New Details For StarCraft 2's Zerg

Blizzard had a playable demo of StarCraft 2 running at Leipzig, and Kotaku's Michael McWhertor had a chance to sit down and spend some time playing the Zerg. The Zerg weren't available in previous demos; the Protoss and Terran campaigns were showcased earlier. GameSpy took the opportunity to interview two Blizzard employees about what people can expect from the game. Gameplay footage is also available which shows a Terran vs. Zerg battle. Blizzard PR rep Bob Colayco had this to say: "One thing that's new, as you go through the campaign... you know, normally in RTS games how they start you off with a couple of units and then it's like, 'Okay, two missions later we're going to give you tanks...' One of the things we're looking at doing with StarCraft II's campaign is putting the choice more in the players' hands. So maybe you like dealing more with infantry? You can purchase those upgrades and make your marines and other infantry stronger. Or else you'll save up the credits you get from the missions to get tanks sooner than you normally could."

Comments

I will never forgive the Zerg

[Anonymous Coward]

For what they did to Kerrigan.

Re:I will never forgive the Zerg

[PC and Sony Fanboy]

Me neither. I mean, what were they thinking, making her so freakin' awesome and all. Now, I can't stop thinking about her, and all other female video game protagonists have lost their appeal.

Those damn zerg. *dreamy siiiiiigh*

Re:I will never forgive the Zerg

[FuturePastNow]

But, can you forgive the Klingons for what they did to your boy?

Re:I will never forgive the Zerg

[ArcherB]

Me neither. I mean, what were they thinking, making her so freakin' awesome and all. Now, I can't stop thinking about her, and all other female video game protagonists have lost their appeal.

Those damn zerg. *dreamy siiiiiigh*

Don't forget about the rogue chick in Diablo. Something about her voice makes her blow Kerrigan away. There is no way that Kerrigan could ever compete with that voice.

(There's a joke in there somewhere)

Nor will figure skating fans forgive Jeff Gillooly

[tepples]

For what he did to Kerrigan.

Woah, all of a sudden the Zerg are out?!?

[CaptainPatent]

What's the rush??!?!

Re:Woah, all of a sudden the Zerg are out?!?

[doyoulikeworms]

I know! Can't a guy sit down and enjoy a NR 20 Year game once in a while?

Re:Woah, all of a sudden the Zerg are out?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

Zerg?

Rush?

KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE ^__________^

text added so I can add the correct amount of capital K's and E's.

Re:Linked video...

[Trent05]

It always drove me up the wall playing with ppl who INSISTED on being Protoss and INSISTED on playing on a map with pretty much unlimited resources.

Gee whiz, fighting Protoss yet again on a map that completely negates their weakness ($$). How fun.

Hopefully they'll put in a few different balancing stats/players into this one.

Video is terrible quality

[agristin]

I could see there was a Zerg base and the player was building some Zerg stuff (could barely see what it was). Then some grey blobs came in and pointed some yellow flashing triangles and then the player played poorly, made some Zerg that ate only some of the marines. Then something happend and some tanks came. I couldn't watch anymore because my eyesight was going from trying to focus on the blurry video.

Here it looked like this:

"OOO {iii"

And now you've seen the crummy movie.

Oh god find the red dot!

[TheTornOne]

***Chirp*** "Nuclear Launch Detected"

What's the rush?

[jonaskoelker]

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