And one more question: the leviathan s to appear in hots (you know the thing kerrigan is living in)
now some people say it's a behemoth in the trailer (cgi invasion of korhal)
do you think they will be the same in the game or there will be two different species with the behemoth being the transport (afaik kerri used leviathans to transport broods to char in the second great war)

willoc

Canada1530 Posts

January 05 2012 21:40 GMT

#262

On January 06 2012 06:03 Denda Reloaded wrote:
does anybody know when blizzard will release new information about campaign or storyline?

Someone probably has a pretty good idea of when. But they work at Blizzard.

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 05 2012 21:59 GMT

#263

On January 06 2012 06:40 willoc wrote:

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Someone probably has a pretty good idea of when. But they work at Blizzard.

y thx that's the exact answer i expected. i dunno, i know you don't know when the next interview appers or so, maybe some sort of gamescom or shit...

MChrome

Netherlands201 Posts

January 06 2012 11:10 GMT

#264

As long as that leaked ending from a few years back turns out to be fake i'll be happy.

So far though, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Dante.StarCraft

Norway170 Posts

January 06 2012 12:43 GMT

#265

On January 06 2012 06:38 Denda Reloaded wrote:
And one more question: the leviathan s to appear in hots (you know the thing kerrigan is living in)
now some people say it's a behemoth in the trailer (cgi invasion of korhal)
do you think they will be the same in the game or there will be two different species with the behemoth being the transport (afaik kerri used leviathans to transport broods to char in the second great war)

They're two different ones, I'd assume. The leviathan is probably something of a "flagship". It can't possibly house the entire swarm, which is where the behemoth comes in.

On January 06 2012 06:59 Denda Reloaded wrote:

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y thx that's the exact answer i expected. i dunno, i know you don't know when the next interview appers or so, maybe some sort of gamescom or shit...

I usually check the wiki or google to get something new. I personally haven't heard of anything special. I am as hungry for new information as you. Two years for an expansion is a long time to wait.

nerak

Brazil256 Posts

January 06 2012 13:19 GMT

#266

As far as I know, "behemoths" is just how Leviathans are called in the books.

I hope Dante is right, but it seems they are the same.

Well, here's some Leviathan related artwork. It's way bigger than a mothership!

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If you click for a wide view, it also confirms the shade in the cinematic is a behemoth/leviathan.

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 06 2012 14:09 GMT

#267

i like the behemoth, it's idea and design while i think the leviathan with the spinecrawlers looks crappy like shit....

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 06 2012 14:46 GMT

#268

btw those pics of the behemoth are from 2007...

Dante.StarCraft

Norway170 Posts

January 06 2012 19:43 GMT

#269

If anyone else wants to play detective looking for information and post the results here, feel free. Not that I'll stop, but the internet is big.

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 07 2012 12:35 GMT

#270

Btw; does it anybody fin strange that blizzard kinda spoils the end? (invasion of korhal anyone?) i think the cgi is the ending cinematic, not the intro (kerrigan wouldn't start with a massive invasion and then do shit on kaldir etc. of couurse it could be somewhere in the middle of the game, but he problem is that i've read several times that hots will only have 2 cgi cinematics, but tons of other cutscenes.

Dante.StarCraft

Norway170 Posts

January 07 2012 15:50 GMT

#271

Maybe. But the WoL trailer was even more specific about the invasion of Char. However, it did not say anything about why. Sure, Kerrigan's gunning for Mengsk, but maybe there is a reason we don't know about yet that is mentioned mid-game, or something along that way.

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 07 2012 22:21 GMT

#272

y but the trailer didn't say "i gotta crank that bitch up and make her human again" in the new trailer the priorities are clearly visible and the buildings in the background look more like a palace than a bunker or something like that.

nerak

Brazil256 Posts

January 08 2012 02:21 GMT

#273

I think Dante meant that yes, sure it is Korhal/Augustgrad that Kerrigan is invading. What we may not know is way she is doing it. I though WoL trailer was pretty clear about slaying Kerrigan, turned out I was wrong. Maybe there is something more to the plot.

But one way or another, WoL trailer spoilered 90% of the plot. I hope HotS trailer has spoiled less than that...

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 08 2012 10:12 GMT

#274

Even if the story won't be good, it would be even worse spoiling it. wol, was fun to play and the missions weren't bad at all and we've met some nice new characters and some other characters made a little comeback.
i just hope blizzard will make the story mare believable and serious, not naive and "romantic" like the wol one...

Areon

United States273 Posts

January 08 2012 12:45 GMT

#275

111O11n100 t00he issue between father Mengsk and son Mengsk, it's pretty evident that no amount of convincing or otherwise on Valerian's part would persuade Arcturus to give Raynor, pretty much his worst enemy, a part of the artifact. Also considering it was Valerian that lead the Dominion's forces to Char, effectively taking credit for any victory there, that makes it pretty clear that father and son aren't working together and just putting on a show.

Also, when you consider how interesting story elements work, a betrayal by Valerian on Raynor, in favor of Arcturus, wouldn't be as exciting as Valerian pursuing his goals he laid out in WoL and becoming Arthas in space. Of course, with Kerrigan on the loose something is bound to get screwed up somewhere along the line, but I wouldn't be surprised if Valerian played some kind of support role for Kerrigan if she made some attack on the Dominion or, more specifically, Arcturus Mengsk. Remember, Valerian really has nothing to gain by defending his father, if you think about it.

Firetoss

Germany30 Posts

January 09 2012 14:26 GMT

#276

Still no date here! When do you expect the game to come out, is 2012 quite realistic?

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 09 2012 16:02 GMT

#277

i think 2012 is really realistic. i think i can say that for sure. i believe that blizz will release hots in the second quarter 2012 maybe 3rd, i hope not 4th...
they started with hots shortly before wol was shipped, they already had their hardcore-programming phase and in may or so they said they have the first half of the campaign ready, not to mention the bnet and cinematics etc.
also blizz said they will work 18 months on the game, so these 18 months are already in the past (regarding the 1st year anniversary of wol was this summer) we come close to spring 2012.

sry that it's tldr, noone knows the exact answer, just wanted to clear it a bit up =)

nerak

Brazil256 Posts

January 09 2012 16:13 GMT

#278

On January 10 2012 01:02 Denda Reloaded wrote:

they started with hots shortly before wol was shipped,

Actually they didn't. They sure had both Zerg and Protoos singleplayer material in 2008, before the game "splitted". But since Wings of Liberty production beginned, that did nothing but the Terran campaign and multiplayer until the shipping. Even after that they took some weeks (actually I think months) before starting Heart of the Swarm.

But I agree HotS must be shipping around May 2012.

voltaic

1071 Posts

January 09 2012 16:44 GMT

#279

it was already answered at blizzcon 2010 (10 not 11!!!) that they already worked on it. i don't want to search for it but they didn't do anything big. brainstorming and concepts...

DeathCompany

United States53 Posts

January 10 2012 06:22 GMT

#280

I seriously hope they dont make the Leviathan the uber unit for the Zerg.. i would hate to see those flying spines start to destroy my base and then my whole screen will be blocked out.