Cinematic

A cinematic is a cutscene that appears during an instance and gives the player historical and/or tactical information about it. Most personal story missions had "cinematic conversations", which consisted of two characters talk to each other on a stage-like environment (these are outside the scope of the list below, as there as too many to list). A few missions had more traditional machinima-style cinematics, similar to those seen in Guild Wars. Fewer still had cinematics that blended concept art and gameplay.

The cinematic conversations have now been retired, and the team's cinematic tools have been overhauled as of season 2 of the Living World.

List of cinematics

ArenaNet maintains an Official Youtube channel with several promotional videos.

Personal story

• Biography
  • Sylvari - YouTube
  • Norn - YouTube
  • Human - YouTube
  • Charr - YouTube
  • Asura - YouTube
• Joining an Order
  • Order of Whispers - YouTube
  • Durmand Priory - YouTube
  • Vigil - YouTube
• Ascalonian Catacombs (story) - YouTube, Vimeo
• Sorrow's Embrace (story) - YouTube
• The Ruined City of Arah (story) - Unknown
• Victory or Death - Unknown

Living World

• Hard Boiled - Vimeo
• Fractals of the Mists - YouTube, Vimeo
• The Nightmare Incarnate - Unknown
• The Nightmare Ends - Vimeo
• Lion's Arch (Under Attack!) - YouTube
• Scarlet's End - YouTube, Vimeo
• Lion's Arch (Aftermath) - Unknown
• Heart of Thorns Fleet Destruction Opening Cinematic

External links

• Creating Guild Wars 2 Cinematics - YouTube
• Jim Boer on the Evolution of Cinematic Conversations - ArenaNet Blog
• Guild Wars 2 - Cinematic Conversation A (Nov 2011) - YouTube
• Guild Wars 2 - Cinematic Conversation B (Nov 2011) - YouTube