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Posted Mar 10, 2008 02:28 AM by Ahzz

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More content, such as progamers opinions of the game, some in-game videos, screenshots etc. are out!

Here is a high quality trailer by gametrailers which has a short cinematic in the beginning and scenes of the 9 minute gameplay trailer

Zerg gameplay video- features the new zerg units in Starcraft 2, and why not some of the old too I guess?

Progamer feedback- Commonly known Starcraft progamers voice their opinion of the game and new Zerg units. Jaedong says that he likes the fact that Zerg now has a lot of new casters, and that the queen got new spells which made it more powerful. He also said that Mutalisk micro is a lot harder now. He also says that in Starcraft 2 the Zerg is more macro-concentrated than before.
Stork, like most of the other progamers said that he liked the graphics. Pretty much all of the progamers said that the game had a very Starcraftish feeling and that they liked the game quite a bit. NaDa was a little bit dissapointed with Terran though, as they hardly felt different from the Terrans in Starcraft while the other two races got a lot of new stuff.

Here are a few high quality screenshots by thisisgame.com:

Screenshot 1Screenshot 2Screenshot 3
Screenshot 4Screenshot 5Screenshot 6
Screenshot 7Screenshot 8Screenshot 9
Screenshot 10Screenshot 11Screenshot 12
Screenshot 13Screenshot 14Screenshot 15


Zerg announcement interview is also out, hosted by SCLegacy. The developers say that it's been taking a while since blizzard has several other projects going on. They are not going to rush the game or give any date though, as they plan on going for perfection which blizzard is well known for. Check out the full interview yourself!

About the new units...

The Roach has 90 HP, it's very fast and seems like a very useful unit in general. It will quickly regenerate to 100% unless it's killed fast. Stork thought that this specific unit was unfair.

The Infestor seems like a replacement for defiler, it has plague and dark swarm like it's predecessor, but it also seems to be capable of infesting a building and building infested Terrans out of them. The only confirmed buildings which it seems to work on are the Command Center, Barracks, and the Supply depot. It can also move while Burrowed.

Corruptor is an air-to-air unit which 'corrupts' enemy air units turning them against one-another.

Swarm Guardian has the ability to create Broodlings, little is known so far, but sure seems like a fine unit.

...And regarding the old units

The Overlord now needs an upgrade before it can detect cloaked or invisible units.

The Zerglings recieved no new abilities, they can morph to Banelings as we already knew though. A new design as well.

The Infested Terrans now use rifles instead of suiciding

The Ultralisk can now burrow as well, along with pretty much every Zerg ground unit.

The Baneling is 'old' since we already knew of it since the WWI, no drastic changes seem to have happened to them.

The Hydralsisk are as we knew them, however, they now look more lethal and are much larger than before. There is speculation that they have a melee attack.

The Lurkers are now visible even while burrowed.

The Nydus Worm can transport units below the ground anywhere in the map the Zerg player has vision of.

The Drones and Mutalisks seem to have no drastic changes graphic of function-wise from the original Starcraft, except that Mutalisks are now harder to micro.

Thanks to SCLegacy for the descriptions!

(note that this newspost is constantly expanding while I find more of the game!)


rimemaiden
1
This is freaking awsome!!!! But..uhh....what happend to screenshot 5? Maybe it got eaten by an ultralisk?

  Mar 10, 2008
03:30 AM EST

Ahzz (Section Moderator)
2
fixed

  Mar 10, 2008
03:44 AM EST

rimemaiden
3
Awsome dude, thanks!

  Mar 10, 2008
04:04 AM EST

TheCritic
4
what are those beetle like things that moves like the naga.

poor Thors

Man this is getting really, really interesting. Did yall see that scene with teh huge ass army? Also why does Kerri sound like a whore.

  Mar 10, 2008
08:14 AM EST

MedavassD
5
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ZERG ARE SO FREAKING GANGSTA!!!!! THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5TH COMMENT!

  Mar 10, 2008
08:22 AM EST

zebrazach
6
So they described all those units, but what is that one really big unit that is larger than an ultralisk and killed the rines in one hit, then at the end battle for the gameplay trailer that lasted like 3 minutes it was the unit that was like just chillin at the back of the battle like urgin on every one... is that what it does? lol but ya the zerg are deffinatly my favorite right now... they will be so cool for the story just reapperaing and everything... THE ZERG WILL BE MUCH MUCH MORE THAN THE SWARM!!!

  Mar 10, 2008
08:54 AM EST

DashRendaer
7
w00t!!!
Check the five beam Collosi!
I need to find it on a higher res so's i can tell whats goin on in the last battle part. It looks like dealing with the Zerg is gonna be a whole new ballgame...

  Mar 10, 2008
09:37 AM EST

tremaparagon
8
Speechless, I am lost for words. OK those were my words. And those. OK all of these.

  Mar 10, 2008
09:55 AM EST

MedavassD
9
Look at the bottom-right corner of screenshot 15. There is a unit there slightly smaller than the ultralisk. Is that the roach? or mabey the infestor? Could someone tell me please?

