Starcraft 2 Cinematics Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- I get why so many of you requested I do a Starcraft 2 Reaction. Yup Sarah Kerrigan was an awesome character. Jim Raynor...? Well he sorta got there, by the end. Arcturus sucks, but the biggest plot twist was that Valerian seemed to be..... not terrible??
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Haven’t seen anyone mention it, but the fallen Marine in a Blue Suit in Char is named M. Koiter, in honor of Michel Koiter, a beloved blizzard artist that passed away in 2004 at 19yo of heart failure. He worked on early WoW.
Oh wow, thank you for letting me know!! They put so much emphasis on displaying the name pretty clearly in multiple shots that I felt there had to be some significance to it, despite Jim saying he didn’t know the man, so I really appreciate the context!
@@BravoBecca well, it sort of makes sense that Jim would say he didn't know him. He was a World of Warcraft artist after all, not a StarCraft artist.
damn 19 yo :(
@@guardianof2fort964it would also emphasize that we don't know him but that he was loved by the staff at blizzard. And he will not be forgotten 👍
When Blizzard still had a soul instead of suits.
No matter how many times I've watched Zeratul's "My life, for Aiur" part, it always gets me every time.
To the real homie, En Taro, Zeratul!
Still get goosebumps. That and Zeratul's monologue over Artanis as he fights the Zerg
I loved how the last mission, Artanis says "En Taro Aduin, En Taro Tassadar, En Taro Zeratul!" Commemorating the Protoss of legend.
hurts even after all these years
En Taro Zeratul!
Zeratul is a literal G
He even gone as far as to be branded a traitor by his own people and yet did all he could to investigate
Just now understood the significance of Jim using his pistol to kill Tychus. We see when he's docking dominion ships the pistol only has one bullet, meant to take revenge on Arcturus. And after rescuing Kerrigan, he's using his bullet to kill his friend but more importantly to save her. He has been obsessed on taking revenge on Arcturus for leaving her behind on Tarsonis, but now that she's safe he's willing to let go of his revenge because protecting her is his top priority.
I find this simple thing to really emphasize how Jimmy is a man driven by love (and grief) instead of revenge like we are led to believe at first, and the parallel with the purely revenge driven Kerrigan (not saying she's not right, I'd be pretty pissed too) we can see afterwards makes it all the more meaningful
The attention to details in Blizzard cinematics, I just love it
back when Blizzard still had heart for their games.... U_U
I think he was driven by vengeance for a while, but once he learned that Kerrigan could be saved that vengeance melted away and it became a mission built on love and grief.
Also do not forget that this choice was also important for what he has seen in Zeratuls prophecy, basically saving the universe when killing his friend.
If you think twice. He actualy revenged. Because he shot not Tychus, but Arcturus. Because Tychus wanted to live but has no choice, poor guy has die anyways.
some theory as well, but pretty sure tychus knew he was gonna die. He had a bomb in his suit and held off shooting kerrigan long enough for jim to react
The thing about Tychus is that he really, really didn't want to betray Jimmy. But that suit he was trapped in? It would have killed him if he disobeyed. That's what the little red light was about. Until Kerrigan was dead he was stuck in the suit and effectively had a gun to his head every second of every day and it was Mengst who had his finger on that trigger.
Mengst was more holding a gun to Tychus’s stomach, because if he had pulled that trigger Tychus would’ve died in slow, agonizing, misery from organ failure. Jim’s headshot was the quick and painless death he would’ve preferred and most likely was even counting on.
@@schaddenkorp6977 And Tychus is NOT the 'dying for the cause' type. And in all fairness, by any and all and every metric imaginable, Kerrigan, much as I love her, definitely earned that death sentence.
@@perrycarters3113 never understood Kerrighan fans, all she does is tantrums and fucks shit up
naw, he knew he was going to die, he wanted it to be by raynor's hands.@@perrycarters3113
He aint one to die for the cause, but he's one to die for the boys
Zeratul's "My life for Aiur" hits hard when you realize it he hasnt been on Aiur for thousands of years
The Dark Templar always considered Aiur as their true home.
Though banished by the Conclave for refusing to merge with the Khala, The Dark Templar have always viewed themselves as the protectors of all life in the galaxy. Most especially their home world.
nah not really, he has been there when Tassadar needed their help against the Overmind and has led the templar to escape into their homeworld in Shakuras while Jimmy and Fenix held off the Zerg.
Zeratul also returns to Aiur to commune with the Overmind tendrils during the Wings of Liberty Prophecy missions, which presumably happen shortly before the main events of WoL, or possibly at the beginning of that campaign.
Of course, the takeaway is that Zeratul has always wished to protect Aiur, and his actions in the Brood War campaigns leave him with incredible guilt. His intention was always to give his life for Aiur, and he perhaps means it more than any other Protoss has before due to these burdens. I agree, it's a fantastic line and is probably the best possible sendoff for Zeratul.
@@eudaimonistic yeah I feel like when most say "my life for Aiur", they mean it more in the sense of being willing to die for their legacy, whereas for Zeratul it feels deeper. It's more like "I will sacrifice everything and survive so I can dedicate my entire existence for the sake of our people and home".
