StarCraft 2: Opening Assault on Char in 1080p

[guster489]

Where that zerg coming from again hehehe

[johnnythekid73]

the terran player had no makro skillz! noob...

[hellgorama]

proof that starcraft is an insult to science fiction: creatures can fly in space as seen in this video. Kerrigan mutates high heels when she becomes zerg, as seen the cutscene where zeratul fights her in a protoss cave.

[Agent1W]

@hellgorama Perhaps those high-heels are fashioned out of Zerg hide and bone?

[hellgorama]

@Agent1W How does the zerg know how to fashion high heels out of zerg hide and bone? Cos last I checked, women's footwear trends can't be written into DNA.

[hellgorama]

@Agent1W It is nothing but a marketting attempt to portray kerrigan as uber sexy to the teenage fanboys and thus garner in more loyalty and hence revenue.

[TheZlaya222]

fuck Chuck norris when those dragons use their wings to fly in space.....

[AnimatedIdeals]

I love Acturus's voice acting. You really can't get "condensed pure hatred" quite like how he says "...Raynor..." in this cutscene. But then again, I love the old-timey confederate accent.

[SCNewbCaster]

I wonder what kind of creature Kerrigan infested that allowed her to teleconference with Raynor?

Plus whoever was flying that BC should be fired. Four mutalisk show up and he's ramming the next ship over. Actually, it was probably an Asian lady piloting that thing. (if you've ever lived in Southern California you know exactly what I mean).

[Meetthekiller7]

@SCNewbCaster Southern California?

What about the east coast? we got plenty of them.

[SCNewbCaster]

@Meetthekiller7 I'm sure you do, but you don't have the I-5 on the East coast. A place of anarchy and lawlessness, the wild-wild- west of highways.....

[MrJollyvolly]

wow shes gonna infest them she will have a massiv army of marines for like seven seconds

[hurisija]

Cant understand it....why Arcturus says that Kerrigan is treacherous bitch...which one abandonded other in first great war after all...

[Stheno16]

@hurisija I think he's probably referring to when she backstabbed the Dominion and Protoss after they'd teamed up to fight the UED.

Well... either that, or he just suffers from a really severe case of protagonist-centred morality.

[hurisija]

@Stheno16 maybe but its still ironic :D

[thor0908]

Lol the person say bitch lol

[scott644]

It makes perfect sense for a "flying" organism to "flap its wings" in space. In this case, to generate the internal pressures required for propulsion as opposed to the external pressures. Plus, there's always force of habit.

[Freedom21stCenturi]

They are supposed to be a general of an army yet they resort to tactics you'd expect from a 5 year old.

[thgilenulE]

One does not simply invade Char

[MrWowzers567]

@thgilenulE yes first you must deploy the science vessels.... they culda had lings sitting waiting to tear there sorry asses up from start. then u must place the tanks. deploy the firebats. micro the rines. Set out the wraiths. Cloak the ghosts. And most importantly Bomb the hatch... Fucken noobs !

[Ankstek013]

Am i the only one who think it is silly for mutalisks to flap their wings in space?

[1AndOnlySharkM]

@Ankstek013 now that you mention it

[bzcoolness]

@Ankstek013 They're too stupid to do otherwise. Ever since they were hatched from those nifty little eggs with 10 armor back in Brood War days, they've always flapped their wings, and you know the saying... "When in space, do what you've always done".

[TheAmazingGodOfWar]

Is tat valerian n mengsk hate each other??

[01Wrong01]

STARSHIP TROOPERS

[marineooo5]

Why not just bombard from space then send in the marines? Not enough time? Me not paying attention to much?

[Scarbgunner]

kinda pissed we didnt get to use the hyperion

[workh4rd]

Raynor worked out since Broodwar:)

[MsPhil2105]

Русский перевод круче.

[JackyxPenguin]

WOW Bizzard should be making movies n games!

[Mandulis666]

You call that hell? Try a Tyranid invasion.

[TheGamerRichh]

@Mandulis666

Zerg are no way scarier than a horde of Tyranids.

[368gabriel]

I got zerg coming out of my...?

