These were "kits" with special abilities and powers that players could swap in and out. In the version of Heart of the Swarm we saw 18 months ago, players could unlock Battle Focuses for Kerrigan. She'll be playable in most of the game's missions and she, like the rest of her swarm, will have the ability to upgrade her skills and powers over the course of the campaign. Kerrigan will play the role of Zerg queen and hero unit. She'll battle the Terrans, Protoss and opposing Zerg broods as she enacts revenge upon Arcturus Mengsk. Across 20 missions, players will control Sarah Kerrigan as she expands her brood, strengthening it through new genetic discoveries. The core of StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is still intact. Blizzard has sloughed off old design decisions. Narratively, it's still familiar: Terran Ghost turned Zerg queen Sarah Kerrigan is back with her brood, seeking revenge against the Terran Dominion, traveling the universe in her Leviathan, conquering worlds.īut things have changed. When I last played the single-player portion of Heart of the Swarm, Blizzard's upcoming expansion to 2010's StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, it was nearly 18 months ago.
Through mutation, acquisition and evolution, the insectoid collective embraces growth and change in the pursuit of galactic domination.īlizzard itself exhibits Zerg-like qualities in the design of its games, constantly adjusting, adapting, evolving and sometimes discarding the innards of its titles until - sometimes years later - it's content with the final result.
The Zerg of Blizzard's StarCraft universe obsess over the genetic perfection of their species.
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