Real Scale Legacy of the Void - Part 1 

Hello There! Developer Commentary time! Uhhh yeah this is probably the best mod I’ve made, it’s really really good and it’s been playtested to hell and back. I can’t wait for y’all to see more of it! There’s a lot to cover about gameplay design choices today so I guess I’ll give the quick version of the things I think people will want to know about. The unit tags have changed to be small/medium/large because things like calling roaches light despite their high base armor bothered me. Also I like this system as it’s pretty easy to go “yeah that’s a big one” the blurriest line is probably small/medium. I occasionally had to differ to balance considerations. Probes: Grant was wrong about probes leaving him at an odd number of supply, because real scale probes don’t cost any supplies at all! Grant was actually also spot on with why warp in probe was added, it’s a lot of fun with deploy pylon and if you care you can get saturated faster by using it. Smart autocast probes has sadly ruined standard SC2 gameplay for me, I’ve been spoiled. Zealot: 1 supply, ignoring armor and (Grant didn’t notice this) damage resistance while charging. The zealot is a useful tool throughout the entire campaign and is never bad fluff around your army. (You will notice armor ignoring as a common theme for Protoss melee attacks 😊) Stalker: It’s the same good formula from standard gameplay. Grant is correct though it does struggle vs mutalisks as mutalisks are small and stalkers have a bonus vs medium. I’ll leave the Colossus and Immortal in-depth discussion for their respective mission. The minimum range thing is a common balance for siege weaponry in RTS, nothing too remarkable about that. Immortals haven’t changed much from RS WoL, they’re still rocking hardened shield and barrier. The bonus vs large lets them tackle large ground like ultralisks and Thors that the Protoss really don’t have.

Grant sounds like a kid who's unboxing his first Christmas presents and I'm all for it. A giggling Grant is good for your mental health and entertainment.

7:23 Hybrid: Firstborn your fate is Seaaaa... OH MY GOD!! (Gets impaled by the giant colossi's leg) Colossus 1: Hey did you hear something? Colossus 2: Nah get back to purifying

I can't wait for Grant to play real scale memes of liberty randomizer.

the Immortal definitely feels like a Main Battle Tank, even moreso than normal. Just a giant chunk of durability and decent firepower in the front line. Very cool

I personally cannot wait for the giga carrier and the baby ships, along with other things

10:10 I love how Grant just says: "alright"

That zealot ignore armor is both awesome and worrying. You're probably going to need that.

I like how scripted Phoenixes attacked actual mutas 6:22.

How the colossi cross the tiny light bridge is simply a mystery science can't answer

"Why do colossus get hit by air?" *Shows this video" haha

I can't wait for the rest of this to be done, that's going to be such an INSANE run for real

Seeing the cinematic Phoenixes in For Aiur shooting down the flyers that you actually have to fight against is funny As for the next planet, Korhal has the Moebius BCs, and maybe Jim/Valerian will have their own Real Scale Thors and BCs. That'll be a treat. It also is the calm before the storm that is the Hybrid Nemesis

Seeing colossi of this size and scale goes a long, long way towards justifying why activating them and the Purifiers is a turning moment for the fortunes of the Protoss in the overall story arc.

I've been waiting for this ever since the absurd Protoss ships in Wings of Liberty. Now it's time for payback.

fun fact about the Colossus in lore. Before they were banned by the Protoss, they were used against the Kalathi, a lesser alien race that went to 'war' against a small Protoss force after some escalation. Due to the Kalathi constantly harassing the researchers, they unleash the Colossi on them. In the end, hundreds of thousands of Kalathi died and they were sent back to the stone age. which lead to the ban of Colossi and Protoss's isolationism, and this happened right after the Protoss recovered from the age of strife too.

It's so fun to see Grant have an absolute blast on this mission.

After Grant entirely overlooked the extra base for fun protoss memes in the HotS temple mission, Orca made sure to add a beacon to the new base so Grant wouldn't miss it. Because Orca learns from his mistakes.

Could you imagine the amount of pain Grant would have if Colossi did Friendly Fire?

Hmm. Shall we go to shakuras, where we will get to see some DTs, about 5 billion zerglings, a couple of ultras, and eventually some hybrid, most notably the hybrid nemesis? (The void ray one) Or will we go to korhall, where we will get to see a feck ton of battlecruisers, Thors, Ravens, hybrid dominators, and behemoths.