[MGBandit75]

Wonder how many people died when the cruisers went down

[archmagi14794]

Great animation as always. But it has always bothered me how blizzard has mutalisks in space that move around by flapping their wings.

[Garother]

@archmagi14794 science FICTION :p

[DarkDain]

@archmagi14794 Bothers me how big those mutalisks are, they gotta be several stories high compared to those BC's. And how it seems to be a complete slaughter in space but you win a ground engagement and its a happy ending o.O

[certainlymaybe]

@archmagi14794 Zerg flyers use farts as propulsion xD

[hypergap]

Not a good start eh, Junior?

[hom3rdude]

holy.... i just realized that the prince guy looks kinda like Arthus from warcraft 3 or 2 i forget

[MrMaxFaren]

you have got to love how the mutas are flappping their little wings ina vaccume

[TheBladeKnight12]

The best story line in the game of Starcraft is StarCraft 2 :D

[ThomasDemko]

3:34 OMG ZERG KNOWS HOW TO HACK?

[Abilitiy]

I see Kerrigan has Skype, too.

[bzcoolness]

@Abilitiy It's the second half of the story of the Zerg. After the Brood War, the Terran and Protoss upgraded to those nifty touch screens, super awesome ships, and, most importantly, Skype, in case, you know, someone wanted to host a 'Aiur's Still Infested' party or something like that. Well, Kerrigan was missing out, so she sent a bunch of Zerg out and captured a couple former UED ships (cause, you know, they had Skype too), and installed Skype in all the Hatcheries and Hives on Char.

[Abilitiy]

@bzcoolness Teamspeak or Ventrilo seems more relevant for this purpose. What if someone has a weak connection and can't host?

[bzcoolness]

@Abilitiy It's 2504. Skype has made some advancements.

[Myoldnamesdontwork]

duh how else would she be able to contact all her zerglings? they all have skype too!

[Abilitiy]

@Myoldnamesdontwork Damn, dude. You're right.

[leegeorgeson]

I wonder if Valerian is really a Constitutional Monarch or if he will end up like a monster, like his Dad...

[tf88888888]

the frontal assault on the char was going to be successful, then it took an mutalisk to the knee

[dman45945]

@tf88888888 no your doing it wrong. he took a hydra spine to the knee

[behrooz4]

How are the mutalisks flapping their wings in space? Whaa....

[warlocksmight]

@behrooz4 Well it is the Zerg we're talking about. They are practically untouched by time and constantly evolve... I'd say them flapping their wings in space is just another absolutely normal step in evolution :) After all, they even used warp drive of sorts in the original Starcraft when Overmind found out where Aiur is located :D

[LauchEleven]

I always wondered, how can Kerrigan film herself and appear on their screens ?!

[Crappy1441]

@LauchEleven she killed a marine stole his camera and film herself

[Revel9811]

i find it funny that the BCs lost to mutas, because BCs own mutas

[goaldhost]

@Revel9811

If you swarm mutas you can take down BC's. If you have THAT many mutas, who gives a flying fuck if you lose a few hundred

[anhmiuhv]

BCs are OWNED

[moodie69]

2:20 HOW DO THEY FLY IN SPACE!?!?!??! wtf...

[Yangyang428]

btw what does General Warfield mean by 'Clear the Bridge'?

[Lonedracowolf28]

@Yangyang428

All non-officers better GTFO the room.

[Yangyang428]

It was lucky that the Zergs sent Mutalisks to engage the Battlecruisers, if the Zerg had sent Corruptors, it would have been lights out GG to the Terrans

[Davesknd]

Hello Arthas 2.0

Get a haircut, you bishie boy, this is not the alliance! Most of the Terran soldiers are former prisoners. You would be their cash!

[julianlee]

Hoooah fire support! 

[Demoylition]

Guesse they didn't watch starship troopers

[Honorharringtonfan]

@Demoylition or Frontier lol

[reaperbread]

@Demoylition lol i just saw starship troopers a few weeks ago and finally get your reference xD sad considering it came out like 14 years ago

[ThePantherVision]

4:00

We need to get out there... and rescue their sorry FARTS.

