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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft and its expansion set, the game was released worldwide on July 27, 2010. It is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two upcoming expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void.
Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a super-species of assimilated life forms; and the Protoss, a technologically advanced species with vast mental powers. Wings of Liberty focuses on the Terrans, while the expansions Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void will focus on the Zerg and Protoss, respectively. The game is set four years after the events of 1998's StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. The game includes both new and returning characters and locations from the original game.
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General Warfield: The Xel'Naga artifact's been assembled. I hope to God it does what we think it does.::Tychus Findlay: Damn straight. Bettin' our asses on some alien piece of crap don't sit right with me.::Jim Raynor: I hear ya, Tychus. But I was bankin' everything on that I'd be quit already. 'Cause here we are in the mouth of hell, an' we made it this far by leanin' on each other.::General Warfield: Whether it's blind luck or damn-fool courage - in all my years, I've never seen anything like what you two jokers have pulled off.::Jim Raynor: That thing may be the key to stopping the Queen of Blades - but it's our sweat and blood that'll make it happen. After everything we've been through, past all the fire and fury... the one thing I know - is that we can count on each other to get the job done. Or die trying, if that's what it takes.::Jim Raynor: [It stops raining and everyone is bathed in sunlight]... because some things are just worth fighting for.
Egon Stengmann: Zerg are so fascinating. I wish we knew more about their physiology.::Tychus Findlay: I know all about 'em. Put a bullet in 'em, they die.
[from trailer]::Tychus Findlay: Hell, it's about time.
Tychus Findlay: [upon boarding the Hyperion] Damn Jimmy... You've been holdin' out on me.
Jim Raynor: Tychus... What have you done?::Tychus Findlay: I made a deal with the devil Jimmy, She dies... I go Free...::Jim Raynor: We all got our choices to make...::Tychus Findlay: Damn Shame...
Gabriel Tosh: You guys did good. Now me and my Spectre's will finish the job. We'll kill Mengsk, and burn his Dominion to the ground.::Matt Horner: Overthrowing Mengsk is just the start. This is about building a better tomorrow. Don't you see? We just released every scientist, philosopher and free thinker that ever challenged Mengsks' rule. That was our real victory today.::Gabriel Tosh: You really that naive? Tomorrow there'll be a new Mengsk. And another one after that. Your great shining dream of the future is just an illusion.::Jim Raynor: So if it's all so bleak, why are you here Tosh? What do you get out of all this?::Gabriel Tosh: Same thing as you brother. I don't quit 'till Mengsk is dead::Matt Horner: Vengeance doesn't factor into this. Our revolution is about freedom.::Jim Raynor: You'll see that better future Matt. [turning to Tosh] But it ain't for the likes of us
Arcturus Mengsk: They say a man never really knows himself... until his freedom's been taken away. I wonder... how well do you know yourself?::Adjutant: Prisoner, step forwards onto the platform.::Arcturus Mengsk: Convict 626. Murderer. Pirate. Traitor. Today... you go free. But as you'll soon learn... even freedom has a price.::Adjutant: Combat suit sealed and locked.::Arcturus Mengsk: You'll carry your prison with you. That armor will be your new cell. Make no mistake... War is coming. With all its glory... and all its horror. Mr. Findlay - your freedom awaits.::Tychus Findlay: Hell... it's about time.
Jim Raynor: I don't wanna have to have this conversation again.::Jim Raynor: And fix my damn jukebox!
Matt Horner: I've been looking for an encryption expert so we can access the adjutant we recovered. No luck so far.::Jim Raynor: Colonel Orlan at Deadman's Port can crack anything... Haven't been back there in awhile. Say, didn't you end up gettin' married last time we were there?::Matt Horner: I told you before - If I knew what the prize was, I never woulda' joined that card game!::Jim Raynor: There's just something about a lovers' reunion that chokes me up.::[Horner sighs]
Jim Raynor: You meet Dr. Hanson yet?::Tychus Findlay: Sure did. I asked that sweet thing if she'd like to give me a physical. No harm in askin', right? I think she's got her eye on some pansy-ass though.::Jim Raynor: Yeah? Who might that be?::Tychus Findlay: Oh I dunno, some white knight kinda guy, came charging down to save her colony, maybe? Damn, Jimmy - you never could read the ladies.