We've got about 2 days until the HotS launch. It's time to get out your predictions for how the next chapter of the story will unfold. I'm aware of the leaked material, achievement icons, and other media that has surfaced recently, but I haven't personally chosen to look at it; So if you've seen any of that, don't reveal it here.
So....Does anybody who hasn't seen the leaks want to take a guess at the path the story's going to take? What's going to happen to Raynor, Kerrigan, Arcturus,Valerian, and Zeratul? Will we see Duran resurface and reveal his plans, or learn more about the dark voice and his hybrid army? We'll be finding out soon :)
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I think we are going to see more of the BW like kerrigan, and I think that Raynor will die. Because warfield says "If only raynor could see you now" in the trailer, so I think she or her brood will kill him.
I also have been avoiding any non official information.
Methinks Kerrigan will get her revenge on Arcturus, but at the cost of her recently restored humanity
This for starters. Duran will reveal his 'plans' which will have something to do with the Dark Voice - not sure if he IS the Dark Voice, but the whole 'hybrid' thing was kind of his theme, no? I don't think Raynor will die, I'm thinking he and Zeratul still have some kind of last-fight part to play in LOTV. Either Valerian will end up leading the Terrans after Arcturus gets killed by Kerrigan, or he gets killed/infested by Kerrigan as payback for what Arcturus did to her.
I'm mostly just wondering what the levels look like. Sure we'll have Kerrigan doing A) infestation missions and B) storyline missions, but what else? Are we gonna have Ihan crystal like missions? Anything else besides the main storyline?
I think the part of the trailer where Mengsk says 'if only Raynor could see you right now' is Kerrigan standing before him, ready to kill him. She is the one who will do it. So without Mengsk, let's see what happens. I am far not some lore maniac so I do not even follow anything besides the campaign missions from WoL and the trailers of HotS.
Raynor will become zerg to keep banging Kerrigan. But then he will realize that his zergish self doesn't have a penis. Then he will struggle against his zergish self to get back to the human to aquire penis again and bang Nova, for example. Zeratul will help Raynor by providing an antizerg potion. This will turn Raynor back to the human condition and give his penis back. But there will something stay unchanged. Kerrigan will still feel attracted to Raynor like he's still a zerg. So he will finally bang her. And their ugli children will be a op hybrid between zerg and human. And Raynor will decide to kill the posterity. And he will kill all except one. The last one will be saved by Kerrigan. She will kill Raynor, and get the little monster away to grow it. Meanwhile Zeratul will be rubbin his hands feeling smart, because that potion he gave to Raynor had secret DNA in it, which were then injected into Raynor semen, so the monsters he and Kerrigan gave birth to, will become Protoss slaves to finally destroy the Zerg with. So, that little monster Kerrigan saved will be one of the key character of the Void chapter. Penis.
I think pretty much everyone agrees that Arcturus will die, no?
I think he'll die, but it's hard to tell. Warfield's "What if Jim could see you know" commnet doesn't mean Jim's going to die for sure, in my opinion. I t's certainly an interesting idea, but I don't think blizzard would kill off Jim before LotV.
This for starters. Duran will reveal his 'plans' which will have something to do with the Dark Voice - not sure if he IS the Dark Voice, but the whole 'hybrid' thing was kind of his theme, no? I don't think Raynor will die, I'm thinking he and Zeratul still have some kind of last-fight part to play in LOTV. Either Valerian will end up leading the Terrans after Arcturus gets killed by Kerrigan, or he gets killed/infested by Kerrigan as payback for what Arcturus did to her.
The Duran/Narud connection is pretty obvious, so I'm nearly positive that Duran will return at some point and explain that the whole hybrid thing was his idea. But I've got a feeling they're going to wait until LotV. Zeratul will survive until LotV, I'm nearly positive there. Kerrigan's definitely not going to be happy with Valerian- from her perspective, he was the one who "stole" her zergy powers away from her.
Quite a long time ago there was an unfinished ending leaked for HotS that appeared to be official. I'm very curious to see how closely that matches up with the real ending- Blizzard might have changed the ending after the leak if it was legit, so we may never know. But I'm still super curious :P
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The only thing I'm sure about is that Jim is going to be pointless in the HotS storyline... He'll probably try to get Kerrigan back and will fail, what's still to be determined is how much of a pain in the *beep* he will be for Kerrigan and the "rise" of her brood. From how the story unfold in WoL I'm guessing Zeratul is pretty much powerless against both The Void AND the Zergs, which leads me to the conclusion Kerrigan is the only character strong enough to counter The Void for now.
