Starcraft II!

catchafire · June 14, 2007, 8:17pm

New vid: [media=youtube]30MBljXxg3M[/media]

I posted this in the Real-time Strategy thread, but no one seems to want to take a peek at it.

UltraDavid · June 14, 2007, 8:42pm

Holy crap!

Did you see those phase cannons?? Those things look tooo good. I wonder if they have a set range? Like, I wonder if they can move outside of the pylons? Obviously they wouldn’t be able to work outside, but I wonder if you can like build a bunch of phase cannons and then make one pylon outside of an enemy base and move the phase cannons across the map to set up near the enemy? I call dibs on that.

I really, really wanna see the new Zerg stuff.

12_51 · June 15, 2007, 3:51am

According to a couple of sites, Phase Cannons have to stay near psi energy, so only near pylons and phase prisms.

Archons with Disruption web = hotness. (not 100% sure it was Archon’s that did it, but that’s the only way i can explain it.)

System_1 · June 15, 2007, 3:58am

This is going to be so amazing. Really looking forward to it.

Geese_Pants · June 15, 2007, 3:59am

Oh man…that’s friggin hype!

DaemoN · June 15, 2007, 5:54am

Leaked SC2 footage

[media=youtube]30MBljXxg3M[/media]

Ok heres the whole thing.

Hey guys I was asked to show everyone the info straight from the magazine so here are all the units mentioned in it.

Zealot: Zealots are the standard infantry unit of the portoss from starcraft. Still equipped with a pair of glowing psionic blades for melee combat, the zealot will now charge the enemy to close distance with ranged units quicker than before.

Stalker: Stalkers are a new type of dark dragoon. They?re fast moving and lightly armored with a powerful anti-air and anti-infantry weapon, but their secret weapon is there ?blink? ability that will allow them to teleport anywhere in visual range in an instant

Immortal: A new type of heavy dragoon, the immortals will be equipped with a shield that activates only when hit by heavy weapons like siege tanks, making them excellent for assaulting heavily defended positions but weak against raiding parties with light weapons.

Observer: The invisible flying eyes of the Protoss are back. We can confirm they?ll be in the game, but further details are shrouded in secrecy.

Colossus: True to it?s name, the colossus is an enormous four-legged walker that rakes the ground with a heavy beam weapon. They will be extremely effective against small swarming units like zerglings or marines-their beams target one unit at a time, and instantly sweep to a new target when the first is destroyed. Using their long legs, they can step up and down ledges with ease.

Phoenix: When its standard fighter weapon wont do the job, the phoenix will be able to activate its overload ability to damage all enemy air units nearby, which also disables the phoenix itself for a few moments. If the overload doesn?t demolish the enemy you?ll be a sitting duck

Phase prism: .The new phase prism will act as both a troop transport and a mobile power pylon allowing you to restore functionality to a base when your pylons are destroyed by raiders or when you build away from your base. Combined with the warp-in tech. Youll be able to use them to crate and army anywhere on the map.

Warp ray: These flying weapons inflict additional damage the longer they fire on a single target as they bring as they bring more beams online, which will make them extremely powerful against large targets like battle cruisers and structures. Their focused fire makes them vulnerable against small anti-air units like marines.

High templar: The high templar is back and he?ll bring his powerful psionic storm area attack with him. But he?s gotten a handy new power he?ll be able to create a force field to trap enemy units temporarily or create barriers. Blizzard testing has revealed some extremely effective bottlenecks tactics using him. The ability to say you can?t go there anymore will be very powerful.

Dark templar: Just like in the first game the dark templar is a stealth unit that wreaks havoc to any force foolish enough to leave home without a detector. any new special abilities have yet to be revealed

Twilight archon: Blizzard hasn?t exactly worked out what it?s doing with the twilight archon in terms of his powers. But the team promises that he will be just as powerful as he was in starcraft 1.

Tempest: the tempest is a dark carrier with a disc fighter and a strong shield that activates when attacked from the ground, It will have no defense whatsoever against air units.

