Prima was wrong =(

runeseeker1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Dark Guild of War [dgw]

Lol this is a litlle thing... but i'm not the type of person to let little things slip...

In the Guild Wars Factions trailer, the sequence of events is different from the Prima strategy guide narrative of the Jade Wind.
1-everybody goes up into the sanctuary
2-shiro kills emperor, gong rings, shiro finishes the "evil ritual"
3-warriors rush up, get massacred
4-vizu comes, knocks blades out of shiro's hands
5-faction champions cut up shiro, jade wind

In the Prima strategy guide narrative, the sequence is like this-
1-everybody goes upto the sanctuary
2-shiro kills emperor,gong rings
3-warriors rush up
4-vizu shadow steps AHEAD of the warriors and knocks shiro's blades out of
his hands, INTERRUPTING shiro's "evil ritual"
5-warriors come and cut up shiro, jade wind

lol notice anything different?

Guildmaster Cain

Guildmaster Cain

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Guildmistress Eve [Me], Guildmistress Azura [N], Guildmistress Azumi [A], Guildmistress Jaina [D]

Guildmaster Aeron [Rt], Arthas Ironfist [W], Guild: The Tyrian Templars [TTT]

nope...

Did you actually notice how different the Harvest temple ingame looks from the Harvest Temple in the pre-rendered movie?
Not to mention the whole cutscene of the Harvest temple in which things are put in a totally different perspective then the prerendered movie.

Pick Me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Thornill, ON, Canada

THE CANUCK MONKS (TCM)

W/R

Obviously someone is wrong.

Prima had their book made in advance (inorder to get it released the same time Factions was released). So if Prima was told one thing and the developers changed it, its not Prima's fault. Same token, the Trailers don't always happen the way the finished product shows. Twister for example, depicts a few things in the trailer, but the theatre version doesn't show it at all (ends up on the cutting room floor). Same with Scary Movie 4 and a few other movies.

Now whether or not Shiro completes the ritual (trailer says yes, Prima says no), doesn't change the fact... or does it? What evil ritual was performed? Is it for releasing the 6th God? If it was, then Prima is correct. If it was for him to get more power, then it can go either way. The ritual could have been the reason for the Jade Wind (completed - then killing Shiro releases the Jadewind; not completed - spell is interupted and the fury of the Jadewind is released, as Shiro could no longer control it).

Sidra

Sidra

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

CT

NITE

R/

She didn't knock his swords out of his hands... she slit his wrists...

PanGammon

PanGammon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Underworld

Leader of Grenth Gaming Inc [GG]

Mo/Me

The in game cutscene made me cry it was so sadly pathetic. Anyway I liked the CGI cutscene so I'm not complaining...........

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

shiro never completed the ritual in the cinematic, he was meditating to complete it. the fact that the harvest temple looked different was because it was crumbling and everything.

Lirael Abhorsen

Lirael Abhorsen

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Daphne

We Are Virgins [Nerd]

A/W

i personally liked the prophecies Cinematic trailor more than factions...little disappointed they didnt release a cinematic trailor for NF like they did for factions and prophecies.

Trakata

Trakata

Crimson King

Join Date: Jun 2006

Resplendent Makuun

Song of the Forsaken

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lirael Abhorsen
i personally liked the prophecies Cinematic trailor more than factions...little disappointed they didnt release a cinematic trailor for NF like they did for factions and prophecies.
Agreed.

Phoenix Arrows

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

With many other ugly people

We Are All Pretty [ugly]

R/

It's because ANet tells Prima what to put in about certain places, Prima gets it up for the release, and in the meantime ANet might've changed a bit of stuff.

Cid

Cid

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

R/

Is it significant that they dont say he performed the ritual? Its some creepy japanese deranged samurai, I dont need to know he performed a ritual on the fallen emperor to bring his a$$ down

icedragon981

icedragon981

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

At my computer

Teh Nine [lll]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lirael Abhorsen
i personally liked the prophecies Cinematic trailor more than factions...little disappointed they didnt release a cinematic trailor for NF like they did for factions and prophecies.
Agreed X2,
Although not as much of the story was covered in the Prophecies cinematic as in the Factions one, the Prophecies cinematic, IMO, was much better. Also, just as you said, dissapointed there wasn't a Nightfall cinematic. Would've been cool to see a pre-rendered video few Paragons leading a large number of Warriors/Dervishes/etc. into battle against Varesh or a lot of Margonites.

Gairoh

Gairoh

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Tsumei village,Shing Jea Island,

A/

Still like factions cinematic more....Just the feel it gives ppl i think...something like LoTR's fellowship of the ring begining where they all pawned by Sauron,till Isildur cuts the dude's finger.