There has to be something in the HotS storyline that will make the transition between "everyone is powerless against/unaware of The Void" to "the Protoss will rally and push back The Void once and for all", and I think Kerrigan is an important part of it. Maybe she'll join her forces to the Protoss at some point, or at least share a common goal with them... which also means she'll achieve her revenge slightly before the end of HotS, and she'll focus on stopping The Void in some way (maybe not by joining the Protoss, but maybe assisting by sacrificing her brood/powers to weaken The Void).
Arcturus is either going to be killed by (or flee from) Kerrigan's brood, he's pretty much dead already and lost all credibility once Raynor exposed his plans in the WoL storyline. Even the Terrans are against him now, so he's out anyway. Valerian sounds like a treacherous/unstable character to me, so I expect him to become like his father sooner or later (if not in HotS, it should be in LotV). I can easily imagine he'd get pissed by Kerrigan not losing her powers after she was brought back by Raynor, actually becoming an even stronger threat to the Terrans, especially the Dominion.
I also expect some Protoss heroes to come into the storyline. We haven't heard much about them in WoL, except in the mission where you have to hold against The Void. I expect them to be part of HotS, knowing how much they care about "keeping the balance of the Universe" I guess they'll remain allies to the Terran and fight with the Dominion to counter Kerrigan's frenzy... or something along those lines anyway!
As of Duran, I admit I had to check who he is because that part in the SC lore went completely over my head (yeah I know, how could I?)... I don't expect him to be The Void, maybe somehow related to it but no much further than "oops I went greedy and it blew back in my face". The Void is an ancient god from who-knows-where, maybe Duran was aiming for the power of the Xel'Naga and it went wrong, thus awakening The Void in the process and being forced to flee or fall under its influence (the kind of relationship Gollum has with the ring of power and Sauron). What's to be done to it is probably not going to be revealed in HotS anyway, so I'll wait until I finished HotS before saying any more bullsh*t about him.
I dont like the 'Dark Voice' plot. Its the ultimate cheesy cliche. A deity entity like that is not tangible in Starcraft universe. I just dont like it, Zerg should be the primary antagonist force driving the story.
Kerrigan is just a muddle of confusion. It would make more sense if she was the Overmind re-incarnate(The Overmind being born again in her, but now in a more powerful host). Her constant humanity and then Zerg side, back and forth is just stupid and makes no sense in my opinion.
What happened to the Xel'naga?, Do they come to save or to destroy?(early WoL trailer). Did Blizzard forget about that or what?
Trailers are always designed for hype, and dont always deliver what you expect. I feel it might be the same case for HoTs.
"Everyone is powerless against/unaware of The Void" to "the Protoss will rally and push back The Void once and for all", and I think Kerrigan is an important part of it.
I believe something like the Xel'naga artifact from WoL will be the answer for The Void.
I dont like the 'Dark Voice' plot. Its the ultimate cheesy cliche. A deity entity like that is not tangible in Starcraft universe. I just dont like it, Zerg should be the primary antagonist force driving the story.
What happened to the Xel'naga?, Do they come to save or to destroy?(early WoL trailer). Did Blizzard forget about that or what?
Isn't the dark voice a Xel'Naga? Or at the very least, linked to them..
I dont like the 'Dark Voice' plot. Its the ultimate cheesy cliche. A deity entity like that is not tangible in Starcraft universe. I just dont like it, Zerg should be the primary antagonist force driving the story.
I agree about The Void, but what makes you think the Zerg are not the primary antagonist in SC2? Even if it doesn't show in HotS, it doesn't mean Kerrigan and/or the Zerg won't be an important part against the Dark Voice... (just in case, if you know more than I do about the plot in HotS, please keep your answer spoil-free)
Kerrigan is just a muddle of confusion. It would make more sense if she was the Overmind re-incarnate(The Overmind being born again in her, but now in a more powerful host). Her constant humanity and then Zerg side, back and forth is just stupid and makes no sense in my opinion.
Kerrigan being the new, more powerful Overmind is a bit too obvious as well, unfortunately... I would also feel like the story is going in circles, I'm rather glad they broke this routine to offer something else. But the end of SC2 is pretty clear as of now already, either The Void is stopped or everyone dies, so I agree it's kind of hard to insert a twist at some point. You can't really do better and more "epic" than an evil entity focused on destroying the Universe, so yeah... it's lazy work from the writers! But what would make sense (given the number and characters in the SC lore, each with their own goals), and could be told from A to Z in only 3 games (about 20 missions each)? As far as I can tell, they did pretty good work so far. Of course the main plot is not original so to speak, but each character has its role in it and, to me, it's not just a detail. Should the Xel'Naga become a key component of the SC2 storyline, rather than just "weird demons from outer space coming to kill us all"? Probably. And I guess that's what's going to happen, either in HotS or LotV, probably even both.
