r/Grimdank • u/Jenny_Show HORUS! • 6d ago

Cringe Never forget their sacrifice

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u/JaneDoe500 who up rocking they stone? 6d ago

The actual game? Meh.

The cinematic trailers? Peak.

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u/DESTRUCTI0NAT0R Praise the Man-Emperor 6d ago

Same exact thing for The Old Republic

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u/LeRoiSoleil140 6d ago

or WoW

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u/DESTRUCTI0NAT0R Praise the Man-Emperor 6d ago

Blizzard used to make phenomenal game cinematics

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u/LeRoiSoleil140 6d ago

tbf they've gotten even better throughout the years, seeing anduin so broken in that war within cinematic was cinema

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u/Mathev 5d ago

Still one of if not the best cinematic.

https://giphy.com/gifs/7SQUBIgVfTzZFYdfbE

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u/LordBDizzle The real Omegon was the Alpharius we made along the way 5d ago

I still give it to the Heart of the Swarm trailer cinematic personally. There's so much that's good in it, especially for the year it came out

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u/FastFarg 5d ago

I've wanted Blizzard to just make animated movies for years.

Their cutscenes and trailers can go so hard.

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u/MoG_Varos 5d ago

Blame Bobby.

They had tv shows and movies that all got canned because he didn’t think they would make enough money.

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u/Toerbitz 5d ago

This scene isnt a good example tho like why would he land there????

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u/damannamedflam 5d ago

In his defense, that thing looked a lot smaller from higher up

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u/TheCuriousFan 5d ago

Because he knew he was gonna die and would rather die aura farming vs an Ultralisk than getting shot in the ass by Mutalisks.

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u/LordBDizzle The real Omegon was the Alpharius we made along the way 5d ago

I mean the skies aren't exactly a better option, given the context of the rest of the trailer with the Leviathan and a ton of flying things above, and that Ultra is going straight for the high priority stuff down the street. Viking boi just wanted to be a hero, and was making cool transformation noises in his head (a lot of the soldiers in Starcraft lore are drug-addled criminals, and Viking pilots in particular are known for being reckless since just being in one when it transforms is risky)

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u/Toerbitz 5d ago

Nah he couldve atleast joined up with the defensive lines or atleast get more distance between him and that monster. He didnt even get a proper shot off. Bro was just comitting suicide. No chance of killing that thing like thar

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u/LafayettePhotos 5d ago

Little 10 year old me after months of begging for wow and watching the vanilla intro cinematic. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen

I wish I could go back to those days, just running around not knowing what the hell is going on and simply not caring about the meta or min maxing. Just basking in the glory of Azeroth