NEW TERRAN GAMEPLAY. w/ new sound and unit portrait.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKWMl90FOAY

jackal in action.

new bc and siege tank unit portrait.

new terran unit sounds.

etc.

wow.

the thor dont shoot particle beam anymore? nooo!!!! the thor still have a major problem with its attack animation and visual. it still doesn't look impressive.

 

The portraits look epic. The interview was pretty good too.

Nice find.

 

Yeah loved the portraits. They look great.
But I agree on the thor thing. Not so impressive. I think maybe it should be slower, looked weird moving so quickly

 

I'm pretty sure the video itself was from way back ago, from the Zerg release. It was only uploaded recently.

 

the bc protrait looks like admiral gastovir or whatever his name was in the original protoss gameplay vid.

the siege tank portrait looks kinda fat?

marine new portrait.... i like the far view portrait of the marine bettter in the terran gameplay vid. or that could be tychus.

 

The Thor just looks akward as it is right now. I would have scrapped that unit a long time ago! Come on Blizz, figure out something new!

 

wish we could have subtitles for the guy who played it,

i want to know how he felt it played
good? crap? some units need tweaking?


but i actually liked how the Thor played,
but i think we need some more info, (and by that i mean i want to play it) before i judge

 

Notice the Jackal attack doesn't have splash damage. It would look better on Reapers, all the decent mechanic are going to the mechs.
Theres also too much smoke and stuff when something explodes, this clutters uo the screen.
BCs look very strong but the Thor is just... ahhh no
And yes, the Barracks moved way to fast, also notice how far away its shadow was, that looks so lame.

 

The portraits weren't too spectacular. The one for the Battlecruiser's great, I also recognised him from the Protoss Gameplay video, and it's good to see that he looks more like a well ranked military official instead of the snobby pompous pilot of StarCraft1. The Siege Tank was pretty good, but it seemed to be very far away. It was hardly a portrait, just a full view of the driver.

The Jackal attack looked so shoddy. It still has splash damage, it just deals it in a line rather than in a circle, which we knew right from the get go. The reason it stops at the Supply Depots and other buildings would probably be that that's its maximum range, so the attack wouldn't travel further anyway.

I don't feel that there was too much smoke. It doesn't cluster up the screen any more than the explosions do. Besides, that's what you'd expect when having your base sieged by the Terran. You can't have an explosion without the debris and smoke. That's like having a car without wheels or a key without a lock. It's just not the same.

Having so many Thors running around the place seriously did ruin it though. Units like that aren't supposed to be able to be massed or made in numbers. They need to be reverted to being more like their former selves, even if it's with another role. Big, durable, beefy, powerful and scarce.

The Barracks did seem to move very fast, and does appear to be overpowered, but it makes Lift-Off more useful than in StarCraft1. They might have gotten a bit carried away, but it should definitely be faster than in StarCraft1.

About the shadows, they're at the same angle for all units, Ground and Air alike. You can see that that both then and later that the Battlecruisers shadows are also at the same angle and therefore, distance away from the unit. It all depends on where the light source is, so saying that that's lame is like saying that 3:30 is lame.

 

I just hope they keep the different ethnicities for each of the units. The Russian BC captain was so characteristically SC that I would really hate to see him go. I will be really disappointed if all the voices are just stupid American accents. How boring would that be?

 

The jackal is fine, it does what it was told about (lurker like splash)
BCs are still BCs and i also would prefer the russian commander voice for that hunk
Thors movement is quite better than ive expected.. if theyll keep it at that phase itll sure be much more useful, but i think its just the gamespeed coz everythings going down so fast...

@psionicz i do agree on the reapers needing an upgrade with their weapon, and flamethrower might be a possible choice since theyre carrying fuel tanks anyway... but the downside might be that its gonna be overpowered.. imagine if a few of flamethrowered reapers managed to fly off the enemies harvest line, in an instant they will be BBQd to death.... so theres really a very low possibilty for that happening.. and if ever will they give the flamethrower attack to some unit, id rather have it equipped by ground vikings therefore giving it more of an edge against ground units... in that sense it also gives the players high prioritization for the viking since most of the players are still doubting its efficiency....

