Post by Demonjay on May 30, 2007 9:58:55 GMT -1
ok people
its finally coming starcraft 2
here is some info i found on it
General FAQ I guess.
Official StarCraft2 Site: www.starcraft2.com
First and foremost, the official Blizzard FAQ is located here: www.starcraft2.com/faq.xml
Video links at the bottom.
Blizzard Announced StarCraft 2 (SC2) on May 19, 2007
Information from:
www.gamespot.com/news/6171172.html ; tinyurl.com/3a6pzu ; pc.ign.com/articles/790/790158p1.html
History
StarCraft 2 started development in 2003, after WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne was done. SC2 is/was developed by a team of 40 people.
General Information
Story/Races
- There will only be 3 races: Protoss, Terran, Zerg (confirmed by sources)
- The Story takes place 4 years after Broodwar
- Xel'Naga will play a role in the story.
- Each race has new units.
- The Terran and Zerg will not have a mothership-like unit.
Mechanics
- Units attacking from cliffs will still be covered by Fog-of-War.
Technical Stuff
- You will be able to change the camera angle/position
- There will be variable game speeds.
- There is no limit to how many units you may have selected
- There will be a map editor (Scumedit) and mod tools (Startool)
- Blizzard is encouraging the viewing of replays to create the excitement of competitions
- Blizzard will add new features to Battle.net
Requirements
- The game will run on Windows XP/Vista and Mac OSX
- There are no minimum requirements as of yet. The game will use PixelShader 2.0
- The game will use a new Engine, not a modified WCIII one.
- The game will also be using the Havoc Physics Engine
- The graphics will be scalable so the game can run on a wider range of hardware.
New Units/Abilities
(Note: Names may not be exact. I am taking this from the videos, and some names are hard to hear)
Protoss:
Units:
Immortals:
These replace the Dragoon. There are no more Dragoons. They have a special shield that only activates when hit by a powerful attack. This shield protects it from heavy damaging units (eg. Siege Tank), while it is still vulnerable to less powerful attacks.
Phase Prisms:
A flying unit that can create a power field anywhere. Like a mobile Pylon.
Stalkers:
Small walker unit. Like an Immortal, but a Dark Templar version. Is fast and has a cannon. Can also blink (warp) to an area in it's sight range.
Colossus:
Huge walker with 4 long legs. Can step over cliffs. Sweeps a beam weapon across the battlefield to attack multiple targets at once. Works well for groups of small targets.
Phoenix:
Flying unit. Has an ability to attack all nearby units.
Mothership:
Large, spinning air unit. You can only make 1 at a time. Can fire many lasers at multiple targes. Can create a forcefield that stops bullets from hitting it. Can fire lasers straight down under it for a sustained period, damaging any unit under it. Very powerful. Can take down multiple BattleCruisers.
Warp Ray:
Flying unit with a front cone made up of spinning pannels. The pannels open like a bud, and it fires a continuous laser. The more it fires on one target, the more damage it does.
Abilities:
Dash:
Zealots will dash into their enemies when they got close to them.
Warp:
The Protoss can create units anywhere that there is Pylon power. Can be used with the Phase Prism, as well.
Blink:
Stalkers use this to teleport around areas in it's sight range.
Overload:
Ability that allows the Phoenix to attack all nearby enemies. They are rendered disabled for a short time after it's use.
Black Hole:
Mothership ability. It creates a small black-hole on a point on the map. Draws in units near it and destroys them instantly, for a period of time. (Air Only, perhaps)
Time Bomb:
Mothership ability. It creates a field around the ship that will stop bullets for a period of time.
Planet Cracker:
Mothership ability. Fires lasers straight down under the mother ship for a period of time. Heavily damages whatever is under the Mothership. The mothership can move while firing this.
Terran:
Units:
Reapers:
Units armed with 2 pistols. They can use a jump ability to jump cliffs either way. Their weaker pistols can hit through the Immortal shields. They also move very fast.
Abilities:
Jump:
Reaper ability that allows it to avoid some terrain obstacles, such as cliffs..
