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Existor
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Zerus is an inhospitable planet wrought with severely unstable volcanic activity situated within the central regions of the Milky Way. It was the original home of the zerg and several species of resilient giant insectoid creatures. WIth little different landscape maybe? As example, planet is covered with tons of ash and smoke, but no lava or volcanic activity, like in Char. | ||
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Dawski
Canada435 Posts
-as for your question haha, i diont see any need to go back to zerus the campaign is just about kerrigan getting her powers of the zerg | ||
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fuzzz
267 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:14 Dawski wrote: what really annoys me is how blizzard is pushing the zerg to sound like a big group of insects. Other then larva they are not insects in any way shape or form. A zergling is like a dog with huge claws coming out of its shoulders, a hydra was like some plant eating mammal, a mutalisk was way more bat-like than insect-like (bats are considered rodents right?), Same with the old queen it was like an elephant/bat mix, ill give them the defiler but it would be odd not to include 1 insectoid type creature in an assimilation race -as for your question haha, i diont see any need to go back to zerus the campaign is just about kerrigan getting her powers of the zerg beyond that, i am wondering what new fart sounds well get IF we get any new units. cannot have enough fart sounds  | ||
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akaname
United Kingdom599 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:14 Dawski wrote: what really annoys me is how blizzard is pushing the zerg to sound like a big group of insects. as long as they don't turn out to be 'misunderstood'/'manipulated', like orcs in Warcraft. it's scary that it seems to be going in that direction... they MUST stay evil. | ||
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Darksoldierr
Hungary2012 Posts
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skindzer
Chile5114 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:17 akaname wrote: as long as they don't turn out to be 'misunderstood'/'manipulated', like orcs in Warcraft. it's scary that it seems to be going in that direction... they MUST stay evil. If you see the leaked HOTS video is pretty clear thats what they are doing. | ||
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BoxedLunch
United States387 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:14 Dawski wrote: what really annoys me is how blizzard is pushing the zerg to sound like a big group of insects. Other then larva they are not insects in any way shape or form. A zergling is like a dog with huge claws coming out of its shoulders, a hydra was like some plant eating mammal, a mutalisk was way more bat-like than insect-like (bats are considered rodents right?), Same with the old queen it was like an elephant/bat mix, ill give them the defiler but it would be odd not to include 1 insectoid type creature in an assimilation race -as for your question haha, i diont see any need to go back to zerus the campaign is just about kerrigan getting her powers of the zerg banelings are roly polys roaches are... well roaches infestor looks like a beetle drones also look like little insects | ||
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Jameser
Sweden951 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:21 BoxedLunch wrote: banelings are roly polys roaches are... well roaches infestor looks like a beetle drones also look like little insects and most importantly they all have a distinct lack of fur and the suspiciously insect-like trait of having a protective carapace on their bodies (not something mammals typically have) | ||
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Beneather
Canada451 Posts
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Yaotzin
South Africa4280 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:17 akaname wrote: as long as they don't turn out to be 'misunderstood'/'manipulated', like orcs in Warcraft. it's scary that it seems to be going in that direction... they MUST stay evil. The Zerg aren't evil, they're just beasts controlled by the Overmind/Kerrigan. Always have been. Kerrigan presumably isn't evil anymore, so... 'course there'll probably be the Dark Voice controlling other Zerg so they can do ZvZ :p | ||
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Barbiero
Brazil5259 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:17 akaname wrote: as long as they don't turn out to be 'misunderstood'/'manipulated', like orcs in Warcraft. it's scary that it seems to be going in that direction... they MUST stay evil. They are manipulated, but by no means they are "good". I believe it was something like "the zerg will be set free, so only they will choose whether they are good or bad". Maybe Kerrigan's minions can be good, maybe others can be bad. Just like Protosses and Terrans. | ||
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Jameser
