Blizzard does a reasonably good job of transitioning her to a non-evil but still dangerous state of mind.
It's a relief, at least, to see that this time Kerrigan is treated like an actual character who prides herself in her use of cunning as opposed to the blindly rampaging, smack-talking monster of Wings of Liberty.
Don't expect many surprises, but the cinematics are of the beautiful quality we've come to expect from Blizzard, so at least it looks good. tutorial – and setting her out on a quest for long-overdue revenge against Dominion Emperor Arcturus Mengsk. Little time is wasted in reversing Sarah Kerrigan's de-zergification at the end of Wings of Liberty – a decision she wrestles with for the entire. Heart of the Swarm's story can't fix the fact that the plot of the StarCraft II trilogy is a deluge of cliches hurtling toward a predictable 'warring races unite to confront a powerful god-like enemy' conclusion (gosh, where have we seen that before?), but at least it feels like it's actually trying now.