Tychus is a odd one, yes he's got a personality that leaves much to be desired but Arcturus can literally shut his organs down with a button because of his suit. At the same time he really does care for Jim. Not many people seem to catch it, but my interpretation is the entire Bar brawl with Jim starts because Tychus hears the men complaining about Jim, he looks at his reflection and he realises the men need to be unified, so he makes himself the 'bad guy'. He acts drunk, when he clearly wasn't beforehand and is negative about Jim so the others on the crew reactively side with Jim because they don't like Tychus and don't want to agree with him. He takes his shot at kerrigan after Arcturus orders it because he's not a good guy, he's just Jim's friend, he has two options, refuse a let Mensk shut his organs down, or take one shot from a guy he KNOWS will make it quick. His "damn shame" to me was never about killing Kerrigan although of course that kind of comment is expected of him, to me it was always a "shame my friend has to kill me but if thats the way its gotta be."
Tychus is an interesting take on a criminal who knows exactly who he is and how people see him and he uses that throughout the story in actually quite cunning ways, he's not good but he wants Jim to succeed, but he'd also prefer if he was free and alive as well. He takes that final shot as a kind of let the cards fall how they may, either he kills Kerrigan, Jim misses and he's free or he dies quick rather than slow.
Also an edit for Heart of the Swarm: Kerrigan was gonna kill all those people until she killed the General and kinda realised she was acting in anger, its a huge part of the expansion the cutscenes don't show you of Kerrigan fighting with her anger because its consuming millions of innocent lives in the process, most of the Starcraft 2 character stuff comes from in game cutscenes in the 'Hub zones' that this compilation doesn't show but some other videos do. Kerrigan is a cool character and we empathise because she's the main one of the expansion but Heart of the Swarm is about her consitantly choosing revenge over the lives of millions and acting in honestly horrific and cruel ways (she turns a protoss woman she's spoken to a number of times into a parasite bomb without really blinking). She gets her 'save the universe' moment but for the Heart of the Swarm stuff she was just killing for revenge for a loooong portion of it. The ingame stuff stresses the damage she's doing a bit more whereas apart from wakefield and breaking jim out of prison the other cutscenes are just Hero Moments
Also without the ingame interactions in the hub areas you miss out on a lot of cool characters for the zerg and protoss especially
Tosh if you sided with him, says that Tychus was fighting himself over something he didn't want to do.
No, tychus never meant to shoot Kerrigan. He knows mengsk would kill him with the suit if he killed Kerrigan. So he pretended to aim at Kerrigan so that Jim could do it quick and painless... Even though Jim can grasp what he did in hindsight.
@@runzeeducation5621 The fact Tychus is wielding a fully automatic rifle that he only shoots once, with no follow-up shots at Raynor despite having plenty of time to do, makes it pretty obvious Tychus' "Damn shame." is that he's forcing his best friend Jimmy to kill him. I think that's the "freedom" Tychus truly wanted, not living as Mengsk's lapdog.
@@runzeeducation5621 also he clearly made him see his aim with laser pointer. I guess traitor, and terrorist jailed for lifetime never'd show intentions that clear.
@sinamaruthaitetsu3005 i see it now ;´( sorry tychus
Fuck yeah! Love seeing new people experience the StarCraft story. Such an incredible array of characters and personalities, and a compelling story to throw on top! Definitely in my top 5 favorite games/series of all time.
"My life... For Auir!"
Rest in peace my friend. En Taro Zeratul.
En Taro Zeratul!
Zeratul is INDEED the hardest working prophet ever recorded.
With the added bonus that his prophecy ACTUALLY saves the world.
The true prophet of anything was the overmind
@@DoAnear I guess both were.
The overmind was very limited in their actions but they did find a way to fuck Amon over.
In a way he made the first hybrid!
@@aziouss2863 The Overmind being a creation and slave of Amon is often overlooked. It performed its function with monstrous efficiency but it struggled against its chains cleverly. Truly a big brain moment.
@@ExceedProduction perhaps even a OverMind🤓
"He's so emotional." Becca, bawling her eyes out at the end. :D There are plenty of videos, with all the in-game sequences, that add a lot of context into Jims character growth and why he chose to come back and save Kerrigan from Arcturus. Also i'm not big on love stories, but i was so happy, when they got their happy end. Made me tear up as well.
"Always was..." - that moment Raynor accepts his vision of him and Kerrigan with a white picket fence and two kids was never going to happen, but he accepted her for who she was, anyway,
I was particularly moved by how Becca burst into tears when she believed (as we all did) that Jim had really lost everything with Kerrigan. That whole scene (and the epilogue which sadly isn't included in the video Becca watched) is an incredible payoff.
"My pleasure darlin'. Always was." Gets me every time. Jim accepting they are on different paths now and he has to let her go.
1:27:06 Now THAT, always gets me! 🥲
Knowing the weight and deep meaning behind that phrase, coming from Zeratul, being a dark templar.
The voice actor of the protoss is Cree Summer. She also voiced Auriel in Diablo 3.
OMG THANK YOU. I forgot to look it up afterwards and am happy somebody answered this. She also played Numbuh 5 from Codename: Kids Next Door and I was obsessed with her character when I was a kid. 😆
@@BravoBecca The two things I always remember her for are Suzy on Rugrats, and Foxxy on Drawn Together.
She also voiced Princess Kida in Atlantis: The Lost Empire Disney animated movie.
