A sad fact, that a lot of people don't know: @46:32 when Raynor is giving his speech on Char, the dogtag of the deceased marine "M. Koiter" was actually the name of a 19 year old Blizzard artist who died from heart failure in 2004. - It's a sombre but really cool way to honor one of their team. Knowing that, makes the speech and the words he says way heavier. RIP.

It's amazing how after 10 years these cinematics still hold up the way they do! Old Blizzard pulled off something amazing!

"Boys I hate to interrupt, but the natives are getting restless."

Nothing says "Absolute madlad" like smoking a cigar inside your OWN BLOODY HELMET xD

Aw man, shoes without socks is hell

General Warfield so manly, he punched a hydralisk to death

Can we stop and recognize Tychus’ reluctance to fulfill his orders out of loyalty to his friends? I mean, we’ve seen Tychus kicking ass all campaign, he totally could’ve killed Kerrigan outright if he’d really wanted to. I think that he joined up with Raynor to help stick it to Mengsk and enjoy his last days with good booze, good friends and the only thing he’s good at: making war. His hesitance, even a touch of sadness in his eyes when he says “damned shame” before Jim kills him, all speak tremendously to his character and I think Jim understood him in the end, even if only in a “He made his choice, I made mine” kinda way. I adore Tychus, so perhaps I’m biased, but I’d like to think that I like Tychus *because* of these facts. The world doesn’t need more Tychus, but it does need *one*.

I forgot how cinematic and, to me, beautiful the Wings of Liberty story line was.

I love how the voodoo doll affected Tychus.

Considering what we see of the Protoss here, I wonder how their regular society goes. A city full of aliens saying creepy things to each other before drifting into a dark corner and disappearing?

I gotta say, I absolutely love how Raynor used Tychus' anger against him. That ploy with the cigarette was pretty awesome. And using the cable to short out the suit: clever!

"Bout time we kick this revolution into overdrive" Next scene: Raynor taking more shots

you know...for a technologicaly advanced civilisation ,terrain tv really have a low definition.

I think the final cinematic is very powerful In WoL and HotS it's amazing how these can make you feel so many emotions over something that isn't real idk if it's just me but I love it

how does Starcraft not have a movie yet, they could practically make 9 films alone

24:03 Matt Horner is the savior for catching that bottle of single malt.

*suit sealed* tychus: what if i need to poop? mengsk: freedom has a price XD

8:25 should really be it’s own clip, it’s so rare that we see the peak of Terran technology.

Raynor causally fighting an extremely infectious infested Terran... with his visor open.

08:42 The booms that happen right before the battlecruiser warps in are so awesome.

Arcturus: Convict 626... today, you go free Convict 626: Meega nala Kweesta!! MUAHAHAHAHA...!

This is the type of love and care you just don't see put into games anymore. The sheer enthusiasm to just make the whole experience feel cinematic and intense just for the player's entertainment isn't really something you see these days.

It feels like tychus knew how it would turn out the moment jimmy asked him, and just rolled with it.

0:00-3:39 Tychus is "born", warcraft in spaaaace begins. 3:40 Raynor at the bar. These titles are mine, official titles can be found in game. 5:20 Meeting at the bar. 8:00 Hyperion 9:50 Tychus had a target 11:58 "you're a good man, Jim Raynor." 13:14 Dr. Zoid zerg 15:20 Zera tool 17:15 After New Folsom with Tosh 19:35 Same, I think, with Nova 21:21 Kerrigan betrayed on Tarsonis. A different version exists in SC 24:00 "we are who we choose to be". 25:25 Mobius foundation discovered; Valerian reveal. 28:05 "I will rule this sector or see it burnt to ashes around me!" Comes after the UNN upload. 30:06 sweet home Alabama. Bar fight in the Hyperion, poor jukebox. 34:05 Zeratul's musings, fights zerg, Queen of Blades. 38:15 fight gets taken to Char. 41:00 "the natives are getting restless" 43:43 the battlefield, etc 47:24 Kerrigan reborn. Tychus is alive no more. Human chapter is over. I came here looking for something Swann said between missions, oh well.

