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Zerg Mutations - StarCraft II Preview

StarCraft.IncGamers.com continues on their StarCraft 2 Preview Series, and focus on the mutations of the Zerg race:

"If you take the time to think for a minute; What is the Zerg most known for? Most people would say the infamous "Zerg rush", and MMO-players would say "Zerging", the word never used by the actual Zerg-players... Another famous Zerg attribute is the ever-changing mutations and infestations!".

They take a closer look at the Baneling and the Lurker, as well as going back to the Hive Queen and Overseer.

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Leord6553d ago

I think the mutations and infestations that the Zerg are doing is really cool. Its very interesting how Browder managed to pick up on that so well, and has helped the dev team enhance this feeling so much with the Zerg. More mutations of units, and more infestation.

The only thing that bothers me is no infestation of other Zerg buildings...

SCFreelancer6553d ago

Why does it bother you that Zerg players won't be able to infest each others buildings? In a 1v1 match up it would never result in a situation that is disadvantageous for either player.

The term 'buildings' for something that is completely organic and alive is a bit weird anyway you put it if you ask me. Some, such as the cerebrates and the Overmind actually had a will and psionic abilities.

Leord6553d ago (Edited 6553d ago )

Well, the thing is that in SC1, they were buildings mainly due to lack of flexibility in the game engine. In SC2, units can become stationary, and buildings can unroot and move about.

I find it just natural that the hyper-evulotional virus that the Infestor ( http://starcraft.incgamers.... ) uses can mutate into controlling other Zerg Broods as well as Terrans or Protoss!

SCFreelancer6553d ago

@1.2: That would be a possibility if they actually had a mind of their own. However from what I understand broods, for as far as they actually have a will of their own, are beeing controlled by some kind of overseer such as the queen or her cerebrates (in the past that is).

I think the practical problem with this is how to clearly show that an invested Zerg is your invested Zerg ;) And probably some balance issues I fail to see.

Terrice6553d ago

It's great to see the developers making more use of mutations and infestation this time around. I'm particularly happy with how the Queen is turning out.

If only the Ultralisk could mutate into something...

SCFreelancer6553d ago (Edited 6553d ago )

Well at least the Ultralisk can make use of the burrow ability just like all the other ground based Zerg. Imagine how epic that would look in a CGI movie :D

As for the mutation: I know they are somewhat limited in this area because of multi player balance implications but possibilities of this seem to be endless. Do you think they should go crazy with this in the singleplayer campaign?

Leord6553d ago

Ultralisk => Gigalisk => Teralisk! =D

Terrice6553d ago

True, for multiplayer it'll need to be balanced and would depend on the total unit count when compared to the other two races.

They should definitely make use of it during the single player missions, as long as it doesn't confuse new players when they make the leap from the campaigns to online play.

And yea, the burrow ability for the Ultralisk was a long time coming :)

Leord6553d ago

Well, it surely isn't impossible at least, seeing as they are going to have drop pods in single player and other goodies that isn't quite balanced for multiplayer. Do you think players might be able to use things like Reavers as well? =D

Terrice6553d ago (Edited 6553d ago )

Wasn't the Reaver shown in an early screenshot? I remember hearing how the Wraith will return in the campaign, so I'm willing to bet the Reaver will make an appearance.

It'll depend on how they structure the Protoss missions.

Leord6553d ago

Yes it was. It even has a fully made model. It will be available in the map editor ( http://starcraft.incgamers.... )

ThanatosDMC6553d ago

I hope they change those supply depots for the Terrans. It's always a hassle to find space for those.

SCFreelancer6553d ago

@2.7: I don't think they have done alot to change the space required for them, but they did give the Supply Depots the ability to drop into the ground so your (and the enemy) ground based units can move over them. This on itself should help you at least a bit on the space issue.

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thehitman6553d ago

HOW can a zerg infest itself?? Not the first time I heard som1 bring that up infestation is the process of taking somethign and making it a part of the zerg brood. If its already a zerg how can you infest it further??

