* Potential Spoilers* Is Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void the ending to the Starcraft saga?

[Darks63]

I can't see Blizzard letting StarCraft die. They'll let it rest for a few years, then they'll make a big deal about it coming back and sell millions on day 1 (see: Diablo).

It's pretty easy to see how it'll likely go down. After the events of StarCraft: Brood War the tattered remains of the United Earth Directorate that managed to escape Kerrigan's wrath return home to report the horrors they'd encountered. Enraged at the near-complete destruction of their expeditionary fleet and worried that the Zerg might eventually spread far enough to reach Earth, the United Earth Directorate begins rebuilding and recruiting for a much larger invasion, this time truly prepared for the war ahead.

Then of course the UED will launch their attack shortly after the events of SC2 so that Blizzard can justify all three factions starting out from a weakened position, be it from the fighting in SC2 or the potential relative peace (maybe?) following the game's outcome resulting in a gradual disarmament.

From what I remember none of the UED fleet made it back. The got finished off by the zerg before they could get out of the system. Not that your idea still couldnt work since the UED could send a second wave to find out what happened to the first.

 

[Frankster]

it went really downhill for CoH2

I approve of the stack of games you have on your shelf Most of my games are in digital format now so can't just glance at a physical library and read spines of game cases or w/e.

I hear 100% hear ya on Coh2, I'm not a fan of that either and though I bought the game, I never bought any of the DLC.
The dow2 engine just didnt work in coh2 imo, made controlling troops feel weird and clunky in comparison to coh1. So yeah I stick with Coh1 in that series, especially as there's been some amazing mods for it.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

I can't see Blizzard letting StarCraft die. They'll let it rest for a few years, then they'll make a big deal about it coming back and sell millions on day 1 (see: Diablo).

It's pretty easy to see how it'll likely go down. After the events of StarCraft: Brood War the tattered remains of the United Earth Directorate that managed to escape Kerrigan's wrath return home to report the horrors they'd encountered. Enraged at the near-complete destruction of their expeditionary fleet and worried that the Zerg might eventually spread far enough to reach Earth, the United Earth Directorate begins rebuilding and recruiting for a much larger invasion, this time truly prepared for the war ahead.

Then of course the UED will launch their attack shortly after the events of SC2 so that Blizzard can justify all three factions starting out from a weakened position, be it from the fighting in SC2 or the potential relative peace (maybe?) following the game's outcome resulting in a gradual disarmament.

From what I remember none of the UED fleet made it back. The got finished off by the zerg before they could get out of the system. Not that your idea still couldnt work since the UED could send a second wave to find out what happened to the first.

I believe you are correct if I remember rightly, she sends her forces after the UED before they can get away. But I'd have to go back and look into it before stating it outright.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

From what I remember none of the UED fleet made it back. The got finished off by the zerg before they could get out of the system. Not that your idea still couldnt work since the UED could send a second wave to find out what happened to the first.

I believe you are correct if I remember rightly, she sends her forces after the UED before they can get away. But I'd have to go back and look into it before stating it outright.

It wouldn't be the first time Blizzard retconned something established in StarCraft or Brood War for the sake of continuing the story. All they'd have to say is, "Yeah, the fleet was wiped out, but some random fighter or escape pod made it back (or at least got close enough to send a distress transmission)."

Hell, there were former UED units available as mercenaries in Wings of Liberty. So they've already kinda established the idea that some of the UED survived - and Blizzard's not one to ever let a story end without some kind of loophole.

 

[wizzy555]

It could be. It is finishing the main archs but (probably) not ending the universe. He's been laying down new lore so there's plenty of potential for more storylines, however they've reached baddy escalation peak already, so what they could do next I don't know.

 

[Tony2077]

From what I remember none of the UED fleet made it back. The got finished off by the zerg before they could get out of the system. Not that your idea still couldnt work since the UED could send a second wave to find out what happened to the first.

I believe you are correct if I remember rightly, she sends her forces after the UED before they can get away. But I'd have to go back and look into it before stating it outright.

