	2015
12		Introduction:  [10-45] The Battle for Broken Shore:
12.1		Introduction	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
12.2		Finale (Alliance)	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
12.3		Finale (Horde)	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
13		Introduction:  [10-45] Fate of the Horde / Illidari Demon Hunter (starting experience):   [10-45] Audience with the Warchief	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
14		Introduction:  [10-45] Demons Among Us / Illidari Demon Hunter (starting experience):   [10-45] Demons Among Them:
14.1		Alliance	Real-time	Cutscene	2016
14.2		Horde	Real-time	Cutscene	2016
14.3		Alliance Illidari Demon Hunters	Real-time	Cutscene	2016
14.4		Horde Illidari Demon Hunters	Real-time	Cutscene	2016
15		Stormheim:
15.1		[10-45] Greymane's Gambit /  [10-45] The Splintered Fleet introduction	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
15.2		[10-45] Greymane's Gambit /  [10-45] The Splintered Fleet finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
15.3		[10-45] Ending the New Beginning /  [10-45] A New Life for Undeath	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
16		Val'sharah:
16.1		[10-45] The Demon's Trail	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
16.2		[10-45] The Fate of Val'sharah	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
17		Suramar:  [45] The Nightborne Pact	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
18		[10-45] A Falling Star	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
19		Patch 7.1 – Return to Karazhan:
19.1		Trailer	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2016
19.2		[Mischief]	Pre-rendered	Advertisement	2016
19.3		The Nighthold: Gul'dan finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2016
20		Patch 7.2 – The Tomb of Sargeras:
20.1		Sacrifice	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2017
20.2		[45] The King's Path – A Found Memento: Raising a King	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
20.3		Assault on the Broken Shore:
20.3.1		[45] Assault on Broken Shore introduction	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
20.3.2		[45] Assault on Broken Shore finale	Real-time	Cutscene	2017
20.4		The Tomb of Sargeras: Kil'jaeden finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
21		Patch 7.3 – Shadows of Argus:
21.1		Trailer	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2017
21.2		The Vindicaar:
21.2.1		[45] Into the Night – The Battle for Argus Begins	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
21.2.2		[45] Eredath, Jewel of Argus	Real-time	Cutscene	2017
21.2.3		[45] What Might Have Been	Real-time	Cutscene	2017
21.2.4		[45] The Child of Light and Shadow – Rejection of the Gift	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
21.3		The Seat of the Triumvirate: L'ura finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
21.4		Krokuun:
21.4.1		[45] Visions of Torment	Real-time	Cutscene	2017
21.4.2		[45] Visions of Fear	Real-time	Cutscene	2017
21.4.3		[45] Visions of Another	Real-time	Cutscene	2017
21.5		Recap – The Path to Argus	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2017
21.6		Antorus, the Burning Throne:
21.6.1		Argus the Unmaker introduction	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
21.6.2		Argus the Unmaker finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2017
22		Patch 7.3.5:
22.1		[110] A Recent Discovery – Defeat of the Burning Legion Epilogue	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2018
22.2		[110] Gifts of the Fallen – Defeat of the Burning Legion Epilogue	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2018
22.3		[110] The Power in Our Hands	Real-time	Cutscene	2018
22.4		Allied Races:
22.4.1		Highmountain Tauren introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2018
22.4.2		Lightforged Draenei introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2018
22.4.3		Suramar Nightborne introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2018
22.4.4		Telogrus Rift Void Elf introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2018