Jim Raynor Cinematic and Single Player Gameplay Details

Blizzard released new cinematic footage of Jim Raynor and in-game Terran mission video at Blizzcon 2008. We captured it all!

The video includes fully rendered figures of Jim Raynor and a Terran Marine, in full body armor. After the first cinematic, Blizzard narrates the areas that will makeup the space between missions - which is actually a battlecruiser.

Within the Battlecruiser, you have the ability to freely explore the confines of the ship - which includes several mentioned rooms:

1. Armory: where you can buy upgrades for future missions, such as bunker upgrades and stim packs.
2. Cantina: where you can shoot the shit and grab a cold one with your favorite SC NPCs.
3. Command: where you choose missions.

Throughout the Battlecuriser, you will be surrounded with clickable environments that allow you to interact with almost anything. For example, the video illustrates interacting with a radio (plays music), a tv (expands storyline and depth with news reports), and pictures of Raynor on the wall (reminicant of the past).

At command, you interact with a “Star Map” that outlines various areas that you have and have not explored. This is where you choose missions to embark on, giving you the choice to proceede with missions that interest you the most. With each mission, you will encounter new characters and be rewarded with various upgrades for future missions. In addition, once you complete a mission for another character - that character will actually join you aboard the Battlecruiser where he/she may offer you additional missions in the future.

The video also includes footage from an early Terran mission. The objective for this mission to hold a base securely against the Zerg until reinforcements can arrive. Once they arrive, you hop aboard the Battlecruiser and begin your journey into the story of the Terran campaign, Wings of Libery.