+Alonso de Hojeda Too many years of WoW coupled with the shut down of Blizzard North (thanks a lot Vivendi) is what degraded Blizzard to what it is now.
+Peter Campi Exactly!!! Worst thing to happen to gaming history that I know of in my 15+ years of gaming!! And by the way, WoW was excellent when it first came out. Then... I don't even wanna think about it..
I played this when I was about 11.. I remember one time, my dad told my he was busy with something, and my response was "Your Vodka can wait, my good father." The look on his face was priceless, and I didn't actually know what I was saying haha
Starcraft 2 cinematics: "We gotta fight for our people" "Hope and courage" "I love you Jim" "I luv u 2 sarah" Starcraft 1 cinmatics: "WHERE'S THE AIR SUPPORT?!" "Thank God for cold fusion! **drinks beer** " **marines getting massacred by zerg** "I luv u sarge"
@@ifound15min Not really. He kind glossed over the multiple massacre, Kerrigan ordering the destruction of multiple worlds, Kerrigan barely being talked out of dropping a billions of screaming bloodthirsty zerg right into Augustgrad, a very crowded capital city. But that's what you get when you try to sum up a point in the laziest way possible. Jim holding a torch for a woman he barely fucking met in SC1 will always be stupid though.
@@Servellion they actually cut missions due to timing and budget that would have had them work together and establish the romance a bit more. Him choosing Sarah over his promise for fenix will always upset me though. Massive simp.
I remember when I saw this intro as a kid, seeing the cruiser abandon the men in their trenches, I immediately knew what war can be and never got inspired by war since; it's one thing to be a brave fighter thrilled by action, it's another thing to know that you're just a puppet easily sacrified
That's a lie and you know it. If you never got inspired by war since then you wouldn't like action games, but since you evidently do, your statement is false.
***** Model detail, but not the effects, atmosphere, lighting or sound. All things they had to master to a small nill because they had very basic model 3ding.
It's been over 15 years, and I still remember the marine asking where is air support, at the time I had no idea what he was saying because english isn't my first language, but the image of the zerg running towards him from all sides as the ship left told everything I needed to know
My father was a huge Starcraft fan So when I was three years old, I made marine for the first time At the six years old, I could beat five computers This game gave me a lot of memories But Blizzard doesn't seem to love this game any more It was a great time. Jim,
Average battle life span of 4.8 seconds was practically doubled to 9.6 seconds with the addition of the battle field medic. this is what a 25 second training time gets you in the Koprulu sector.
damn. this cinematic is so impressive that i still get goosebump. the absolute despair that marine felt. endless wave of zerg rushing toward you makes you feel so helpless. the zerg ,endless, mindless, the most effect killing machine coming at you without fear swarming you and tear you apart in a matter of a second.
Starcraft 1 cinematics were dark, grim and gritty... it looked mature and realistic... starcraft 2 cinematics is so hollywood-ishly CGI abused... they look visually stunning though... wasn't bad either... But starcraft for me should always have that dark tone the way it was on SC1
DiscipleCJ2391 They turned it into a puffy cartoon game for kiddies the grittiness that made the first one so wonderful is gone I havnt played starcraft 2 since I beat it in 2 hours not including time wasted on cgi cutscenes all those years ago
+Хан Аспарух It's based off the music playing in the background in the Do Lung Bridge scene in Apocalypse Now (which is what the opening cinematic is hugely influenced by).
NPC 001 yo guys i did a little digging and found out that this guitar solo in 1:15 was made by the director of this intro Matt Samia, who plays in a band called Firemelon, facebook.com/firemelon/info/?tab=page_info, he told me that the track is probably gone by now and we can listen to it here in the video only. Be sure to write to him he will answer for sure !
@@yashutang8075 As far as I remember the United Earth Dirrectorate uses a very different dating system. So maybe that has something to do with your confusion :D
Starcraft broodwar plot was way better because there was no real "good or "evil" just factions whit their own agenda , protoss fighting for their survival , the UED trying to take control of the sector by any means , and Kerrigan slaughtering her enemies , well yea she was evil ;). Now on SC 2 we had this good space cowboys saving the girl, turning Raynor´s revenge into a romance plot (damn) and Mengks as the cliche evil guy who surprisingly NOT , failed any plan he attempted (lol). Dont get me wrong i waited SC2 for so long and enjoyed it but the story could have been much deeper , not so childish and simple. The hybrid part is good thou , since we knew it was coming (secret mission on bw)
cause it took 12 years and SC2 is such a piece of shit compared to other RTS now. they only improved the graphism and added a few units sound to me like a freaking expansion and to make matter worst they decided to split the game in 3 to cash in more money
Fedas Its not that hard, gone are the gritty dark humor along with the epic sacrifices against the overwhelming. With writing that actually had plot twists. SC2 campaign was the very definition of 101 Hollywood Cliches. And honestly I've played WC3 custom maps with better map design then half the missions. As I said in a previous comment, all the designers and developers that created Blizzards golden age have left the company. They are now unable to develop a well developed and designed game aimed towards th more hardcore gamer audience, and now most of their success actually lies in the casual consumer. Not that is a bad thing, however sc2 and diablo 3 were definitely let downs. Edit: Typo's
***** i have to disagree, thats you're personal opinion. I like Sc2 WAY more than SC or Broodwar. but thats my opinion. also sorry if my english is lame its late, i'm tired and just don't care.
1:03, they weren’t just inspired by Starship Troopers it seems. The ammo count on the gun is a reference to the pulse rifles from Alien. Also, for the book that Starship Troopers was based on, the soldiers also had mechanical exoskeletal suits like the Terrans do.
