Zeratul up on SC2 site

[masterofhobbiton]

http://starcraft2.com/features/heroes/zeratul.xml

Not really much new info there though.

Some new screenshots:

http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss89.jpg
Raynor has lots of tattoos...
http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss90.jpg

http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss91.jpg

http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss93.jpg
Is that a partially destroyed bunker? Or is it just infested or something? What happens if you infest a bunker with units inside?
http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss92.jpg
The grass and plants are great on this tileset, but really, the cliffside just looks fake compared to the desert one.


Also there's a new artwork up. There was an old one in the fansite kit showing orthographics views of a nude toss, this is the same picture but with Zeratul's costume over it, looks pretty sweet.
http://starcraft2.com/images/artwork/ss88.jpg

[LDawgg]

http://starcraft2.com/features/heroes/zeratul.xml


Is that a partially destroyed bunker? Or is it just infested or something?


Well i know the terrans can recreat units from their scraps, maby they can do it with building too?

[SilverCrusader]

Zerry is such a badass - he destroyed an entire facility by himself ;D

[apostolos]

Are those the new infestor models?They look certainly better than the original one.

[Anoiktos]

Uh, note that it specifically mentions Duran at the end of the hero intro story; I'd say that's a pretty big hint that his origin is likely to be a central part of the Protoss campaign.

Not that that was ever in particular question (why leave such a cliffhanger if you aren't going to go into it?), but it's good to see more evidence pointing to it.

[masterofhobbiton]

Are those the new infestor models?They look certainly better than the original one.

90% sure that they're exactly the same, you just can't see the face/faces from this angle.

[apostolos]

http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss93.jpg
Is that a partially destroyed bunker? Or is it just infested or something? What happens if you infest a bunker with units inside?

The screen shot must have been caught while the bunker was exploding(a.k.a. that is from the bunker's death animation).

[WhatIsStarcraft]

I hope they follow up on the entire Duran's origin thing, because, at least for me, it was something big, and also something to make the story go on, and not just sit on a Brood War level, where Kerrigan just pwnes everyone again, and there is no light in the end of the tunnel, and stuff like that.

Maybe Kerrigan will attack the others, but the Xel'Naga will show up with their protoss/zerg hybrids, and they will all have to fight to survive, but in this scenaro, there just might be an allianse between all the races, so they can get rid of the Xel'Naga threat, but we have all seen that so many times before, that it can become just boring, I think,if Blizzard doesn't do anything spectacular, but I doubt they wont :D

[Eivind]

I'm sure they'll come up with something good.

On another note, I always found it weird that such a big revelation as the hybrids would be available in the bonus mission only.

[WhatIsStarcraft]

Yeah, I found about the bonus mission about two years ago, when I was reading in this forum, and when I was still only a guest. :)

Man, I can't wait until Starcraft 2 is gonna come out.

Really, there is no doubt that the strategy game Starcraft 2 is gonna rock, bloody rock, when it comes out. No doubt. Once again, no doubt. In fact, it will rock the sox off Red Alert 3, and all the other strategy games that are currently out there, or that will soon come out. The Starcraft franchise will once again define what a great strategy game is. In other words, the game will show the definition of a strateegy game.

Good night ladies and gentlemen.

[Protoss_Honor]

Zeratul kicks ass. yup.

also, Anoiktos according to The Story So Far part 2: Memories of Raszagal have plagued Zeratul, who was further disturbed by his encounter with Samir Duran and the zerg-protoss hybrid Duran had apparently been creating. Shortly after bidding Raynor farewell on Shakuras, Zeratul departed the planet, and he has not been heard from in years. To this day he seeks to understand what Duran and the hybrid he was creating might portend. Lately he has uncovered something that may be related to the xel'naga, creators of both protoss and zerg, and he seeks new clues to unravel the mystery.

so, yeah, it has been obvious for a while that Duran and the Xel'Naga would be a big part of the SCII storyline.

[WhatIsStarcraft]

And Blizzard said that the Xel'Naga wouldn't be a playable race in Starcraft 2, they didn't say that the Xel'Naga wouldn't appear in Starcraft 2.