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LORE - Starcraft Lore in a Minute!
Our story begins with some bored and awkward scientists known as the xel'naga. Arriving in the Milky Way Galaxy, the xel'naga started poking around with different species to create something with purity of form and purity of essence.
First they found the protoss, a race of awesome looking psychics and started messing with their brains. Getting way excited about it, they went too far and caused the protoss to fall into madness.
The xel'naga abandoned the protoss, really not wanting to deal with the cleanup and found the zerg instead, a race of odd worm-like creatures with the ability to absorb the genetics of their victims. Going for a different approach, the xel'naga created an Overmind to keep their brains from hotwiring. Unfortunately, the Overmind was far too jawesome and sent troops to destroy the xel'naga and take their knowledge.
Meanwhile, the brotoss, abandoned by their supposed gods, healed their brainplaces and expanded their occupied space into the inevitable complicated game of Twister that was sure to happen.
Happily watching over the Terrans from afar, they finally focused on the Zerg in a "oh we should get rid of these" sort of fashion. The zerg, having noticed the Protoss way before and wanting to assimilate them, were busy om nom nomming on the Terran planets, hoping to assimilate the Terrans and utilize their buried psionic potential.
Unfortunately, they didn't happen to notice when the Protoss moved in and, in an attempt to save the Terrans, annihilated the world of Chau Sara. The Terrans, unaware of the reasoning, panicked and a war against both alien races began as the Terrans flailed under their mercy.
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I'm actually are more interested to what happened to the original humans from Earth. The Terrans are actually a bunch of political outcast who get sent to some star where they become independent (so they're basically space Australians)
no .. not outcasts .. criminals that were exiled because there was a law on earth that banned something .. i don't really remember
Well, Brood War did have that plot line with the UED - the United Earth Directorate. And from what we see in-game, they seemed to turn out a lot like the Terrans who were exiled. So maybe Earth went through a lot of the same things.
The earth was united as the earth directorate. So basically one world government reminiscent of the United Nations.
They formed the UED. (United Earth Directorate) I found that out by playing the starcraft expansion brood war.
Did any of you even bother reading pre starcraft lore? I can write it down but in order to save my time use almighty google by typing United Powers League.
it can all be summed up in 3 short points:
1. "oh no! the zerg!"
2. "oh no! something worse than the zerg!"
3. "Oh thank goodness someone (the player) took command and saved the day!"
So accurate
First time I played Starcraft. I had “SCV good to go sir” stuck in my head for like a week. Almost drove me crazy.
I read you.
@@SciMultimedia SIR
SCV good to go sir
@@SciMultimedia rrreportin' fer duty
Is something burning?
So, Super Alien is bored, messes up a cool race, so they leave and create a big eyeball, who gets bored and kills everything, so then Zerg om nom nom on the terrains, Protoss be like "We got dis" and blow up Zerg stuff, Americ- I mean Terrans go panic mode and go burn everything. Yeah.
I don't even play StarCraft, but they blew up the Americ--erm, Terran, planet along with the Zergs in... an attempt to save the Terrans.. Because, you know, the Protoss be all crazy and shit.
Well it is a "little" different. There race was fuckity but they knew they were baller so they looked for the races with the most potential to basically baby sit the world while they are dead and shit. The protoss had psionics and shit so they seemed perfect, but they fucked up by breaking their connection and they started hating one another. Then they tried the zerg with a overmind which seemed cool, but one of them had other motives and fucked with it which allowed it to fuck up the xel'naga, but it still has the old plan, assimilate with the protoss and become super rape jesuses.
Also there is a BIIIIG plot problem where they act like the terrans are the bitch race, and yet if the Earth forces really cared about the sector they would buttrape all of them just as bad as the xel'naga (Remember the brood war force was also a tiny little dick penis force). Oh and they make sure to ruin any faction issues by making everyone but minsk a good guy by HOTS.
You're Jim Raynor? No, you're just the commander on terran side like the cerebrate on zerg and the executor on protoss side.
your jim in the second game but in the first game yes
Máté Zeleznyik and yet jim raynor gets all the credit...
i think the executor was selendis! THAT would be cool to play as her in the first two games :D.
there is evidence that selendis is the executor in brood war but they have said right out that it wasnt selendis in the first game (they say it was artanis wich doesnt work becuse of him being so much younger then fenix and acting like he wasnt with you in the first game)
+Josef Persson Blizzard gets their own stories wrong quite often. Though it was Artanis anyway.
