User:Zeal/Sandbox/Cinematic Narrative History/World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

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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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

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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: Warlords of Draenor

This section concerns content related to Warlords of Draenor.

#	Video	Label	Render type	Cinematic type	Date
1		Introduction – Times Change	Full CGI	Cinematic	2014
2		Reveal	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2013
3		Level 90 character boost – Wish You Were Here	Pre-rendered	Advertisement	2014
4		Lords of War:
4.1		Part 1 – Kargath	Animated	Cinematic	2014
4.2		Part 2 – Grommash	Animated	Cinematic	2014
4.3		Part 3 – Durotan	Animated	Cinematic	2014
4.4		Part 4 – Kilrogg	Animated	Cinematic	2014
4.5		Part 5 – Maraad	Animated	Cinematic	2014
5		Grommash	Full CGI	Advertisement	2014
6		"Lemmy" in Gnome 'o' Plasty	Pre-rendered	Advertisement	2014
7		The Assault on the Dark Portal:
7.1		[10-40] Warlords of Draenor: The Dark Portal	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
7.2		[10-40] A Taste of Iron	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
7.3		[10-40] The Home Stretch	Real-time	Cutscene	2014
8		Shadowmoon Valley:
8.1		[10-40] Establish Your Garrison	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
8.2		[10-40] Bigger is Better	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
8.3		[40] My Very Own Castle	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
8.4		[10-40] Darkness Falls	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
9		Frostfire Ridge:
9.1		[10-40] Establish Your Garrison	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
9.2		[10-40] Bigger is Better	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
9.3		[40] My Very Own Fortress	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
9.4		[10-40] The Battle of Thunder Pass	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
10		Talador:  [20-40] The Battle for Shattrath	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
11		Nagrand:  [35-40] And Justice for Thrall	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2014
12		Recap – Age of Iron	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2014
13		Patch 6.1 – Garrisons Update:  [100] An Inside Job – The Legendary Quest Continues	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2015
14		Patch 6.2 – Fury of Hellfire:
14.1		Trailer	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2015
14.2		Tanaan Jungle:
14.2.1		[40] Shipbuilding	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2015
14.2.2		[40] Shipbuilding	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2015
14.3		Hellfire Citadel:
14.3.1		Archimonde introduction	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2015
14.3.2		Archimonde finale	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2015
15		Recap – The Story So Far...	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2015