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Carsto
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany72 Posts
May 31 2011 12:22 GMT
#421
Thank you for this great article. Especially the screenshots and the concepts arts are pretty nice!
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
FlaminGinjaNinja
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom879 Posts
May 31 2011 12:22 GMT
#422
Great write up! Can't wait for HotS!!!!
GinjaNinja.661 EU I'd like to thank my sh*t keyyboard for always messing up my 'Y's
annYeong(o11)
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada784 Posts
May 31 2011 12:23 GMT
#423
On May 31 2011 21:20 Philip2110 wrote:
Saying that they are probably going to remove old units is pretty crazy, didnt expect that


That's actually one of the parts I liked, there's already a couple rather useless units in the game already, adding more units will only add to that number, especially over the course of 2 expansions, removing units and/or significantly changing them is a really good idea aimed at keeping the game fresh and addressing some of the larger balance concerns.
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Arrowsun
Profile Joined December 2010
United States55 Posts
May 31 2011 12:23 GMT
#424
I have played the campaign many times, and I often go back to replay it. I can see myself playing through this expansion multiple times as well. I am excited about the rpg element that was a little to infrequent in WoL. I am really curious to see how the implement the mechanic side of things during the campaign mode. I am betting the on brutal you will need to be pretty good at mechanics to get through. One question I would ask is: will Blizzard limit the cheesy ways to beat missions that are available in WoL?
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
st3roids
Profile Joined June 2010
Greece538 Posts
May 31 2011 12:24 GMT
#425
ZEEERRRGGGGGGG
YoK_TR
Profile Joined October 2010
Turkey3 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-31 12:25:02
May 31 2011 12:24 GMT
#426
Great post.. Good video.. But.... Where is lurker
HallBregg
Profile Joined November 2010
134 Posts
May 31 2011 12:25 GMT
#427
I would love for the collosus/viking/corruptor to be replaced by more intresting units, i can only hope...
proves and pilons
Tuczniak
Profile Joined September 2010
1561 Posts
May 31 2011 12:25 GMT
#428
Nice articles. Though i'm not really hyped about it. Hopefully it will be much better than WoL.

It's a pity Kerrigan won't be that hot T_T
KaiserJohan
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1808 Posts
May 31 2011 12:26 GMT
#429
On May 31 2011 21:25 HallBregg wrote:
I would love for the collosus/viking/corruptor to be replaced by more intresting units, i can only hope...


I think viking is fine, but yeah corruptor/collosus is so boring
England will fight to the last American
PhaseTwo
Profile Joined November 2010
United States118 Posts
May 31 2011 12:32 GMT
#430
On May 31 2011 21:05 annYeong(o11) wrote:
Brood War called, it wants its campaign back. Oh, and warcraft 3 is on the other line (and he sounds pissed)


le fucking sigh. I had really hoped blizzard would do something really fun and innovative with this new expansion. With Wings of Liberty, you're using humans, forcing you out of the more fantastic parts of science fiction, it's also the first game, so it's best not to over complicate matters and better to make a simple, but fun game. Heart of the Swarm is Blizzard's first real chance in SC2 to say "LOOK AT ALL THE FUN STUFF WE CAN DO WITH A GAME". Instead they took the Wings of Liberty campaign, added a really generous portion of Brood War, and topped it off with RPG elements from Warcraft 3. Instead of making an interesting and new game, they chopped up their previous titles into servings most likely to keep fan boys from different franchises on board.

I mean for fucks sake "War for the Brood"

Seriously?

When I first saw the leaked ending for Heart, I laughed at it's very campy, very cheesy ending, marveling at how similar Blizzard can make the Zerg and the Orcs. "Oh, they just leaked it to get fan reactions to see if everybody anybody liked it, they'll surely change it after all this outrage" I thought, surely a multimillion (billion?) dollar company could hire a half decent set of fucking writers right?

Apparently it can't.


you go write the story for them then, since you know oh so much about it.
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kasumimi
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Greece460 Posts
May 31 2011 12:33 GMT
#431
I'm really holding back until I see some real evidence about addressing multiplayer issues. I really don't care about how good the single player is going to be and I don't think that any of the ladder/competitive players care either.

