Trailer: Following our hands on preview, here's the new gameplay trailer for Heart of the Swarm, the next Starcraft II title!
If there is one great moment in gaming from last year, one spine-tingling scene that sticks with us to this day, it's the cut-scene flashback of the betrayal of Kerrigan in Starcraft II: The Wings of Liberty. It's one of those perfect moments, that shows us an event that's been known about for years, but never seen - and the payoff is not only a great piece of CGI, but also supremely moving.
It's the gaming equivalent of that classic scene in Vietnam War movie, Platoon, when Willem Defoe's Sgt. Elias is left behind to be shot to death by VC, after himself being betrayed - even down to using a piece of music just a little like Adagio for Strings.
In fact, it's such a good scene, it's worth watching again...
Yeah, that's the stuff. And now, with Heart of the Swarm coming out later this year, we'll be stepping back into Kerrigan's shoes - and the first gameplay trailer for the game's promising some serious action.
Issue: 137 | June, 2012