Sweet mother of God the suspense is killing me. I've been baited into getting a digital copy from a local retailer, but it hasn't arrived yet.*insert Wilhelm scream*
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We've got about 2 days until the HotS launch. It's time to get out your predictions for how the next chapter of the story will unfold. I'm aware of the leaked material, achievement icons, and other media that has surfaced recently, but I haven't personally chosen to look at it; So if you've seen any of that, don't reveal it here.
So....Does anybody who hasn't seen the leaks want to take a guess at the path the story's going to take? What's going to happen to Raynor, Kerrigan, Arcturus,Valerian, and Zeratul? Will we see Duran resurface and reveal his plans, or learn more about the dark voice and his hybrid army? We'll be finding out soon :)
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Methinks Kerrigan will get her revenge on Arcturus, but at the cost of her recently restored humanity
I think we are going to see more of the BW like kerrigan, and I think that Raynor will die. Because warfield says "If only raynor could see you now" in the trailer, so I think she or her brood will kill him.
I also have been avoiding any non official information.
This for starters. Duran will reveal his 'plans' which will have something to do with the Dark Voice - not sure if he IS the Dark Voice, but the whole 'hybrid' thing was kind of his theme, no? I don't think Raynor will die, I'm thinking he and Zeratul still have some kind of last-fight part to play in LOTV. Either Valerian will end up leading the Terrans after Arcturus gets killed by Kerrigan, or he gets killed/infested by Kerrigan as payback for what Arcturus did to her.
I'm mostly just wondering what the levels look like. Sure we'll have Kerrigan doing A) infestation missions and B) storyline missions, but what else? Are we gonna have Ihan crystal like missions? Anything else besides the main storyline?
I think the part of the trailer where Mengsk says 'if only Raynor could see you right now' is Kerrigan standing before him, ready to kill him. She is the one who will do it. So without Mengsk, let's see what happens. I am far not some lore maniac so I do not even follow anything besides the campaign missions from WoL and the trailers of HotS.
I think pretty much everyone agrees that Arcturus will die, no?
Raynor will become zerg to keep banging Kerrigan. But then he will realize that his zergish self doesn't have a penis. Then he will struggle against his zergish self to get back to the human to aquire penis again and bang Nova, for example. Zeratul will help Raynor by providing an antizerg potion. This will turn Raynor back to the human condition and give his penis back. But there will something stay unchanged. Kerrigan will still feel attracted to Raynor like he's still a zerg. So he will finally bang her. And their ugli children will be a op hybrid between zerg and human. And Raynor will decide to kill the posterity. And he will kill all except one. The last one will be saved by Kerrigan. She will kill Raynor, and get the little monster away to grow it. Meanwhile Zeratul will be rubbin his hands feeling smart, because that potion he gave to Raynor had secret DNA in it, which were then injected into Raynor semen, so the monsters he and Kerrigan gave birth to, will become Protoss slaves to finally destroy the Zerg with. So, that little monster Kerrigan saved will be one of the key character of the Void chapter. Penis.
I think he'll die, but it's hard to tell. Warfield's "What if Jim could see you know" commnet doesn't mean Jim's going to die for sure, in my opinion. I t's certainly an interesting idea, but I don't think blizzard would kill off Jim before LotV.
I've got a feeling this is going to be the case. I'm not totally sure if I think Arcturus will die, but I'm leaning towards yes.
The Duran/Narud connection is pretty obvious, so I'm nearly positive that Duran will return at some point and explain that the whole hybrid thing was his idea. But I've got a feeling they're going to wait until LotV. Zeratul will survive until LotV, I'm nearly positive there. Kerrigan's definitely not going to be happy with Valerian- from her perspective, he was the one who "stole" her zergy powers away from her.
Quite a long time ago there was an unfinished ending leaked for HotS that appeared to be official. I'm very curious to see how closely that matches up with the real ending- Blizzard might have changed the ending after the leak if it was legit, so we may never know. But I'm still super curious :P
The only thing I'm sure about is that Jim is going to be pointless in the HotS storyline... He'll probably try to get Kerrigan back and will fail, what's still to be determined is how much of a pain in the *beep* he will be for Kerrigan and the "rise" of her brood. From how the story unfold in WoL I'm guessing Zeratul is pretty much powerless against both The Void AND the Zergs, which leads me to the conclusion Kerrigan is the only character strong enough to counter The Void for now.
