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Mike Windu

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Bah, I've been playing WC3 a lot lately and apparently "Build More Farms/Burrows" mixed up with the Pylon message.

 

Then again, I haven't played any game without totally borked sound in ~6 months, so I don't even know if that's how it goes :*(. I really need to get unlazy and fix my sound.

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Starcraft 2... if they don't get the balacing right it will be a desaster and people (especially Koreans) will stick to starcraft 1.

 

I mean, Starcraft Broodwar is the best balanced RTS game EVER! Not even Warcraft has reached that so far...

 

Who else thinks people will be pissed of because of the balancing when the game is released?

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I'm so excited about this announcement I almost wet myself!

 

*Goes off to change pants...*

 

Though I do worry about the 'removed' units... I need my Battlecruiser and Carrier 'fixes' damnit!

 

Quote it correctly.

 

You must construct additional pylons.

"Spawn more Overlords!" :xp:

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2!

oh **** homie.

http://www.starcraft2.com

Discuss!

 

Though graphics aren't the primary attraction of a game like this it still looked a bit old judging by the screenshots. Didn't look all that different from SC/Brood War, only higher resolution and a bit more crispy. You'd think they could come up with some better improvements in 10 years (like 3D camera that you can rotate freely to view battles from different angles, zoom in/out etc...).

 

Remains to see if the gameplay is good enough to make up for it. Starcraft was the only RTS I've played for any length of time. :)

 

Is there any reason for two threads on the same subject? This one and the one in "The Outlander Club". :confused:

Mod note: Threads merged and moved to the Outlander Club forum. :cowdance

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Though graphics aren't the primary attraction of a game like this it still looked a bit old judging by the screenshots. Didn't look all that different from SC/Brood War, only higher resolution and a bit more crispy. You'd think they could come up with some better improvements in 10 years (like 3D camera that you can rotate freely to view battles from different angles, zoom in/out etc...).

 

 

Which they did...

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_A3rUFWcxoI

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f8FbxZZGnIM&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9V0cL7ofmwA&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WSle8LP9xck&mode=related&search=

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Ah, very nice. The screenshots I saw didn't indicate that since they were all from the same camera angle. Good to know they've improved things further. :) The game does look a whole lot like Starcraft 1 with better graphics and some new units, though I suppose it might not be a good idea to change a winning concept too much.

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Though I do worry about the 'removed' units... I need my Battlecruiser and Carrier 'fixes' damnit!

http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?3

No need to worry, as you can see in the link above the good old Battlecruisers are still there and I've also seen the gameplay video and am pleased to say that they still have the Yamato Gun. :devburn:

Now, as for the Carriers, I don't know, but I hope they haven't been removed from the game. I've heard that the Protoss will have a Mothership unit, though.

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I wonder how they will tackle the Heroes ; hopefully not just a copy from WC III . But if it is , I won't cry :p Just to damn happy that SC finannly gets it follow-up .

 

Hopefully some more glimps of the Xel'naga to .

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Now, as for the Carriers, I don't know, but I hope they haven't been removed from the game. I've heard that the Protoss will have a Mothership unit, though.

The Mothership is the massive ship in the third and fourth gameplay trailers posted by LIAMYD, and from what I saw it's an uber-unit, but definitely not a Carrier.

 

I wonder how they will tackle the Heroes; hopefully not just a copy from WC III.

I personally hope they don't have heroes. Campaign heroes would be fine, but heroes for multiplayer would make the game a WC3 clone, IMHO.

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The Mothership is the massive ship in the third and fourth gameplay trailers posted by LIAMYD, and from what I saw it's an uber-unit, but definitely not a Carrier.

 

In one of the previews I've read on Gamespy, they mention that the mothership is certainly not that strong. It actually would have been destroyed easily by 3 Battlecruisers. They only made it stronger then it will be for demonstration purposes.

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But the orginal SC had heroes , well just in the campeign :p

 

As for multiplay I don't care to much ; it's fun , but I'm not that much of internet game-dude :lol:

 

Can't wait to see Kerrigan Queen of Blades , slashing marines in two :D

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Of course there'll be heroes, the only two questions are:

-will there be hero units in skirmish/custom games?

-will the heroes be as in WC3 (classes that level up), or simply a super strong commander unit (like in Dawn of War)?

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I'm not certain about heroes being in custom/MP games. In Gamespy's previews, the developers clearly stated that the game was supposed to be focusing on multiplayer and competitive play. Adding heroes makes for another layer of balancing, which only makes things more difficult. Heroes should not be in custom games, except for those using "Use Map Settings".

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