[dfghj236]

is it me or does raynor looks like john marston form red dead redemtion

[AnnoDomini2003]

1:08

Arcturus: What is this? What are you doing, my son?

Valerian: Succeeding you....father.

[karti200]

RAYNOR FOR THE FUK SAKE.... You won't kill Sarah beacuse you love her... soo don't fight with her... let her infest you.. you gonna change and you gonna be KING OF BLADES you gonna make nice infested children with sarah :D

[AKkisses]

Why that's uncle Ruckus! No relation.

[TehHotRoD]

Kerrigan must have a special mod for Skype,

After all, if I could echo talk through Skype, I'd send that shit to Destiny and have him troll people like Deezer 24/7 <3

[redMotif]

2:11 marks what I hate most about starcraft... Zerg "flying" through space... on wings! Come on. Zerg might be bad ass and all, but please be more creative

[AlitelWorria]

When i see a world in war and need off hope, i just whana nuke the shit out off it

[georgster101]

Use BugSpray.

[ttitanb]

nooooo why would you use mutas against battlecruisers

[Defidius]

@ttitanb critical mass mutas > critical mass battlecruisers

now...if it were critical mass mutas vs critical mass marines, that would've been different...

[Freedom21stCenturi]

watch the science vessel cinematic from starcraft 1 for real terran marine gun sounds. None of this pussy shit. Blizzard could learn a thing or two from the sound quality & style of BF3

[leductuan99]

Thumbs up if you are willing to pay for an 1 hour or more starcraft movie!!

[jjychia]

@leductuan99 just a one hour movie? screw that!! i want a frigging star wars 6 movie marathon on starcraft!

[tautisg1]

@leductuan99 I would pay at least $30 to see a 1 hour starcraft movie

[AlexNOSAM]

@leductuan99 Only one!?

[squallz13]

Maybe they should have went on the other side of the planet...

[Sumoto999]

"Ill see you boys on the ground" Boy I would hate to be on Char, I would shit my pants so hard id take the whole battlecruiser down with me. Minks! You said this was going to be a well done textbook invasion. Damn you and your propaganda!

[BaxterXenon]

For some reason...as a woman, i'd wanna marry Valerian.

[anialater46]

Sooo, frontal assault bad idea....what else you gonna assault? The backdoor? Oh i know, lets sneak the massive battlecruisers past the giant orbital defences! That'll sure work....

[DeMishMIsh]

i really like Valerian...he is a good boy who doesnt know the truth about his father,thinks his father is a great ruler and wants to be a good empror to his people,make sure they love him back etc.

he is cool and open minded,intellegent,well educated,handsome and peace loving.like he said to his dad-his dream is to secure peace in the dominion...

unlike his father,arcturus who is a dumb brute that will sell his family and freinds for personal power and will kill everyone who oposes him...

[Omegax9000]

They would have had a better chance moving a planet into Char.

[Omegax9000]

Valerian is beast esp in the books

[LtSurge659]

A frontal assault on any major, powerful race's HOMEWORLD is a poor strategy!

[NecroDragoon]

@LtSurge659 Worked for the Zerg against the Protoss.

[LtSurge659]

@NecroDragoon

Conditions were different, and according to lore, the Zerg and Protoss have technological/strategic advantages that the Terrans have a harder time pulling off.

[FaiIcard]

@LtSurge659 then what is the right one?

[LtSurge659]

@FaiIcard

Here's one

For Char, perhaps the most important part of the strategy is reconnaissance. Since Terrans have been known to create Zerg creatures, make a few dozen various Zerglings and Scourges, attach cameras to them and let them gather information.

Then approach from the dark side of the planet with your main attack force, with a few heavily armed and armored distractions light-side.

Then triangulate the least dangerous location on the dark side and begin landing teams one by one.

[Freedom21stCenturi]

@LtSurge659 tha'td be cool. It's one thing I hated about SC2's storyline, it just felt so dumbe down. Half the human fleet just barges into char with no clear plan whatsoever? Just a few cliche lines from an old man general in an aged terran marine armor? Really? No where there did I see any planning on any military level. I mean it's supposedly millions of troops and huge hulking battlecruisers and the human race at stake.. lets just barge in...