He's in the little shuttle floating through the debris. You don't see him but in SC2 Raynor hangs out a POS bar called "Joey Ray's Bar". Could be a coincidence but I doubt it.
the brood war intro always made me think of the do lung bridge scene from apocalypse now. There was nothing like this in starcraft 2 which is why it wasn't nearly as good.
+Ltpeppers05 It's Do Lung in a galaxy far, far away(: "Who's in charge here?" - and you just expect to hear - "Ain't you?!" And then the roaches come(:
Won't get siege tank splash damage in a trench, hydras can't get ya easy, and when zerglings do get in, they are all packed in and bottlenecks easy for a firebat to torch.
give me a break, trench warfare was a doctrine that was designed to help the troops against the artillery fire which was the most devastating force in WWI. as the doctrines changed the trenches vanished with the advent of airplanes, MBTS and long range mobile artillery.. 1. mutalisk and the glaive wurms can eradicate anything that is stationed within a trench. 2. ultralisks , lurkers and defilers can turn the trenches into slaughterhouses 3. we are talking about an enemy that can burrow-charge a position. 4. the term you are looking for is WALLS, have you ever watched starship troopers? watch it and learn why walls are a better option to trenches.
Catalin Marin give me a break, trench warfare was a doctrine that was designed to help the troops against the artillery fire which was the most devastating force in WWI. as the doctrines changed the trenches vanished with the advent of airplanes, MBTS and long range mobile artillery.. 1. mutalisk and the glaive wurms can eradicate anything that is stationed within a trench. 2. ultralisks , lurkers and defilers can turn the trenches into slaughterhouses 3. we are talking about an enemy that can burrow-charge a position. 4. the term you are looking for is WALLS, have you ever watched starship troopers? watch it and learn why walls are a better option to trenches.
You're forgetting these fortifications were likely erected during the Guild Wars, or other of the plethora of Terran on Terran conflicts. The Terran war machine was prepared to fight other Terran, not Aliens at the time.
Does anybody else hate how they turned the Zerg into lovey-dovey creatures in SCII? Yeah screw you too Blizzard! Should have had Kerrigan killed instead of explaining why she must live!
Happy Reviewer It weakened the tension in the story. Who is the bad guy? Mensk? He didn't feel much of a threat in Starcraft 1. He was part of a bigger story. Why did he all of a sudden become the main villain? He barely managed to survive at the end of Brood War. And now he's dead? And who's the main villain? This supper-massive God-Like creature? I think David Brevik was right when he said, "People matter in the industry", because now we can see it with our own eyes. The developers of the Blizzard Golden Age are gone now, and it shows that they can barely come up with anything decent even with new recruits. People matter man, they really do....
Yeah I hear ya man. I get tired of these Blizzard Apologists or whatever you call them, saying that we have nostalgia on the mind. They don't know they Blizzard lost prodigies on their team. Prodigies don't come around every 10 decades or even 20 for that matter. Because it's been 20 years since Diablo 2 and Starcraft 1. Maybe more. Yet, they can't surpass their own games anymore. They should be like, well we made that game dam good. Let's build off of it. Except this wasn't they case they scraped the old units. This might be getting off topic, but the thing that made Halo great was they knew they had something to keep and build off of just a little. There are exceptions I know this. Warcraft2 was a great sequel and new new game. The first one didn't have air or sea. There's a point though. Don't replace the classics with lesser appealing products.
There could be multiple reasons. Disputes in pay. Developers got tired of new crap stories. Finally, some maybe felt it was time to venture out on their own. In which case, wouldn't be Blizzards entire fault, but still a good bit.
Happy Reviewer agreed, Kerrigan should not have been the focus of heart of the swarm, it should have been some other queen who reunites the swarm. When kerigan was first infested, it was like her evil demonic side that you wouldn't want to cross, like that mission when you had to purge the cores, Kerrigan was freaking scary. Now she is a friendly beasty, who wants to help everyone while voluntarily wanting to look like a monster, I mean wtf
When the Brood War expansion pack was being developed, the Earth Directorate was originally going to be a fourth race, basically Terrans but with far more advanced technology. But scheduling conflicts in Blizzard prevented it from happening. Plus they would have also needed to completely mod and balance out the other three races to make a fourth one fit.
Amazing considering that this game was released in 1998 (when i was only around 2 years old) those cinematics are outstanding. Its breakthroughs like this that make Blizzard the best gaming company and make their games some of the best around the world. You rule Blizz!!!
RIP to the marines who died fighting down there. Back when even cinematics and graphics were extremely Dark, Brutal and Terrifying even before the start of the game itself which was and still is my favourite! The zergs' brutality and the Terrans' hopelessness is so full of thought provoking moments, til death without help when one thought about would have been the only chance of survival and escape is absolutely scary and sad to watch! Bravo to the old schoolers like myself!
I always loved this cinematic, I thought it was the best I'd ever seen back in the day. I also remember being surprised when the same marines from the beginning of this end up nuked at the end of it. but personally I'd rather be nuked than killed by the Zerg.
For all you who miss the good old days; There's a mod for Starcraft 2 called "Starcraft Mass Recall" - it recreates the entire SC 1 & BW campaign for SC2 Search for Starcraft Mass Recall on CZcams and see for yourselves :)
I feel this cinematic is introspective to the state of humanity and lack of leadership amidst utter emotional chaos. Letting the system dictate when to fight when to rest when to die and finally abandoning an agenda that they miss the target because of the lack of unity with Protoss bringing unity through destruction.
