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Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
January 22 2013 17:27 GMT
#281
Ok, that intro Cinematic is sick. I cant wait to see more in the game.

Blizzard is constantly raising the bar with their cinematics. I am always so impressed.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
January 22 2013 17:30 GMT
#282
Roach
Mutations
Hydriodic Bile: Gain +8 damage vs. light units.

Hydraroach, anyone?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=153275
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
January 22 2013 17:43 GMT
#283
Terran was bad. Landing vikings vs ultras and werent even seiged. He got caught totally unprepared and got owned. He needed to make hellbats and more ravens!! Also zerg needs to make viper to dark swarm that bio ball!
Nerski
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1095 Posts
January 22 2013 17:43 GMT
#284
Kind of a shame in regards to the back tracking on the market place. If memory recalls they had eluded to it coming with HoTS at some point after the initial release (could be wrong).

I still have pause in regards to the clan system and what it will end up being. One of the largest downfalls from my point of view was the absolutely abysmal system they put in place to make WoL not unlike the movie aliens where 'nobody can hear you scream'. Adding a clan system is a step in the right direction, but if they don't add the proper tools to help new players or players getting back into the game to find those things they'll end up being mostly meaningless. Hopefully they've learned their lesson but based on past interactions where they just don't seem to be 'in sync' with the community and extremely slow to react (see the map pool as a good example) I am a bit wary that they'll get it right this time.

For TL: Great post awesome interview and preview. HoTS has the potential to really help some of the issues WoL had both in the multi-player and community scenes, here is to the hope they get it right.
Twitter: @GoForNerski /// Youtube: Youtube.com/nerskisc
speknek
Profile Joined February 2012
758 Posts
January 22 2013 17:44 GMT
#285
On January 23 2013 01:37 Chainedsage wrote:
Having rewards for playing multiplayer is a really good idea by blizzard.

Haha yeah, "good idea by blizzard". Couple of years late to the party, but I guess it's still better than never.
Nick!
Profile Joined March 2011
Scotland701 Posts
January 22 2013 17:49 GMT
#286
The skins for units thing is really cool imo. Was really fun grinding wins and getting badass looking units in DoW2
Gothmor
Profile Joined December 2012
Poland3 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-22 17:54:11
January 22 2013 17:51 GMT
#287
Take a look at this guys:

and


Looks kinda similar, huh?

But still - it's an amazing cinematic, as all from Blizz
My life for Aiur!
iloveav
Profile Joined November 2008
Poland1482 Posts
January 22 2013 17:57 GMT
#288
that cinematic is awsome.
aka LRM)Cats_Paw.
McBengt
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1684 Posts
January 22 2013 17:58 GMT
#289
On January 23 2013 02:44 speknek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 23 2013 01:37 Chainedsage wrote:
Having rewards for playing multiplayer is a really good idea by blizzard.

Haha yeah, "good idea by blizzard". Couple of years late to the party, but I guess it's still better than never.


Those Blizzard fellers are real inventors, next I hear they will create some kind of circular device with a rotating axis that will allow for easy transport of comparatively heavy objects.
"My twelve year old will out-reason Bill Maher when it comes to understanding, you know, what, uh, how to logic work" - Rick Santorum
Alryk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2718 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-22 18:02:51
January 22 2013 17:59 GMT
#290
Those cinematics... O: so good.

If the campaign could have that feel... that would be great. Hopefully the story is better than WoL.

HOTS is really shaping up to fix a lot of the issues WoL had, in the game and outside of it. Really excited for march.
Team Liquid, IM, ViOlet!
rezoacken
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2719 Posts
January 22 2013 17:59 GMT
#291
On January 23 2013 02:51 Gothmor wrote:
Take a look at this guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IomwpJyo7oM#t=97s
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SG_3R9BoVvg#t=133s

Looks kinda similar, huh?

But still - it's an amazing cinematic, as all from Blizz


What is your point ?

Trailer are usually made out of other stuff...
Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
January 22 2013 18:03 GMT
#292
oh wow LOOKS SO COOL
xDDD cant wait
My religion is Starcraft
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
January 22 2013 18:13 GMT
#293
On January 22 2013 16:49 Waxangel wrote:
When you get to fight a Terran player who lands vikings against ultralisks, you know it's a dream.

ha!
EliteSK
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)251 Posts
January 22 2013 18:18 GMT
#294
If only real vikings transformed that cool and fast in the game >_> Pumped for it though
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
January 22 2013 18:19 GMT
#295
Oops, sorry for the baneling mutation mixup. Here are the actual mutations for Baneling, they will be edited into the OP soon:

Corrosive Acid - Increase damage to primary target by 100%
Rupture - increase splash damage area of effect by 50%
Regenerative Acid - heals nearby friendly units and structure
Photographer@shindags || twitch.tv/shindigs
KoRDragoon
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden63 Posts
January 22 2013 18:20 GMT
#296
Really cool cinematic! Love how they toy with the scale of the units. Probably should be some kind of ingame effect when bringing down a battlecruiser if that's what happens...

Yeah it's pretty childish, i know, but I'm actually looking forward to the leveling system xP

Also Dustin Browder did a great interview. He seems like a smart and pretty down to earth guy after all
"The Hardest Carry"
integrity
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1014 Posts
January 22 2013 18:29 GMT
#297
On January 23 2013 01:06 Denda Reloaded wrote:
@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!


when the pods drop units they are still in egg form. so the ultras just hatch from the egg just like the lings but they take a little longer than zerglings and hydras
Zato-1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile4253 Posts
January 22 2013 18:29 GMT
#298
Can't wait to use the +50% attack speed mutation for banelings
Go here http://vina.biobiochile.cl/ and input the Konami Code (up up down down left right left right B A)
jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
January 22 2013 18:30 GMT
#299
rapelings!? 3/3 of these would wreck so much havoc (in single player), screw blink!
age: 84 | location: california | sex: 잘함
Quotidian
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway1937 Posts
January 22 2013 18:35 GMT
#300
On January 23 2013 02:27 Sanguinarius wrote:
Ok, that intro Cinematic is sick. I cant wait to see more in the game.

Blizzard is constantly raising the bar with their cinematics. I am always so impressed.


it's sick if you mute it. Blizzard needs to hire new writers, asap
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