Sweden951 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:23 Yaotzin wrote: The Zerg aren't evil, they're just beasts controlled by the Overmind/Kerrigan. Always have been. agreed, the zerg have no motive, they are commanded and they follow obviously their leaders (overmind, kerrigan) need to have motive for what they do and personally I don't think it's very interesting to have their motive be "LOLOLO KILL SHIT KK?" on the other hand the motives should primarily be for the survival of the species or selfish to kerrigan/cerebrate etc. | ||
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Dawski
Canada435 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:21 BoxedLunch wrote: banelings are roly polys roaches are... well roaches infestor looks like a beetle drones also look like little insects which are all sc2 units except for drones which i forgot about....and it makes sense for drones to be insect like because of an insects unusual trait to be able to carry things heavier than their body weight thus the assimilation process. My point is in sc1 they were all different types of animals with really thick/hard skin | ||
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Tonttu
Finland606 Posts
 Looking forward what Blizzard has to offer us in HotS.. hope something cool and different in Campaign. | ||
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Chicane
United States7875 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:23 Zephirdd wrote: + Show Spoiler + They are manipulated, but by no means they are "good". I believe it was something like "the zerg will be set free, so only they will choose whether they are good or bad". Maybe Kerrigan's minions can be good, maybe others can be bad. Just like Protosses and Terrans. The spoiler has info about the leaked ending to HOTS. + Show Spoiler + I don't know... but if that is true I can already see a Disney ending to Legacy of the Void where everyone is like "oh my gawd dark voice is going to pwn us" and then all the "good" zergs fly in and help out, and they win the battle... :-/ The leaked ending was incredibly disappointing for me. I could go on for way longer bitching about it, but I will leave it at that. | ||
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Volka
Argentina411 Posts
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:14 Dawski wrote: what really annoys me is how blizzard is pushing the zerg to sound like a big group of insects. Other then larva they are not insects in any way shape or form. A zergling is like a dog with huge claws coming out of its shoulders, a hydra was like some plant eating mammal, a mutalisk was way more bat-like than insect-like (bats are considered rodents right?), Same with the old queen it was like an elephant/bat mix, ill give them the defiler but it would be odd not to include 1 insectoid type creature in an assimilation race -as for your question haha, i diont see any need to go back to zerus the campaign is just about kerrigan getting her powers of the zerg kudos. we are not fking insects, goddamnit. more like savage dinosaurs that breeded with the Predator. | ||
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
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R0YAL
United States1768 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:41 Volka wrote: Whaat? I thought it was Char! Char is where the Overmind was birthed so it was more like the "main" planet. | ||
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Shalaiyn
Netherlands2735 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:14 Dawski wrote: what really annoys me is how blizzard is pushing the zerg to sound like a big group of insects. Other then larva they are not insects in any way shape or form. A zergling is like a dog with huge claws coming out of its shoulders, a hydra was like some plant eating mammal, a mutalisk was way more bat-like than insect-like (bats are considered rodents right?), Same with the old queen it was like an elephant/bat mix, ill give them the defiler but it would be odd not to include 1 insectoid type creature in an assimilation race -as for your question haha, i diont see any need to go back to zerus the campaign is just about kerrigan getting her powers of the zerg The zerg were made from the smallest insects by the Xel'naga on their home planet. | ||
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Dawski
Canada435 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:46 Turgid wrote: A swarm of things with carapaces, hmm.... ...i dont understand why everyone thinks they are supposed to be insects. Think of alien vs predator ,the aliens arnt insects they are xenomorphs. In fact thats a very good example. and swarm just means a lot of shit, you can have a swarm of humans too | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:25 Jameser wrote: agreed, the zerg have no motive, they are commanded and they follow obviously their leaders (overmind, kerrigan) need to have motive for what they do and personally I don't think it's very interesting to have their motive be "LOLOLO KILL SHIT KK?" on the other hand the motives should primarily be for the survival of the species or selfish to kerrigan/cerebrate etc. The Overmind's motive was to assimilate the entire universe into the blissful harmony of the swarm. The Overmind is the ultimate good guy of the series. We should all bow to the swarm! I have no idea what Kerrigan's motive is supposed to be though. But I guess that's the whole mystery that they didn't really play with unfortunately. | ||
