specs
May 19, 2007, 9:25am
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I do not understand your moon language.
Shit has to be live! Weak updates. 1:59 pm blah blah blah.
I don’t care much for SC though. Unless it’s fucken epic.
You guys are fast! So, yeah. SC2. I’m hyped. Exactly what I was expected, but it being confirmed is still awesome. Blizzard gives me what I want. Wonder if they’ll show a new race.
3:14 - Protoss colossus - huge unit that can blast out dual lasers and use long legs to traverse differences in terrain height - in the demo two of them obliterate about fifty or so zerglings.
3:10 - Terran reapers - can hop across unever terrain with jump packs - two types of small pistols that don’t activate immortals. Protoss now have the ability to create shields whereever they want. Protoss can now warp in units from manufacturing facilities anything within pylon range. New protoss unit - stalker - can teleport - quadripedal thing - can keep blinking forward - seems to be a shot cooldown on the ability. Zerg start coming in, giant worms pop out of ground unleasing zerglings. Protoss can use phase fields and teleporting abilities to create an army anywhere on the battlefield, according to Blizzard.
3:09 - controlling protoss zealots - still has psi blades and personal shield - new charge ability that let him quickly close range on enemies. Siege tanks shown - still the same type of behavior where they can lock down - take out zealots really quickly - new protoss unit - called immortals - have special shield that only activates upon being powerfully attacked - siege tanks could barely do any damage to them.
3:07 - Showing gameplay footage - Looks like protoss ships - floating over asteroid/ base structure - entering protoss ase - similar looking buildings - vespene gas still in the game - character pane shows up on right side - some protoss guy - shifts to terran bases floating on rockets over same type of territory - sill collecting crystals as resources - marines load out. Dustin is actually playing the game - nothing in the game is final.
3:05 - Morheim says everyone eager to see actual game - going to show actual gameplay - bringing up SC2 lead designer. Dustin Browder.
A little more info. No screens up yet. Its a live blog, so read backwards.
SC2? Really? i’ve never played the first one, i doubt i’ll play the second one.
i guess this is wave 2 of “family destroying, reclusive hermitting syndrome” of the starcraft series.
Sacr3D
May 19, 2007, 10:19am
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BlodiaVulcan5:
SC2? Really? i’ve never played the first one, i doubt i’ll play the second one.
i guess this is wave 2 of “family destroying, reclusive hermitting syndrome” of the starcraft series.
So I wonder how many Korean’s got a heart attack upon hearing the news. They are already crazy in the head with their SC channel and etc.
whatever happened to starcraft ghost lol
I suggest someone edit the title to “STARCRAFT 2 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED!!!” so this thread can get over 300 replies by morning.
A little more:
3:23 - now showing terran and protoss fight - marines and zealots clashing on the ground - mothership and battle crusers in the air - framerate seems relatively stable as more units stream in - hard to tell - about 100 units on screen right now - a few of the new protoss units just came in - nuclear launch detected warning - every unit on screen destroyed - three nukes were launched at once - then zergs rush in and spell “GG” while turning into suicidal bombs.
3:18 - warprey also very effective against structures - very vulnerable to small unit fire - shws warpreys getting wiped out by terran marines. Physics system lets debris from warpreys roll down a ramp. Showing one more unit - warped in in a serious of cubes - giant floating base - called a protoss mothership - can only have 1 at a time - cost big resources - special abilities include timebomb that slows all enemy missiles inside - shows terran missle launcher shooting in projectiles that stop in the field before they reach the ship - when field ends missiles drop the ground - planet cracker attack - giant lasers stream from ship to ground - ship can be moved around while planet cracker laser is active - the ship looks like a metallic, triangular sand dollar - mothership can create a black hole anywhere it wannts to - creates distortion that actually sucks ships in and destroys them - in the demo the black hole destroyed four terran battle cruisers in about ten seconds.
3:16 - showing space platform environment, land mass floating over planets / nebulae. Showing phoenix units failing to destroy terran battle cruisers - new protoss unit - Warprey - flying unit that does increased damage the longer it hits a target with it’s continuous blue laser.
3:15 - Zerglings can mutate into suicidal bomb things thar roll across the ground - very powerful explosions. Colossus using new IK system to move across differences in terraing height. Colossus extremley weak against air strike - New unit for protoss - Pheonix - can overcharge guns for multiple projectile blast - but after blast the ship is rendered inert for a short period.
I might be going to bed, so here’s the link to the liveblog .
Here’s the last of it:
3:31 - Announcements are over - transitioning into a musical act - hopefully it’s not as bad as the music they were playing before the ceremony.
3:26 - Showing another video of “things to come.” concept art for SC2 - zerg landscapes - ruined terran structures - freen filds - SC2 looks, at least visually, strikingly similar to SC1 - both in unit and map designs. Now showing a giant rush of zerglings - probably over 100 of them, swarming with no slowdown - mroe character art - finishes with the StarCraft II logo.
Time to wait for screens and videos.
Jappo
May 19, 2007, 10:34am
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Lilman
May 19, 2007, 10:36am
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6 million Koreans just creamed their pants.
Wow, vid clip already… good luck getting it to load fast.
So is this thread the new and official Starcraft 2 thread?
Sacr3D
May 19, 2007, 11:33am
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I’m completely lost now.