| Monday, 10 March 2008 |
| i live for the swarm! |
Blizzard Entertainment has made my day VERY special by finally releasing information about the Zerg. Yes, the Zerg, the last playable race of the Starcraft universe, has FINALLY ARRIVED!
According to reports so far, the Zerg have QUITE a number of new units, and retained a number of old classic ones. The Zerglings and Mutalisks were announced to be making a return quite a long time ago, as were the Ultralisks, which were also revealed to be in the game just a couple of weeks before. And today, we were given confirmation that three other classic units were making a comeback, namely the Hydralisks, Lurkers and the Queen, though the Zerg Queen has undergone a total transformation and is now RADICALLY different from its original incarnation!
Also, it has become quite clear that the Zerg is shaping up into a race that emphasizes more on ground motility and ground swarm tactics. While this has always been the case for the Zerg, this emphasis on total ground power has become more obvious in Starcraft 2. The number of unique types of ground troops that the Zerg now have is a staggering 10, while they only appear to have a total of 4 Zerg fliers. This clearly distinguishes them from the other races in Starcraft, including the Protoss, who have the most powerful airfleet in the Starcraft universe, and the Terrans, who are like a transition point between the two races.
Here are some radical screenshots of the newly released Zerg!
A battle between a swarm of new Zerg Corrupters against two Terran Battlecruisers.
The Zerg Swarm on the move: In this picture, you can see Hydralisks, Zerglings, Ultralisks, Lurkers and new units such as the Banelings, Infestors and Roaches, all scurrying about to invade the nearby terran base. The Zerg swarm just looks SO DAMN COOL.
A squad of Hydralisks and Lurkers attacking a Protoss defence encampment. The Protoss are really getting owned.
Zerg on Zerg attack. You can see the newly modified Zerg Queen in this. In the original Starcraft, she was a Zerg flier. Now she's really found a new niche in the Hive structure of the Zerg and has evolved into a ground unit - apparently, she's like a defense co-ordinator of the hive, with abilities to allow her to effectively defend the Zerg hive clusters. And you'll are currently only allowed to build one Queen in a single game, though this cap might changed considering how they removed the cap on the Protoss Mothership.
There are more Zerg screenshots and new demo videos on the net! ZERG GALORE!
GLORY TO THE SWARM!Labels: fanboy, games |
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