Charles Onyett of IGN is in Korea right now
liveblogging the Starcraft 2 announcement. Here's what I've pulled out of his hurried updates so far.
- Game is playable (pray for a demo at Blizzcon), but nothing is final.
- Protoss Zealots have their psi blades and shield, along with a new charge ability. There's a new Protoss unit called an Immortal, with a shield that activates when damaged-- looks like they're already implementing Paladins then.
- A new Protoss unit called a Stalker can blink around-- Blizzard wants Protoss to quickly put an army anywhere on the map.
- Three more new Protoss units: Colossus has long legs and can move quickly, Warprey is a flying unit that does more damage the more it focuses a ray on a target, and a Pheonix can overcharge weapons, but have a cooldown afterwards.
- Zerglings can now become suicide bombs in a kind of rolling form.
- There's a physics system in the game-- destroyed units can roll down ramps.
- System can handle at least 100 units at a time, and looks "similar to SC1 - both in unit and map designs." It must be 3D, though. Right?
Still more to come, including hopefully video of the event. An opening cinematic was shown as well-- shouldn't be too long before we see that online.
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5-19-2007 @ 2:50AM
Phil said...
You forgot the coolest thing, the Protoss Mothership. A shield that slows time and stops missiles, a "planet cracking" laser that destoys anything underneath it AND the ability to create a black hole and suck in and destroy 4 Terran Battlecruisers in seconds! That is insane!
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5-19-2007 @ 2:58AM
Pot said...
Bears. Beets. Battlecruisers.
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5-19-2007 @ 2:58AM
ridestowe said...
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5-19-2007 @ 3:11AM
Microwave said...
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5-19-2007 @ 3:13AM
Sam said...
HE'S GOT SCREENS UPLOADED!!!
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/850/850126/imgs_1.html
OMFG!!! THIS IS SUPER-ORGASMIC!!!
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