Why would they change it only because it got leaked? Anyone who reads those leaks makes a consious decision to spoil themselves. I did not read them (I didn't even know they existed until now), I did not even watch the cinematic trailer/intro until the game was installed. I watched only the ingame teasers.
As for the storyline itself. Yep, it does have its weird moments (Stukov's sudden appearance, Kerrigan's strange moral, Narud's willingness to fight). But my real cristicism is towards the bleak characters and lack of surprises. I also found it strange that the prime Zerg would be conscious beings with the ability to speak. It started really well with Nova, Horner, Valerian, Raynor and Kerrigan and I had hoped they would get more screen time. It also sucked how little we got to see from Protoss except for Zeratul and the boring Tal'Darim. I still think it's far superior to Wings of Liberty. The dialogue is better, character interaction is better, and the stuff that you do actually has meaning (unlikee Raynor trying to dethrone Mengsk with the recording).
If i had to rate the games storylines from 1-10 it would go like this:
SC1: 8
SCBW: 9
WoL: 6
HotS: 7
I hope LotV can build on the strengths of HotS while having more missions.
edit: Btw. you say they had two years to change the storyline and make it sound like it was plenty of time. You should take into consideration how many things depend on the storyline. Level design (and with that editor features), art, cinematics, sound effects, casting choices, units, doodads. Anything that isn't multiplayer balance.
Why would they change it only because it got leaked? Anyone who reads those leaks makes a consious decision to spoil themselves. I did not read them (I didn't even know they existed until now), I did not even watch the cinematic trailer/intro until the game was installed. I watched only the ingame teasers.
As for the storyline itself. Yep, it does have its weird moments (Stukov's sudden appearance, Kerrigan's strange moral, Narud's willingness to fight). But my real cristicism is towards the bleak characters and lack of surprises. I also found it strange that the prime Zerg would be conscious beings with the ability to speak. It started really well with Nova, Horner, Valerian, Raynor and Kerrigan and I had hoped they would get more screen time. It also sucked how little we got to see from Protoss except for Zeratul and the boring Tal'Darim. I still think it's far superior to Wings of Liberty. The dialogue is better, character interaction is better, and the stuff that you do actually has meaning (unlikee Raynor trying to dethrone Mengsk with the recording).
If i had to rate the games storylines from 1-10 it would go like this:
SC1: 8
SCBW: 9
WoL: 6
HotS: 7
I hope LotV can build on the strengths of HotS while having more missions.
edit: Btw. you say they had two years to change the storyline and make it sound like it was plenty of time. You should take into consideration how many things depend on the storyline. Level design (and with that editor features), art, cinematics, sound effects, casting choices, units, doodads. Anything that isn't multiplayer balance.