Blizzard Releases Gritty StarCraft 2 Shots

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  I've been playing blizz games for a long time. I trust them to make a good game with starcraft 2. I'm sur... : Reeves
  • Starcraft 1 had no problems whatsoever. : ifallible
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  Yeah I feel the same way, im not a fan of games where being able to hit bound keys and commands in rapid ... : Jackass1233
  • Yeah, they turn it into a math problem. : OmegaRed59
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  WC3 was WAY more micro-managment focused than SC. The two games were pretty much polar opposites in that ... : thechunder
  • That's what I was going to say. Micro-Management was way more important. You could win the game just b... : razlebol
  • Yeah, in WC3 you need to be constantly leveling your Hero. Almost all units have abilities that need to b... : kodt
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  This argument is pretty silly and for some reason I only ever see it applied to RTS games. No one complai... : aeg1x
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    My problem is, as a turn based strategy whore, RTS has no S (just like MMORPGS have no RPG... making some... : batkiwi
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      Speed is strategy too. Just because you're not any good at it, doesn't mean it's not strategic. ;-) : [7]kami
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        Ya, well said. What you need is a turn-based strategy, where you have all the time in the world (not if y... : downrightevil
        • I found that most friends that had troubles with Starcraft, were used to turtling too much. They wanted t... : [7]kami
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        No, that's not correct at all. Speed is a physical trait - strategy refers to mental choices that outwit... : wytefang
        • Fast clicking is not an advantage in this game. Fast thinking is. And then clicking on the things you tho... : [7]kami
        • I'd like to know what fast clicking your refering to. If you want mouse click spam play Dawn of War. : thewindcriesmary
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      Well I agree with you in that sense. Real Time Tactical is a more apt description. The strategic element ... : aeg1x
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        I'd disagree totally about Company of Heroes - it actually brought strategy back to the mix in a big way,... : wytefang
        • Yeah, CoH is much more a strategy game. : razlebol
        • I don't really think so. I was a top 15 1v1 player and I never really used much strategy. It was all tact... : aeg1x
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    you haven't payed much attentuion to the TF2 threads then have you? Lot of bitching from the people with ... : Old_Fart
    • that was my point... TF2 has a low skill ceiling. : aeg1x
  • i dont see how the argument of "feats of micromanagement" applies to FPS, at all. to use a different ter : yAak
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  They can't get rid of the Clicks per minute type skill requirement too much. It would ruin the game for K... : Hatrat
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    It's not clicks per minute as much as it is accuracy, speed and efficiency. It's akin to having good aim ... : aeg1x
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      The only problem being that those are things that don't really seem to fit into a strategy game. : wytefang
      • the new additions should turn it into less of a click fest to do basic things, but that frees up apm to d... : Shai-Tan
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  I can answer that: it's starcraft 1 with prettier graphics and all the changes they think they can get a... : kiddygrinder
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    Well sir, since you have obviously played and mastered this game and demand that we accept your authority... : ifallible
    • While you are a tad justified... He's still right. : famine101
    • erm, that's what blizzard have said they're doing with it, go fucking read the internet. it's right on t... : kiddygrinder
  • naw, it should be much more playable to the average person, imo. starcraft is missing features that are b... : Shai-Tan

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• The graphics are pretty fucking amazing for a RTS game if you ask me. : razlebol
• Smooth, efficient graphics engines >> bloated, crappy, slow graphics engines which only run well 5 years ... : code-e255
• The screenshot don't do the game justice. You need to see it in motion to appreciate it. It's quite nice. : nolram
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  Art direction? All Blizzard has ever done is steal from Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. Compliment ... : CRasterImage
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    Everything and everyone has their influences, what's the big deal? Blizzard has always taken things and f... : Lycronis
    • you don't actually know what Games Workshop is, do you Lycronis? Otherwise you would recognize that Bliz... : finneydp
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      You seem to be under the impression that Games Workshop produces video games. They do not. They prod... : CRasterImage
      • I'm fully aware of who Games Workshop is and how long they have been around. I'm also fully aware that Bl... : Lycronis
  • I'm not really interested in complimenting Games Workshop for Blizzard's execution. Obviously, they have ... : yAak

