StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

About StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is released by Blizzard Entertainment in 12 Mar 2013. The game is designed by Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a typical representative of the Real Time Strategy (RTS) genre. Playing StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a pleasure. It does not matter whether it is the first or a millionth hour in Real Time Strategy (RTS), there will always be room for something new and interesting. Thrilling levels and gameplay StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm will not leave anyone indifferent. The complexity of gameplay increases with each new level and does not let any player get bored.

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• 🎮 Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten
• 🎮 Age of Empires II: HD Edition
• 🎮 Command & Conquer
• 🎮 Wargame: AirLand Battle

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• 🎮 Spore
• 🎮 Darwinia
• 🎮 Close Combat 4: Battle of the Bulge
• 🎮 Little King's Story

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The story

This section tells the history of the world of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Following the events of Wings of Liberty, Terran Dominion forces attack Sarah Kerrigan and her allies in a research facility in the territory of the Umojan Protectorate. Kerrigan and other residents escape to the flagship of Raynor's Raiders, the Hyperion, but Commander Jim Raynor is cut off by the Dominion. The Hyperion escapes, but Kerrigan remains behind to locate Raynor, only to hear a Dominion newscast announcing that he has been captured and executed. Enraged, Kerrigan returns to Zerg territory to retake control of the swarm and overthrow the tyrannical Dominion. On the volcanic planet Char, Kerrigan subdues a renegade brood before attacking the occupying Dominion forces. Kerrigan, in a rage, destroys a Dominion command fortress and kills its commander, General Horace Warfield. After a change of heart, she allows the wounded and the unarmed to evacuate. On the frozen planet Kaldir, she annihilates the local Protoss forces, reclaiming the local brood and evolving the swarm to survive in harsh climate. Zeratul visits Kerrigan and advises her to regain her powers by traveling to Zerus, the original homeworld of the Zerg. On Zerus, Kerrigan learns that a fallen Xel'Naga named Amon was responsible for making the Zerg what they are: A warring swarm, bound to a single overriding will. Some primal Zerg, however, eluded and remained independent constantly evolving creatures. One such zerg named Zurvan, known as the "Ancient One", lies dormant in hibernation and must be awoken by Kerrigan for its knowledge on the origins of the Zerg. Upon awakening, Zurvan advises Kerrigan to seek out a primordial spawning pool to regain her former powers. Kerrigan enters the ancient spawning pool and transforms into a primal Queen of Blades. She kills and absorbs the genetic essences of four powerful hostile primal leaders and Zurvan after it attempts to collect her essence for itself. A primal leader called Dehaka and his pack join her, provided that she gives them essence to collect. Kerrigan is contacted by a Zerg-infested Alexei Stukov, a former Vice Admiral of the United Earth Directorate who was apparently killed by Duran at Braxis. With Stukov's aid, Kerrigan assaults a research station where Emil Narud, a servant of Amon, is breeding Protoss-Zerg hybrids. After eliminating Dominion facility security forces and Tal'Darim loyal to Narud, Kerrigan confronts Narud in a showdown of power. Morphing first into Raynor and then into Kerrigan's human form, Narud impales Kerrigan before being fatally wounded. Revealing that Amon is revived, he perishes. Meanwhile, Emperor Arcturus Mengsk contacts Kerrigan and claims Raynor is kept alive and imprisoned, as a bargaining chip against Kerrigan attacking the Dominion throne world of Korhal IV. Kerrigan relays the news to the Hyperion. They plan to hack the Dominion network to locate Raynor, but the only one with such expertise is Colonel Orlan, held captive by Mira Han, a mercenary who refuses to release him. Thus, the Hyperion attacks Mira's mining operations, forcing her to comply. Orlan locates Raynor on a prison ship that constantly changes location. Kerrigan assaults the ship and rescues Raynor, who is revolted by Kerrigan's reversion of form. Although he cannot bring himself to shoot Kerrigan, he tells her that they are done despite her confession that she loves him. Having united all Zerg under the swarm, Kerrigan launches an invasion of Korhal, concentrating on the capital city of Augustgrad. With the aid of Dehaka and his pack, she destroys Mengsk's Psi Destroyer, a device that hurts the swarm from afar but is ineffective on the primal Zerg. As Kerrigan sends the swarm to assault Mengsk's palace, Crown Prince Valerian urges her to slow down her invasion to minimize civilian losses; she accepts, understanding that Valerian is not like his father. Midway through the final battle, Raynor arrives to assist Kerrigan, much to her surprise. Together, they succeed in breaching the imperial palace. In the confrontation that follows, Mengsk reveals that he has the Xel'Naga artifact in his possession, intending to use it to kill Kerrigan. Before Mengsk can do so Raynor interferes, allowing Kerrigan to impale Mengsk. Kerrigan kills Mengsk by injecting psionic energy causing him to explode. As the dust settles, Kerrigan thanks Raynor before joining her swarm. With her quest for vengeance completed she renounces everything she once was or had and prepares to face Amon, the enemy of all living things, in a conflict that will not only decide the fate of the Koprulu Sector, but the entire Galaxy.

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• Jacopo Mauri

  StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm - Recensione

  The StarCraft II trilogy finally experiences its second episode, launched simultaneously on the world on 11 March - a rather "hot" date, historically,...