Zeratul:IMPOSSIBLE! HYBRID on aí.... Well whatever they are gone already

The Modder: "Ok Grant, here is the first part but the mod isn't done yet so please wait a bit more before playing it" Grant: "...no, i don't think i will" Jokes aside, i really loved the first mission, it's so good to see the protoss just destroy the zerg Also, the enemy doesn't need more hybrid, just put extra BCs/Carriers in the enemy side and it they will be just fine XD

17:00 “We are Cold” Negligent Commander, not providing for his troops

YESSSSSS Been so excited for this!!

YES!!! I've been waiting for this series for so long

Omg it's finally here! I'm so glad this mod was created, you have no idea

Finally we are here! Ty to you and modders who make it REAL

I think its good that carrier got the scout treatment, I do not think you’d ever beat a single carrier with stalkers probably ever.

I want to see how mr. Happy Grant uses his wonderful vanguards.

I always love the Real Scale series, RS WoL was the first series I ever saw of you and I’ve been watching every series ever since.

I have been waiting for this, I am so exited

FINALLY I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS

Waited so long for this.

Legacy of the Void Real Scale? I'm ALL for it and I can't wait to see units that covers the entire universe. It's gonna be stupid, ridiculous and I will love it

No wonder the Templars said NOPE to those Colossi

the panic in his voice when he got a expansion

It is TIME We have real scale Legacy of the Void :) I cannot wait to see all missions of this mod :)

You know you're off to a good start when you can't stop laughing in the first mission.

Been waiting for this mod. Personally I'm all for shakuras for the hybrid and the giant void thrashers

I've been waiting for this a long time ago and we finally got it. Hope you will have as much fun playing it as we have watching it.

This seems great, looking forward to seeing more

Cannot wait for more, this is gonna be nuts!

Look at them cute little Stalkers, blinking from 1 leg of a Colossus to the other, aaaaaaww!

I'm like two minutes in and I can already tell this is gonna be my favorite mod. This is what Protoss is supposed to feel like.

i love this already

First video and this is already soooo stupid, I love it!

Watching real scale Protoss units melt the Zerg makes me understand why the Conclave mistakenly believed they could win the war during the Overmind's invasion of Aiur.

I'm glad you're having fun 😊

This is something I've been waiting for lets go.

This is a very funny video. Gonna show my starcraft buds this.

The slower sweeping speed of the colossi attacks remind of the beam cannons in Freespace 2.....nostalgia high inbound...

This has improved so much since the first real scale! It seems so much more playable when there are massive units on the screen

Wuhu nice I have been looking forward to this mod

Oh my god I am SO EXCITED for this!!

10:52 so satisfying blink evacuation

This is exactly what I and everybody was waitting for

Hell yah congratulations for the amazing work everyone

EXCITEMENT!!!! ITS HERE!!! omg i cant wait to play this!!

YES THE MIGHTY CAMPAIGNS ARE CONTINUED!

The starts of this mission in real scale is all I've been waiting for. Real Scale Protoss is gonna be good

Korhal, gotta get them THICC Immortals ASAP

I think its probably a good idea to go to Korhal, as you don't currently have a great way to deal with Large. I also really want to see some more hybrid.

I feel like Khorhal is the obvious first choice for the simple reason of having a siegebuster. Until then you're reliant on mass zealot to crush big targets like thors, ultras and collosi. The immortal is probably a key part of the run since it's more durable and less susceptible to aoe, although depending on detection the DT might be able to pick up that slack.

YEAHHHHH BABYYYY, LET'S GOOOOOO 💙 LoTV is the campaign that interested me the most in real scale. I can't wait to see the amazing job the modders did 👀

Yessss, I was just rewatching the WoL version

Thanks for the real fun! ^^

hell yes I AM SO READY - and for legacy of the void randomizer

The multi-select icons for Gateways have so many production pips that it makes me think Gateways act like they have Reactors!

Shakuras first would be interesting because I want to see tons of zerglings flood the screen.

Real Scale Legacy Of The Void! Finally! This will be amazing! Time to find out how ridiculous a lot of these missions are with real scale turned on!

It's finally here!

HYPE! I WANT THIS MOD SO BAD!

