Starcraft 2: The Return of Jim Raynor!
Other than online games, I’m also a huge fan of Real Time Strategy (RTS) games like Starcraft and Red Alert. One of the games I’m eagerly waiting for is Blizzard’s Starcraft 2 which is slated for release within the next two years. Hinatasou posted a reply in my Blizzard Girls post showing his experiences while in the Blizz Con. In his post, he summarized the story of Starcraft 2 and I’d like to share it with all of my readers.
Jim Raynor - betrayed by humanity, wahahaha
Starcraft 2’s story line after the jump!
Here’s the story as Hinatasou tells it:
2:30 Starcraft Lore
Once again Chris Metzen to the scene. Starcraft 2 takes place four years after the end of Brood War. There’s been no word of anything from the Zerg at this time. Sort of like a Cold War feeling. People are expecting an ultimate attack from the Zerg at any time.Arcturus Mensk has rebuilt his empire relying heavily on his media propaganda machine. His story has already been told in Starcraft 1. So they want to focus on his son, Valerian Mensk who will take over his father. Will he learn from his father’s mistakes and show beneficence, or will he be just as ruthless?
On the Protoss side, there are the survivors on Shakuras. The Protoss have reverted back to the tribal days psychologically as some High Templar still haven’t gotten over their rivalries with the Dark Templar. Others are impatiently waiting to take back Aiur. Artanus is trying to lead a renaissance to get the two races to amend. Artanus has been promoted to Hierarch. By his side is a new female executor named Selendis.
Contact has been lost with Zeratul. He has been going from planet to planet looking for clues confirming what Duran said about the hybrids…
Jim Raynor, the only honest man in the universe. He lost the war against Mensk. Mensk’s propaganda made Raynor out to be the villain. Raynor is out of money and is losing heart, not to mention girlfriend problems (Kerrigan). He drinks heavily. He hasn’t fired up in awhile. He seems lost, but definitely won’t stay that way for too long…
Raynor will once again be the hero, in search of himself and his mission. There’s also Matt Horner, the captain of the Hyperium from the book The Queen of Blades. He is Jim’s conscience.
All that they say about the Zerg campaign is that there will be shocks. As far as we know, after having killed the remaining Cerebrates, Kerrigan is the undisputed ruler of all the Zerg. They may be a possible Cerebrate not under Kerrigan’s control…
There is no Celebrate/Executor/Magistrate from Starcraft 1. That person died. You know who else is dead. Phoenix. (Chris: Get over it!).
There might be a possible cameo of Nova, but they would have to make it fit in the storyline. They want to novelize her series. Maybe even a comic book or TV show. (Chris: That would be sweet!) Certainly they wish to keep the idea alive. The Starcraft Ghost cinematic might appear as a hidden track on one of the DVDs.
Mensk has been developing the dark assasins, like a Ghost++…
What happened to the UED? Didn’t Earth have way more advanced technology and why didn’t they bring it? What happened to the expedition reports? Probably finish it up in novels also.
Why is Kerrigan called the Queen of Blades? It is an honorific given to her by the Cerebrate. The Zerg are like a buzz saw. They rip things apart. That is the greatest title for her and it personifies her. She was built to be the Queen of Blades by the Cerebrate.
About the N64 mission. More novels. The Zerg were experimenting with and infesting the other leaders such as Alexei Stukov to unlock their true potential of themselves. It’s a window of the future. (Chris to Andy Chambers: You almost completely pulled that out of your ass!)
There is a larger theme happening. Warning…but it was too late.
Starcraft 2 will answer all of the big questions. But there will probably be 50 more once it is all said and done.
Can’t wait to get my hands on this game! RAWR!
December 26th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
sir wauks pa ot..
paaus nmn valkyrie..1 week ng sira..d din namin na sulit ung times 3 last week dahil hirap kumonek ..plss…thankss
December 26th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Hi Eljon, we’re doing our very best to resolve the issue at the soonest possible time. Rest assured when things get better we’ll whip out a fairly good compensation package for everyone. (IT and Gravity people were working here during Xmas trying to fix Valk, hehe) Tama na po OT! Pansinin nyo naman si Raynor, lol.
December 26th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
kakaunti na player sa freya. baldur at tyr. baka pede pag isahin na lang mga servers.
December 26th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Sir wauks here’s a suggestion for capturing some bots.
