StarCraft II Official! (Pictures)

[Lavarinth]

What does it matter what the game looks like, everyone thought WC3 was gonna be amazing and it wasn't that great.

Ok? And that means or was said because..?

[Whiplash!]

wc3 was still a huge success, and starcraft II will be as well.

[Marine]

What does it matter what the game looks like, everyone thought WC3 was gonna be amazing and it wasn't that great.

Fatburger are you like negative about the games of Blizzard? WarCraft 3 was a great success all of their games were, WarCraft 3 is their number seventh best seller game.

E3 starts tomorrow, and Blizzard is going to show some SC2 stuff there. Let's hope we get new in-game footage featuring Terrans or Zerg... 

Ya Lav is right Blizzcon most likely, also since the demo is coming out at Blizzcon for the first time its most likely after Blizzcon we all for the public will be able to enjoy the StarCraft 2 demo.

[Zilla-]

What does it matter what the game looks like, everyone thought WC3 was gonna be amazing and it wasn't that great.

Fatburger are you like negative about the games of Blizzard? WarCraft 3 was a great success all of their games were, WarCraft 3 is their number seventh best seller game.

Best seller =/= good. Look at Beyond good and evil for an example of th inverse.

[AA7Dragoon]

Well Blizzard has released information on the Warp Ray.  One such quote caught my attention:

One such creation is the warp ray, a new capital vessel that many believe will eventually replace the venerable protoss carrier as flagship of the protoss fleet.

Interesting.  It seems the Carrier is to be replaced with the Warp Ray serving as the new "flagship" to the Protoss fleet.  This must mean the Warp Ray must have a lot of hit points and shields compromable to the carrier.

I think the graphics to the Warp Ray are unique and fresh.  Notice how you can tell when the Damage Over Time weapon increases in strength when the Warp Ray channels extra beams of energy into the prismatic crystal.  Very cool.

[Marine]

Hm I heard that on starcraft.wikia that the warp ray would not replace the Carrior but the yet to be announced by Blizzard is: Protoss Tempest

Protoss Tempest.


The Protoss Tempest is a powerful air unit in StarCraft II. Like the Carrier from the the original StarCraft and Brood War, the Tempest has powerful shields and, while having no armaments of its own, carries a number of small fighter-type drones that launch, surround and swarm a target, doing little damage individually but significant damage when combined whilst maneuvering rapidly, making it difficult to destroy. The Drones are called Disc fighters. The Tempest is strong against ground targets, but is ill-equipped to handle air-to-air encounters; it has no air defense whatsoever becuase its shields only activate from ground attacks.

[Lavarinth]

I was about to ask, if the Warp Ray is the new flagship, then what kind of stats will the Tempest have?

[IskatuMesk]

Watching the demo, the Warp Ray's stats aren't that impressive at all. BC's can still 1shot them with yamato readily and marines tear them apart pretty fast. The Tempest doesn't have much health, either, especially against air.

[Fatburger666]

I'm not negative, Blizzard has created some very great games, I was just saying WC3 wasn't as good as it should of been.

[Lavarinth]

I'm not negative, Blizzard has created some very great games, I was just saying WC3 wasn't as good as it should of been.

In your opinion.

[IskatuMesk]

Wc3 is like sticking a fork into your belly button and twisting and twisting and TWISTING.

[Marine]

Watching the demo, the Warp Ray's stats aren't that impressive at all. BC's can still 1shot them with yamato readily and marines tear them apart pretty fast. The Tempest doesn't have much health, either, especially against air.

True, because the carrier and BC have similar stats in the game of the original SC. And the tempest now replacing the carrier has a weak defence against air-to-air combat its just that it has a more destructive force against ground defenses. So that online now people wont mass them!

[Meta]

I think the SC2 Carrier will be closer to a Guardian, actually. No AA shield defenses, and we don't know if their Interceptors can attack air.

Btw, check the new screenshots on IGN.com. Some of them show reavers, ghosts, templar, archon, great statues of Protoss, volcanoes and other cool stuff.

Player colours look great IMO. 

[WB]

Yes, player colors do look great. Also, this makes me think that carriers can attack air.

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article ... 602126.jpg

Notice the lack of enemy ground, and the deployed interceptors.

[chris]

so they CAN attack air units.
I think the tempest is merely a downgraded carrier.