Starcraft 2 site update, Matt Horner - Captain of the Hyperion

Matt Horner - Captain of the Hyperion

 

Fix the link, will ya?
kthx

 

Try it now.

 

not a lengthy one but decent.

 

not much but its sc2 news. Its good enough =]

 

really i could care less about the lore behind some of the units and characters. im more into the gameplay and getting beta started becuz all this background work is for nothing unless we get the game in our hands

 

It should just read

Bio:
We retconned this guy in.

 

Remember the Norad 2 and the Hyperion in Starcraft 1. Especially in the cinematics. Remember how the Norad 2 was when he was attacked by the scourges. Remember how the Hyperion was in a cinematic in the Protoss campaign, when this vessel was hidden by an Arbiter was appeared after the Gantrithor appeared first.
ell have you noticed something ? The Norad 2 and the Hyperion had exactly the same shape as a normal battlecruiser.

Now I don't understand how the Hyperion has so changed in Starcraft 2. This new vessel ROCKS in the esthetic aspect. But how has it changed ? I know all the normal battlecruisers in Starcraft 2 have esthetically changed in comparison to the Starcraft 1 ones. I just hope that in the game the Hyperion will be different to the normal battlecruiser. I hope it will be exactly the same one than in the screenshots we got with Matt Horner profile.

 

How have BC's changed in appearance from SC1 to SC2?
They are a new class of battle cruisers. Much like the siege tanks.
How do classic ships like the Hyperion change? Upgrades taken from the new models I would guess. Or Jimmy is a show off and got a body kit.

Soge, I appreciate the fact that English is not your first language...but could you clarify those last 2 lines?
You do or do not want a unique model for the Hyperion? I'm thinking you do, but not sure.

What screen shots? That looks like concept art to me...I guess it could be from a cinematic though. Judging from the ingame vid we saw of the Hyperion coming to lay waste to the Zerg (and some unlucky Terrans) I think its the same model as any other BC.

 

'The Hyperion' pictures we can see are not concept arts but screenshots from cinematics. See well and you'll notice they belong to the "Screen shots" (Screen captures) link on starcraft2.com.
*Well about the difference between the Hyperion in the cinematics and the Hyperion in the gameplay I want them to be exactly similar. So no difference between them.
See how the Hyperion is great and rocks in the screenshots. Do you think it has the shape of a normal battlecruiser ? I doubt of it. The Hyperion has a unique shape. It is of course a battlecruiser but is different from a normal battlecruiser. In the shape. Do you get it ?
*!!! And in the gameplay, I also want the Hyperion to have a different shape from a normal battlecruiser. The same shape as in the screenshots. Do you get it ?

PS : what does a normal battlecruiser mean ? this is it : http://www.starcraft2.com/features/terran/battlecruiser.xml
I can't make better than this.

 

Ah, now I know exactly what you're saying. I apologize if I sounded rude/ignorant/arogant before...that often is my intention; but you, I do respect.

Good point on how that pic must be from a cinematic because it is also posted in the screen shot section. I thought it might of been (as I said before), but you proved it with that.

I agree in that cinematic the Hyperion looks different from the standerd buildiable BCs in game (like what you linked to). But the in game event I was talking about...

"Judging from the ingame vid we saw of the Hyperion coming to lay waste to the Zerg (and some unlucky Terrans) I think its the same model as any other BC."

...The in game model/appearance of the Hyperion looks much like any regular BC a player is able to build.

It is possible I and my memory are totally wrong or the Hyperion has been given a unique model since then.

 

To bad it's quite a short read.

 

Okay BloodHawk. Thanks for your understanding.

You also noticed the Hyperion has the same model as a normal buildable battlecruiser. I haven't seen anywhere any confirmation from Blizzard to give the Hyperion a unique model for the in-game.

We have seen on the screenshots from cinematics how the Hyperion is (great and seems unique). Also we haven't seen how a normal battlecruiser is in a cinematic. We have no proof that it will be different from the Hyperion. Nothing says that a normal, buildable battlecruiser will not have the same shape as the Hyperion. I just want to say that the great form of the Hyperion in the cinematics can also be the same for a normal battlecruiser. And this point is has to be questioned to Blizzard.