January 17 Heart of the Swarm Press Event

[GnaReffotsirk]

Well, given your level 60 is drop pods, then that shot could be taken from the ending of the entire HotS. They did it the first time, why stop now?

[DemolitionSquid]

Yea, when I watched the viking landing, I thought: "That guy is a complete idiot." *ultralisks tosses the viking away* "Serves you right!"

Rofl. I too was like, "dude... its a fucking giant... just fly low and fire zee missiles, why you gotta go all Starscream dipshit?"

[TcheQuevara]

Blizzard cinematics always have someone doing something stupid instead of fighting. Remember Thrall's dream, where an orc trips and falls into the ground out of nowhere? The truth is, Blizzard cinematics has always been visually astonishing, but they seldom about what was happening... This is the second big battle Blizzard ever made in cinematic, the first one being War2's orc ending.

What I mean is that this is my favorite Blizz cinematic ever. I used to think Blizzard had good cinematic engineers or artists but never a good director who understood anything about cinema. They fixed this and the result is almost flawless, except for the stupid Viking.

Since someone mentioned levels... This is awesome! http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=394643

You can change what mutation give to units every different level!

There are 7 pairs of Kerrigan abilities: The first two are options between a passive ability and a damage spell. 2 pairs are about improving macro or the army. Then there's two passive ability pairs, one offensive/support spell pair, and the "ultimate spell" pair. Summing up, Kerrigan can have from 2 to 4 passive abilities, and 2 to 4 spells. They really left a lot of room for casual or lazy playstyles.

And planetary destruction levels are dust. Oh well. From 29 to 20 missions... and its all Gradius' fault.

[HydraHydra]

omg! that cinematic was soooooo epic! love thos ultras!! :_D!!!!

[Hawki]

The Viking's actions were a calculated move to get into Valhalla. Leeroy Jenkins bitches.

[DemolitionSquid]

The Viking's actions were a calculated move to get into Valhalla. Leeroy Jenkins bitches.

Somehow I doubt Odin would be like, "you fought the beast with honor, here's a pint of mead." Getting 1-hit from a Frost Giant ain't heroic.

[Kimera757]

The cinematic is awesome!

The ultralisk is epic-sized. And big-boned! It looks like it could just stomp on those tanks.

"we feel that Kerrigan's revival is a natural part of her abilities as the Queen of Blades."
... which is why we had all those "Kerrigan must survive" in the original game?

She gained power between Brood War and the Second Great War.

And if she can reincarnate, what about killing her with Dark Templar?

I bet it would work, although maybe Dark Templar powers only counter the Overmind and cerebrates.

[Triceron]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-qhF...lfAS4w&index=1

Crota's take on the gameplay trailer. He talks a bit about the missions shown in the trailer. Some very insightful stuff!

[DemolitionSquid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-qhF...lfAS4w&index=1

Crota's take on the gameplay trailer. He talks a bit about the missions shown in the trailer. Some very insightful stuff!

You know, I like Crota, he's an OK guy... but his voice is just so... UGH. I'm trying to listen to this video but my ears are bleeding.

[mr. peasant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-qhF...lfAS4w&index=1

Crota's take on the gameplay trailer. He talks a bit about the missions shown in the trailer. Some very insightful stuff!

Okay, I know this is going to sound paranoid but did Crota write the SC: Legacy article as well? I ask this because both, it and the Youtube video used some very similar comments - specifically that they felt that what was shown in the previous press release was underwhelming and that it felt like Wings of Liberty but with a Zerg skin pasted over it. Which is a very specific analogy to make.

So, and I hate to raise this issue, is this simply a shared consensus between SC: Legacy staff or is this description a buzz word/phrase that Blizzard used and that people are simply repeating?