Star Craft ghost.... FINALLY!!!!

[Jedinator]

Well star craft Ghost is coming out spring 2006. Yes I know it isnt close but I am really excited. I mean Ive been anticipating it eversense gameinformer had it for its cover story in like, 2002. Any ways its a stealth/ action game because you can either go through levels with your guns blazing, or you can be all stealthy like. The character you play as iscalled Nova, a highly trained female ghost, and you have a plethera of weapons to choose from. Theres a shot gun, a flamethrower, a assult rifle, a sniper rifle, a gauss rifle, and this thing called lockdown.I dont know if anyone remembers the lockdown abilities that ghosts had in star craft but heres what it is, its a gun that only ghosts are trained to use and it stops a vehicle dead in its tracks for a certain period of time. Ok so its not that much but its all you need.

Vehicles: You can also pilot 4 vehicles, some from the previous star craft games, some not. The ones you might be familiar with are the vulture and the siegetank. The 2 new ones are called the stinger, which Kinda looks like a warthog from Halo 2, and the grizzly, which is a fighter/ bomber that can also carry troops. Those are not the only ones, just the only ones I know about. I am hoping for wraiths and Goliaths.

Psi: Another abilitie ghosts have is a psi ability which you can also use in the game. The three that you can use are cloak, speed and vision. Cloaking of course makes you invisible for a certan period of time, this will probably be key in the stealth part of the game. Speed, she can use her psi powers to becaome so quik that it seems like everthing else stops. This drains her psi meter quikly though. Nova can use her vision ablity to see what the naked eye cannot, it can show her where opponets are most vunerable. I guess it shows where the terrans hearts are, and for the toss it shows the breaks in thier armor where you can kill in one hit. It does not drain psi at all because your suit provides it.

In multiplayer they have 4 different characters you can be. A ghost, a fire bat, a marine or an infantry unit. There are also different multiplayer modes, so far there are not many because they just got it going but so far they have the normal slayer mode and capture the base.

Personally I cant wait to scorch erg with a flamthrower and shoot marines through the heart.

Here are links to screen shots.
http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx?PageNo=1&Set=0
http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx?PageNo=2&Set=0
http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx?PageNo=3&Set=0
http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx?PageNo=4&Set=0
http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx?PageNo=5&Set=0
http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx?PageNo=6&Set=0

and that should do it.

[jiffyjimbothe3]

Alright, I was really looking foward to this game!...4 years ago. I almost dont care anymore, they sure did take thier time. Ill still probabbly buy it though.

[Mofudos]

It'd better not suck.

[Risen Hell Fire]

Already knew about the release date. Just wish it didn't take them nearly 5 years to make the game.

[Syner]

i twouldn't have taken them that long but they decided to change the entire game, now its a completly different game then what we saw 5 years ago

[Mofudos]

Probably the last BIG XBox game.

[Jedinator]

Well its also for ps2 and cube but yeah your right. I mean it comes out when all of the the new systems come out. Oh well good for me sense im sticking with the old systems for a while.
Also it took so long because Developers changed. Whoever was developing it before dropped it and someone picked it up, I cant remember whos developing it now but they did change how it was gonna be originally. Still looks awesome.

[Beanie]

I'm still shocked as shit it will be coming out for the Cube :D

[Shadowmage]

Is it just me or does the graphics look a lot cleaner than it originally did?

[Jedinator]

Yeah I know. Its wierd and it will probably be the worst for cube. No offensive to cube, the first party games kick major arse, but most of the shooters that are for all of the systems usually wind up not being so great for cube... which makes me sad.

Edit: YAY SOMEONE LOOKED AT THE SCREENSHOTS!! Yes they are cleaner but thats because they've had what 4 years going on 5 to work on it? You should just expect them to get better cause they have like more than half a year to beef them up.

[Beanie]

An awesome game that is a bit less awesome on the Cube is still awesome.

[animefreek_CM]

...

huh?

oh yeah. STARCRAFT RULES!! i was wondering if they were even gonna release this game, but now that they are, OH YEAH! i'm definitely buying a PS3 now, so i can buy the PS2 version and play it.

*does the victory dance*

by the way, on image 21 of the screenshots, is that infested terran cloaking?

[jiffyjimbothe3]

I dont know how you can jump to the conclusion that the GC version will be worse. Why would the company make it worse than the ps2 version when the GC technically has better graphics than the ps2? They have no reason to do that, it would only effect the GC versions sales. And they want to make as much money off of it as possible.

[f1rst children]

...

huh?

oh yeah. STARCRAFT RULES!! i was wondering if they were even gonna release this game, but now that they are, OH YEAH! i'm definitely buying a PS3 now, so i can buy the PS2 version and play it.