@@BravoBecca I had no idea she was Numbah 5, and with all the reverb effects on the Protoss I'm impressed that you picked her out on just her voice. Isn't it crazy how good voice professionals are? I have an extra reason to go rewatch that show now, thanks!
I was checking specifically to see if anyone answered this. She is one of the most prolific voice actors in the world and has over 350 credits on IMDB. I'm sure anyone here has heard her in "something".
Man, they cut so much out for HOTS... There was so much context missing...
The bit where Valerian asks her to avoid civllian centers and spare the innocents and she agrees was such a fundamental scene for the entire story... How could they leave that out?XD
I also really liked how hanging with Raynor's people mellowed Valerian out and helped him grow as a character.
@@janejvmmsvictoria5857 shit let alone Isha and Stukov. I feel like Becca would have liked Kerrigan's interactions with Stukov, the only other infested Terran to have relevant dialogue.
@@eudaimonistic I would've loved to see her reaction to Mira (Matt Horner's wife)
Not too long ago I wanted to remind myself the story of SC2, so I watched complete sets of cinematics, cutscenes, in-game dialogues, just everything except of play passages, and omg, together it was over 6 hours!!! Yes, Becca could watch that like me, because it was separated to three videos (each video for each race story), but maaan, it is totally worth it! The story of SC is one of the best ever, and a relationship between Jim and Sarah is for me THE greatest love story I've ever seen. Masterpiece. My dream is to make a series of movies by somebody, who is capable to create an epic shots, like Vileneuve, or Cameron and do it properly according to story, not just some "inspired by" BS.
Zeratul's death hits me so hard. When you consider his last words "My life for Auir" after the dark templar were banished from Auir for several hundred years. And of course that badass scene with Artanis against the zerg with Zeratul talking about what it takes to be a dark templar is my favourite.
I liked how the Terran campaign was about saving kerrigan by turning her human but the zerg campaign was saving Raynor by turning her zerg.
En Taro Tassadar, En Taro Aratanis, En Taro Zeratul!
Well saving kerrigan by removing her corruption. As kerrigan wasn't in control of her actions as the original queen of blades. After she lost the corruption that the overmind gave her then there was no further risk of tapping into her zerg powers anymore. Also why she seeks power through primal zerg and not through the past zerg. Though she does relearn old evolutionary paths that were lost. lol
Well, and considering the only other Protoss to canonically walk the way of both Templar and Dark Templar was Tassadar, Artanis was doing a shadow walk and became a child of both traditions. He's also wearing Zeratul's green blade by that point, so it's way more meaningful than at first appears on the surface.
@@andmicbro1I would argue that Zeratul also belongs on the list, marked so by his last line "My life for Aiur", the motto of the templar and the Daelam. Those three were the ones that most worked for and symbolized a united Protoss.
@@andmicbro1 The choice to give Artanis Zeratul's psi-blade was just too perfect. Most stories don't deliver hard on the gut-punches, but choices like that make stories actually impactful. Stuff like that gets you invested. It's amazing how rich of a story Blizzard crafted with both games.
1:19:28 Guess your dad never much played as Protoss back in the day. Two High Templars sacrificing themselves to create an Archon was one of the coolest things a Starcraft ground unit could do.
Nope he was a massive Zerg fan and it rubbed off on me 😂
Some additional context (obviously spoilers for all three campaings):
There is a lot of stuff missing from this because a lot of info is learned before, during and after missions, you can talk to people on your ship to trigger conversations that are not shown here but have a lot of info sometimes. In one Tychus tells you (or rather Matt learns it from running a scan on his suit) that he's trapped in that armor and there is basically a killswitch in it, if it receives a correct signal it will kill Tychus. That's why he still works for Arcturus.
Basically over the first campaing you're getting alien artefacts that Tychus mentions at the start, eventually you learn that they are all pieces of one artifact that merge together, and the contact that Tychus was doing this for is Mengsk's son Valerian through that Moebius corporation. That's the pillar at 42:30, and Valerian wanted it assembled because he thought it could cure Kerrigan. The final mission of that campaing is defending it until it's charged enough to cure her.
The cinematics show two scenes with Tosh in the first campaing, they are exlusive with one another depending on if you side with him or not. You get contacted by Nova (the ghost in the second one) and she tells you that Tosh and his Spectres (Ghosts 2.0 basically) are all psychopaths and killers, and he wants the prison open to free his spectre buddies. He does tell you this before that even, so it's not like he lied, Nova kinda just exaggerates or maybe even lies about how uncontrollable and insane they are. Apparently some people did not respond to the Spectre program, but others like Tosh are completely normal (or about as normal as you could expect). If you side with Tosh you break open the New Folsom prison, so that's the first option. Or you can tell Tosh to f off and you instead stop him, and then she kills him in the second cinematic.
The crystal that Zeratul gives Raynor is a memory recording crystal and it gives you like 4 missions where you play either as Zeratul or Protoss, and it shows how he learns of the Kerrigan prophecy, he ecounters Zerg/Protoss hybrid and also a vision of the future if Kerrigan dies, where everything gets consumed by the rogue Xel'naga Amon and his hybrid.
