Starcraft 2: Subjection 01 (Commentated)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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A replayed playthrough on Hard difficulty with commentary this time. Subjection is a player made, eight part campaign created by Andrew "Gradius" Ray and is available currently in the Starcraft II arcade by searching for "Subjection".
Back into Subjection with commentary I see. That's great, I watched the first playthrough long enough ago that I don't remember what I said, and I'm probably gonna repeat myself.
The nanite repair on your heroes is a great idea, cause Protoss heroes are the only ones who can't be healed otherwise, but the fact that it takes control of your camera everytime it happens killed me like dozen of times on this mission only (Playing on Brutal here, and the gap between it and Hard is absurd now that I see it).
The holdout section at the end is the same kind of absurd, you have waves with like 8 ultralisks at the end, no way you can fight that with any army they gives you, I had to reload every single fight to make sure it was the best outcome possible, save, and do the same with the next one. Took me almost 2 hours to complete the mission.
Now, if not for the difficulty, the map is very enjoyable. The terrain is great, I like the idea of replacing Firebats with Frostbats on an icy planet and the story could very well be included in the Starcraft Universe. Now I agree that there is too much exposition here for a first mission, but personnally I don't mind just watching cutscenes or such.
i love how they also reference alot of things form the SC universe, like the psi emitters, Ulreja, etc, also in an interview with Blizzard, Gradius said that one of his inspirations for this campaign was the old Antioch Chronicles, which i wish someone would remake, if Mass Recall wasnt so big, it to coulda been uploaded to the arcade and Telenil and the others woulda gotten the attention they deserved, and Lazaden seems to have the same voice actor that did Nurok in the Antioch Chronicles
There is actually a way to restart from a designated point, while still playing it from the arcade. Blizzard's "Resume from Replay" feature allows this, meaning that if you lost at the final part, you'd just have to watch and fast forward your replay until you fell comfortable with continuing. It gets a little annoying after a long mission, as you can't just skip ahead in a replay but it does work.
I don't know about you guys but I love a good cut scene
Having an option to skip would do wonders for a series like this which relies heavily on the story being told through these kind of cut-scenes as it becomes more of a chore after seeing them the first time around. Even the original Starcraft at least had the option to start the mission right away without having to listen to all the starting dialogue, and it's why Diablo 3 was such a pain to drag through in its original state when there was no option to skip.
And ya, in my opinion, the primary flaw with this mission is that the cut-scene before the "defend for 5 minutes" gimmick lasted waaaay too long.
I did overreach in my complaints a bit... the cutscenes can be skipped. But some of them are still too long, even for a first playthrough when someone would want to watch them.
Can't you skip the cutscenes?
The story is indeed good, though perhaps a bit heavy on exposition.
4:40 are those dragoons?
The cut-scenes are too long, mostly because nothing but dialogue happens. The voice acting doesn't help. It's better than reading text, but none of the voices except for Orthos', Parker's, and maybe Telios' are not nice to hear, and one guy seems to voice half of these guys with a way of speaking not unlike (Brood War) Artanis...and I've always thought that Artanis sort of sounded annoying. Sometimes even the voice effects added to make them sound "Protoss-y" are annoying.
It's great that a big campaign like this has been released. It's just great knowing that someone has put in the effort. Some units and portraits being very obvious texture or lighting modifications of existing models, but that's fine. It would be great though in the future if these three protagonists got custom portraits. Either way, the campaign's not far off from company quality.
It's a shame saving can't be done in the Arcade. Gosh, this makes me wish Blizzard did finish their map marketplace idea they had several years ago, if only so that they would spend time perfecting a platform of which custom maps/mods could be uploaded on, and stuff like saving would most definitely be implemented
+Caleb Jaaniste (K-leb) Yea, Plan H has way better voice acting, huh?
+Caleb Jaaniste (K-leb) You Do Know How Hard To Make This Right? (Not Being Offensive Really But It's More Comforting For Me Just To Hear Voice Acting Than Reading Texts Than I Can't Finish Reading)
Dear Jaybo, Is there any way to reduce the speed of this game, as at 58 and with a apm of less than 60 I find it difficult to play this campaign? I usually use Granda mode (normal difficulty slowest speed) to play campaigns!
robert innes You can try pressing the minus key on the keyboard and see if that lowers it once gameplay starts. It may be locked on a faster speed, I'm not sure.
JayborinoPlays It's locked