Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:51 am Post subject:
Heart of the Swarm has launched
So, it's out since yesterday with a big bang release party all over the globe.
Who's got it already? First impressions? i couldn't hold myself and watch the campaign already on YT and, yeah, it concludes WoL and i find it awesome.
I haven't got the game yet, but next week i will. _________________ Hydraw Art on Facebook QUICK_EDIT
I can't wait to spend 60 dollars on an expansion pack.
it's 40 dollars, and it's sorta expansion, but a standalone and has to offer a lot, a-lot of features and implementations along the singleplayer campaign, which is really good, therefore i'd see it as sorta "SC2-part 2".
for those living behind the rock who haven't seen it already.
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:55 pm Post subject:
Bought it on launch day, standard edition, I don't care for WoW pets or the Diablo III kerrigan wings.
Here (Chile) the expansion by itself is being sold for about 40 dollars, Wings of Liberty plus Heart of the Swarm is beign sold for 60 dollars.
Currently playing the campaign (well, not right now, I'm at "work" now).
I liked the large kerrigan poster that came with the physical copy; I would have preferred a t-shirt though.
Impressions so far... I like Abathur, reminds me of a zergified Mordin Solus, I only want to see him sing.
I was also kinda disappointed with the installation, since it seems that all the expansion content was added by the recent patches; I didn't even need to insert the disc/download stuff to install the expansion , I was expecting a WoL like installer (the disc content seems to be just a patched version of WoL).
Gameplay wise, I'm liking the new units, specially the alternate mode for thors; heh a lot of terran units transform now (hellions, siege tanks, thors, widow mines and vikings transform).
In relation to the campaign, the first missions are better than in WoL so far, so that's good. QUICK_EDIT
Even if it was, they would at last not make it identical - they had 26 months till shipping game to change it. Looks like all 3 parts were made long ago. QUICK_EDIT
doesn't matter, with the whole Hots part of the story, the ending is great, i really really have come to love kerrigan for what she does and what she is in this. _________________ Hydraw Art on Facebook QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:45 am Post subject:
My previous power supply had a protection against zergling rush, really. When I was going to update the zerglings in this expansion pack campaign for the first time, it has blowned up, expelled that smokey smell and shut down my whole system. Now I'm unable to update zerglings... but not for long.
I've rebuilt the computer already with a much better power supply. Actually, I've also changed motherboard, processor, RAM and some other stuff I've bought in my last trip and they are all in. Although I couldn't figure out if anything else has been affected, but I think it didn't. I was going to update my PC anyway. The problem is now my windows and its lovely blue screen. To make things worse, this new system is incompatible with my CD/DVD drivers.
But... as far as I could play. I like the game. I was just disappointed with the fate of Jim Raynor. QUICK_EDIT
But... as far as I could play. I like the game. I was just disappointed with the fate of Jim Raynor.
really, if you have played broodwars you'll face a few really neat suprises, go on in the campaign, i really dig the way they took it _________________ Hydraw Art on Facebook QUICK_EDIT
How WoL choises affects HotS? I mean, HotS indeed have mentions about my choises
(Nova says it could be all different, Tunnels been flooded by lava, Horner saying Tosh agreed to aid) Are there alt dialog lines or its just a canon? _________________ Gangster is a Project Perfect Wuj (c)Aro QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:53 pm Post subject:
They do, minor stuff only, apparently.
I sided with Tosh, and during a conversation with Nova, she said she wasn't going to forgive Raynor... not expanding the rest since it's spoilery.
I also destroyed Char's space platform in WoL; in Hots when Kerrigan reconquers Char, I had no air support (at least the advisors said that... dunno if it would have mattered, since I hadn't unlocked any air units at that time), the AI had extra air units though.
I don't know if helping the protoss or the colonists had/has any effect, so far it hasn't been mentioned, or I missed if it was. QUICK_EDIT
I must admit that it's hard to find a defensive/turtle Single Player mission in HotS - outstanding. Either you are attacked by 7 cruisers that are destroyable by buildings across the map you have to activate or your standing units are nuked all the time, impressive for me. Player must bind hotkeys to their Hatcheries and be sure their economy is working. When you want to stand all the time in your main base you simply lose. QUICK_EDIT
play it love it waiting for Legacy of the Void.
only problem is choice in WOL didn't effect to HoTS but it just minor problem since they never claim to do such thing like Mass Effect. QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:01 pm Post subject:
@Holy_Master:
They do, but only minor changes easy to miss in missions, and small dialogue changes.
After finishing the game I must say I have only 1 problem with it; it was way easier than WoL, specially the last mission. That said it might have been my fault for choosing stuff that synergized itself (as an example Splitterlings, with rupture and summon banelings; that was fun to play ), though then it would have been even easier if I had chosen Swarmlings and Vipers instead of Raptors and Broodlords, since I found both useless. QUICK_EDIT
BLords weren't useless at all o.O especially in the mission where you get the Ultra, I prefered the BLords.
The one where you had to defend these droppods wasn't hard with the BLords neither.
The final mission was a bit hard for me, yet it was because I was quite tired at that point. I needed about 50 minutes to complete it xD _________________
So, yeah, I've created a new acc. 'cause no one could remember Ordosherrscher - and I didn't like that name anyway. QUICK_EDIT
Game story wise, I think WoL and HoTs are a disapointment. I much prefer sc1 story, kerrigan is a big stereotype and, well, just like any other character in sc2 :l.
But gameplay wise and fun wise, sc2 is pretty great.
Once again, I just play ums maps because I suck at multiplayer... which is also why I liked cnc so much , their games had a good story and neat assets.
I wish 2D RTS were still alive tho. SC2 3D is not bad, but goddamn, how I'd like to see 2D RTS with today's tech and resolution. QUICK_EDIT
Hmm, I finally got it and actually I think it's too easy. Playing on Hard and I've had not really many issues and I totally suck at micro. Biggest issue so far is the WarCraftyness of it all, so many hero missions and silly bear creatures you have to kill. Other than that it seems pretty good, lots of work put into all the extra campaign units and evolutions etc QUICK_EDIT
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Heart of the Swarm has launched
, I was expecting a WoL like installer (the disc content seems to be just a patched version of WoL).
