STARCRAFT III: ALL WE KNOW
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Blizzard caused a great deal of controversy when they announced that StarCraft 3 would be released as two separate chapters, or episodes. Some saw this move as shameless money grabbing, but Blizzard defended the move, saying it was intended to make each individual chapter to be a full, engrossing single-player experience.
The first of these episodes, Shadows of the Past, is allegedly due out sometime during 2020 and will focus on the Terran storyline and Jim Raynor. Shadows of the Past is taking a page from Dawn of War's book and offering some non-linearity to the storyline. Once players make it into the gooey-caramel-center-part of the game, they are given a selection of missions to choose from.
Story-wise, Jim and his troops are blue and broke. In an attempt to fix both problems at once, Raynor and his Raiders take up different missions across the galaxy to earn cash, while at the same time collecting new troops for his growing army. Along the way, he'll also hunt for alien artifacts, which can be researched for stat bonuses for his forces. Outside of these details... well, we don't want to spoil it. Mostly because we don't know what happens either.
We do, however, know a great many of the specific mechanics of the campaign mode. While most of the multiplayer units are brand new for all three races, and most of the older units are nowhere to be seen in the beta, as best we can tell, all but the Wraith make a return in the single-player campaign. There have been a couple changes for the sake of gameplay and advancement; you can't research stimpac for marines, but you can obtain it as a purchasable upgrade that remains on the marines for the duration of the campaign, for example.
Players can also unlock mercenaries, which are elite versions of your standard units. Mercenaries can only be deployed a limited number of times per map (and this number is indicated on the unit's UI). Throughout the campaign, you will earn enough cash to unlock all the mercenary units, but not enough to unlock all the available unit upgrades, so you're going to have to make some tough choices.
We had a look at a few of the campaign missions (of which there are 26, although it appears that you can complete the game by playing only 16 of them), and each one has a different 'gimmick'. One, called Welcome to the Jungle was all about capturing Protoss-controlled nodes with SCVs. The mission is a race against time, as the Protoss endeavor seal the nodes away before you can get to them. Another mission once again pits the player against the Protoss, but as a defender this time. You have to guard a big-ass laser as it blows through a series of doors, and eventually you can use the laser itself as a weapon against the invading forces. We also got a peek at a third mission which harkens back to the old StarCraft hero missions. No base-building, resources or unit production in this one -- just good ol' unit micromanagement.
Between missions you can explore your ship, including the bridge, hangar, bar and research lab. This is where you pick up storyline threads and side missions, as well as go about upgrading your units and structures for your campaign.
Each of the three races also has three playable challenge modes, designed to teach would-be multiplayer champs the basics of fending off some common online strategies. One, called Harbinger of Death, is a Protoss stage where players are given a large number of units and have to survive as long as they can only using hotkeys. You can move units around, but everything else – including commanding them to attack – requires you to memorize which hotkeys do what.
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