[PC] (StarCraft 2) Apparently Blizzard Still Makes Games!

Originally Posted by Sol

Few companies seem willing to risk their time and money on something that isn't guaranteed to earn them a rich profit.

Once they (game dev companies) (hopefully) realize that their 'guarranteed' games aren't bringing in nearly as much money as they would hope, its been a pattern in the past that this is when the next killer app game appears and a new wave of innovation and creativity spearheads game title development.

Or at least, this has been true so far. There are of course exceptions to this, but that's to be expected in ANY industry that deals with creativity versus profit.

----

While a Starcraft MMO would probably seem fun in the short term (Say, a month or so), I have a feeling it would quickly stagnate over time because I've had all the fix I want of MMO style gameplay with WoW (And I only played to around level 10 with a friend's account, so it got boring pretty fast for me).

If they truly did make a Starcraft 2, with high resolution 2D Sprites (Think Castlevania or Guilty Gear) and an added 4th Race, more upgrades, and a new storyline, then I suppose that would be a welcome addition to the lineup. Of course since this is a brilliant idea, 0% chance of it becoming reality.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

lol. Sorry for the spam post that got deleted, brain froze xD

Wow... I was blown away from the announcement. I have a farily old laptop by PC gaming standards, about 2-3 years old. I just hope that, given Blizzard would want to have the game to a wide enough audiance, that I can play the game fine. I'm sure it will be, but I'm having visions of "Starcraft 2, only for Windows Vista & DX10", even though the screenshots don't look DX10 quality.

I preorder things about once in a blue moon but I am definetly getting this when it comes out.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Slayer X

Also they don't fuck with shit that ain't broke.

You don't know how relieved I was after I saw the gameplay footage and screenshots. In the back of my mind, I was afraid they were going to pull a C&C: Generals on us. Thankfully that does not seem to be the case.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Monkey King

These aren't mutually exclusive. The programming team is separate from the art team, so while they're designing the rest of the game and tweaking unit balance, the art team can go right on messing with the graphics independently of everyone else.

I can't say with any reliable area of certainty, but in MOST 3D Applications, the skin & the general build of a character can be swapped out for something else, as long as its structurally near the same.

So for example, if I have a fighter pilot, a human, bipid, 2 legs, 2 arms, head, etc., I can swap the 3D Model of the pilot and replace with it the model & skin of say, a jedi from Star Wars. Since they have the same basic skeleton underneath, all that would likely be required is to adjust the areas of influence in the lightsaber and the Robes. This is what I got at least from 3Ds Max and the way Blizzard maps their characters is probably not as exact or as close to that as it might seem. Still, given that the protoss and terran units are generally bipeds and walk up right, it wouldn't be too hard to swap out the models for something different in the future, say a graphical change from somewhat-cartoony to a more gritty & dirty appearance.

The Zerg however are a different story and since I have no experience in non-human modelling I can't really comment on how they would change up the units for those.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Yggdrasil

Given that the last 3 games Blizzard has made (Warcraft 3 and its expansion and World of Warcraft) have all had this cartoon like appearance I'd have to say that the chances of Blizzard going back and all of a sudden changing the style to a more realistic appearance is small.

Well, I was talking more on a "IF THIS HAPPENED" rather then what they Should/Would do.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

I still have no idea why anyone would ever pre-order anything. Like Best Buy, Target, and Circuit City won't have copies. And you don't have to part with your own hard earned money for god knows how long. And it's easier to change your mind.

I've occasionally pre-ordered stuff and I've only done it so that, when the game DOES come out, I can just walk in, pick it up and walk out, as its already been paid for. Of course Consoles are an entirely different story from just Games, even heavily hyped ones.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?