Where are all the SL cinematics like in BFA?

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We got so many out of game rendered cinematics to enjoy… :frowning: Where are they?!

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Someone in Oribos can play them for you. Can’t remember who.

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I think OP is referring to the slew of full-CGI cinematics we got in BfA, whereas we’ve had none in Shadowlands, save for the announcement trailers.

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Cinematic department got cut down because someone made a fart joke in the office. Couldn’t have that so they had to make room for someone to fill the alphabet quota.

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keep them all out of game. they are useless

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You mean all those brief moments that people on the forum continuously pitch fits about having to sit through?

Yeah, I wonder.

In truth, they are probably too time consuming when the teams are working from home.

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I’d imagine those cinematics are for special occasions and when time and resources allow it. The end of the faction war is a big event so it got special storytelling.

We may get more in the future, but I wouldn’t expect it to be a regular thing. Those cinematics take a huge amount of effort to make.

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Oh. I thought they were looking for how to watch cinematics. Oddly worded, I suppose. Apologies for misunderstanding.

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They’re very expensive and take a long time to make. Think they sorta ran out of that budget from all the ones we got in BfA

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They probably got assigned to work on the D2 remastered ones instead.

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I feel you but man… there never has been a more interesting expansion “cinematic/thematic” wise than now. Seeing more than just Zooval rendered and a few of the other etertals for a few split seconds would have been great.

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I’m aware.

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they were too busy harassing their female employees sorry op!

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That joke doesn’t even work considering those fancy cinematics are done overseas

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they were too busy harassing their international female employees sorry op!

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I hope they hired the person who fixed their Garrosh cutscene for them.

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can’t afford cinematics with only 500k subs

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For an entertainment company, entertainment is, in fact, a priority. Even in a health crisis.

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If anything I’d think they’d be easier to do at home. Once you have the story the CGI crew just dies it’s thing.

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If they had killed Saurfang in a choppy ingame cutscene I woulda rioted lol