My father proudly played StarCraft. And when we were little, he showed us this cinematic. It kinda traumatized me XD It traumatized me to be absolutelly adicted to it
I remember as a kid my friend was like "I got SC come over and play" I get over to his house and hes playing SC on the console... Never seen again after that day.
Yeaahh I know this comment is over a year old, but I recently was thinking about WH 40k and SC Marines comparison and who would win in a 1v1 battle. The answer (in my opinion) is: Whoever gets the hit first. Standard bolters are essentially loaded with miniature demolition charges that hit their target behind its armour. But each and every 8mm bullet from Impaler Gauss Rifle goes well over the speed of sound and they are capable of eventually penetrating the armour of heavy vehicles, not to mention other Marine's armours. And they fire at the rate of 30 rounds per second, you saw how fast that Marine depleted his clip. So whoever gets hits first, dies, be it an explosive bullet turning your insides into mush, or a cloud of super piercing shreds of metal, changing you and your armour into swiss cheese.
Bruh, space marines have multiple hearts, a rib cage as thick as their armour and can sruvive for a while after organ failiure. While a wh space marine would die from the hail of bullets, it would not be instant and the space marine will always get the first shot in due to their reactipn speed (the sons of medusa for example can predict what their opponents can do so well it means they ALWAYS get the first shot in.)
3:27 - 4:10 Evoked more emotion than anything I've seen in SC2. I don't even get me started on the final cinematic of the game where Jirard shoots himself.
@@kemonoautumnfall6331 "Admiral the colonies base will be overrun in a matter of minutes..," that and he didn't know who was in charge.. And didn't see the air support right above him. And the way he used his gun. All of which implies he's not a trained soldier but a conscript from the colonies militia.
THIS, was StarCraft. Horrible, brutal, glorifed war. Not that shit they gave us in SC2. Man Blizzard I really wish I could get a chance to talk at a BlizzCon just to say, "You really fucked up with SC2 and dropped that ball big time Blizzard, after 10 fucking year this is what you give us????" Then just walk off stage lol.
+IIIJFRIII Regardless, it was more faithful than SCII to the original in design, it still had Dragoons, and even had the first Protoss unit with a ranged weapon. And a multiplayer that had concepts mixed from Battlezone [1998] (vehicles in FPS), Return to Castle Wolfenstein and C&C Renegade.
***** what he did was give himself an honorable death since he lost the battle(even though the zerg were still finishing of the terrans) this is like in world war 2 when the japanese generals would kill them selfs and then their forces would fight the american to the death knowing victory is imposible
***** A theory is also that DuGalle was partially mind controled by Duran, who we know was a powerful shapeshifter in service to Amon. Duran wanted to eliminate the UED Fleet, so that his plans may proceed without any complications. It is not verified if he truly mind controled DuGalle, but it's a possibility.
It was the atmosphere and the theme that made them great. SC2 has very high quality animation, and badassery, but not one of them makes me get chills like the 'Amerigo' or BW intro still do every time I watch them. It's like Aliens, it's just badass for life.
Interesting thing to think about if you compare this and SC2 cut scenes. The games were 12 years apart, and processing power doubles every 18 months. This means there were 8 doubling periods in processing power. That may not seem like a lot but it means that SC 1 was made with 1/256 of the processing power available! Suddenly these cut scenes are downright cutting edge!!
Terran fortifications and technology was suited for Terran versus Terran combat before the Zerg Invasion, since the the Brood War takes place almost immediately after the events of SC1 (Considering the way Chapter 4 The Fall opens), they haven't had the time to update their technology to create units suited to fighting Zerg or Protoss.
You also forgot adapting their strategy and tactics... but then, since the Zerg's stratagems and tactics are dirt simple by design, to be fair, it really doesn't take a genius to realize that nuking them from orbit just to be sure before sending in any surface combatants would be the smartest possible move especially since the Terrans are nuke crazy.
Fuckin goosebumps here alright. Never knew, even after all these years the intro of Brood Wars still has that epic opening. Something that I couldn't feel with Starcraft 2. But then again, for nostalgia sake, and because of years of anticipation, Starcraft 2 was an inevitable letdown (Well, for our expectations actually). In defending the sequel, I think the team at Blizzard did a great job in expanding the lore, and while the whole Kerrigan/Arthas trope is kinda cliche, it did wrap things up for the franchise. The Zergs in the sequel is less scarier, I can agree on that, but thats because they're elevated to an anti-hero kind of role; but more protagonist than antagonist so its obvious why the developers made the zergs more "cuter" and less uncanny. That, and being that 90s low res graphics was a hit back in the days for being cutting edge at the time - us being in the 21st century with HD video games made us expect more from video game graphics to provide us with more immersion. Lore wise, zerg evolved to suit Kerrigan's preferences? I mean, being an infested human, you'd want some "recognizable" human friendly features if you're going to rule comfortably right? Or maybe the zerg incorporated kawai alien lifeforms into the swarm.
Eduardo Yáñez The bulky, slow and almost 'clumsy' nature of the SC1 suits remind me of the modern day space suits we outfit our astronauts in. I guess that's why I find them neat.
Gabriel Delvo yes, I guess the creator inspired marine suits in the astronauts of today for the battles in space, for me SC1 suits have more movility than the new ones, do you remember the fight of tychus and raynor in the ship? tychus was so slow with that suit but really intimidating
Eduardo Yáñez Yeah, Tychus was pretty damn tall in the suit compared to the rest of the crew members and he definitely had more in terms of brute strength.
When Blizzard was still Blizzard. Dark, political and mature.