Saddest part about watching this video now is that Husky has completely disappeared.
what happened to him?
@@zimboiii9025 he deleted his channel he does lifestlye videos now?
Just realized that the Xelnaga in this animation are giant phallic objects. Nice job animator.
"and then your gonna meet Jim Raynor"
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Raynor here
aaaaaaaaaaaaaany time yer ready
I'm sorry to say this but... there's a lot of holes here.
Like in every other video he made.....
Well shit. He had a minute after all.
It' fun to come back and see what people have said, mostly because most of them have a good point. Yes, in every other video that's made on the channel, and yes again, one minute isn't much. :)
Do you mean in the planet
Itś all you need to start playing starcraft, man
"Bussy omnomonoing on the terran" I laughed! ;D
An old instance of bussy being used before 2020
Actually, the Xel'Naga needed the Protoss (form) and the Zerg (essence) in order to continue their lineage (since they didn't reproduce normally but lived almost forever). Eventually the Protoss and the Zerg would fuse forming the next race of Xel'Naga, but the Zerg were corrupted and this plan continuing without an adjustment would spell doom for the universe.
Oh, and HUSKY WAS HERE!!! :D
HUSKY, damn this is old
what about now
Not gonna lie your pixelated xelnaga at the beginning looks pretty phalic
Brilliant work, Holmes.
Elementary, my dear Watson. Elementary
The narrator must be Husky Starcraft !!!
Yep. Only he could talk that fast and still be coherent
Put it on 0.5 speed. He sounds drunk when he talks. LOL
Starcraft Lore in a Minute:
Blizzard wanted Warhammer 40k but Games Workshop said "no." Now we have Starcraft.
FIN
you must be jealous because starcraft games are still played by millions people unlike your dead warhammer games
Sorry, but didn't SCII die before HotS even came out? You can be butthurt about the truth all you want. I'll be here patiently awaiting the 40k MMO that will be coming out soon.
Nastrael Rowe when it does come out expect to pay a buttload of money for a little upgrade, i love the models but they are over priced as hell really $50 dollars for 5 models that are a inch tall
Casey Short
It's already announced to be FTP. And boo-fucking-hoo, people want to pay a ridiculous amount of money on their hobby. Where's your point?
that games workshop will fidn a way to get as much money as they can lol, ill be oneo f the suckers that does pay it lol
Dat opening hit my feels.... i grew up with this game T-T
i did too,
CANNON RUSH!!!
I still liked the original game's lore better than the retconned stuff in SC2. It's not a BAD story in SC2, but I felt the original backstory made the Zerg a true threat, and an insidious one at that. Also the whole dichotomy of Protoss (purity of form) and Zerg (purity of essence) duking it out was interesting... only to be interrupted by us crazy, non-engineered space monkeys. Who despite having our butts kicked still managed to turn the tide of the war with our sheer ballisness and audacious application of adaptation advantages to basically be the key to the future of the sector, and indeed possibly the galaxy.
Then in SC2, it's back to "Sargeras-er, we mean AMON is coming and the Zerg aren't really evil anymore honest!" stuff that worked well enough the first time when they used it in WarCraft III/WoW, but is getting a bit played out when they use it to retcon the original StarCraft's sci-fi feel into something less... distinctive.
i agree that the SC1 and vrood war lore was better
Josef Persson Personally I think the vrood war lore sucked. Basically non-existant. The Brood war lore was awesome though.
you know that i misspelled, if you dont then your not very smart so stop being an ass about it
Josef Persson This is why I rarely make jokes on the internet. Nobody knows what jokes are anymore.
i do, but its hard to know if it is meant as a joke when i cant hear how you said it with that type of sentence
I was talking about what races in 40k line up to.
In terms of gameplay, that's
Terrans- Imperial Guard
Protoss- Necrons (really tough dudes that move slow but do lots of damage)
Zerg- 'Nids.
