StarCraft Wiki is a comprehensive guide to the StarCraft universe and StarCraft II. Legacy of the Void is the name of the StarCraft II protoss campaign and episode. It is the third. Ethan Gach. Kotaku weekend editor. You can reach him at ethan. One of the great tragedies in video game history is the demise of StarCraft Ghost, a game that spent nearly a decade in development hell before fizzling completely. Star. Craft IIs Nova Expansion Is Like The Star. Craft Ghost We Never Got. Testi Giuridici Ebook Library. One of the great tragedies in video game history is the demise of Star. Starcraft Brood War Oblivion Download Content' title='Starcraft Brood War Oblivion Download Content' />Craft Ghost, a game that spent nearly a decade in development hell before fizzling completely. Although well likely never play that game, there exists a decent substitute inside of a game Blizzard did releaseStar. Craft II. Last year, Blizzard released a series of Star. Craft II mission packs called Nova Covert Ops. Youd be forgiven for not hearing about them, because they slipped under most peoples radars for lots of reasons lack of marketing, a three part release, etc. All together, Nova Covert Ops consists of nine missions and feels as substantial as any of the other Star. Craft II campaigns, complete with its own neat ideas, unique upgrade system, and bizarre mechanics. Starcraft Brood War Oblivion Download Content' title='Starcraft Brood War Oblivion Download Content' />I finally played through the bulk of Covert Ops over the past couple of weeks and am pleased to report that its excellent. Nova Covert Ops stars Nova, the Terran ghost who was meant to be the star of the ill fated Star. Craft Ghost. Though her game never came to fruition, she popped up in 2. Star. Craft II Wings of Liberty and 2. Heart of the Swarm before taking center stage in Covert Ops, which takes place separately from Star. Craft IIs main storyline. Dont expect to see much Raynor or Kerrigan here. Nova is a bland characterher personality is best summed up as cool and can turn invisibleand her story, which involves a group of Terran terrorists, is maybe one or two notches above mildly interesting. What makes Nova Covert Ops special are the missions. Each of the expansions nine campaign missions has some sort of interesting twist, whether its a solo stealth romp through a science facility or a traditional Star. Craft II base building exposition in which you also have to go around grabbing resources to restore Novas memories. Youll get to use Nova as a hero the whole time, and you can outfit her with different weapon loadouts between each mission. Theres some really creative stuff in here. One early mission, for example, briefly transforms the game into a sidescrolling racer Another, my favorite mission in Nova Covert Ops, plays out like a legit stealth game. You can equip Nova with different gearswapping between, say, a sniper rifle and a plasma swordand maneuver her around the map, using her special abilities to take down enemies and avoid getting caught by patrols. It feels like an isometric version of what Star. Craft Ghost might have been. Theres even a boss battle. Nova Covert Ops is well worth your time if youre into the series, especially if youre still sad about Star. Craft Ghost never happening. And Star. Craft II has aged remarkably well.