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**malfred**

Welcome to Starcraft 2.

**Schepp himself**

Don't get me wrong on this, but this looks very old school. The Protoss got a styleupgrade, maybe they should have looked like that, but the engine back in the days couldn't represent them like Blizzard wanted. Other than that the units are still the same and I don't see cool standards like destroyable terrain (company of heroes) in it. But I have faith in Blizzard that it will simply rock due to supreme balancing and dense campaign atmosphere.

I hope it won't turn out to be like this horrible Warcraft 3. My good was that bad! (sorry, didn't want to start a flamewar here...)

Greets
Schepp himself

EDIT: Hey look at page 25, it's that protoss thing from the intro of starcraft I... And seems Unit look different when you upgrade them or they gain XP (Dragoons in silver and golden, or marine with heraldy on their riotshields for example).

**Mr. Bombadidaloo**

Posted By Schepp himself on 05/19/2007 12:55 AM
Don't get me wrong on this, but this looks very old school. The Protoss got a styleupgrade, maybe they should have looked like that, but the engine back in the days couldn't represent them like Blizzard wanted. Other than that the units are still the same and I don't see cool standards like destroyable terrain (company of heroes) in it. But I have faith in Blizzard that it will simply rock due to supreme balancing and dense campaign atmosphere.

I hope it won't turn out to be like this horrible Warcraft 3. My good was that bad! (sorry, didn't want to start a flamewar here...)

Greets
Schepp himself

EDIT: Hey look at page 25, it's that protoss thing from the intro of starcraft I... And seems Unit look different when you upgrade them or they gain XP (Dragoons in silver and golden, or marine with heraldy on their riotshields for example).

In response to your comment on warcraft 3, I'm simply going to say: I hate you to your very core.

Moving on...

www.starcraft2.com !!!

Official site, has 2 vids as of now, first one is opening cinematic trailer, second one shows artwork and some lovely gameplay footage.

Enjoy!

**Schepp himself**

In response to your comment on warcraft 3, I'm simply going to say: I hate you to your very core.

Heheheh...thanks that you made it short and personal.

And also for the link!

Greets
Schepp himself

**Orlanth**

I saw this on another forum, both places talked about 'Koreans' or 'Korean shut-ins'. What is the connection?

**Mannahnin**

Starcraft is so popular there that it is often referred to as the national sport. (Though Tae Kwon Do is the official national sport).

**Wayfarer**

They also starve to death and get into knife fights over SC.

**Jester**

"Real Men Drill Deep". Ain't that the frakking truth.

I knew something was up yesterday when I heard a telltale "KEKEKEKE" on the wind. Old school is my take on it as well. And that's a good thing.

**pnweerar**

Aye. I couldn't care less if it was mostlly just a nip, tuck, rehash. That's good with me.

And I hated WC3 too.

**Onnotangu**

Just jack me into the mainframe and leave me pluggedin for a fortnight.

this will be the most pirated game in in the world.

**Foda_Bett**

I'm glad they didn't decide to go with "World of Starcraft" and went with this instead.

I hated WC3 as well. I REALLY hope they don't use that crappy "hero system" in SC2.

**stonefox**

I'm glad they didn't decide to go with "World of Starcraft" and went with this instead.

What? We need a good sci-fi MMO.

**commisar-Kaine**

omg

awesome...

**Ahtman**

I always like how Blizzard makes games so that they don't require $800 video cards and 4gigs of memory to run better then 15 fps.

**pnweerar**

Posted By stonefox on 05/19/2007 9:31 PM

What? We need a good sci-fi MMO.

Some mates and I had the same conversation when they announced WoW.

Oh look, another FANTASY MMORPG, not like there are enough of those out...

That said, I must admit I rather like WoW.

**Janthkin**

I always like how Blizzard makes games so that they don't require $800 video cards and 4gigs of memory to run better then 15 fps.

Supreme Commander is fun, though. It'll tide me over until we finally get SC2.

**malfred**

Knowing Blilzzard, they'll make a better game than Supreme Commander, with crappier graphics

Oops, I meant, more colorful.

**commisar-Kaine**

just because it doesn't require an fx 9600 GT turbo blah blah blah graphics card doesnt mean it will be a bad game =-)

i for one cant wait. whens the release date scheduled?

**fellblade**

Yeah. I loved Mark of Chaos... except for the hellaciously slow loading and intermittent lag during gameplay, as the excessive graphics demands tried to take more and more virtual memory. I don't bother to play it anymore, since I got tired of booting up the game then going away for ten minutes while it tried to load each scenario.

Put me squarely in the 'gameplay over graphics' camp.

**Wayfarer**

Here's a juicy little nugget to make you guys happy: Andy Chambers is the lead designer for SC2.

**Jester**

Man, that's like winning the lottery, huh? I'm sure Blizzard took into account that he wrote Codex: Orks, a codex so good that they haven't needed to update it in years!!

**Jayden63**

I'm really looking forward to this game. The Hero system worked wonderfully in the single player campaign, but where it hurt was in multiplayer. Creep hunt early or die. It was that simple.

**duke_sam**

Posted By Janthkin on 05/20/2007 9:08 AM

I always like how Blizzard makes games so that they don't require $800 video cards and 4gigs of memory to run better then 15 fps.

Supreme Commander is fun, though. It'll tide me over until we finally get SC2.

I'll buy SC2 for the storyline since the last one was a very entertaining piece of Sci-Fi but SupCom will still completely own me for gameplay. Who else gives me guns nearly the size of the eiffel tower, 20 metre tall mechs, a battleship tank thing and submarine aircraft carriers? All without it turning into a frantic click fest.

**Thanatos_elNyx**

Posted By stonefox on 05/19/2007 9:31 PM

I'm glad they didn't decide to go with "World of Starcraft" and went with this instead.

What? We need a good sci-fi MMO.

Does the Firefly MMO count?

**malfred**

Wait, what???

Niice...

Maybe this'll get the locals to play some Starcraft 2

**pnweerar**

Firefly MMO!? Sweet!

**Schepp himself**

I'm not persuaded on MMO's. Imo, they lack a serious campaign feeling and are populated with stupid quests only to get xp. Baldurs Gate on the other hand, that's my style of roleplaying.

Well, after looking at the site I'm very exiting, the only thing that underwhelm me are the sound effects, the voice acting that is. They seem generic and too much "try to be mean". I'm happy to see that the Protoss seem to be even more elite than in Starcraft I.

Greets
Schepp himself

**Cybele**

Phew...I am relieved. I thought I was going to have to go out and spend 50 dollars when this game comes out. Now I can save 50 dollars. Same boring ol'stuff.

**Janthkin**

Well, after looking at the site I'm very exiting, the only thing that underwhelm me are the sound effects, the voice acting that is. They seem generic and too much "try to be mean". I'm happy to see that the Protoss seem to be even more elite than in Starcraft I.

I'm guessing that a lot of the sounds and visuals are still temporary. We aren't exactly looking at the final product....

**Abadabadoobaddon**

Posted By Janthkin on 05/21/2007 10:30 AM
I'm guessing that a lot of the sounds and visuals are still temporary. We aren't exactly looking at the final product....

Exactly. To see that you'll have to wait. Until the 3rd patch after the release of the expansion.