Zerg:
Units:
Banelings:
A Zergling morph. They roll along the ground and explode in a suicide attack. Like the Scourge from SC1, but on the ground. (Baylings?)
Abilities
Nydus Worm:
Sends units to a location on the map. Like a mobile Nydus Canal.
Morph to Baneling:
Zerglings morph into suicidal rolling units.
Old Units
Protoss:
-Zealot
-Templar
Terran:
-SCV
-Marine (w/ Shield)
-Ghost
-Siege Tank
-Battle Cruiser
Zerg:
-Zergling
-Mutalisk
Videos
Gameplay:
youtube.com/watch?v=Sog2k6s7xVQ
youtube.com/watch?v=aJDFw4TGWmo
youtube.com/watch?v=_TR7nGISEfc
tinyurl.com/2ygbq4
Trailer:
youtube.com/watch?v=A_mEDcBDPF0
GameTrailers.com:
tinyurl.com/28hsod
Additional Links
PC gamer Podcast
www.pcgamerpodcast.com/podpress_trac/web/134/0/pcgp_083_20070518.mp3
That is all the information available at the moment. Please feel free to add more in this topic.
Special Thanks
Wii (for GameSpot and official FAQ links)
BDF2000 (For Video Links)
Bald-n-Nekkid (For "Bane"ling clarification)
Bahamut89 (Unit selection info)
infinix (GameSpot video link)
htfwky (Incorporated some info from his FAQ, Other stuff too)
Math Murderer (For stickying this!)
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When's the release date?
A: The release date has not been announced yet.
Q: Blizzard never said only 3 races! They said the three races are returning! IN YO FACE!
A: Yes they did. Look at the interviews. (top links)
Q: Will there be heroes?
A: No news about heroes has been given yet, but it is assumed that there will be StarCraft-type heroes (upgraded regular units), rather than WCIII type heroes.
well people thats sounds like a loads of fun
cant wait when it hits the stores i wil defenitly get it
im stil playing part 1 and i cant get enough of it
i wil later post a vid that i found of starcraft 2
that you people must see
especialy the words of the marine at the end
oo man hes right
its finally coming starcraft 2
here is some info i found on it
General FAQ I guess.
Official StarCraft2 Site: www.starcraft2.com
First and foremost, the official Blizzard FAQ is located here: www.starcraft2.com/faq.xml
Video links at the bottom.
Blizzard Announced StarCraft 2 (SC2) on May 19, 2007
Information from:
www.gamespot.com/news/6171172.html ; tinyurl.com/3a6pzu ; pc.ign.com/articles/790/790158p1.html
History
StarCraft 2 started development in 2003, after WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne was done. SC2 is/was developed by a team of 40 people.
General Information
Story/Races
- There will only be 3 races: Protoss, Terran, Zerg (confirmed by sources)
- The Story takes place 4 years after Broodwar
- Xel'Naga will play a role in the story.
- Each race has new units.
- The Terran and Zerg will not have a mothership-like unit.
Mechanics
- Units attacking from cliffs will still be covered by Fog-of-War.
Technical Stuff
- You will be able to change the camera angle/position
- There will be variable game speeds.
- There is no limit to how many units you may have selected
- There will be a map editor (Scumedit) and mod tools (Startool)
- Blizzard is encouraging the viewing of replays to create the excitement of competitions
- Blizzard will add new features to Battle.net
Requirements
- The game will run on Windows XP/Vista and Mac OSX
- There are no minimum requirements as of yet. The game will use PixelShader 2.0
- The game will use a new Engine, not a modified WCIII one.
- The game will also be using the Havoc Physics Engine
- The graphics will be scalable so the game can run on a wider range of hardware.
New Units/Abilities
(Note: Names may not be exact. I am taking this from the videos, and some names are hard to hear)
Protoss:
Units:
Immortals:
These replace the Dragoon. There are no more Dragoons. They have a special shield that only activates when hit by a powerful attack. This shield protects it from heavy damaging units (eg. Siege Tank), while it is still vulnerable to less powerful attacks.
Phase Prisms:
A flying unit that can create a power field anywhere. Like a mobile Pylon.
