EPTTeamLiquid Heart of the Swarm Preview - Page 16
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
if WoL was geared towards us hardcore players...man I can hardly imagine what HotS will be like. They were saying that WoL was promoted towards hardcore players. The design goals haven't changed with HotS; the marketing of the game has. I really hope they work on improving/changing/reworking existing units as much as the creating new ones, although they've made no mention of doing so. Well, except for the part where Browder pretty much said that the Overseer was pretty close to getting the hatchet if not already out of the game. | ||
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RuneZerg
Denmark90 Posts
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{ToT}ColmA
Japan3260 Posts
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Perseverance
Japan2800 Posts
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AndAgain
United States2621 Posts
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v_enus
United Kingdom9 Posts
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sushiman
Sweden2691 Posts
 Campaign seems like it could be fun, but if the story is anything like in WoL I'll probably stick to multiplayer only. Oh, and new design for Kerrigan, please. :q | ||
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
On May 31 2011 19:12 Zelniq wrote: "For HotS, we would like to emphasize the single player experience, to try to get the fact out there that it's not just for the hardcore gamers. For WoL, we emphasized the multiplayer so much that we almost feel like it got labeled as a game only for the hardcore players." if WoL was geared towards us hardcore players...man I can hardly imagine what HotS will be like. Because it certainly was not geared toward hardcore BW fans who loved the game for all the subtleties that made it amazingly good... the subtleties that apparently the devs did not understand themselves, or at least failed to see how significant they were to BW's success as the best multiplayer game ever made. My low expectations of HotS weren't low enough apparently as I did not realize they'd be catering more to the casual gamer, and focusing the majority of their efforts on Singleplayer. There's still time for things to change though, I'll just have to wait and see what they cook up for the multiplayer. I really hope they work on improving/changing/reworking existing units as much as the creating new ones, although they've made no mention of doing so. Really I'd just be so much happier already if they removed unit clumping, and made it more like BW where armies would bump into each other and be fairly scattered around rather than moving as a collective blob Sadly they seem to have forgotten about BW. SC2 is the "first" esport...remember? lol... The whole campaign-focus I definitely do not like. They mentioned that they wanted to make SC appeal to the casual players as well and that it's not just for hardcore players...I guess to just sell more copies of the game which is really the end point. I am not sure about that. Yeah the unit clumping is an issue, and because so much is balanced around it, I see it hard for them to remove (even though I do support it with the dynamic movements petition). A good change imo would be to just add more supply so armies can be bigger. It wouldn't be too difficult on their part I don't think...perhaps just a tiny bit of patching but nothing drastic. They did mention that they are accounting for the last expansion to take effect into multiplayer...so I suppose huge drastic changes aren't exactly ideal for the first expansion. Regardless I am still excited so w.e. | ||
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Geisterkarle
Germany3257 Posts
 Needless to say, it is a trivial task and it seems like the act of running your banelings into static objects is a personal request by Artosis. | ||
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
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Xkalibert
United States1404 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/R1CH/HotS/Screenshots/Evolution09.jpg) This screen shot show the facial feature of African descendant. Even in starcraft 1 Kerrigan have red dreadlock? But lighter skin tone. ![[image loading]](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080727214035/starcraft/images/d/de/SarahKerrigan_SC1_HeadAnim1.gif) | ||
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Lynkilen
Norway211 Posts
Not sure if i like the design of Kerrigan tough, something seems off with her head. | ||
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optical630
United Kingdom768 Posts
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Deadbread
Germany143 Posts
rofl, Really? On Topic: Thanks for this well written review I can't wait for HotS now ;D Q: How long do you think it will be? A: It should be about 3-5 months; if I had to guess it's going to be more on the smaller side. I hope thats a open beta. | ||
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Steel
Japan2283 Posts
Q: What are some of the changes made to multiplayer Heart of the Swarm? A: While we're not quite ready to go into detail about the new multiplayer content in Heart of the Swarm, we can say that this expansion set will include new units and new maps. We'll have more details about multiplayer Heart of the Swarm content at BlizzCon. This made mad my. I don't know about the marketplace thing..I feel like it's going to become like the appstore and I don't want to pay 0.99$ for any custom map. | ||
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iNbluE
Switzerland674 Posts
On May 31 2011 19:33 Xkalibert wrote: Is Kerrigan Half African? Or bad lighting?+ Show Spoiler + This screen shot show the facial feature of African descendant. Even in starcraft 1 Kerrigan have red dreadlock? But lighter skin tone. How is that even relevant? | ||
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Kaonis
United States243 Posts
Is anyone else like half-reading this stuff because they don't want to learn too much? I've gotten into the habit of just not reading previews for games i'm interested in because i feel like it'll spoil too much but... ... It feels good to get hyped for a game. | ||
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Hujjo
Sweden121 Posts
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