*does the victory dance*

by the way, on image 21 of the screenshots, is that infested terran cloaking?

huh? You're going to buy a PS3 to play a PS2 game that will have been out for 6 months by the time PS3 launches? You could import one, but then you'd have to mod it unless you want the Japanese version of SC:G. I don't know how hard Blizzard will push in Japan, which isn't friendly to Western developers or FPS.

I dont know how you can jump to the conclusion that the GC version will be worse. Why would the company make it worse than the ps2 version when the GC technically has better graphics than the ps2? They have no reason to do that, it would only effect the GC versions sales. And they want to make as much money off of it as possible.

Maybe he meant because the GC only has one analog stick, making GC shooters play differently than PS2 and Xbox which have 2 sticks. I don't think there's any question that the GC is graphically superior to the PS2.

I would say "It's about time" sarcastically, but when was the last time anything with the Blizzard label shipped on time? (Yes, I know they're not developing it) Maybe Rock n Roll Racing or the Lost Vikings? Eventually you just get used to "Blizzard time" - it's the equivalent of saying, "Honey, there's only 2 minutes left in the game," and then you sit there another 20 minutes.

I wonder how this game will do in South Korea, which is massively infatuated with Starcraft but also PC-centric.

[animefreek_CM]

huh? You're going to buy a PS3 to play a PS2 game that will have been out for 6 months by the time PS3 launches? You could import one, but then you'd have to mod it unless you want the Japanese version of SC:G. I don't know how hard Blizzard will push in Japan, which isn't friendly to Western developers or FPS.

well, i was planning on buying either a PS3 or Xbox 360. i have an Xbox. ihowever, there is still the possibility that Xbox 360 will not be backwards compatible. so, i buy a PS3 and get SC: ghost, i'm good to go. plus, i can play gohst at my friend's house while i wait.

[Jedinator]

...

huh?

oh yeah. STARCRAFT RULES!! i was wondering if they were even gonna release this game, but now that they are, OH YEAH! i'm definitely buying a PS3 now, so i can buy the PS2 version and play it.

*does the victory dance*

by the way, on image 21 of the screenshots, is that infested terran cloaking?


Umm no thats like gas or smore of some kindm Anyways best screenshot is 31. Also it does Kinda sound wierd that you are getting a PS3 to get a PS2 game wgile you have an xbox and it will be better for xbox anyways.


I dont know how you can jump to the conclusion that the GC version will be worse. Why would the company make it worse than the ps2 version when the GC technically has better graphics than the ps2? They have no reason to do that, it would only effect the GC versions sales. And they want to make as much money off of it as possible.


I agree that cube has the best graphics but like F1rst children said, the controller for game cube is crazy when it comes to 3rd party shooters, like metroid games are good for it cause they were made for the controller, but its like when I played MOH frontline on it after beating it on PS2, it was wierd and I didnt like it as much, it was still a fun game but not as good.

[Demonshadow9]

Im sorry but it has to be said .....Mass carriers =instant win!>_>.Anyway while im interested in ghost,I really just want to know what happens after brood war(yes I know this is a prequel).That said I hope we see raynor...he rocks

[Jedinator]

Yeah what I really would want, although I am very excited about ghost, Is a starcraft 2, cause they technicly only did the first one and I would like to see what happens after brood war. Also You are right about the carrier thing. I have only fended it off once and stayed alive a bit longer with litteraly half my base being Missule turrets. It just killed all of the intercepters and they went away for a while. Then they came back before I built all of the turrets again, with more carriers and killed me. Also A but load of bc's win too.

[animefreek_CM]

i'm sorry, but mass Zerglings all the way. get all the way up to population cap, and unleash close to 400 zerglings on the enemy. hasn't failed yet.

[Jedinator]

Yeah thats true too. They are insane against tanks. Only problem is they cant attack air.

[animefreek_CM]

yeah but if you have enough, it doesn't matter :)

[Shadowmage]

Yeah thats true too. They are insane against tanks. Only problem is they cant attack air.
Zerglings attacking air... That would be insane... Their speed is crazy already and with double spawn, they pwn all ground units except probably zealots.

[Drake]

hhmm i wondered what happened to this game. i'm anxious to play it having seen the screens just now ^^.

[oompa loompa]

is this gonna be out on all systems I didn't see if anyone already mentioned this.....that includes the comp.

[Drake]

i read somewhere in this thread ps2, gc and x-box, i assume there's going to be a pc version though.

[animefreek_CM]

nope, no pc ver. planned yet, which means probably never. that's gonna piss off a lot of SC fans, but that's what they went for.