+Alonso de Hojeda Too many years of WoW coupled with the shut down of Blizzard North (thanks a lot Vivendi) is what degraded Blizzard to what it is now.
+Peter Campi Exactly!!! Worst thing to happen to gaming history that I know of in my 15+ years of gaming!!
And by the way, WoW was excellent when it first came out. Then... I don't even wanna think about it..
+Alonso de Hojeda still a better love story than Twilight...
Commander Chen
What can I say.. I agree :)
***** Haha yeah no.
I played this when I was about 11.. I remember one time, my dad told my he was busy with something, and my response was "Your Vodka can wait, my good father."
The look on his face was priceless, and I didn't actually know what I was saying haha
That must have been priceless for him.
I am 34 how old are you now friend?
I hope my kid does that stuff lol
Damn when you wrote that comment I was 14 and I played that game when I was 8 with my dad
Time flies, don't it?
Starcraft 2 cinematics: "We gotta fight for our people" "Hope and courage" "I love you Jim" "I luv u 2 sarah"
Starcraft 1 cinmatics: "WHERE'S THE AIR SUPPORT?!" "Thank God for cold fusion! **drinks beer** " **marines getting massacred by zerg** "I luv u sarge"
speaks for itself, doesn't it?
@@ifound15min Not really. He kind glossed over the multiple massacre, Kerrigan ordering the destruction of multiple worlds, Kerrigan barely being talked out of dropping a billions of screaming bloodthirsty zerg right into Augustgrad, a very crowded capital city. But that's what you get when you try to sum up a point in the laziest way possible.
Jim holding a torch for a woman he barely fucking met in SC1 will always be stupid though.
@@Servellion keep in mind they glossed over alot of time with cutsecenes in sc1, we didn't get their entire history.
@@Servellion they actually cut missions due to timing and budget that would have had them work together and establish the romance a bit more.
Him choosing Sarah over his promise for fenix will always upset me though. Massive simp.
@@brandonjohnson9084 In the original Starcraft or was that in Starsimp 2?
I love how SC1 had such a dark setting. SC2 cinematics were like a drama show
Apocalypse now darkness and colldness is all around this opening! You could tell that movie marked them and it wss adhoc to the sc universe
Man I remember when my brother made me play this and I was scared of the opening cinematic... That was the real deal.
+PlasmaFLOW I played the demo and was scared of losing a single marine. I wasn't that smart.
+BlacKnight Uhh, this is the cutscenes for the expansion of the first StarCraft. It might as well be a full game.
i cry everytim
I remember when I saw this intro as a kid, seeing the cruiser abandon the men in their trenches, I immediately knew what war can be and never got inspired by war since; it's one thing to be a brave fighter thrilled by action, it's another thing to know that you're just a puppet easily sacrified
That's a lie and you know it. If you never got inspired by war since then you wouldn't like action games, but since you evidently do, your statement is false.
VunderGuy Maybe he was talking about real wars?
Pure Ignorance.
You should read William Faulkner's "Turn About". It's just about the same themes.
Better flame animations than most cinematics now a days on that lighter xD
+Toa Onua lol I remember that lighter flame still.
fuck, whatever happened to gaming industry..
It got more cash, so it decided to work less.
***** Model detail, but not the effects, atmosphere, lighting or sound. All things they had to master to a small nill because they had very basic model 3ding.
It was just a sprite with translucency and a ripple effect tho :)
It's been over 15 years, and I still remember the marine asking where is air support, at the time I had no idea what he was saying because english isn't my first language, but the image of the zerg running towards him from all sides as the ship left told everything I needed to know
Marines on the ground were Dominion. BCs up there were UEDs. So marines mistook BCs for their own
I wish we had more of the UED they deserved more fleshing out then they had
Gerrard DuGalle and Alexei Stukov...My all time favorite characters in a game. The destiny of Admiral DuGalle was worthy of a novel
From me too, well, my favorite terran characters, a goal, death, destiny and charisma of a novel :""]
My father was a huge Starcraft fan
So when I was three years old,
I made marine for the first time
At the six years old, I could beat five computers
This game gave me a lot of memories
But Blizzard doesn't seem to love this game any more
It was a great time. Jim,
Average battle life span of 4.8 seconds was practically doubled to 9.6 seconds with the addition of the battle field medic. this is what a 25 second training time gets you in the Koprulu sector.
The intro in the trench is completely inspired from "Apocalypse now" Love the Christmas lights
Not completely...
The guys even got Roaches face paint
damn. this cinematic is so impressive that i still get goosebump. the absolute despair that marine felt. endless wave of zerg rushing toward you makes you feel so helpless. the zerg ,endless, mindless, the most effect killing machine coming at you without fear swarming you and tear you apart in a matter of a second.
Starcraft 1 cinematics were dark, grim and gritty... it looked mature and realistic...
starcraft 2 cinematics is so hollywood-ishly CGI abused... they look visually stunning though... wasn't bad either...
But starcraft for me should always have that dark tone the way it was on SC1
DiscipleCJ2391 You are sooo right about that. The old cutscenes have so much atmosphere... the new ones are so soulles in comparison.
DiscipleCJ2391 They turned it into a puffy cartoon game for kiddies the grittiness that made the first one so wonderful is gone I havnt played starcraft 2 since I beat it in 2 hours not including time wasted on cgi cutscenes all those years ago
***** yeah not gritty enough its cartoon it's kinda sad now
DiscipleCJ2391 very few things are retaining their gritty dark tones anymore it's a shame
SventheViking They have to make it P.C now because kids are fucking stupid cant tell real life from a game
And after 17 years I can still feel the atmosphere in this cinematic. But I already forgot every cinematic in SC2.
