![]() You’ll see the orc Orgrim wielding the mighty Doomhammer, of course, but look closely: It doesn’t bear the Frostwolf clan logo… yet. The wizard Medivh turns into a raven, a nod to the Warcraft III introductory cinematic. If you watch closely in the background of one scene, you can see evil warlock Gul’dan chatting with the big bad guy Mannoroth from the Warcraft games.ĭuring one dramatic moment, you’ll hear the orcs chanting “zug zug” toward a major character, the classic phrase used by orc peons everywhere. Speaking of that beta, what used to be the central courtyard of Dalaran in beta now looks like a chamber from the film. Gryphon animations - all of them - are taken nearly perfectly from the game.ĭuring an epic fight between Travis Fimmel’s Anduin Lothar and a huge orc late in the film, a winning move mimics a new animation from the World of Warcraft: Legion beta, which Jones saw and decided to add, Blizzard representative Vanessa Vanasin said. On the first approach to Karazhan, you’ll swoop over Nightbane’s terrace. Moroes has a significant role at Karazhan (that does not involve serving undead guests). Image Credit: Legendary Pictures, Universal Pictures and ILMĪ book selected by Khadgar in the movie looks like every offhand tome your caster characters have ever owned, complete with the jewels on the cover. No, we’re not sure why it’s in Elwynn either. It’s a dramatic moment and well-integrated, so keep an eye out for the sudden gold sweep of light and the characteristic sound, as it looks like part of the normal special effects for that scene.Ī meeting/summoning stone is tucked into the background in Elwynn Forest. When traveling through the forest, our heroes pass by a Murloc next to a stream, and you hear the characteristic “mrrrrhglglglgl” sound.Īt a significant moment late in the film, a character actually levels up. You’ll see a million blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments in ‘Warcraft.’ Like the harvest shredders, some go flash by almost too fast to see. (Nope, no views from inside the Lion’s Pride inn.) You’ll find more Easter eggs than a Noblegarden festival Humans in the film set a gratuitous meeting in a perfectly-rendered Goldshire, which I can only assume happened because either a) film director and World of Warcraft fan Duncan Jones wanted to show off what WoW might look like in IMAX HD or b) the leaders of Azeroth had just popped down the road from Stormwind to take in a show with naked, dancing night elves. The portal itself is a perfect match as well, and the orc encampment around it features the stumps of trees felled by peons. ![]() The site contains a major questline in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Legion expansion.īlack Morass, the site of the portal where orcs prepare to spill into Azeroth, looks far better than it did in the generally-reviled Caverns of Time dungeon. It’s a blast to see the tower of Karazhan in its glory days (as the game’s developers have threatened so often to show us). The gryphon’s landing path (in that annoyingly placed little balcony) is precisely replicated in the film. Same for the Alliance capital of Stormwind, where the rooftops mimic those in the game and are colored to match the city’s in-game districts. Dalaran is picture-perfect to the game, and even the camera’s gryphon-back approach mimics the circular swoop most riders take in entering the floating city, though it still hugs the earth in this time period. You may have seen the screenshots from the trailer depicting Westfall and Sentinel Hill, with the zone’s tiny fields and haystacks and mechanical harvest shredders in the background.Įqual love is lavished on every landscape in the film. In long shot after long shot, Warcraft shows off the scenery that World of Warcraft players know by heart. ![]() And I hear there are packs of bandits at Sentinel Hill.’ The cities will make your heart (and gryphons) soar Those harvest shredders looked pretty mean. Maybe we should settle down here.’ ‘I don’t know.
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