[FaiIcard]

@LtSurge659 I have a feeling the zerg would've found out the false zerg, even if they didn't the swarm air uints quickly found the fleet, so the landing parties on both the dark and light would've been attacked and once they hit ground they were already under a bunch of shit. The only reason they survived was by taking out that air base or the underground base

[DaFang2121]

@LtSurge659 It worked for the Zerg when they found the Protoss homeworld they send like half of thier forces to Aiur and they won

[0xlamon]

@LtSurge659

What would you offer? Siege and clem them?

[UltimaFlareKnight]

@LtSurge659 if kerrigan wasn't a vital asset, than they should have just korhaled it

[SenitelKJ]

@UltimaFlareKnight LOL "korhaled it" :i

[Doomsdayforyou]

@LtSurge659 Sooo why did the Protoss homeworld Aiur fall to a bunch of cockroaches then? hmmm ? :p

[vasilen4o]

@LtSurge659 yep

[MrOlivertucker]

@LtSurge659 say that to commander shepard and his crew

[LtSurge659]

@MrOlivertucker

Now hold on, mate. This isn't a video game or anything!

[freez1ng9741]

@LtSurge659 usually you are right, the best strategy would be multiple invasions on a planet's surface, but the Terran's force is too small and would be overrun, that's hwy the stuck together, cuz that's what Terran's do!

[sansucal]

@LtSurge659 well the zerg invaded aiur with a pretty frontal assault and were quite successful with that.

[Rangersleadtheway233]

@sansucal true, except for the fact that when zerg attack, they outnumber their enemy by like, 1000 to one.

[6U4RD1AN]

@sansucal And in Tarsonis too.

[daxter8792]

@LtSurge659 A frontal assault can work, if you're smart enough to be fast about it and have more firepower than the enemy(the terrans had neither since they weren't the main fighting force["where are you, you took HALF the fleet"] and the ships were hanging around the planet for a while letting the zerg get ready along with those drop pods hitting ground pretty far apart both distance wise and time wise, meaning the main zerg force picked them off individually.)

[thedarkangel295]

@LtSurge659 To be honest, what other choice is there? Sneaking in through the back door?

[Gondorian04]

@LtSurge659 i agree they should have used a Skeleton fleet to attract attention and then used an attack from behind.

[Vuvuzelian]

@LtSurge659 Well the zerg did it to the protoss and it worked :/

[kaneslives]

@Vuvuzelian true but they didnt wait like the dominion was as in when the zerg got to Aiur they didnt wait when they arrived. and the Mengsk family is gunna get serg raped in heart of the swarm.>:)

[SuperBomber01]

@Vuvuzelian Aiur however wasn't overrun until the Overmind itself was destroyed - the Conclave actually managed to still hold its ground prior to Tassadar's arrival and even believed they were winning the war. Killing the Overmind unfortunately set the Zerg wild.

[StarCraftCrazy]

@LtSurge659 The zerg's homeworld is Zerus...the overmind just liked some bbq so he moved there...

[sweether241]

haha battle cruiser crashing... what a dumbass lol probably a woman driver

[AnonymousPersonSNE]

@sweether241 woman pilot*

[yArnh0j]

is it a full movie? or just only a cut scene from the game? pls tell me, i idiot on this.

[MegaClam1]

@yArnh0j,

A Cut Scene 

[yArnh0j]

@MegaClam1 you help me very well TYVM.

[pepinozinanasshole]

Just a question how in the name pf the devil are they supposed to kill zerg on a lava planet??

[terminario8000]

@pepinozinanasshole with skill obviously...

[Theodoric99]

2:18 Are those machine guns? Battlecruisers are supposed to be armed with laser batteries.

[fateofsky]

this is so far one of the most exciting mission of all :D

[dxidaniel]

Why not just nuke Char?

[cheahyuanhong]

@dxidaniel Terran tried that already, using the Fenris Apocalpse Nuclear missiles; didn't work. Protoss perform Planetary Purification Beams MULTIPLE times; didn't work either!