  The introductory movie is now known by any fan of the strategic Blizzard, but seeing it once more, just before firmly grasping the reins of the game, gives a strong adrenaline rush, almost to awaken from the torpor for the long wait for this second episode. Awakening that, in practice, occupies the first missions, absolutely introductory and designed for those who should have let their mouse rust during these months. It is the plot, in fact, that in the first few bars takes charge of pushing the action, relegating the pure gameplay to an almost marginal and executive component. Animated sequences and dialogues alternate in placing the pawns on the chessboard, in a progressive and captivating process that does not aim so much to surprise as to hit the player, making him foretaste what will be possible in subsequent missions. From the beginning, one thing is however made clear: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm wants to be the maximum expression of the Blizzard strategy, but without giving up strong contamination RPGs. Furthermore, it is the strong narrative thrust that tries to involve the player in a highly personal way, thus giving depth to the actions on the battlefield.

  As far as the first aspect is concerned, the generous role-playing component takes place at several levels, not only giving the opportunity to grow one's alter ego Sarah Kerrigan in basic elements (life points, strength) but also unlocking active and passive skills that accompany the player from the first to the last mission, thus becoming an essential element of the global strategy. However, it is the entire Zerg army that is subject to upgrades, so much so that some specific "evolutionary missions" are made available to show the possible crossroads in the evolution of a given unit, asking the player for a clear and irrevocable choice that participates in the structuring of a real long-term strategy. Finally, the RPG element also manifests itself in a more dynamic and equally stimulating dimension, since each Zerg unit can be "modified" in three different ways - this time in an anything but definitive way - allowing the player to manipulate the qualities of the own army from mission to mission, adapting them to the specificities of the task to be completed. Just to make sense of the words, an incredibly useful Kerrigan is able to recall a small swarm of Baneling, especially if the Baneling themselves are "modified" so that when they die they divide into further genies, triggering devastating effects on the battlefield . An example that is more than representative of how much each choice is able to weigh in the overall balance of the game, especially because, if combined with further options, it unlocks particularly effective combos.

  Evolutionary missions serve as a useful preview of possible unit upgrades.

  Speaking instead of the plot - and net of the component, for obvious subjective reasons, of the level of appreciation for the narrated facts - it is the narrative setting that strikes, thanks to the main character, certainly among the most charismatic of the series (together with Jim Raynor , key character of the first episode and co-protagonist of this second). The evolution of Kerrigan, the affection that the player feels towards him, the impersonation of the character himself in long missions: all this contributes to creating a privileged relationship between player and alter ego, in a satisfying identification that pushes, from the emotional point of view, the succession of events up to the grand finale. The generous use of cutscene, then, acts as the perfect glue between the missions, unleashing in all its spectacularity the interludes that tickle the player's curiosity and vanity, offering an always exciting show and simply unique beauty features.

  However, we must not forget the action, or rather the actual gameplay, which acts as a filling for this fascinating external coating. From this point of view, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm does not disappoint, but it certainly offers its side to some possible criticism from the "purists". In the first place because, as mentioned, the strong RPG component tends to reflect concretely on the game mechanics, thus offering greater variety, but thus risking to disturb those who were looking for an approach aimed at pure strategy (still preserved intact in the multiplayer mode, which is also enriched with new units). Then there is no mystery of a rather moderate level of difficulty, which in "normal" mode is difficult to worry the player. Anyone wishing to encounter some difficulties along the campaign would do well to start directly on a "difficult" level, so as to spur artificial intelligence in putting a little more effort into devising attack strategies.

  Sarah Kerrigan in all its glory: don't make her angry ...

  Where instead the challenge is not missing is in multiplayer mode. Designed to allow everyone to "get the hand back", this offers the classic training, which is followed by much more demanding appointments, whether it is skirmishes against the CPU (offline) or games via the Internet. It is going to determine the skill of the player that the system gradually assigns "level" opponents, allowing at least to compete on an equal and increasing basis with the challengers present on the Net. At the level of novelty, if not 'is a single, overwhelming element of change, however, many finishes can be noticed that end up evolving the entire multiplayer section. The new units introduced, seven in all, in fact open new paths for the most skilled strategists, who will soon notice how the style of play has become decidedly more enthralling, in a certain sense adrenaline and, as always, as difficult as it is satisfying once best mastered. Learning to use the new Terran, Zerg and Protoss units, as well as mastering the new dynamics, becomes a fundamental element for success. Alone and, above all, with friends, now easily accessible thanks to the possibility of creating real Clans, which make team battles much more enjoyable and immediate to organize.

  Without departing excessively from the gameplay, a couple of further considerations must finally be made: a few flaws often arise with regard to AI, with path-finding problems evidently still unresolved which complicate the movement and organization of the troops on the battlefield, especially if in large number (who said swarm?). Secondly, although the plot is punctual in guiding the player towards the exploration of multiple tactics and game strategies, one has the impression that sometimes the use of specialized units proves to be less effective than a mixed Zergling-Baneling rush, especially at moderate difficulty levels (to which the CPU shows a lot of indulgence in slaughtering our troops by air). In any case, it is not necessary to be deceived by these who, after all, remain details. Details because, above all, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a game of enormous depth, and with all the credentials to end up in the collection of any gamer who loves real-time strategy who can truly be defined as such.

  Jacopo Mauri would have liked to become the Prince of Blades, more to marry Kerrigan than to ambition to conquer the world. He has a perversion for the accumulation of resources in strategy games. This leads him to dilate the completion times of each mission in an inhuman way. You can try to help him by contacting him on Facebook.

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