StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm opening cinematic will have you begging for more

Binh Nguyen 22 Jan, 2013 at 4:05am ET Article published in Gaming

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1. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 4:34am Winfrey Blizzard's gotten pretty good at cinematics for their games.
2. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 4:34am pigflipper Damnit, now I want to buy it. Crap.
3. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 5:03am Theironhand I think I may re-download Starcraft II......
4. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 6:30am MrTRiot I wasn't actually that impressed with sc2. Blizzard seems to drop the ball on sequels *cough*d3*cough*
5. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 8:11am MiracleManS I liked SC2's story some. It felt odd, but still not horrible. This looks interesting.
   
   And I also still liked D3 :-P
6. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 11:34am NullenVoyd

   Blizzard's gotten pretty good at cinematics for their games.

   Wait, they make games?
7. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 11:36am MAGIC

   Blizzard's gotten pretty good at cinematics for their games.

   Wait, they make games?

   To support their cinematics.
8. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 11:50am CB Wilhelm scream @ 1:44
9. 
   22 Jan 2013 ~ 8:16pm pseudonym

   Wilhelm scream @ 1:44

   Why is it necessary to put this in EVERYTHING?!?! Is there some requirement for filmakers written into every contract to use it or the robotic Walt Disney will be released on the world to wreak havoc and destroy humanity?
   
   Honestly, what is the reason? Because I hate it.
   
10. 
    22 Jan 2013 ~ 8:17pm shwaip HotS HotS HotS HotS
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    22 Jan 2013 ~ 8:47pm Koreish

    Wilhelm scream @ 1:44

    Why is it necessary to put this in EVERYTHING?!?! Is there some requirement for filmakers written into every contract to use it or the robotic Walt Disney will be released on the world to wreak havoc and destroy humanity?

    
    
    Honestly, what is the reason? Because I hate it.
    

    They put it in because it's a free sound byte.
12. 
    22 Jan 2013 ~ 9:49pm CB It's become a sort of inside joke among television and film producers and sound engineers. It's almost reached tradition status, that the scream should go somewhere in nearly every action film, but honestly, once you've done a bit of sound engineering and you've heard and used the stock sound effects that every editor has access to, you start to hear those sound effects in everything. The wilhelm scream is one of the more noticeable, but everything from door slams to tire screeches to bird calls come out of that collection, and it gets used a lot. Very few show make their own sound effects. (The Simpsons is an example of a show that rarely uses the stock sounds)
13. 
    23 Jan 2013 ~ 12:26am fatcat so does this mean Starcraft 2 is 2/3 complete?
    
    cause yanno I'm waiting on Starcraft 2 battlechest lol
14. 
    23 Jan 2013 ~ 1:28am Church4252

    so does this mean Starcraft 2 is 2/3 complete?
    
    cause yanno I'm waiting on Starcraft 2 battlechest lol

    Yes, it will be 2/3 complete since the last one will focus on the Protoss. lol
    
15. 
    24 Jan 2013 ~ 8:38am Tim Judging by the video, it looks like Blizzard has nerfed Terran AGAIN! That's all Blizzard is good for, taking the class I played and constantly taking away abilities and slowing their build order down and weakening units and making it harder and harder just to maintain a decent win/loss ratio, much less get ahead!
16. 
    24 Jan 2013 ~ 11:08am cola

    Judging by the video, it looks like Blizzard has nerfed Terran AGAIN! That's all Blizzard is good for, taking the class I played and constantly taking away abilities and slowing their build order down and weakening units and making it harder and harder just to maintain a decent win/loss ratio, much less get ahead!

    It's a cinematic. It has literally no relation to game balance. Your win/loss ratio is based solely on your ability to play the game as is.
17. 
    24 Jan 2013 ~ 11:24am shwaip Terran is basically manhandling the other two races in the beta, just fyi.
    
    Also cola, you'll be happy to know that they decreased the cost and build time of the DT shrine.
18. 
    24 Jan 2013 ~ 12:53pm GnomeWizardd Drool, so happy to get a laptop that will play
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    24 Jan 2013 ~ 3:43pm Koreish

    Judging by the video, it looks like Blizzard has nerfed Terran AGAIN! That's all Blizzard is good for, taking the class I played and constantly taking away abilities and slowing their build order down and weakening units and making it harder and harder just to maintain a decent win/loss ratio, much less get ahead!

    I don't know how much attention you've been paying attention to the beta but Terran really needed a nerf. The Warhound was just way to good freaking killed everything, was cheap, and only cost two supply, could have 5 of them within 8 min. I play Terran too and even I know that Terran has been OP as shit all beta.
    
    
20. 
    24 Jan 2013 ~ 3:53pm cola Hehe, I had heard that they were making the Dark Shrine more affordable, I'm going to be picking up HotS when it drops so I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.
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    25 Jan 2013 ~ 2:37pm shwaip

    Hehe, I had heard that they were making the Dark Shrine more affordable, I'm going to be picking up HotS when it drops so I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.

    Fyi if you pre order from Amazon you get beta access
22. 
    25 Jan 2013 ~ 2:54pm primesuspect Pre-order Heart of the Swarm, get beta access
23. 
    25 Jan 2013 ~ 9:14pm Tim It says get beta access within 5-8 days! I WANT IT AS SOON AS I ORDER!!!!!
24. 
    26 Jan 2013 ~ 2:02am Church4252 yeah, said the same thing for me too =(
25. 
    26 Jan 2013 ~ 2:41am mertesn

    It says get beta access within 5-8 days! I WANT IT AS SOON AS I ORDER!!!!!

    Tough shit.
26. 
    26 Jan 2013 ~ 10:26am shwaip I got mine immediately. There's a wait now because asshats were pre ordering, getting the key, then cancelling.
27. 
    26 Jan 2013 ~ 11:52am Winfrey I bet Tim would never attempt such a thing.
28. 
    27 Jan 2013 ~ 1:14pm GnomeWizardd Ordered and waiting