The Zerg are like cockroach; you try killing it, more will take its place!

[sclogse1]

May I humbly ask..for mac, what level of system software is the minimum required? 10.5...or lower or higher? thanks.

[AdrenalineAndLove]

All this technology and they can't make a telecom screen that isn't glitchy and laggy.

[DrZoid99]

@AdrenalineAndLove

Galactic AOL dude....XD

reminds me of the Futurama episode where they go online.

The Professor: "Good new everyone, several years ago I logged on to AOL, and now were finally connected to the internet!"

[AdrenalineAndLove]

@DrZoid99 Hahaha, I remember that episode. Brilliant humor, shame the show got cancelled.

[DrZoid99]

@AdrenalineAndLove

What again?! there wont be a 7th/8th season?

[AdrenalineAndLove]

@DrZoid99 There may be. They haven't announced anything.

[CrazyPatriot2011]

@AdrenalineAndLove Do you even imagine that thousands of light years, maybe even across a whole galaxy? At this point you should be surprised that they can speak with each other at all!

[Sagsul]

Mengsk is such a bitch

[AnthonyPhoeng123]

@Sagsul

He's not a bitch because he's a backstabbing dickwad

[jonasgrant]

@Sagsul A bitch that made the whole Koprulu sector HIS bitch...

[deathscar]

Send in the Space Marines!!!

[kvzn94]

So the queen of blades has skype too??

[GRRStarcraft]

@kvzn94 LOL yeah, and how did she now they were talking and how didn't the adjuntant notice anything? Psionic Wi-Fi connection??

[sdaerfofsteam2]

@kvzn94 Nah. She hacked a marine's Skype. And why is there Numa Numa in the suggestions?

[kkksskkk]

@kvzn94 Are you stupid? She's a goddamned queen of blades, of course she has skype.

[Shketri]

i think some people here fail to realise that this is all in-game graphics.. moreover, its a strategy game.

[hoshkins]

I wish my alarm clock sounded like the BC's warning sirens.

[NewBoundProductions]

so i dont get it if theres a starcraft 3 will rynor be on the diminions side

[yunrocker1]

Lol Kerrigan has a hologram? :P

[ZKoftherebellion]

If only the Zerg had Zaku's Char would have never fallen.

[TKnuckles454]

Thumbs up for a third person Starcraft game!

[Purpleisawesome93]

@TKnuckles454 Fun fact: There was one in progress about 10 years ago called Starcraft: Ghost but it was cancelled.

[nonibandoni]

Thumbs up for a Starcraft MMO!

[CrediFilms]

It's Kael'thas! =p

[foghorn2002]

Good thing Kerrigan has video chat. Much more dramatic.

[ReconTeam111]

Casualties may have been high, but the Dominion shall win through! No matter the cost!

[DCdabest]

Pretty sure I want Kerrigan's Skype now....

[minotar85]

@DCdabest

Oh perhaps a few certain Protoss perhaps?

[DCdabest]

@minotar85

haha

Kerrigan: "Rember that time I tottaly killed your Matriarch and nearly wiped out your entire race... yeah, good time...."

Zeratul: "......"

[DCdabest]

Sorry to point out a teeny story problem but....

What the fuck does Kerrigan use to broad cast her face onto their screens?

[gethpwnz3r]

@DCdabest She uses Skype

[DCdabest]

@gethpwnz3r

as in: "Skyping at Raynor for not getting any" XD

[gethpwnz3r]

@DCdabest Everybody has skype these days ;)

[DCdabest]

@gethpwnz3r

Who does she Skype with then, when she's not heckling Raynor....

[gethpwnz3r]

@DCdabest Her fellow brotoss!

[DCdabest]

Lava and Zerg?

DO NOT WANT!!!

[Drecksdusler]

I love people arguing and debating about the realism of an imaginary science-fiction world and jumple up hard story facts with adjusted game mechanics.

[3rdst1able]

damn normandy again!!!!

[Temp3st60]

@3rdst1able ON A PLANETARY SCALE