Line #60 Trivia/StarCraftII


1	* AscendedFanon: When the Widow Mine was turned from an actual mine into a missile-shooting Area Denial Weapons System, many of the beta testers asked its name to be changed due to it becoming a NonIndicativeName. While the actual unit name couldn't be changed for multiple reasons, the name "Sentinel" was thrown around the forums a lot, so its weapon name was changed from "Unstable Payload" to "Sentinel Missiles" as a compromise.
2	* DummiedOut: Sarah Kerrigan isn't a controllable player character in the campaign mode of ''Wings of Liberty'', but the map editor still has voice quotes for a playable Kerrigan unit.
3	-->'''Kerrigan:''' Guess what? I'm still the Queen Bitch of the Universe.
4	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Irony As They Are Cast: Mengsk's voice actor (James Harper) is friends with Tosh's voice actor, (Dave Fennoy) whereas in the game, they hate each other.
5	* LyingCreator: As the trilogy's story unfolded, a lot of fans pegged it as being a rehash of ''VideoGame/WarcraftIIIReignOfChaos'' -- an outside force (The Hybrids/The Burning Legion) has arrived to destroy the world, and the three warring factions (Terrans-Zerg-Protoss/Humans-Orcs-Night Elves) put aside their differences and join forces to defend their home and drive back the outsiders. Blizzard shot down this idea, noting that between the clashing personalities and personal grudges of the leaders of the three races, and the bitter history of warfare between them, it was unlikely for them to all come together as one. [[spoiler:In ''Legacy of the Void'', this is exactly what happens in the Epilogue -- the three races team up and enter the Void to destroy Amon.]]
6	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Overlapping with AscendedExtra, Sergeant Hammer first appeared in ''Legacy of the Void'', but before that, debuted in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', where she was originally based on a generic Siege Tank unit.
7	* NoExportForYou: The jukebox has some pretty awesome tunes. Too bad you can't have it on your [=MP3=] player if you live in the two-thirds of the world where iTunes doesn't sell music tho. And to drive the insult home, even if you have successfully ripped the music out of the game files, you still won't have the extra tracks only available on the digital album. Plus, the files have been filtered to sound as if it's being played on a jukebox (complete with vinyl crackles) so it won't be satisfactory to listen from an [=MP3=] player.
8	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ScottMenville as Egon.
9	** Creator/CreeSummer as Protoss Executor Selendis.
10	** Creator/TravisWillingham as Phasesmith Karax
11	* TheOtherDarrin:
12	** Zeratul, [[spoiler:Tassadar]] and Kerrigan get new voice actors.
13	*** In Zeratul's case, the original voice actor died. Said voice actor, Jack Ritschel, had voiced no less than ''five'' major characters in the original ''[=StarCraft=]'', so his other characters appearing in this game (the Overmind and Artanis, and possibly General Duke for his one line) also got new voice actors.
14	*** Kerrigan's change is somewhat bittersweet. While her original VA, Glynnis Talken Campbell, is adored by ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' fans, her new VA is universally nerd-approved Creator/TriciaHelfer. They go so far as to redo several of Kerrigan's lines from a pivotal moment in the first game with the new VA, so at least they didn't half-ass it.
15	*** [[spoiler:Tassadar]], meanwhile, is now voiced by Creator/MichaelDorn. [[spoiler: Likely because the one who seems to be Tassadar is actually Ouros]].
16	** In the Latin American dub, several characters got new voice actors in-between the games of the trilogy, this being because of a change in the dub studio (From Colombia to Argentina). From ''Wings of Liberty'' to ''Heart of the Swarm'', General Warfield and Emil Narud's voice actors were changed from Armando Duque and Eleazar Osorio to René Sagastume and Sebastián Pinardi, respectively, but in the transition from ''Heart of the Swarm'' to ''Legacy of the Void'': '''everyone''' except for Raynor, Kerrigan[[spoiler:, Narud]] and the characters that did not appear in ''Wings of Liberty'' got new voice actors.
17	* RealSongThemeTune: Some of the songs in the jukebox are covers of existing numbers. ''Freebird'', ''Sweet Home Alabama'' and ''An American Trilogy'' are the most prominent examples.
18	* RereleasedForFree: ''Wings of Liberty'' on November 14, 2017. Those who already owned ''[=WoL=]'' by itself prior to October 31, 2017 could claim ''Heart of the Swarm'' for free instead. [[https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/starcraft2/21173629/starcraft-ii-going-free-to-play-explained Details here]].
19	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: A case of a ''character'' being rescued from development hell. Like Thrall (from VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}) before her, Nova was supposed to be in a game (''Starcraft: Ghost'') that was never released, but got included in the main franchise anyway. And the first DLC after the conclusion of the main series has her in the leading role.
20	* ThrowItIn: The strange glowy hexagons on some of the fields were at one point a testing pattern, possibly used to test movement and cell selection. During play testing, someone thought they looked neat, so they decided to keep them.
21	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A number of features in the single player were cut.
22	** In Wings of Liberty, Raynor was supposed to be able to walk around the ship like in an adventure game, and there were several subplots including one where the Hyperion's crew staged a mutiny if you couldn't afford to pay them. The Hyperion was reduced to a few interactive objects and the side plots were cut entirely.
23	** In Heart of the Swarm, the concept of 'essence' was supposed to be worked into the plot more naturally. In the final product, it's mostly Dehaka and Abathur talking about it non-stop. A VAST number of units were also cut.
24	** In Legacy of the Void, Zeratul was originally supposed to be the protagonist. The gameplay was supposed to center around gaining the favor of various Protoss factions. While a part of this remains in the final product, it was vastly simplified.
25	** Several multiplayer units were also cut, including a flying builder unit for Terran called the Nomad, Zerg Queens that gained power as you increased your tech level, and a Protoss infantry unit that did more damage with the more kills it got.

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