This is Zerg mission 5 from the Starcraft: Brood War campaign, titled True Colors. This is probably my favorite Zerg mission, Kerrigan is now the enemy of everyone.
I don't think so. Heros can be broodlinged and the only mechanic to prevent that, that I know of, is making the unit invulnerable through the map editor. I think the AI is supposed to not Mind Control heros, but I had Kerrigan broodlinged in New Gettysberg, for example (even though that seems to happen very rarely).
Starcraft 1 Zerg missions were always my favorite, and Evil Kerrigan my favorite character, and missions about Evil Kerrigan Vs everybody else , were the best.
@Rye Callan Even Mengsk described Duke as a "cold hearted bastard", which didn't help matters, while Fenix was already portrayed as a gallant Protoss hero.
This was probably my favorite mission in all of Starcraft: Brood War! Because this mission was where the kid gloves came off and shit got deadly serious! It shows just how sinister and bloodthirsty Kerrigan and the Zerg have become, and you kill off two very story heavy main characters, especially Fenix whom Raynor had a close friendship with, it almost drove Raynor insane with rage.
Raynor should have avenged Fenix and killed her instead of this nonsense storyline we have now in Heart of the Swarm. A good queen of blades allied with Raynor? They could not have messed it up any worse.
To ppl asking what happened to Dagoth: Actually Dagoth died when they destroyed the second Overmind which was growing on Char, because the new Overmind was formed of all remaining cerebrates and they all died in the 4th chapter (except the one that was played by us in 6th chapter.) By the way It's awesome how Kerrigan gets so pissed off after Fenix reminds her of being fooled by Tasadar on Char. I can literally feel the tone of her voice changing
But cerebrates appear on Char in chapter 5? And Duran mentions the last cerebrates (except the player) having perished with the second Overmind towards the end of chapter 6. I always assumed that Daggoth died somewhere around there, in the aftermath of the To Slay the Beast mission?
Cerebrates are not meant to live without Overmind, that was the point of creating a Second Overmind. Duran reports that after death of Overmind and it's cerebrates that all Zerg reverted to her direct control. So he died due to no Overmind or Kerrigan killed him. Doesn't matter, he's gone.
Daggoth died when the second Overmind did, as did all cerebrates. I assume in the last couple missions in the Zerg campaign that you aren't roleplaying anybody although I don't remember if Kerrigan directly refers to you as "cerebrate" in "The Reckoning" or "Omega".
***** The portrait for Fenix that you see in this video is him in a dragoon form. Destroyed zealot bodies were salvaged to be "revived" into a mechanical units like Robocop. The zealots are then kept in some special fluid
'But you said revenge was secondary to defeating the UED!' 'I LIED!' Oh man I laughed so hard at that. Kerrigan's an insane bitch but that felt like righteous justice after what Arcturus did to her.
"I am the man that will kill you one day". It was not easy for Jimmy to get over that. Zeratul needed to show him his whole travels, down to that Vision of a alternat future. Where everyone down to *Artanis* said "we really needed her alive here".
Basically, it took a stupid, made-up prophecy to completely retcon SC:BW. I hate chosen one prophecies in games. How about armies determine the outcome of the universe, not some invincible messianic character.
Lugiathan, The concept of a bigger conflict than just TvZvP was hinted at in the bonus mission, with Duran being a big player, but the prophecy that Kerrigan is needed to save the universe was definitely new. I hate how all games now seem to be turning into a messianic character defeating the big bad meanie of the game. That’s what made Starcraft 1’s plot so interesting. The big names like Mengsk, Raynor, Kerrigan, DuGalle, etc. were calling the shots as tacticians, but it was their armies that decided the battle, not some contrived prophecy that turned Kerrigan into an invincible god and let her off the hook, even though she murdered billions. StarCraft 2 looks really dumb when you go back and play StarCraft: Brood War, because Duran helped Kerrigan come to power. Why on earth would a Xel’Naga help Kerrigan come to power when Kerrigan is the one who can’t be controlled by Amon like the Overmind could be controlled. If Duran put a bullet in Kerrigan so that the Zerg could back to being led by an Overmind, just like Amon always wanted, then we don’t have Starcraft 2, and Amon wins. It was really dumb.
SC1: Raynor finally sees Kerrigan as being totally lost and vows to kill her. SC2: Raynor apparently gets over it, and Kerrigan somehow becomes good again, and all is right with the world. RIP Blizzard. You used to know how to write good stories.
