Starcraft II campaign split into 3 separate SKU's!

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vlad321 said:

Final-Fan said:

vlad321 said:

Final-Fan said:

vlad321 said:

Yes, that's what happened with WC3, but for that very same reason it appears like they just made WC3 and then waited to see how it does then made an expansion pack. Because of this they weren't able to fit the Orcs in properly. If you can remember the "human" capaign wasn't human at all either, it was elves + naga + draenei. Only the Undead and Night Elf capmaigns were actually dealing with their races. If they weren't planning on an expansion pack while developing the earlier game it would explain why this happened. What's going on here with SC2 is the exact opposite, they've already announced the game and 2 expansions and they have plenty of time to plan out the entire story, work hasn't even started on the Zerg and Protoss, and from the most recent news the Terran campaign is only about 1/3rd done (this was before the trillogy so it could mean just 3 missions or 10). If they've planned out 2 more expansions they can easily manage to get all the races involved in all the releases.

Edit: WHOOO finally retagged this.

Again, are you sure this applies to the plot?  The reason the orc and human stuff in WC3 was lacking was due to story considerations, right?

They have not talked about the plot of SC2 at all beyond the very basics of what has happened to jim raynor, zeratul, and the zerg since brood wars. I'm also assuming that if they aren't even done with the Terran campaign or started doing the Zerg/Protoss campaign that the plot is still very much able to change. Also, considering they waited until Blizzcon to announce the trilogy I think it would be safe to assume that the decision was made no more than 2 to 4 months before the convention, otherwise they probably would have told us earlier.

I strongly disagree with your assumptions.  I think that the plot is much more developed than you think, although I freely admit to zero actual expertise in this area.  You may be right about when they decided that the Z/P campaigns were so far from completion that it was better to split them up entirely than delay that much; but that does not at all mean that the campaigns' plotlines and pacing were greatly affected by this production decision IMO.