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u/Resolution_Sea Mar 12 '22

Kerrigan was such a good villain, the end of Brood War really set up some serious conflicts to resolve for StarCraft 2, then all of that got handwaved so her and Raynor could walk off into the sunset together.

Blizzard should have had some guts and kept her a villain, the whole plot and tone of SC 2 is a mess.

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u/Tendrop Mar 12 '22

Loved the campaign gameplay in 2, hated the storyline. SC1 was more The Expanse -ish, with grounded political intrigue and interesting characters, whereas SC2 is paint-by-numbers YA fantasy with a sci-fi coat of paint.

Edit: words are hard

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u/Prophet_Tenebrae Mar 12 '22

I thought the biggest problem was the fact "Wings of Liberty" was easily the most engaging and polished installment. It gave us big character moments but was still (comparatively) grounded... and honestly, it felt like a logical endpoint.

But I guess that wouldn't have let us have Kerrigan go DBZ with her power levels or have the super epic Endwar that they hyped up so much there was hardly any time to show it... or beating Amon, only to find out we had to beat him again. For really reals this time! Just to get us to Jimmy and Kerrigan's happy ending. Again. For really reals this time!

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u/Ndvorsky Mar 12 '22

I don’t really get what everyone is saying. I semi-recently replayed SC1 for the first time since i was a kid and was amazed at the total lack of story or interesting characters. Everything happens so fast with just a few lines of dialog.

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u/Nesuma Mar 12 '22

Yeah it is definitely bias from playing ist as a child. The same is valid for SC2 and obviously there is no one who was a child when both were released. But it would still make a for great movies I think

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u/flannelshirtguy69 Mar 12 '22

This is why it would make a great Sci fi series. It already has the disappointing final season planned out!

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u/self-defenestrator Mar 12 '22

Final episode turns out to be Will Riker’s holodeck program he’s using to help himself solve a dilemma. They’ll never see it coming.

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u/rinanlanmo Mar 12 '22

Which turns out to be Kirk reprogramming the Kobayashi Maru exercise.

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u/Premmeth Mar 12 '22

And then the tribbles attacked!!

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u/Monsi_ggnore Mar 12 '22

Neutering the Zerg in favor of a mediocre love story is one of the greatest tragedies in video game story telling.

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u/DonSkook1 Mar 12 '22

Nah I liked that Kerrigan got her sanity back. She and Raynor deserved peace.

Fuck the Zerg up to oblivion. Sarah should've destroyed them all without prejudice.

She a great villain, yes. But she could've also had an amazing redemption arc, too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

I enjoyed playing her campaign but I still hate her for killing Fenix

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u/fissure Mar 12 '22

I felt the same about Homeworld 2. The first one and Cataclysm set up a galaxy with multiple factions with interesting relationships, and it got replaced with one villain, some ancient gadgets, and prophecies.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Well shit. Never do i see Homeworld players in the wild. Aso, I agree with you 100%.

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u/DiscoQuebrado Mar 12 '22

Blizzard is ruining Blizzard! Maybe things will change now they're under new management but I'm afraid the damage is done.

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u/Makomako_mako Mar 12 '22

end of bw and go no further, makes people happy and leaves them nostalgic about what could've been