Blizzard Officially Reveals StarCraft II

[MealsonWheels]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7351

I cant wait, the first one kicked ***!

[2630Goon]

it will come out in 2039 after 3 thousand delays.pc gaming is going down the tubes,because gamers are sick and tired of delayed games.

[Remington]

They've got some good ideas in the protoss section, should be a real treat once it's ready.

[ImaNihilist]

it will come out in 2039 after 3 thousand delays.pc gaming is going down the tubes,because gamers are sick and tired of delayed games.
It's not just PC games, it's all games. It seems like everything nowadays has extremely long dev times.

I wonder what really causes that. Is it because things have so much higher textures now that it actually takes a long time to create the artwork for the games? That's the only thing I can really think of.

Just...everything has long dev times now. Everything is months or years apart for almost every console, even the Wii which can't be caused by extremely large textures.

[PointlesS]

I wonder what really causes that. Is it because things have so much higher textures now that it actually takes a long time to create the artwork for the games? That's the only thing I can really think of.
that's part of it...instead of taking a picture...fixing it up in photoshop and slapping it on a wall...you have to take that picture...fix it up in photoshop general normal...specular and whatever other maps you want...and that's just the fast and easy way...for really detailed textures it's usually modeled in low and high poly versions to generate a normal map

not only that but code I'd imagine has gotten more complicated...now they have to program physics...implement whatever multiplayer system they want...implement ai that does something more than stand and shoot and so on...

development team sizes has reached the 100s...it's insane the amount of work and people required to make even a mediocre game

in the case of blizzard they're perfectionists so they'll take however long they need because they're blizzard

[rhettro]

Early shots look cool. I have bought a Blizzard game in a long time, maybe that's about to change.

[Mr Cherry]

Looks good, though the units seem a little cartoonish for my tastes. The cinematic trailer really gets me going though.

"Hell... it's about time!"

[Remington]

Hey they've got videos now check it out.

[Squirrel Meat]

that's part of it...instead of taking a picture...fixing it up in photoshop and slapping it on a wall...you have to take that picture...fix it up in photoshop general normal...specular and whatever other maps you want...and that's just the fast and easy way...for really detailed textures it's usually modeled in low and high poly versions to generate a normal map

not only that but code I'd imagine has gotten more complicated...now they have to program physics...implement whatever multiplayer system they want...implement ai that does something more than stand and shoot and so on...

development team sizes has reached the 100s...it's insane the amount of work and people required to make even a mediocre game

in the case of blizzard they're perfectionists so they'll take however long they need because they're blizzard

and you know because it is blizzard that it will actually come out....

[sna]

what I realy want to see is a new RTS game... I am tired of the same game 1,2,3,4,5 etc.

looking at it it is the same old starcraft but in 3D. look at the terrain and map lay out etc

look at new C&C3 better than b4? yes. anything new? NO. u dont feel that "wow" u had when u played the first C&C.

same thing same story same kane bla bla bla..

Make somthing new!

[PinchyCM]

this looks awesome. when's the eta on this?

[Zy]

this looks awesome. when's the eta on this?


From what I have heard 1 week before the end of the world.

[PinchyCM]

lol. sounds about right :p

[proxops-pete]

Wow... I just saw the 1280 x 720 video of the gameplay!! I can't wait!! :D
The game is going to be GOTY for sho'! Just take my word for it!! Some of the new units are freakin' awesome!! Zerg suicidal bombs, Protoss Mothership, ooh... I'm just oozing with excitement!!

[Colossus]

Am I the only one that felt the original StarCraft was rubbish?

Was never a fan of the original... I also hated Descent...

Shrug...

[proxops-pete]

Am I the only one that felt the original StarCraft was rubbish?

Was never a fan of the original... I also hated Descent...

Shrug...

Well, you aren't the only one... just one of about 100,000 out of 7 billion! :p So you don't like Command & Conquer series either?!! Esp. Red Alert!

[nukefault]

What specifically did you think was wrong with Starcraft and Descent? They definitely both have problems (like Starcraft's pathfinding being painfully bad even compared to its contemporaries ie Myth) but I was a poor Mac user back when I started playing them and believe me, they're a pretty big upgrade from everything else I had... Escape Velocity (props to anyone who remembers that little goldmine, double props if you made plugins :), Shufflepuck Cafe, Chessmaster, Pathways Into Darkness, Spectre, Stellar 7...

That's also right when we upgraded from a Mac Classic II to a Power Mac 7100/66 and OS 8 was a virtual Deus Ex Machina, for historical perspective.

[DJBeanPole17]

Escape Velocity (props to anyone who remembers that little goldmine

Best game ever. I played that game nonstop and almost had complete control over all of the planets. I LOVED that game... They have some new XP port that I must try :D

[nukefault]

Yup, EV Nova is for Windows and OSX. It's the same idea but better graphics, better plugin capabilities, the usual. The plot is more of a personal story than a plot story and pretty corny, but also a lot less generic than EV "There are aliens with funky red and black patterns.... uhmm... SHOOT THEM!"

It's definitely worth a look... www.ambrosiasw.com :)

[DJBeanPole17]

Yes. Nova... I was jsut checking it out on their site! For the original EV I had some plugin that let me have a weapon that was unlimited ammo and did a crazy amount of damage. So I'd go to a planet, demand tribute, they'd deny me and send out there army, and then I'd destroy them with my awesome weapon. That's how I controlled the planets :D


Fun times!

[nukefault]

lol... was it the Forklift? Made a truck sound... huge explosion radius (basically a space bomb with guidance and infinite ammo)

There were a ton of those plugs but the Forklift one was actually funny... I think I remember reading it was a reference to some MSK3K thing.

The amazing thing is the EV webboard is still going... they even still had my plug hosted until last year (that I made in like 7th grade lol)

[vertices]

Way hyped about this game. Warcraft and Starcraft (all versions) completey kicked ***. We still play WC3 at the office afterhours sometimes. I can remember countless nights on Bnet playing SC.:)

[nukefault]

Heh... SC is pretty timeless... but I have to say since I found DoW I've never even looked back at War3 :)