[Drake]

wtf, if they exclude pc gamers from this i'm never forgiving blizzard.

[Zero]

Still waitin on that Starcraft II :zzz:

[Drake]

i thought SCII was a rumour.

[Zero]

i thought SCII was a rumour.

Actually, I have little idea whether there is going to be a Starcraft II. Rather, I just want to point out my disappointment in Blizzard's return to the Starcraft franchise through this particular title rather than a sequel that fans have been awaiting for quite some time (and would likely burst their wallets if WoW hasn't done that enough already). If they want to experiment, they should do it as a side project in mind, rather than holding the SC franchise title in front of fans' noses and quickly pulling it away. /shrug

[Drake]

i think blizzard is being stupid not to release on the pc. StarCraft's fame comes from the pc game. they'd lose a lot of sales, and not to mention loyal fans.

[animefreek_CM]

i don't think people will turn away from SC just because they aren't releasing a PC version of Ghost. if they make a Starcraft II (and they will, it's just a matter of time), probably 99% of the people who bought the first one will buy the second. and most SC fans probably have consoles anyways, not to mention the SC freaks that will probably buy a console if they don't have one just to get this game.

[Drake]

i'm not buying a console just to play...

[animefreek_CM]

then you'll have to wait for SCII to get your fix, won't you?

[Jedinator]

Well then you will just have to wait for SC 2. Which I personally cant wait for either. I mean for god sakes they have like 13 versions of warcraft!!!!!! AND ONLY 2 OF STARCRAFT!?!?!?!?!?!?!! :_insane: Cmon people. I want star craft.

[animefreek_CM]

th's only because they made warcraft before theyt made starcraft. we all know how long it takes for Blizzard to make games. they will make one, if not for at least a few years (unless they announce it tomorrow or somehting).

[Jedinator]

Well yeah but i mean how many things do they have for WC 3? Like 4 or ssomething, its crazy.

[animefreek_CM]

I thought they only had 'the Frozen Throne?"

well, there's also WoW, but that doesn't count.

[Jedinator]

Sure it does. Why shouldnt it. Any who back on topic, the team that picked up ghost after the original team got the shaft is like swinging ape studios. The same who made the fun Metal arms game. They made it have a bit more gunning than just sneaking around. I like that.

[animefreek_CM]

but i was looking forward to MGS in space with aliens...

i've got it! Metal Gear Solid 4: 2147! Snake has been cloned to sneak into a space station to save the president of the world from an alien race seeking to destroy the world! it's brilliant!

[Jedinator]

Well its not all shooting. Alot if, not more, of the game is sneeking around like solid snake. But Im happy ts not all that. Sometimes that makes me mad about those games. MGS isnt that bad with strictly stealth but like splinter cell, its like if you shoot its Atomic Holocaust!!!!!! Any way yeah.

but i was looking forward to MGS in space with aliens...

i've got it! Metal Gear Solid 4: 2147! Snake has been cloned to sneak into a space station to save the president of the world from an alien race seeking to destroy the world! it's brilliant!


what I said was in response to that.

[Drake]

I thought they only had 'the Frozen Throne?"

well, there's also WoW, but that doesn't count.

theres
WarCraft I
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness
WarCraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (expansion pack) [i forget if that is the name for the expansion >.>)
War Craft III: Reign of Chaos
War Craft III: Frozen Thrones (expansion pack)
World of War Craft

not sure if WCI had a expansion pack...
then you'll have to wait for SCII to get your fix, won't you?


yes sadly i will need to wait ;-;

[Jedinator]

Well I put finally, but seriously this game was supposed to be released in Febuary. IS IT EVER GONNA COME OUT?!?!?!?!?!?!!

[f1rst children]

Doubtful. The game got put on indefinite hiatus.

IGN Link (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/698/698433p1.html)

Blizzard paid some lip service to releasing it on next-gen consoles, ie codespeak for vaporware, cancelled, etc. It's already been through about 3 development teams and numerous delays, and Blizzard has no problem with just cancelling a subpar game and moving on.

Personally I expect it about a month after Warcraft Adventures comes out.

[Jedinator]

DAMMIT!!! They got so far on it oo, the videos were awesome. Multiplayer looked swet.

[Syner]

DAMMIT!!! They got so far on it oo, the videos were awesome. Multiplayer looked swet.

haha i'm sorry but no they didn't

each developing team deleted everything and restarted everything and then were eventually fired or quit and it repeated up to the point where blizzard said screw it and killed the project

[Drake]

blizzard kills a lot of projects like this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_Adventures:_Lord_of_the_Clans

edit: ok one project from those two lines.