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[FluxWaveZ]

As a Protoss player why have you not been enjoying the game? Do you mean just from the campaign?

Pretty sure he's talking mainly about the competitive facet of SCII. Between MOBAs, Hearthstone and everything else ever since WoL, SCII has unfortunately taken a backseat on front-facing Esports.

yup.. story needs to be concluded in a bang.

Ah, or not. After everything, I can't really say I'm confident about SCII's conclusion.

 

[Woorloog]

yup.. story needs to be concluded in a bang.

After WoL and HotS, i wouldn't expect much.

Man, the story and the world are such disappointments after the original Starcraft and Brood War...

 

[demosthenes]

yup.. story needs to be concluded in a bang.

Ah, gotcha.

After WoL and HotS, i wouldn't expect much.

Man, the story and the world are such disappointments after the original Starcraft and Brood War...

Yea, I'm not expecting too much sadly

 

[Syf]

holy shit 30+ cinematics in the campaign

 

[SporeCrawler]

Pretty sure he's talking mainly about the competitive facet of SCII. Between MOBAs, Hearthstone and everything else ever since WoL, SCII has unfortunately taken a backseat on front-facing Esports.



Ah, or not. After everything, I can't really say I'm confident about SCII's conclusion anymore.

no you are right. i should have been more clear.

so im excited for the campaign (because protoss) and i hope they wil gain back some esports mindshare

 

[calder]

I never even finished the HotS campaign, I just hate playing zerg.

 

[Woorloog]

holy shit 30+ cinematics in the campaign

How many WoL and HotS had? Most of them were in-engine, either real time, or in HotS's case, pre-rendered using in-game assets.

Pointing this out so that people don't think it will have 30+ "Blizzard CGI" cinematics, no chance in hell for that.

I never even finished the HotS campaign, I just hate playing zerg.

Play on Easy and just solo every map with Kerrigan, should be possible.

 

[demosthenes]

I prefer SC2 as a 1v1 esport but I hope Redbull or others do more of what they did yesterday. The 4v4, actually 2v2 archon mode games last night were insane. There was so much action constantly going on. I'd like to see more of those on the side of things, though I hope 1v1 SC2 remains the focus.

edit: I'm fine with SC2 being not as big as MOBA, they don't need to be MOBA, they just need a good health scene.

 

[JoeMartin]

blizzard is really banking on legacy. they lost so much mindshare in esports. even in korea. legacy needs to step it up. as a protoss player its my most anticipated game ever

Blizzard is too busy printing money with Hearthstone and Warcraft. They know, like everyone else knows, that Starcraft will never approach anything near DotA/LoL numbers. Ever.

 

[Syf]

How many WoL and HotS had? Most of them were in-engine, either real time, or in HotS's case, pre-rendered using in-game assets.

Pointing this out so that people don't think it will have 30+ "Blizzard CGI" cinematics, no chance in hell for that.

no I know that but still that's a ton

 

[FluxWaveZ]

I never even finished the HotS campaign, I just hate playing zerg.

Zerg are awesome and this is blasphemous. Part of why I'm not as excited for LotV as the other expansions is because it's Protoss. Bleck.

And man, there's so much talking.

 

[SporeCrawler]

After WoL and HotS, i wouldn't expect much.

Man, the story and the world are such disappointments after the original Starcraft and Brood War...

yeah but starcraft 1 after just the terran or zerg campaign would have been incomplete. also it was always the protoss that brought excitement to the overall story

Blizzard is too busy printing money with Hearthstone and Warcraft. They know, like everyone else knows, that Starcraft will never approach anything near DotA/LoL numbers. Ever.

starcraft 1 did in korea. plus dota\lol originated as a warcraft 3 mod

 

[bbd23]

I thought starcraft died.

waiting for classic blizzard cinematic though. should be fun

 

[demosthenes]

Blizzard is too busy printing money with Hearthstone and Warcraft. They know, like everyone else knows, that Starcraft will never approach anything near DotA/LoL numbers. Ever.

It doesn't need to be that big.

That's why so many MMOs failed. They all wanted to be WoW. They chased it and they lost.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

They should have started with original StarCraft, haha.

 

[Syf]

still love that yolo viking in the hots trailer lol

 

[SporeCrawler]

They should have started with original StarCraft, haha.

