OT: Starcraft II announced!

Renegade 13 · #1 May 20th, 2007, 12:41 AM

I read earlier today that Blizzard Entertainment has announced that they're working on Starcraft II, sequel to (in my opinion) one of the best, and best balanced, games I've ever played.

Starcraft II webpage link!

Can't wait for it to come out!

Randallw · #2 May 20th, 2007, 12:52 AM

I saw a youtube video of their new trailer. Now I'm not one to cry that it is a complete rip off of Warhammer 40K, after all not even GW invented power armour but later I looked at their website and they had a unit that was a dreadnought rip off.

As for the game itself. Meh. Nice video but the units still looked a bit low res. Better than Starcraft 1 but still a bit cartoony. I'm not really interested as I don't really like RTS games. Instead of spending 30 minutes furiously moving units I prefer spending 2 years running an empire.

Spectarofdeath · #3 May 20th, 2007, 01:02 AM

About damn time.

GuyOfDoom · #4 May 20th, 2007, 05:36 AM

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Spectarofdeath said:
About damn time.

Don't get too excited yet, knowing Blizzard it's still 2+ years off.

Tim_Ward · #5 May 20th, 2007, 08:45 AM

Bleh, it looks *exactly the same* as Starcraft, even down to the same graphics for the same units. I know Blizard has a reputation for not innovating, but this is rediculous. Especially after the Total War series, and Dawn of War.

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Now I'm not one to cry that it is a complete rip off of Warhammer 40K

I've little sympathy for Games Workshop, given how much of their stuff is lifted from/'a tribute to' others' work. I doubt it bothers them much, either.

Raapys · #6 May 20th, 2007, 09:31 AM

I think it sort of looks like a Starcraft mod for W3. I really can't stand the graphics engine they're using; everything's sort of blocky, and there's way too many flash-effects. Very hard to make out the units and buildings.

I'm sure the story will be great, though.

Arkcon · #7 May 20th, 2007, 12:17 PM

Meh...I did enjoy Starcraft, for a bit. But the grind of building up units and controlling them when all heck broke loose did begin to take the fun out of it for me. This new one just looks like new added dimensions of micromanagement, that I don't think I'd enjoy.

Thing was, I really enjoyed Warcraft II. It had just the right mix of cartoon graphics, texture and resolution to keep the game clear and a simplicity of tactics to keep itfun.

GuyOfDoom · #8 May 20th, 2007, 02:45 PM

The only thing that differed between orcs and humans in warcraft 2 was spells....

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a TBS board isn't favoring an RTS, but Starcraft had great gameplay and an excellent storyline.

As for graphics.... Bah I'd rather have the game be fun then have awesome shading and resolution. All improving graphics does is force people to spend more money to upgrade their computers.

Suicide Junkie · #9 May 20th, 2007, 03:10 PM

Personally I prefer to play starcraft with a custom map which cuts mineral piles down to 1/3 or 1/4 of normal, and has event triggers to convert gas into minerals when gas > minerals in storage.

Makes it much more interesting, and takes longer too. Territory is actually worth something, instead of just the main enemy base.
You can make use of special abilities...
And the biggest units are actually scary.

Azselendor · #10 May 20th, 2007, 04:09 PM

Blizzard really isn't a company about innovating. They're a company about refinement. They take existing game concepts and refine it down.

Plus, when starcraft first went into development it looked very similar to warcraft in nearly every aspect leading to accusations it was just a warcraft in space mod. I'm sure in the 2-3 years blizzard takes to get this game up and running they'll have very different graphics and appearances for the game.