Beam-lasers and plasma-missiles are flying, but they're quickly countered by a new transforming unit: the Viking. The old-school battlecruiser class units arrive, toting their new weapon upgrades. Being able to react faster makes the Terrans more versatile than they were as a faction in the original game. Starcraft has always been fast and furious, but it has also always been about knowing how and when to counter enemy units. Being able to alter the capabilities of your base, perhaps by simply shifting the focus of production from vehicles to infantry, in just a couple of seconds, could dictate the course of an ongoing battle. As anyone who has played the fast-paced original Starcraft will know, being able to change tactics within a few seconds can be really tough. This allows a commander to reconfigure production on the fly. The first thing they show off is the way that different parts of a Terran base can be detached and flown to land on various other auxiliary base units. They cheerily narrate a sequence of small battles intended to illustrated the ever-unfolding tactical complexity of the new Starcraft game. The first thing we're going to see is a demonstration of the Terran faction as re-imagined by designer Chris Signaty and producer Dustin Browder. The long boardroom table is crammed with PCs, each one with its own set of ludicrous internal LEDs and flickering RAM temperature gauges. We're ushered past giant models of Starcraft Ghosts and threatening Warcraft orks and into a hi-tech boardroom with LCD screens adorning each wall. That and the nine-minute Protoss gameplay trailer.īlizzard's office in Orange County, California is a (non-alien) hive of activity. So after the jump I've posted an extract from my PC Format feature, published in 2007.
If they keep this up we'll be properly fed up by the time it hits.Īnyway, it occurs to me that I've not pointed out that I was one of the first people outside Blizzard to get to play Starcraft 2. It's interesting that Blizzard are really cranking up the Starcraft 2 hype this month, especially when rumours suggest the game is still so far off.
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