There are near 50 whole dragons within the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (opens in new tab) launch cinematic—I gave up counting the second it lower to the populated halls of the Dracthyr.
WoW has had loads of dragons over time, together with one which broke Azeroth over its knee for a complete growth, however Dragonflight takes you to the Dragon Isles, the house of all dragons. It is like a conference corridor for dragons that was locked till now, so all of the dragons are lining as much as get in.
In comparison with the previous few WoW growth launch cinematics, this Dragonflight brief is fairly chill. There are not any vampiric lords tossing souls into the abyss or horde and alliance troopers rampaging by means of a battlefield. There’s only a dwarf and a troll who need to dodge one nasty trying dragon earlier than persevering with their flight by means of the isles—a nod to the upcoming Dragonriding (opens in new tab) characteristic. You additionally get to see a Dracthyr, the playable dragon race that comes out in the present day, whip up some Evoker magic. Alexstrasza, the large purple dragon, reveals as much as restore life to the corrupted forests beneath her.
As an growth, Dragonflight seems to be a return to what WoW was initially about (opens in new tab) earlier than it bought caught up in a maelstrom of cosmic villains and flimsy story reveals that made lore-heads cry. Dragonflight is the form of excessive fantasy that WoW began on and you’ll see it in the way in which the launch cinematic is structured. It is not as character-focused because the basic (opens in new tab) WoW cinematic trailer, but it surely has the same vibe because the digicam zooms by means of the glowing environments to an uplifting rating and just a few seconds of stress. It is explicitly about excessive journey as a substitute of the looming risk of some huge unhealthy.
Dragonflight will launch on November 28, however the recreation’s pre-expansion patch (opens in new tab) is already out. There are tons of sophistication capacity and stability modifications and the brand new expertise timber to play with. And later in the present day (opens in new tab)—in the event you pre-ordered the growth—you can begin to degree up your personal Dracthyr and check out the brand new Evoker class.
