[gb]StarCraft 2[/gb]
Ontwikkelaar: Blizzard Entertainment
Uitgever: Blizzard Entertainment
Genre: Real-time strategy
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows , Mac OS
Spelers: Single player, Multiplayer
Releasedatum: 27 Juli 2010
Officiële Website:http://eu.starcraft2.com/
[gb]Informatie/gb]
What is StarCraft II?
StarCraft II is the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game, and the sequel to the hit original, StarCraft. The game will include three completely distinct and balanced races, the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg, which have been overhauled and re-imagined with a number of new units for each, as well as new tricks for some of the classic units that are returning
The campaign storyline of StarCraft II takes place four years after StarCraft: Brood War, and features the return of a number of characters from the original series; including Zeratul, Arcturus Mengsk, Artanis, Sarah Kerrigan, and Jim Raynor. Players will also revisit the original series' worlds, like Char, Mar Sara, and Braxis; as well as new worlds, such as the jungle planet Bel'Shir. It has been confirmed that the Xel'Naga, the ancient space-faring race responsible for creating the Protoss and the Zerg, will play a major role in the story
At the conclusion of Brood War, Kerrigan and her Zerg forces became the dominant faction in the Koprulu Sector, having annihilated the United Earth Directorate's Expeditionary Force, defeated the Terran Dominion, and invaded the Protoss homeworld of Aiur. However, after the conclusion of Brood War, Kerrigan retreats to Char, despite having more than enough power to crush all remaining resistance in the Koprulu Sector. In the four years leading up to the events of StarCraft II, she has not been seen or heard from by any of the other characters; although her ultimate attack may come at any moment.
Arcturus Mengsk has been left to rebuild the Dominion, and is consolidating his power while fending off harassment from rival Terran groups. Valerian Mengsk, a character introduced in the novel Firstborn, will play an important role in Dominion politics, due to his position as heir apparent to the throne. Meanwhile, Jim Raynor, whose role in the events of StarCraft and Brood War has been marginalized by the media under the Dominion's control, has been reduced to mercenary status, and has been shown to be doing business with the "Moebius Foundation", a new faction which is interested in ancient Xel'Naga artifacts. Chris Metzen, Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard, has emphasized that by the events of StarCraft II, Raynor has become jaded and embittered by the way he was used and betrayed by Arcturus Mengsk. Other new characters to the series include Tychus Findlay, first introduced in the StarCraft II teaser cinematic, a marine who will be a member of Raynor's crew, and Matt Horner, Raynor's second in command, a character originally featured in the novel Queen of Blades.
Following the fall of Aiur and the death of their matriarch Raszagal, the Protoss have retreated to the dark templar homeworld of Shakuras. There, Artanis, a former student of Tassadar, is trying to unify the Khalai Protoss and the dark templar, who have nearly separated into a tribal mindset as a result of centuries of distrust. Zeratul, tormented over the murder of his matriarch, has disappeared to search for clues to the meaning of Samir Duran's cryptic statements regarding the Protoss/Zerg hybrids in Brood War's secret mission "Dark Origin".
Protoss units:
- Tempest
Vernieuwde carrier.
- Twilight Archon
Voor zover bekend zelfde werking als de Archon.
- Soul Hunter
Schiet een groene straal.
- Zealot
Bijna hetzelfde als in SC, echter hebben nu ook een charge ability. Die charge ability is waarschijnlijk een upgrade.
Some Zealots have even developed the ability to turn their body into pure energy for a few microseconds. This allows them to move at lightning fast speeds and strike suddenly against an enemy that thinks they are out of range.
- Immortals
Dragoons in een nieuw jasje gegoten. Hebben nu 2 phase disrupters, en onder zwaar vuur wordt een shield activated. Ziet er naar uit dat ze ideaal blijven vs tanks.
- Stalkers
Dark Templars in een Dragoon jasje. Kunnen zichzelf teleporteren over korte afstanden.
- Phase Prism
Transport schip. Both living and inorganic subjects can be transformed into energy, and their unique energy signature imprinted into the prism's crystal lattice core. Upon reaching the destination point the operation is reversed and the stored energy signatures are reconfigured into matter in proximity to the phase prism.
Kan tevens dienen als tijdelijke Pylon.
- Colossus
Gigantische unit, 2 lazers. Kan over hoogte verschillen in terrein heen stappen. Vermoedelijk heel krachtig (2 colossus > 50 lings), maar zwak tegen luchtaanvallen.
- Phoenix
Twin ion blaster. Effectief in air vs air combat, minder effectief tegen grond units. Kan tevens tijdelijk zichzelf overbelasten en een flinke area of effect damage doen, echter daarna is het schip enkele seconden disabled.
- Warprey
Flying unit. DPS wordt steeds hoger naarmate ze blijven schieten. Wel makkelijk neer te halen.
- Mothership
Protoss' troefkaart. Er kan er maar 1 tegelijk actief zijn en hebben 3 abilities:
- Time Bomb - Unleashing this attack surrounds the ship in a translucent spherical field capable of stopping incoming missiles. When the field times out, the missiles drop to the ground like harmless Tic-Tacs.
- Planet Cracker - Fires a battery of laser beams (the Protoss like lasers, apparently) at the ground, quickly wiping out whatever's lurking underneath the ship. This ability is particularly useful because the mothership can be ordered around while the Cracker fires, acting like a tornado through a trailer park.
- Black Hole - tears a hole in the fabric of "insert nerdy science-fiction term" and actually sucks in whatever units surround it. In the demonstration we saw Blizzard trigger a black hole around about four Terran Battle Cruisers, wiping them out within a few seconds.
Protoss Buildings:
- Pylon
Levert de energie die nodig is om je gebouwen draaiende te houden.
- Phase Cannon
Voor zover bekend zelfde werking als in SC, echter nu kan je ze ook verplaatsen binnen je aaneensluitend pylon field.
- Stargate
Produceert je flying units.
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Terran Units
- Marine
Nog weinig over bekend, zit er wel in.
- Siege Tank
Voor zover bekend zelfde werking als in SC.
- Reaper
2 verschillende kanonnen, en kunnen over terrein heen springen.
- Battlecruiser
Voor zover bekend zelfde werking als in SC.
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Zerg Units:
- Zergling
Zelfde als in SC, echter nu met een suicide ability.
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[gb]Screenshots/gb]
[gb]Filmpjes en meer/gb]
Preview
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/preview-starcraft-ii/65255
Cinematic Teaser HD
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/cinematic-trailer-starcraft-ii/19777
BlizzCon Zerg vs Terran Trailer HD
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/blizzcon-08-starcraft-ii/41335
Footage:
Screens zowel hier als hier te vinden.
20 mins gameplay trailer, cinematic trailer en gameplay trailer: klik.
Artikel over de zover bekende gameplay: klik.
International roundtable WWI: klik.
(Zou een mod even de filmpjes goed kunne zetten zodat mensen ze via het forum kunnen bekijken? krijg ze niet 100% goed vandaar de links)
Ik zal proberen deze post zoveel mogelijk up to date te houden, heb je zelf updates gevonden die er nog niet in staan post ze hier gerust met eventueel een bronvermelding erbij.