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Heart of the Swarm plot?

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Bananas
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Sweden98 Posts
August 01 2010 20:20 GMT
#1
If you havent played through campaign yet, then don't read this

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So in the final mission Kerrigan is deinfested by the Artifact, Tychus shot by Raynor and most(if not all) of the zerg on Char being incinerated by the Artifact pulse.

So what will happen in Heart of the Swarm?

It seems that the Zerg has apparently lost their main leader( and likely player character)aswell as their main power base in the Koprulu sector devastated.

So first of all Blizzard is going to have to conjure up a new protagonist for the zerg( we obviously need a new main character for the zerg, pref a cool one)

Who will this be? Duran,a new cerebrate/overmind , another infested human or hybrids ?

The interesting thing is that Blizzard stated that you will control Infested Kerrigan in the HoTS expansion(quoting this from http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Heart_of_the_Swarm)

This raises the question, will Kerrigan be reinfested? Personally i Don't think so, Blizzard is better at writing stories than that.

Either way i think we can really expect some interesting story in the next expansion.





"terrible terrible damage"
kodancer
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States89 Posts
August 01 2010 20:28 GMT
#2
I'm guessing blizzard is going to write stories in the same time frame. I remember in the campaign where kerrigan depicted somewhat of a jesus model. (It's really vague in my memory as I didn't focus on the story much.) Maybe in her shoes in the last mission, she had another one or even many goals after preventing terran from stopping the zerg. Maybe. haha
blastedt
Profile Joined April 2010
United States29 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-01 20:30:57
August 01 2010 20:29 GMT
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Looking at her hair, I'd say she isn't totally uninfected. I think she'll still be able to control zerg in small numbers while retaining her humanity, which also allows Blizzard to implement the progression of Kerrigan as they wanted - the better you've upgraded Kerrigan the more zerg she can control. Maybe she'll side with Raynor and help bring down Mengsk. Possibly Raynor will be out of the picture somehow, putting her in this position - it'd be very easy for Valerian and Mengsk to grab Raynor directly after that last cutscene.
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
August 01 2010 20:34 GMT
#4
On August 02 2010 05:20 Bananas wrote:
If you havent played through campaign yet, then don't read this

+ Show Spoiler +


So in the final mission Kerrigan is deinfested by the Artifact, Tychus shot by Raynor and most(if not all) of the zerg on Char being incinerated by the Artifact pulse.

So what will happen in Heart of the Swarm?

It seems that the Zerg has apparently lost their main leader( and likely player character)aswell as their main power base in the Koprulu sector devastated.

So first of all Blizzard is going to have to conjure up a new protagonist for the zerg( we obviously need a new main character for the zerg, pref a cool one)

Who will this be? Duran,a new cerebrate/overmind , another infested human or hybrids ?

The interesting thing is that Blizzard stated that you will control Infested Kerrigan in the HoTS expansion(quoting this from http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Heart_of_the_Swarm)

This raises the question, will Kerrigan be reinfested? Personally i Don't think so, Blizzard is better at writing stories than that.

Either way i think we can really expect some interesting story in the next expansion.


Bolded statements seem incompatible... The single player's format is cool but the story is absurd.
Assault_1
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1950 Posts
August 01 2010 20:42 GMT
#5
On August 02 2010 05:29 blastedt wrote:
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Looking at her hair, I'd say she isn't totally uninfected. I think she'll still be able to control zerg in small numbers while retaining her humanity, which also allows Blizzard to implement the progression of Kerrigan as they wanted - the better you've upgraded Kerrigan the more zerg she can control. Maybe she'll side with Raynor and help bring down Mengsk. Possibly Raynor will be out of the picture somehow, putting her in this position - it'd be very easy for Valerian and Mengsk to grab Raynor directly after that last cutscene.


u can't ungrow hair, if she shaved her head and let it grow back it'd be normal again i think
Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9562 Posts
August 01 2010 20:43 GMT
#6
My take on this is:
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The game will have a much more RPG-like feel focusing on Kerrigan being half infested/healed and trying to regain her dominance over the Swarm. Raynor will probably be trying to take down Mengsk, Zeratul will be busy with more things in the void, leaving Kerri to try and regain her powers and bend other rebellious broods back to her will.
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Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
August 01 2010 20:46 GMT
#7
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign
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Eiserne
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States340 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-01 20:51:29
August 01 2010 20:51 GMT
#8
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I think they leave Tychus's body there and he becomes the new master of the Zerg.
palanq
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States761 Posts
August 01 2010 20:52 GMT
#9
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Kerrigan's humanity must be saved, she and the zerg are key to stopping the hybrids
time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
jobiasRKD
Profile Joined June 2008
United States38 Posts
August 01 2010 21:09 GMT
#10
On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign


