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Kerrigan Is The Heart Of The Swarm In StarCraft II's First Expansion

But regular Zerg are here too!

Oct. 21 2011

Posted by: Matt

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I need to get into this game. Already feel like I've fell behind :(

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I am so ready for more Starcraft!

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can't wait

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@whistlebottom said:

I need to get into this game. Already feel like I've fell behind :(

Tell me about it. I've tried at least 10 times to get in to playing the multiplayer. I love watching the tournaments. I just don't have the ability to keep playing one game any more.

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Damn, I really need to play Starcraft II first. I AM behind.

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Wow this looks so epic.

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I like the part where the units shot at the other units and the music was all angsty.

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Blizzard cinematics always have the highest cpm.

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MASSIVE BONER RIGHT NOW

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Oh my god Kerrigan is a jedi.

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damn this is going to be soo sweet, i was wondering how they were going to deal with Kerrigan becoming human.

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By the time this whole trilogy is out this will look outdated...

hehe

Looking forward to the rest of the story though.

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I think the appropriate phrase here is " Shut up and take my money"

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This trailers hit three key points for me. 1) Plot development, 2) Gameplay footage, and 3)Kick ass music.

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Did blizz just release trailers for Heart of the Swarm, Diablo III, World of Warcraft and their DOTA, pretty much in the same day? "Hi gaise, i herd u leik blizzard". Why thank you, good sir, why yes, yes I do.

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Yeah, this looks fuckin' awesome. I can't hang with competitive multiplayer any more, but I loved the campaign of SCII.

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Huh, a lot of the new units and unit abilities seem to assist in zoning units.

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My body is ready.

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@Xymox said:

Did blizz just release trailers for Heart of the Swarm, Diablo III, World of Warcraft and their DOTA, pretty much in the same day? "Hi gaise, i herd u leik blizzard". Why thank you, good sir, why yes, yes I do.

Yeah, it's called blizzcon.

Also, man, this whole Kerrigan storyline is so dumb.

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@Sporkbane said:

I think the appropriate phrase here is " Shut up and take my money"

I can't help but feel kinda mad at how easily they make me want to just throw my wallet at them in defeat.

I mean, fuck... Did you see that shit?!

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Neato!

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How can we improve on the Inception trailer's BWAH? I know, BWAH BWAH!

Alos game looks amazing!

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Protoss solve all their problems with Space Battleships.

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@ThatFrood said:

@Xymox said:

Did blizz just release trailers for Heart of the Swarm, Diablo III, World of Warcraft and their DOTA, pretty much in the same day? "Hi gaise, i herd u leik blizzard". Why thank you, good sir, why yes, yes I do.

Yeah, it's called blizzcon.

Also, man, this whole Kerrigan storyline is so dumb.

Kerrigan is a large and integral part of the Starcraft universe and many Starcraft fans have been waiting to see what it's like from her eyes. I myself cannot wait, Blizzard already owns my soul when it comes to gaming.

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Blizzard makes good trailers. Kinda makes up for the shit-fest that is called WoW that turned them into Greedy money eating machines. Oh wait Starcraft 2 was split into 3 games to make more money with the cover story of "more story over 3 games" yet this game is going to have less missions then the first... oh you guys!

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YES YES YES!!!

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yay no dead island commercial scaring me by being super loud

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Hopefully the writing will be better than Wings of Liberty. Man, that was a cheese fest.

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@Mercanis said:

Hopefully the writing will be better than Wings of Liberty. Man, that was a cheese fest.

Oh well. Don't hold your breath for that, mate.

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I hate to one of those ingrateful people upset that Blizzard is working to give us more, but I'd have rather seen them focus on building campaign missions on the pre-existing and ever-balancing unit structure rather than make new ones and invariably spend countless hours balancing and still not getting it quite right before release. I had hoped for a quick turnaround on these expansion packs.

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@amomjc said:

@ThatFrood said:

@Xymox said:

Did blizz just release trailers for Heart of the Swarm, Diablo III, World of Warcraft and their DOTA, pretty much in the same day? "Hi gaise, i herd u leik blizzard". Why thank you, good sir, why yes, yes I do.

Yeah, it's called blizzcon.

Also, man, this whole Kerrigan storyline is so dumb.

Kerrigan is a large and integral part of the Starcraft universe and many Starcraft fans have been waiting to see what it's like from her eyes. I myself cannot wait, Blizzard already owns my soul when it comes to gaming.

I know, I am one of those fans. I just find the story they're telling to be pretty dumb. I'm not super upset about it, but Kerrigan's been a pretty silly character so far in SC2.

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Well... that got me excited.

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I AM WIGGLING IN MY CHAIR

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Fuck me! That was intense. Really hyped for this.

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YEEEEEEEEYYY totally hyped to check these sweet ass CGs at youtube when it's out.

What? A game? With lame text, cheesefest dialogue and plot that spits on the cool story from SC1? Some multiplayer I'll never touch? Thanks, I'll pass that part.

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I hope that not everything revolves around Kerrigan and that the Zerg as a race are also an important part of this game's narrative.

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Like 40k but lame.

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@phrosnite: It's like 40k but for pros.

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So when is StarCraft Ghost coming out?

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I read the title and thought to myself "So, everything we've known for years now is being revealed".. Well, Blizzard already has my wallet, they know to take the money out of it when HotS comes out

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I remember when Blizzard gave you all of this content in the original title. My how things have changed since Activision.

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Hellions get even more annoying.

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Blizzard is removing the internet requirement for various features.  "Heart of the Swarm" simply requires that you maintain a constant connection to the Zerg Swarm instead.

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Kerrigan doesn't seem as bad-ass...

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Why does Chris Metzen love turning everyone into Darth Vader?

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This just made me go watch the Jim Raynor trailer for Wings of Liberty twice.

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Dude...? FUCK YEAH!

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@Buzzkill said:

I remember when Blizzard gave you all of this content in the original title. My how things have changed since Activision.

Content wise you still get the same

no, actually you get more.

In sc1 you had in vanilla 10terran missions, 10zerg missions and 10protoss missions

in brood war you had that once again so that makes 60missions total

In sc2 we got a whole game for terran which were 29missions iir

In heart of the swarm we will get once again around that number

In Legacy of the Void once again, that makes up for 80-90 missions

And in multiplayer you get exact the same as original starcraft followed by around the same amount of new units/expansion as brood war.

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@Buzzkill said:

I remember when Blizzard gave you all of this content in the original title. My how things have changed since Activision.

Yeah, like Starcraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3...none of those games had expansions.

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"VENGEANCE SHALL BE MINE"

Reeeeeeaaaaaaalllly Blizzard? How about you hire a writer with some of those billions of dollars you make...