I think I understood Jim Raynor when he vowed that. You look at someone dear to you that became so twisted and evil that you almost see no hope in restoring them. Killing him/her outright seems to be the only possible solution, but what if there was another way? Emotions can do that to us, but Raynor, to his credit, stayed faithful to Kerrigan as in the SC2 story.
Blizzard sure does like these sneak attack missions. Frozen throne had it when the Forsaken attacked Deteroc and Wings of Liberty had one with the Odin attack on the Korhal TV Stations.
I waited more than one decade to get my revenge on Kerrigan, and then i'm presented with WoL ending and HotS... Blizzard messed up with the story so much it's not even funny.
Whats genious about the zerg campaign being the last one in brood war, is that you feel like an evil person, you attack characters and factions youve fought with the past 5 campaigns and cared for them......and to kill off fenix and even duke.....you beat the most hard missions of the SC1 series but you dont feel triumpant......you feel terrible that you let kerrigan become so powerful that she cant be stopped and destroied the UED Dominion, shattered Raynor emotionally ect. It makes me feel bad
This level summarises the whole idea of playing Phantom, making friends with everyone, convincing them you're not the phantom, and then suddenly turning on everyone when their pants are down.
Here Jim says that he's going to be the one who kills Kerigan someday, but in Wings of Liberty he's out to save her. Ummm....that's a big change of heart, yes?
The Zerg campaign from Brood War is propbably the best campaign in any RTS game i think. Its very challenging to casual gamers and it has one of the best storylines in any game ever!
And the universe being at stake was a petty 'well, shit we need a reason for him not to kill her' invention. 'Oh, let's just say there's a prophecy that says if you kill her the universe blows up!!'
Jim wanted her dead, but in Wings of Liberty Zeratul tells him about prime directive for zergs and convinces him that Kerrigan must survive to fight the Amon from the Void. Later in Heart of the swarm when Kerrigan is saving Jim from prison he reminds her about fenix and wants to kill her but he doesnt. Insted in his furry he puts all the bullets in a wall behind her. Looked like he haven't forget brood war after all. Just my point of view.
She said both Jimmy and Phoenix were both uncannily resourceful but only ordered Phoenix's base destroyed, also back in Agent of the Swarm mission she said Jim was not a threat to her so he could live, I mean think about how many times she have spared him, +their romance+she's the savior, of course he had to save her.
"Jim: Kerrigan! I will be the man that will kill you someday"... yeah riiiiiiiiiight. Did someone in Blizz even noticed how much they screwed the sc2 story?
At least for me this is probably the most gut wrenching missions in the history of videogames. I did it once and can't bring myself to do this again, always using the skip mission cheat to pass this mission.
I can accept the fact the universe needed Kerrigan, and all the Dark Voice Mambo jumbo, but in Starcraft II it's like the Brood War never happened! Sure there's the Spartan Company but Raynor kept bitching about how Mengsk manipulated him when very recently it was Kerrigan who pulled all the strings. It's like they just made Kerrigan the mindless mass-murderer. It's like Fenix never died, and his death is the reason why Raynor was so damned pissed at Kerrigan,
I gotta admit, as much as I hated seeing Fenix die, there was a small part of me that was like, "Turn......turn him into broodlings...." and you did exactly that. Kudos for fulfilling my weird impromptu fantasy.
The Virgin Fenix: Gets broodlinged in seconds, not even a fight, barely constitutes dying in combat. The CHAD EDMUND DUKE: Takes an entire control group of skirge to the face and keeps fighting, kills several mutualisks, refers to Kerrigan exclusively as “girl.”
There is a mission in Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne where you are supposed to kill Detheroc while playing as Sylvanas. It is almost the exact copy of the mission, even main character is an evil woman who sort of died, but not really, now being more powerful and having an epic voice :D
Martin We can say Sylvanas and Kerrigan share a similar story about what happened to them. Both got "killed" by a cruel man, both became monsters, they broke free, they became queens and with their minions orchestrated a campaign of vengeance and power.
Maybe, but Raynor always has hope that Kerrigan can be saved. The ironic is that when she was saved, Acturus arrest Jim and Kerrigan was pull to asume the form of the Queen of Blades once again. When he see her in that form, he mentioned Fenix and all the inocents that Kerrigan Kill and end up there relationship. At list for that moment...
