Blizzard Unsure How Starcraft II Ends
The next two chapters in the Starcraft II campaign, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void, are still in development, as is their story. Those of you who mauled their way through the Wings of Liberty campaign must remember the dramatic events that occurred just before the credits rolled. Exactly how those events play out is still being worked on, which is another reason why not a lot of details have gotten out about Heart of the Swarm.
Chris Sigaty touched on the development of the game’s storyline, and when he was asked if it was fully written out he said, “Not really, no… Even things we thought we knew… We’re making pretty significant changes and still figuring things out.”
In regards to the content and mechanics of Heart of the Swarm, Sigaty says that’s also very much in the air, which is why a release date in 2011 is not likely. “We will be very hard pressed to bring it out next year. I don’t have a date, but it’s more ambitious, it’s bigger than what Warcraft: The Frozen Throne was to Reign of Chaos and I don’t anticipate it being done in that one year time frame.”
Sigaty did mention, though, that the gameplay will be very much like that of Wings of Liberty. “Tech purchases and the planetary mission screens don’t really make as much sense with where we’re going. We’re going to change that up and make it more specific to the story we’re telling there. At it’s core we’re trying to have some choice, have some different mechanics around those choices. Specifics I don’t have.”
It also looks like we will be experiencing changes to the multiplayer mode as well, that is to come with the new content. “As far as the multiplayer game goes, we’ll definitely see changes across all three races. What those changes are…if I knew I couldn’t tell you, but we don’t know. We’re going to continue to look at the game and see where the holes are and see what makes the best sense for the game…we’re very, very early in the process for Heart of the Swarm.”
With all this, it is hard to say exactly what we can expect from the new content in the Starcraft II campaign line. What would you like to see added/changed?