The second campaing doesn't skip as much important information, but still, after Kerrigan learns that Jim is "dead", she goes to Zerg space to dominate as many Zerg as possible so she could attack Korhal to kill Mengsk. She goes to Char (Warfield cinematic) and another planet to build her brood, and then to the planet Zerus after Zeratul sends her there to evolve. There she learns both of the primordial power that transforms her again and she also learns of Amon from the oldest Zerg on the planet, who lived before Amon changed the Zerg. While on that planet Mengsk also contacts her after her transformation and tells her to stay away from him because Jim still lives and he has him. Afterwards she meets Stukov who tells him of Narud/Duran from SC1 and his laboratory where he makes the hybrids for Amon, he was in the first campaing involved with the Moebius corporation posing as a scientist Dr Narud. He helped cure Kerrigan because the artifact trapped all the power from Kerrigan and he used it to resurrect Amon. Then she rescues Jim and goes pretty much straight for Korhal.
The third one is pretty straightforward, most of it is understandable from the cinematics, Amon returns and controls all the Protoss that are connected to the Khala while they are trying to retake Aiur from the Zerg, who are also being controlled by Amon. Artanis takes the survivors, removes their nerve cords and goes planet to planet to get more people while also fighting Amon's forces. They use the same Xel'naga artifact to pull Amon from the Khala, and while he's trapped they all remove their cords, and he gets expelled back into the Void. After the third campaing there is like a 3 mission epilogue which is fighting Amon in the Void, and Kerrigan ascending as Xel'naga.
Considering that we know that Spectres are created using terrazine, and are addicted to the substance, it's practically a given that they will end up crazy, if not worse. And knowing from Legacy of the Void what Terrazine actually is, makes the potential consequences even worse in the long run.
@@dahak2358 What an absolute great summary. I know the story, but this even helped me keeping it succinct about what was missing in this :D
And don't forgett that in zerh campaing Sarah was a war criminal and don't want to save the universe. In last mission she want to kill everyone (or more like she dont care about victims) and way more and she is ashame of it but still doing it so yes Jim have a right to be mad - she was a monster and Jim is also the thing why she want to stop all this :P
It's not a given that Nova was the one lying. If you watch the news, Tosh's Spectres are wreaking havoc and killing tons of civilians in their attacks against the Dominion. There is in fact no way to know if Tosh is telling you the whole truth or manipulating the facts, so it's not as black and white as you made it seem.
There's also a 2nd version of the HotS scene where Warfield dies. Same dialogue, but Kerrigan is zerg again, depending on what order you did the missions.
"My pleasure darlin, always was." love a good love story between two powerful leaders of separate factions.
That line 😩 I had mixed feelings on their relationship before that point but from that line on I was SOLD FOREVER
I grew up with StarCraft, since 1998. It's my favorite gamw franchise of all time. I'm so happy you get to experience the story. It's one of the best in industry.
At the very least my favorite blizzard franchise, I wish they did more with it
Mine too.
@@BernardoPC117 Saw a rumor that blizzard is working on the next iteration of the game, but all devs already left to create Frist Giant studios.
but the IP of Starcraft is from blizzard, lets see what they do with it without the original devs.
@@Alientcp That's a difficult proposition. With Kerrigan basically being a deity now, and a satisfying epilogue, where can the story go if forward? Kerrigan has been established to not be absent in the Koprulu Sector, so why would she be absent if there were a Starcraft 3? You would need to create a new big baddie that's worse than a trans-dimensional eternal threat. That's a little tough to top.
The alternative is making some sort of prologue story, or an alternate reality. I don't think those are nearly as exciting outside of the domain of custom campaigns that people already make pretty well.
@@eudaimonistic " With Kerrigan basically being a deity now"
She is far from a diety, she only ascended as a Xel'Naga, though the Xel'Naga are largely unknown, and most of the lore are legends, from their actions, we can only deduce that they were a highly intelligent race, though not necessarily strong, as they were mostly wiped out by the zerg.
Kerrigan was not a Xel'Naga, she was human, and then hybrid with the zerg, She ascended as a Xel'Naga to beat Amon, though we do not know if that was permanent, as she returns in fully human form at the end of legacy of the void to take Raynor.
In any case, im not the writer and im not making any game any time soon. I only stated that the game is potentially getting a sequel. I cannot make a claim of whether storywise a sequel is possible or not. I cant tell, as the story is unfinished and some key details as mentioned, were omitted. Nor I can confirm if the sequel is actually on production.
Its a rumor.
Also to note: the scene where Tosh was killed is not canon. In the first SC2 game, there are two missions where you can choose to help between two different characters, which leads to a different outcome. In that mission, you have to choose between helping Tosh or Nova, and Tosh is the canon choice, therefore he's still alive!
It's also revealed in later dialogue (though only if you sided with Tosh) that Nova lied about Tosh and his specters being psychotic killers. Not to say that Tosh is a particularly nice person, but he really is just in it to take down Mengsk and take care of his own people.
@@gingerbardman2391 Problem is, she did not lie. Spectres are addicted to terrazine, and all terrazine addicted humans end up among those we have to fight in Legacy of the Void for (spoiler) reasons. Although it's entirely possible that it was just Blizzard's lore messup.
Well the story with Tosh, as with the Dr. Hansen side story, are both inconsequential to the whole story. And both characters don't show up again regardless of the outcome, so either way it doesn't matter much. Though I'd err on the side of keeping the characters around for future use rather than discarding them.
