The Next Cinematic should be based on lore; not gameplay :D

StellarPrime·11/1/2014, 9:28:54 PM·34 votes·2,592 views

Next year's League cinematic shouldn't be based on gameplay, but on lore! Bring us to places other than the Rift! Show us the Freljord, the Shadow Isles, Ionia, the heart of Shurima, Piltover! Show us the things our favorite champions and factions do! Maybe the cinematic could be a battle b/w all the major factions. Just an idea I'm throwing out there! I think many League Players would agree that the next cinematic would be quite the spectacle to see some action in great places in Runettera.

I'd love to hear from you Riot about what your thoughts are on the next cinematic or if you already have an idea/storyline for it! Please! :D

21 Comments

Raptamei11/1/2014, 9:56:23 PM10 votes

What do you mean, "lore"?

Bossman POJO11/2/2014, 3:13:28 PM7 votes

It'll be 20 seconds long. Because have you seen the 3 sentence long lore.

Dunderflump11/1/2014, 9:59:08 PM6 votes

Kind of hard to do that when they've retconnected more than 80% of the story and haven't written anything to replace it.

PokladnicaZla11/2/2014, 11:43:39 AM4 votes

Yeah.Thats a great idea.Like flying through the World of Runneterra and see what is happening.

Like: Demacia vs Noxus. ( J4,Garen,Lux&Xin VS Swain,Darius,Katarina,Sion) Freljord : Ashe vs Sejuani vs Lissandra Shurima: Azir vs Xerath , Nasus vs Renekton , Sivir vs Cassiopeia Bandle city: Teemo&Tristana vs Veigar&Lulu Pitvolver: Cait&Vi vs Jinx Zaun : Jayce vs Viktor Kumungu: Nida vs Zyra Bilgewater : MF vs GP Ionia : Karma vs Syndra . Zed vs Shen , Soraka vs Warwick VOID: Kass vs Malzahar Shadow Isle : Lucian vs Thresh CSea : Nami&Fizz vs Nautilus ETC...

There are seriously so many options.I just hope if they do make a teaser like this that supports will also be futured in it.

4nth0l0gy11/3/2014, 7:24:56 AM2 votes

Well, they have done video events with lore, but I know what you mean.

I say we follow Quinn and Valor on a mission. Garen can bring up the force behind them. Quinn has a tumble with some Noxians, maybe Talon, caught up in the middle of a meeting with LeBlanc (or how about ZED!); shit gets cray fast. Featured guests include Poppy, Riven (fighting for Demacia!), Xin, Galio, Sion, Urgot, Darius, and Zac (protecting the innocents). Maybe have Swain launch a superweapon? Maybe turn the tide with some Yordles hopping in from Bandle City to relieve the Demacians (Trist, Teemo, Ziggs, Heimer; Veigar with an appreciative Lulu at his side?).

Or maybe some Bilgewater shenanigans? Gangplank leads an expedition to the Shadow Isles, in hopes of some prized jewel? Fizz stows away below, or maybe works with the pirates in hopes of finding his own claim? They find themselves floating down a Styx-like river with (Thresh) as their Charon? Whole thing takes a very ethereal turn and ends with some crazy underwater fighting that induces terror in anyone afraid of the deep?

Or how about some actual god damn dialogue? Let's have some Ionians debating the presence of Syndra's giant floating fortress, potentially waiting to bludgeon them to death with its giant balls. Karma leads the discussion. Master Yi sits patiently, biding his time. Varus is a watcher (not that kind), so he watches like a cool emo guy. Shen or Akali stands in as representative the Kinkou Order. Maybe Udyr chimes in, and Lee Sin backs him up while sort of looking the wrong way (not in a way that warrants open mockery, just subtle 'oh's). Ionia has some very spiritual individuals, it'd be REALLY neat to see how they debate.

So there's 3 ideas there, get at me Riot.

Jakethenight11/3/2014, 7:00:55 AM2 votes

Why do they have to be yearly? What if Riot put a bit more money into a dedicated cinematic team that puts them out bi-annually.

Toa of Death11/2/2014, 8:51:13 PM1 votes

I want to see a cinematic with the Voidborn. The last time any Void-related champions got some screen time that lasted longer than a few seconds was when Cho'Gath was in the season 1 cinematic.

5G8Nri0B5411/3/2014, 1:04:49 AM1 votes

If it were any other game I'd kinda agree. But...considering we only get these like once per year or more, and considering the game has like over 100 champions.

I'd prefer to see few more gameplay cinematics instead.

Naelarstrasz11/3/2014, 3:01:10 AM1 votes

j4 vs Swain cinematic, out in the war with Garen and Kat

Thrill Moentral11/3/2014, 5:04:20 AM1 votes

I would love a League cinematic/movie about the war between Noxus and Ionia and all that. Or Noxus vs Demacia, anything related about Shadows Isles, etc.

DudbearHaggler11/2/2014, 4:52:51 PM1 votes

AMEN

Diahane11/2/2014, 5:35:44 PM1 votes

Like someone else already pointed out, they did it already, it was the two videos for the Shurima event. Were they disappointing from some points of view? Of course, but they were videos based on lore and not gameplay indeed.

P.S: A cinematic portraying battles in Runeterra would be as much about LoL's lore as the cinematic for the Warhammer Fantasy online game was about Warhammer's lore, or as much the first WH40K Dawn of War cinematic was about the complex WH40K lore...