So you're stuck. You're sitting there playing The Dig and you just cannot work out how to kill all those blasted Colossi. Or maybe, those Broodlords are giving you a hard time in Whispers of Doom. Perhaps it's that final hurdle, All-In that's giving you grief. So where do you turn to for advice? Gamefaqs? The TL Forum? The Prima Official Strategy Guide for Starcraft 2? Some dodgy service charging you $9.99 for all the secrets and more to the Starcraft 2 Campaign? Maybe that's what you'd do in the past, but not anymore!
After many painstaking hours of trawling through the campaign, Liquipedia now has a complete set of articles dedicated to the campaign. This includes information about all the research, mercenaries and armory upgrades in addition to how to access the secret mission. No matter where you are stuck, this guide should be able to help you on your way to finishing the game. Each level has detailed advice for how to complete it, even if you are Bronze rank (or don't play multiplayer at all) you should be able to follow this advice and progress steadily through the story of Starcraft 2 and be able to enjoy your $60 investment to it's fullest.
Perhaps you're not interested in finishing the campaign, but are still interested in the story. Don't worry, we've got you covered! There are brief explanations about what each mission adds to the story at the beginning of every article. There are also plans to include a complete story synopsis, which should be available soon enough (especially if you add it yourself)!
So let's take a look at what the guide looks like to give you a feel for what to expect. Let's take a look at the guide for "The Outlaws":
At the top of the article you will be greeted by an overview of the mission as well as a brief contents box which you can use to quickly navigate the article.
To the right of the screen you should be greeted by an image of the map. Outlined on the map are key locations. In this case, the green circle represents your primary objective (killing the Dominion base) and the yellow circle represents the location of a small bastion of units which will join you once you reach them.
Underneath the image you will see an information box. This box outlines the basic information about the mission, like what units are available on the mission and the number of credits obtained.
Back in the middle of the page, underneath the initial overview, is the full guide to the mission. The guide contains strategies on how to beat the mission as well as other information. Underneath primary objectives is secondary objectives, which are explained.
Lastly, underneath the mission guide, comes the achievements associated with the mission. Of course, everyone wants to brag to their friends about all the achievements they've unlocked, so check these out to see what you need to do to get them!
We're pretty happy with how the campaign guide looks at the moment, and we're certain that this is the best guide you can find on the internet. But we know there is room for growth. The beauty of the wikimedia technology is that anyone can edit Liquipedia. Got some alternative strategies for a mission? Post them up! See a level that doesn't have a map uploaded? Post it up! Have some strategies for unlocking the achievements? Post it up!!. Get involved in Liquipedia and this guide will become even better. If you want to contribute, but don't know how - PM a staff member and they will help you out! There's always things to be done on the wiki!
So the next time your friend asks you "Oh man I can't beat The Devil's Playground, how did you do it?" you don't have to spend 30 minutes detailing how it's done. Just send them to Liquipedia! Tell your friends, family, coworkers and nerds on the street about this amazing resource, and of course, enjoy it yourselves (but don't tell those bm kids on bnet - they don't deserve to know!)
On August 05 2010 16:54 gorgoino18 wrote: Wow, awesome work guys! I guess it's not really worth the money to buy the official guide book right?
Whatever they produce, it will probably be from liquipedia anyway if not, it will be inferior quality and won't be kept up to date with the latest strategies to beat the camapgin. Why pay for something that you can get for free?
I've been using the guide today for my "achievement" run, and I've loved it! Only thing is it'd be nice if the missions could get some hi-res maps with objective points labelled, and possibly more strategies/details on ways to get achievements. Some have descriptions while others don't have anything.
On August 05 2010 16:54 gorgoino18 wrote: Wow, awesome work guys! I guess it's not really worth the money to buy the official guide book right?
Whatever they produce, it will probably be from liquipedia anyway if not, it will be inferior quality and won't be kept up to date with the latest strategies to beat the camapgin. Why pay for something that you can get for free?
Freaking awesome guys, Thanks for putting this together. I will use this if I get frustrated with some missions. I've only checked out the dig, I spent 3 hours trying to get all the achievements and came to the same conclusions. I didn't know about the secret viking spot though, well done! :D
Looks amazing! Although I do see a few mistakes. Like "In Utter Darkness" it says for the achievement you have to play it on hard and that normal doesn't work... But it worked for me. Anyways, great quality stuff!
Hehe I could use some help with challenge missions, actually with only the one where you lead group of roaches and infestors and need to kill 200 units for bronze. That one is killing me.
I just'd like to ad that there's a channel #LPWalkthrough on Quakenet IRC where we congregate for discussion - We like to keep the other channels spoiler-free
On August 05 2010 17:02 Graham wrote: Only thing is it'd be nice if the missions could get some hi-res maps with objective points labelled, and possibly more strategies/details on ways to get achievements. Some have descriptions while others don't have anything.
Only one way to "get" them there! :D
On August 05 2010 18:28 Odoakar wrote: Hehe I could use some help with challenge missions, actually with only the one where you lead group of roaches and infestors and need to kill 200 units for bronze. That one is killing me.
Guys....just remember to login before editing. It takes only a couple seconds, and you use you TL login, so there's not additional registration requirements.
Idk why, but this part made me laugh: "Alternatively, you can load up two Command Centers and float them over to the ramp. Position them, then kite the Brutalisk out. Land Command Centers and unload, blocking the ramp. Repair as it frantically tries to escape the lava." :D
When I went to gamestop to pick up my Collector's Edition, the girl behind the counter tried to sell me a strategy guide. I told her team liquid would get a strategy guide 100x better than the shit they were selling in a week. HELL YEAH :D
It's a good guide overall, but it definitely has room for improvement. Some of the tips for completing achievements for example just say "this should be easy"
Don't get distracted when taking on the Zerg base. Rush to the Cooling Tower as quickly as possible and take it out. This achievement shouldn't be too hard.
Admittedly I didn't have much trouble, but if someone were to have trouble and looked on Liquipedia for help, this wouldn't be much. Unless they have no idea what speed runs are or even just trying to finish the map fast they should already be doing that.
On August 07 2010 16:59 BlackMagister wrote: It's a good guide overall, but it definitely has room for improvement. Some of the tips for completing achievements for example just say "this should be easy"
Don't get distracted when taking on the Zerg base. Rush to the Cooling Tower as quickly as possible and take it out. This achievement shouldn't be too hard.
Admittedly I didn't have much trouble, but if someone were to have trouble and looked on Liquipedia for help, this wouldn't be much. Unless they have no idea what speed runs are or even just trying to finish the map fast they should already be doing that.
I will unless somebody writes a better guide for it before me, I've added some tips and edits to other missions. Though the point is like Wikpedia, Liquipedia may not always be very professional so at times an official guide would be better. However I've bought guides and it's not like they're immune to mistakes and those mistakes will never be corrected. Not to mention there are some unique strategies that they can't think of.
For Shatter the Sky I used triple M and upgraded Goliaths which worked well. I'm also wondering if you could build a few turrets to help kill the Leviathan faster.
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