Well said.
Cuz you were a kid.
Actually StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is quite strong cinematic too
@@K4inan Nope. SC2 plot is for cringe kids who cannot handle dark sci-fi.
Am I the only non zerg player who finds SC1 zerg a lot more terrifying and creepy than the cartoonish and funny zerg in SC2?
The zerg are scarier in SC2 in my opinion
Michael Shelley I dont know...but when I tried playing zerg in SC2 all I was hearing was... fart fart fart xD
+Kaba Gaida Wow
Michael Shelley Well the overlord reminds me of that lol :D
Kaba Gaida xD
1:05
And this, gentlemen, is what armor 3 looks like.
“WHERE IS THE AIR SUPPORT???”
👆
The scene in the trenches they got from Apocalypse Now. I swear.
Are you talking about the scene with the roach?
Doug Funny
Yeaaa lol
+Belarion A.D. I totally agree with you.
Yup
100%!!!! GET THE ROACH!!!!!
very starship troopers inspired
+Jake Champion And Aliens, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan..
+Jake Champion Do you wan to know more?
+Jake Champion Warhammer 40k actually.
Kirk R. The races are inspired by 40K but these news are just Starship troopers.
+Karakas Yeah, the new's portion definitely is!
First time going into star craft, was not expecting starship troopers. But I absolutely love it
Seems like it has references to starship troopers, war hammer, and aliens
The one thing I miss about the OG Starcraft & Diablo is how Dark it was
I just love that rattling of an old Gauss rifle.
Sounds badass...
More than 15 years and i still want to know that Metal/Rock music in the background starting at 1:10...
+Хан Аспарух It's based off the music playing in the background in the Do Lung Bridge scene in Apocalypse Now (which is what the opening cinematic is hugely influenced by).
+Neal X yea this intro is so much apocalypse now man, but taken to the higher level of war madness.
If its a true homage to apocalypse now, it would be Jimi Hendrixs machine gun
NPC 001 yo guys i did a little digging and found out that this guitar solo in 1:15 was made by the director of this intro Matt Samia, who plays in a band called Firemelon, facebook.com/firemelon/info/?tab=page_info, he told me that the track is probably gone by now and we can listen to it here in the video only. Be sure to write to him he will answer for sure !
Alexei Stukov
Born: 06/09/822
Died: 04/23/822
wtf
Stukov was synthetic, fresh right from tubes.
Oh ok
Bene that still doesnt explain how he was born in june and died in april of the same year
@@yashutang8075 As far as I remember the United Earth Dirrectorate uses a very different dating system. So maybe that has something to do with your confusion :D
He actually died on 877 or 872 as if i remember. 822 is a graphical mistake.
Starcraft broodwar plot was way better because there was no real "good or "evil" just factions whit their own agenda , protoss fighting for their survival , the UED trying to take control of the sector by any means , and Kerrigan slaughtering her enemies , well yea she was evil ;). Now on SC 2 we had this good space cowboys saving the girl, turning Raynor´s revenge into a romance plot (damn) and Mengks as the cliche evil guy who surprisingly NOT , failed any plan he attempted (lol). Dont get me wrong i waited SC2 for so long and enjoyed it but the story could have been much deeper , not so childish and simple. The hybrid part is good thou , since we knew it was coming (secret mission on bw)
yep, blizzard now sucks writing lore for their products, look at overwatch, its been like, 3 or 2 years since realease and it technically has no lore
1:29 Apocalypse Now reference. awesome
I see it now, it's from the Do Lung Bridge scene. Even Roach is there.
How come SC2 failed to recapture these emotions ten years and a few hundred million dollars after this game?
Cause in ten years most of the developers and designers have left blizzard.
cause it took 12 years and SC2 is such a piece of shit compared to other RTS now. they only improved the graphism and added a few units sound to me like a freaking expansion and to make matter worst they decided to split the game in 3 to cash in more money
EmpreurDragon If you don't enjoy the two SC2 campaigns they have released... something is wrong with you.
Fedas Its not that hard, gone are the gritty dark humor along with the epic sacrifices against the overwhelming. With writing that actually had plot twists.
SC2 campaign was the very definition of 101 Hollywood Cliches. And honestly I've played WC3 custom maps with better map design then half the missions.
As I said in a previous comment, all the designers and developers that created Blizzards golden age have left the company.
They are now unable to develop a well developed and designed game aimed towards th more hardcore gamer audience, and now most of their success actually lies in the casual consumer. Not that is a bad thing, however sc2 and diablo 3 were definitely let downs.
Edit: Typo's
***** i have to disagree, thats you're personal opinion. I like Sc2 WAY more than SC or Broodwar.
but thats my opinion.
also sorry if my english is lame its late, i'm tired and just don't care.
Wow, So Alexi not only died two months before he was born, but also made it to vice admiral and had four children. That's talent right there :) 5:59
Lol lol and LOL!!
Dude the sound editing in that first cinematic is INSANE. Sound like an actual freaking war is raging like crazy in the background.
I remember watching this for the first time in 1998 or 1999, oh how time flies =(
"Yes...yes, I'm prepared to go all the way, my good admiral"
WHOS IN CHARGE HERE?!?!?
WHERE IS THE FUCKING AIR SUPPORT?!??
+BFreixo Hahahahaha
1:05 , yep Starwars troopers will be proud
lol i mean the imperial soldiers, that guy missed every shoot lol
4:05 Goosebumps...
