Starcraft 2

[ScorcherDarkly]

I hear yah, but my excitement for SC2 has really waned these last few years - I'll still buy it, but damn it's not cutting edge tech or anything, it's going to start looking old soon.

They're planning at least two more releases for Protoss and Zerg with more or less the same engine, by 2012 or thereabouts I think this will look dated.

Two points:
1) SC1 hasn't received a single graphical update in the 11+ years since it was released, yet still has a pretty huge player base on battlenet, and still looks decent. WoW is the same way. 5 years in, very few graphical updates and still looks good. Somehow Blizzard manages to design graphics that look pretty good despite their age, I wouldn't expect that to change. Plus, if the gameplay is good enough, people won't care about the graphics.

2) Having played SC2 at Blizzcon 2008, I can tell you that it's not going to look old anytime soon. It looks amazing. The screenshots don't do show you the liquid smooth animations. The entire thing looks absolutely incredible.

I've been impatiently tapping my foot for beta to start, as I have a key to play in it from the aforementioned Blizzcon. I got to play D3 there as well, and I would much rather have it come out first than SC2, but D3 has already been confirmed for 2011 at the earliest.

 

[ayabe]

Two points:
1) SC1 hasn't received a single graphical update in the 11+ years since it was released, yet still has a pretty huge player base on battlenet, and still looks decent. WoW is the same way. 5 years in, very few graphical updates and still looks good. Somehow Blizzard manages to design graphics that look pretty good despite their age, I wouldn't expect that to change. Plus, if the gameplay is good enough, people won't care about the graphics.

2) Having played SC2 at Blizzcon 2008, I can tell you that it's not going to look old anytime soon. It looks amazing. The screenshots don't do show you the liquid smooth animations. The entire thing looks absolutely incredible.

I've been impatiently tapping my foot for beta to start, as I have a key to play in it from the aforementioned Blizzcon. I got to play D3 there as well, and I would much rather have it come out first than SC2, but D3 has already been confirmed for 2011 at the earliest.

The PC gaming industry has changed quite a bit since SC1 came out and RTS's are no longer the hot genre. There are too many other titles and genres competing for the ever dwindling PC gaming base.

 

[shortylickens]

The PC gaming industry has changed quite a bit since SC1 came out and RTS's are no longer the hot genre. There are too many other titles and genres competing for the ever dwindling PC gaming base.

Star Craft 1 didnt succeed in the PC gaming industry.
It changed the PC gaming industry.

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

The PC gaming industry has changed quite a bit since SC1 came out and RTS's are no longer the hot genre. There are too many other titles and genres competing for the ever dwindling PC gaming base.

SC1 was purchased by 9 million people, is played as a competitive sporting event in Korea, and is still played by hundreds of thousands online almost 12 years after release. Hot genre or not, this game is not going to be hurting for a player base.

 

[ayabe]

Star Craft 1 didnt succeed in the PC gaming industry.
It changed the PC gaming industry.

This game won't.

 

[ayabe]

SC1 was purchased by 9 million people, is played as a competitive sporting event in Korea, and is still played by hundreds of thousands online almost 12 years after release. Hot genre or not, this game is not going to be hurting for a player base.

Remove Korea from the equation and basically no one is playing.

This game won't have the staying power, no game will, those days are over. Hardly anything new is being brought to the table, which is good and bad I suppose.

Most of the people who purchase SC2 will be people who played SC1, now that's a significant number, but how many 15 year old "new" players are going to be interested in this, not nearly as many - the kids have a short attention span.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Two points:
WoW is the same way. 5 years in, very few graphical updates and still looks good. Somehow Blizzard manages to design graphics that look pretty good despite their age, I wouldn't expect that to change. Plus, if the gameplay is good enough, people won't care about the graphics.

I agree with most of what you said, but WoWs graphics have had significant upgrades with every expansion. Blizzard makes games with graphics that last because they're more focused on the art than the resolution or number of pixels and shader affects.

 

[crisium]

Which is why it is a same SC2's art style looks rather poor. Too much Warcraft not enough Starcraft.

 

[ibex333]

Which is why it is a same SC2's art style looks rather poor. Too much Warcraft not enough Starcraft.

lol. Couldnt say it better myself ; )



Inflatable toy looking tanks anyone? Power Ranger ghosts?