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SC1 had a great story with excellent writing, especially for the time. SC2's story was schlocky garbage. The biggest example of this is the opening cutscene of

SC1 had a great story with excellent writing, especially for the time. SC2's story was schlocky garbage. The biggest example of this is the opening cutscene of 2 with Raynor in the bar. Raynor's literal final line to Kerrigan in SC1 was "It may not be tomorow, darlin', it may not even happen with an army at my back. But rest assured; I'm the man who's gonna kill you one day. I'll be seeing you." Meanwhile in the opening cutscene of 2 he's pining over an old photo of her before she became a Zerg. Mind you any romantic relationship between Raynor and Kerrigan in SC1 was only possibly hinted at, it was never explicitly established. Also they literally never even mentioned Fenix, Raynor's best Protoss buddy, in SC2 Wings of Liberty despite Kerrigan betraying and murdering him.

blibble 3y ago
> Also they literally never even mentioned Fenix, Raynor's best Protoss buddy, in SC2 Wings of Liberty despite Kerrigan betraying and murdering him. spoiler warning! like most characters killed in SC1 he does pop up, specifically in LOTV (not a good one though)
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  >spoiler warning! I think when an IP is over 10 years old, you don't need to warn for spoilers anymore, Dumbledore dies in the end.
  - blibble 3y ago
    > I think when an IP is over 10 years old, you don't need to warn for spoilers Legacy of the Void was released in November 2015
    - 0xfae 3y ago
      Fenix didn't die in LotV. Does every new harry potter book or movie that comes out reset the timer on spoiling that dumbledore dies? This isn't mickey mouse and disney extending copyright law into perpetuity, this is a nicety among people to not spoil things until people have a change to experience it themselves.
plorkyeran 3y ago
Story-wise SC2 was a sequel to the SC1 books rather than the SC1 game. I don't know if they thought that everyone who cared about the story would have read the books and preferred that version of the story or if they just forgot that they were different (or didn't care), but it was pretty weird.

blibble 3y ago

> Also they literally never even mentioned Fenix, Raynor's best Protoss buddy, in SC2 Wings of Liberty despite Kerrigan betraying and murdering him. spoiler warning! like most characters killed in SC1 he does pop up, specifically in LOTV (not a good one though)

FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>spoiler warning! I think when an IP is over 10 years old, you don't need to warn for spoilers anymore, Dumbledore dies in the end.
- blibble 3y ago
  > I think when an IP is over 10 years old, you don't need to warn for spoilers Legacy of the Void was released in November 2015
  - 0xfae 3y ago
    Fenix didn't die in LotV. Does every new harry potter book or movie that comes out reset the timer on spoiling that dumbledore dies? This isn't mickey mouse and disney extending copyright law into perpetuity, this is a nicety among people to not spoil things until people have a change to experience it themselves.

plorkyeran 3y ago

Story-wise SC2 was a sequel to the SC1 books rather than the SC1 game. I don't know if they thought that everyone who cared about the story would have read the books and preferred that version of the story or if they just forgot that they were different (or didn't care), but it was pretty weird.