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ClysmiC
United States2192 Posts
On June 02 2011 23:21 MrHoon wrote: Why can't we ever have a fantasy/scifi storyline without some kind of Gandalf? I mean is it really that hard? This is so true that its laughable. | ||
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nali_us
United States9 Posts
Here's hoping HotS digs the game out of some of the holes. At the very least, I'll settle for a better presentation of a mediocre story rather than the uniformly poor pairing we got last time. | ||
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nali_us
United States9 Posts
Wow. My mind is very nearly blown, but I realize you're generally right. Star Trek doesn't have a Gandalf character usually, though. I think it depends if it's trying to be scifi of the epic variety or not. | ||
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Wrongspeedy
United States1655 Posts
On June 04 2011 03:10 nali_us wrote: Wow. My mind is very nearly blown, but I realize you're generally right. Star Trek doesn't have a Gandalf character usually, though. I think it depends if it's trying to be scifi of the epic variety or not. Spok was the Gandalf of the new movie  | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10345 Posts
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Telenil
France484 Posts
I bet the ghost image of Tassadar is a made up tool of the Dark Voice to manipulate Zeratul. Yeah, if we ever get a Tassadar who laughes and say "come on Zeratul, did you actually believe a random prophecy?" and turns into the Dark Voice, I'd praise the writers' names on every forum, put a picture of them on my wall and bow before it every time I start the game. But honestly, I'm not convinced that will happen.Off topic: I found the Warcraft 3 plot to be excellent oO There was no actual prophecy in it, Medivh called himself the Prophet, but the only thing he knew was that the Legion would come back. The rest was just for the show. The game even goes out of his way to explain that, although manipulated by the demons, the orcs comitted all their crimes in their own free will. The atmosphere was much darker than the one in SC2 (not as dark as Brood War but still), the humans were the weakest of the four faction by the end of the game, and even the final teamup made sense. | ||
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
On June 02 2011 01:55 mattekillert wrote: Tassadar must return to teach us the most important thing of all. YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS! Pretty sure Aldaris taught us enough of that. | ||
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Fleebenworth
463 Posts
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archon256
United States363 Posts
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nali_us
United States9 Posts
On June 04 2011 05:26 Fleebenworth wrote: Blizzard hasn't been able to put together a cohesive storyline since the original SC. WC3, WoW and SC2 all use the same plot with the same characters. The only difference is the slight change of setting. It's 2011, mediocrity abounds. If they all use the same plot, then they simply expressed it far better in WarCraft 3. It had compelling characters--I mean, Atrus goes full-on evil, but his path up until getting his soul stolen was entirely understandable. The Orc's freedom was compelling, and the humans were relatable but at the same time not perfect good guys to root for. Everyone had a dynamic level. Needless to say I don't see that in WoL. The plot is ill-defined and full of contradictions, and the characters are largely uncompelling, one-note, or the opposite of what we expected from everything that came before. | ||
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Doc Daneeka
United States577 Posts
i still wasn't totally thrilled with it tbh, but whatever, i'm trying to roll with it. most science fiction has cheesy plot devices and you just have to suspend belief with those things in order to enjoy the good stuff. | ||
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RogerX
New Zealand3180 Posts
There can never be enough pylons to satisfy the toss race. | ||
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
Still sad Lothar died, i played that mission so often until i could save him hehe. Warcraft 1 ki was the best anyway. And Medivh the person ... responsible for the orc invasion, now saving the world was ... Still warcraft 3 was a nice story. I am happy as long as a game doesn't rewrite history as much as WoW did hehe. (but the books scattered all around are still lovely) Sc2 ist also a nice story, but there will bugs in the history, i mean 11 years apart from the games hehe. | ||
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Rankath
Germany11 Posts
Raynor kinda retired, Tychus showed up and reminded him of the good old times, Kerrigan showed up again and needed to be dealt with, Zeratul showed up and warned not to kill Kerrigan and now with HotS and LotV the fun epic part begins. At least, that is what I expect. And on the whole storyhole thing: Try to create a whole universe, an epic story with sooo many characters, so many plot lines and not screw up ANYTHING. And: let it be awesome all the time and do not copy anything from what has been there before! Go, try it. There will always be holes in stories. Every series has a lot of them. Some are annoying, some aren´t. Just deal with it dammit. You can´t build a storyline with many people involved and not screw up anything. Calm down, enjoy and wait for the expansions to kick ass. | ||
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Macmacmacmac
United States26 Posts
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Rankath
Germany11 Posts
On June 05 2011 09:39 Macmacmacmac wrote: I guess y'all have never played wow. In upcoming patch we are killing a boss that we killed 5 years ago, nobody is ever dead according to blizz. Again? Which one is it now? Stopped playing WoW after WotLK. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 05 2011 09:47 Rankath wrote: Again? Which one is it now? Stopped playing WoW after WotLK. From my SC2 account I've seen old WoW friends in Zul'gurub/Zul'Aman and BWL... they just reuse old content, it's sad. Also, lol: World of Warcraft patch 4.2 will offer hardy adventurers an opportunity to turn the tide in the Firelands, a huge outdoor raid of the highest difficulty, with 10-person and 25-person normal and Heroic modes. It will be a scorching opportunity to delve into this Elemental Plane, where six unique bosses stand between you and the reinvigorated Ragnaros. | ||
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ScaSully
United States488 Posts
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AugustDreams
Australia127 Posts
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DminusTerran
Canada1337 Posts
If they did it that way not only would it be kind of a left field haha gotcha bitches moment when they revealed it, it would also allow them to stick to zerg being a evil bi-organism out to prefect its evolution. Not the hurp derp zerg are gonna be good goise now in heart of the swarm. Which is probably the direction Blizzard is already going in. | ||
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