For bot venders..syempre bot to kapag 24/7 7 days a week nakaol..
try nyo sir wauks magkaron ng time every after midnight ng dc lahat tao..tapos tndaan kung sino ung mga vendors sa baba ng pront.kapag andun parin sila mins bot sila.Bann nyo agad.ng mbwsn tao..or ibot check nyo mga vendors..kapag di sumagot w/ in a couple of hours bann nyo na..ng mabwsn tao..thanks..
sana maus na ng permanent ung valkyrie..
pede din gumawa kau ng isa pa server same setting sa valkyrie para mahati tao..iwas lag and d nagccrash..thank you very much..
December 26th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I Can’t wait for Starcraft 2… I nearly failed all my subjects back in college because of Starcraft LOL
December 26th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Sir Wauks pa OT please:
Nagkaka siege po ngaun sa Valkyrie eh past 9:00pm na po.
Tsaka…..
Sir Wauks pakiexplain naman ito.
Kanina pagkatapos ng weekly maintainance wala naman delay sa pm, party/guild chat at party invite.
Then nag emergency maintainance.
After nag emergency maintainance bumalik ang delay sa pm, party/guild chat at party invite. /hmm
Lokohan ba to o ano?
December 26th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
ako sir wauks hindi OT.
woot ano na kaya nangyari sa mga hybrids… ang alam ko zergs at protoss gnawa lang ng isang race ayt?
at waaw… bagong executor (babae!), High Templar un malamang
d ako Raynor fan eh.. hehehe.. im into the protoss race, me pagka religious ung politics
December 26th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
*Stares at Jim Raynor*
may buhok na siya?!?!?! LOLOLOLOLOLOL XD Can’t wait for it gusto ko na laruin ;o;!!!
December 27th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Maraming maraming salamat sa mga hindi nag OT.
@shagojyo: I’ll have to double check with the IT team why that happened. It stupefies even me. @_@
December 27th, 2007 at 1:13 am
I’m very much annoyed by these OTs.
Sheesh, for christ’s sake this is a PERSONAL blog not an LU blog so people please do learn some respect~!
I was hoping that SC-2 will be released earlier, man 2 more years is too long.
Merry Christmas Everyone
December 27th, 2007 at 6:48 am
sana ung starcraft 2 may dota map din kung san maglalaban mga heroes! astig un d ba?.. mgnda grafix bago mga hero = drop nnmn mga subjects hahahaha! ot b ako or ano?.. bsta dota map!! go icefrog.. lol
December 27th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Sino nga pala ulit si Phoenix, hehehe
@Wauks: Unahan nalang sa pagbili ng cd/dvd /gg
December 27th, 2007 at 9:44 am
haha asteg yung star craft bgo battle realms at war crft yan ang nauna ko natutunan nakaka aliw kasi laruin walng limit yung paggwa tpos ung mga cheats asteg kaso bka nid nyan mlaking specs di kyanin ng computer hehehe
December 27th, 2007 at 9:45 am
parang alien versus predtor pla yan haha yung isa alien isa predtor at tao yung mga races
December 27th, 2007 at 11:04 am
astig mga video teasers ng starcraft 2.. ung mother ewan ng protoss.. parang
godly weapon amf.. lufet!
sana and2 c tanya yuri at crazy ivan.. star craft versus red alert..
lol
December 27th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Phoenix = Fenix, the Praetor, right?
Ok lang sakin na 2 years pa.. Para maganda talaga.. tsaka.. MAY pRO PA AKONG LINALAROOO!! /heh
The story looks very nice. /e2
December 27th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
you guys seen the new units? i luuuuuuuuuuuv the viking.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Ilang taon na rin hinihintay tong sequel na to. My guess is that they are taking things slow coz Warcraft is still hot after all these years…
The story from the original game really left the players hanging for quite a long time. Sana naman bago mag 2009 ma release na to…
January 5th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Thanks for the sharing the story of Starcraft!
I enjoy reading it. :D
Nova, the girl in the Starcraft : Ghost game originally made for Xbox, the game was never ever released aye. Made its way into the Gaming Graveyard. -___-
I played Starcraft and Starcraft : Brood Wars quite often back in 1998. Oh my goodness, it is ten (10) years already???!!!
It felt kinda sad when the Protoss Hero Phonix died. T____T
Time sure flies, aye? ;)