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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

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Alias's Photo Alias 19 May 2007

I love you Blizzard.
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Commander Abs's Photo Commander Abs 19 May 2007

About f'k'n time is all I can say,,,,,

*flips over his 52 page study of Starcraft which he did for grade 10 English :locky:*

Man,, just saw that Starcraft was released in 98,,,, *feels old all of a sudden*
Edited by Commander Abs, 19 May 2007 - 06:40.
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Comr4de's Photo Comr4de 19 May 2007

Sweet :locky:

I'll be looking forward with excitement for this one.
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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

OK, I'm less optimistic about this now. Simply because 80% of all the new units sound like they were ripped straight from C&C3!

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Can you say "Annihilator Tripod"?
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Athena's Photo Athena 19 May 2007

:locky: Cool!

EDIT This was in reply to the first post.
Edited by Blaat85, 19 May 2007 - 07:17.
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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

lol :locky:

Screens are up:

http://media.pc.ign....126/imgs_1.html

Thoughts? I would have liked it to be a bit more gritty, but ah well.
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Golan's Photo Golan 19 May 2007

Meeh, was hoping for a real Starcraft II, not some Starcraft 1.5 + WCIIIx0.5 ...
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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

View PostGolan, on 19 May 2007, 18:41, said:

Meeh, was hoping for a real Starcraft II, not some Starcraft 1.5 + WCIIIx0.5 ...

QFT.

lol, epic spelling mistake.
Edited by RaiDK, 19 May 2007 - 08:50.
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Killerratte's Photo Killerratte 19 May 2007

Doh, the Battlecruisers are really ugly.
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Alias's Photo Alias 19 May 2007

View PostRaiDK, on 19 May 2007, 18:43, said:

View PostGolan, on 19 May 2007, 18:41, said:

Meeh, was hoping for a real Starcraft II, not some Starcraft 1.5 + WCIIIx0.5 ...

QTF.

Starcraft 2: $80
Keyboard: $30
12 years of private education: $52000

Making a spelling error in all caps in size 72 font: priceless.

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Sorry, I couldn't resist it. :locky:
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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

I agree. The original battlecruiser looked largely industrial, the new one is a freaking techno cruiser.

Actually, all the terran units look techno. WTF?

ROFL at spelling mistake. Damn these laptop keyboards! :locky:
Edited by RaiDK, 19 May 2007 - 08:51.
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Revan's Photo Revan 19 May 2007

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Sorry for getting spammy, but I had to.
This is the best new game announced I heared in ages. Thank you blizzard for not going MMOG.
Though I agree with you, I'd have preferred the Terran stuff more industrial, I suppose it's ok and more realistic like this.
I'm wondering about the protoss though, they seem to have completely changed them :locky:
The only familiar things I found so far are Zealots and Photon Cannons. I hope they don't remove some of the awsome old stuff, like Carriers, Arbiters and Dark Archons.
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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

It's weird, almost looks like they gave the franchise to a new company... A friend of mine found the whole "Marines with shields" concept hilarious.

Then again, the original Blizzard team has left...
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Mathias's Photo Mathias 19 May 2007

I have never in my life been so moved by a public announcement by any company.

Fuck this forum, I cannot possibly describe how I feel in this thread.
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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

I'll judge when I play it. Which will hopefully be sooner rather than later :locky:
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Revan's Photo Revan 19 May 2007

[url="http://eu.starcraft2.com/"]http://eu.starcraft2.com/[/url]
Hell YESSSS.
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Mathias's Photo Mathias 19 May 2007

There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with the game whatsoever. It looks like they are aiming to please the korean hardcore scene and the worldwide fanbase simultaneously. New gameplay ideas like the Immortals only countering overwhelming force like Siegetanks and the zergling's winged form is immense. The unit portraits are fucking amazing and yet we have seen only 1% of the game! Just one tileset, just 3-4 units of each race.

This is the day I have waited for for 10 years now.

The graphics are perfect, they look EXACTLY like starcraft 1 sprites turned 3D. If you complain it isn't gritty enough, you need to play SC1 again. Battlecruisers looking too "techno"? WHAT THE FUCK? They look exactly like they used to do - like "technology". The fact that everyone compares it to WC3 is ridicolous. No matter what they'd do, this would come up. Did you expect them to make an isometric sprite game?

For now, I will wait, and reserve judgement until I see more. For now, I think they are revealing the most eye-opening stuff first. Then we will see how the familiar stuff plays out and if they are keeping the Starcraft feel intact.

EDIT: Heck, if they went for a more gritty color scheme, people would start complaining about CNC3-likeness instead. :locky: Seriously, what are you expecting?
Edited by Mathias, 19 May 2007 - 10:44.
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Prophet of the Pimps's Photo Prophet of the Pimps 19 May 2007

Superb news. I love SC and finally we will get to what happened. Any word on the 4th faction that was rumoured to be the creators of both zerg and protoss.
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Kris's Photo Kris 19 May 2007

FINALLY!! Starcraft 2 :locky:

hmmm why the siege tank deploys its whole tracks instead of doing it like in SC1?
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Mathias's Photo Mathias 19 May 2007

Won't be any, atelast not in cold hard gameplay terms. Which I don't mind TBH. Much higher chance of fucking something up like that. Would be matter for an expansion.
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RaiDK's Photo RaiDK 19 May 2007

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EDIT: Heck, if they went for a more gritty color scheme, people would start complaining about CNC3-likeness instead.
lol, people complain about everything. I just didn't really expect it to look like that, and like I said I'll reserve judgement till I actually play it.

Now, time for some youtube love:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=aJDFw4TGWmo
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Golan's Photo Golan 19 May 2007

View PostMathias, on 19 May 2007, 10:42, said:

The graphics are perfect, they look EXACTLY like starcraft 1 sprites turned 3D. If you complain it isn't gritty enough, you need to play SC1 again. Battlecruisers looking too "techno"? WHAT THE FUCK? They look exactly like they used to do - like "technology". The fact that everyone compares it to WC3 is ridicolous. No matter what they'd do, this would come up. Did you expect them to make an isometric sprite game?
It´s been only me explicitly comparing it to WCIII and RaiDK semi-agreeing with me so don´t see this as the next worldwide anti-Blizzard conspiracy. Also, the graphical style clearly is the one from WCIII, using the same proportions, bloated bodies, overstylized housecolors, heck they even seem to have used the same polish to get rid of every bit of dirt on their loved toys.
BTW, that is how a terran battlecruiser was looking to some of us.

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EDIT: Heck, if they went for a more gritty color scheme, people would start complaining about CNC3-likeness instead. rolleyes.gif Seriously, what are you expecting?
People seeing the voicing of an oppinion not as a formal declaration of war against SCII or any other game?

View PostAlias, on 19 May 2007, 08:49, said:

Starcraft 2: $80
Keyboard: $30
12 years of private education: $52000

Making a spelling error in all caps in size 72 font: priceless.
You just made my day... :locky:
Edited by Golan, 19 May 2007 - 11:12.
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Saint's Photo Saint 19 May 2007

Tis a fine day indeed to hear of this.
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Kris's Photo Kris 19 May 2007

Don't want to double post....

SC2 !!!!! Fook yeah!

My only complain now is why they changed the overall design of the terran units? D:

Still! Finally! SC2 !!!
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