Starcraft II Gameplay

Building on the successes enjoyed by its predecessor, StarCraft, StarCraft II is designed to be the “ultimate competitive real-time strategy game.” It features the return of the three races from the original game—Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. In several video demonstrations held by Blizzard, Protoss and Terran units, and some Zerg units, have been shown on the StarCraft II official website. Some improvements include advanced scenery allocation and more detailed space landscape, such as floating space platforms with planets and asteroids in the backdrop. Also shown to have been improved are small cliffs, extensions, and even advertising signs. The Terran campaign shown at BlizzCon 2007 replaced the original StarCraft briefing room with an updated interactive version of the battlecruiser Hyperion, with a bitter and hard-drinking mercenary captain, Jim Raynor, as the central character.

Although each playthrough will vary, the final result will remain constant, keeping the storyline linear. Vice president Rob Pardo has stressed that each campaign will function very differently. The Terran campaign, Wings of Liberty, will place players in a mercenary type campaign, as Terran rebel Jim Raynor carries out missions for cash.