Starcraft 2 Triple Trailer Reaction: Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void
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Lot of love for Stacraft II on this channel from the community so we are finally getting to some reactions for our triple trailer Tuesday. We are watching the Wings of Liberty intro. Heart of the Swarm opening cinematic and Legacy of the void opening cinematic. Hope you enjoy our Starcraft 2 triple trailer reaction!
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@Raven-lg7td 5 years ago
Legacy of the Void gives me chills every time..... Blizzard cinematics are just pure art
@Thrilled333 5 years ago
So, in the last trailer, that big thing that those 2 guys fused into is called an "Archon". It's typically a last resort as it sacrifices the valuable lives of those who form it, for a short term effect. They're like a dying star going supernova, burst of power that will burn out. Also, as you can see, they have enough power to essentially turn themselves into a mini-black hole.
@denitrifi.gaming 5 years ago
The woman is so intelligent and spot on in her analysis of the protoss even though never having played this game. Wow.
@banieldord 5 years ago
The coolest one IMO is the third trailer because it represents game mechanics best. In layman’s terms, The little bot teleports in a pylon which takes 30 seconds (just like the game), the one sword guy tanks an exploding bug with his shield before the next kills him (all protoss units have shields), the two magic guys merge into the big one (the big thing is an archon, and you get them by merging two high templars), and then as soon as the pylon completes, all the Protoss units can warp in around it, which is a major mechanic in game and one of their big advantages.
@lordmortarius538 5 years ago
Also for context, as SC2 builds on the story from the first game and expansion:
The Terrans were initially sent to the Koprulu Sector as colonists formed of the dregs of humanity: convicts and whatnot, who formed the Terran Confederacy, modeled after the old Confederacy from the Civil War. Their racial feel amongst the three major players is that of the scrappy underdog who is able to adapt to different situations via transformation tech: Siege tanks, Viking air/ground fighters (those ships in the second trailer), and other units. They first meet the alien Zerg when the colonies of Chau Sara and Mar Sara on the fringes of Confederate space are overrun, the last remaining forces fleeing with Marshal James Raynor, who is picked up by the alleged terrorist group known as the Sons of Korhal. Arcturus Mengsk is their leader (the guy who was talking in the first trailer), and he recruits Raynor to assist him in taking down the corrupt Confederate rule (he has a personal grudge against them for nuking the shit out of his homeworld of Korhal after they declared independence). Raynor and a special psionic Ghost operative named Sarah Kerrigan work together on several missions recruiting allies and taking down Confederate facilities, and eventually form a tenuous relationship.
Then the betrayal happened: while implementing Mengsk's plan to station psi-emitters on the Confederate capitol planet Tarsonis to lure the Zerg swarm to the planet and take out the Confederacy once and for all, Raynor objects to what amounts to mass genocide, but is overruled by Mengsk. Kerrigan plants the emitters, but is then left on Tarsonis by Mengsk after his plan is achieved and the Zerg begin to overrun the planet. Raynor swore to kill Mengsk for leaving her behind, and also blamed himself for not being able to save her, retreating to the fringe worlds again to reform his own group and fight against Mengsk's new Terran Dominion.
Kerrigan was not killed by the Zerg, however. The Zerg Overmind, the hive consciousness that directed the swarm, took her to be it's champion, and infested her body, turning her into a Zerg/Terran hybrid. Her psionic potential was heightened and she was wholly subsumed by the will of the Overmind (think like how the Borg on Star Trek assimilate others). She led the swarm to retake their homeworld of Char from the Terran and Protoss forces there, and then led the invasion of the Protoss homeworld of Aiur, completely destroying the Protoss civilization and sending the remnants fleeing to other worlds.
The Protoss are a highly advanced psionic race of aliens from the sector, who utilize both AI robotics and psionic mastery to expand their empire. Their approach to the Zerg initially was to essentially exterminate them and all other life on a planet they had infested via orbital bombardment (this happened to several Terran worlds, but as they'd had no contact with Terrans before they didn't see any problem with their plans). They are all connected by a psi-field known as the Khala, which has allowed them to overcome their prior clan differences and become a unified race. Their abilities to create psionic blades and storms of energy are unrivaled, even by the Terran Ghosts who are also psionic practitioners, although not nearly the same level. One heroic Executor, Tassadar, combined his own energies with that of the outcast Dark Templar to destroy the Overmind on Aiur, making Kerrigan the new leader of the swarm, but they were still unable to reclaim their world.