It wouldn't be the first time Blizzard retconned something established in StarCraft or Brood War for the sake of continuing the story. All they'd have to say is, "Yeah, the fleet was wiped out, but some random fighter or escape pod made it back (or at least got close enough to send a distress transmission)."

Hell, there were former UED units available as mercenaries in Wings of Liberty. So they've already kinda established the idea that some of the UED survived - and Blizzard's not one to ever let a story end without some kind of loophole.

well just because the fleet was destroyed doesn't mean that a few didn't get away or abandoned the fleet or I'm digging in a sandbox for gold

 

[LetalisK]

What I vaguely remember reading from a developer about Legacy of the Void was that the StarCraft series is Kerrigan's story and that story is ending with Legacy of the Void. So vague enough to do whatever the hell they want.

 

[AT God]

Allegedly this is the end of the Starcraft 1 & 2 Story Arc, which I assume means this is the end of Raynor/Kerrigan/Zeratul and friend's storylines. I think Blizz said that the Starcraft universe isn't over, which looks like a cop out so they can possibly develop a new game in many years as well as continue milking the franchise for spin-offs like Heroes of the Storm.

As much as it will kill me emotionally, I suspect they will kill off at least one of the three main characters, probably through "heroic sacrifice" to help cement the finality of the Legacy of the Void.

Not that I have a say, but please let Zeratul die, I want Raynor and Kerrigan to live happily ever after because I am a giant baby.

 

[Lightspeaker]

As much as it will kill me emotionally, I suspect they will kill off at least one of the three main characters, probably through "heroic sacrifice" to help cement the finality of the Legacy of the Void.

Not that I have a say, but please let Zeratul die, I want Raynor and Kerrigan to live happily ever after because I am a giant baby.

Eh, my money would definitely be on Zeratul. The whole "heroic sacrifice" thing with Tassadar as a High Templar previously would be nicely paralleled by a similar thing from Zeratul as a Dark Templar. Plus given how cheesy the storyline is I really don't think they want to break up the whole Raynor/Kerrigan thing they got going (don't get me wrong, I find it entertaining, but it still cheesy).

 

[Ihateregistering1]

As much as it will kill me emotionally, I suspect they will kill off at least one of the three main characters, probably through "heroic sacrifice" to help cement the finality of the Legacy of the Void.

Not that I have a say, but please let Zeratul die, I want Raynor and Kerrigan to live happily ever after because I am a giant baby.

Eh, my money would definitely be on Zeratul. The whole "heroic sacrifice" thing with Tassadar as a High Templar previously would be nicely paralleled by a similar thing from Zeratul as a Dark Templar. Plus given how cheesy the storyline is I really don't think they want to break up the whole Raynor/Kerrigan thing they got going (don't get me wrong, I find it entertaining, but it still cheesy).

I don't think it will be Zeratul, just because they don't want to have it be yet another Protoss who makes the ultimate sacrifice.

I honestly think it'll be Kerrigan. For starters, it sort of makes her whole 'good to evil' thing come full circle. She was good, then she became evil, then she became kind of good again but was obsessed with revenge, and now this will be her final redemption. It works within the storyline too, because she goes from being the scourge of the universe to becoming its savior.

Fine by me, never liked her, now Abathur can take charge of the swarm.

 

[scotth266]

I don't have any hype for LOTV specifically because HOTS was such a disappoint in terms of storytelling. WOL was short, sure: but it had spirit and knew what it was doing. HOTS was both short and incredibly stupid, undoing most of the progress of WOL without offering up anything fun in return. The side characters were either dull, or given barely any time in the plot. HOTS was basically The Serah Kerrigan Show, and while certain moments were quite satisfying (hello sweet revenge) outside of those moments it was astonishingly dull and felt almost completely unnecessary.

LOTV looks like it'll be more of the same - probably an absurd rush to reclaim Auir over 1-2 missions followed by an equally insane rush to defeat the Big Bad by means of some vague prophecies delivered by Zeratul, who is more or less an exposition machine by this point. I'll probably still get it unless I hear it's an absolute trainwreck just so I can have some closure, but unless it's REALLY damn good I'm not going to be interested in further games in the franchise. I don't need to buy my story in poorly-implemented chunks, thanks.