I'd rather have the Cerebrates still be alive and plotting than this "Kerrigan" from Hearts of Swarm. SC2 storyline has become beyond pathetic, since WoL.
@Tomekkthegreat Word of advice: you might not want to watch the cinematic for Starcraft 2 titled "The Showdown"...at least without something nearby to throw to a wall.
yeah that was really cheep... also bringing back Alexei Stukov and make him kerrigans loyal dog... it just brings me down after more than 12 year of wait so long for the resolution of this mission just to come around with plot twist worthy of an 8 years old
@7heaven100 The point ot that was, Kerrigan had gained control over all broods because there was nothing else that could rival or disrupt her control The actual mission differs because, well, it was supposed to be a hard last mission As for the Fallen One's, idk what to make of it. First, the protoss didn't even come to help Jim against Kerrigan, so that's first draw back from a strategic assault, 2nd, Kerrigan had limitless Zerg forces.. It's not just questionable, it's very unlikely.
@hieulelam TOTALLY agree.Who knows? Maybe Zeratul will discover some sort of a forbidden ritual and... Also,don't forget about the Preservers-all about Fenix must be somewhere there.
The bloodlust was caused by Amons taint which was purged by the Xel'naga artifact. When she became the Primal Queen of Blades. Ever notice how she stopped the countless murders after being cleansed? She still had unspeakable hatred for Mengsk, which was well deserved. Remember how she nearly broke down saying "I killed so many as the Queen of Blades". She felt quilt, sorrow and frustration. That in itself if proof enough that become a Zerg caused her to do most of her killings.
@pirateking193 If you're referring to any novel,I have no idea,I've only played the game(s).Yes,she was controlled by the Overmind-as any Zerg in the beggining but when the Overmind was killed,she got her free will and did all those things.Now,how the infestation played a role in her decisions,I believe it's unclear-it did had something to do,we can't know how important.SPOILERS Duran was also infested but as we saw,his decisions were clearly his own SPOILERS Doesn't Fenix deserve to be back?
Sequels not being true to the series is a recurring topic nowadays. I think it's partially because no sequels are planned at the stage of the intial product, but when companies smell money they decide to pull a sequel plot literally out of their ass. And in the case of blizzard it just so happens that they pulled out kerrigan flying away to the leviathan while jimmy stares at her lovingly, basking in the sunset. I sincerely hope legacy of the void doesn't deliver another mass effect-ish ending
@7heaven100 I played all four, the dark one stated the kerrigan was the only who could stop him. It was only after the fourth mission did Raynor learn that he was the one who killed her, and doomed the universe in the future.
@solwen But remember kerrigan will be the one that will stop the total defeat of the protoss,as tassadar predicted.So thats one of the reasons jim let kerrigan alive.
Nah, Kerrigan was right about him, he didn't have what it took to be a killer. Now when Raynor was bitching about the Dominion shooting civilians after what he did to that poor confederate scientist who called him "rebel scum" on the other hand, that was just hilarious.
@toxicitzi Well,the Terrans were gone at that time (if you're referring to In Utter Darkness) and we don't know what became of the artifact. As you say,the story has to go a certain way.
Kerrigan was still a Queen Bitch Mass Murderer. 'Society Made Me Do It' is not a valid excuse, and does not alter the fabric of reality that makes her not the person that did those things. I did actually expect Kerrigan to achieve some sort of redemption eventually, but I expected it to be a lot more mature, and feel like I earned some hope for Kerrigan. Not just tick off some mission boxes and whip out a Deus Ex Machina and walk into the sunset with naked fembot.
Well, if she feels bad about it then that's TOTALLY different. Why, if only Hitler or Stalin had shown some remorse, I'm sure there would have been no issues at all. And no, I don't accept retcons in lieu of logic. Going from "I'm one of the Zerg now, and I like what I am" and running around killing everyone can't just be swept under the carpet as "but secretly there was this evil god that just made her do all that stuff. She's really just a sweet girl."
Sergio Esteban Fritz Rieloff Well, in the sense any general can actually die like a man :) I mean, he could've retreated and leave his pawns to die in his stead.
Kerrigan did what she did but because some game programmers are ***** she is going to just walk away with it because she is the only hope of the universe-st000pid Blizzard.Without even explaining how she will save it. Yeah,Raynor is truly a man that keeps his word-if only I had 100 Battlecruisers Yamato Gun him.The fact that he decided to spare Kerrigan and forget about Fenix gave me a lot of pain,even more because Jimmy is my most favorite..