So there you have it. Raynor's Raiders are out to bring down the Dominion now because EMPEROR Mengsk is a huge fascist dick, Kerrigan is out to get vengeance on Mengsk for turning her into the infested monster she is now, and the Protoss aim to reclaim Aiur from the Swarm, all of these things take place in SC2 :P
The Terrans were initially sent to the Koprulu Sector as colonists formed of the dregs of humanity: convicts and whatnot, who formed the Terran Confederacy, modeled after the old Confederacy from the Civil War. Their racial feel amongst the three major players is that of the scrappy underdog who is able to adapt to different situations via transformation tech: Siege tanks, Viking air/ground fighters (those ships in the second trailer), and other units. They first meet the alien Zerg when the colonies of Chau Sara and Mar Sara on the fringes of Confederate space are overrun, the last remaining forces fleeing with Marshal James Raynor, who is picked up by the alleged terrorist group known as the Sons of Korhal. Arcturus Mengsk is their leader (the guy who was talking in the first trailer), and he recruits Raynor to assist him in taking down the corrupt Confederate rule (he has a personal grudge against them for nuking the shit out of his homeworld of Korhal after they declared independence). Raynor and a special psionic Ghost operative named Sarah Kerrigan work together on several missions recruiting allies and taking down Confederate facilities, and eventually form a tenuous relationship.
Then the betrayal happened: while implementing Mengsk's plan to station psi-emitters on the Confederate capitol planet Tarsonis to lure the Zerg swarm to the planet and take out the Confederacy once and for all, Raynor objects to what amounts to mass genocide, but is overruled by Mengsk. Kerrigan plants the emitters, but is then left on Tarsonis by Mengsk after his plan is achieved and the Zerg begin to overrun the planet. Raynor swore to kill Mengsk for leaving her behind, and also blamed himself for not being able to save her, retreating to the fringe worlds again to reform his own group and fight against Mengsk's new Terran Dominion.
Kerrigan was not killed by the Zerg, however. The Zerg Overmind, the hive consciousness that directed the swarm, took her to be it's champion, and infested her body, turning her into a Zerg/Terran hybrid. Her psionic potential was heightened and she was wholly subsumed by the will of the Overmind (think like how the Borg on Star Trek assimilate others). She led the swarm to retake their homeworld of Char from the Terran and Protoss forces there, and then led the invasion of the Protoss homeworld of Aiur, completely destroying the Protoss civilization and sending the remnants fleeing to other worlds.
The Protoss are a highly advanced psionic race of aliens from the sector, who utilize both AI robotics and psionic mastery to expand their empire. Their approach to the Zerg initially was to essentially exterminate them and all other life on a planet they had infested via orbital bombardment (this happened to several Terran worlds, but as they'd had no contact with Terrans before they didn't see any problem with their plans). They are all connected by a psi-field known as the Khala, which has allowed them to overcome their prior clan differences and become a unified race. Their abilities to create psionic blades and storms of energy are unrivaled, even by the Terran Ghosts who are also psionic practitioners, although not nearly the same level. One heroic Executor, Tassadar, combined his own energies with that of the outcast Dark Templar to destroy the Overmind on Aiur, making Kerrigan the new leader of the swarm, but they were still unable to reclaim their world.
So there you have it. Raynor's Raiders are out to bring down the Dominion now because EMPEROR Mengsk is a huge fascist dick, Kerrigan is out to get vengeance on Mengsk for turning her into the infested monster she is now, and the Protoss aim to reclaim Aiur from the Swarm, all of these things take place in SC2 :P
@Tazkar 5 years ago
Last trailer, the Protoss's 'braided hair' are their Nerve Cords that allow them to use the Khala and link together. The Protoss basically did James Cameron's Avatar, before James Cameron. And yeah its more a communal link they all share their emotions and thoughts with one another.
