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Does sc story depend too much on Kerrigan?
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Jimmy Raynor
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Cokefreak
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On March 02 2013 06:49 Cokefreak wrote: Forgot about Narud? The problem is that Duran has taken such a massive backseat it would be pretty hard to introduce him into SC2's story at this point while still having it make sense for people who haven't played Brood War. | ||
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
On March 02 2013 06:58 dcemuser wrote: The problem is that Duran has taken such a massive backseat it would be pretty hard to introduce him into SC2's story at this point while still having it make sense for people who haven't played Brood War. Well Blizzard is pretty good at retconning so they will probably just introduce him as a completely new villain or something. | ||
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OmniEulogy
Canada6597 Posts
 I liked him in the broodwar campaign lolI think it's always been largely about kerrigan though, sure there were some parts in broodwar that didn't have much to do with her but she has always been a big part of the picture. Maybe a little bit too much though  | ||
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Xenocide_Knight
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Chairman Ray
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AnythingThenDelete
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
The story of Wings of Liberty was Jimmy Raynor and friends go on a big adventure. Heart of the Swarm seems like Kerrigan and friends go on a big adventure. Legacy of the Void will almost certainly be Zeratul and friends go on a big adventure. I think you're right to take issue with how single-character-focused the HotS storyline is, but that's not a new development; that shift in the franchise started 2.5 years ago. | ||
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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Kalingingsong
Canada633 Posts
On March 02 2013 06:49 Cokefreak wrote: Forgot about Narud? forget Narud I want to know what happened to IefNaij. | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On March 02 2013 07:46 Iranon wrote: The story of SC1 was the story of a large host of characters and factions. The story of Wings of Liberty was Jimmy Raynor and friends go on a big adventure. Heart of the Swarm seems like Kerrigan and friends go on a big adventure. Legacy of the Void will almost certainly be Zeratul and friends go on a big adventure. I think you're right to take issue with how single-character-focused the HotS storyline is, but that's not a new development; that shift in the franchise started 2.5 years ago. The problem is two-fold: A) They didn't introduce any new and interesting characters in SC2: WoL (alright, with the exception of the official appearance of the long-known Valerian Mengsk, the official appearance of Nova, the overly optimistic pilot guy, and Tosh) B) They killed off like 90% of the characters from the SC universe in Brood War's campaigns. Chris Metzen actually talks about this with a little bit of regret at the 2008 Lore panel for SC2; he jokes that the story team was a little bit "angsty" and went with the "this character has served their purpose, they can die now" philosophy far too often in SC1. Also, to be fair, if you replace each of the game titles with their race and the word "Campaign" after it, you would be describing the structure for both previous Starcraft games as well. The major difference is that we'll have to wait for all three games to have the same amount of quality characters that were in one of the previous titles, so that does slightly suck. | ||
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NrG.ZaM
United States267 Posts
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radscorpion9
Canada2252 Posts
I feel like they definitely should maintain the multiple plots; i.e. the protoss have their issues, so do the zerg, so do the terran. And I think to some extent they have accomplished that, it definitely made WoL more interesting. I guess the main issue is just, I would prefer if Kerrigan's character had some more depth to it, and hopefully its not just emotional issues she has to deal with | ||
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esReveR
United States567 Posts
Edit: Forgot to mention Narud/Duran. I want to see what plot twists they have in store for him now that he's been re-introduced. I saw he was working with Raynor and Valerian in the excerpt Blizzard posted from the book that takes place between WoL and HotS. | ||
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PineapplePizza
United States749 Posts