I think Wings of liberty are much better, in terms of storyline, than Hearth of the swarm. I liked WoL a lot, I don't get it why people critisize it so much.

I always went with Nova just for that cutscene. Poor Tychus.

The final scene definitely has that Hans Zimmer touch to it.. Epic

Don't see Nova ever run out of energy when cloaking but karrigan does. Lmao

"Feels like old times already" man that nostalgia always hits me LOL

28:12 There is a guy flying on Matt! WTF!

I haven't played this game in so long, this still gets me excited.

AWESOME VIDEO! Starcraft II is a truly awesome game... it was released 5 years ago, I have lost my touch, energy and magic looong ago, but will get back and play this again, and not so zombielike as I've been doing for long.

Even in the future Alabama is still Relevant

My friend got me into starcraft long time ago when we first met. So many great memories. He and I realy connected with him and matts relationship. Gonna be making a 40k army for him that painted and converted to be dark templars

I really felt this game had leagues better story than the next two. The Zerg one in particular went off the rails imo. anyway loved this game. Wings of Librety was the glory days.

Imagine Zeratul as a Jedi

Mechanical Engineer here. That combat suit at the starting is completely wrong in 7 different ways that I noticed off the top of my head, and probably more that I didn't catch. BUT STILL, the sheer amount of detail, artistry, thought, and engineering know-how that went in to making that opening cinematic... One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I'm in awe. But because I can't help myself 1. The hip joints don't actually have structure going in the right directions to bear weight. And there's so many tubes and rods down in the hips that there's no room for the wearer's hips, seen at 2:04 and especially at 2:15. 2. The 'spinal column' is nonsense. Those bulky plates over the top are the only part that look strong, and they're just flopping around not doing anything. And the animation looks like the links are plugging into his spine, but we can clearly see that he has no cybernetic implants on his back. 3. The cybernetic implants in his shoulders don't connect to any part of the suit. At 1:56 we see they just go underneath a piece of frame, and at 2:33 we can see the section of the suit that would connect to them, but there's nothing there, just fabric and a few rods. 4. From the width of the shoulders and the shot at 2:32, it's clear that he's actually wearing the suit with his arms out sideways, with his elbows inside the suit's shoulders, and 2:17 shows his hands inside the suit's elbows. This would break his wrists every time the suit bends its elbows past about 15 degrees. 5. 2:44 He's got exposed jet turbines and hydraulic hoses right there on top of the machine? These are exceptionally vulnerable components. Two bullets and he's done. They should be covered in armor. 6. LIFE SUPPORT. You expect this guy to live out years of his life inside this thing? The bare metal parts on his skin are gonna chafe something awful. And he's gonna need to crap and piss some time, and you just left his pants on? And you let him smoke a cigar inside a sealed helmet? He's gonna be useless for combat inside 18 hours. Tops. 7. There are altogether too many moving parts on this whole setup to even begin to describe. Everything in the video is overcomplicated and fragile. The armor plates are handled by arms with jointed fingers? The long, spindly robot arms are trying to do precision welds while he's moving around underneath? The spinning plunging plugs at 2:09 that I can't imagine a use for. It's all nonsense. All of it. Nonsense... And at 1:13... That's a Lilo and Stitch reference or I'll eat my hat.

Love how the cinematics feel like an alternate version of Firefly sometimes

These are the best cutscenes ive ever seen in my life

I think Tychus knew of Kerrigan's importance to the future war effort, and untrustworthiness of those who imprisoned him. He chose to be killed by his friend, denying enemies the victory.

I feel so sorry for Kerrigan I can't believe the commander just left her to die.

Still coming here to see the last part, one of the greatest love stories

Love replaying this game!

