StarCraft II: Release The Swarm

[광희]Saint Snorlax says:
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[광희]Saint Snorlax says:
short summaries
[광희]Saint Snorlax says:
from players
[광희]Saint Snorlax says:
I'm guessing they're paraphrasing
Jaedong:
They said the queen was improved, but I was a bit disappointed. It has low HP, and died quickly.
It feels different, but you can still micro mutas. You can use bigger control groups, but you can't do hit and run like before. A lot of units have been added, so they game will change a lot

Moon:
Now I've tried all three races. The interface isn't that different from war3, so I'll be able to adjust easily. I think zerg fits my playstyle the best.

Pusan:
It's very similarto SC1 in general, but the graphics are a lot better.
The new units make it look lik a lot of fun. I'm sad that the 3d takes away the feel of 'finesse' SC1 had, though. Playing vs zerg should be fine in sc2.
If you start from the same place, the person who tries harder should win, right?

Stork:
The protoss graphics are great. The units just look so much better than sc1.
SC is such a perfectly balanced game, so SC2 obviously needs a lot of balancing and tweaking in comparison. It will probably change a lot before release.

Zerg got a lot of powerful new spells, they seem stronger in general. It might be difficult to play vs a zerg who is good at using spells. In general, I think that you will have to focus on overall management, more so than micro.

Nada:
It's similar to SC1. Terran in particular is very similar. I'm disappointed they don't have many new things compared to other races. Zerg looked pretty fun. They have a lot of variety in units and upgrades. The queen comes out so quickly, so maybe TvZ will be hard."

Nal_rA:
It looks fun. For a game to be popular, isn't that the most important thing? I think it will do well when it's released. It's too early to talk about balance. Each race has new, powerful units, so it should be fun.
upmagic:
It's really fun. I tried to look for strategic play as I tried it out. You can do some cool things with terran supply depots. The ability to raise and lower the depots has good walling possibilities.

The nydus canal is a lot stronger now, you can use them instead of drops to attack the enemy's main.

Luxury(?):
It seems very different from SC..
The queen is a lot better, and comes out very fast, so I like it. It's good for zerg that nydus canals are more useful now.
Overlords lost their detecting (I think he missed the upgrade for it), but zerg looks better overall

Savior:
I was expected a lot from the queen, but it wasn't as strong as I hoped.
There are a lot of new units and buildings, and I haven't figured them out yet.
There are many powerful spells, and they should effect the game strongly if used correctly.

Bisu:
I tried SC2 for the first time today. There are quite a few changes. Zerg magic might be difficult to deal with, but we'll have to see. I'll try hard to be strong PvZ, if I play SC2!

Hwasin:
Zerg is stronger. The fact that all units can burrow is difficult. Their new, strong magic makes it so it won't be easy to play vs zerg

Fomos - How was the game?
Stork - I played protoss mostly and I was satisfied. The graphics were much better and I really liked the Mothership. But I think the mothership's blackhole ability was removed and she required a lot of mana so I wasn't able to test them out. The zerg became more gross and messy, but powerful.

- How's the protoss?
Stork - I didn't find it too difficult to play with protoss. The zerg felt similar to the previous game, but the buildings were a bit confusing because they looked the same.

- Do you think the fans of SC1 can easily adapt to SC2?
Stork - I think it depends on personal preference. It will probably depend on if you prefer 2D or 3D. It's probably because the game's still under development but I still like SC1 better.

- How were the new zerg units?
Stork - The Queen could be made straight from the hatchery. I didn't really understand because it was written in english, but when used correctly I think it will be a useful unit. A new unit called Roach was added and it had 90 HP. But unless you deal 90 damage to it, it will heal extremely fast to 100%. It was pretty cheap (unfair).

- The greatest difference of Protoss?
Stork - The units all look really cool. If anything changed it's that the Dark Archon was removed. Whether you morph Dark Templars or High Templars they all come out as archons. Queueing units and buildings were possible so it felt like things were easier.

- Out of the units you tried today, which did u like the most?
Stork - I tried the psionic storm but it wasn't that cool. I liked the carrier the most but it won't be easy concentrating on control. The scout and arbiters were removed.