@@gingerbardman2391 you forgot the part where Tosh (who told Reynor he) made sure HIS specters buddy take them in minimum amount.
well if you sidet whit Tosh, he would wolunteer to save Jim from prison in HoS, altrouth Kerrigan put it down and go by herself.
This game has so many great cutscenes...but the Protoss intro and Artanis' stand never fail to get me hyped. "My life for Aiur!"
honestly if it wasnt the fact that the epilogue comes out of left field with the very well used twist of Kerrigan being the Xel'naga Inheritor, and Amon's motivation is completely arbitary to his faction's actions, LotV is easily the best story in an RTS ever.
Wow. I had forgotten how incredibly good the entire SC2 story was. Thanks for the reminder! I will say that the soundtrack for these games is on constant repeat when I play adventure board games with friends. It's just so good.
I thought SC1 had an incredible story and always felt like SC2 dropped the ball hard.
There will never be a more incredible moment in gaming history than Zertul saying "My life for Aiur." All that he did might have been for the Galaxy, but his last thoughts were always reserved for the thing he loved and longed for the most - Aiur.
I'm a bit sad that movie version you get didn't gave all the context! Artanis it's much more likable once you see his conversations with the other protoss characters, you see him grow and actually learn a lot from Zeratul. But I guess it's not easy to summarize hours of gameplay into something watchable... Still, I always love how you get to empathize with characters in such a short time, even without the full context
wouldve been better if she split this into three videos, takin one installment each
@@neo7538 I mean, most people that are reacting to this saga are just taking this kind of videos, and I can't really blame 'em for that, because it seems easier to watch a video like that than seeing 3 split videos with the same duration and having to make the same amount for your channel. But there's A LOT of context, funny things and lore that you're losing instead! So it's an understandable choice, but not the one I would choose.
@@neo7538 The problem is that the videos that *really* provide context are way too long. There are definitely 4-6 hour videos on each campaign alone. I think playing the game (even on a really low difficulty) would be the better experience.
After I played the final battle in Char to saved Kerrigan, I literally cried when I saw the cinematic at the end. My expectations finally happened.
Did you then do what I did and cry 50 times harder when you played through heart of the swarm? Kerrigan's arc in that absolutely broke my fvckin heart man. They don't write characters like this very often anymore.
OMG, it's happening, you're reacting to StarCraft 2, let's go!
[2 hours later] Wow, I cried a lot too, all over again, especially when seeing you having the feels also at all of the right moments. I knew you would love it, as I did. Such a great story with such great characters, and, yeah, there's something just really powerful about Sarah Kerrigan's whole story arc!
Your comment recommending it was one of the comments that convinced me to finally watch it! So thank you! ❤️
1:56:22 I have never been more satisfied seeing someone cry. I feel like nobody every appreciates the emotion of this scene, so I'm so glad you served it justice.
Zeratul paved the way for Tassadar to destroy the Overmind, accepted his pariah status from the very people he was trying to save, gave Raynor the intel to help save Kerrigan, which Valerian helped with as well, he told Kerrigan about Zerus allowing her to purge Amon's corruption and transcend her Queen of Blades power by becoming The Primal Queen of Blades, and he saved Artanis from Amon's control at the cost of his own life. I cry everytime Artanis grips his psi blade gauntlet, but I really love that Artanis uses it and even flexes on Amon by igniting it when he tries to taunt Artanis.
Every now and then I get back into SC2. The in-game dialogue adds a bit more context to the story and it's funny at times. I guess it's time to get back into it yet again, tyvm for this! 😂
So im sure you noticed, but as the series went on, more and more story was done IN the actual missions (through dialogue) and in pre/post mission in-game cutscenes (which arent shown here) its probably too much content for youtube (~ 2 hrs per campaign), but worth a watch or play sometime. Its SO good, we are so spoiled because we are probably never getting an RTS story campaign as good as this again 🥲
And if you ever want to come back qnd actually play it, this is just the main story. Wings of Liberty has choice missions, there's a secret mission, theres extra dialogue when you talk to almost anyone and when you turn on the news... I love these games so much, achievment hunting them all to 100% was an absolute blast (and I am NOT a good rts player at all)
It is kinda ironic that Blizzard managed to give us this - in my opintion - perfect trilogy of games + story but since then they just fuck up time after time again. Even the Warcraft movie...how hard can it be to just give us a story piece of Arthas' way to becoming a Death Lord. Simple starts like this, give it a 90-120 minute time frame and people would storm the cinemas for all coming movies. Turning the SC 1 + 2 stories into a well done series or movies (not like the Halo series) is like printing money. I really don't get it.
I know this is a month later but seeing your emotion to a story and game I love so much, that I play like a yearly ritual just to relive these moments, was incredibly exhilarating. I'm glad you got to experience this growing up with your father and glad you got to enjoy these cut scenes. Definitely brought a smile to my face to relive this through someone else as I shared the exact emotions you did during several of the cut scenes when I first saw them.
Made a fan out of me with your react video. Thank you.
I've seen these cinematics hundreds of times and I still cried along with you. Great reaction, suscribed
Thank you for this becca. This is the first reaction vid where I really felt I was alongside with you, where I saw proper emotions. Your reactions made the experience of rewatching this very enjoyable.
