Reapers: the New Ghosts?

[pure.Wasted]

No, I'm not talking about uselessness. I'm not even talking about gameplay, period. I'm talking about the intended feel of the unit.

On the one hand, the two could not be more different. The Ghost moves carefully through the shadows, cloaking to remain hidden... uses a sniper rifle... he's the commando, the one-man army. Deadly. Deadly serious, too -- while the Reaper flies through the air, tossing bombs left and right as he wades his way through the battlefield heedless of the danger he's getting into.

But then again, there's something very similarly bad-ass about both of them, isn't there? I was talking to Aldrius a few days ago and said something to the effect of, "You know, if they ever released a SC:G post-SC2, there's absolutely no way they could get away with not implementing a Reaper level."

What I meant at the time was Nova donning the Reaper's jetpack inside enemy territory, and then using it to escape quickly through the air, while a battle raged all around her. Shrapnel and flak flying from her would-be Terran allies on the right, Mutalisks swooping in from the air to the left, and all she has to do is survive at any cost as she maneuvers the field.

And then I realized that I'd want more than just a level of this. I'd take a whole game. Sure, in-game their stunts are limited to meager cliff-hopping, but in reality, what would stop them from pulling off the most insane, reckless, and cool stunts imaginable?




Pardon the lack of colors and such, those will come eventually. Thinking of Reapers inspired me, and this is a very WIP panel from the Comic Contest submission I came up with. Yes, that is a D8 Charge he's shooting at... after hopping up an Ultralisk's claws all the way to its face.

So what do you guys think? Are Reapers the new Ghosts, that super-cool unit that's got a bright, bright future ahead?

[ragsash]

So what do you guys think? Are Reapers the new Ghosts, that super-cool unit that's got a bright, bright future ahead?

I hope so they are about the best looking unit atm, and got the coolest gear, who dont love a power suit with 2 handguns,exposivs and a yetpack.
the only way to improve that would be giving him a lightsaber.

[GRUNT]

Heh, I don't fanboy over Reapers, but I do fanboy over other random units, so I definitely know where you're coming from .

In terms of story, Reapers definitely share that 'sower of fear' flavour which Ghosts have. Reapers are scary because of the suddenness with which they appear and the speed and brutality of their raids. Or at least, so I'd imagine .

In terms of gameplay, pretty much any unit which does high damage in a short time has that 'fear factor'. For instance, I live in fear of High Templar / Reaver drops and any unit which is going to melt my worker lines will have me similarly wary, and I'm pretty sure that gameplay-wise, Reapers are going to fit that bill, too.

That's a lovely drawing too, although I must say that I didn't notice the D8 charge at first glance because I was thinking that it looked as though that Reaper was being impaled in the most uncomfortable fashion by a Kaiser Blade :S.

[Ghost_828]

I feel the Ghost is still more bad-ass, but then again, I am extremely biased.

[sandwich_bird]

Imo ghosts are 12343241 times more badass than reaper. Then we have the Dark templar that is 12343239 more badass and finaly the reaper is right below. He's badass but clearly not on the same level as the Ghost and DT.

[PhanttoM]

At the moment, the feel of the two units for me are;
Ghost: The silent assassin
Reaper: The loud rambo I-love-when-stuff-blows-up type

[SaharaDrac]

Reapers are so bad ass.

And a "God of War"-esque zany action title starring a Reaper?? Yes please, Blizzard. Hop to.

[pure.Wasted]

Imo ghosts are 12343241 times more badass than reaper. Then we have the Dark templar that is 12343239 more badass and finaly the reaper is right below. He's badass but clearly not on the same level as the Ghost and DT.

To be fair, Dark Templar have half of the original Protoss campaign, and ALL of the Brood War Protoss campaign, devoted to fleshing them out. Ghosts are fleshed out from basically day 1 in Terran, then Kerrigan, then Nova, then Samir Duran, the list goes ever on and on...

Reapers we haven't even seen in the campaigns; we don't know their finalized backstory, we don't know any hero Reapers (as opposed to Zeratul and Kerrigan/Nova/Duran) or their exploits. I'm not saying that once we do they'll all be on equal ground, but uh... it may be a tad early to judge fairly.

That's a lovely drawing too, although I must say that I didn't notice the D8 charge at first glance because I was thinking that it looked as though that Reaper was being impaled in the most uncomfortable fashion by a Kaiser Blade :S.

Haha, hopefully colors will fix that up. Thanks!

[Josue]

Well, frankly, the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the thread's title was:
"OMG, really, Ghosts using Reaper's jetpacks!" now, I guess I'll say they will for sure have a good place, but I don't know if they'll be more than Ghosts.

[Aquanaut]

Imo ghosts are 12343241 times more badass than reaper. Then we have the Dark templar that is 12343239 more badass and finaly the reaper is right below.

What unit's ranked 12343240 ?