Why Alarak is so Awesome in Starcraft 2

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@petrowegynyolc7108 4 сағат бұрын

Before I watch your video: - no unnecessary redemption arc - awesome dialogue - perfectly placed him into the middle of the good/evil lawful/chaotic cross. And now: showtime.

@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460 Сағат бұрын

Most of the LOTV crew just outright slap.

@gma5607 4 сағат бұрын

I love the part on the mission where you kill the guardians for him and one screams at you “You know little of Alarak, or you would not aid him.” It’s this perfect little character moment where you learn he’s not just like this because he’s from the society of evil red-coloured Protoss. No, even in that society he is considered a scumbag. It immediately raises the question, ‘What did he do?’.

@copter2000 59 минут бұрын

He took 3 vitamin gummies instead of 2 per day.

@Kazuhiro-i 6 сағат бұрын

I love Alarak. Like there is nothing I didn't like about him apart from.not appearing more, yet I feel like that is exactly what makes him so amazing. I have learned (the bad way) that some characters only work because they appear exactly what they needed to. Also i love Nova, unrelated but I still hate blizzard clowns in charge for killing the best scifi space fiction for me. Yes, I like it much more than star wars (but only bc of technology and such). Like I was reading the comics just to know that the ones about the war pigs ended ABRUPTLY at some point... that or Im really bad at being a pirate... both can be true so who knows. I hope blizzard will kill itself, sell the rights of starcraft to a good company and they make more games, movies, series, etc. Like it doesnt need to be rts, sc has so much potential to other types of games. Hell a turn based combat like xcom would be AMAZING.

@MatteV2 4 сағат бұрын

According to IGN/Jason Schreier, there's a non-zero chance there's a StarCraft shooter in the making over at Blizzard. Who knows, maybe they revived StarCraft Ghost?

@amplesstratleholm7609 Сағат бұрын

Being under Microsoft might give the non-WoW IPs some hope now

@inductivegrunt94 4 сағат бұрын

Alarak seriously is a great foil for the Daelaam and Terrans. And the fact he's still independent is even more amazing with how he's still the very same foil we were introduced to him as. I also love how he's the lense we see the Tal'darim as a society through with the Chain of Ascension and how the Tal'darim view betrayal and honor respectively. And on a side note, I like how Legacy of the Void treats the Tal'darim(at least to me) with how the unit unlock system works. When Alarak us introduced all you get for units is the Blood Hunter, which I view as his only followers who came with him. But later on you unlock more units as more Tal'darim join his cause seeing him as a better leader than Ma'lash all the way up to a fully on-board Tal'darim when you unlock the Mothership. I know that wasn't the thought behind the unit unlock system, but it's a nice thought about how Alarak is slowly building his following as the campaign goes on.

@dr.martinlutherpepe 6 сағат бұрын

Alarak also has the advantage of being voiced by sci-fi legend John de Lancie. The man really put in a great performance.

@sirmultiverse5896 7 сағат бұрын

Alarak's my second favourite character, thanks for doing him justice

@ChannelMiner Сағат бұрын

Alarak is awakening the humiliation kink within thousands of StarCraft gamers.

@arasgee9184 6 сағат бұрын

Good video. Glad to see you talking about what you like instead of what you don't. Very excited for your next video. Guessing it'll have Kane, Overmind, (BW) Kerrigan, and half of all WC3 characters? Also, where was it in the game that Alarak said Nyon was high?

@QuestionableObject 2 сағат бұрын

Hot take: Alarak in a vacuum is incredibly bland an uninteresting. Alarak when he's surrounded by the completely flat and samey characters of legacy of the void and starcraft 2 over all... He really only stands out because he's *not* just another Artanis like how Vorazun has no personality of her own just being a purple=green flavored Artanis and any personality development that Karax *could've* had was quickly brushed aside (the whole thing he brings up about feeling isolated without the kala, they even utterly fail to do anything interesting with that in the short-story they made specifically about that). In any setting with any actual nuance or depth Alarak & The Tal'darim would be so painfully bland. But then Alarak & the Tal'darim would probably have some nuance and depth of their own in any other setting. Good job blizzard.

@QuestionableObject 2 сағат бұрын

Oh yeah and being voice acted by John Delancy carries him super hard

@massaosaito4084 2 сағат бұрын

IMO, the Taldarim suffers HEAVILY from the flip-floppy direction of the sequels. What we see when Alarak is around is such a more interesting face for the Protoss. The idea that the Taldarim being a faction so fanatically loyal to the Xel'Naga, that they left Aiur with them (or follow the Xel'Naga, I don't remember precicely) to be warriors for the Xel'Naga is cool, but messy in execution (Didn't the Taldarim saw the creation of the Zerg and their revolt against the Xel'Naga? Or they were Amon's personal followers?). Regardless, the Red-Protoss having a phylosophy of individual power is a nice change of flavor for the Psychic Aliens, together with the "Empower Me" ability for Alarak as an unit, I believe, that it tells a story: The Taldarim leaders have to grow in power and proof themselves capable, so they could wield the powers of their followers. That is a fascinating twist of "the power in unity", IMO. Weeeeell, I maybe be overthinking a fun game mechanic XD

@shmee123ful 3 сағат бұрын

has anyone ever told you the tale of darth Alarak the shit talker, i expect not its not a story the highborn like to tell. edit: oh come on give us Abathur our slugie boi needs love

@CommanderBohn 3 сағат бұрын

Sadly he, Stukov, Abathur, Tychus and Tosh were not enough to save the game's awful campaign stories.

@Eclipsed_Embers 4 сағат бұрын

the greatest RTS villains of all time? SINDRI!

@marley7868 6 сағат бұрын

honestly I feel like alarak was aware the battle could go poorly hence why he refused to personally command the defenses valarian was at least around organizing and doing something directly so it feels to me like he had the presense of mind to know he could lose and instead hoist the blame on jinara

@DoubleFreedom Сағат бұрын

Alright, an Alarak Crossover with Hades wasn't a niche I knew I was in, but I'm here for it. Did you make that? it's really good!

@Tridetus 3 сағат бұрын

2:00 That should not have made me laugh as much as it did. xD I agree to all those points. Alarak was truly a great choice of a character to make for Protoss from Blizzard. I would even go for the slight Transformers comparison. Alarak is a brutal leader but also cunning and joins forces with his enemies if needed in order to reach his goal, just like Megatron against Optimus, Alarak has a similar tango with Artanis. It was truly a bigger window into protoss society and nations which up to that point would be just honorable warriors with a caste system, a shadowy nomad tribe of psychic ninjas and some high on terrazine worshipping zealots. We even had many views of how many Terran factions there are. Not only Dominion but also rebels, mercenaries, refugees, outlaws and lets not forget UED. To this day i really mourn the opportunity to see a "good" zerg hive mind. I know, always expanding bugs with no real mind of their own, but still, imagine just one swarm queen or a surviving cerebrate who decides they had enough of slaughter and just wants to be left alone or defends retreating civilians from an invading brood with their own? Sorry, that was a big leap elsewhere... But the point stands.