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Post by Busterman Zero on Feb 1, 2003 23:41:01 GMT -5
You can visit www.gamingterminal.com to verify what I'm about to say: Starcraft 2 has been at least partially planned out, and will come eventually. No release date, but I can post what a letter from Blizzard ( you can read it on the site) said: -SC2 has 4 races: Terran, Zerg, Protoss and Vanix (Zerg/Protoss hybrids!) -5 new units per race The Terrans: -All buildings can now fly (Even Supply Depots!) -new units: Rocketeer (Valkerye style attack), Heavy Cruiser (The Battle Cruiser only way better), Wraith Bomber (Wraiths with bombs), Wraith Kamikazee (Wraiths that explode on impact) and Tactical Strike Cannon (Immobile cannons) -Can eject from vehicles (Creates a beefed up marine) The Protoss: -Pylons can move, but not fly -Dragoons can cloak -New units: MotherShip (Carrier only better), Nomad (Beefed up Zealot with rifle), High Archon (Fused High Templar and Dark Templar, can attack, use mind control, and transfer shield energy to other units), Walker (combination of 5 Dragoons, fusion maybe?), Exploder (Kamikaze Observer) The Zerg: -Overlords carry bombs -any building that makes units can be infested to make kamikaze troopers (example: Infested Seige Tank) -Zerglings can learn to spit acid -Hydralisks can simply run over weak units like Marines -New units: Hyperlisk (evolved Ultralisk, very powerful and can burrow), Acid Colony (Combination of the other colonies), Creeper (Spy that moves underground), King (Like a Queen and can infest any unit-producing building, dunno if it includes Protoss), Bladeling (Evolved Zergling) The Vanix has yet to be completely designed. Multiplayer now includes up to 14 players. Plus you can declare allainces before the game starts, even with the computer. They even mentioned the possibility of hidden missions and a hidden race. Well, that's that. Then main reasons why Star Craft 2 isn't in serious developement yet is because: 1. StarCraft is still selling 2. Warcraft 3 is still Blizzard's current project
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Post by Matkau on Feb 2, 2003 2:20:35 GMT -5
Escuse me while I swim in a pool of my own drool...So, the Vanix is what they're calling it, eh? I wonder if Samir Duran will make a guest appearance? And what of Kerrigan? And Raynor? And Artanis? So many unanswered questions. I cannot wait for this game to come out
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Post by Cereal Hunter on Feb 2, 2003 11:23:02 GMT -5
YES! YES! YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!
THIS WILL BE AMAZING!!!!!!!!
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Post by Figgy on Feb 3, 2003 20:46:27 GMT -5
...Can't wait...must see screen shots soon!
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Post by Busterman Zero on Feb 3, 2003 21:10:40 GMT -5
They don't have screenshots, just a preview in Warcraft 3. Beat it on Hard.
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Post by Matkau on Feb 3, 2003 21:20:27 GMT -5
I hope they can translate the untis well into 3D without making them look to blocky. Can you imagine what a 3D Lurker would look like? Shwing!
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Post by Busterman Zero on Feb 3, 2003 22:01:39 GMT -5
I saw a picture of a 3D Seige Tank a few days ago. Nothing had a square edge!
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Post by XxHANZO on Feb 5, 2003 17:46:53 GMT -5
all of this of coarse is a rumor. The only StarCraft project is currently StarCraft Ghost. Warcraft 3:The Frozen throne, and World of Warcraft are the current Announced projects. Blizzard has flat out denied working on SC2. Blizz's style is this, if they are working on it and havent announced it yet, they say "No comment" or some such things. If they arent working on it they will say so. + the fact that id feel pretty gyped if there were just 5 more units that actually seem to ruin the game. (The terran Wraith upgrading to bombers and kamikazy type units, such upgrades are a zerg type thing, as is the kamikazy) If this were true Blizzard would not announce all the units this close to the release fo th game (I mean look at war3: TFT, the beta is starting soo and we still dont know all the units!) This is a rumor and hanzo gives it a resounding "FALSE!"
EDIT i just read through the unit list and said "holy nuts some one has copied my units!" Many of the units mentioned are similar or exactly like the units My mod team made up for a mod...
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Post by Busterman Zero on Feb 5, 2003 19:15:48 GMT -5
Okay, read the other messages. Like I said, and I know a guy at Blizzard, they aren't working on it, but they will make it. They had this bakc when they started to make SC2, but then decided to make Warcraft 3. It isn't false.