The guy narrating the first trailer is Arcturus Mengsk who is not a good guy at all, he's responsible for betraying Kerrigan which resulted in her being turned into the Queen of Blades to begin with. The Flashback of the second trailer was actually a Flashforward(Or rather a premonition). As Kerrigan got turned into the Queen of Blades then Deinfested, then she becomes the Queen of Blades again. The foreshadowing of that second trailer is her assaulting Korhal and trying to kill Mengsk who manipulated his way into becoming the leader of the Terrans.
Kerrigans story definitely is tragic and interesting given by the end of the first Starcraft and its Expansion she was the self proclaimed "Queen Bitch of the Universe" Since she had manipulated previous friends and enemies for her own gain and destroyed a great deal of their forces.(She's a complicated character that's shifted from Hero, to Villain, to Hero again as the story progressed.)
The guy narrating the first trailer is Arcturus Mengsk who is not a good guy at all, he's responsible for betraying Kerrigan which resulted in her being turned into the Queen of Blades to begin with. The Flashback of the second trailer was actually a Flashforward(Or rather a premonition). As Kerrigan got turned into the Queen of Blades then Deinfested, then she becomes the Queen of Blades again. The foreshadowing of that second trailer is her assaulting Korhal and trying to kill Mengsk who manipulated his way into becoming the leader of the Terrans.
Kerrigans story definitely is tragic and interesting given by the end of the first Starcraft and its Expansion she was the self proclaimed "Queen Bitch of the Universe" Since she had manipulated previous friends and enemies for her own gain and destroyed a great deal of their forces.(She's a complicated character that's shifted from Hero, to Villain, to Hero again as the story progressed.)
@silversurfer8818 5 years ago
Even though it isn't a cinematic,"Legacy of the Void - Reclamation" is incredible.
@jakeherring2502 5 years ago (edited)
The prisoner from the first trailer does play a large role in the narrative. There's also some worldbuilding in there since the Terran (humans) recondition their prison inmates to serve as frontline soldiers.
@banieldord 5 years ago (edited)
Evil badass lady is Kerrigan, good human who got turned to Zerg in the first game. You rescue her in Wings of Liberty, but she still has flashbacks to her Zerg side. The end of the second trailer is actually the present, and the rest of it is the flashback.
@adrianmorame 5 years ago
Damn, watching these trailers again after so many years and playing the games (SC fan here) just makes me remember how f*cking epic they are and the chills I felt the 1st time!
@Quankhi1 5 years ago
The story of Starcraft is one of the best Sci Fi stories I have ever witnessed, but it does take a bit of research to understand. In order to do that, if you wish, you can react to the full cinematics of each campaign, each has around 1 hour or so, give or take 5-10 mins. I would surely stay and watch you do that kind of reaction, maybe in multiple parts, because the story is worth it.
@thexlonewolf671 5 years ago
Each of these trailers is tied to one of the campaigns of Starcraft II and the race that features centrally in each campaign. Wings of Liberty, the Terran campaign, focuses on James Raynor and his rebellion attempting to overthrow Arcturus Mengsk, the brutal dictator of the Terran Dominion. The person we see being armored up in the trailer is Raynor's old raiding buddy, Tychus Findley, being suited up for combat (Mengsk takes convicts and uses them as cheap disposable cannon fodder in his military). However, near the start of the campaign, it's revealed Tychus escaped his unit and he meets up with Raynor, shortly after which, the Zerg (think the Borg, except they're only really concerned with the biological aspects of a species instead of the technological ones) attack the planet looking for a Xel'Naga artifact and they're forced to flee. After they escape, they learn that the swarm is being led by Sarah Kerrigan, a human who was subsumed into the swarm near the end of the Terran campaign in the previous game, becoming a unique Zerg morph due to her psychic abilities.
