Kerrigan Kills Mengsk and Leaves Jim on Korhal (Starcraft 2 Ending | Ascension Cinematic 16:9) 

► For more Starcraft videos just click: bit.ly/1b1W2yY. PS. I decided to reformat this video to 1080p Full HD ratio (that is 16:9). Originally video was 1920:812 (that is widescreen ratio of about 2,37:1). But if you don't have the monitor with that aspect ratio (and I very doubt that you do), you'll get "black lines" above and below video that I personally don't like. But I didn't simply "rescaled" the video - thus you would miss many important details, because in some frames the meaningful part is located not at the very center but on the left or right side of the frame. So, I cut the original video into 40 pieces defined by the scene and keyframes and imposed different scaling, spatial interpolation, i.e. transitions, to each of the pieces. Thus trying to lose as little notable material from the video as possible... And personally I like it better this way.

I love how Jim brought down the blast visor. He knew what was coming lol.

I just noticed Raynor puts his visor down before she impales Mengsk. Gotta be ready for the splatter lmao

3:34 I have never seen such a profound display of lost love than in this scene here. Both Jim and Kerrigan sadly say goodbye to each other, despite painfully being in love with each other, but understanding they can never be together. It’s enough to make any cynic cry. So beautiful

Love it how at 2:25 when Kerrigan is getting back up, Jim just steps back and pulls down his face shield that is designed to protect against nukes

"Thank you Jim, for everything, my pleasure darling, always was".

"I'm the man that's gonna kill you someday" - Jim raynor 1998

I love how zeratul was there but you couldn't see him being the Dark Templar he is

Mengsks Voice is so unbelievably good, the arrogance and utter control and hatred oozes from ervey syllable. Kudos to the voice actor, stellar performance.

Like the ending. No smooching or anything. Just a heartfelt thank you that's beyond measure.

Dating the universe most dangerous girl... *GOOD JOB DUDE* !

Never lit that last cigar.. shows his arrogance, as if he thought he would have plenty of time to smoke it later.

loved this ending so much... poor Raynor he fought so hard to get Kerrigan back yet he needs to let her go again

better love story than Twilight

"I guess you could say she gave him some... _puts on sunglasses_ ... Explosive head." *_YEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH_*

When people say Mengsk was a good guy I remember the ultralisks tearing down Korhal and all his lovely orders, like "FIRE THAT DAMN WARHEAD NOW!!!" "I'll turn this city into irradiated ruin if I have to...."

Ten years, and this still give me Goosebumps as hell.

Raynor says “change of plans” just like mengsk did before he betrayed Kerrigan. Just thought I’d point out that callback.

Say what you want about mengsk but that palace looks sweet

Evil Overlord Rule 35: Kill the main character first, Then start monologing.

You know what would have been more satisfying, turning him into a zerg. Under kerrigan's control. His greatest fear

All this years,the marine suit are still one of the best exoskeleton suit.

Kerrigan: "I need more zerglings." Raynor: "I can help with that."

Kerrigan stand up Raynor : Shits gonna blow up. Better put up my blast shield.

@2:17 the way he pulls the gun at lightning speed... Fucking epicccccc!

I love the way she look Jim with that glassy eyes as she say “thank you Jim, for everything”

"You can never suffer enough" is not a justification to not even make them suffer at all

I still think it’s funny all the times throughout these games when people underestimated her like this scene he knew that the single most dangerous person alive was on her way to kill him and he sets up a glorified taser that only effects her. Like even if raynor didn’t show up he had already lost the battle and was standing on a planet controlled by Zerg where an untold thousands could easily swarm in at a moments notice.

i always feel funny that at 2:25, jim fully closed his visor and be like: do whatever you got to do to that bastard, i am not gonna watch.

One of the best love stories there ever was.

1:29 love her reaction. she entered the room arrogantly but quickly changed after making a mistake. imagine if Raynor didn't help her invade Korhal, and this scene happened. he push the button for the last time, and the machine makes her own psychic power overload and blows her head off, and Zerg is completely annihilated in one evening. the next day a news spreads throughout all Terran forces and civilians about the Queen's headless remain in Mengsk's office and the news eventually reach to Raynor

I love this cinematic. No matter what, Jim loves her. No matter who she's killed, how many, what she's become, what she looks like, he's hers.

My Pleasure darling, Always was....

2 Dislikes from Mengsk and Edmund Duke

Mengsk…not the hero we deserved but the one we ultimately needed. What a chad, reluctantly sending Kerri to her death just so she could save the universe. Even had the cigar ready. Well played sir, well played 🪦

AKA: The best episode of The Office EVER.

