Tychus Findlay in HOTS

[Quirel]

I stand by my previously held belief that, no matter what kind of needle you had, it would still snap before breaking her skin. So, no nanite wonders to the rescue.

[QuesterPro]

It would also make no sense for him to get infested since Kerrigan was the only one who would have been able to issue the order to infest him. In any case, I assume that the artifact destroyed every pure zerg cells in its area of effect (how else would it uninfest Kerrigan? Magic lol?) so without any pure zerg cells to infest Tychus dead body, I don't see how this could work...

Ah.. are you SURE that Kerrigan is the ONLY ONE LEFT who could possibly infest him??

[Zero]

My theory is that the new queens are sentient enough to control their broods/hives without Kerrigan. Not enough intelligence to go out on their own campaigns, but enough to maintain control and keep the Zerg from descending into chaos and killing each other.

My evidence supporting this: none, except for the idea that Kerrigan is going to need some Zerg to talk to in her campaign.

[Blizzmaniac]

I like Tychus, but I think he sould stay dead

[Lupino]

Unfortunately, we'll probably get Tychus back, if only because Blizzard invested a quite some time and marketing into the character. Plus they have a bad habit of reusing old plot lines, as evidenced by the story in WoL.

[mikill]

I think Tychus is a great character, very fun and enjoyable in the campaign. I wouldn't mind if they bring him back (which would be awesome).

[Mrjiggles]

I think they invested to much to see him die, i think he will return zergified or maybe mechanically rebuilt(by who i dont know).

[gwoodkid]

LOL, well I at least I didn't jump on the bandwagon this time... as a matter of fact, I went for the last two options: Tychus wasn't dead and he'd be infested later on...

[hyde]

Of all the characters you could pick, you picked Raynor? He was the least retconned of all of them. Actually, he's probably the only returning character, whose handling I liked. Zeratul was god awful, Tassadar - too, not to mention Kerrigan. But Raynor? Really?

Yeah.
Seriously speaking, he went from a generic Marshall to some real rough and bad ass space cowboy with Sweet home Alabama on his Juke Box, sipping whiskey and holding a revolver. The "Redneck space cowboy" thing was way overdone.

Also, I really don't think the concept art really ruined the plot for anyone. Yes, some people guessed what it meant, but I really don't think anyone really KNEW that was going to happen, it was just one of the many ideas of what could actually happen. And to say that by seeing the concept are you were SURE she would be deinfested is nonsense - you can't possibly tell if she's in pain or just relaxing, and she has the tentacle hair.

Obviously we were not 100% sure. But now you're just kicking a dead dog, what game company seriously does that? Yes just release concept art of the final scene before the beta is even out. This is a major gaming company with a major product and they can't even do their fans some respect. especially after the B.net finish screen was leaked out with Raynor holding Kerrigan.

I really don't think an epilogue that sums up what you just saw in the cinematic is the most trustworthy source of information.

Blizzard wrote it. I know he's probably still alive. But examining WOL itself, his character was poorly handled and his assassination attempt was a joke. We knew he was a Mengsk pawn from the beginning and all he could do was aim his sight at Kerrigan in perhaps the most cliche part of the game.
Yeah Raynor has spidey senses now, he can just cover Kerrigan at the precise moment and then blow off a shot.

Yes the shot was never explicitly shown, this a Teen rated game. Did you notice how there was no explicit violence? Even the embargo on Valerians ship, the marines dying looked like a buncha sparks. When you're defending your booty call and just turn around to make a shot with a revolver, against someone in a CMC Suit - I think the only place is to aim at the face...

Don't get me wrong, though, I agree that the whole campaign reeks of being done on a whim, I just don't think the epilogue is a good way to point that out.

What I did this?.... my bad then...

Obvious exaggeration is obvious. We might get some more info on his backstory, probably quite a few surprising things, but I seriously doubt they'd put in anything even resembling what you're suggesting.

Sarcasm .
I don't think we'll honestly get much back story, that's all been explained actually. He took the fall for Jimmy and went to Jail. We might get some secret details between him and Mengsk, but seriously what more could go between those two? Mengsk has him by the balls, Tychus wasn't exactly in a "negotiating" situation.

Oh well I never expected that much, but I felt it wasn't up to WC3/SC1's campaign quality in terms of story telling. SC2 still feels like a weak attempt at copying Mass Effect's method.

