New StarCraft 2 Screenshots Are Pretty

wow this game looks terrible, no one will buy it

I see they finally upgraded the Wc3 engine with dynamic shadows, HDR and few extra polies.

In the other news, Dawn of War points and laughs at SC's face.

I never got around to trying the original, but if it's half as engaging as WC3 i'll be playing it for a long time.

wait, they released a 3D mod for Starcraft? oh wait, this is starcraft TWO....

OMg check this terran hotness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1y2f-Y29Vs

Only thing that I didn't like about the first was the interface. It takes up around a 3rd of the screen... Looks like that won't change for SC2 :(...

Still looking forward to it, of course; but it would have been nice.

SC1 been around for 10 years and still shitloads of people play it I'm gonna laugh when this doesn't have the same feel to it.

I like how the graphics are evolving. If you compare the first shots to these you'll see they've defined and perfected the art direction a lot.

Ultralisks are HUGE.

http://www.shacknews.com/images/image-o-matic.x?/images/sshots/Screenshot/9944/9944_483c16a733534.jpg

Interesting screens esp.
http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=9944&game_id=4110&id=120164

On the upper right corner, near the bunker, it looks like a Hero unit and right next to it a firebat!

I'd love to find out more about the "hero" looking unit.

I bought SC on day 1 and back then was a bit underwhelmed by the graphics... They looked ok mostly but somehow there was no big wow, like in most other AAA games.

Now the graphics still feel as good and solid as back then, the "wow" factor from other games wore out like 9 1/2 years ago but most of them look like shit now.

Blizzard's art design is incredible and one of the few I'd really consider art among games (not even speaking about the gameplay), no difference with this one. Everything has a distinct look, everything feels really solid, even though this isn't even a game close to release.

I have no doubt SC2 will be the most played RTS online for years to come and a worthy successor to SC.

Maybe people are complaining about the gameplay, but that happened 10 years ago, too. There always will be those who prefer C&C, Age of Empires, etc. (Nowadays probably more like RA2, Dawn of War,...) To me SC hits exactly the sweet spot between strategy and tactics. But to claim this is just a mod or graphics update makes no sense whatsoever. Just look at the history of Blizzard RTS, the difference between WC1, 2, SC, WC3 has always been huge, between all games. This will be no different.

I still see they use blocks for terrain, no curves at all, this is so 1990. Comparing this game to recent RTS game, it looks really bad. I'm lookin forward to it, but I'm more fond of the new Dawn of War game, where there's "hopefully" more tactic as to amass units and resources then go steamroll.

Why am I looking forward to this? I'm not even a big fan of the first, but my brain is all 'WANT'. :(

I'm at work and have to change pants now. Goddamnit.

The Zerg looks so awesome! I want to play this game so bad. :~(