Blizzard Unleashes Final, Jaw-Dropping StarCraft II Launch Trailer

[bak00777]

damn, only if I was good at RTS's

I feel you there man, that is the one thing that is stopping me from buying it.

 

[Artemus_Cain]

Is this still an RTS? I am deeply confused. I predict disapointed noobs.

 

[little.09]

it gave me a funny feeling in my pants

 

[Kurokami]

To me WH40K, from what I've seen is a combination of traditional Fantasy style and Scifi concepts, only thing I've seen that is really a rip off, far as I know anyway as granted, I honestly didn't pay much head at any point to Warhammer games except Dawn of War, was the space marines. And to me that's like saying armies ripped each other off when they invented 'The Helmet'. As I said I'm not familiar with what the exact rip offs were, so if you're willing to explain them without much 'f u' I'll be happy to stand corrected.

In any case, the trailer is not pointless, it catches some people up on the story but most of all it interests fans by reinventing the parts they've already played through in the previous games in a cinematic format. I personally am a huge fan of Blizzard's RTS because their plots are played in an interesting way, I sure as hell didn't play the campaign in either game for fun. So its about as 'pointless' as advertising in general. (I'll admit I very much hated how generic a construct it took as a trailer, but as I said, having played the previous game's story I very much enjoyed it)

I'm tempted to write a long winded diatribe but this should do the work nicely. http://www.guildnetwork.net/guildnetwork/?q=node/29

I hope that aggression wouldn't have been directed in my direction, that would've been pointless.

I'll read up on it now.

 

[Enigmers]

So it's gonna be, like, a knock-off of Warhammer 40K?

That's been SC in a nutshell since day one.

I think of it as Warhammer 40k for people who don't like everything to be over-the-top and macho. If I felt like being condescending I'd call it "Warhammer 40k for adults."

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

You know I didn't think there were this many people that hated starcraft so illogically...

In any case I love it and I'm excited for SC II, but this means I have to conjure roughly $70 with no source of income. Damn this country and it's work age restrictions to hell!

(Note: I'm 15 so technically I can work, but most places only hire those who are 16 and above, otherwise they just tend not to respond to applications of any sort)

Hopefully I can find the money in time, if so I should see some of you online.

 

[Deathfish15]

Not trying to incur the wrath of Blizzard fanboys but... who wrote that script? George Lucas? It was awful! And the voice-acting wasn't much better. "Zerg, incoming" -- what is this, Toy Story? That doesn't sound threatening, that sounds like a group of pastry-making wankers who want to give you a cuddle.

Other than that, the trailer looked quite cool, I suppose. Still not cool enough to make me care enough about the game to buy it.

EDIT: At 1:41 in the video, that is a blatant copy the Halo 3 "Hornet." And at 1:07, they didn't even bother trying to disguise the fact that it's a direct knock-off of the Star Wars clone gunship.

First of all, if you were even half clued to pay attention, you'd notice that both the ship from 1:41 and the ship from 1:07 are the same (slow it down half frame each).

Secondly, you'd know that this is a SEQUEL TO A TEN YEAR OLD GAME! That means that it came before Halo, came before Clone Wars, came before all those. This was original, those were copies.

The movie was "okay", but I honestly think that Bioware's videos for Mass Effect 2 and their two videos for The Old Republic have been far better than this....only time will tell on the gameplay of TOR.

 

[zahr]

The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines.

Haha, wow, I think you spelled Bugs and Xenomorphs, and Sardaukar and Mobile Infantry, a bit wrong.

 

[slarrs]

Eh. I feel the same way I feel when I see a Final Fantasy trailer. It's all very nicely done, but it's not going to be anything like that when I'm actually playing.

 

[Pariahwulfen]

The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines.

Haha, wow, I think you spelled Bugs and Xenomorphs, and Sardaukar and Mobile Infantry, a bit wrong.

obvious troll is obvious

So it's gonna be, like, a knock-off of Warhammer 40K?

And it's real-time strategy, so that trailer is essentially meaningless.

I suggest you do some research on both games; maybe, you know actually *le gasp* play both games before you so thoroughly stick your head up your ass.