Stalkers:
Small walker unit. Like an Immortal, but a Dark Templar version. Is fast and has a cannon. Can also blink (warp) to an area in it's sight range.
Colossus:
Huge walker with 4 long legs. Can step over cliffs. Sweeps a beam weapon across the battlefield to attack multiple targets at once. Works well for groups of small targets.
Phoenix:
Flying unit. Has an ability to attack all nearby units.
Mothership:
Large, spinning air unit. You can only make 1 at a time. Can fire many lasers at multiple targes. Can create a forcefield that stops bullets from hitting it. Can fire lasers straight down under it for a sustained period, damaging any unit under it. Very powerful. Can take down multiple BattleCruisers.
Warp Ray:
Flying unit with a front cone made up of spinning pannels. The pannels open like a bud, and it fires a continuous laser. The more it fires on one target, the more damage it does.
Abilities:
Dash:
Zealots will dash into their enemies when they got close to them.
Warp:
The Protoss can create units anywhere that there is Pylon power. Can be used with the Phase Prism, as well.
Blink:
Stalkers use this to teleport around areas in it's sight range.
Overload:
Ability that allows the Phoenix to attack all nearby enemies. They are rendered disabled for a short time after it's use.
Black Hole:
Mothership ability. It creates a small black-hole on a point on the map. Draws in units near it and destroys them instantly, for a period of time. (Air Only, perhaps)
Time Bomb:
Mothership ability. It creates a field around the ship that will stop bullets for a period of time.
Planet Cracker:
Mothership ability. Fires lasers straight down under the mother ship for a period of time. Heavily damages whatever is under the Mothership. The mothership can move while firing this.
Terran:
Units:
Reapers:
Units armed with 2 pistols. They can use a jump ability to jump cliffs either way. Their weaker pistols can hit through the Immortal shields. They also move very fast.
Abilities:
Jump:
Reaper ability that allows it to avoid some terrain obstacles, such as cliffs..
Zerg:
Units:
Banelings:
A Zergling morph. They roll along the ground and explode in a suicide attack. Like the Scourge from SC1, but on the ground. (Baylings?)
Abilities
Nydus Worm:
Sends units to a location on the map. Like a mobile Nydus Canal.
Morph to Baneling:
Zerglings morph into suicidal rolling units.
Old Units
Protoss:
-Zealot
-Templar
Terran:
-SCV
-Marine (w/ Shield)
-Ghost
-Siege Tank
-Battle Cruiser
Zerg:
-Zergling
-Mutalisk
Videos
Gameplay:
youtube.com/watch?v=Sog2k6s7xVQ
youtube.com/watch?v=aJDFw4TGWmo
youtube.com/watch?v=_TR7nGISEfc
tinyurl.com/2ygbq4
Trailer:
youtube.com/watch?v=A_mEDcBDPF0
GameTrailers.com:
tinyurl.com/28hsod
Additional Links
PC gamer Podcast
www.pcgamerpodcast.com/podpress_trac/web/134/0/pcgp_083_20070518.mp3
That is all the information available at the moment. Please feel free to add more in this topic.
Special Thanks
Wii (for GameSpot and official FAQ links)
BDF2000 (For Video Links)
Bald-n-Nekkid (For "Bane"ling clarification)
Bahamut89 (Unit selection info)
infinix (GameSpot video link)
htfwky (Incorporated some info from his FAQ, Other stuff too)
Math Murderer (For stickying this!)
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When's the release date?
A: The release date has not been announced yet.
Q: Blizzard never said only 3 races! They said the three races are returning! IN YO FACE!
A: Yes they did. Look at the interviews. (top links)
Q: Will there be heroes?
A: No news about heroes has been given yet, but it is assumed that there will be StarCraft-type heroes (upgraded regular units), rather than WCIII type heroes.
well people thats sounds like a loads of fun
cant wait when it hits the stores i wil defenitly get it
im stil playing part 1 and i cant get enough of it
i wil later post a vid that i found of starcraft 2
that you people must see
especialy the words of the marine at the end
oo man hes right
I saw some very cool videos of it 