There has to be something in the HotS storyline that will make the transition between "everyone is powerless against/unaware of The Void" to "the Protoss will rally and push back The Void once and for all", and I think Kerrigan is an important part of it. Maybe she'll join her forces to the Protoss at some point, or at least share a common goal with them... which also means she'll achieve her revenge slightly before the end of HotS, and she'll focus on stopping The Void in some way (maybe not by joining the Protoss, but maybe assisting by sacrificing her brood/powers to weaken The Void).
Arcturus is either going to be killed by (or flee from) Kerrigan's brood, he's pretty much dead already and lost all credibility once Raynor exposed his plans in the WoL storyline. Even the Terrans are against him now, so he's out anyway. Valerian sounds like a treacherous/unstable character to me, so I expect him to become like his father sooner or later (if not in HotS, it should be in LotV). I can easily imagine he'd get pissed by Kerrigan not losing her powers after she was brought back by Raynor, actually becoming an even stronger threat to the Terrans, especially the Dominion.
I also expect some Protoss heroes to come into the storyline. We haven't heard much about them in WoL, except in the mission where you have to hold against The Void. I expect them to be part of HotS, knowing how much they care about "keeping the balance of the Universe" I guess they'll remain allies to the Terran and fight with the Dominion to counter Kerrigan's frenzy... or something along those lines anyway!
As of Duran, I admit I had to check who he is because that part in the SC lore went completely over my head (yeah I know, how could I?)... I don't expect him to be The Void, maybe somehow related to it but no much further than "oops I went greedy and it blew back in my face". The Void is an ancient god from who-knows-where, maybe Duran was aiming for the power of the Xel'Naga and it went wrong, thus awakening The Void in the process and being forced to flee or fall under its influence (the kind of relationship Gollum has with the ring of power and Sauron). What's to be done to it is probably not going to be revealed in HotS anyway, so I'll wait until I finished HotS before saying any more bullsh*t about him.
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I dont like the 'Dark Voice' plot. Its the ultimate cheesy cliche. A deity entity like that is not tangible in Starcraft universe. I just dont like it, Zerg should be the primary antagonist force driving the story.
Kerrigan is just a muddle of confusion. It would make more sense if she was the Overmind re-incarnate(The Overmind being born again in her, but now in a more powerful host). Her constant humanity and then Zerg side, back and forth is just stupid and makes no sense in my opinion.
What happened to the Xel'naga?, Do they come to save or to destroy?(early WoL trailer). Did Blizzard forget about that or what?
Trailers are always designed for hype, and dont always deliver what you expect. I feel it might be the same case for HoTs.
I believe something like the Xel'naga artifact from WoL will be the answer for The Void.
Isn't the dark voice a Xel'Naga? Or at the very least, linked to them..
Just a small warning, all the cinematics has been leaked. Source is most likely CE's behind the scenes DVD. Watch it at your own risk.
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all of them? Thought it was just the ending one. Where might the others be found?
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I agree about The Void, but what makes you think the Zerg are not the primary antagonist in SC2? Even if it doesn't show in HotS, it doesn't mean Kerrigan and/or the Zerg won't be an important part against the Dark Voice... (just in case, if you know more than I do about the plot in HotS, please keep your answer spoil-free)
Kerrigan being the new, more powerful Overmind is a bit too obvious as well, unfortunately... I would also feel like the story is going in circles, I'm rather glad they broke this routine to offer something else. But the end of SC2 is pretty clear as of now already, either The Void is stopped or everyone dies, so I agree it's kind of hard to insert a twist at some point. You can't really do better and more "epic" than an evil entity focused on destroying the Universe, so yeah... it's lazy work from the writers! But what would make sense (given the number and characters in the SC lore, each with their own goals), and could be told from A to Z in only 3 games (about 20 missions each)? As far as I can tell, they did pretty good work so far. Of course the main plot is not original so to speak, but each character has its role in it and, to me, it's not just a detail. Should the Xel'Naga become a key component of the SC2 storyline, rather than just "weird demons from outer space coming to kill us all"? Probably. And I guess that's what's going to happen, either in HotS or LotV, probably even both.
Sweet mother of God the suspense is killing me. I've been baited into getting a digital copy from a local retailer, but it hasn't arrived yet.*insert Wilhelm scream*