Them terrans didn't really put themselves in a good position. They should take some lessons from the battle of thermopylae. They literally just put themselves in a bad position.

Really cool video, and I enjoy listening to Browder talk about the things to come. Keep it up TL!

The_Darkness

United States910 Posts

January 22 2013 15:54 GMT

#245

I second all of the comments praising the intro video. Also the viking that landed to fight the ultralisk was totally the Tom Cruise viking!!

movac

Canada494 Posts

January 22 2013 15:56 GMT

#246

Man I wish vikings could land like that in the game and that tanks can move and shoot at the same time LOL

killy666

France204 Posts

January 22 2013 15:58 GMT

#247

On January 23 2013 00:39 HoLe wrote:
Ultralisk bursts out of the ground, "Whaaat the fuck..."

Battlecrusier nosedives into planet, "WHAAAT THE FUUUUCK!"

Was it an ultralisk or a Nydus Worm? Anyway that was awesome.

Vash_SC2

United States122 Posts

January 22 2013 15:59 GMT

#248

I just want Multiplayer to be free.

MVega

763 Posts

January 22 2013 16:05 GMT

#249

Good stuff. HotS is looking good.

Please take my money, Blizzard. Glad that skins look to be through in-game stuff so far rather than a cash grab though.

ceaRshaf

Romania4926 Posts

January 22 2013 16:06 GMT

#250

Dustin really improved his "right" frequency.

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 22 2013 16:06 GMT

#251

@killy666
A nydus worm is guess. But 100% not an Ultra

A question:
as this is not a zerg world, the Leviathan transported Lings/Banes/Hydras via Zerg-Pods.
And how the Ultras? lorewise it is unexplained in the trailer... just curious lawl.
Also strange that they already have a Nydus Network... which doesn't make sense but who knows, maybe KerrKerr already invaded another side of the planet so it could set itself up.

LVU for the Leviathan, i didn't like the Ultra/lings scenes though. The beginning with the pods/Vikings/Behemoth is far better!
And then fucking iconic Kerrigan swinging her leg fucking iconic on dat dead... something.
More iconic than Madonnas whole career tbh.

But seriously, Blizzard made a leap forward in the cinematics! Visually at least. The Zerg seem alive and it's hell to render 50.000 of lings on one screen. The Ultras only look good from the front, but not from above or behind... not zergy :D
Augustgrad looked really good from above, 15/10 points for the visuals!

Kerrigans speech is laughable as always but that's why we like her so much, don't we?
Also... what did she mean with "at last in this world..."

The end bothered me a bit. Not the fact that it was a dream, but that it portrays Kerrigan a bit weird.
For people who don't know the storyline and already hated the "amnesiac" Kerrigan for being weak, insecure, this will give them the rest. I hope you got my point.

TL;DR

All in all my faith in HotS has not been destroyed and i applaud the Cinematic!

Ganseng

Russian Federation473 Posts

January 22 2013 16:08 GMT

#252

why do battlecruisers always get destroyed in blizzard cinemtics?

canikizu

4860 Posts

January 22 2013 16:10 GMT

#253

Somehow watching this opening, I remember the old ghost snipe lol.

Mahogany

Belgium16 Posts

January 22 2013 16:10 GMT

#254

I just have 1 big question: Will the campaign be played in "fast" or "faster" mode?

I would love to play the WoL campaign again, but after a few missions I just get so annoyed about how slow the game feels compared to multiplayer that I quit & don't play single player for the next few days / weeks

The_Darkness

United States910 Posts

January 22 2013 16:13 GMT

#255

On January 23 2013 01:10 canikizu wrote:
Somehow watching this opening, I remember the old ghost snipe lol.

Ha, i can see it now -- a massive group of Ultralisks reduced to dust by a handful of ghosts -- it doesn't pack quite the same punch

Ansinjunger

United States2451 Posts

January 22 2013 16:15 GMT

#256

On January 23 2013 00:48 Serinox wrote:
Can't believe they used the Wilhelm scream...

Looks epic otherwise :D

Ahaha I heard that. It wasn't quite a full Wilhelm :p

The trailer does a pretty fantastic job of capturing the personality of units while making them look realistic rather than cartoonish.

The matchmaking vs A.I. sounds interesting, as well as the other new things.

Some of the campaign bonuses, plus Kerrigan's strength, look so extreme, it makes me wonder what exactly matches up to that to make the campaign difficult. The description of Brutal sounds promising.

DB's talk on the story was also encouraging, though it's not really his department.

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 22 2013 16:24 GMT

#257

Damn you. On the first view i didn't hear the wilhelm scream and i had to google it to know what i means.
now i always have to rofl on that scene.
It is my most loved and most hated Cinematic now.

Xain

Canada94 Posts

January 22 2013 16:25 GMT

#258

On January 22 2013 23:30 Snusmumriken wrote:

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obvious reasons?

People are getting so entrenched in negativity in those forums that they don't even feel the need to justify those comments anymore. Everything bad about starcraft is now "obvious reasons". *Sigh*

PsionicLord

United States119 Posts

January 22 2013 16:31 GMT

#259

Nerdgasm.