Afterlives: Maldraxxus Reuses Scene from Harbingers: Illidan - Did the Necrolords Fight the Burning Legion?

Beta Posted 2020/09/03 at 8:29 PM by perculia

Afterlives: MaldraxxuswhyEdit: the director has confirmed Draka left the Shadowlands to visit the Legion's stronghold.HarbingersAfterlivesShadowlands Art InterviewAfterlivesAfterlivesHarbingers

For example, in Maldraxxus, one of the big challenges is that there aren't any trees in the zone. We had to find elements that served that same purpose on the screen - vertical forms to break up the horizon lines. And we ended up with a bunch of interesting solutions, these insect hives that sit up on these creature bone legs. There are bone tumors growing out of the landscape that are like mushrooms but not quite, and then you have fungal spaces in the zone.

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Comment by IfelixlWell, let's hope that is true, because we already have a N'zoth / Sauron cinematic, and it seems to Blizzard it is not the first time that it has a tendency to use a copy + paste in another new cinematic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vdOs3tCw0cComment by spid3rs1Wow half of this comment section is people getting butthurt over one frame of a video,people really like to complain don't theyComment by bayonnefrogyou guys need to get a life

over analyzing every second of a short

downvote awayComment by NazamberBeing overly critical over an art team is pretty pathetic. Animation teams reuse and recycle animation all the effing time..because if it works it works. You can call it lazy all you want but its a time saver, as I am sure its taxing on the art teams working from home and likely creating the art for other projects. Here are some links of bigger and more profitable companies that do it....

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_recycled_animation_in_Disney_movies

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RecycledAnimation]

Educate yourselves....

Side note: If you look at the wasteland picture, you can see the desolate waste is littered with debris and remnants of tree stumps...as well as a hill in distance from the stronghold....which when you look at the Afterlives video, you see the hill and the trees kind of at the right distance from a first-person perspective in the stronghold.

Also, Demons that die return to the Twisting Nether, correct...but demons that die in the twisting nether die for good...which could indicate...their souls could go to the Shadowlands...Comment by Ardensolis1Clickbait articles like this are the sole reason I use adblock for this website. It doesn't pay to stir up BS.Comment by DawnTitanTo everyone !@#$%ing and moaning about click bait , it's just a re-used asset etc etc. It's now been confirmed it was intentional and that they were stealing a legion map. So like. Git gud? Lmao. Y'all have to eat your words now. Looks like everyone who speculated wasn't so dumb after all :))))Comment by ekrietloweh. They probably just thought, "hey this shot looks good for 'generic WoW baddies guarding an entrance.'" One less frame for the artist to draw.Comment by DawnTitanTo reiterate. Brian Horn. The cinematic supervisor of Blizzard entertainment. Has confirmed. It was intentional and that they were stealing a legion map. :)))))Comment by KoleckaiWell... Blizzard did retcon the origin of both the Helm of Domination and Frostmourne to have come from "The Runecarver." In the Bastion video, we learn that the runes on Frostmourne are from Maw magic. With the domination of the legion unfolding over untold millennia, I am sure the Legion has been to Shadowlands multiple times. Otherwise, why would they even need an army to protect the lands? Why would these houses based on conquest and strength join together to defeat external enemies?

Though, Blizzard continually reuses the same tropes and artwork. They have for many years.Comment by KiheaDon't think it's really that big of a deal. Reusing assets is normal practice everywhere else. And it fit the theme of what was happening. They look so much like the Maldraxxus guards.Comment by DeolarasThere's literally a camp in Maldraxxus with a monument to their victory over the burning legion btwComment by JwcoThis should put a cork in the "Shadowlands people can't leave the Shadowlands" debate. Both the Spirit Healers/Kyrians and now Necrolords can leave.Comment by Cr00xYBlizzard reuses old content to present it as something new? ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE!

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