Zergling's look

Re: Why does the Zergiling always look diferent in every game?

I like the swarmish look with the wings and the little hopping around. Much more like a swarm that will just drown you with their dead and that is what I thing zerglings are all about. Of course this is my opinion and I can see how people liked the old model better (as it was cooler maybe, but I like the style of these better).

 

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The new zergling look is really well done, when they move in groups i dont see individual i see a little ocean of brown water moving about.
apparently blizzard changed the framerate or something along those lines so that the zerglings dont all move together so taht creates that swarm effect. Imagine waht a swarm of ultralisks look like.

 

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True. A while ago I read a story about zerglings somewhere (I guess starcraft wikia, but I'm not sure) and it stated that the appearance differences where due to the constant evolving nature of the zerg.

 

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I think they look different as a sort of a combination between them constantly evolving, and the different graphical capabilities of the games' engines. In more cartoony games they're bound to look more smooth and doggie-like.

 

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AND thats where starcraft's new units are born

Nice idea, you know theres a topic on Pheonix's overload thingy, this might be one of the counter attacks

 

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^Actually, a mess of flying Zerglings sounds like an attack that would be COUNTERED by the overload ability. And what would they be called, Horseflylings? ;D I like the idea though, do you think they'll actually do it?

 

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I hope not. I'd cry with fear :-[

 

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Maybe we'll get lucky in Starcraft 3: The Rise of the Horseflylings. Mwahahahahaaaaaa!!!

 

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Zerglings are the icon for mass rushes....horseflylings? LOL

 

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Yeah and there have only been 3 Starcraft games (counting Ghost)

 

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StarCraft 1, StarCraft 1: Brood Wars, StarCraft: Ghost, StarCraft: 64, StarCraft: Insurrection, StarCraft: Retribution, StarCraft II

That's seven.

 

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I didn't count BW cause it an expansion (same looks), Starcraft 64 cause its console port (again same looks), and I have never even heard of those two non blizzard add ons ( I assume look the same as well). Anyway nitpicking aside we never got a real good look at the zerglins in game or CG and besides the zerg are frequently evolving so its not surprising that they would look a bit different.

 

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Yeah, but I agree with the statement that they're evolving, so they look different.

Change is good!

 

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Yes, as long as they don't learn to fly, or make like ants and die shortly after taking off, there shouldn't be a problem with them.

 

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Most of you guys say that the zerg are evolving. I belive that, but i'v only seen zerglings change. Why havn't the other zerg units changed? ???

 

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You seen any other Zerg units in a gameplay trailer?

 

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The Ultralisk in the Starcraft Ghost trailer looked the same, but not the zerglings. The zerglings in Warcraft 3 looked different, but not the Hydralisks. And the Mutalisks in the Starcraft 2 looked exacly the same as they did in Starcraft 1.


See what i am saying?

 

Re: Why does the Zergiling always look diferent in every game?

Compared to Mutalisks and Ultralisks, Zerglings have the shortest life-span of all three, so they are the most susceptible to mutation in shorter time spans because many generations of Zerglings could be created in the time it would take to make only a few generations of Ultralisks, for example.

 

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My guess is that the wings we've seen on the new zerglings are a upgrade that lets them jump down cliffs and such. We have already seen other StarCraft 2 units that can climb the terrain.

 

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well hydras look different too in the 2 1-second clips that you see them of the cinematic trailer