Yea, that's what I'm saying. They needed something for inspiration, well, they took WH40K, or maybe Starship Troopers, which is where one of the first "insect aliens" ever showed, the same is for the Power Armor. People tend to compare Zerg and Protoss with those two races, where one of them is all-eating and the other is psychic. But, that is all they have in common. Some of the WH40K figurines and what-not are actually a copy of Zerglings and Hydralisks.
So Starcraft 2 Lore in a minute?
It's kind of easier to do that once it's actually finished, meaning when Legacy of the Void is added.
KittXenn
given that this is more of a backstory video to get you up to something of a rudimentary speed in a really fast way, a starcraft 2 lore in a minute would more likely be the actual events of starcraft and brood war, or any events in between that lead up to SC2.
I think they may be forgetting about the backstory to the Terrans in this Lore video. Started as a prisoners colony far from any kind of civilization, Like Australia!
Just wanted to quote something off 1d4chan about the whole 40k vs SC thing:
'To be fair, there is a lot in common between Starcraft and the 40k universe; but if you remove your fanboy glasses it's obviously because both settings are conscienceless rip-offs of the entire sci-fi genre with less then 0.1% original content - it's not like there weren't human space marines, ravenous, rapidly adaptable bug monsters, and psychic alien warriors before 40K. Deep inside your heart you know it.'
And it hurts so much :'v
I'm not a fan of either and I can tell you, they re both the exact same concept with the meat in the middle being a little tint but different
@@Gurtington its not the exact idea. Sure maybe the part with space marines, bugs and advanced race, but that's all. Each game has its own universe and its deep.
@@natrix9651 the Zerg and Nids have the exact same design
It's so crazy seeing husky StarCraft in the top left corner.
some of these episodes are very cleverly written. well done! I thoroughly enjoyed this one!
Firebats op at the end lol.
HUSKY!!!! awesome.
RIP husky
"The Xel'naga started poking around with alien species." seems kinky
Wow, I was 8 when I first saw this, how much everything has changed.
I just wish they'd take down WoW forever and get back to work on the real Warcraft games.
Jones Crimson
The rts has died out mostly
take down a very popular and rewarding mmo may not be the best idea
take down a very popular but NO rewarding mmo may be the BEST idea
*FTFY*
take down a very popular but NO rewarding mmo may be the BEST idea
*FTFY*
Wow, a lot more complicated than WH30k lore.
+contraband100 Is that a troll bait?
And to any other blind fanboys who claim SC is some sort of ripoff of WH40k, that makes about as much sense as Halo being a ripoff of WH40K. You've got your revered, almost worshiped super soldiers (Spartans/Space Marines), wimpy cannon fodder (UNSC/Imperial Guard), vastly technologically superior alien races (Covenant, Forerunners/Tau, Eldar) godlike ancient beings (Old ones/Precursors), devouring extragalactic hive-mind threat (Flood/Tyranids) and a robotic but mostly neutral force created by any of the former mentioned (Sentinels and Monitors/Necrons). Ideas get recycled and reused. Don't get asshurt just cause the game became far more popular.
It is though. Blizzard wanted to make a Warhammer game but couldn't get the license so they made Warcraft. Same thing for Starcraft.
Nice blinders. Where can I get a pair?
I remember playing SC2 for the first time, thinking, 'Really? They won't get sued for this crap? I'm pretty sure they've taken the picture of a Viking on the wall strait from WH40K:DoW:DC cinematic.'
Who gives a crap what copied what! It's a game play it and have fun.
***** The board game? I know zero. And, like, 5 who played any of the DoWars.
I lost it with the zerg Caption "Zomg Firebats op"
Lmfao
It was supposedly the Xel naga's fault, one of the ancient xelnaga caused the terran ships to crash in the koprulu sector somehow after messing with the protoss and zerg, and now in the second game and expansion a fallen xel naga wants to consume everything's life essence to get super powerful.
This is the truth of starcraft. Ignore the plot of starcraft 2. it's dumb.