I can hardly believe that a film adaptation could be made to rival the cinematics of this game with all the drama, the emotion, the incredible artwork and design...maybe if Blizzard do it themselves...

This scene really made me emotional. As someone who has been a fan and a Starcraft player since day 1 😭

"you can never suffer enough for all the lives you've ruined" ....you are the leader of the Zerg.you don't really have the high ground here kerrigan

I still feel that Jim should've just gotten out of his suit and beat the ever loving shit out of mengsk. But it's Kerrigans campaign blah blah

0:14 this guy is the brother of the one that tried to 1v1 an Ultralisk and you can't convince otherwise!

"all the lives you ruined" Meanwhile queen of blades :

Everytime I rewatch this and the cinematics it always makes me wonder if the Terran Dominion fought the 40k imperium who would win. Terran has them completely bested in aerial combat because their ships are far more advanced and can warp way more faster than 40k ones. I feel that marines vs 40ks space Marines is a tough one but 40k wins because they have genetics augmentations and fire literal rockets for bullets but I think Terran marauders even it out. Terran wins the matchup simply due to their massive tech advantage. I would add during the war the imperium would dominate in ground encounters because of their tactics to just endlessly send troops until they win but the Terran battlecruisers, vikings, cloaked banshees, and all their aerial craft could just glass the imperium's position until their is nothing left. The Terrans also have artillery that can literally fire from tens of thousands of miles away so all they would have to do is just endlessly fire at the imperium's position until they all die or retreat Another interesting comparison is wether the zerg would win or lose if they encountered the flood from halo Zerg leviathans are capable of warp so that instantly means that they beat the flood in mobility. I think applicability wise they are evenly matched because both are hyper viral but the zerg posses far more combat centered units than the flood does. The only advantage the flood has is if they create and conceal a gravemind or keymind. My guess is that the flood will fight a defensive battle for most of the way until they can adapt to the zerg. The zergs units also can go in space while the flood can't

I find it hilarious that raynor closed his face mask thing or whatever when kerrigan ducks up migsk or however you say his name

Lady Zerg, Kerrigan, also known as Queen b**** of the universe, has invaded and create chaos in Korhal and eviscerated Acturus mengsk, the revolutionary war hero

Realized that the energy being sapped from Kerigan is reviving Amon.

Fukin Raynor puts on his blast door mask thing after she gets up

Kerrigan nonchalantly blows up the entire room even though Jim is right behind her.

Anyone else getting an Emperor Palpatine, Vader and Luke on the second death star vibe?

Still one of the best stories of all time and the graphics on it for the game back then superb now if only this could be made into a movie it would be epic...

I actually feel bad for Mengsk. He was a dictator but he did loose his father because of kerrigan and her ghost team so he has all the right to hate her.

Ngl at the end when the videos where popping up was pretty cool, matching the speech as if they want you to watch the other videos

Raynor+Kerrigan=LOVE

2024 and still watching this …. 😢

Zerg: My Queen, why didn’t you just fly to the top floor?

This feels like a movie

What ever happened to "I'm the man who's gonna kill you some day" Raynor?

CJake3 149K subscribers [Kerrigan uses her dragon-like Zerg wings to forcibly pry open the sealed doors, and boldly enters Mengsk's inner office in his palace on Korhal; he has a cigar in his teeth and what looks like a lighter in his hand as he turns and stands to face her directly.] Arcturus Mengsk: [greeting her] "Hello, Kerrigan. I've been waiting for you." Sarah Kerrigan: [laughs in amusement, while smirking] "I'm surprised you haven't tried to escape." Arcturus Mengsk: "Escape?" [chuckles evilly] "My dear, I'm afraid you've got it all wrong." [Mengsk reveals the "lighter" to be a control switch, as the Xel'Naga artifact raises from a compartment in the floor; he presses the control, blasting Kerrigan with energy, which causes her to writhe and scream in pain and agony.] Arcturus Mengsk: "Really. Did you think I'd keep an animal like you close to me without some kind of insurance policy?" [gives Kerrigan another painful jolt] "Clearly, you are my greatest failure. Now, at long last... you will die!" [Mengsk is suddenly grabbed from behind by a power-armored Jim Raynor, the switch in his hand crushed as he's lifted off the floor.] Jim Raynor: [raising his visor] "Change of plans." [Raynor angrily hurls Mengsk across the room and draws his pistol, but steps back as Kerrigan advances on the fallen emperor, impaling him against the wall with her draconic wing-spikes.] Sarah Kerrigan: [seething with rage] "You can never suffer enough for all the lives you've ruined, Arcturus." Arcturus Mengsk: [hatefully spatting at her through clenched teeth] "I made you into a monster, Kerrigan!" Sarah Kerrigan: [retorting, before delivering the finishing blow] "You made us all into monsters." [Kerrigan reaches out with one hand, unleashing a spike of psionic energy into Mengsk's head. Mengsk screams as the power explodes within him, vaporizing him and destroying his office. That backstabbing and treacherous son of a bitch Arcturus Mengsk definitely deserved what was coming to him in the end. He totally had it coming for a long time. Remarkably, Raynor and Kerrigan are unscathed.] Sarah Kerrigan: [gazing up at the swarm in the sky] "Thank you, Jim... for everything." [Kerrigan levitates into the air to join the swarm.] Jim Raynor: "My pleasure, darlin'." [smiles] "Always was." [The scene goes to space, approaching a deep blackness in the void.] Sarah Kerrigan: [voiceover] "I now see my true enemy. He waits for me in the void, wielding powers I cannot imagine. I go to face him, having renounced everything: My humanity. My identity. The man I love. But I will not face this enemy alone. I am the Swarm."

