A new StarCraft 2 gameplay video has surfaced on YouTube, featuring a late game battle between two opposing Terran armies. The forces mainly consist of Thors, Siege Tanks, Battlecrusiers, and a single Banshee. The video exposes new facets of the StarCraft 2 Terran race, which we will explore here.

Thors are used as all-rounded units and are produced in relatively large numbers. Although they were recently relegated to an anti-air role, they are clearly capable in most battlefield situations. The Thors have massive amounts of hitpoints and long range attacks for both ground and air targets, making them valuable for just about any situation. In the video, they can even be seen functioning as damage tanks - even for Siege Tanks themselves!

As has previously been mentioned, the Thors aren’t destroyed immediately when taking enough damage, but instead become wreckages - which stay immobilized on the battlefield, stuck until the player repairs them. It’s not clear whether the repairs are undertaken by SCVs or if the Thor can be “revived” by a click of a button (and some resources). At the 3:57 time point, A Thor wreckage can clearly be seen coming back to life without an SCV working on it.

Siege Tanks, on the other hand, seem somewhat inadequate when facing Thors. The relatively large amount of artillery damage, which usually stops most attackers in their tracks, isn’t enough to deter even a small force of Thors. Do the Terran possess any other means of stopping Thors, aside from even more Thors?

The answer is yes. Like the Thor, the Battlecruiser is an all-rounded unit - possessing the same qualities of the Thor, but in flying form, and with additional powerful offensive abilities. The videoed game seems to revolve around just these two units - a bit disappointing for a game of StarCraft. Hopefully, this battle doesn’t represent the typical Terran versus Terran endgame in StarCraft 2.

Other notable things in the video are the harassing Banshee, which tries to hunt down enemy SCVs, new voices for it and a few other units, and a couple of Medivac Dropships that are aimlessly flying around, as no infantry units are present. The Banshee is seen firing its new focused, non-AoE attack for the first time. At the moment, it seems a bit feeble.

This game likely doesn’t represent the full gamut of effective play styles for the Terran race, focusing solely on the two heavy hitters. Hopefully, even though the Battlecruiser and Thor appear to be extremely well-rounded and powerful, they are not the only late game options available for Terran players.

16 Comments to “StarCraft 2 Terran Versus Terran Gameplay Video”

1. WayneInc — May 27, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
   

   first comment
   i always wanted to say that
   i second the opinion of the author:
   “Hopefully, this battle doesn’t represent the typical Terran versus Terran endgame in StarCraft 2.”

2. SikTh — May 27, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
   

   Thirded. It looks like the BC/Thor combo is just too strong. Well, for Terran matches at least (and maybe Protoss too). Zerg will just rush with banelings/hydras/lings/small clawy units that don’t really care about high damage attacks.

   Well, unless the Terran brings a few Tanks along…

3. Gradius — May 27, 2008 @ 5:58 pm
   

   HD version uploaded here: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v13469037khXCFRTk?

4. Lonia — May 27, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
   

   I like the speed which he’s playing at.
   From what I can tell, the occational background sound is korean.:)

5. Karl — May 28, 2008 @ 3:19 am
   

   Boh.. only mass tank and thor vs tank and thor..

6. Rob — May 28, 2008 @ 7:14 am
   

   Thors definitely have to be nerfed! I mean, I really can’t wait for SC2 but this vid almost bored me… I would die crying if every game (with terrans involved) would end with thors..

7. Lord_Of_Undead — May 28, 2008 @ 8:16 am
   

   @Rob
   What do you mean this video almost bored you?? Thors are great units and it was also stated that there are many other options in late game…not only Thors or Battlecruisers.

   Look at the water in the video…the quality was fabulous…the game was running smoothly and the graphics were fantastic…this video portrayed many other nice things about SC2 other than the Thor and the Battlecruisers

8. kpollo1 — May 28, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
   

   guys i think the thor was not building itself if you notice there is an scv popping out of the fog of war which was behind the thor

9. kpollo1 — May 28, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
   

   pretty sure the scv was repairing it

10. Anonymous — May 29, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
    

    Boh.. only mass tank , bc and thor vs tank , bc and thor..

11. Raylen — June 2, 2008 @ 5:36 am
    

    Yeah The SCV was probably repairing the Thor. I think the Thors should be a lil nerfed unless they cost 600minerals or something. And is it me or do the battlecruisers build quite fast now?

12. i luv guardians — June 2, 2008 @ 8:42 am
    

    i was hoping that the ghosts hav their lockdown ability back…or maybe its still there (plz fill me in)…coz it will greatly stop the advance of thors and bc. then a nuke…..all is over!

13. i luv guardians — June 2, 2008 @ 8:45 am
    

    actually i’d forgo the snipe ability for lockdown, esp in terran vs terran. why not make the ghost’’s ability like the bc’s, eg bcs can either choose yamato or torpedo…ghosts choose snipe or lockdown.

14. Joe — June 3, 2008 @ 5:26 am
    

    cloak, snipe, emp, lockdown, nuke, dropdown… ghosts are just a mess. And no medics? And tanks and thors competing for siege, terran are in a bit of a mess i reckon.

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