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I think he was hinted to have appeared. The name of the head of the Moebius Foundation, the guy who gave Tychus the locations of all the artifacts in the first place and wanted all of his data destroyed in the Moebius mission, is named Dr. "Narud". And if you spell it backwards...
Semantic Collision
Entertaining
Profile Joined September 2007
Canada793 Posts
August 01 2010 21:17 GMT
#11
On August 02 2010 06:09 jobiasRKD wrote:
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On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign


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I think he was hinted to have appeared. The name of the head of the Moebius Foundation, the guy who gave Tychus the locations of all the artifacts in the first place and wanted all of his data destroyed in the Moebius mission, is named Dr. "Narud". And if you spell it backwards...


Never noticed that , nice find :D
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-01 21:25:21
August 01 2010 21:18 GMT
#12
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How could Kerrigan maintain control over any zerg when the power she had was taken away? Why would she want to control the zerg when the only way to do so would be for her to change her personality and become a murderous, evil sociopath?
Even if they find a way to infest a human in such a way that he would be able to control the zerg and keep the same personality as well, why would they pick Kerrigan for that, why not some other Ghost such as Tosh? After everything she has gone through why would Raynor ever consider making her go through that again? Maybe if Raynor wouldn't trust anyone else with it, but can he really find not a single capable person? I mean, you can train ghosts every single mission, surely he must have some he trusts?
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
August 01 2010 21:19 GMT
#13
mensk imprison raynor and kerrigan is using whats left of her zerg abilities to get the power to rescue him \o/
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Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4843 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-01 21:24:27
August 01 2010 21:20 GMT
#14
On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign


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He's busy screwing around w/ more hybrids obviously. I was more disappointed about the lack of the UED. I mean what, did they just run in fear that no survivors reported back from the sector? Come on, it's been 4 years!
Complete the cycle!
Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
August 01 2010 21:37 GMT
#15
On August 02 2010 06:20 Naib wrote:
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On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign


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He's busy screwing around w/ more hybrids obviously. I was more disappointed about the lack of the UED. I mean what, did they just run in fear that no survivors reported back from the sector? Come on, it's been 4 years!

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The UED did have a minor cameo in the campaign, they were just fat and bald.
Sworn
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada920 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-01 21:45:58
August 01 2010 21:43 GMT
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Alright this is how its going to work. Zeratul said kerrigan is the key to the universe being saved from the hybrids right? He didn't say she had to be human in my opinion its going to be that they find out that kerrigan has to lead the zerg to for the universe to be save. Cheesy sayings between kerrigan and raynor as they say there good byes and she becomes the queen of blades again just less evil. blah blah blah kerrigan finds out her powers have been greatly diminished from being human and does a whole bunch of stuff to gain her powers back. Ending she fights some hybrid boss saving the protoss before legacy of the void where the final battle vs the hybrids will be fought. Anyways Duran will probably make some appearances to try and stop her from regaining her powers.


At least thats my take on it
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Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
August 01 2010 23:06 GMT
#17
Yeah, but why would that be Kerrigan, what makes her so unique she would have to take on that responsibility?
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
Inschato
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada1349 Posts
August 01 2010 23:21 GMT
#18
On August 02 2010 08:06 Mothxal wrote:
Yeah, but why would that be Kerrigan, what makes her so unique she would have to take on that responsibility?

Maybe being a class 12 psi? Nova is only class 10 you know.. (It's mentioned in the book "Starcraft Ghost: Nova")
3.
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
August 01 2010 23:32 GMT
#19
Well, that's just silly powerlevel talk that doesn't belong in a story.
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
August 01 2010 23:38 GMT
#20
On August 02 2010 08:32 Mothxal wrote:
Well, that's just silly powerlevel talk that doesn't belong in a story.


Power level you say?
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I hope you didn't open this spoiler looking for a meme, those aren't allowed :O
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