@toxicitzi Zeratul trusted Raynor (that Jimmy wouldn't need his help) and Artanis didn't make contact with him.But his right hand,Selendis wanted to purify Haven(I don't know if that was Artanis' or Selendis' call) something very gruesome,a reminder of the old Conclave and Aldaris.I don't think Jimmy would want any help from Protoss who don't count human lives. Now if Fenix was around he would surely tag along and bring some help for Jimmy,especially vs the Zerg.But he may be around(for example
Fenix: "You shall not find me easy prey." *gets broodlinged*
I don't think so. Heros can be broodlinged and the only mechanic to prevent that, that I know of, is making the unit invulnerable through the map editor. I think the AI is supposed to not Mind Control heros, but I had Kerrigan broodlinged in New Gettysberg, for example (even though that seems to happen very rarely).
oh god guys... u can cast any spell on any hero that is not restricted by the unit type but AI just don't do that. Programming
800 Shields and 800 Health. _And it was all for nothing._
blackyoshi1230 yeah but instant is 1 shot as always
I did the same, just for the sake of proving no one is special
Kerrigan: "What are you worried about Jim? He died as all Protoss would: In combat."
Raynor: "He died because you Broodlinged his ass!"
"Then that shall be your epitaph."
This is why Kerrigan is one of the greatest villains in video game. She orders you to kill poor Fenix. En Taro Fenix.
Starcraft 1 Zerg missions were always my favorite, and Evil Kerrigan my favorite character, and missions about Evil Kerrigan Vs everybody else , were the best.
"How y'all doin'?" ~gets killed~ lmao :D
When i first saw mission objectives: Kill Duke, Kill Fenix, I was really shocked :(
That's where I stopped playing SCBW. Taking this mission would have been against myself a bit too much. I just refused.
That's why I hate the zerg so muuuch! I love killing those roaches in multiplayer or singleplayer...
@Rye Callan Even Mengsk described Duke as a "cold hearted bastard", which didn't help matters, while Fenix was already portrayed as a gallant Protoss hero.
SC1 BW: "Slaughter them all in my name!"
SC2 HOTS: ...
...well, you get the idea. :(
The music, the dialogue, the gameplay : everything in this mission is perfect
This was probably my favorite mission in all of Starcraft: Brood War! Because this mission was where the kid gloves came off and shit got deadly serious!
It shows just how sinister and bloodthirsty Kerrigan and the Zerg have become, and you kill off two very story heavy main characters, especially Fenix whom Raynor had a close friendship with, it almost drove Raynor insane with rage.
Samir Duran........that last speech.......just EPIC
Raynor should have avenged Fenix and killed her instead of this nonsense storyline we have now in Heart of the Swarm. A good queen of blades allied with Raynor? They could not have messed it up any worse.
Don't call her good. She still kills as many people she wants but this time we MUST accept all her "killed because he called me bitch".
Raynor DID kill Kerrigan the Queen of Blades, but left the human Kerrigan alive.
Adam Ohm,
Yeah, and Darth Vader betrayed and killed Anakin Skywalker, right?
@@joshpeterson2451 At least Vader/Anakin killed the emperor in the end, but also died while doing so.
That wouldn’t have left much room for the Zerg campaign then.
To ppl asking what happened to Dagoth:
Actually Dagoth died when they destroyed the second Overmind which was growing on Char, because the new Overmind was formed of all remaining cerebrates and they all died in the 4th chapter (except the one that was played by us in 6th chapter.)
By the way It's awesome how Kerrigan gets so pissed off after Fenix reminds her of being fooled by Tasadar on Char. I can literally feel the tone of her voice changing
But cerebrates appear on Char in chapter 5? And Duran mentions the last cerebrates (except the player) having perished with the second Overmind towards the end of chapter 6. I always assumed that Daggoth died somewhere around there, in the aftermath of the To Slay the Beast mission?
Cerebrates are not meant to live without Overmind, that was the point of creating a Second Overmind. Duran reports that after death of Overmind and it's cerebrates that all Zerg reverted to her direct control. So he died due to no Overmind or Kerrigan killed him. Doesn't matter, he's gone.