Does anyone miss the cobra and the predator unit?? Since nothing is final and there is still space left for starport maybe they can comeup with something coz as of now i see no devoted escorts for the BC, not that i doubt the viking, but somehow it is on the twiglight zone of defining its more beneficial role purpose... We need something versatile that is more than a viking but less than a banshee... it might be confusing but i really think terran is lacking in unit numbers....

And about ethnicities, besides the russian BC, i also like the idea of having asian, arabian, africans, europeans through that accent line.... maybe in the heroes coz you cant conclude that caucasians eliminated other earth etnicities right?? lol.... I specifically still want to hear the gay lingo of the sci. vessel in the mix.. it was the only one with the real attitude lolz....

 

Zeratul: The Siege Tank portrait actually looks thinner than it did in the first game....

Itza: The Battlecruiser portrait is supposed to be a high-ranked officer. You never interacted with the ship's pilot, but with its captain. That's why he's saying things like "take it slow" and "engage" - he's telling his crew what to do... it's not like he's narrating his own actions.

What I think happened with the portraits is that the used the Battlecruiser portrait for the admiral in the Protoss Gameplay video. For all we know, he could have been just contrived specifically for the demo, and won't be used in the game.

Nikzad: The BC still has a Russian accent... it's just not as thick.

freedom23: I don't miss the Predator at all, or the Cobra. As the only active member here that's used the units, you'll have to take my word that they were incredibly unengaging units to use. Less fun than the Wraith and Vulture they were supposed to be replacing.
Accents, European- Austrian (Schwarzenegger) accent of the Thor. The Science Vessel didn't have a "gay" accent ... it was an exaggerated "nerd" accent.

 

oh yeah, ive almost forgot about Arnie being the Thor, ive gotta say that really rocks having his unique accent for that....
but I still think the vessel is gay bwahahaha!!

Since you've got some experience with the cobra and predator, i guess ill have to take your word for that, but still it gives an empty slot for the starport right?? unless if theyll divied the medic and dropship.... and now that ive thinked of it, isnt it hard for terrans to survive early tier battles without medics now that medivac dropship is aquired later... unless im wrong about it... where do medivacs come out from anyway? barracks factory or starport???

And now that they cut the cobra unit, do you have any suggestion on which terran unit would be most suitable to deal with the thor?

 

@ 10-Neon. I know it's supposed to be a high-ranked officer, that's why I'm saying it's good. The Terran would obviously put their greatest weapons in the hands of experienced and hardened officers, which was why I didn't like that fact that the StarCraft1 Battlecruiser had some rich, posh snob. Such a character would almost certainly be completely inexperienced in the art of war and would be completely clueless of what to do in certain situations. The officer on the other hand, though still looking well acquainted for, has the feel of a true commander, who is able to, well, command, the entire Battlecruiser. I know that it's the player who gives the Battlecruiser its orders, but it's still the commander who has to ensure that those orders are relayed and carried out, and command the ship during battles.

All in all, I'm happy with the Battlecruiser's new portrait and voice.

 

Lets just hope Blizzard don't get carried away with the ethnicities like they did in Sc1.
All I'm gonna say is SCV (keep clicking it) and Duran. Slightly offensive what they did.

 

I thought the old one looked like a commander too...I guess it just depends on POV

@Neon - hahahaha yeah I know, I forgot to write in my post that I was in the library and without any sound

 

Awesome video! Excellent find!

 

Both the Battlecruiser and Siege Tank portraits look way better than the old ones. Great to see the Tank's portrait, I was worried about how it would end up.

 

I think that the new Battlecruiser portrait is perfect ,but the portrait of the siege tank is ugly – the portrait from starcraft 1 is better.
Except that I want to ask which new option have the Battlecruiser.In the 23 second of the clip where the Battlecruiser has the choice of Yamato gun and plasma array gives a new icon over the Yamato gun icon

 

The new voice of the bc is quite awesome and the siege tank voice is very awesome,

the jackal is quite awesome, since it attacks from it full rang you might have to micro them to some splash damage in the middle...if you know what i mean