There's actually a secret level in the campaign of brood war (expansion to SC1) where Zaratul finds out that the Terrans are creating Protoss Zerg Hybrids which winds up being the whole under-plot of Starcraft 2. Starcraft 2 has a good story, it was just executed poorly.
joeman543
I don't like Brood War either. I mean the vanilla starcraft 1 story.
doesnt matter what you like when it comes to the truth of starcraft saddly. This is the lore of the original starcraft pre-broodwar. But its their game and they made it so what they say happens in it happens in it together.
unless they said starcraft 2 takes place in an alternate universe in which case... well that would change nothing about eaither games story.
kinda like with homeworld cataclysm not being cannon. its not canon because gearbox said its not. Starcraft 2 is canon becuase blizzard said it is.
although starcraft 2 has a horribly made but horribly useful editor. you could make your own missions and story for ur own sequal to the original pre-broodwar game.
Why does absolutely everyone always hate a game's sequel, or a new music album, or whatever the hell.
Is something that is not the original by default worse or what?
blackomega34
It's not that, I just hate Starcraft 2.
I CANNOT listen your words, because your talk to quickly.
I am a Korean!!!!!!
Carrier has arrived. I bet you can say that perfectly.
Hey, don't worry; even some of us who are native English-speakers have difficulty keeping up with some of these videos. I would suggest watching this a few times if you find him hard to understand.
You could enabling the subtitles.
Yep, this video has subtitles.
Ramchandra Apte Oh, thanks!
I love 40k as well, it's one of the most fleshed-out universes I've ever seen.
But why do you fanboys insist on insulting the Starcraft fans? WE KNOW that the Adeptus Astartes could destroy the Starcraft Space Marines, but SO WHAT? Starcraft is one of the seminal works of the RTS genre, you should respect it for what it is, instead of constantly ripping on it for what it isn't.
The Emperor Protects, bro.
Where did the 40k fan hurt you, show on the doll.
this is the only lore that is actually a perfect minute...
gotta pay your respects to the 12 unit select at 0:55
I wasn't really going to comment at all but I kinda wanted to weigh in on the debate here. WH40k universe is just freaking awesome. Incredibly dark. Depressing. Varied. I mean nothing in Starcraft even compares to the forces of chaos from 40k, with the demon gods and the necrons and their gods, OH!, it's too good. Do people in StarCraft have gods that feast upon stars? Does StarCraft have a leader for humanity that requires the sacrifice of 1000 people per day simply to sustain his incredible psychic powers, leading untold trillions of humans through conquest after conquest in their never-ending battle against the frightening forces arrayed before them? And finally, does StarCraft have an awesome steampunk vibe? I play Starcraft a bit, but certainly not for the story, and I read up on Warhammer just for the atmosphere
Starcraft does have evil star eating gods. The fallen xel'naga Amon basically ends all life in the universe and consumes it in the future. Mengsk the emperor of the dominion doomed an entire planet just to be emperor, and he continues to slaughter innocent people. The zerg and protoss are both huge threats that have nearly wiped out the terrans in the Koprulu sector.
The funny thing is that no one cares what you do with this game or think about this game. This video is about StarCraft, not Warhammer 40k.
You just described an average day in the imperium.
Oh look, another nerd who is angry that their dated, expensive, and boring tabletop game didn't become anywhere near as popular as a PC game which is renowned worldwide with professional players and national (in Korea) recognition for 15 years. NOT TO MENTION, its engine laid the foundation for a brand new sub-genre with millions of players, the MOBA. That's ok. At last you have your $100 Baneblade to build!
IHeliosI No I'm not angry at all, I love starcraft and don't play warhammer at all lol. I'm just talking lore here and apparently starcraft fans get butthurt when someone thinks their lore is kinda lame-o. You have your opinions, that's cool too, just don't assume something about someone just because they actually have an opinion that has nothing to do with fanboyism
By god the 40k fans in this comment section are toxic.
I'd argue the other way, all I hear is starcraft fans starting shit rofl
What a ripoff of 40k
Aegis Volanti
you don't know the whole story so here it is so that you have better understanding
starcraft was supposed to be a new warhammer game but they lost the license mid way producing the game
so they made some changes and still released it cause they couldn't just throw away all the effort
in summary they accidentally with no choise became what looks to be a ripoff
also starcraft is currently going well being a founding esport and the game of choise in korea unlike warhammer who most people don't know what it is
Well halo is a rip off of this.
Warhammer 40k has better lore and community
+Razyrazer Then what about MATT WARD?
