StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Thread

PhazeDelta1

pure awesomeness.

cant wait until this chapter is released
heres the new preview trailer. check it out

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Preview Trailer

Mkilbride · 10-21-2011, 21:06 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

Got to go clean my pants.

moab600 · 10-21-2011, 21:20 | posts: 3,263 | Location: Germany

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Originally Posted by Mkilbride

Got to go clean my pants.

me and u bud, i cried out of happiness. i just hope they release it very soon, damn can't wait to murder protoss and terran!!!

PhazeDelta1 · 10-21-2011, 21:31 | posts: 9,314 | Location: 90° N

heres the a short gameplay vid from gamescon 2011. looks really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyCk9...eature=related

villa_youth · 10-21-2011, 21:50 | posts: 626 | Location: England

I hope they have optimized the game engine better for current hardware this time.
One of the few remaining pc only releases left now and I hope they keep it that way.

Mkilbride · 10-21-2011, 22:22 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

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Originally Posted by villa_youth

I hope they have optimized the game engine better for current hardware this time.
One of the few remaining pc only releases left now and I hope they keep it that way.

How do you mean? It was very well optimized. Graphically, it's right where it needs to be, intense, but also has the option to look like WarCraft 3.

Beren-OneHand · 10-21-2011, 23:17 | posts: 864 | Location: Valinor

I just hope they can repair the damage they did to the plot.

Mkilbride · 10-21-2011, 23:20 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

You mean making it better than ever?

Gotcha.

soltitade · 10-21-2011, 23:54 | posts: 91

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Originally Posted by villa_youth

I hope they have optimized the game engine better for current hardware this time.
One of the few remaining pc only releases left now and I hope they keep it that way.

Wait what ???

ElFishoIII · **Memory**: 4G GSkill 800mhz 4-4-4-12

Blizzard never goes for the latest and greatest, and bsides, what's wrong with the way they did it? I think it's a beautiful game, and runs great.

quaker3 · 10-22-2011, 00:39 | posts: 560

gonna be another milky cow

wouldnt be bad with a low price but i doubt it

PhazeDelta1 · 10-22-2011, 01:00 | posts: 9,314 | Location: 90° N

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gonna be another milky cow

like that never happens lol

ElFishoIII · **Memory**: 4G GSkill 800mhz 4-4-4-12

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Originally Posted by quaker3

gonna be another milky cow

wouldnt be bad with a low price but i doubt it

$40 usd is what I've heard. Not too bad.

Mkilbride · 10-22-2011, 03:20 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

40$ USD for 30 hours of gameplay, plus new additions to the editor, new MP game modes, and lots of new units.

Pretty good if you ask me.

Virtue · 10-22-2011, 03:32 | posts: 827 | Location: Montreal

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Originally Posted by Mkilbride

How do you mean? It was very well optimized. Graphically, it's right where it needs to be, intense, but also has the option to look like WarCraft 3.

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Originally Posted by soltitade

Wait what ???

A game that relies so much on the CPU shouldn't be a dual core game with a release date of 2010. :/
That's something they'll never be able to fix unless they rebuild the engine to properly support quad cores. Shame on blizz.

I don't own the game, but friends have told me if you play some 2v2 and everyone is in one area fighting I think even the better rigs get FPS dips due to ****ty dual core engine. That shouldn't happen.

Mkilbride · 10-22-2011, 03:46 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

...

I've played 4 VS 4 and not gotten any FPS dip, on the rig you see here.

It's CPU heavy because of the immense detail of each unit, there is tons of physics going on in it. It can take advantage of my CPU 99%...so...I'm confused how it doesn't support Quad Cores, but my CPU hits 99% on all 4 cores.

PhazeDelta1 · 10-22-2011, 15:56 | posts: 9,314 | Location: 90° N

^this

WoL eats up alot of cpu. but the good thing is, its using all my cores evenly. so its pretty well optimized to me.

PhazeDelta1 · 10-22-2011, 16:01 | posts: 9,314 | Location: 90° N

some screens:

maleficarus™ · 10-22-2011, 17:23 | posts: 3,587 | Location: Toronto, Canada

I just downloaded SC2 myself! I will play it while I wait for BF3...

Mkilbride · 10-22-2011, 20:08 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

Yeah, I plan to replay SC2 right before HoTS so I can dive right in.

AbjectBlitz · 10-22-2011, 20:30 | posts: 3,269 | Location: United Kingdom

Meh, looks nice and all but the same old spammy gameplay for ocd asians.

Gaizokubanou · 10-23-2011, 03:57 | posts: 984

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Originally Posted by AbjectBlitz

Meh, looks nice and all but the same old spammy gameplay for ocd asians.

Which is more intense and fun for me than new and slow gameplay for people with arthritis

Shrawn · 10-27-2011, 21:17 | posts: 3

QUESTION!

I'm too lazy to find this out using the internet but will SC II Heart of the swarm be an expansion or stand-alone? (call me a bug fanatic if you will) but I really dislike the protoss and even more so the terran factions and it will be really annoying if I have to get SC II wings of liberty as well in order to play the Heart of the swarm

PhazeDelta1 · 10-27-2011, 21:26 | posts: 9,314 | Location: 90° N

a simple google search would of told you its an expansion.

Mkilbride · 10-27-2011, 21:37 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

That can be bought & played stand-alone.