Daggoth died when the second Overmind did, as did all cerebrates. I assume in the last couple missions in the Zerg campaign that you aren't roleplaying anybody although I don't remember if Kerrigan directly refers to you as "cerebrate" in "The Reckoning" or "Omega".
This is too hard to watch. RIP Fenix
Yep, :(
***** The portrait for Fenix that you see in this video is him in a dragoon form. Destroyed zealot bodies were salvaged to be "revived" into a mechanical units like Robocop. The zealots are then kept in some special fluid
it's really sad to watch he was almost like a brother to jim
:(
+Andy Lai LOL he is back AgAIN in sc2 lol At first, "I was like wtf blizzard", but I guess his name is Fenix (Phoenix)
'But you said revenge was secondary to defeating the UED!'
'I LIED!'
Oh man I laughed so hard at that. Kerrigan's an insane bitch but that felt like righteous justice after what Arcturus did to her.
"You shant find me easy prey, Kerrigan." 1 broodling later...
"I am the man that will kill you one day". It was not easy for Jimmy to get over that.
Zeratul needed to show him his whole travels, down to that Vision of a alternat future. Where everyone down to *Artanis* said "we really needed her alive here".
Basically, it took a stupid, made-up prophecy to completely retcon SC:BW. I hate chosen one prophecies in games. How about armies determine the outcome of the universe, not some invincible messianic character.
Lugiathan,
The concept of a bigger conflict than just TvZvP was hinted at in the bonus mission, with Duran being a big player, but the prophecy that Kerrigan is needed to save the universe was definitely new. I hate how all games now seem to be turning into a messianic character defeating the big bad meanie of the game. That’s what made Starcraft 1’s plot so interesting. The big names like Mengsk, Raynor, Kerrigan, DuGalle, etc. were calling the shots as tacticians, but it was their armies that decided the battle, not some contrived prophecy that turned Kerrigan into an invincible god and let her off the hook, even though she murdered billions.
StarCraft 2 looks really dumb when you go back and play StarCraft: Brood War, because Duran helped Kerrigan come to power. Why on earth would a Xel’Naga help Kerrigan come to power when Kerrigan is the one who can’t be controlled by Amon like the Overmind could be controlled. If Duran put a bullet in Kerrigan so that the Zerg could back to being led by an Overmind, just like Amon always wanted, then we don’t have Starcraft 2, and Amon wins. It was really dumb.
Kerrigan showed the last trace of her conscience at the end of this mission. After this, it just disappeared.
This mission had, by far, the most gut-wrenching dialogues in all RTS.
Man, the memories... Fenix and Kerrigan taunting themselves like mature adults rather than full rage with no arguing at all.
SC1: Raynor finally sees Kerrigan as being totally lost and vows to kill her.
SC2: Raynor apparently gets over it, and Kerrigan somehow becomes good again, and all is right with the world.
RIP Blizzard. You used to know how to write good stories.
Yup. SC2 is an abomination.
Clearly you never played Heart of the Swarm.
Actually, Zeratul informs Raynor through the crystal he gave him that Kerrigan needs to live should the Terrans and Protoss and Zerg races survive.
It's not just that. Kerrigan in the entire time of brood war was under Amon's influence.
Merovyn,
Only because SC2 said she was under his influence. Starcraft 2 = retcons for days.
I think I understood Jim Raynor when he vowed that. You look at someone dear to you that became so twisted and evil that you almost see no hope in restoring them. Killing him/her outright seems to be the only possible solution, but what if there was another way?
Emotions can do that to us, but Raynor, to his credit, stayed faithful to Kerrigan as in the SC2 story.
Raynor's speech was my favorite part of the game...too bad, it didn't turn out that way in SC2... :(
Blizzard sure does like these sneak attack missions.
Frozen throne had it when the Forsaken attacked Deteroc and Wings of Liberty had one with the Odin attack on the Korhal TV Stations.
Jim Raynor: I'M GONNA KILL YOU, KERRIGAN!
5 years later
*Raynor kills best friend to save Kerrigan*
Correction.THIS is the saddest mission in all Starcraft and Brood War.
I waited more than one decade to get my revenge on Kerrigan, and then i'm presented with WoL ending and HotS...
Blizzard messed up with the story so much it's not even funny.
Saddest mission in the game.
Fenix was a pretty cool dude. He fought the zerg and didn't afraid of anything.
i hate how they turned SC2 into a Disney cartoon with all this redemption bs.