BOB MARINE WITH TEM FLAKE
we don't talk about matt ward
the sc1 music played at the end is beast, always loved it
So StarCraft is a less grimdark version of Warhammer
Terran Domnion- Imperium of Man
Terran marines-Non-genetically engineered mecha Space marines
Protoss-Very religious Eldar but have the appearance and ideology of the Tau and Jedi and have cooler versions of the lightsaber
Zerg-Less hungry version of the Tyranids
Xel’naga-Squid like version of the Old ones but with origin of the C’tan
The zerg are basically tyrannids lol.
Way to catch on there, bucko! Nothing must get past you, you clever dog!
The Protoss are a mixture of Eldar/Dark Eldar and Tau.
They got the mysticism of the Eldar and the psionic power deal, with the sleek orange/gold lined technology of the Tau.
Yo, replying to this 10 year old comment to ask if you still like 40k.
@@upengraden3792 kinda? Haven't played in years.
ahahaha, this video is so funny and soooooo cute good work guys. and btw is that husky?
Remember when Husky made videos? Good times.
This was HILARIOUS!
"ZOMG, Firebats OP!" XD
Huskyyy you owned this one !!!
space marines are chapters, much like the knight orders of medieval ages. they often use melee weapons,and doctrines vary from chapter to chapter. they are created artificially and have additional organs.
they come in squads, armed with regular bolters, assault jumppacks with melee weapons or are specialized weapon squads- with plasma canons or MASSIVE machineguns known as heavy bolters.
MI on the other side look and act more like tau battlesuits.
The Overmind wanted to assimilate the Protoss and make the Zerg the ultimate space badasses, the Dark Voice wanted to recreate all of creation in its image, and intended to use to Zerg/Protoss hybrids to eliminate ALL life so it could be redone how it wanted it done
Didn't read the description...but as soon as i heard husky, i nerd'd in my jeans a little.
THAT WAS AWESOME THAT WAS THE BEST STORY I'VE EVER HEARD
It would work fine in the "technological advanced aliens" category. I think the Imperial Guard would be included in the "human" category, since they are humans and are fighting for the Impirium of Man.
Indeed.
You outsmarted me, that almost never happens, you deserve the credit.
the starcraft sound track is amazing
I think you guys may want to update this video. There's a whole new book of StarCraft lore that has arisen from the newest update to the series (HoTS).
Blizzard orignally worked for Games Workshop as a game developer, Starcraft was the beta to a 40k but GW didn't like it and it turned into the most popular strategy game of all time.
I didn't ignore that question because I didn't see it. Space Marines are Genetically modified ab-humans that are cloned from the gene seed of their prime arch and given Biotech implants. 40K came before Fantasy did and made Space Orks. Like I said, If 40K ripped them off, you really think they would let them make and sell LOTR miniatures? 40K hasn't been sued for rip offs because they haven't ripped off anyone. Space Orks are futuristic and are very different from LOTR Orks.
And then because it was a excellent game it entered the pantheon of fame has one of the best RTS ever made.
I love your videos so much
I would say the Tau to replace the Eldar (my mistake), but Imperial Guard would kind of work.
Every single video I'm like
WTF IS GOING ON!!!
But still it is hilarious!
If you're talking about the TT game, there's not all that much in the way of story besides an excuse for everyone and their mother to fight each other to the death, and both Starcraft and Warcraft are similar in that regard. It has a DAMN good Expanded Universe that really expands on the laughably simple premise of "IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE, THERE IS ONLY WAR" in an amazing fashion. Sadly, the same can't be said for any of Blizzard's games.
I know, but the point I'm trying to drill into everyone's thick skulls is that "inspired by"/"based on" does NOT mean the same thing as "ripped off."
James Raynor:
You know your life sucks when being the Marshall of a lawless shithole of a colony in the middle of nowhere was the most peaceful period of your existence.
:D
Thx Husky
Still legend musical score.
that alien race at 0:08 looks reeeeeally suggestive ;p
Starcraft
*sad music*
*sad music*
*awkward silence*
Lore
*ding!!!!*
Our story begins with a god-like being of immense power known only as 'The Emperor' uniting the warring factions of Earth and - oh wait. . .
Tecnically you're not gonna be Jim Raynor. You're gonna be a Colonial Magistrate/comander from the Confederacy sent to find the local Marshal Jim Raynor.