I never really understood the ending UED cinematic until I saw Starship Troopers (like 3 years ago)!
1:03, they weren’t just inspired by Starship Troopers it seems. The ammo count on the gun is a reference to the pulse rifles from Alien.
Also, for the book that Starship Troopers was based on, the soldiers also had mechanical exoskeletal suits like the Terrans do.
In SC2 they could have had a new character that turns out to be the marine from the Brood War intro, and that he somehow survived that battle.
They did have Joey Ray from the Original SC intro, although you never actually see him.
Which one is he in the SC intro? Because they all die..
He's in the little shuttle floating through the debris. You don't see him but in SC2 Raynor hangs out a POS bar called "Joey Ray's Bar". Could be a coincidence but I doubt it.
That's impossible to survive.
no if that were true the ghost recon unit of terran wouldn't suck. or am i really suppose to believe an shotgun is better than an sniper rifle?
150 rounds cant kill 2 giant rad roaches, u need to get a bigger gun
it is zergling
+aceous99 roachs didnt exist in broodwar lol noob
+Shan Devin shut up , poser! Go play Dota or sumfin!!!
+aceous99 funny thign is i dont evne know what dota is been playing sc on and off since 2001 ur the noob who thought roaches existed in broodwar lmao
+aceous99 he's an ex stormtrooper for fuck sake
You can tell Starship Troopers was a bit of inspiration for Starcraft's developers. All the Terran cinematic needed was "Would you like to know more?"
This cinematic was so good I remember watching it for the first time. Amazed by the graphics.
the brood war intro always made me think of the do lung bridge scene from apocalypse now. There was nothing like this in starcraft 2 which is why it wasn't nearly as good.
+Ltpeppers05 It's Do Lung in a galaxy far, far away(: "Who's in charge here?" - and you just expect to hear - "Ain't you?!" And then the roaches come(:
+BlacKnight I believe the comment is a hybrid of Brood War and Apocalypse Now References.
3:56
Kerrigan: I know how you feel.
It's been years since I've played Starcraft, but I still remember the intro word for word. Fucking love this game!
trench warfare against the zerg is the worst fucking idea they could come up with.
Won't get siege tank splash damage in a trench, hydras can't get ya easy, and when zerglings do get in, they are all packed in and bottlenecks easy for a firebat to torch.
Trench warfare is your best option when you need to slow down a charging enemy.
give me a break, trench warfare was a doctrine that was designed to help the troops against the artillery fire which was the most devastating force in WWI. as the doctrines changed the trenches vanished with the advent of airplanes, MBTS and long range mobile artillery..
1. mutalisk and the glaive wurms can eradicate anything that is stationed within a trench.
2. ultralisks , lurkers and defilers can turn the trenches into slaughterhouses
3. we are talking about an enemy that can burrow-charge a position.
4. the term you are looking for is WALLS, have you ever watched starship troopers? watch it and learn why walls are a better option to trenches.
Catalin Marin
give me a break, trench warfare was a doctrine that was designed to help the troops against the artillery fire which was the most devastating force in WWI. as the doctrines changed the trenches vanished with the advent of airplanes, MBTS and long range mobile artillery..
1. mutalisk and the glaive wurms can eradicate anything that is stationed within a trench.
2. ultralisks , lurkers and defilers can turn the trenches into slaughterhouses
3. we are talking about an enemy that can burrow-charge a position.
4. the term you are looking for is WALLS, have you ever watched starship troopers? watch it and learn why walls are a better option to trenches.
You're forgetting these fortifications were likely erected during the Guild Wars, or other of the plethora of Terran on Terran conflicts.
The Terran war machine was prepared to fight other Terran, not Aliens at the time.
WHERE IS THE AIR SUPPORT?!
In the air?
one battlecruiser
idk man
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Even in 2019 i still think the cinematics are phenomenal, and the studio behind this is beyond amazing. I still think with pure joy about this game.
Does anybody else hate how they turned the Zerg into lovey-dovey creatures in SCII? Yeah screw you too Blizzard! Should have had Kerrigan killed instead of explaining why she must live!
Happy Reviewer It weakened the tension in the story. Who is the bad guy? Mensk? He didn't feel much of a threat in Starcraft 1. He was part of a bigger story. Why did he all of a sudden become the main villain? He barely managed to survive at the end of Brood War. And now he's dead? And who's the main villain? This supper-massive God-Like creature? I think David Brevik was right when he said, "People matter in the industry", because now we can see it with our own eyes. The developers of the Blizzard Golden Age are gone now, and it shows that they can barely come up with anything decent even with new recruits. People matter man, they really do....
Yeah I hear ya man. I get tired of these Blizzard Apologists or whatever you call them, saying that we have nostalgia on the mind. They don't know they Blizzard lost prodigies on their team. Prodigies don't come around every 10 decades or even 20 for that matter. Because it's been 20 years since Diablo 2 and Starcraft 1. Maybe more. Yet, they can't surpass their own games anymore.
They should be like, well we made that game dam good. Let's build off of it. Except this wasn't they case they scraped the old units.
This might be getting off topic, but the thing that made Halo great was they knew they had something to keep and build off of just a little.
There are exceptions I know this. Warcraft2 was a great sequel and new new game. The first one didn't have air or sea. There's a point though. Don't replace the classics with lesser appealing products.
Happy Reviewer Here is the bigger question, why are they doing this? Is it really because they lost all the good developers?
There could be multiple reasons. Disputes in pay. Developers got tired of new crap stories. Finally, some maybe felt it was time to venture out on their own. In which case, wouldn't be Blizzards entire fault, but still a good bit.
