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Heart of the Swarm Ending Leaked! The Verdict? It sucks!

By on December 10, 2010 – 7:06 pm2 Comments

If you’ve been in front of a computer screen recently and are a fan of video games, then chances are you’ve learned that a certain in-game cinematic has been leaked to the public. Yes. I’m talking about Star Craft 2′s “Heart of the Swarm” expansion. Set to be released in 2012 of all things, it would seem like the fucking ENDING cinematic has been leaked!

Not only this, but to confirm the legitimacy of this video, Blizzard, the makers of Star Craft, have been taking down these videos, claiming copyright violations. Meaning these are *not* fan made. And because this is the internet, even though Blizzard is taking down these videos, they keep on popping back up!

Now, is this the ending to the game, or just a mere mid-game cutscene? Well, considering the title is “Heart of the Swarm” and for whatever reason, Kerrigan has returned to her Zerg form and “sets free” the swarm, I’d say that yes, there is a good sign this is indeed the final scene from the game.

So, what happens? I can tell you this right now, judging by this cut-scene alone that the following occurs during the expansion:

Kerrigan must return to her Zerg form to “control” the swarm in an attack against an antagonist from the first game, Arcturus Mengsk. She is joined with Jim Raynor on the attack, much like the end mission from the first edition of Star Craft 2, only replace Char with Korhal. Wow. This sounds cheesier than a list of 200 pick-up lines guaranteed to make you go nowhere. “Nice shoes. Wanna fuck?”

Honestly. Even though the cinematic didn’t have the voices synched, or the graphics fully detailed, it looks legit. And it probably is. In fact, it definitely is. And you know what this means? It means Star Craft 2 could very well be the first game in history to have its ending ruined 2 years before its release date!

Not that anyone cares about Star Craft’s single player when you’re a multiplayer warlord, but give me a break. This ending is just shit. Complete and utter shit. It’s painful.

The original Star Craft was cheesy too, in some ways, but not like this. Not like this at all. The original at least had its own flavour to it, and would have gone great with some wine. This is just… beyond bad.

I can’t believe the series has come to this. Maybe you should count this as an early review of a game not due out for 2 years? I don’t know. But this is just awkward.

On the bright side, maybe now Blizzard will change things up, because obviously this ending is going to piss a lot of fans off. I mean, who can be happy with this ending? It’s less satisfying than afternoon sex with a pregnant Mexican hooker in the midst of a heavy snowfall (Blizzard, get it?), on the fucking Santa Clause parade route. We’re talking ultra pathetic. Multiplied by infinity.

In short: Blizzard, please change your ending to this game. It sucks. Thanks, the people.

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  • Hope springs?

    This is very disturbing on many levels.

    I had hoped to avoid spoilers but I ended up running into descriptions of the video. I have read enough to have a good idea about what happens in this video and agree with your assesment that the ending would suck terribly if this is real. Nothing like this cut scene should be anyone in the game.

    One question though. Maybe this is wishful thinking on my part, but are you completely certain that is is legit? Do the cease and desist order really mean that this really was the (or a potential) ending? It is dreadful to think that that could prove authenticity.

    Best possibility is that this is some fake thing.

    Next best possibility is that it was some idea that was toyed around with a long time ago and never remotely impacted the story-line.

    Next up is the possibility that this leaked scene was one of many options but was canned and the present trajectory will be very different.

    Second worst chance is that this was “the ending” but was now be canned (and hopefully a SHARP turn to a totally different direction).

    We know the worst possibility: the video is real and the ending will largely be along these lines. BLEEEHHHH!

  • Hope springs?

    Hmm.. I have looked into the matter a little more since the last post. There may be hope that this ending won’t be the actual one in the game. It is quite old and could be one of several options. It could be a discarded ending for the Wings of Liberty or something like that. We cannot be too cautious but there is a decent chance we won’t find this to be the ending of Heart of the Swarm.