No,It would make his story of downfall a lot more complicated than just being cursed by the sword.
I am generally in favor of the new WoW lore, though i must voice my concerns against calling fans of old lore brainless. This community is now as divided as the Star Wars fanbase~~~which is kind of impressive considering how small it has become. There isn’t that many of us to be divided from and yet somehow we manage. Truly impressive 
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“The prequels are bad!”- They say - “I’m not gonna consider this as canon” - They say - “OG is the best!”
Also prequels
A lot deeper,dramatic,interesting and serious than OG
Same with Warcraft
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We need to play the campaign not only see Cutescene because “oh look, another Cutescene…ok when can I play?”
I’m one of the first that initially hope that they put WoW lore into reforged. But in this weeks I see the reality. If they really put all the lore of WoW inside Warcraft 3 you can’t even play because is only “Arthas/Thrall/Jaina/etc do the thing,l. One movement, another Cutescene” if you put all the scene from the books you literally play Arthas while the other troops are moved from IA for let you play better the hero and this is dumb.
You need to understand that is done. Warcraft 3 with anasterian and some map more close to WoW. Is not much but is a onest work.
No one was going to make novel Adaptation - Just some little canon details.
Also,A lot of people playing game for Cutscenes only
Oh yeah sure. I play an RTS for the Cutescene.
Comon
A video game with plot is made for plot,did you knew that?
A Wither 3,Farcry,Bioshock etc
If you want,you can always press ESC to skip the cutscene if you’re here for gameplay only
The witcher is the game but is not an RTS. Different tipe of game. Different focus. In The witcher is important the Cutescene for the “choice” and all the things and the gameplay is perfect.
In warcraft the Cutescene are usually at the start and the end but if you logic is this you just start the mission, see the Cutescene “allybasearebelongtous” the end. Or if you want to see all the Cutescene you actually play with “whosyordaddy” and insta win.
Is not fun if you play only for see the Cutescene and I really hope they force you to play “clean” in campaign.
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We don’t need to keep stopping and starting the storytelling in a video game to ruin pacing, even if it’s a few seconds of an aside every time one of the more crucial moments happens. There’s absolutely enough emotion, dialogue, and implications (from multiple participating parties - not just Arthas) to already demonstrate that maybe Arthas isn’t making the best decisions or handling things well.
Over-explaining things sometimes undermines authorial intent because if it’s just beating you over the head with what emotion or reaction you’re supposed to have, sometimes it drives off the player/reader/viewer and provides a different reaction instead. It also makes the writer look like they lack confidence in their work. Or just don’t have an editor.
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It’s so stupid to whine about the game to stay the same…It’s like whining to make modern movies as silly and cringey as the first movies in history because,“We don’t need more,it’s too hard!!”
I can only speak for myself here but I’m fine with it changing but the changes you want to the delivery of the narrative are too much. It’s one step removed from having Arthas kill the first civilian at Stratholme, stop, look into the camera, and go “Wow I feel bad about killing that person”.
What’s the problem with add more emotions into “Jaina…?” line,like 2018 cutscene did? Or make some Civilans scream or fight back,as in first undead campaing?
Have you ever heard of the phrase “show, don’t tell”?
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Remember Warcraft the film. Is not the same lore of Warcraft 1 or the WoW lore. They “modernize” it. A great floop in the world except in China. Not always modernize can give you profit.
What game shows:
- Standing still like idiots,he’s about to murder us one by one!
Inside players head,instead of feeling sorry for them - Damn,gotta kill more of them so I can win the mission!
It is not “modernize”,It’s movie adaptation,like with books.
Modernize mean close the plot holes and made the story more fresh,not rewrite it completely
I was speaking generally and more towards your earlier posts about how you think Arthas’ narrative is played out.
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Somethings needs to be tell,or at least,being shown more clearly.
Mute any story movie you’ve never seen before and mute it in explanation parts,how much will you understand?
It already was. He was driven to bad decisions way before he grabbed frostmourne.
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Actually I work at a movie/music store and while we do play movies on the screens we keep them muted. I’d never seen Spiderman: Far From Home yet by the time it came out for home release and I’ve gotta say that movie was pretty easy to digest without audio.
That is what the entire Human campaign in Reign of Chaos is for.
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