"My girlfriend became an immortal fire goddess"
"That's rough, buddy."
I really loved watching this with you! Thanks for doing this!
Can I just say, i've seen a lot of reaction vids in my time and i'm so glad that you let your emotions flow naturally, it makes it a truly, genuine reaction video. Other people watch it and try to be stoic the whole time and it ruins it, but you were a delight to watch and i'm glad you enjoyed the scenes as much as I did. Subbed
That was an awesome reaction. Thanks for this video, i need it so much.
"My dad played StarCraft when I was a kid"
I feel old now...
Amazing and unforgettable campaign... A lot of tearjerking moments. Loved your reaction and glad you joined us on the journey!
Just so you know: these 2 cutscenes with Tosh are mutually exclusive, depends on a choice you make during campaign.
Also, there are 2 versions of a cutscene where Kerrigan kills Warfield, before or after turning into her primal form.
I actually didn't knew there was a version of the Warfield scene with Human Kerrigan, the line "what if Raynor could see you right now" makes a bit more sense with Primal Kerrigan
@@BernardoPC117 on the other hand, the "you're not even a human anymore" hurts even more as an insult if she hasn't left her humanity behind yet
Every few years I like to watch the SC2 story again, it was enjoyable to watch it with your reactions, genuine, no nonsense and wholesome, great video!
Perfect timing for some Starcraft cinematics! I was just looking to rewatch em' and who better with! hah Thanks for lining it all up :D
Thank you for this video, Becca!
thanks for the video, it was a really nice throwback watching it again.
Just noticed the bookend quote from Tychus in the very first cinematic that teased the game so long ago and Jim Raynors final line in the final cinematic of the final game "damn... its about time" such amazing storytelling
never seen ur content before and ur reaction to one of my favorite franchises by the last thing bliz did good was soo good specially when you got emotional (because i cried when jim was "dead")
if i was ur dad i would be real proud of you for getting so involved in something i love, i watched the whole thing great reaction and reminder of a game i love!
I have a playlist of "Favorite Reactions" this one is definitely going in there. I thoroughly enjoyed this thank you so much.
Aw your emotional reaction hit hard! Starcraft will always have a special place in my heart. My life for Aiur!!
Thank you, I needed to see these images again to feel good
thanks for the memories
I loved the most about this video, when you showed truly emotion like crying in the end and when zeratul fulfilled his role too. (This is the first video i saw from you, subscribed) thanks for the video!
First reaction of yours I'm catching, awesome so far. Subscribed!
Loved re-watching this after such a long time with you Becca. What a ride. Hugs
I watched a lot of SC2 cinematic reaction. The point of view of someone attached to the character from SC1 and going fresh into this was so satisfing, cried a bit i have to admit, your reaction touched me and i could feel it! Very good ! And btw, that make-up is FIRE!
1:58:07 - The peak of emotions has been reached. It would seem that everything is behind. But when you're not with the people closest to you, life ceases to be the same as before. Then nothing but longing and loneliness. The composer hit the bull's-eye by writing a melody called "Second Chances". I'm sure that we will never hear more such delightful and touching melodies, because the composer raised the limit of musical accompaniment to an unprecedented height.
Honestly, if you play all three games, you will get to see a lot more. There are a lot of playlists that show off more of the story. A lot more characters they did not mention, like "SPOILER ALERT" the return of Fenix from the first Starcraft games. If you do get the time to either watch them on here, or play these three games, you will be even more connected to the characters, the story and more. It´s well worth it. Trust me on this. Great video btw. :)
Omg! Just discovered your channel with this video. Instant sub! What a journey.
Спасибо за реакцию. Здорово, что ты знакома со вселенной starcraft ещё по первой части.
Было приятно разделить те же эмоции. Я на многих моментах плачу так же как и ты, хоть смотрел их уже тысячу раз.
Конечно, полный спектр ощущается при просмотре всех видео, в том числе и между миссиями.
Если однажды сделаешь полную реакцию будет круто❤.
thank you for the reaction, this was awesome!
Love your reactions to this
Loved this reaction, thanks for sharing. I still get emotional to some of the cinematics, maybe related to the countless hours playing this amazing game.
such a good reaction video, i loved seeing you take this journey! and especially interesting how you got into it, and 'got it', despite not being a starcraft player.
I cast StarCraft 2!! I'm stoked to see there's still eyes on this game, it's so nostalgic for me. So cool to see a reaction video on the cinematics. After so many years I didn't think we'd be seeing any more cinematic reaction videos!!
Some moments truly can get a viewer, forcing to shed a tear. Imagine the level of investment into characters due to all the stuff that happens between cinematics, all those events and stories, dialogs and decisions happening throughout the campaigns which have their own cutscenes built right into the missions themselves :)
A mignificent journey for sure!
You do know that kerrigan before Jim returned her to (mostly) human was just as mind controlled and influenced as any zerg being, Jim is what cleaned that out, which would lead to her being able to become the heart of the swarm again, but this tim in control.
Also, yes sure you do see Kerrigan letting the escape pods go in the warfield scene, and a couple other times, but especially in examples not shown in just the cinematics but she was responsible for TONS of innocent deaths even after the events of the first campaign. Now tbf, that could be seen as exceptable casualties, but it was all for revenge on her end, not doing the right thing. at least, that is how it is for a good chunk of the campaign.
