Just played the Battle of Fort Trinity… Wow
Huh, I just finished Battle of Fort Trinity and thought it was pretty bad. I’ve enjoyed most of the story missions so far with Battle of Claw Island and Retribution being my favorites because they were epic and intense (if a bit predictable in regards to Retribution) compared to most of the others. However, the Fort Trinity mission just felt cheap. There was no buildup to the major battle like there was for Claw Island/Retribution. It just kind of came out of the blue. And once it began, all the falling back felt too rushed, as if you weren’t actually making an effort to hold out against the enemy, but just following a meaningless scripted retreat. Taking back the fort was even worse because you had just been beaten back by a swarm of Risen (including those terrifying giants, which would have made a truly epic final encounter), but now you’re fighting and succeeding effortlessly against those very same hordes (minus the giants and scary undead boat and dragon that was flying in the distance). Consequently, the artsy cutscene depicting an epic victory felt decidedly undeserved.
But enough of my rant on Fort Trinity. As for the story being generic, I can kind of understand that. The overarching theme seems to be ‘stand as one’ which is about as cliche as they come. If I remember correctly, Warcraft 3 had a similar plot about the different races teaming up on the big bad guy and it seems that Starcraft 2 is heading that way too, which does make it seem somewhat generic.