EPTNew Race Rumor? - Page 3
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Obi-1.Kulinobi
Czech Republic162 Posts
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:20 Excalibur_Z wrote: Assuming you mean the literal sense of the word "insane", which is to say "they'd have to be mentally unstable and clinically ill to consider doing this", I agree with you. QFT | ||
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Kacas
Brazil3143 Posts
so..they still have the old units like dragoon ^^v | ||
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shimmy
Poland997 Posts
On May 21 2007 21:41 [angst]chraej wrote: the "secret" campaign mission where you find evidence of merged protoss/zerg in tanks. Sorry I couldnt help myself. ![[image loading]](http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/559/art19da6.jpg) | ||
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Zironic
Sweden341 Posts
Scary stuff | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:07 Excalibur_Z wrote: "Some say?" Nobody's saying that. There are only going to be 3 races. There may be a fourth faction in single-player or something, but that's not relevant to us. Yeah, I'm assuming there's going to be an introduction with the Xel'Naga and the "hybrid race" created by Duran, but they'll be mini-races like the Naga at best. | ||
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Zironic
Sweden341 Posts
On May 22 2007 08:07 Equinox_kr wrote: Yeah, I'm assuming there's going to be an introduction with the Xel'Naga and the "hybrid race" created by Duran, but they'll be mini-races like the Naga at best. I agree, doubtful they want more then three races for melee play. | ||
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DesOndaes
United States61 Posts
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
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Purind
Canada3562 Posts
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minus_human
4784 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ok?+ Show Spoiler + I'm freaking serious! ! ! | ||
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[angst]chraej
1445 Posts
HAHAHA, love it. here is an upload of the video footage for the bonus mission: how CANT they add more onto the story line? ![[image loading]](http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7981/hybridwz4.png) | ||
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pat777
United States356 Posts
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Prose
Canada314 Posts
On May 22 2007 04:29 b_unnies wrote: hmmm can anyone quote blizzard that said there is no new race? according to the starcraft2.com faq's it says "How many races are in StarCraft II? In StarCraft II, players will see the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races. Our goal is to ensure that all the factions in the game play even more distinctly from one another than in the original StarCraft, while still maintaining the fine balance that helped make StarCraft such a classic. We're also introducing a number of new units to each race, as well as modifying some of the familiar units returning in StarCraft II. With these design refinements and the new features we have planned for the single-player and multiplayer elements of the game, StarCraft II will offer a next-generation StarCraft experience." it says "players will see the return of protoss, terran, and zerg" but it did not say there [are] only 3 races, or there is no 4th race Exactly. Carefully chosen words by Blizzard. A fourth race would be grand. Of course balancing four races would be difficult. It could be that the fourth race would be unplayable...until the Expansion Pack. Perhaps the shift towards spacial/dimensional specialization by the Protoss will serve to differentiate it from the psionic and feral flavour of the Hybrids? Could the Hybrids be the eventual manifestation of Xel'Naga? | ||
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Eggy-X17
United States133 Posts
The developers said explicitly there was not going to be a 4th race. Time for an opinion from every Harry, Dick and Jane moment. /me clears his throat An additional race added would increase the complexity for balancing. 3 races: (x * y, x * z, z * y) Adding a 4th: (x * y, x * z, z * y, a * x, a * y, a * z) Just adding one more race, doubles the balancing work they may have to do. They started in '03. All we know is some time after Frozen Throne's expansion pack. It could have been mid '03, late '03, don't know. I don't really care either. So three to four years to develop the game. I'm being generous with four years. Let's say three and a half. They developed supposedly a new gaming engine, first RTS to utilize the Havoc physics engine. On top of that creating the new units, converting stuff over, designing phase or essentially 'gathering all their resources' to pull together something like this is hard enough with three races. It's very difficult for me to imagine they could have squeezed a fourth race in during that time frame. And finally for reiterating purposes, Blizzard employees explicitly said there were only three in the round table discussions. I don't think they lie. They use artifice for sure when they announced, "at presently we have nothing yada yada we'll announce junk in the future" (paraphrased) when they were keeping Starcraft II under wraps as a surprise. (lawyer talk) Future being only two weeks long. When answering the interviewer's questions concerning a 4th race, there was no artifice or trickery of the type comparable to the SC 2 announcement. It was just an outright blatant, "3 races" by one of the lead developers. | ||
ManaBlue
Canada10458 Posts
The answer is that no one knows the answer. This is all wild speculation and will remain that way until we hear something from blizzard that leads us to believe otherwise. | ||
Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
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shadowenergy
Australia78 Posts
On May 23 2007 17:29 Eggy-X17 wrote: There was a round table discussion with the developers (check out Yahoo's streaming coverage). The developers said explicitly there was not going to be a 4th race. . yes exactly, its time to stop all the rumors/theories, especially since blizzard specifically said there wont be a 4th race. which video for those of you who still havent seen it, please watch the roundtable video, either streaming or download: http://au.media.pc.ign.com/media/850/850126/vids_1.html what minute to watch in the hour long video watch from minute 29:50 (in the streaming version in the above link) to roughly 30:47 (I actually skimmed thru it to find the exact spot, where the designer discusses the secret mission and no 4th playable race) whats mentioned in short the designer specifically mentions that even though they had the secret mission in BW where the hybrid event occurs, there will only be 3 playable races in sc2. The reason behind this is that they want to work on making the 3 races more distinct from each other. He also stated that the hybrid storyline might appear as part of the sc2 story. | ||
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Eggy-X17
United States133 Posts
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
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