  Mar 10, 2008
10:25 AM EST

Protogod (Senior Moderator)
10
The unit in screenshot 15 is the New Queen.

  Mar 10, 2008
10:55 AM EST

MedavassD
11
Oh, thanks. It also looks like a ground unit. Just saying.

MedavassD.

  Mar 10, 2008
11:11 AM EST

TheHyperion
12
I don't get it. What determines the number of infested terrans that come out of infested buildings? (in this case, barracks)

  Mar 10, 2008
11:15 AM EST

neobowman
13
Special ability. The infested marines are slower than regular ones but they have the same power. Probably no stim though. Roach is a stupid name imo.

  Mar 10, 2008
11:22 AM EST

broodbuddy
14
Epic news

  Mar 10, 2008
11:27 AM EST

DevilKing71
15
The vid was awesome. And the unit that was killing the marines in one hit was the new QUEEN!!! Yes, she IS now a ground unit. But I think that roach is a stupid name though. -.-

  Mar 10, 2008
11:37 AM EST

Dahurz
16
Thay must be stoped and i have to stop them holy crap!

  Mar 10, 2008
11:55 AM EST

cmalberg
17
Nothing cheers the heart quite like swarms of zerglings. And I must admit that while I wasn't thrilled with the first view of the ultralisks, that was down right awesome. Wow. My only complaint is the some-what cartoonish building design. That and not being able to recognize units, but I am sure that will soon end. Hope to see the Zerg section up on the website soon!

  Mar 10, 2008
12:14 PM EST

hydra
18
Fantastic clip great new units and the old look even better.

  Mar 10, 2008
12:25 PM EST

ryuugaki
19
IS DAT SUM INFESTED MARINES, STRAIGHT FROM THE BARRACKS!?

Kerrigan's voice is annoying. Meh.

  Mar 10, 2008
12:27 PM EST

masterofhobbiton
20
I think the most interesting thing is the attacking buildings in the gameplay vid.

  Mar 10, 2008
12:35 PM EST

illisid
21
first off... o[O_o]o
WOWOWOWOWOWOW!! loving the ultralisks and infestors. my jaw literally dropped.

who wants to take bets on how much the roach is going to get nerfed? i say its waay too good if it regens as fast as they say it does...

and i dont like some of the models. like the hatchery and the hydralisk and the lurker / roach (too similar). but hey this is the first unveiling. things are likely not going to stay the same.

  Mar 10, 2008
01:39 PM EST

killava
22
HELL YES! Finally a video of SC2 ZERG! Hahahaha...Burrowing Ultras..
Although it sucks that they removed the Lurker's invisibility. Hydras look AWESOME though.

  Mar 10, 2008
03:55 PM EST

Intranetusa
23
1. burrowing ultras = bleh
2. hydras lost their signature head-plate = :'(
3. less zerg blood/bodies when they die = >.<


  Mar 11, 2008
02:00 AM EST

Preator345
24
Does this mean on the SC2 site that the Zerg File is open?

  Mar 11, 2008
02:25 AM EST

DraskyVanderhoff
25
YAODOM! O.o well I'm Freaking Happy ...
Perfect Unit's:
Ultralisk
Hydralisk
Mutalisk
Corruptors ( Need a new name -.-)
Zerglings
BaneLings
Nydus Worm ( GREAT ! )
Queen ( I want to know more about her )
Infested Marines : YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OverLords : He Could Create Creep O.o WOW!
Unit's that Need to work :
Roach : Change the name please! like CHokelisk or something . Cool regenerate power but may be 60 hp will be more correct...
Lurkers : Didn't like the design , make then more aggressive look like the hydralisk... if I were a hydralisk and Kerrigan make me morph into a lurker , I really preffer to be a Banelign
Infestors : The Worst Design I ever seen!!! Please not some bad horror thing with many mouth would be a zerg... something more insect like not Fat ugly boy like ! . INFESTOR'S ABILITY IS AWESOME!

Buildings : They are very much Orc like -.- the colors and some times the form are not zerg like , especially the extractor -.- ... The best was the Spire and other that don't know the name... But even the hatchery was really wrong ... Make then more Fleshy and Aggressive like , with thin Spines in every place...


Please a official Gameplay video like the terrans or prottos . Thanks a lot Blizz IM REALLY HAPPY!


  Mar 11, 2008
06:18 AM EST

britishbrat
26
In screen shot 11 if you look to the top right u can see the infested marines up close.

I agree w/ Drasky...the zerg look a little bit too much like the orcs...and some of the unit names are kinda cheesy. Lurkers need an upgrade apperance wise...and should be able to NOT be seen when burrowed...that was the whole strategy!!! The infestors NEED a new name and look. I don't really like the whole poor liquid on the buildings to infest them idea...it should like wrap it in tenticales or somethin...

  Mar 12, 2008
10:46 PM EST

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