Happy Reviewer agreed, Kerrigan should not have been the focus of heart of the swarm, it should have been some other queen who reunites the swarm.
When kerigan was first infested, it was like her evil demonic side that you wouldn't want to cross, like that mission when you had to purge the cores, Kerrigan was freaking scary.
Now she is a friendly beasty, who wants to help everyone while voluntarily wanting to look like a monster, I mean wtf
I'm suprised that somehow the U.E.D have the same technology as the Terrans
In Toss company, when Zeratul and Artanis meet Stukov fleet, Artanis say, that never see terran like this. Blizzard a lazy one, to build another race)
When the Brood War expansion pack was being developed, the Earth Directorate was originally going to be a fourth race, basically Terrans but with far more advanced technology. But scheduling conflicts in Blizzard prevented it from happening. Plus they would have also needed to completely mod and balance out the other three races to make a fourth one fit.
Amazing considering that this game was released in 1998 (when i was only around 2 years old) those cinematics are outstanding. Its breakthroughs like this that make Blizzard the best gaming company and make their games some of the best around the world.
You rule Blizz!!!
"I lost argument, so I'm trolling."
The first cinematic still gives me chills
RIP to the marines who died fighting down there. Back when even cinematics and graphics were extremely Dark, Brutal and Terrifying even before the start of the game itself which was and still is my favourite! The zergs' brutality and the Terrans' hopelessness is so full of thought provoking moments, til death without help when one thought about would have been the only chance of survival and escape is absolutely scary and sad to watch! Bravo to the old schoolers like myself!
one thing i miss most about SC and BW is the sounds. SC2 marine rifles sound like pea shooters.
I always loved this cinematic, I thought it was the best I'd ever seen back in the day. I also remember being surprised when the same marines from the beginning of this end up nuked at the end of it. but personally I'd rather be nuked than killed by the Zerg.
For all you who miss the good old days; There's a mod for Starcraft 2 called "Starcraft Mass Recall" - it recreates the entire SC 1 & BW campaign for SC2
Search for Starcraft Mass Recall on CZcams and see for yourselves :)
I feel this cinematic is introspective to the state of humanity and lack of leadership amidst utter emotional chaos. Letting the system dictate when to fight when to rest when to die and finally abandoning an agenda that they miss the target because of the lack of unity with Protoss bringing unity through destruction.
Dude unloaded 200+ rounds on 2 zerglings and didn't even kill one of them. No wonder these marines are losing
Where is my air support?
Kenneth Yu It abandoned you useless Marine
I will be damed.
I love how even five months later the profile pic still applies. XD
@@Toast_94 you mean 2 years boi? Xddd
@@egebabus3423 That's amazing. Thank you
The intro is a great homage to apocalypse bow. If you haven't seen that movie, you need to.
this was dark was perfect
“Where’s the air support?”
*points to the sky*
Blizzard went from this to Overwatch, someone fucking kill me
When he flicks that lighter out, I get goosebumps.
My father proudly played StarCraft. And when we were little, he showed us this cinematic. It kinda traumatized me XD
It traumatized me to be absolutelly adicted to it
In st 2 battles and wars look funny.
In st 1 battles and wars look realistic, scary, dark, you even feel despair of these solders. I liked it.
"Where is the air support!!"
* Points into the air *
Where else would it be?
3 clicks east from Manhatten
I remember as a kid my friend was like "I got SC come over and play" I get over to his house and hes playing SC on the console... Never seen again after that day.
8:47 - TETSUOOOOOO!!!!!
Couldn't resist...XD
Pffffft... The Emperor's Space Marines will show them how to get shit done.
27500 years too soon.
Yeaahh I know this comment is over a year old, but I recently was thinking about WH 40k and SC Marines comparison and who would win in a 1v1 battle. The answer (in my opinion) is: Whoever gets the hit first. Standard bolters are essentially loaded with miniature demolition charges that hit their target behind its armour. But each and every 8mm bullet from Impaler Gauss Rifle goes well over the speed of sound and they are capable of eventually penetrating the armour of heavy vehicles, not to mention other Marine's armours. And they fire at the rate of 30 rounds per second, you saw how fast that Marine depleted his clip. So whoever gets hits first, dies, be it an explosive bullet turning your insides into mush, or a cloud of super piercing shreds of metal, changing you and your armour into swiss cheese.
Bruh, space marines have multiple hearts, a rib cage as thick as their armour and can sruvive for a while after organ failiure. While a wh space marine would die from the hail of bullets, it would not be instant and the space marine will always get the first shot in due to their reactipn speed (the sons of medusa for example can predict what their opponents can do so well it means they ALWAYS get the first shot in.)
lol... starship trooper send great wishes!....only a death zerg are a good zerg!
3:27 - 4:10
Evoked more emotion than anything I've seen in SC2. I don't even get me started on the final cinematic of the game where Jirard shoots himself.
i may like SC2 for its improved Multiplayer. But god damn i come back every time for Brood War's story. That will never change.
did that marine just fire an 80 round burst? jesus no wonder he missed...
+Derek Luckas He was a colonist
Sérgio Maurício where is the hint that he is a colonist?
@@kemonoautumnfall6331 "Admiral the colonies base will be overrun in a matter of minutes..," that and he didn't know who was in charge.. And didn't see the air support right above him. And the way he used his gun. All of which implies he's not a trained soldier but a conscript from the colonies militia.
What is the background song playing on 1:47-2:05 from this movie?
So much for the air support.
UED was cold
I NEVER get tired of watching these!