Its the irrational Starcraft haters, treating the game as if it killed their firstborn, that are every bit as annoying as the Starcraft fanboys. At least the fanboys have reasons why they like the game, besides the fact that its been the most popular RTS for the last 12 years I mean.

I've played both games. The fact that blizz ripped off the warhammer 40k universe in very apparent. In fact, starcraft was going to be a warhammer 40k rts, but GW told them "no". The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines. Not to say that warhammer 40k is totally original, but that doesn't change the facts here.

Now, starcraft is by no means the same game. Its different enough to be its own thing and its fun in its own way. But to deny that it took some liberties from warhammer just shows that you are in fact, the one misinformed.

Well for knowledge reasons, can you please link me to the source that says Starcraft was to be a WH40k based game? I am fairly certain this is false, as Warcraft was supposed to be based off of Warhammer, but that was indeed denied by Games Workshop which helps explain why the two are so similar and often it is often thought that this controversy was over Starcraft instead of Warcraft.

The Terrans and Space Marines are by no means original for either series and neither are the Zerg and Tyranids. The Tyranids actually took on less humanoid shapes after the Zerg were created, so even the similarities aren't rip offs. Besides, the Tyranids pose enormous space fleets and powerful titanic monsters focused on the consumption of all resources. The Zerg lack the titanic quality and are pure numbers based off the desire to achieve genetic perfection which is a trait bestowed upon them by a master race (Xel'Naga). Two distinct cliche-ridden alien groups.

Also, I absolutely love Tychus Finlay's voice. He is going to be a real treat in the campaign.

The change to the Tyranids was due to GW losing a copyright battle with Blizzard over a loophole and then using it against them.

 

[Lord_Ascendant]

I have two words for ya: Holy Crud...

Oh yeah, and En Taro Tassadar, En Taro Raszgal!

 

[Eldarion]

So it's gonna be, like, a knock-off of Warhammer 40K?

And it's real-time strategy, so that trailer is essentially meaningless.

I suggest you do some research on both games; maybe, you know actually *le gasp* play both games before you so thoroughly stick your head up your ass.

Its the irrational Starcraft haters, treating the game as if it killed their firstborn, that are every bit as annoying as the Starcraft fanboys. At least the fanboys have reasons why they like the game, besides the fact that its been the most popular RTS for the last 12 years I mean.

I've played both games. The fact that blizz ripped off the warhammer 40k universe in very apparent. In fact, starcraft was going to be a warhammer 40k rts, but GW told them "no". The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines. Not to say that warhammer 40k is totally original, but that doesn't change the facts here.

Now, starcraft is by no means the same game. Its different enough to be its own thing and its fun in its own way. But to deny that it took some liberties from warhammer just shows that you are in fact, the one misinformed.

Well for knowledge reasons, can you please link me to the source that says Starcraft was to be a WH40k based game? I am fairly certain this is false, as Warcraft was supposed to be based off of Warhammer, but that was indeed denied by Games Workshop which helps explain why the two are so similar and often it is often thought that this controversy was over Starcraft instead of Warcraft.

The Terrans and Space Marines are by no means original for either series and neither are the Zerg and Tyranids. The Tyranids actually took on less humanoid shapes after the Zerg were created, so even the similarities aren't rip offs. Besides, the Tyranids pose enormous space fleets and powerful titanic monsters focused on the consumption of all resources. The Zerg lack the titanic quality and are pure numbers based off the desire to achieve genetic perfection which is a trait bestowed upon them by a master race (Xel'Naga). Two distinct cliche-ridden alien groups.

Also, I absolutely love Tychus Finlay's voice. He is going to be a real treat in the campaign.

I meant to say warhammer, not WH40k. I keep mixing them up, my bad. My point still stands I believe. Its not appropriate to call starcraft a total rip off I did say that Starcraft was different enough to be its own thing, but its easy to see where blizz got its inspiration from. There is some validity in saying that.

That hasn't stopped me from playing both games and enjoying both stories and characters, but a lot of credit is due GW I believe.

 

[Blind0bserver]

I already saw the trailer, but that doesn't answer my main question.

What IS Starcraft? And why should I buy it?
I get the feeling that Blizzard is concentrating their marketing on people who played the original game, because I have no idea what it is.

