BlizzCon 2011

[IskatuMesk]

Diablo trailer is okay. The writing isn't anything notable but overall much superior to the hots/wow one.

[Church]

The wow trailer made me laugh, actually.

[Thalraxal]

@Mesk: You're right, its the compression or whatever they've added to her voice that's making it worse. I still think that Helfer has problems expressing seething rage, but that compression is making it much, much worse than it should be. The Mists of Panderia trailer bugs me: I can't tell if Metzen is supposed to be Thrall or not in it. It sounds like his Thrall voice, but it's not quite, and he's talking like a out of setting narrator. Ahg. I blame the Pandas.

[IskatuMesk]

To me it seems like the problem with diction in sc2's voicing stems much deeper than just the actors. Almost none of the voices in WoL expressed any genuine emotion, most were just reading from a script. Kerrigan's, Tychus' and Raynor's actors no doubt triple the experience of every other actor they have in their entire staff, but I get the feeling they're not being pressed into putting as much energy into their voices as possible.

I know how easy it is to screw up the diction in acting this stuff and how many times I have to redo it to get it just right, and I doubt not being personally familiar with the scene, character, and events makes this any easier.

[Eredalis]

So, according to the lore panel, Stukow will return in HotS. Amanda Haley, that red-haired girl from the short story "hybrid" (release date: 2000), is Izha, the female zerg advisor in HotS. And now it was confirmed, that Narud is in truth Duran.

[RazorclawX]

What I want to know is why does Blizzard feel the need to kick the Terrans whenever they want to do a Starcraft story (especially, after the trailer, now I feel even Valerian won't survive). Sooner or later you won't have any credible Terran character left and then we'll all be stuck with Protoss non-characters saving the universe (again).

Note: I don't care for Raynor or his Raiders at all.

[mAc Chaos]

Diablo trailer is okay. The writing isn't anything notable but overall much superior to the hots/wow one.

You mean there's a new one?

[wibod]

So, according to the lore panel, Stukow will return in HotS. Amanda Haley, that red-haired girl from the short story "hybrid" (release date: 2000), is Izha, the female zerg advisor in HotS. And now it was confirmed, that Narud is in truth Duran.

So Haley is the chick who was getting tentacle raped, this means that my prediction of HotS ending with a Kerrigan Nova futa scene is 99% likely.

[Taeradun]

[Falchion]

Diablo trailer is okay. The writing isn't anything notable but overall much superior to the hots/wow one.

I've seen it as well. Perhaps there's some hope for Diablo 3. Some.

But then, as Warhammer 40k taught me: Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

[UntamedLoli]

Can you find a fire and go die in it?

HotS has a UI/Cinematic editor and the art tools apparently.

[IskatuMesk]

Something has always bugged the living shit out of me about sc2.

Why do Protoss have half lense-flares rigidly stuck onto their eyes?

[RazorclawX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFZJ3KGBMnU

Only found out today that the cool costume I saw yesterday won the costume contest. Adjutant deserved to win that.

[Lavarinth]

Tricia Helfer has a lovely voice, but she's just not good at expressing the kind of vengeful rage they're assigning to Kerrigan here. She can do that terrifying "I'm angry, but I'm remaining calm" voice, but that's really not Kerrigan's style at all, or what they're going for here. As a result, generic dialogue remains generic.

Also: Am I the only one who finds Kerrigan's new character design is still really bland? I'm hoping it's intentional because they intend for her to regain some of her Zerg attributes and wanted to give her a very "basic" starting appearance, but considering all the videos and promo-art of her, it doesn't look to be the case.

Kinda shocked that they're thinking of removing units now, considering the loops they jump through during beta to keep units in the game. I do consider this to be a good sign, even if they're looking at dropping the Carrier in favour of a giant Corsair.

Sarah Kerrigan apparently has lost her memory as the Queen of Blades (this was reiterated multiple times by the panel), and is now in a more of a confused state as to wanted to complete her own objectives while trying to understand why everyone hates her. Think of blending the emotions of seething hatred to kill someone, confusion as to what exactly have you done to deserve all this hate from not one, not two, but all three races, and ultimately the ongoing love fiasco that you try to deny so much. I think it's too much, honestly, for any actor to replicate a true-sounding voice that can compliment the character, but I'm hoping... Hoping hard.

As for the giant Corsair-err, Tempest.. Thing is HUGE. I played a 1v1 as Terran against Protoss, and the size of that thing was just- jesus.

ONE NOTE about the Terran, though. WTF. EVERYTHING new comes from a Tech Lab'd Factory... I'm almost completely sure one of those units is going to be dropped for something else (read: Hellion morph) because it's just asking players to build like six factories for anything efficient in the building queue.

Diablo trailer is okay. The writing isn't anything notable but overall much superior to the hots/wow one.

The cinematic panel was rather boring, but the cinematic itself was honestly amazing to me. I think the scene that stuck out to me completely with the seven lesser evils waking up turning to face her, that sinking fog was an instant win for me. Honestly though, looking at all that work they do, I can see why they only hire animators as a 2 year contract over full time. Definitely lost my interest in there, I rather be in game animation now, hah!

So, according to the lore panel, Stukow will return in HotS. Amanda Haley, that red-haired girl from the short story "hybrid" (release date: 2000), is Izha, the female zerg advisor in HotS. And now it was confirmed, that Narud is in truth Duran.

I sat behind the guy who asked about Stukov, and right before he got up I heard him mention it to his friend, "going to ask Stukov" and it's funny because the entire Q&A time I was contemplating standing up once again to ask THE question that I know would get ignored: Stukov. It was ignored at a press event I went to, before WoL came out, with the response of: "Oh.. Stukov.. we forgot! Oh man, oh well!" But yeah, I got a little too excited over Stukov, but I should of gone up to ask about Aldaris!

What I want to know is why does Blizzard feel the need to kick the Terrans whenever they want to do a Starcraft story (especially, after the trailer, now I feel even Valerian won't survive). Sooner or later you won't have any credible Terran character left and then we'll all be stuck with Protoss non-characters saving the universe (again).

Note: I don't care for Raynor or his Raiders at all.

I think this has to do a lot with just our psyche. We're the Terrans in their universe, and if they're crumbling, essentially we are supposed to feel like the human race is coming to an end. Think about it- I felt no pity during the Zeratul mission where everyone was dying, but had it been Terrans screaming and crying, I'd of felt some guilt not being able to survive. I don't believe Valerian'll die though, he's been noted to play a large role eventually when asked about him pre-WoL. Five bucks says he kills his dad before Kerrigan can.

So, according to the lore panel, Stukow will return in HotS. Amanda Haley, that red-haired girl from the short story "hybrid" (release date: 2000), is Izha, the female zerg advisor in HotS. And now it was confirmed, that Narud is in truth Duran.

So Haley is the chick who was getting tentacle raped, this means that my prediction of HotS ending with a Kerrigan Nova futa scene is 99% likely.

Not going to lie, I lol'd at this.

[RazorclawX]

I don't believe Valerian'll die though, he's been noted to play a large role eventually when asked about him pre-WoL. Five bucks says he kills his dad before Kerrigan can.

The funny thing is I think people are more willing to accept that Valerian will kill his dad with Space Frostmourne than they are Kerrigan or Raynor doing it with the Power of Love and Justice.

"What are you doing, my son?"
"Succeeding you, father!"