The Sunwell Plateau trailer, released by Blizzard, has to be on the coolest trailers I've seen from them recently. If you have a second, turn the sound up a bit and have a look. You can watch the trailer right above via a YouTube hosted copy of the video, or head on over to the Blizzard page about Patch 2.4 and watch it there.
I give the people who made this an A+ for the day.
Of course, this will all be made even better when patch 2.4 actually does drop, and we're hopeful that it'll come next week. Today wasn't the day for it, unfortunately, despite some teasing remarks made by blue posters yesterday.
What do you think of the video? Pretty neat, eh?
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3-18-2008 @ 5:08PM
Manga said...
That voice sounds like someone I know. Does anyone know who does the voice of kael in the video?
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3-18-2008 @ 5:16PM
Rashi said...
Its the same person who did the voice in WC3: TFT
3-18-2008 @ 5:18PM
Adam Holisky said...
There is a relatively small group of voice actors who do the majority of the video game voice-overs.
They are very talented people, better actors then most of the big screen folks, imo.
3-18-2008 @ 5:12PM
muppet said...
Think he does Raiden's voice in Metal Gear Solid 2
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3-18-2008 @ 6:28PM
Kangaxx said...
You're absolutely right, that's Raiden's voice.
3-18-2008 @ 5:16PM
SaintStryfe said...
Not as good as the 2.3 Zul Amon video, but very nice. I like how these videos really clearly explain the storylines.
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3-18-2008 @ 5:29PM
Buuty said...
Agree 100%
3-18-2008 @ 5:27PM
Foxtir said...
They using the new fire gfx in that video? it looked like it at some points
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3-19-2008 @ 8:56AM
Arabelli said...
Yeah, the wall behind Brutallus for sure, and I think later in the zone as well.
I've gotta say, it blows me away, mainly because it really didn't seem to increase lag at all. This gives me high hopes for some of the graphical changes of WotLK.
3-18-2008 @ 5:41PM
WP said...
eh.was ok.funny thing is ..whenever i see Kael'thas 'speaking' in the video.. i think of the Azerothian Super Villains ..Kael'thas. i just cant tack him seriously anymore. :)
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3-18-2008 @ 5:48PM
Jp said...
I thought the same thing.
"Illidan! I have to go potty!"
3-18-2008 @ 5:52PM
Horderama said...
Now that you mentioned it, when I watch the video for the second time, I keep imagining Kael'thas talking like in Azerothian Super Villains.
Can't help but laugh my own ass off.
3-19-2008 @ 8:30AM
Angus said...
They ruined Kael for me.
I was expecting him to stop in front of the Dark Portal and go "Can I play with my dollies in Stormwind?"
3-18-2008 @ 6:05PM
Elph said...
I enjoyed the trailer but the voice just doesn't seem to go with it. I was expecting someone a little more masculine sounding. Ya know...rawr and all that.
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3-18-2008 @ 8:48PM
Andelorn said...
Kael'thas never did have a deep, manly voice. :P
3-19-2008 @ 5:01PM
jbodar said...
Blood elves are "fierce", that's why.
3-18-2008 @ 6:43PM
darian said...
Compared to the other recent trailers this one wasn't as streamlined. There was a poignance to the WotLK and Zul'Aman trailers that was strangely missing here.
If I needed a word to describe the trailer, I'd use "detached". The other trailers, including the BC Cinematic trailer, were directed very strongly toward the players. This one sounded like Kael'thas was just muttering to himself.
Maybe this is more awesome if you've had to deal with Kael'thas long rants in his fight, but sadly I have not. In any case, this is the slowest moving of the trailers without quite the climatic punch of the others.
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3-18-2008 @ 7:33PM
Ayalafatalis said...
Awesome trailer-- but it was kind of hard to out-do the Gods of Zul'Aman one. This lacked a really cool catch-phrase to spark our intrest (GoZA's last few lines made me giddy), but overall, I really really liked this.
Also, I completely was expecting to hear the Azerothian Supervaillan's voice for Kael too. "Haaaay Illidan!"
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3-18-2008 @ 7:55PM
kr3wman said...
I thought he was going to say :
"The one...TRUE KING!"
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3-18-2008 @ 8:33PM
Kryptonls said...
Even with our daft thoughts of Kael from ASV still strong in our minds, his voice still doesn't sound as hard or determined as say Illidan for example. Poor guy.
And that laugh at the end from Kil'Jaeden was a bit funny!
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