Colossi in lore: giant mecha devastating to the point where deploying them was considered war crime tier. Colossi in game: daddy longlegs with half the damage and HP

Friendly reminders regarding the zealot: In Cold Symmetry, a short story, one was able to outrun the rotation of a moon, while poisoned by a hydralisk Same one jumped high enough to reach an overlord, killed it, dodged hydra spines, which travel at supersonic speeds, went down, killed the hydras, almost killed an ultralisk, then did kill it using a beacon, which only knocked him unconscious. Woke up, kept running, killed two more ultralisks by himself, with only a single psi-blade and a hydra claw that he strapped to his other arm, and this wasn't even the first time he had done so, though the first time he had lost an eye. (Hearing that right btw, like, actually full on ultralisks. He also flexes that this is something most veteran zealots could do) Outran an entire zerg army to place the final beacon, allowing him to contact part of the Golden Armada in orbit, telling them the zerg were under something's (the hybrid, but he didn't know that) control, he thought it was a cerebrate. In other short stories, they have abilities like precognition, travel at super, maybe hypersonic speeds by turning into pure energy (when is that coming to the twilight council?). In cinematics they're able to tank full baneling blasts with their shields alone, a single fingernail sized amount by the way is able to collapse buildings. Oh right, and psi-blades: I don't think there's a single instance of anything other than another psi-blade being able to physically block one. This doesn't apply to zealots, but Tassadar was able to manifest them into ORBIT, without the necessary gear, by just sheer psionic force of will. Obviously named characters, in stories about them, are going to be stronger than ye average protoss warrior, but zealots get slept on a lot.

I really love the Zealot here, given how most lore depictions of Protoss armies are very Zealot heavy, and thus melee focused(even though they have lasers), it makes sense that they have a good reason to get up close and personal

aw sweet been waiting for this one for a while and i think fire in the sky is the way to go since the immortal seems like it would be a great thing to just have

This is freaking awesome, so exited to see the rest of this campaign! Also, why are colossi called long zealots?? Been wondering this for the longest time

Oh boy dis gonna be good

It's here. It's finally here. The mothership gonna be like it's own spear of adun lol

Now I understand why Tempest are supposed to be this giant 'anti capital ship' ship. Because they shoot laser balls the size of friggin void rays! No wonder those things tear apart giant space ships on seconds...

i think shakuras first could be cool so we see how orca mightve changed the khaydarin, i think its a cool building

On the topic of features making things more accessible for newer/less skilled players, one thing I really wish was an option in SC2 is reconfiguring F2 to select unhotkeyed units instead of all units, if only because it's such a nice convenience feature if you're starting out, but also makes it difficult to comfortable controlling multiple distinct groups of units because F2 is the easiest way to grab your new units, but it also makes it difficult to filter out the units in your other control groups, thus causing them to all get messed up anyway so you just go back to F2 -> a, and while you can just unbind it, I don't think? there's an option to prohibit clicking on it which is still easier than manually selecting the new units.

The day has come!

yes finally i can witness the true power of carriers

Finally. This is gonna be awesome. I wonder how big are Tempests and Amon's avatar.

I think I'd prefer the hybrid to just be WAY stronger than just spamming tons of them. Maybe don't make them as strong as Marr, but close. They should all have shields that regenerate very quickly so you retreating just allows them to heal up. Maybe give them all splash damage too? I'm not sure...

YESSS ITS HERE

We need to see those colossi dance!

How fun it would be if someone could get the Real Scale and Randomizer mods to work together.

Newest SC2 patch: Make ultras not ultra. Real scale mod: UUULLTTRRAALLLIIISSKKK!!!

Your videos lately havent been peaking my interesting, but I'm 100% down for another Real Scale playthrough

At what point does Realscale just become Supreme Commander?

GiantGrantGames: Colossus are pretty squishy in this mod *2 seconds later* GiantGrantGames: Oh My Gosh! Colossus are SO bulky!

It's here! I want to see if the MONOLITH is actually huge.

A happy Grant makes for a happy day😆. As for the next planet, I think Korhal would be beat, as it would let us see how RS protoss would fare against RS terran🤩.

Hey i dident watched much recently but now im back AND HYPE!!!!!

I'm always excited to see a new Grant upload, and even more than excited to see a new series!🥹

Wrathwalkers are gonna fire such giant blasts it's going to be hilarious to see.

"This is going to scale up into absurdity faster than the previous Real Scale mods" I seem to remember hitting the max unit count the can can process by mission five or six of Heart of the Swarm Real Scale so I guess we need to wait and see. Can't wait for maxed out carriers to be 1 carrier and no other units.

I think the colossus was harder than it should have been because you forgot to take advantage of it's minimum range. Aka get all of your stalkers directly under it so it can't shoot them.