The first video of the final fight against N’Zoth in World of Warcraft has been discovered. Warning, there are some important spoilers!
In Patch 8.3 of World of Warcraft, which is currently on the PTR, the fight is against the Old God N’Zoth. We have “accidentally” freed him in Patch 8.2 and he is now spreading across the world. In the corresponding Raid Ny’alotha, he is the last of a total of 12 bosses and thus presumably the final boss fight of Battle for Azeroth. Dataminers have now found a first cutscene that reports on the end of the fight.
Spoiler warning: If you don’t want to know how the fight against N’Zoth ends, you should not continue reading.
Please note that this is a very early version of the cutscene, which doesn’t even contain voices.
This is what you can see: The cinematic takes place in the boss room of N’Zoth, presumably after the fight is considered won. N’Zoth is tired of the fight and takes control of the heroes of Azeroth, forcing them to serve him. The heroes slowly approach N’Zoth. The camera then shifts to Magni and M.U.T.T.E.R., who plead with the champion not to succumb to the corruption – and they succeed. The Heart of Azeroth is activated and briefly frees the hero from N’Zoth’s grip.
This gives Magni and M.U.T.T.E.R. enough time to find a new anchor point. They use Nalak’sha’s machine to fuel the Forge of Origin and unleash its power. Energy flows into the hero and then is fired at N’Zoth before the cutscene ends.
Interestingly, during the sequence, several copies of Sylvanas or Alleria slowly approach N’Zoth in the background. However, they may just be visions.
Much criticism from players: Although only this small cutscene is known so far, there is already a lot of criticism from players, for example on wowhead. There are comments like “Are we now in Dragon Ball?” or “This doesn’t look like WoW anymore, more like an anime”.
Is there more to come? It is expected that this cutscene runs “before” the actual cinematic. Since it is an in-game cutscene in which our character also plays an important role, it is not as impressive as one is used to from cinematics.
However, it would be surprising if N’Zoth were simply defeated after the attack with this laser, and the world is “Peace, Joy, Pancakes”. It is more likely that the death of N’Zoth (or at least his defeat) triggers a new process, which then provides a hook for the next addon, similar to Legion with Sargeras.
But this second, more elaborate cutscene will probably only be visible when Patch 8.3 actually goes live.
The important dagger is missing: It is also interesting that Xal’atath is absent. The dagger is actually an important part of the plan to defeat N’Zoth. At least Azshara had revealed that just recently. It is therefore more than likely that another extensive cinematic will be released. Anything less would be unworthy for such an important final fight.
When is Patch 8.3 coming? There is no specific date for that yet. However, the most likely estimates suggest a release in early to mid-December, with the raid following in January 2020.
What do you think of this first cutscene? Do you find it cool that your character is at the center or does it already look “mega lame”?
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