Soul hunter: Soul hunters are anti infantry units that float around on hover boards and suck the souls out of enemies. The more souls they consume the more powerful they get, going from firing one beam at a time to three. They?ll be effective against organic units but practically useless against robotic units like the Protoss? own reaver.

Reaver: The armored slug like reaver artillery is as nasty as ever. While we didn?t see any upgrades abilities we witnessed a new version of the old reaver drop attack (putting one right in the middle of an enemy resource collectors and watching the fireworks) when combined with the phase prism.

Phase cannon: This stationary base defense is no longer stationary. The phase cannon can now convert into energy form and relocate and redeploy as long as you stay in a pylon power range. But if the pylon is destroyed while the cannon is in energy form it?ll go poof.

Star Relic: When it comes to casting spells the star relic makes the high Templar look like an armature. It?ll be able to create a cloak field that will conceal even buildings, and fire a fusion beam that slowly damages a target until it dies-and when it dies it?ll expload ajd cause damage to everything around it. Remember the larger the target the bigger the boom.

MOTHERSHIP: At the top of the tech tree you?ll find the mothership. It comes equipped with a ?time bomb? field that stops incoming projectiles, matrix style, in mid air. When the field shuts off, all missiles will fall harmlessly to the ground. Like any good mothership, it?ll be able to fire devastating planet cracker beam straight down to annihilate ground units below. Finally it will be able to generate a mini black hole to suck enemy air units into oblivion. There?s nothing quite like watching a fleet of enemies battlecruisers circle the drain!

source: http://www.blizzforums.com/showthread.php?t=9143

catchafire · June 15, 2007, 4:58pm

I can’t believe PC Gamer blew this. There’s no point to buying their magazine anymore…

KORYNTHYAN · June 15, 2007, 9:18pm

Blew it? The information was coming out anywayz…what’s your point?

~K.

catchafire · June 15, 2007, 9:27pm

They blew it. I’m sure they didn’t want this information out before the actual magazine was released. All the people who probably would have purchased this copy don’t have a reason to anymore.

I’m also sure that the folks at Blizzard aren’t too pleased with this. It’s LEAKED information!

KORYNTHYAN · June 15, 2007, 9:33pm

Leaked-schmeaked.

So I saw the vid, I’ve NEVER in my life bought a PC Gamer mag but now I’m going to
just because the YouTube feed—well, you know—is crap. Blown up in decent quality
on my TV at home will only make my hardon last longer.

~K.

Spirit_Juice · June 15, 2007, 9:37pm

This game is looking better and better. :lovin:

catchafire · June 15, 2007, 9:58pm

Now I definately don’t have a reason to purchase the PC Gamer issue. Seems like management should have waited a little while before releasing this issue so early.

KORYNTHYAN · June 15, 2007, 10:17pm

You’re a funny guy…complaining (or so it seemed) all the while hording the goodies.
Tah, thanx for that link. Yeargh!
:lovin:

~K.

catchafire · June 23, 2007, 2:19am

If you’re going to Blizzcon this year (8/3) you will be able to play the game at their SC2 stations.

Looks as if the game is in beta stage.

System_1 · June 23, 2007, 2:41am

^^

Hmm.

This might be first Blizzard game that is actually launched on schedule lol. The game will probably come next year.

Vagrant_Firebomb · June 23, 2007, 2:53am

On Schedule? there is no schedule, fool. :party:

CrouchingTiger · June 23, 2007, 2:55am

Haha, I’m not getting my hopes too high for a release date. Blizzard is almost as bad as Nintendo when it comes to delaying games.

I’ll be slightly surprised if it makes an 08 release to be honest. =p

Phobos · June 24, 2007, 5:29am

According to Gamestop the release date is in October 2008?.

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=647051

TheSix · June 24, 2007, 6:55am

Blizzard doesn’t delay games. They never give them actual release date’s to begin with.

Nintendo on the other hand…

MagnetiX · June 24, 2007, 7:25am

Holy shit. That was nice, rofl.

Twilight Archons look kick ass.

Well…guess i’m going Protoss…just because of the whole warping and all.
The Terrans look pretty kick ass, too. I can’t wait to see actual beta footage of it.
The background and scenary are omfg :o