Actually, he's right (at least regarding Warcraft.) Blizzard wanted to get the licence to make a game about Warhammer Fantasy. They were denied, so they went on to make Warcraft. While I'm not sure if Starcraft spawned from Warhammer 40k, it is highly likely. Warhammer 40k had been around since the late 80's and released a game called Space Hulk in 1992 which featured Space Marines and Tyranids prominently. It can be insinuated that Blizzard at least borrowed from 40k when they made Starcraft.
could you teach me, cause you seem to be that knight in shining armor when it comes to respect, huehue
half right. thats what happened with the original Warcraft 1, which was supposed to be a Warhammer Fantasy game. the thing is, Blizzard realized that ripping off GW's IPs instead of coming up with their owns worked incredibly well, thats why they went for round 2 with Starcraft=40K without even trying to hide it anymore.
great, now i know everything about starcraft!
1: I don't understand that first question.
2: You said that Nid's were Xenomorphs just like the Bugs from TS
3: Plenty of people had thought of Aliens before the 50's. They thought of Giant (sometimes radioactive) bugs, little green/grey men, Giant Aliens, ETC.
Sokay, but the Reapers are like a sick combination of the big bads from Star Trek (Forget their names), Braniac from DCUniverse, The flood, the zerg, and the necromorphs, they want to exterminate everything but at the same time maintain order, and if they find that a species is worthy, they assimilate them and turn them into a reaper.
Totally didnt realize this was Husky until the end lol.
You know that time when you change the like counter from 12k to 13k or something like that and you feel like a god.
Old Ones= Forerunners
Tyrannids= Flood
Eldar= Covenant
Space Marines + Imperium= UNSC
You can do that with nearly every game so you cant say someone copied.
And if you do every game is a copy of Pong
Great video keep it up Husky.
Just read the starcraft wiki to get the indepth story on most of the characters (even infested Stukov). The only thing never explained is who the player is (or was) from starcraft 1 and BW in the later stories of WoL and beyond. Considering the player plays a major role in the events of the starcraft universe, you'd think they'd cover that part and instead of pretending that player never existed. (In WoL, you're Jim Raynor, not a no-name character)
GW made Warhammer 40k Tabletop in the 80's. Starcraft wasn't made until 1995. And before you say "but Warhammer 40k had no videogames out!" they did. They made Space Hulk in 1992.
lol "And then, you get to be Jim Raynor"
SO not surprised this was written by Dodger.
you only bunker down if its a zerg rush for the first 5 min of the game after that is pointless to hold on to it because powerful units will tear it only on story mode forces you to bunker because the tech level of upgrades and units are locked
And another thing:
Have you heard of the band Burzum? Their (well his) album cover of Det Som Engang Var basically ripped off the cover of an Advanced Dungeons and Dragons sourcebook. He wasn't sued even though the cover of the book was IP. So what's the difference?
Not a full one. Also, Blizard wanted to make a Warhammer game originally, but the other guys didn't want that after a while of developement, therefore, Warcraft was born. Later on, they made Starcraft, which is in space and you do have people in armor, but that's about it. Also, don't come at me that the Zerg and Protoss are also copies. They are totally different than the WH40K equivalent.
eldar-elves(lotr)
tyranids-arachnids(starship troopers)
space marines-starship troopers
orks-orcs(lotr)
Protoss to me are a combination of the Eldar and the Tau Empire.
"and then you get to be Jim Raynor! your welcome!" actually sounds like something dodger would say.
the op, the complicated and the ZERG RUSH
DING DING DING!!!!!!!!! WE HAVE A WINNER! Don't remember the Buggers referred to as the "Klendathans" in the book, though....
I'm just trying to get put them with their similar factions
Scrin are a bug-like alien race with strange as well as biological tech,
NOD is a highly religious faction that is known for its stylized units and stealth tech,
GDI is an industrial looking faction with a reputation for heavy firepower over the others.
I suppose its not a rip off but it's factions have taken cliff notes.
ahhh that music... NOSTALGIA!
Andy Chambers became Creative Director in Blizzard Entertainment in 2006.
As for the claim that the rest of BE "originally work for GW", you have to give me a citation for that one.