Starcraft 2 Gameplay Panel Quick Summary

The Starcraft 2 Gameplay panel has just finished, and here is a quick summary of what the panel talked about. The panel includes gameplay issues, missions, planets and maps.

 

Gameplay issues

 

• Mission design
• Better briefing room
• Story drives the action
• More than "Build and Attack"
• Story based challenges
• New game play that is specific to the mission

 

 

What they will try to integrate from Warcraft 3

 

• Integrated story
• Each battle is a mini-game
• Each mini-game is unique

 

 

 

Starcraft 2 will feature

 

• More story
• Deeper characters
• More choices
• Unique missions

 

 

Planet Redstone

Mission: Mine your own business

 

• At the planet "red stone"
• Hostile enviroment - like lava or other danguers
• New way to win - greed
• Play "chicken"

 

 

Redstone in the editor

 

• 2 distinct cliff types
• New water tools
• New lighting tools
• Showed video of the Redstone

 

Agria

Mission: The evacuation of Agria (inside Starcraft 2 tryout edition at Blizzcon 2009)

 

• Zerg invasion
• You choose how to win

 

 

Agria in the editor

 

• Alpha Texture bleeding
• Hard tiles (road)
• Terrain foliage
• Shows a video of agria

 

 

Mods

 

Fan made games

 

• Defense of the ancients
• Tower defense
• Footman frenzy
• RPG maps
• First person shooter style
• Underground enviroment
• Make fly games

 

 

 

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