Because players of World of Warcraft were not satisfied with a cinematic, they were looking for a better version. A YouTuber took it upon himself to do it.
The Sanctum of Domination is once again considered a very good raid in World of Warcraft and the centerpiece of Patch 9.1. However, there was also criticism regarding an important cutscene featuring Garrosh Hellscream, which upset some fans so much that they built a “remaster” of the scene.
Which scene is it about? After the battle against Dormazain, who torments Garrosh’s soul, there is a small cutscene. Garrosh frees himself, takes Dormazain’s sword, and declares that he is proud of everything he has done and would do it all over again. Then he assaults Dormazain and destroys him and himself with a final attack.
Check out the original Garrosh video here:
All of this is depicted in “ingame graphics.” This makes the mouth movements of the characters look somewhat silly and disrupts the drama of the scene.
This is how the remaster is: YouTuber Maditdrakes describes the Garrosh cinematic as “one of the best ingame cutscenes from Shadowlands” and believed it deserved its own cinematic – so he simply created one himself. The result is basically the same sequence we already know – only much cleaner. Check it out yourself:
Why did the original scene look like that? Many players criticized the small cutscene in the Sanctum of Domination with Garrosh. While it is cool to give the character such a final, small highlight, the cutscene only consists of ingame graphics and animations, while the finale with Sylvanas was developed in a much more elaborate manner.
The reason for this is that the cutscene with Garrosh was created by a single developer, who had to rely on in-game resources. In contrast, the Sylvanas cutscene is developed by a large team that has a “film pipeline at Hollywood level.” This was at least explained by the developer responsible for the Garrosh video on Twitter.
Ultimately, we don’t know how much time the developers have for such scenes or if it is a “labor of love” to bring such a scene into the game at all. What is clear, however, is that the Garrosh cinematic was very important to many players.
What do you think about the improved version by the YouTuber? Is it a cool thing and should it have looked like this from the beginning? Or is the original better after all?