As someone that did play the original Starcraft I can tell you that you pretty much hit the nail squarely on the head, especially because the first chunk of the trailer is an "iconic" scene from the original laboriously re-crafted from it's top-down sketchy in-game scripted sequence original to, well, this.

Sure, Blizzard is marketing to the fans and people that played SC1, but that's still a target demographic of 12 million people, give-or-take the entirety of South Korea. They already know who their target market is here, and they're sure as hell pandering to them, which is fine because they know exactly what the fan base wants. They aren't necessarily looking to convert people like you that haven't played Starcraft before, they're aiming for the people familiar with the brand.

Don't worry, they'll get around to you eventually. Just like how WoW grew beyond the Warcraft fanbase via reviews, press and general word-of-mouth Blizzard will get around to explaining what Starcraft "is" to people like you at one point or another. Probably when they're done counting the money from the launch sales

You have found this informative,
~V

 

[zahr]

The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines.

Haha, wow, I think you spelled Bugs and Xenomorphs, and Sardaukar and Mobile Infantry, a bit wrong.

obvious troll is obvious

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're not familiar with Starship Troopers, Alien, or Dune.

 

[Pariahwulfen]

The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines.

Haha, wow, I think you spelled Bugs and Xenomorphs, and Sardaukar and Mobile Infantry, a bit wrong.

obvious troll is obvious

So it's gonna be, like, a knock-off of Warhammer 40K?

And it's real-time strategy, so that trailer is essentially meaningless.

I suggest you do some research on both games; maybe, you know actually *le gasp* play both games before you so thoroughly stick your head up your ass.

Its the irrational Starcraft haters, treating the game as if it killed their firstborn, that are every bit as annoying as the Starcraft fanboys. At least the fanboys have reasons why they like the game, besides the fact that its been the most popular RTS for the last 12 years I mean.

I've played both games. The fact that blizz ripped off the warhammer 40k universe in very apparent. In fact, starcraft was going to be a warhammer 40k rts, but GW told them "no". The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines. Not to say that warhammer 40k is totally original, but that doesn't change the facts here.

Now, starcraft is by no means the same game. Its different enough to be its own thing and its fun in its own way. But to deny that it took some liberties from warhammer just shows that you are in fact, the one misinformed.

Well for knowledge reasons, can you please link me to the source that says Starcraft was to be a WH40k based game? I am fairly certain this is false, as Warcraft was supposed to be based off of Warhammer, but that was indeed denied by Games Workshop which helps explain why the two are so similar and often it is often thought that this controversy was over Starcraft instead of Warcraft.

The Terrans and Space Marines are by no means original for either series and neither are the Zerg and Tyranids. The Tyranids actually took on less humanoid shapes after the Zerg were created, so even the similarities aren't rip offs. Besides, the Tyranids pose enormous space fleets and powerful titanic monsters focused on the consumption of all resources. The Zerg lack the titanic quality and are pure numbers based off the desire to achieve genetic perfection which is a trait bestowed upon them by a master race (Xel'Naga). Two distinct cliche-ridden alien groups.

Also, I absolutely love Tychus Finlay's voice. He is going to be a real treat in the campaign.

The change to the Tyranids was due to GW losing a copyright battle with Blizzard over a loophole and then using it against them.

Uh, the tyranids changed to look more like the Zerg because of copyright? That sounds odd and I don't understand what that changes.

Like I said it's a loop hole, if I remember correctly it was something about not being able to copyright the way something looks. To put it simply GW lost, then changed the 'Nids, Blizz saw them change the 'Nids and sued then lost over the EXACT same thing.

 

[Pariahwulfen]

The Zerg and the Terrans are blatant rip offs of the Tyranids and the Space marines.

Haha, wow, I think you spelled Bugs and Xenomorphs, and Sardaukar and Mobile Infantry, a bit wrong.

obvious troll is obvious

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're not familiar with Starship Troopers, Alien, or Dune.

I am, however GW has mentioned that the Genestelaers were "inspired by" off of the critters from Alien and the space marines were based off of the Mobile Infantry at various Gamesdays. Also the pure rancor in your posts denoted the reference to trolling. :\

 

[ilion]

Insert epic music, one liners, and thats it. Iam going to watch Bosch monologue from freespace 2 again. . . and yes i like starcraft.