Yup. Exactly what i was thinking

 

[ScribbleD]

Too much talking for a tournament, WAY too much talking for a CGI trailer reveal.

 

[Proc]

I agree. Too much talking with no real added announcements.

 

[demosthenes]

Too much talking for a tournament, WAY too much talking for a CGI trailer reveal.

Yup.

 

[Admodieus]

This stall job is exactly why people have moved onto other games

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Maybe the trailer opens with Raynor getting shot in the head. That'd be great.

LET'S TALK SOME MORE.

Edit: Is it my race bias, or was this not quite as great as the two previous ones?

 

[peakish]

Man they really should have placed that pylon a bit earlier, eh?

 

[demosthenes]

LOTV = 11/10/15!

 

[Nightmare452]

Nov 10 it is.

 

[Makareu]

Meh, just a combat scene. It feels so uninspired.

 

[Admodieus]

Argh, same day as Fallout

 

[TheTrain]

Man they really should have placed that pylon a bit earlier, eh?

Not enough minerals!

AMAZING, 10 november also. Dayum

 

[soulluos]

Worst trailer out of all three.

 

[Lord Phol]

Story will suck, campaign will be fun and the gameplay will be awesome. Looking forward to it! November 10 damn, both fallout and starcraft.

 

[SporeCrawler]

loved that probe and warp in pylon

 

[raven777]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vvEzm9DlDQ

 

[Syf]

mmmm gonna say worst trailer of the three, nothing but a combat sequence. happy to have the release date though!

 

[Sambrez_]

Loved it, so good and geek to see a battle in CGI.

 

[Chaos17]

I love Blizzard, their cinematic always make me hype!

 

[ScribbleD]

Cool. Now back to actually playing the game, please.

 

[phoenixyz]

Amazing cinematic. Dat badass Archon.

 

[Nightmare452]

Argh, same day as Fallout

Wow, thats right. What are they thinking. Such a busy day, LotV, Tomb Raider and Fallout 4. And only one of those I have zero interest on (Fallout).

 

[peakish]

It was cool to see the probe warping something in in a cinematic, even if it was only for a combat sequence.

Reconquering Aiur sounds fun, too. Loved the HOTS campaign so I'm expecting good things from this, even though the story will be crap.

More than anything I really like the direction the beta is taking, with the macro and warp-in changes.

 

[ScribbleD]

Lilbow consistently floating 1000 / 500. Yeesh.

 

[demosthenes]

Jesus, this game 2.

 

[Syf]

Oh right, the final lol. Got caught up in trailer talk.

 

[demosthenes]

Ugh, SC2 semis were over 100k, finals are below. PVP effect which sucks because that game 2 was fantastic.

 

[peakish]

Woo, that was a pretty tense game.

 

[Moff]

Zerg are awesome and this is blasphemous. Part of why I'm not as excited for LotV as the other expansions is because it's Protoss. Bleck.

the campaign is supposed to be huge, protoss will be the main part, sure, but I'd bet a lot you play terran and zerg as well

 

[Schuhu]

Ahh, PvP we meet again

 

[ScribbleD]

the campaign is supposed to be huge, protoss will be the main part, sure, but I'd bet a lot you play terran and zerg as well

What makes you think that? The only precedent for anything like that was the 3-4 mission mini-Protoss campaign in WoL, but that was the base game and this is just an expansion.

 

[Woorloog]

What makes you think that? The only precedent for anything like that was the 3-4 mission mini-Protoss campaign in WoL, but that was the base game and this is just an expansion.

HotS had one mission with the Terrans but it was a special mission.
I doubt we'll get to play with the other races.
Having a mission with dual-bases isn't impossible though, i think. Recall original Starcraft's final mission, where you have a Terran base in addition to a Protoss base?

 

[Syf]

I could see them trying to work it so you get all three races involved, probably to beat Amon.

 

[Woorloog]

I could see them trying to work it so you get all three races involved, probably to beat Amon.

Hypothetical: Final mission, play as all three main races, enemy is a Protoss-Zerg hybrid faction that would have been a fun addition to the multiplayer as a fourth race (think Naga in Warcraft 3 TFT).
The mission will get universal hate because controlling three races as at once is damn difficult, and because the dialogue is so cheesy people puke when they hear it..