Whats genious about the zerg campaign being the last one in brood war, is that you feel like an evil person, you attack characters and factions youve fought with the past 5 campaigns and cared for them......and to kill off fenix and even duke.....you beat the most hard missions of the SC1 series but you dont feel triumpant......you feel terrible that you let kerrigan become so powerful that she cant be stopped and destroied the UED Dominion, shattered Raynor emotionally ect. It makes me feel bad
"You'll not find me easy prey." *spawn broodlings*
"You aint taking Edmund Duke without a fight." *scourge bomb*
Man, this is so much darker and bad ass.
I'm surprised Duke took all of those Scourge and still had a decent amount of HPs left.
These scenes hold a lot more emotion than either HoTS or WoL.
This level summarises the whole idea of playing Phantom, making friends with everyone, convincing them you're not the phantom, and then suddenly turning on everyone when their pants are down.
"Fenix!! Noooo...."
Starcraft 2
"Fenix? Whooo?"
Here Jim says that he's going to be the one who kills Kerigan someday, but in Wings of Liberty he's out to save her. Ummm....that's a big change of heart, yes?
R.I.P - Edmund Duke the iron admiral...
"Y'all need some good ol' fashioned discipline." - Edmund Duke
-But you said, revenge was secondary to defeating the UED!
-I lied ^_^
"I took that lesson to heart preator...now, are you ready to die a second time?"
Cold ass fucking line.
The Zerg campaign from Brood War is propbably the best campaign in any RTS game i think. Its very challenging to casual gamers and it has one of the best storylines in any game ever!
And the universe being at stake was a petty 'well, shit we need a reason for him not to kill her' invention. 'Oh, let's just say there's a prophecy that says if you kill her the universe blows up!!'
fenix should have been mention when raynor talks with matt horner about the guilt he feels for kerrigan actions
Jim wanted her dead, but in Wings of Liberty Zeratul tells him about prime directive for zergs and convinces him that Kerrigan must survive to fight the Amon from the Void. Later in Heart of the swarm when Kerrigan is saving Jim from prison he reminds her about fenix and wants to kill her but he doesnt. Insted in his furry he puts all the bullets in a wall behind her. Looked like he haven't forget brood war after all. Just my point of view.
She said both Jimmy and Phoenix were both uncannily resourceful but only ordered Phoenix's base destroyed, also back in Agent of the Swarm mission she said Jim was not a threat to her so he could live, I mean think about how many times she have spared him, +their romance+she's the savior, of course he had to save her.
"Jim: Kerrigan! I will be the man that will kill you someday"... yeah riiiiiiiiiight. Did someone in Blizz even noticed how much they screwed the sc2 story?
At least for me this is probably the most gut wrenching missions in the history of videogames. I did it once and can't bring myself to do this again, always using the skip mission cheat to pass this mission.
I can accept the fact the universe needed Kerrigan, and all the Dark Voice Mambo jumbo, but in Starcraft II it's like the Brood War never happened! Sure there's the Spartan Company but Raynor kept bitching about how Mengsk manipulated him when very recently it was Kerrigan who pulled all the strings. It's like they just made Kerrigan the mindless mass-murderer. It's like Fenix never died, and his death is the reason why Raynor was so damned pissed at Kerrigan,
So Raynor went from "im the man who's gonna kill you" to "im the man who's gonna romance you"
I miss the days when star craft story was actually interesting
Goodbye Fenix and Duke. We'll miss you two forever.
Raynor dislike the video, Arcturus too, but he was so pissed that he clicked on the like button.
And? Has Jimmy killed Kerrigan yet?
*****
I know... At least the game still is fun to play.
he has the chance to kill her in Wings Of Liberty but spares her as she is meant to be the one who is capable of killing Amon
LOL yeah I was surprised at Raynor's sudden change of emotion over Kerrigan lol.
They should really make a Starcraft series. They could even surpass Game of Thrones.
Starcraft is basically Game of Thrones in space.
I gotta admit, as much as I hated seeing Fenix die, there was a small part of me that was like, "Turn......turn him into broodlings...." and you did exactly that. Kudos for fulfilling my weird impromptu fantasy.
The Virgin Fenix:
Gets broodlinged in seconds, not even a fight, barely constitutes dying in combat.
