I saw some cinematics early (No spoilers, just my conclusion)

[KaiserStratosTygo]

Oh my god...

The last cinematics

that was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

I kind of wish Cthulu were real so my entire soul can be wiped away from reality.

What a terrible installment story-wise, good god.

I bet 65% of the missions are timed too.

:(

[DemolitionSquid]

Why no spoilers? You think the Boogy Blizzard is gonna get ya? No one here expected any good news anyway.

[ragnarok]

Oh my god...

The last cinematics

that was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

I kind of wish Cthulu were real so my entire soul can be wiped away from reality.

What a terrible installment story-wise, good god.

I bet 65% of the missions are timed too.

:(

Probably. The ending better not be "it was all for nothing."

[KaiserStratosTygo]

Why no spoilers? You think the Boogy Blizzard is gonna get ya? No one here expected any good news anyway.

To be reasonable I guess.

I was expecting bad, but jeez, that was TRESH, Blizzard hired THE TRESH MAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJswI9pcjE


Probably. The ending better not be "it was all for nothing."

I'm not sayin' nuthin'.

I won't enjoy this campaign, but I don't want to ruin your fun, contrary to popular believe.

Find out yourself :p

[Nissa]

I would like some spoilers. You can PM them to me if you want, or post a link.

[DemolitionSquid]

Kaise, without telling us anything specific, all you're doing is bragging that you've seen something we haven't. It makes you sound like an asshole. If you're not gonna tell us what you know, then don't say you know anything at all.

Take it from me, an actual asshole: don't be me.

[Turalyon]

I don't mind spoilers for LotV since a spoiler usually indicates something being ruined/diminished in someway due to an untimely reveal. In terms of its story, there's nothing that advanced info about LotV's campaign can do to spoil me since it had already been "spoiled" long ago. :p

[TheEconomist]

Tygo, you're waaay too emotional about this.

[DonnyZeDoof]

I think this channel has all the cinematics (but not in English):

https://www.youtube.com/user/Selendis567/videos

EDIT: So looks like everyone except Zeratul lives and Raynor-Kerrigan get their happily ever after ending. Did Metzen really say that WoL was disappointing in hindsight?

[ragnarok]

I'm not sayin' nuthin'.

I won't enjoy this campaign, but I don't want to ruin your fun, contrary to popular believe.

Find out yourself :p

Seriously Stratos, I still feel you're being WAY too critical. It's exactly reasons like these that I had a hard time seeing the critics could have seen SC2 was successful in any way other than "it failed EVERYTHING."

[Nissa]

....I would argue, dear Econ, that Tygo isn't emotional enough. It's hard for us when our childhood completely dies.

I have seen the Legacy of the Void cinematics (thanks Donny....) and only because I haven't fully learned korean did my soul not flee my body. That was literally the worst option Blizzard could have taken, and they did it. They went for it, going neither to the right nor left, but straight at the single worst possible ending for Starcraft.

All I behold is an abomination.

[DonnyZeDoof]

Am I the only one who noticed that StarCraft 2 has gotten more anime-esque as it progressed? They literally have Kerrigan going Super Saiyan in LotV.

[Nissa]

Well, I've noticed they've really gone for that anime demographic. Fanfiction.net's Starcraft section used to be full of grittier, more warlike stories, but now it's basically just Kerri or Nova romances, and some SC2 retellings.

[KaiserStratosTygo]

Kaise, without telling us anything specific, all you're doing is bragging that you've seen something we haven't. It makes you sound like an asshole. If you're not gonna tell us what you know, then don't say you know anything at all.

Take it from me, an actual asshole: don't be me.

So saying that I didn't like what I saw makes me an asshole?

If that's the case, that i'm totally fine with that.

People are too fucking offended over things that don't matter, anyway, so if they think I'm an ass for not liking something, SO BE IT.

I am the Anal Emperor.


Tygo, you're waaay too emotional about this.

Refer to my avatar.

as it will show you the way.

also what Nissa said.

[KaiserStratosTygo]

*Having watched someone play the missions)

Arbiters are available near the end.

...

Welp, I can accept the terrible story, since the missions were actually suprisingly decent (as far as I've seen), Alarak is the best fucking character in SC2, and Arbiters are usable.

All is forgiven.

I'm serious.

[Nissa]

All is forgiven? Because of arbiters? Friend, you got some 'splanin to do. Or are you a custom map maker, and can take the resources to make a nice mod plot with arbiters?

[KaiserStratosTygo]

All is forgiven? Because of arbiters? Friend, you got some 'splanin to do. Or are you a custom map maker, and can take the resources to make a nice mod plot with arbiters?

Yup.

(I've failed at making maps due to a million reasons, but with these assets I'm thinking big)

MAKE NO MISTAKE.

The story is abysmal, and only some of the Protoss stuff (like Alarak) is tolerable and even decent, the MP will never be touched by me and the Story (espeically with that Kerri angel thing) makes me ill and I will never take a blizzard game seriously nor consider their lore canon past Warcraft 3/ Brood War.

But I've got me Arbiters, mate!

And I made a promise at some point a few months ago that if they were in the game in the way I desired them to be, I'd be pleased.

and thus I am pleased.

MAKIN' MAPZ 4 DAYZ (on a computer my friend let me borrow, but still)

[Nissa]

Well, if you make maps, please make them with a decent plot. And if you ever decide you want to make a mod that's a little more on the big time, I'll do some writing for it.

...Some Aldy love would be nice.

[KaiserStratosTygo]

Well, if you make maps, please make them with a decent plot. And if you ever decide you want to make a mod that's a little more on the big time, I'll do some writing for it.

...Some Aldy love would be nice.

I have some ideas, a lot of it is going to be a remake/reboot of my most recent SC1 campaigns, I'm in the process of making a mod wherein each major faction has a slightly different tech tree or aesthetic using as many assets I can get my hands on.

But I suck with the editor so it's not going to be a mind blowing experience, but I've got to start somewhere.

[TheEconomist]

Meanwhile, I enjoy the gameplay and read science fiction, blood pressure is normal, serotonin and dopamine are in check, and brain is undamaged. Life is good over here.

[KaiserStratosTygo]

Meanwhile, I enjoy the gameplay and read science fiction, blood pressure is normal, serotonin and dopamine are in check, and brain is undamaged. Life is good over here.

yay.

anyway, that Alarak guy is the best character in this entire series (SC2), and I admit, may be in my top 10 SC characters period.

[ragnarok]

Yup.

(I've failed at making maps due to a million reasons, but with these assets I'm thinking big)

MAKE NO MISTAKE.

The story is abysmal, and only some of the Protoss stuff (like Alarak) is tolerable and even decent, the MP will never be touched by me and the Story (espeically with that Kerri angel thing) makes me ill and I will never take a blizzard game seriously nor consider their lore canon past Warcraft 3/ Brood War.

But I've got me Arbiters, mate!

And I made a promise at some point a few months ago that if they were in the game in the way I desired them to be, I'd be pleased.

and thus I am pleased.

MAKIN' MAPZ 4 DAYZ (on a computer my friend let me borrow, but still)

I really wish you'd quit seeing it abysmal. Alarak was a good addition, but I was not pleased with Kerrigan's whole ascension and all that. At least Blizzard should have admitted this isn't sci-fi anymore and made it sci-fantasy, THEN I'd understand.