The next campaign is Heart of the Swarm. After Kerrigan is reverted to her human form at the end of Wings of Liberty, Raynor is captured by the Terran Dominion and his rebellion routed. With no other options, Kerrigan returns to the Zerg, putting her swarm back together and learning the secrets of the Zerg's history. In the ancient past, the Xel'Naga race came to the Zerg homeworld, uplifting the Zerg as the Xel'Naga believed the Zerg held a purity of essence, in our terms, great evolutionary potential. However, the Xel'Naga Amon sought to use the Zerg as a weapon against his kind, so created a Zerg morph called the Overmind to act as an extension of his will and bind the Zerg in a hive mind. The Zerg wiped out the other Xel'Naga, but Amon was sent back to the void in the process, leaving the Overmind directionless. Thus, the Overmind decided to act on Amon's final thoughts before he was cast out, the destruction of the Protoss and their homeworld of Aiur (which occurred in the previous game). Amon viewed the Protoss as a threat because they had what the Xel'Naga called Purity of Form, great psychic potential. If the Zerg and Protoss were allowed to combine into one species, it would result in the creation of a new race of Xel'Naga, thus perpetuating a cycle that Amon believed was broken and flawed. After Kerrigan exacted her vengeance on Arcturus Mengsk, she leaves to seek out the remaining Xel'Naga and a way to stop Amon from ever returning.
This brings us to the final campaign, Legacy of the Void. The Protoss Executor Artanis is preparing to lead an invasion to retake Aiur from the Zerg, but is warned by Zeratul that if he goes through with the invasion, he'll be playing directly into Amon's hand. Artanis ignores Zeratul, and the Protoss are possessed by Amon through the Khalaa, a kind of psychic hivemind in which the thoughts and memories of all Protoss are preserved. Zeratul frees Artanis from Amon's possession by severing Artanis' nerve cords (the braids on the back of a Protoss' head), but at the cost of his own life. After saving a few of his warriors and being aided by Zeratul's dark templar, Artanis manages to flee aboard the Protoss arkship the Spear of Adun. The remainder of Legacy of the Void focuses on Artanis seeking a way to unite the disparate Protoss factions against Amon and the Zerg under his control.
The next campaign is Heart of the Swarm. After Kerrigan is reverted to her human form at the end of Wings of Liberty, Raynor is captured by the Terran Dominion and his rebellion routed. With no other options, Kerrigan returns to the Zerg, putting her swarm back together and learning the secrets of the Zerg's history. In the ancient past, the Xel'Naga race came to the Zerg homeworld, uplifting the Zerg as the Xel'Naga believed the Zerg held a purity of essence, in our terms, great evolutionary potential. However, the Xel'Naga Amon sought to use the Zerg as a weapon against his kind, so created a Zerg morph called the Overmind to act as an extension of his will and bind the Zerg in a hive mind. The Zerg wiped out the other Xel'Naga, but Amon was sent back to the void in the process, leaving the Overmind directionless. Thus, the Overmind decided to act on Amon's final thoughts before he was cast out, the destruction of the Protoss and their homeworld of Aiur (which occurred in the previous game). Amon viewed the Protoss as a threat because they had what the Xel'Naga called Purity of Form, great psychic potential. If the Zerg and Protoss were allowed to combine into one species, it would result in the creation of a new race of Xel'Naga, thus perpetuating a cycle that Amon believed was broken and flawed. After Kerrigan exacted her vengeance on Arcturus Mengsk, she leaves to seek out the remaining Xel'Naga and a way to stop Amon from ever returning.
This brings us to the final campaign, Legacy of the Void. The Protoss Executor Artanis is preparing to lead an invasion to retake Aiur from the Zerg, but is warned by Zeratul that if he goes through with the invasion, he'll be playing directly into Amon's hand. Artanis ignores Zeratul, and the Protoss are possessed by Amon through the Khalaa, a kind of psychic hivemind in which the thoughts and memories of all Protoss are preserved. Zeratul frees Artanis from Amon's possession by severing Artanis' nerve cords (the braids on the back of a Protoss' head), but at the cost of his own life. After saving a few of his warriors and being aided by Zeratul's dark templar, Artanis manages to flee aboard the Protoss arkship the Spear of Adun. The remainder of Legacy of the Void focuses on Artanis seeking a way to unite the disparate Protoss factions against Amon and the Zerg under his control.