One of the best videogame endings ever, best music, this stuff is made for a blockbuster movie, period!

The first 3 minutes and 42 seconds of this is certified ASMR material to me. I still remember the announcement. "YES LORD!! STARCRAFT 2!! FINALLY!!"

Putting on terran armor looks painful

Fastest 50 minutes of my entire life! The cutscenes are amazing and just draw you in.

44:01 No matter what side , every soldier is the one who suffer the most

"Convict 626" "Stitch. My. Name. Stitch"

6:53 aww poor fly

The direction in these is spot on.

thanks for the upload :D

34:06 to 38 : 10 - The best cutscene in games in all time.

Nice: sat through the whole thing! Good story!

The final scene is so awesome...

Damn, I was expecting Tychus to just fire into the dirt but they played it straight, he was a badass though

PLEASE MAKE A FREAKING MOVIE!!

It’s funny, Matt Horner is the commander you play as in SC1.

What a blast from the past!

i love these cutscenes

The general was such a badass. It's too bad he wasn't in the original games, which had such a better plot.

Betraying Tosh is so low. Could never bring myself to do it.

Good, legendary epic cinematic scenes :)

47:16 Thats one epic speech, scene and background music. But underneath all that, its about him, Raynor, trying to get it on with Kerrigan. 48:45 That line there....is the cue for you to lower down your visor to withstand a possible bullet discharge toward your face.

33:42 And fix my dam jukebox!

HELL ITS ABOUT TIME....

Tykus and Alarak are something else

All the cuts to black are sooooo well done!!!

The story ended how it began, "Hell, its about time." (Wings of Liberty begins with that, and LoTV ends with it)

I will just bet you that the Protoss reincarnate tycus as a Protoss Terran hybrid

I always found it funny how the cinematic are stupidly high HD and the in-game cutscenes are 100x lower quality due to the limitations of technology

Now THIS is animation (The pre-rendered cinematic cutscenes specifically).

Its been said that all stories follow more or less the same arc. Its in the telling that sets them apart.

I get a kick from Matt's face when Nova kills Tosh. XD

hell its about time

The best game that I have ever played on my life

God the cutscenes look awesome on the best graphics settings! Much better than my PC could ever handle.

and fix my damn jukebox!

so glad I picked Tosh mission, I like him

46:32 that speech raynor gives; gives me goosebumps

26:10 for new comers and CODM &Star Craft lovers, that revolver is maybe equal to the skill operator which is the "Annihilator"

28:10 Michael Liberty! :D

Good job!

way to make me want to play it again

I really wish someone made a WELL DONE movie of starcraft, with the quality of Avatar more or less, not being crappy, i think people would love it

Anyone notice that the scene from pacific rim ( were they wear there armor for the jeager ) is exactly the same thing from the scene wear they lock his on armor on his body ?!

The cowboy bar scene is one of the most memorable cutscenes I know!

I remember watching the trailer for this for the first time.

Has anyone else thought about how boring and emotionless almost all of these scenes of dialogue would be without the music?

WoL was way better than HotS. I had changes in pacing and emotional content, in HotS it s "beat (insert enemy) to a pull and proceed to the next"

damn Jimmy back at it again with the floating palace

someone needs to make a movie out of this

Fix my damn jukebox

what an ending

I love the Firefly tribute during the bar fight.

Fun fact: The part where Mengsk says, "I will not be stopped, not by you, the Confederates, the Protoss, or anyone! I will rule this sector or see it burn to ashes around me!" is a re-created version of what Mengsk said in the 10th part of the StarCraft 1 campaign "Rebel Yell.".

Why those....'flying jergs' flap their wings in space? there is no air in space

Taking a huge bite straight from 40k...followed immediately by a side of cowboy bebop.

"You know, for the most wanted man in the sector, you ain't that hard to find!"

Cathartic to say the least. Gotta love the old fire and fury speech. "Cause here we are in the mouth of hell, and we made it this far by leaning on each other."