False Release Dates Piss Me Off

[TheEconomist]

Fixed.

That's English. I'm speaking in terms of those long before us. I can forgive your ignorance given the beta hype which has probably taken up 37.665% of your memory prior to teh announcement.

[SoFool]

There was one time when I was walking around in a game shop, I saw a SCII cover but when I flipped it behind all of it was dota contents == w-t-f lol

[Norfindel]

That would be the same if it was split ZPT times 3. You would still need to buy all three to see how the overall story ends. As far at the caimpaign story for each i believe Blizzard has said that that each caimpaign will have its own story that ends.

SC1 was a self-contained story that starts with the discovery of the alien races, and ends with the destruction of the Overmind.

SC2's main storyline about the Xel'Naga is going to be present in the 3 parts, and only will be resolved at the end of the 3rd.

I know that every part will have it's ending, but the main storyline would be incomplete, as it was in SC1 when you playerd just the Terran campaign, that also had it's own ending.

[TheEconomist]

You continue to make too many assumptions Norfindel. Blizzard's specifically said that each product will have a wrap-up of hanging strings pertaining to that campaign and that there will be no cliff hangers. To me, that sounds exactly like the original campaigns.

[GnaReffotsirk]

It's impossible to have each story closed in a trilogy. They should have labeled it a series then if the case was that each story had a definite ending or resolution of the story's problem.

If we find that each of the campaigns had the same central goal, we will have cliff hangers. If these campaigns are sub-plot explorations within the main storyline, we will have cliff hangers.

If however each campaign is a story in itself, much like the relationship between SC and BW, then we'd still have a feeling of cliff-hang.

But I suspect the level of anticipation for the next installment wouldn't be that much of a pain in this case. My reasoning is that each of these campaigns will only build upon the previous one, and not actually leave the story unresolved.

So, say, in the case of Wings of Liberty, we will have hints of what may be used as a stage for Heart of the Swarm, but the core themes, issues, and conflicts of WoL will be resolved.

So, to add, I guess the question can be clearer if say we ask, "will the trilogy feel like that of Underworld? Or, does it feel like that of Lord of the Rings?"

[ArcherofAiur]

Guys I hate to break it to you but where you chop up the story is in the eye of the beholder.



Personally I didnt think the story was over till Broodwars finished. And even then...

[GnaReffotsirk]

Guys I hate to break it to you but where you chop up the story is in the eye of the beholder.



Personally I didnt think the story was over till Broodwars finished. And even then...

Well, it's natural if one had known of BW's existence. If not, the prologue would have made it all feel that way.

Which is exactly my point. Story-wise it's done, however the anticipation is there because we know there exists HoS and LoV.

Now, the real question is the level of perplexity we will be having after WoL has been told. This of course with respect to having known of the other two installments.

Will we feel that WoL has been fully resolved, or will we have to wait for HoS to find out?

There's a big difference there, don't you think?

[ArcherofAiur]

Well considering the 10 year cliffhanger at the end of broodwar I think the point could be made that that story never ended.

[GnaReffotsirk]

No, I mean resolved, not ended. There's a difference.

By resolved, the story of that particular installment can no longer be moved forward. It's done. The conflicts have been resolved, and a new event will have to occur based on that created status-quo in order for another story to happen, for example.

Broodwar doesn't feel like it ended because it wasn't that solid. By lack of this solidity means like we could ask the question, "was broodwar really about the UED? or was it about Kerrigan's rise to power?" There was no clearly defined plot.

And I would agree it never ended as you pointed out, and that with the above reasoning. And perhaps that's where we're getting the slightest chill about.

[ArcherofAiur]

Again your talking about entirely subjective things. If your waiting fro Legacy of the Void to find out what happened with the hybrids well then youve been waiting since Brood war.