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• Sometimes I prefer games designed so that I don't need to change the camera angle. Either go full out wit... : SilverSnake

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  This and Left for Dead. : bcyde
  • Bcyde has it right - I'm waiting for Left 4 Dead, StarCraft 2, and Fallout 3. Yummy!! : wytefang
• StarCraft 2, Red Alert 3, Fallout 3, Spore and the game I'm working on =] : Frozen Pixel
• Starcraft 2, WoW Expansion, Spore. : jabuck
• Alan Wake, Quake Live, and Fallen Empire : insta
• Yup in my top list of games as well, looks to awesome and I was addicted to the first one back in the day... : armybob
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  Starcarft 2 and Spore : mobab
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    What is this "spore" game everyone seems to be talking about... Oh and I'd add Age of Conan to that list.... : Reeves
    • http://youtube.com/watch?v=V5TXEUiR1Xk Not the best vid, but the added robin williams is always fun. : mobab
  • I second that. : Bob_Loblaw
• Starcraft 2, WoW Expansion : [7]kami
• Starcraft 2 (by far), Alan Wake, Gran Turismo 5, WoW expansion (not that much, though, because I just sta... : code-e255
• cross you fingers, as it may get pushed to next year. But ya, this is definitely my number one game. : Scoots06
• You're all crazy if you think SC2 will be out before 2009. Crazy! : thechunder

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• Heheheh : Richensw

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• There aren't any known requirements at this point, but as ever, Blizzard is aiming for very reasonable sp... : Nick Breckon
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  doubtfully considering blizzard positions itself to run on older systems always : italiano3d
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    I am sure that it's going to take a very good machine to make it look good like this. It might run on old... : razlebol
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      "look good like this" wtf? :p It looks like C&C Generals. I bet any decent computer can make it look l... : TwiiK
      • It looks way better than C&C Generals. WTF are you smoking? Here is a screenshot of Generals zero hour... : razlebol
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      It looks nice, but the camera is always zoomed in fairly closely - that makes a big framerate difference.... : code-e255
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        Company takes a good machine to run at 1680x1050 with max settings and AA. I doubt it can run without a a... : razlebol
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          Indeed. Even then it's questionable to run the game with maxed out settings. 3vs3 games are quite demandi... : fffortune
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            RTS games doesn't exactly require much more than 25 fps though. The isometric perspective is pretty forg... : noven
            • It sucks when you try to move the camera and there is a framerate drop though. : razlebol
        • coh is horribly opitimized to run on machines. It's not as bad as crysis, but when the shit hits the f... : dedgecko

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  I gave up on starcraft cause it's from 1998 and better RTS games have came out since then. : tyrelhill
  • Good for you. I am replaying through it and it still is as awesome as it was back then. I think company o... : razlebol

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• playing Single Player, you really don't have to worry about micro much. I'm really bad at micro too :( : Frozen Pixel
• I love RTS games, but suck at micro-management and hate it. : Old_Fart
• There are a few RTS's that do not micromanage. Dark Omen, Myth, The original Total War Shogun (I am not s... : mordaken

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• Only 1 or 2 units per faction will be able to do this. It's no worse than flying units which tanks can't ... : razlebol

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• even if the PC died Blizzard games would still sell approximately 2.7 bajeeelion each. : kungfusquirrel

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  Yeah, these are incredible. : Nick Breckon
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    At first I was kinda turned off by the Terrans, but now I can't get enough of them. SHINY : SpaecKow
    • ye i think when blizzard first relesed screens of the terran they looked way to simple and blocky. Now th... : thewindcriesmary
  • You're getting these dollops straight from the source, then? : qsylvr

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  Seriously. I so cannot wait for this game. Is the screen shot caption thing a new feature? I don't r... : PsychoBoyJack
  • It's been there for a while, we just don't use it often. : Nick Breckon

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• With animations that look even better. : Audhuml4