starcraft2, same cs:source road?

[DIEEIER]

I must say im very sacared with starcraft2, i like a lot starcraft but seems the de developers are taking the same road valve took when doing source. Everything is lasers, even vultures now fire lasers (new vulture design is awful, at least for me), beta players say is very automatic and difficult to micro with all the unnecessary lights and special effects added, and thats to similar to warcraft and command&conquer. They even are going to sell 3 different games for each campaing.

Bottom line is that valve made me very paranoid and i hope they fix all of these on the final release and the game turns out to be very very good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7k3ZM6bQx4 Starcraft2

[yuri]

ffs man. Look fist at the YT posting date. Its 2k7 now its 2k9 :D
The visual appearence of SCII beta has changed A LOT... it get better.

[DIEEIER]

Yes, but i must say im still afraid, like i said, i hope they fix all at the end


(dont know what is "ffs", is like relax?, im no english man)

[smartin]

ffs = for the sake of sexual intercourse

[madmax]

FFS = for fuck sake

what smartin said but with the correct words

[yuri]

Hi-res screenshots June 09 (http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,688580/Starcraft-2-New-high-res-screenshots-but-no-LAN-Update-Blizzard-statement/News/&menu=browser&image_id=1149252&article_id=688580&show=original) Lets compare them to the vid ;)

[donlan]

Hi-res screenshots June 09 (http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,688580/Starcraft-2-New-high-res-screenshots-but-no-LAN-Update-Blizzard-statement/News/&menu=browser&image_id=1149252&article_id=688580&show=original) Lets compare them to the vid ;)


That screenshot has pretty much sold the game to me..

[yuri]

U know, if this game is in the beta stage since ~2007 I think that SCII will be very balanced and successful ;)

[smartin]

end of september

[DIEEIER]

Im not talking about the graphics, im talking about design and creativity. Just looks like warcraft+cc. Nothing to do with original sc design/style, the vulture looks awful and that green microchip is siege tank, you cant tell me thats not cc. Every unit used to have its own attack design, now is all the same with different laser colors

Maybe my problem is that i hate warcraft and cc and theres nothing else i can do

[10000]

Yes i see your point, i also hope they fix all these at the end.

This is the new battle report, it was fun to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhQE9Cfu3Q

I also agree with you in the vulture aspect issue, the way it looks and fires takes away all the fun you get with original sc vulture. I dont agree with you with the siege tank. The one that is shown in this video looks great.

[DIEEIER]

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8655/starcraftn.jpg
This is how sc2 should/must look like. period.



Not this..
http://eu.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=100
http://eu.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=92

Hope the gameplay isnt screwed up also, but i guess is inevitable. Same source road, i guess is becoming true my fear.

[Mith]

Basically, you expect a RTS game to look like Crysis.

Right.

[DIEEIER]

Basically, you expect a RTS game to look like Crysis.

Right.


Im showing the style/essence of the original sc design with that picture :roll: , fail smartass

[shumped]

i'm buying it, don't care if it cluttery, the clutter is just something you gotta adapt to and conquer, kinda like the bullshitty source maps are all cluttered, you just gotta get used to them and find new ways to kickass.

also the game looks awesome

[DIEEIER]

Prepair to buy 3 games, 1 for each campaign

[10000]

Yes it would be really really good if the game had that image feeling, anyway what can you do? nothing. But i dont think it would be as bad as cs 1.6 -> source.

Also makes me wonder if they are showing all they got in the battle reports and stuff, maybe they are saving the best for final realease and yes i know this is a little fantasy of mine for not loosing hope.

[haGisson]

it looks much better in the battle report videos compared to the screenshots

[DIEEIER]

Seems the game is pretty much finished, they are only balancing now and fixing some bugs here and there, but the design seems to be final. I keep looking at this picture http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8655/starcraftn.jpg and think how sublime but have been if they would have done that design/style. Well screw it, theres nothing that can be done.

[rcgnz]

no one here has actually played/tried it?
its really great. i can tell theyve been tweaking the game for competitive play and really have been taking the comments from the professional players beta reports seriously.
im pretty sure it will become a great game :D

[DIEEIER]

The new battlenet seems great.

[Chris]

Im not talking about the graphics, im talking about design and creativity. Just looks like warcraft+cc. Nothing to do with original sc design/style, the vulture looks awful and that green microchip is siege tank, you cant tell me thats not cc. Every unit used to have its own attack design, now is all the same with different laser colors

Maybe my problem is that i hate warcraft and cc and theres nothing else i can do'

How can you hate warcraft? That game was the best game of the year when it came out for a reason :D

[DIEEIER]

What i tried to say is i hate that they copy warcraft, they should make sc go in its own road, sc dont need anything from wow or cc, sc is very succesful and a great game in its own way and style. Warcraft is just not my taste.

[n69ky]

Haters gonna hate.

Like all the diabloIII haters who flame the forums 'omg D3 looks like WOW, I will not buy it!'

[1nfern0]

What i tried to say is i hate that they copy warcraft, they should make sc go in its own road, sc dont need anything from wow or cc, sc is very succesful and a great game in its own way and style. Warcraft is just not my taste.

Yeah that was my initial impression but i got over it. You look at SC, it is its own original style. Same with older warcrafts. They were just different. Then WC3 came out and it was awesome in it's different way too. It didn't look like a clone of SC:BW. (Obviously cuz of the new engine).

Then years later we get a peek at SC2. First thing i noticed was, damn, this thing looks exactly like WC3 which really bummed me out. Then we got videos and i noticed that all the units just seemed to blend together. The great distinction between individual units was lost.

Fortunately, they have come a long way in updating the game. They slowly earned my respect. I've looked at the most recent matches played. I'm finally at the point where I'm excited to try out SC2. I really got over it now mainly because I put a lot more weight on the competitive side of a game as opposed to graphics.

[Chris]

Man I was dissapointed when I first heard there wouldn't be a warcraft 4..

[n69ky]

Alba as our ArtGodwe have to hear your opinion. What do you think about it's design?