As the trailer progresses, it’s evident that the parallels don’t stop there. Characters, settings, and even scenes from World of Warcraft cinematics all seem to have been kidnapped and transplanted onto Tarisland. In one scenario, a dragon similar but not identical to Deathwing, lands on a castle parapet and bellows. This is a close one-to-one reproduction of a clip taken from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm’s cinematic trailer published 12 years ago. The legality of the analogy is an issue for the courts, but public opinion at the least is likely to wonder why Tarisland’s creators had to utilise World of Warcraft as a crutch.