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Post by XxHANZO on Feb 8, 2003 8:40:47 GMT -5
dude this is so fake! Blizzard would and has NEVER done anything like this. the person you know there has got to be pulling your leg. Blizzard would never email such an email, with horrid grammer, to a fan site. They would post the information on their own website then fansites take it from there, beleive me I frequent a fan site, they get the info from blizz's site (or magazine articles) Blizz would announce the game before ANY info is releised, also Bliz ALWAYS has screenies before they announce! ALWAYS! (find me one of their games in development with out screenies? other than SC2 cause its not real, since they have flat out denied it.) Also the units SUCK too much to be blizz creations. Whoppy a spy for the zerg, WTF do the zerg need a spy for? A sucide Wraith? WTF why would i want to spend a ton of money on a wraith then blow it up? And more overpowered units? I refuse to beleive these units are even close to real, they suck too much (that and this is just a big mod...) EDIT Also what position is the guy you know at blizz? what does he do? he very well have no idea of what is planned at all unless hes on the concept team
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Post by Cereal Hunter on Feb 8, 2003 9:05:34 GMT -5
Yep, this rumour doesn't make any sense. He's right, it WOULD mess up the game. Photon Cannons can move? How cheap is that?
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Post by Busterman Zero on Feb 8, 2003 10:40:34 GMT -5
Dammit, listen to me! My firend is working as an intern for the concept team at Blizzard and, although they haven't even started on SC2, this is what they want to do for the game. All the names may change, and some of the stuff may not be used, but I'm telling you, there IS a bit of truth in these rumors! Blizzard is busy with SCG and Warcraft 3, but according to what my friend heard ( if this isn't true it came from an office rumor) after the Warcraft 3 expansion, World of Warcraft and Starcraft Ghost, they will probably with out a doubt make Starcraft 2. I'm just quoting they ideas they had for it before they started Warcraft 3. There's always a chance they won't use any of this. They aren't working on it right now, I never said they were, these are just old tidbits from before Warcraft 3.
CH: Read the first post more closely. I never said Photon Cannons could move.
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Post by XxHANZO on Feb 8, 2003 20:41:49 GMT -5
this still reeks of non Blizz-ness. 1- the units are overpowered and some are, quite frankely, silly 2- the units skew the race uniqueness- terran suicide? Toss buildning movement? Zerg stealth? ling missle weapons? naw the terrans are about technological superiority and a few high powered units( BC's nukes) Protoss are about power! and the Zerg are about numbers, sheer numbers, and the ling is a melee unit.
this whole rumor reeeks of a mod rather than a new game. a few things- war2 -> war3 a few of the same buildings remained, and a few of the same units. But not EVERY unit remained in the game, and not all buildings stayed the same. they introduced new races, new baddies, and new goodies, SC 2 should do the same thing, or i will be upset. If these rumors are true i say "SHAME ON BLIZZ! THIS IS A SC MOD! NOT A NEW GAME!" (Also the poor grammer, poor composition, the fact that there is no name associated with it, the fact that its not posted on their site ETC, are very convincing that it is false. even an office rumor may have no truth to it.)
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Post by Busterman Zero on Feb 8, 2003 22:07:21 GMT -5
I think they wanted to give each race a new edge, so even though they are now a bit more similar, the three forces still hold on to their main advantages:
Terrans are flexible and mobile. Zerg have their swarming. Protoss have the power units.
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Post by Draemus on Feb 12, 2003 20:47:44 GMT -5
Well, this is definitely false. Not only was the grammar in the "email" bad, but they spelled a number of things wrong (like Ultralisk, which they spelled Ult! ralisk's ") and lacked any professionalism in their explanations.
Also, as has been said before, there's no real big improvments. I mean, wow, a couple new units and an upgrade or two to make the races more or less the same. It really takes away from the strategic part of the game. If they were all so similar, there'd be less strategy and more pointless killings (which is fun, but should be reserved for First-Person shooters and action games and the like).
Also, does anyone else realize how little sense it makes to give all these improvements to the standard races, but have absolutely nothing for the new race? I would think that there would at least be some planning behind it if they were gonna make it. And also, I'm sure Blizzard could come up with something better than a Zerg/Protoss hybrid, seeing as they hate each other. If any hybrids, it'd be terran/zerg (because they're crazy scientist people) or terran/protoss (because they at least can get along).
Well, with that said, I leave now.
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