The CHAD EDMUND DUKE:
Takes an entire control group of skirge to the face and keeps fighting, kills several mutualisks, refers to Kerrigan exclusively as “girl.”
"He died the way all Protoss hope to. In comb-HAAAHahahaha, sorry, just couldn't keep a straight face."
There is a mission in Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne where you are supposed to kill Detheroc while playing as Sylvanas. It is almost the exact copy of the mission, even main character is an evil woman who sort of died, but not really, now being more powerful and having an epic voice :D
Martin We can say Sylvanas and Kerrigan share a similar story about what happened to them. Both got "killed" by a cruel man, both became monsters, they broke free, they became queens and with their minions orchestrated a campaign of vengeance and power.
Fenix - "You won't find me easy prey"
2 seconds later
Raynor - "Fenix.... No...."
Best mission in StaCraft franchise, the pinacle of RTS glory.
Yeah this mission was awesome. Very plot heavy and bittersweet in a way, and also fun as hell to play.
All the comments are feeling sympathy for Fenix, but absolute zero condolences for Duke dying LOL
@DathanielTDK Yeah, Fenix doesn't even get mentioned in SC2. Some friend Jim, some friend.
Maybe, but Raynor always has hope that Kerrigan can be saved. The ironic is that when she was saved, Acturus arrest Jim and Kerrigan was pull to asume the form of the Queen of Blades once again. When he see her in that form, he mentioned Fenix and all the inocents that Kerrigan Kill and end up there relationship. At list for that moment...
I'd rather have the Cerebrates still be alive and plotting than this "Kerrigan" from Hearts of Swarm. SC2 storyline has become beyond pathetic, since WoL.
Such as working with the Dark Voice? Great alternative.
CaradhrasAiguo49 No, because the "Dark Voice" by itself is a total piece of shit new character that was introduced during SC2.
kashewz Really? Who do you think Duran was working for then?
combinecommando001 Xel'naga.
Hachimaro I knew that, the way I asked the question was meant to sound sarcastic. As in like '' NO WAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT '' kind of way.
Fenix is my favorite starcraft universe character.
Separate the chaff from the wheat , Sarah Kerrigan made that line before Wesker did.
@Tomekkthegreat Word of advice: you might not want to watch the cinematic for Starcraft 2 titled "The Showdown"...at least without something nearby to throw to a wall.
4:00
Ah, the days when Blizzard didn’t force a retcon-derived love story in our faces.
Surprise attack on one of the enemy bases? I immediately remembered this mission when playing Media Blitz in SC2. :)
Mengsk's swears it 4:56
yeah that was really cheep... also bringing back Alexei Stukov and make him kerrigans loyal dog... it just brings me down after more than 12 year of wait so long for the resolution of this mission just to come around with plot twist worthy of an 8 years old
@7heaven100 The point ot that was, Kerrigan had gained control over all broods because there was nothing else that could rival or disrupt her control
The actual mission differs because, well, it was supposed to be a hard last mission
As for the Fallen One's, idk what to make of it. First, the protoss didn't even come to help Jim against Kerrigan, so that's first draw back from a strategic assault, 2nd, Kerrigan had limitless Zerg forces.. It's not just questionable, it's very unlikely.
@hieulelam TOTALLY agree.Who knows? Maybe Zeratul will discover some sort of a forbidden ritual and...
Also,don't forget about the Preservers-all about Fenix must be somewhere there.
They are talking about Fenix in Heart of the Swarm
Using scourges on Duke is extra funny considering that's how he was beat and needed rescueing in the first game as well.
Man, that sigh before Kerrigan gives the command, really gets me.
The bloodlust was caused by Amons taint which was purged by the Xel'naga artifact. When she became the Primal Queen of Blades. Ever notice how she stopped the countless murders after being cleansed? She still had unspeakable hatred for Mengsk, which was well deserved. Remember how she nearly broke down saying "I killed so many as the Queen of Blades". She felt quilt, sorrow and frustration. That in itself if proof enough that become a Zerg caused her to do most of her killings.
@pirateking193 If you're referring to any novel,I have no idea,I've only played the game(s).Yes,she was controlled by the Overmind-as any Zerg in the beggining but when the Overmind was killed,she got her free will and did all those things.Now,how the infestation played a role in her decisions,I believe it's unclear-it did had something to do,we can't know how important.SPOILERS Duran was also infested but as we saw,his decisions were clearly his own SPOILERS
Doesn't Fenix deserve to be back?
thanks for uploading this!