No, someone is smart.
2:07 this man looks like Vladimir Putin ))
That felt like Starship Troopers
i remember watching this cinetmatic during 1998-1999 at my high school friend's house.
For all you Terran players out there, this is what happens when you abandon your marines...
Why did they put effort into the mouth movements for the main characters and just leave the marine mouth movements to shit?
the temple explosion was epic. i am so glad it protected the templars who used it
This cinematic gives me nerd chills every single time.
WHERE IS THE AIR SUPPORT
God I love that
THIS, was StarCraft. Horrible, brutal, glorifed war. Not that shit they gave us in SC2. Man Blizzard I really wish I could get a chance to talk at a BlizzCon just to say, "You really fucked up with SC2 and dropped that ball big time Blizzard, after 10 fucking year this is what you give us????" Then just walk off stage lol.
+IIIJFRIII And you haven't even touched upon Diablo 3 yet...
Lol, I heard they fuccked that up to. I'll leave that to another person.
+IIIJFRIII WoW now too :(
+IIIJFRIII Regardless, it was more faithful than SCII to the original in design, it still had Dragoons, and even had the first Protoss unit with a ranged weapon. And a multiplayer that had concepts mixed from Battlezone [1998] (vehicles in FPS), Return to Castle Wolfenstein and C&C Renegade.
***** It was... ok.
i dont know what but theres something about these old school graphics that i just love
Exactly ! ;) One of greatest moves in cinematics ..Man i love this.
TERRAN(테란).PROTOSS(프로토스)
.ZERG(저그)
Did Dugall kill himself because he blamed himself for Stukov's death?
***** what he did was give himself an honorable death since he lost the battle(even though the zerg were still finishing of the terrans) this is like in world war 2 when the japanese generals would kill them selfs and then their forces would fight the american to the death knowing victory is imposible
***** A theory is also that DuGalle was partially mind controled by Duran, who we know was a powerful shapeshifter in service to Amon. Duran wanted to eliminate the UED Fleet, so that his plans may proceed without any complications. It is not verified if he truly mind controled DuGalle, but it's a possibility.
It was the atmosphere and the theme that made them great. SC2 has very high quality animation, and badassery, but not one of them makes me get chills like the 'Amerigo' or BW intro still do every time I watch them.
It's like Aliens, it's just badass for life.
"20 minutes adventure" for Stukov.
Interesting thing to think about if you compare this and SC2 cut scenes. The games were 12 years apart, and processing power doubles every 18 months. This means there were 8 doubling periods in processing power. That may not seem like a lot but it means that SC 1 was made with 1/256 of the processing power available! Suddenly these cut scenes are downright cutting edge!!
millions of years later,and they still using trenchs in their battlefield?? who are you guys?? france?
What is your super smart strategy ignazen
I still don't see how a trench would help against zerglings, a bunker would be much better.
Terran fortifications and technology was suited for Terran versus Terran combat before the Zerg Invasion, since the the Brood War takes place almost immediately after the events of SC1 (Considering the way Chapter 4 The Fall opens), they haven't had the time to update their technology to create units suited to fighting Zerg or Protoss.
You also forgot adapting their strategy and tactics... but then, since the Zerg's stratagems and tactics are dirt simple by design, to be fair, it really doesn't take a genius to realize that nuking them from orbit just to be sure before sending in any surface combatants would be the smartest possible move especially since the Terrans are nuke crazy.
i love the reference to aliens, apocalypse now(the guy with the music and grenade/rocket launcher), and starship troopers....classic
This is a good analogy for my workplace. I'm down in the trenches, upper management is in their comfy battlecruisers.
1:43 WHERE IS THE AIR SUPPORT??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol his mouth
Woltron X omg right!
Fuckin goosebumps here alright. Never knew, even after all these years the intro of Brood Wars still has that epic opening. Something that I couldn't feel with Starcraft 2. But then again, for nostalgia sake, and because of years of anticipation, Starcraft 2 was an inevitable letdown (Well, for our expectations actually). In defending the sequel, I think the team at Blizzard did a great job in expanding the lore, and while the whole Kerrigan/Arthas trope is kinda cliche, it did wrap things up for the franchise.
The Zergs in the sequel is less scarier, I can agree on that, but thats because they're elevated to an anti-hero kind of role; but more protagonist than antagonist so its obvious why the developers made the zergs more "cuter" and less uncanny. That, and being that 90s low res graphics was a hit back in the days for being cutting edge at the time - us being in the 21st century with HD video games made us expect more from video game graphics to provide us with more immersion. Lore wise, zerg evolved to suit Kerrigan's preferences? I mean, being an infested human, you'd want some "recognizable" human friendly features if you're going to rule comfortably right? Or maybe the zerg incorporated kawai alien lifeforms into the swarm.
To be fair, they did incorporate dog into the swarm. So that idea does have merit.
Space opera at its finest
I don't know why, but I love the original Terran marine suits, almost as much as the new ones.
Gabriel Delvo I prefer the new ones, look more intimidating
Eduardo Yáñez The bulky, slow and almost 'clumsy' nature of the SC1 suits remind me of the modern day space suits we outfit our astronauts in. I guess that's why I find them neat.
Gabriel Delvo yes, I guess the creator inspired marine suits in the astronauts of today for the battles in space, for me SC1 suits have more movility than the new ones, do you remember the fight of tychus and raynor in the ship? tychus was so slow with that suit but really intimidating
Eduardo Yáñez Yeah, Tychus was pretty damn tall in the suit compared to the rest of the crew members and he definitely had more in terms of brute strength.