Starcraft II!

[RedDread]

Just announced at Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Korea.

IGN and 1up have coverage

http://games.ign.com/articles/790/790137p1.html

[Basileus777]

I think splitting it into three games did effect the single player, there was only really enough plot for about 8 missions, the rest was mostly filler. And yeah, video game writing as a whole is not good, but I felt much of the writing in the game was poor even by those standards.

I do wonder how Heart of the Swarm is going to handle things considering how the game ended. I'm not sure if it will it be concurrent with the Terran campaign or a "sequel."

Spoiler!

Is Kerrigan still going to be able to control the Zerg after becoming human again?

[Gravedigger]

Originally Posted by Basileus777

I think splitting it into three games did effect the single player, there was only really enough plot for about 8 missions, the rest was mostly filler. And yeah, video game writing as a whole is not good, but I felt much of the writing in the game was poor even by those standards.

I do wonder how Heart of the Swarm is going to handle things considering how the game ended. I'm not sure if it will it be concurrent with the Terran campaign or a "sequel."

Spoiler!

Is Kerrigan still going to be able to control the Zerg after becoming human again?

That's the big question.

Spoiler!

Will she still feel the effects? Did the artifact not work, or did it and she's totally clean? Will Arcturus Mingst still hunt her down? Obviously this doesn't destroy the Zerg, given the next game is Heart of the Swarm, but does it mean that the Overmind will come back up? We already know that the hybrid's will probably be the heart of the Protoss campaign.

I'm happy that things worked out, but I really hope that either they address these questions in the next games and not make us wait another 10-15 years to make us wait again.

[007]

Originally Posted by Basileus777

I think splitting it into three games did effect the single player, there was only really enough plot for about 8 missions, the rest was mostly filler. And yeah, video game writing as a whole is not good, but I felt much of the writing in the game was poor even by those standards.

I do wonder how Heart of the Swarm is going to handle things considering how the game ended. I'm not sure if it will it be concurrent with the Terran campaign or a "sequel."

Spoiler!

Is Kerrigan still going to be able to control the Zerg after becoming human again?

I still can't believe they are splitting this into 3 separate games. At $60 a pop at that.

[Basileus777]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

That's the big question.

Spoiler!

Will she still feel the effects? Did the artifact not work, or did it and she's totally clean? Will Arcturus Mingst still hunt her down? Obviously this doesn't destroy the Zerg, given the next game is Heart of the Swarm, but does it mean that the Overmind will come back up? We already know that the hybrid's will probably be the heart of the Protoss campaign.

I'm happy that things worked out, but I really hope that either they address these questions in the next games and not make us wait another 10-15 years to make us wait again.

Spoiler!

The secret mission suggests that Mengsk and the Dominion are creating hybrids and working with the Dark Voice. So I imagine they will be major villains again. There's also Dr. Narud, the Moebius guy you rescue. He's probably Duran from Brood War.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Guru

I still can't believe they are splitting this into 3 separate games. At $60 a pop at that.

Yeah, that is just ****ing ludicrous. Also, when the **** did PC games start costing $60?

I can't blame Blizz for splitting one game into 3 and getting 3 times as much profit as they would have gotten by putting everything in one box. If there's demand, might as well take the opportunity. I, for one, am not buying that shit.

[Basileus777]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Yeah, that is just ****ing ludicrous. Also, when the **** did PC games start costing $60?

I can't blame Blizz for splitting one game into 3 and getting 3 times as much profit as they would have gotten by putting everything in one box. If there's demand, might as well take the opportunity. I, for one, am not buying that shit.

They started costing $60 when Activision made that the price for Modern Warfare 2. But I believe they said that the two expansions won't be full priced games. They'll probably be $40.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Basileus777

They started costing $60 when Activision made that the price for Modern Warfare 2. But I believe they said that the two expansions won't be full priced games. They'll probably be $40.

[Basileus777]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Yeah, who am I kidding. Bobby Kotick is probably already planning to charge $70 and implement a premium subscription model.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Basileus777

Yeah, who am I kidding. Bobby Koticky is probably already planning to charge $70 and implement a premium subscription model.

Activiosn can go **** their collective asses as far as I'm concerned. They took the evil empire title away from EA. I'm looking forward to see what Respawn comes up with. EA now has 2 best FPS studios (with Dice and former IW poeple). The Call of Duty IP will only carry Activision for one more release or so.

[AndChiefs]

Man I suck.

[Blankey]

Won my first ever online RTS match earlier today. Ironically the dude's name was ZERGRUSH and that's how I beat him.

[AndChiefs]

Originally Posted by Blankey

Won my first ever online RTS match earlier today. Ironically the dude's name was ZERGRUSH and that's how I beat him.

Nice job man. I knew you could do it. (This is Brimian btw)

[AndChiefs]

Just got promoted to platinum league.

[QuikSsurfer]

Google " Zerg Rush "

[patteeu]

If any of you like to watch high level Starcraft II games between top pros, there are a bunch of those guys involved in a French tournament called Iron Squid and the videos can be found here:

http://www.ironsquid.tv/show/

There are 12 Koreans, 7 Europeans and 1 American involved. The Koreans are kicking ass as usual.