Your mad quest for power.
Sequels not being true to the series is a recurring topic nowadays. I think it's partially because no sequels are planned at the stage of the intial product, but when companies smell money they decide to pull a sequel plot literally out of their ass. And in the case of blizzard it just so happens that they pulled out kerrigan flying away to the leviathan while jimmy stares at her lovingly, basking in the sunset. I sincerely hope legacy of the void doesn't deliver another mass effect-ish ending
@7heaven100 I played all four, the dark one stated the kerrigan was the only who could stop him.
It was only after the fourth mission did Raynor learn that he was the one who killed her, and doomed the universe in the future.
"You will not find me easy prey"
*Spawn Broodling*
"God Dammit"
I used to hate Kerrigan as a kid, but she is a good anti-hero.
That hologram of Dukw...he's a general, not an admiral. Also, in BW Zerg 3, one of Fenix's responses when clicked is "yes Executor?" = =
What happened to the incredible Kerrigan shown in this video. Starcraft 2 what have you done.
@solwen But remember kerrigan will be the one that will stop the total defeat
of the protoss,as tassadar predicted.So thats one of the reasons jim let kerrigan alive.
Nah, Kerrigan was right about him, he didn't have what it took to be a killer. Now when Raynor was bitching about the Dominion shooting civilians after what he did to that poor confederate scientist who called him "rebel scum" on the other hand, that was just hilarious.
@toxicitzi Well,the Terrans were gone at that time (if you're referring to In Utter Darkness) and we don't know what became of the artifact.
As you say,the story has to go a certain way.
Yeah the story telling in the first starcraft was so much better.
You made Fenix intro Broodlings!? DAMN YOU!
Kerrigan was still a Queen Bitch Mass Murderer. 'Society Made Me Do It' is not a valid excuse, and does not alter the fabric of reality that makes her not the person that did those things.
I did actually expect Kerrigan to achieve some sort of redemption eventually, but I expected it to be a lot more mature, and feel like I earned some hope for Kerrigan. Not just tick off some mission boxes and whip out a Deus Ex Machina and walk into the sunset with naked fembot.
Well, if she feels bad about it then that's TOTALLY different. Why, if only Hitler or Stalin had shown some remorse, I'm sure there would have been no issues at all.
And no, I don't accept retcons in lieu of logic. Going from "I'm one of the Zerg now, and I like what I am" and running around killing everyone can't just be swept under the carpet as "but secretly there was this evil god that just made her do all that stuff. She's really just a sweet girl."
Fenix! No! :(
A cheap death for the great Praetor, btw. Should have given him a chance.
Duke may have been an asshole, but he died like a man.
He would lose entire army before he kill him:D
12 guardians are also do the trick against fenix and a bunch of hydras quickly take down Duke, minimal losses.
+Aivottaja Dude, Duke had two battlecruisers next to him and he was on a tier 1 high class battlecruiser, i doubt he died like a man! haha
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Well, in the sense any general can actually die like a man :)
I mean, he could've retreated and leave his pawns to die in his stead.
Aivottaja If you put it that way...
Kerrigan did what she did but because some game programmers are ***** she is going to just walk away with it because she is the only hope of the universe-st000pid Blizzard.Without even explaining how she will save it.
Yeah,Raynor is truly a man that keeps his word-if only I had 100 Battlecruisers Yamato Gun him.The fact that he decided to spare Kerrigan and forget about Fenix gave me a lot of pain,even more because Jimmy is my most favorite..
Strongest dragoon ever gets punked out by a broodling. I gotta admit, I never thought of killing him that way. XD
@xMarty182x yeah he's not even mentioned once there is he? Raynor seemed to forgotten.
@toxicitzi Zeratul trusted Raynor (that Jimmy wouldn't need his help) and Artanis didn't make contact with him.But his right hand,Selendis wanted to purify Haven(I don't know if that was Artanis' or Selendis' call) something very gruesome,a reminder of the old Conclave and Aldaris.I don't think Jimmy would want any help from Protoss who don't count human lives.
Now if Fenix was around he would surely tag along and bring some help for Jimmy,especially vs the Zerg.But he may be around(for example
3:24 - The "Dee-dee-da-lee-poof" that made many players and fans recoil in horror, everyone.
Fenix is so badass.