I've been on RUclips since it started. Never ever watched a two hour video without skipping even a second. Until today.
I think I know my plans for the night, I'm so excited even tho its my first time seeing your channel/you
It is delightful to see that even tho the game does not get the same love and care it used to, the community is still together and might even grow a little from time to time. Just shows how much care and love went into these masterpieces, and how great Blizzard used to be in creating them, I hope we'll return to this state once more in the future :3
Anyways ima go watch the entire thing now 😅
26:18 These aren't all the cinematics - only the main story ones. Raynor only got that recording when he obtained and reactivated an old adjutant that had recordings of intercepted Mengsk transmissions from back in the day. They then hijacked broadcast stations and played the recordings on UNN. Also UNN is basically the future version of Fox News, so UNN reporter and perpetual Mengsk brownnose Donny Vermillion is constantly cutting to commercial and spinning negative coverage of Mengsk into pro-Dominion propaganda.
I think you mean CNN. Lying voraciously is their thing.
...and there's Donny's reaction to that Mengsk tape reveal too
"They're gonna need a New New Gettysburg" had me crackin up.
i thought i knew starcraft 2 lore but now im her just crying.Either way this was really enjoyable reaction from you and im clad i watched it ^^
Well its not really about Jim trying to control Kerrigan it's about realizing that there are some things that you can run away from. He was being selfish to think that things would go back to the way it was. In the end he finally accepted that sacrifices must be taken if one wants to attain peace and hapiness.
Kerrigan was being way more selfish, I'd say. She had the option to leave. She actually had the option to focus on the bigger threat (Amon). But, instead, she pushed her relationship and the bigger threat aside to get what she really wanted, revenge. And if billions upon trillions of innocent lives have to be spent to get what she wants, then so be it. She said it herself, there's "something dark" in her.
Jim also wanted Mengsk dead, but he sees what she becomes when it all comes down to her revenge.
Oh so sweet that you decided to watch this too! Got to also say that I loved your Diablo 4 playthrough!
1:04:24 Kerrigan makes it pretty clear in game just before this scene that she was going to kill Edmund and all his men, it's definitely the mention of Jim here, and the accompanying surge of guilt the thought brings that makes her decide to spare them.
The final Amon death one is a bit quick... but it does come right after a massive section of you playing as all 3 races together along with super Kerrigan against him. They probably figured that was climactic enough and made the cut scene short and sweet. They did a great job of putting all the important bits in all the cutscenes so you can movie watch this, but a ton of little context bits do get lost from not seeing the in game dialog.
I watched with you, I got emotional with you. Not just for this story, but for all of them. I didn't even realize how the time passed. You are a real movie friend to watch movies together. :)
This was a Journey. Thanks for the memories Becca.
It makes me cry, seeing Zeratul sacrifice himself. He is a hero. He sacrificed all of his good will by telling the Protoss and the Dark Templar (Nerazim) that he killed Razhagal. Because he doesn't want her reputation sullied by what happened to her. He was banished as a traitor, but he was a good man, a warrior, and a Nerazim to the end. Sad things can make me cry, but nowhere near as much as heroic things. And Zeratul was a hero to the end. And Kerrigan's story was fantastically done.
34:33 That music lovingly plucked straight out of Firefly always gives me the warm-fuzzies. Someone really ought to get Jim a nice brown coat.
Meow Becca, your reaction to Zeratul's death and the end with Sarah and Jimmie was so cute and purrfect.
Imagining Jim decorating his suit as an arts and crafts project cracked me up 😂
This was so much fun to watch again. It's a shame the StarCraft universe is over. Great video!
I remember walking home from school in the late 90s reading the starcraft game manual learning about the lore and characters and all the units thinking it was the coolest stuff ever.
I accidentally skipped the opening cinematic of Arcturus sending in Tychus to be a double agent with Raynor, so I was playing the entire campaign trying to guess Tychus's true allegiance.
I really enjoyed your reaction. I opened up how I saw Sarah's arc. Ah, I'm going to do another play through :)
"That door is really extra". Zomg! I thought the same thing when I first saw that video. LoL that entire scene is full of very "extra" machinery. :)
'Should have three of them merged together!"
You just completely revolutionized Protoss warfare!
So excited for this!!! StarCraft 2 is always overlooked, but the campaigns in this game were magnificent and full of feeling.
Obviously a lot of context gets missed because it happens in-mission, but the last sequence (the epilogue going into the Void to kill Amon) really misses out the most. A lot of the most emotionally impactful moments happen across those three missions as the three races come together in support of Kerrigan. If you were looking for a more satisfying leadup to the finish there, I recommend checking out some gameplay of the epilogue missions. Shoot, playing the whole campaign is worth it, but watching is probably more time-convenient.
It's amazing how much this story works for people who only remember the game from their youth. I was grateful to see how much of the nuance was picked up on in this reaction, and I have to say I felt pretty much the same way about these characters. Blizzard used to do this right, and I miss those days dearly.
Stukov’s “reunion” with Narud is particularly poignant.