My faith is Blizzard is heavily shaken as their creative talent is slowly being replaced by greed and underwhelming "creativity".
xardas89
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany14 Posts
May 31 2011 12:34 GMT
#432
pls blizzard we need lurkers!!!

ps: thx for the great article^^
seanisgrand
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1039 Posts
May 31 2011 12:36 GMT
#433
Ahh! Nice coverage! The game is actually looking really good.
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oneil
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada73 Posts
May 31 2011 12:36 GMT
#434
Great thread! I'm at work now but look forward to read it all tonight!
You all look up to me, and I forever look down on the world. | Go to my profile to see my maps!
LaLuSh
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden2358 Posts
May 31 2011 12:38 GMT
#435
Half the answers are "things we're looking into at".

And it was the same for WoL. The list of things they've actually implemented and fixed is small. Don't expect many of the things they're looking into to appear.
Duprix
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands17 Posts
May 31 2011 12:39 GMT
#436
cant wait!!!!! nice write-up
Respect all, Fear none!
thebole1
Profile Joined April 2011
Serbia126 Posts
May 31 2011 12:39 GMT
#437
We're going to add some new multiplayer units, and take out some multiplayer units and we're going to try to make it really great, but a ton of the work is going to go into single player.


GREAT !!!!! THEY WILL ADD SOME UNITES AND REMUVE SOME. !!!! REMUVE REPERS COLLOSS MARADERS FORCE FEALDS BANGLINGS UNITES THAT DONT REQUIRE ANY SKILL TO PLAY....bring back some old school tipe of unites that require skill to play... !!! and spider mines
obsKura
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland1061 Posts
May 31 2011 12:43 GMT
#438
Excellent writeup. Thanks TL!
C9 ~^v^~ In EE-sama we trust. ~^v^~ C9
annYeong(o11)
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada784 Posts
May 31 2011 12:45 GMT
#439
On May 31 2011 21:32 Proswizzle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 31 2011 21:05 annYeong(o11) wrote:
Brood War called, it wants its campaign back. Oh, and warcraft 3 is on the other line (and he sounds pissed)


le fucking sigh. I had really hoped blizzard would do something really fun and innovative with this new expansion. With Wings of Liberty, you're using humans, forcing you out of the more fantastic parts of science fiction, it's also the first game, so it's best not to over complicate matters and better to make a simple, but fun game. Heart of the Swarm is Blizzard's first real chance in SC2 to say "LOOK AT ALL THE FUN STUFF WE CAN DO WITH A GAME". Instead they took the Wings of Liberty campaign, added a really generous portion of Brood War, and topped it off with RPG elements from Warcraft 3. Instead of making an interesting and new game, they chopped up their previous titles into servings most likely to keep fan boys from different franchises on board.

I mean for fucks sake "War for the Brood"

Seriously?

When I first saw the leaked ending for Heart, I laughed at it's very campy, very cheesy ending, marveling at how similar Blizzard can make the Zerg and the Orcs. "Oh, they just leaked it to get fan reactions to see if everybody anybody liked it, they'll surely change it after all this outrage" I thought, surely a multimillion (billion?) dollar company could hire a half decent set of fucking writers right?

Apparently it can't.


you go write the story for them then, since you know oh so much about it.


I'm not the one who's being paid (probably paid very well) to write lore for 3 separate games and have them all come out the same. Given, it's a very smart move that cuts his work to 1/3 of what it would be, but the quality suffers.

I'm also not the one with a writers background who's been writing at a professional level for the past 20 years.

I'm not the one who should know that this is pretty much the lowest common denominator in writing science fiction.

He is.
Founder of the KiWiKaKi Fanclub: teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=188537 my keyboard is like half broken. like terran. please ignore typos, thanks
torm
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada274 Posts
May 31 2011 12:46 GMT
#440
On May 31 2011 21:39 thebole1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
We're going to add some new multiplayer units, and take out some multiplayer units and we're going to try to make it really great, but a ton of the work is going to go into single player.


GREAT !!!!! THEY WILL ADD SOME UNITES AND REMUVE SOME. !!!! REMUVE REPERS COLLOSS MARADERS FORCE FEALDS BANGLINGS UNITES THAT DONT REQUIRE ANY SKILL TO PLAY....bring back some old school tipe of unites that require skill to play... !!! and spider mines


breathe.
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