On March 02 2013 09:11 radscorpion9 wrote: I miss the old plot with the overmind who's overarching goal was to seek the perfection of his race. That was *cool*. Now we just get Kerrigan who wants vengeance, and sounds epic. Its a really lame replacement, that makes me feel bad to play zerg to the point where I want to play terran now. I feel like they definitely should maintain the multiple plots; i.e. the protoss have their issues, so do the zerg, so do the terran. And I think to some extent they have accomplished that, it definitely made WoL more interesting. I guess the main issue is just, I would prefer if Kerrigan's character had some more depth to it, and hopefully its not just emotional issues she has to deal with The Zerg race doesn't have a lot of potential for a complex story outside of Kerrigan. The Zerg is ultimately led by one being, who is assisted by multiple yes-men and opposed by everyone else. You get to follow the head-honcho's orders, move crystals around, do favors for Kerrigan, and kill lots and lots of people. Kerrigan is the only 'real' character contained within this race, so everything will center around what she does, and who wants to stop her. | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
On March 02 2013 06:49 Jimmy Raynor wrote: What would happen with the starcraft story if/when Kerrigan's story eventually comes to an end? I feel like the starcraft's plot progression depends too much on her character. It is a cool character but I guess they can't depend on her forever. Maybe in the future they can set up another hero/villain which will be the center of the plot but with Kerrigan being so emblematic wouldn't it will be hard to reach her status. What do you think? Hehe...I can't help but think that this is a joke...JimmyRaynor just begging for more SC screen time, "Get Kerrigan out of here and focus on me! Maybe we need more Jimmy, less of that infested bitch." | ||
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Burrfoot
United States1176 Posts
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ninazerg
United States7291 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On March 02 2013 07:36 Chairman Ray wrote: You're just mad she broke up with you to be with the swarm Okay THANK YOU. I was wondering whether anyone would comment on the fact that OP's name is Jimmy Raynor...I mean, seriously! That one's just waiting to be taken. That being said, would agree w/ nina in that the story is just terrible lol, it's like they just up and quit trying to give the campaign any semblance of a compelling narrative because they figured they should only care about multiplayer. Fair enough, I never really cared for campaign anyway tbh >.< | ||
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farvacola
United States18855 Posts
On March 02 2013 15:17 Ooshmagoosh wrote: The Zerg race doesn't have a lot of potential for a complex story outside of Kerrigan. The Zerg is ultimately led by one being, who is assisted by multiple yes-men and opposed by everyone else. You get to follow the head-honcho's orders, move crystals around, do favors for Kerrigan, and kill lots and lots of people. Kerrigan is the only 'real' character contained within this race, so everything will center around what she does, and who wants to stop her. Cerebrate politics dude, Cerebrate politics. | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
On March 03 2013 13:59 ninazerg wrote: At this point, they've ruined the SC story so bad that I don't really care what they do. agreed. it's like they completely ignored like 90% of the stuff that happened in sc and bw | ||
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Burrfoot
United States1176 Posts
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Shady Sands
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On March 02 2013 07:47 FinestHour wrote: everyone knows michael bay is working for blizzard making the games ftfy | ||
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ihOpe
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
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Hesmyrr
Canada5776 Posts
On March 03 2013 16:38 farvacola wrote: Cerebrate politics dude, Cerebrate politics. Seriously, Kerrigan goes from absolutely demolishing joint Terran Dominion-UED-Protoss force to getting kicked around by marginalized raiders; I wonder what could have resulted in sudden degradation of Zerg tactics hmmmmm | ||
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Daestrro
United States21 Posts
On March 04 2013 03:24 Hesmyrr wrote: Seriously, Kerrigan goes from absolutely demolishing joint Terran Dominion-UED-Protoss force to getting kicked around by marginalized raiders; I wonder what could have resulted in sudden degradation of Zerg tactics hmmmmm Not to mention, Kerrigan actually managed to make the swarm itself WORSE. She takes over and after a few years, some of the most useful specialist races of the Zerg are suddenly extinct and replaced with a series of much more broad species' who desperately try to fill all of the now missing roles. Autocracy has not been fair to the Zerg. If I had more faith in Metzen/the starcraft lore team, I would actually believe they did this on purpose. | ||
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