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Parnage
United States7414 Posts
Also Zerg are bug like. Deal with it. Heavily mutated and evolved bug things. Whatever the species started off as when it was consumed by the Swarm it's more or less a genetic freakshow at this point and they look like bugs to me sirs. | ||
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MonsieurGrimm
Canada2441 Posts
However, I doubt that will happen  | ||
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neo_sporin
United States516 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:53 Dawski wrote: ...i dont understand why everyone thinks they are supposed to be insects. Think of alien vs predator ,the aliens arnt insects they are xenomorphs. In fact thats a very good example. and swarm just means a lot of shit, you can have a swarm of humans too I've always thought this whole starcraft thing was suppposed to be either homage or just plain old ripping from AvP Aliens=zerg trying to assimilate/kill everything. The xenomorphs took on attributes from whatever being they were birthed from and were the ultimate killing machines. Zerg assimilate and evolve only the strongest species to become ultimate killing machines. Predator=Protoss High tech weaponry, extreme honor in cases of warfare. Human=terran The stupid race that tries to find a way to take over the alien/zerg to use them as a bio-weapon(see SC1 campain and Aliens movie) and end up getting killed. EDIT: On topic though--I think the campaign will take you there and have it like "Kerrigan must go to the homeland to get in touch with the emotional/psychic home of the zerg" which is completely stupid. But in my head I agree with the others that the zerg appear to have finished with that planet. The current zerg homeworld is either Char or Aiur. | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4268 Posts
On April 17 2011 03:04 neo_sporin wrote: I've always thought this whole starcraft thing was suppposed to be either homage or just plain old ripping from AvP Aliens=zerg trying to assimilate/kill everything. The xenomorphs took on attributes from whatever being they were birthed from and were the ultimate killing machines. Zerg assimilate and evolve only the strongest species to become ultimate killing machines. Predator=Protoss High tech weaponry, extreme honor in cases of warfare. Human=terran The stupid race that tries to find a way to take over the alien/zerg to use them as a bio-weapon(see SC1 campain and Aliens movie) and end up getting killed. Thats kind of true, just the wrong franchise. Please dont open the box....things will get nasty and the point of the thread will be lost *-) Im not sure if we will play there...maybe a flashback? Other than that I dont believe the planet will be visited, theres nothing new there. Other thing...Kerrigans objective was to be the Queen b*tch of the universe...so her porpuse was to kill everyone who doesnt follow her. Its the regular bad guy motive: I want to rule the UNIVERSE!!! Btw shouldnt this be in the SP section? | ||
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Negative Zero
United States63 Posts
They're Chaotic Hungry. | ||
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BlackGosu
Canada1046 Posts
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sh4w
United States713 Posts
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wolfe
United States761 Posts
On April 17 2011 03:51 BlackGosu wrote: i heard the expansions are solely for campaign? if so, with no new units, i doubt ill be picking up any new expansion Where are you getting this blatantly false info from? The new expansions will have new units and also new ladders. | ||
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Cade
Canada1420 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:17 akaname wrote: as long as they don't turn out to be 'misunderstood'/'manipulated', like orcs in Warcraft. it's scary that it seems to be going in that direction... they MUST stay evil. I'm not sure where you got that they ever were evil I've never thought of them as evil! I've always thought of them like the Buggers in Ender's Game | ||
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akaname
United Kingdom599 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:56 DoubleReed wrote: They aren't insects. They do have a Hivemind though, so obviously they're going to be insectlike in terms of that. They have Queens and Hives and such. The Overmind's motive was to assimilate the entire universe into the blissful harmony of the swarm. The Overmind is the ultimate good guy of the series. We should all bow to the swarm! I have no idea what Kerrigan's motive is supposed to be though. But I guess that's the whole mystery that they didn't really play with unfortunately. haha good point! ok, what i said was clearly an oversimplification. Without getting into a discussion of 'what is evil', i guess what i would hate is if the zerg 'team up' with protoss and terran to fight the xel'naga. i've seen the leaked ending but blocked it out, i hope it's not for real! more On Topic, i think the idea is the zerg behave like insects, not appear like them. (what a humourless response from me!) | ||