[Articorse]

Yeah.
Seriously speaking, he went from a generic Marshall to some real rough and bad ass space cowboy with Sweet home Alabama on his Juke Box, sipping whiskey and holding a revolver. The "Redneck space cowboy" thing was way overdone.

Whether it's overdone or not is a matter of opinion, I personally think it was handled well. The fact that we didn't see that part of Raynor that well in SC1 was mostly due to the format of the cinematics. All you could see was a jabbering head and hear him speak. His accent and general way of speaking haven't really changed a whole lot. The main difference is that now he's drinking all the time and he's a bit of a douche. But those two go hand in hand, methinks.

Obviously we were not 100% sure. But now you're just kicking a dead dog, what game company seriously does that? Yes just release concept art of the final scene before the beta is even out. This is a major gaming company with a major product and they can't even do their fans some respect. especially after the B.net finish screen was leaked out with Raynor holding Kerrigan.

Like I said - no one could really know what the concept art meant, it could've been deinfestation, it could've just been a generic picture of Kerrigan relaxing, it could've been something else that sapped her powers, but left her infested, etc. No one could've known what it meant. Hell, you couldn't even tell if it meant anything to begin with, what with it being so heavily stylized. I agree about the B.net finish screen, though that was hardly Blizzard's fault.

Blizzard wrote it. I know he's probably still alive. But examining WOL itself, his character was poorly handled and his assassination attempt was a joke. We knew he was a Mengsk pawn from the beginning and all he could do was aim his sight at Kerrigan in perhaps the most cliche part of the game.
Yeah Raynor has spidey senses now, he can just cover Kerrigan at the precise moment and then blow off a shot.

I disagree that his character was poorly handled, he was one of the few characters I liked in the campaign. I completely agree about the 'Mengsk pawn' bit - that was unbelievably stupid on Blizzard's part. The way Raynor deflected that shot and then shot Tychus I would say lands firmly in the Rule of Cool. I was able to maintain my suspension of disbelief, even though the scene is ludicrous when you think about it.

But about the assassination attempt - I think it was sortta supposed to be bad. Tychus didn't want to kill Kerrigan. If he did, it was possible that Jim would have killed him anyway, and the odds of Mengsk killing him were also slim. After all, why would Mengsk keep him alive now that his duty was done? Best case scenario - he'd never hear from him again, worst case scenario - Tychus would go after Mengsk. No profit to be had, so might as well kill him. And this is excluding the guilt he would feel for the rest of his life if he did go through with it and he did survive the ordeal. He would alienate his only friend in the universe and he would know that killing Kerrigan will probably cause the end of the humanity.

I think he wanted Jim to shoot him.

Yes the shot was never explicitly shown, this a Teen rated game. Did you notice how there was no explicit violence? Even the embargo on Valerians ship, the marines dying looked like a buncha sparks. When you're defending your booty call and just turn around to make a shot with a revolver, against someone in a CMC Suit - I think the only place is to aim at the face...

True, but you can aim at different parts of the face. If his brain wasn't hit, it might be possible to revive him via infestation. Stukov was infested after he died, why not Tychus? I'm not saying that was Jim's PLAN, obviously if he shot him in the face he would probably aim at his brain to save him a slow, agonizing death, or a life with a disfigured face. But if there is anyone, who could infest him, it would be possible.

Sarcasm .
I don't think we'll honestly get much back story, that's all been explained actually. He took the fall for Jimmy and went to Jail. We might get some secret details between him and Mengsk, but seriously what more could go between those two? Mengsk has him by the balls, Tychus wasn't exactly in a "negotiating" situation.

I know it was sarcasm, but it was also arguing ad absurdum. Besides, you're the one, who said we'll get new information about Tychus, I just agreed that it MIGHT be the case. Tychus was an interesting character. You don't need to have more and more backstory just to keep him interesting.

Oh well I never expected that much, but I felt it wasn't up to WC3/SC1's campaign quality in terms of story telling. SC2 still feels like a weak attempt at copying Mass Effect's method.

I completely agree with this. It wasn't as good as WC3 or SC1, but it was by no means bad. I tend to agree with a lot of your points, I'm also disappointed with the campaign, I just think you take it a bit too far and try to criticize everything about it. As much as I hated some parts of it, and expected more in general, I still think there were some pretty good elements.