Hearthstone focuses on stories and cinematics. The first “Animated Short” was presented at Gamescom.
At Gamescom, no one really expected a big announcement from Hearthstone. After all, the latest expansion “Knights of the Frozen Throne” was just released two weeks ago. It is therefore too early to talk about the next expansion.
However, Blizzard still delivered a solid show at Gamescom and presented at least a few smaller highlights. There was the Lich King as a major raid boss for the Fireside Gatherings, with 1,000,000 health points!
But the developers also prepared something that no one expected – their own cinematic. Not in the typical drawn comic style, but more in the “Pixar” style, as seen in the Overwatch cinematics.
The cinematic gives an impression of the tavern where Hearthstone is played. Here, there is a lot of laughter, plenty of good vibes and of course numerous Hearthstone matches. And for some reason, also musical performances.
Many more cinematics planned
Apparently, this is just the beginning. Blizzard announced immediately after the release of the cinematic that the characters shown will appear in many more stories. There will be “a whole series of cinematics and comics” that will cover stories around the popular tavern. They want to give players the feeling of being “at home” in this place – and therefore bring more stories from the tavern.
Cortyn says: Basically, I think the idea of having some relaxed, funny cinematics and comics about Hearthstone is pretty cool. However, the characters – at least at first glance – lack a bit of soul to really build interest. At least for me, there are currently no burning questions under my fingernails that I want answered. But Blizzard wouldn’t be Blizzard if they couldn’t change that…