When blizzard had developers and not clowns

Bitter sweet ending for the two of them. The bar scene afterwards tops it off

Visor goes down: aw shit Blast shield goes down: AW SHIT

Wasn't there a part where she tells the zerg to leave the planet and the panic people on the radio inform raynor the zerg are leaving?

Everyone talks about the end of this scene but the beginning where Kerrigan takes on the army when she was at her strongest was just insane, get chills when they all lift off the ground

One of the best villians in all starcraft

i love how Jim put his armor in "blast mode" before she go for Mensk.... he knew whats was coming next.

The sad part is that Kerrigan likely caused even more deaths than him

You failed me, Mengsk!

So this is who Dwight Was for Halloween

Nice touch in end with videos links timed out

We waited 15 years for Mengsk to finally get what was coming to him.

This history and lore is amazing...

" I think I'll leave you here, Arcturus, among the ashes of your precious Dominion. I want you to live to see me rise to power. And I want you to always remember in your most private moments that it was you who turned me loose in the first place." Kerrigan after defeating Mengsk 1999

The bit where Jim grabs Mengsk is exactly how I imagine me “helping out” my arch nemesis

ill never get sick of this. ill never stop. but i never asked for this. its my pleasure.....always was

Whack, Daym that's some strong wings like wings

Wooow, this's totally awesome. Like Alita Battle Angel but better. Just imagine if it had the visuals of that film though. Like woooow. We really need to make this story into a full length film series.

It could be just me missing the game in a long time but honestly I don't understand Arcturis's lines/dialogue with Kerrigan. It feels like they had a list of words to include and this was the best they could come up with.

Thats twice our good ol boy Raynor saved Kerrigan.

When I pair up with Kerrigan as Mengsk or vice versa in co-op, I sometimes say "I made you into a monster... KHARRIGAN" and make people familiar with lore to crack up

"You don't think I'd keep an animal around me, without some kind of insurance policy?" -Cues the State Farm logo.

This kills me.

Sometimes a monster is what is needed.

AH MADE YEW INTO A MAWNSER, KHERRIGHAN

this is the best love story idc

ahh 1998 starcraft broodwar.............got too old for this

“ I made you into a monster” Hmm, maybe don’t remind her of why she wants to kill you?

2:31 You can never suffer enough for all the lives you've ruined, Arcturus.... I made you into a monster, Kerrigan! You made us ALL into monsters....

Valentine's day is coming so this appears on my recs lolz

Kerrigan: ...so now I'm in deep trouble. One more jolt of this Xel'Naga artifact and I'm an epitaph. So what did Mengsk do? Jim: He started monologuing. Kerrigan: He started monologuing! Got this whole speech prepared speech about what kind of animal I was bla bla bla... Artanis: (awkwardly slurps mental slushy)

Kinda nice that Raynor gave her the kill,he had a literal bullet with Mengsk's name on it but she deserved it more because of all Mengsk put her trough. I kinda like the twist that he kept the Xel'naga artifact,he didnt use it in the battle but since it doesnt work on humans he probably planned on killing Kerrigan and making the Zergs run wild and attack Raynor's raiders.

I think just before he blows up it should just flash back to raynor putting his visor down would have been sick

Would love if Raynor had huged her at lthe end. What a heartbraking Lovestory ;3

2:08 "Change of plans!"

everytime when I look at Mengsk in coop, I still cant figure out how he lose Korhal.

Jim: watch the front row it tends to be the splash zone.

Imagining being so rich you bought a fancy box just to put a cigar in it.

That fucking quick draw was so crisp

I love it!

I wish they had made this different. Like him having like 5 special ghost all giving kerrigan a hard fight. Would been cool

Kerrigan as a human soldier....just fucking awesome.....Jim....she was great.......wow.....