Another E3, another year without Ghost. Some new pics from E3, and a release dates (although they may as well not exist, the number of times this thing has passed dates....) for Q2 06.
EDIT:
Actually a LOT of info has come to light. Storytime guys?
has been four years since the Brood War Conflict ended within the ravaged Koprulu Sector. In that time, Sarah Kerrigan, the self-styled Queen of Blades, has become the undisputed ruler of the zerg Swarm - and the most powerful entity in the galaxy. Emperor Arcturus Mengsk, Kerrigan's sworn enemy, has rebuilt much of his Terran Dominion and consolidated a new military force despite the ever-present threat of the zerg.
Mengsk, with the aid of his newly appointed advisor - General Horace Warfield - has begun a clandestine research project code-named Project: Shadow Blade. This covert program utilizes a rare and deadly form of gas known as terrazine to alter the genetic makeup of the Dominion's psychic Ghost operatives. These Ghosts are transformed into terrifying Spectres - shadowy superhuman beings bent on executing the will of their true master.
In this boiling cauldron of strife and subversion, the young Ghost known as Nova has come of age. Having received years of intensive physical and psychic training, Nova has become the Dominion's most lethal and promising Ghost in years. Utilizing a combination of pure physical aptitude, innate psychic power, and advanced technology, Nova can infiltrate any situation and strike without being seen or heard. Like a phantom in the shadows, she exists only as a myth to the enemies of the Dominion she serves.
Yet, despite her skill and cunning, Nova is about to uncover a conspiracy that will force her to question her deepest loyalties as well as her own identity. Ensnared in a bitter struggle between the Dominion and the rebel Koprulu Liberation Front, Nova will embark upon a perilous mission to uncover the frightening truth behind Project: Shadow Blade. Now, the dark path that Nova must tread threatens to not only change her forever - but upset the very balance of the galaxy.
Weapons Nova has are Shotgun, Flamethrower, Sniper, Lockdown, Assault Rifle (grenade second function) and Gaus rifle.
She can cloak (duh) increase her speed (aka bullettime) and use her Vision ability. When she engages her advanced sensory goggles, she can perceive additional information that is otherwise hidden to the naked eye. She can discern vulnerable spots on targets, such as the beating hearts of humans or the slivers between Protoss armor plates where they are vulnerable to one-shot assassinations. This special Vision mode also tells Nova what mechanical targets are susceptible to lockdown.
Vehicles!
The vulture is back, using a laser weapon this time instead of the classic Frag grenade launcher. Seige tank is back and as deadly as ever. Ther's also the Grizzley, a large dropship with a huge ammount of weapon stations, enough for 5 people to be on board and shoot. Ther's also the Stinger, which looks like the Warthog from Halo, but with 6 wheels.
MULTIPLAYER!
Yep that's right. And it has some interesting twists on old classics. The old capture the flag and King of the hill. In Ghost you have Capture the base. Simply, you capture a building, make it lift off and float it back to your base.
First, you need to get into the floating factory, which you can only do by flying into it with a Grizzly fighter-bomber. Once inside, you'll need to locate the central control room and maneuver the base back to your side. But while you're doing this, the other team could be fighting a pitched battle within the factory trying to wrest control of it from you. And even if you should manage to bring it back to your base, the other team could always storm the factory and steal it back from you.
Victory won't automatically go to the team that first captures the base. Instead, one team must hold the base for a set number of minutes, which gives the other team a chance to take it back. However, the number of minutes you must hold the base need not be cumulative. That means teams can keep stealing it from each other in pitched battles that rage across the sky as the base is tugged back and forth between both sides of the map. Once a team accumulates the total necessary minutes - whether that's at one time or over several instances - that team is declared the winner, and another exciting game of Capture the Base can commence once again.
In multiplayer you can play as either a ghost (not nova but very similar), a Firebat, who has the flamethrowers and homing/fly-by-wire rockets, Marine and Light Infantry, who has a lot of diferent weapons, can place sentryguns and decloak ghosts
Only Ghosts and Infantry can use the vehicles.
New vids can be found here.
http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/covertops/
LURKERS!
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