@Caldera01 5 years ago
Whispers: "She's cool."
"She" referring of course to Sarah Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades. The creation of her character has a story behind it as well as she's sort of taken from the real world.
Her real-life counterpart is Nancy Ann "Queen of Blades" Kerrigan, a figure skater (Hence the 'blades' part of her moniker) from Massachusetts USA.
Seven weeks before the 1994 Winter Olympics, she was assaulted by a hired goon that bludgeoned her leg. Aiming to disable her from being able to compete in the Olympics.
The assault was planned by rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt.
Despite the attack, she went on to earn the silver medal with her performance. Not too shabby with a lame leg.
So yea, I'd say both Kerrigans are pretty cool.
"She" referring of course to Sarah Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades. The creation of her character has a story behind it as well as she's sort of taken from the real world.
Her real-life counterpart is Nancy Ann "Queen of Blades" Kerrigan, a figure skater (Hence the 'blades' part of her moniker) from Massachusetts USA.
Seven weeks before the 1994 Winter Olympics, she was assaulted by a hired goon that bludgeoned her leg. Aiming to disable her from being able to compete in the Olympics.
The assault was planned by rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt.
Despite the attack, she went on to earn the silver medal with her performance. Not too shabby with a lame leg.
So yea, I'd say both Kerrigans are pretty cool.
@killerm12 4 years ago
man, that LotV trailer
I still remember seeing it for the first time when it came out and chills I got - and no matter how many times I watch it I get the same chills
the other trailers are fantastic as well, but LotV hits different
I still remember seeing it for the first time when it came out and chills I got - and no matter how many times I watch it I get the same chills
the other trailers are fantastic as well, but LotV hits different
@drhapi5308 5 years ago
A little shocked this hasn't happened already. The best game EVER. Glad we get to see you guys react!
@swtorrogaming8384 5 years ago (edited)
Wings of Liberty : Evil Sarah Kerrigan ( Queen of Blades) turned into Zerg by the Overmind since Starcraft1 but also corrupted by the Dark God Amon
Heart of the Swarm: Purified human Sarah Kerrigan that wants revenge on Arcturus Mengsk (the Emperor of the human Dominion) the guy that ditched her to the Zerg in Starcraft1 in the 1st place.She goes on a planet of uncorrupted Zerg and becomes the Primal Queen of Blades( no longer corrupted by Amon) and she gets her revenge at the end.
Legacy of the Void: Protoss lost their homeworld in Starcraft1 to the Zerg due to an attack by the "Dark Prelate" Zeratul on a Cerebrate(they were something like Zerg liutenants) with this blade showing the Overmind (The Zerg hive mind at that time) the location of their homeworld.Since then Zeratul was considered guilty for the fall of Aiur.
This is how Kerrigan(a Rogue Ghost, Ghost= Human trained to have enhanced psionic abilities) turned into what she is in the 1st trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2sSnRlrT4
Heart of the Swarm: Purified human Sarah Kerrigan that wants revenge on Arcturus Mengsk (the Emperor of the human Dominion) the guy that ditched her to the Zerg in Starcraft1 in the 1st place.She goes on a planet of uncorrupted Zerg and becomes the Primal Queen of Blades( no longer corrupted by Amon) and she gets her revenge at the end.
Legacy of the Void: Protoss lost their homeworld in Starcraft1 to the Zerg due to an attack by the "Dark Prelate" Zeratul on a Cerebrate(they were something like Zerg liutenants) with this blade showing the Overmind (The Zerg hive mind at that time) the location of their homeworld.Since then Zeratul was considered guilty for the fall of Aiur.
This is how Kerrigan(a Rogue Ghost, Ghost= Human trained to have enhanced psionic abilities) turned into what she is in the 1st trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2sSnRlrT4
Starcraft 2 Triple Trailer Reaction: Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void
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Lot of love for Stacraft II on this channel from the community so we are finally getting to some reactions for our triple trailer Tuesday. We are watching the Wings of Liberty intro. Heart of the Swarm opening cinematic and Legacy of the void opening cinematic. Hope you enjoy our Starcraft 2 triple trailer reaction!
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