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.Aar
2177 Posts
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Meldrath
United States620 Posts
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Hobokinz
United States126 Posts
On April 17 2011 04:10 Meldrath wrote: I hope we get to destroy the planet.. cleanse it of all the vile zerg.. and kill them so hard they are unabled to be selected in multiplayer lol I'd laugh in HoTS if after you beat the story and go to the multiplayer screen the Zerg selection was grayed out. Blizzard would be like, Hey no new units in Legacy of the Void but were gunna re-add zerg! | ||
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Jameser
Sweden951 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:56 DoubleReed wrote: They aren't insects. They do have a Hivemind though, so obviously they're going to be insectlike in terms of that. They have Queens and Hives and such. The Overmind's motive was to assimilate the entire universe into the blissful harmony of the swarm. The Overmind is the ultimate good guy of the series. We should all bow to the swarm! I have no idea what Kerrigan's motive is supposed to be though. But I guess that's the whole mystery that they didn't really play with unfortunately. kerrigan's motive was to get back at the assholes who left her to die :-( and this is what I mean; the zerg should definetly be the "enemy" but the motives of their leader should always be grounded in something other than just killing shit | ||
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Existor
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Char is where the Overmind was birthed so it was more like the "main" planet No, it's not. It's only a base, but zergs had conquered other planets, before they're reached CHar Zergs - I mean overmind | ||
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Grease
United States138 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:30 Dawski wrote: which are all sc2 units except for drones which i forgot about....and it makes sense for drones to be insect like because of an insects unusual trait to be able to carry things heavier than their body weight thus the assimilation process. My point is in sc1 they were all different types of animals with really thick/hard skin ummm ants carry things 50times as much as they way.. So the drones are essentially "worker bees/ants" | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On April 17 2011 04:08 akaname wrote: haha good point! ok, what i said was clearly an oversimplification. Without getting into a discussion of 'what is evil', i guess what i would hate is if the zerg 'team up' with protoss and terran to fight the xel'naga. i've seen the leaked ending but blocked it out, i hope it's not for real! more On Topic, i think the idea is the zerg behave like insects, not appear like them. (what a humourless response from me!) I think it's pretty obvious that this is leading up to a big team up to beat the xel-naga. But I don't know, if they pull it off properly it could still be pretty awesome. It doesn't mean everyone loves each other with a wonderful happy ending. Blizzard is usually pretty good at introducing extra factions that mix things up. | ||
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NoisyNinja
United States991 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:21 BoxedLunch wrote: banelings are roly polys roaches are... well roaches infestor looks like a beetle drones also look like little insects Infestors look like overgrown slugs. | ||
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
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Slago
Canada726 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:14 Dawski wrote: what really annoys me is how blizzard is pushing the zerg to sound like a big group of insects. Other then larva they are not insects in any way shape or form. A zergling is like a dog with huge claws coming out of its shoulders, a hydra was like some plant eating mammal, a mutalisk was way more bat-like than insect-like (bats are considered rodents right?), Same with the old queen it was like an elephant/bat mix, ill give them the defiler but it would be odd not to include 1 insectoid type creature in an assimilation race -as for your question haha, i diont see any need to go back to zerus the campaign is just about kerrigan getting her powers of the zerg zerg are very much like insects, in how they swarm, the roach, infestor, and banes all seem buggy to me  | ||
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
On April 17 2011 02:53 Dawski wrote: ...i dont understand why everyone thinks they are supposed to be insects. Think of alien vs predator ,the aliens arnt insects they are xenomorphs. In fact thats a very good example. and swarm just means a lot of shit, you can have a swarm of humans too Everyone thinks they're insects because Starcraft is just Starship Troopers. | ||
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