ThanatosDMC6553d ago

Wasnt it possible for a queen in SC1 to shoot its crap on another zerg enemy and make two broodlings out of it. So it's the same concept.

Terrice6553d ago

I think of it less as infesting and more of corrupting part of the enemy's hive mind to produce the irregular Zerg units for a limited time.

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'Big Match' Over Starcraft IP. NC, Nexon, Netmarble, and Krafton Clash.

Leading domestic game companies have entered into an unprecedented competition to win orders for Starcraft, Blizzard's representative IP (intellectual property).

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RaidenBlack425d ago

Was aware the iconic Starcaft IP was jumping to South Korea ....

jznrpg424d ago

Weird MS is letting go of a good IP. I don’t mind it but hopefully the best dev wins and I’m not sure who that is outbid those.

Sonyslave3424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

What they are bidding for are exclusive rights to develop the IP. Microsoft/blizzard is essentially licensing it out to the highest bidder, not selling the IP.

B5R424d ago

I wonder if we'll see Starcraft Ghost come out of this. And if we do, I wonder if it'll be a free-to-play gacha game.

goken424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Given the potential developers, looks inevitable there will be free to play gacha versions. But given south korea’s love for starcraft there would be one that is inline with starcraft 1&2.
Might want to expect some sort of backdoor cheat that only south koreans know of lol 🤣

Profchaos424d ago

Nah that's long since dead and gone it's only good is a leaked Dev build

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'StarCraft: Remastered', 'StarCraft II' Now Available on PC Game Pass

This week, Blizzard Entertainment dropped both 'StarCraft: Remastered' and 'StarCraft II Campaign Collection' into PC Game Pass.

meganick566d ago

Hopefully these get released on Switch and Playstation, along with Age of Empires. There’s a severe lack of good RTS games on both those platforms.

waytoobad565d ago

if only they didn't raise the price 500% last year.

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Coming to Game Pass: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, StarCraft & StarCraft II, and More

Happy spooky season to those who celebrate! We have a collection of scary games for you to enjoy with Game Pass, while hiding under the blankets (or maybe that’s just how I play). And if you want to do something slightly less scary, we have a whole list of games for you to start pre-installing including more day one additions like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more! Let’s get to the games.

• South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 16
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
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• Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – October 25
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• Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
• Dead Island 2 (PC) – October 31
• StarCraft: Remastered (PC) – November 5
• StarCraft II: Campaign Collection (PC) – November 5

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crazyCoconuts590d ago

Let the COD on GamePass experiment begin!
I would think their quarterly revenue will take a hit compared to a year ago, but will maybe make up for it throughout the year as the monthly GP subs keep coming in

pwnmaster3000590d ago

Was up with call of duty man?
I downloaded cod on gamepass and for some reason I cannot access the game.

darthv72590d ago

just curious what version? There are some that you can pre-load, but they wont work until their release date later this month.

pwnmaster3000590d ago

I have to redownload it again for the 3rd time to check.
I ended up just deleting it to make room for other games after the second time.

It was on Xbox game pass, I didn’t know there was other versions. I just downloaded everything, but sadly I couldn’t even access the game. Maybe 3rd time the charm. I’ll download it again.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH590d ago

It’s not out yet man unless you’re talking about MW3.

pwnmaster3000590d ago

I’m talking about mw3. For some reason I could not get it to work.

just_looken590d ago

On xbox there is the last gen/current gen versions pc though you could also get a xbox version.

When that new forza first came out for one day they had the xbox version on the pc store i was like ? what it was odd.

On xbox you can easily download the one version of a game instead of the series version so you run into issues on your series console.

pwnmaster3000590d ago

Because a game won’t run after I download it??
Man your kids must hate your @ss if that’s how you think.

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dveio590d ago

It's going to be very interesting to follow up on how the new entry of CoD will perform at the box office, player numbers and distribution of Xbox, PC and PS versions this year.

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DivineHand125590d ago

I got excited thinking they ported StarCraft to consoles but it's just the PC version. Also, I thought Starcraft 2 was already free to play.

TheColbertinator590d ago

I'm certain it is going to be the Campaign Collection version.

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