Becca, even though you really emphasize the sentiment " let the girlie do whatever she wants you jerk " vibe, it was so sweet that you genuinely shed tears and hoped for raynor and sarah to end together. Says alot about your character, and you being emotional about it was awesome to watch. Thanks!
"My life... for Aiur!!"... That scene always gets me! The same when Raynor helped Sarah and they finally achieved their mutual goal but acknowledging that they both love each other despite all that happened, the handshake scene ("it is your custom... to shake the hand of a friend. Is it not? -hands together- Give them Hell, Artanis! -hands shake-") is beautiful, but my favorite part is probably the ending. That always brings a smile to my face that Raynor finally got that peace and quiet he fought for all those years :) Great reaction!
damn, here i am crying again. Zeratu's death always hit me hard. I grew up on this game. Zeratul was always the coolest character to me in the Starcraft 1 and Star Craft: Brood War.
Also super loved the ending that Jim and Kerrigan deserved.
I miss StarCraft, was watching cinematic’s recently, glad to know I’m not the only nerd around
I played StarCraft religiously as a kid, and Jim was one of my big go-to heroes. I remember HATING Sarah Kerrigan at the end of Brood War (she's the absolute fucking worst - someone you love to hate, basically). I was basically going around hoping to see Jim finally kill her for like eight years or something. Then StarCraft 2 dropped and... well, I still think StarCraft 1 has a grittier, more brutal story, but goddammit, how they handle the love story between Jim and Sarah is such a tearjerker. I teared up like you. At the end of Heart of the Swarm, when Jim just resigns to the fact that he can never be with Sarah, and sees her fly away and still smiles, because you know... it was a pleasure. That made me choke up. And then, even though I think the whole cosmic superhero chosen one thing with Kerrigan in Legacy of the Void is pretty hoakey, I have to admit that I LOVE that Blizzard finally gave Jim and Sarah their own little happy ending. They fucking deserved it. And please, let no one ever touch them again, let them be in peace, lol.
There's a lot of context being missed because there's so much dialogue during missions and conversations between cutscenes, but this video has the gist of it. Otherwise we'll be here for hours pouring over every piece of the story. Also, the game started with "Hell, it's about time" and ended with it.
When you cried during zeratul’s death. I felt that
In defense of Jim, revenge is always self-destruction and thats why hes so headstrong in "saving" Sarah (more so getting away from it all, he himself too, with Sarah) but in this particular case he has a point cause Mengsk would have still fallen with Valerian and Matt still after him. Jim just wanted both of them to let go for truly a better future and the cinematics dont really show how much growth Jim also went through in the gameplay, he truly saw how bad and pointless the path of revenge really is and how much innocent blood is shed on its way. Sarah was brainwashed by the hivemind after all and that, combined with her lust for revenge, are the two walls topping her from remembering "oh, Ive killed T r i l l i o n s of innocent people all across the galaxy." (including a good chunk of Jim's friends and he was dealing with the inner battle of actually wanting to still believe that the Sarah he fell in love with still existed despite the atrocities commited) but ofc Jim shares all of these thoughts too cause he was a marine under the dominion after all. To me they truly care for each other on a very deep and absolutely unconditional level, but they are also a tad selfish in their own ways, after all you (Jim) cannot force someone down a path they dont want to even if you think its the best for them and also (Sarah) all of our choices carry consequences that affect those we love.
Dont get me wrong, the Queen of Blades is one of the coolest characters in the history of gaming ever, her power, her motivations, her design, everything is peak well written powerful female lead, period.
Buuuuuuut the Shakespearean tragedy aspect of this story is also delicious haha and truly places the saga above and beyond, transforming it into one of the most iconic in the history of gaming.
Anyhow, amazing reaction! Instantly became a fan! Check out Warhammer 40k next if you wanna deep dive into more insane sci fi shennanigans!
Loved watching this. I'm to know someone else got weepy when Zeratul died and at the end when you weren't sure if there would be a happy ending. I got pretty emotional at the end when Sarah appeared at the tavern to greet Jim one last time. I remember when the game came out and there was a little bit of critical reception on the end, but it was pretty much unanimous that Jim and Sarah needed a happy ending after what they went through.
Enjoyed seeing your emotional attachments in this story despite you being a filthy zerg lover:P I teared up too at the same scenes. 20 years ago I didn't play for 2 weeks after they left Kerrigan behind, I was so mad.
Your face expression are too funny. lol Made it even more enjoyable.
man, so many of the Legacy of the Void cinematics put tears in my eyes. I was 10 when starcraft 1 came out. I played the game for thousands and thousands of hours. The death of Zeratual was tough. Six games. 18 years in the making. A story I started as a child, finished in my 20s. StarCraft will always be my favorite game. People had almost given up on SC2 coming out, then they dropped the trailer, with tychus saying "Hell, its about time.". I forgot that Jim says it at the end. So good.
"They say a man never really knows himself, until his freedom's been taken away." "Hell it's about time." That intro always gives me chills. All the games were great, but Wings of Liberty got me so personally invested, perhaps because you were rolling with other humans and a heroic badass like Raynor.
Did I plan on sitting with someone that popped into my feed for two hours? Nope, but I'm glad I did. I liked how you'd just let it played -- honestly made it feel like I was sittin there watching/crying with you. I am now officially subscribed! I miss the days of Blizzard having coherent storylines.