May 2011 Heart of the Swarm Coverage

[almostfamous]

Did anybody notice the zerglings jumping onto their target at about :20 in the demo? FREAKIN' SHWEET

But for srs. I'm stoked, hope you guys are

[Genopath]

I hope it will be more than 20, but 20 definitely is very different than 29, because I played and I will play all of the missions no matter how branching or secret they are. :-)

I hope so too, given WoL I think people will manage to do those missions on Normal difficulty in less than one day. We played both missions on normal because Brutal wasn't enabled sadly but by the general feeling of it, they are pretty simple. Having a hero at every battle helps a lot. Feels a lot like the Media Blitz missions where besides your army you had Tychus on the Odin but Kerrigan is a lot faster and does a lot of damage.

[Turalyon]

Could it just be that they don't want to risk fatigue? They're only so many permutations to RTS missions especially when they tried to throw the kitchen sink when it came to that in WoL.

20 missions sounds like a good amount as long as they're a decent length. Maybe we'll be seeing more drawn out battles and slow-burn missions as opposed to what we got in WoL (a lot of short missions).

[Genopath]

Could it just be that they don't want to risk fatigue? They're only so many permutations to RTS missions especially when they tried to throw the kitchen sink when it came to that in WoL.

20 missions sounds like a good amount as long as they're a decent length. Maybe we'll be seeing more drawn out battles and slow-burn missions as opposed to what we got in WoL (a lot of short missions).

Well they can sure as hell make them huge. Remember the TFT orc camapgin? it was 3 incredibly long missions.

[Gradius]

Well they can sure as hell make them huge. Remember the TFT orc camapgin? it was 3 incredibly long missions.

Those were frickin painful, I hated those.

[Genopath]

Those were frickin painful, I hated those.

I love those.

Kind of like an introduction to WoW

[mr. peasant]

I love those.

Kind of like an introduction to WoW

Nooooo..... You've said the dreaded w-word! Now, everyone's going to hate the orc missions!!

On a serious note, 20 levels (which is what we're really talking about) holds no indication of the total play time. Case in point: Patriot's Blood from SC:BW was really two missions wrapped in one, with the mid-point plot twist adding new objectives halfway through. Also, I would rather have 20 well designed and carefully thought out missions than 30 haphazardly slapped together missions that are forgettable and similar in design.

[Twilice]

^ Damned, I used to love the orc missions. But when you say it that way. . . I am not sure anymore

[Gifted]

^ Damned, I used to love the orc missions. But when you say it that way. . . I am not sure anymore

Then keep loving them. Don't take the fact that something you love is like something you're prejudice against as a way to change your opinion. You're stronger than that buddy.

Besides, WoW is a solid game, don't go knocking it for no good reason.

[Twilice]

Hehe, I'm just kidding. If it wasn't for that monthly fee I would be playing it 24/7 most probably!