Insectoid zerg compared to reptilian design.

[WuHT]

Now it's been mentioned that the zerglings look more "locust swarmish" than what they did before.

They've been less scaly, tailed, and now are heading towards insect-like in terms of appearance (zerglings at least)

What i'd like to point out was that when i first played starcraft, i actually thought that the alien protoss were insect like.

Dragons walked kinda like spiders...in that they skittered.
Reavers were slug-like in the way they kinda undulated across the battlefield slowly.
Carrier : Hornet's nest..anyone???

The protoss were meant to be disclipined, psi-powered aliens, but at first i thoguht they worshiped insects!


Did anyone else bring this up ?

[Ghost]

Um, strange point of view, yet intersting. I would like zerg to keep their reptilian look, it suits them.

[bazzwano]

Remember they are evolving, i like the addition of small winds on the zerglings, if you noticed in the video this allows them to jump over small obstetricals like other zerglings so they can get in and attack instead of running around like they use to, much like the reason for the protoss charge.

[JudasXPriest]

Zerg always reminded me of insects. They always reminded me of the cockroach infestation that i had in my cupboard once. Zerg reproduces very very fast, and they pretty much infest anything that lives. Sounds like bugs to me ;)

[mc2]

That's very interesting point you brought up, dragoons look like spider, reaver is like a catapillar, carrier like a hornet's nest (LOL). Also the shuttle looks like those horseshoe crabs.

I don't like the new insect look for zerglings and zerg in general. I like to see them more like reptiles. I mean with the ultralisk and lurker and guardian and devourver it wouldn't be looking like insects

[LoserInLosing]

Zergs were bugs and always bugs. Reptiles dont grow that fast, and bugs can create 100 babies in one day *in a real life perspective*.

[WuHT]

hmm a lot of good feedback.

I agree that insects of course breed a lot faster (zerg like) but i'm strictly talking about artistic physiological direction...as in teeth = reptile .. mandible parts = insects. Protoss units have no mouths :p

Zerg has always been a mixture of the 2.. and its nice to see protoss heading towards a more "egyptian" arcanic style ---> immortals at least. They have that striped chin thingy that pharoahs have

[MrFrancko]

Interesting thought. When you think about it though they are both created by the Xel'Naga so it would make sense if they were both similar in one way or another.

[coalescence]

This is from the starcraft 2 main site, a image of a zergling on the far right corner, its head still looks kinda reptillian.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/noxious17/races.jpg

And o yeah, on a smartass note, spiders ain't insects but arachnids

[wuffle]

Umm I thought that was an Ultralisk not a zergling. If you see it move its head it has horns much like the original ultra.

[Malicus]

I also think it looks more like an Ultralisk than a Zergling, those horn things also gave me the same impression. I have always thought of the zerg as a sort of manageri of different creatures that they had incorporated over their journey across space. I always thought of them more as parasitic insect like creatures than reptiles. The Ultralisk-like thing in the window does have teeth and jaws and, obviously, not mandibles or pinchers, therefore not very insect-like, but it doesnt come off as reptile either. Definetely can't wait to see what the rest of the Zerg turn out like.

[Remy]

Zerg has always been a lot of things. Not just insects or reptiles.

Drone = moth with pincers/claws
Ling = dino dog
Hydra = snake + mantis
Lurker = spider
Ovie = jelly fish
Muta = shrimp with bat wings
Scourge = bat/butterfly
Guardian = crab
Devourer = nautilus
Defiler = centipede
Ultra = stag beetle
Broodling = some kinda insect

I don't know what the hell queens resemble.

[FlyingTiger]

haha ling = dino dog

"Looks like you mashed some poor fella's dog Sarge."


This is from the starcraft 2 main site, a image of a zergling on the far right corner, its head still looks kinda reptillian.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/noxious17/races.jpg

And o yeah, on a smartass note, spiders ain't insects but arachnids


I think it's an ultralisk. If you look at the SC: ghost trailer with that big battle scene, you can see the ultralisk and it looks just like the pic above.

[paragon]

Whatever that zerg thing is it looks like a pit bull.
Although I do see kaiser blades there which would make it an ultralisk.

[Fenix]

I think it looks like a demon from Diablo.

[paragon]

I think it looks like a demon from Diablo.

This made me thing of the balrog from LotR

[Fenix]

OMG totally. 'Cept it wasn't all flamey. Mebbe if it meets a firebat.

[paragon]

Based on my observations of looking at the zerg thing I think that it is definitely a zergling because the blades by its mouth are way to small for an ultralisk and it has those claws above its head like a zergling.

[GuiMontag]

it is definately a zergling :P

[Piretes]

I have to agree with some of the above posters, the Zerg has always been am mix. A mix of all the unwantable and repulsive creatures on planet Earth :D. But then on steroids. I do like the new look for lings though. And remember, the Zerg are always evolving.

[paragon]

I kinda liked the pointy raptor-esque snout of the old zergling to this pitbull snout. But it's all good.

[Remy]

Zerglings didn't look anything like their portrait though.

Zerg in general made you wonder where the hell their unit portraits came from back in SC1, I always had it off, but still.

I mean, zealot or marine, it didn't rouse any suspicions. But whenever you saw portraits of zergling, overlord, queen, or ultralisk, it really made you think wtf. It did for me at least.

[paragon]

Zerglings didn't look anything like their portrait though.

Zerg in general made you wonder where the hell their unit portraits came from back in SC1, I always had it off, but still.

I mean, zealot or marine, it didn't rouse any suspicions. But whenever you saw portraits of zergling, overlord, queen, or ultralisk, it really made you think wtf. It did for me at least.

I thought their portraits made sense.

[Remy]

I don't think it was the fault of the zergling's unit portrait, but the fact that the zerling sprite was so damn small it couln't be detailed enough to close the gap. I just couldn't make the connection.

Zerglings looked like micro-frog-puppies with webbed feet on their hind legs. In that sense, graphically, Zerg gets the biggest upgrade in SC2.

[Ych9]

I know of a fact that the Chinese people refer the Zerglings as dogs/puppies.
I hated how they call them that because it doesn't make the Zerglings sound very scary at all. With their new insect look, I'm sure the Chinese people wouldn't be calling them dogs/puppies anymore.

And yes, I prefer the insectoid look for the Zerglings simply because it suits the Zerg theme much better. Swarms of Insects made much more sense than swarms of reptilians.

[Remy]

Korean people refer to zerglings as "dog pack."

[paragon]

they kind of remind me of praying mantis's and those are awesome.

[Remy]

Koreans?  Praying mantis?  Hmm... where'd you get that idea?

You talking about lings or hydras?

[paragon]

zerglings. because they use their front claws as their weapons. That's pretty much the only similarity but its more of a similarity than any other zerg unit

[LimaBeanMage]

I like like the old reptilian look/feel going on the with the Zerg but being insect in nature makes so much more sense. I would say that while the Zerg did originate from insects I think they took on more ambiguous organic traits that make them so fearful.

I can't quite think of the Zerg as fully insectoid because insects feel so pointy and individualistic. But a more primordial and faceless organic nature makes them the swarm and writhing mass that they are. Actually, a lot of Zerg traits make me think of microorganisms. The way they interact with each other, consume everything around them, multiply ferociously, exist formlessly in a soft and ever changing physical being, a and act as one unit bound together in the same body.

Zerg + squishy = win.

[paragon]

uh insects individualistic? ant colonies, bee hives, tent caterpillars, locust swarms, termite mounds. There is nothing individual about them.
oh and defilers are termites
termite mound = defiler mound.

[slugonice]

ZERG are based on the aliens from ENDER's GAME