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StarCraft 2 Screenshots Show Updated Zerg Design

by Chris Faylor, Feb 19, 2009 7:45am PST

Related Topics – StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft 2, screenshots, PC

As the agonizing wait for StarCraft II continues, developer Blizzard has issued a few new screenshots of the PC RTS, revealing a more realistic look for the game's Zerg units.

"The StarCraft art team have been making massive updates to the Zerg faction, adding various new animations and improving even further on the textures of Zerg units and buildings," community manager Kevin "Karune" Yui wrote on the developer's forums.

Still no word yet as to when the anticipated sequel will arrive, though a multplayer beta is said to be coming in months. The studio has also said that it will release a major "frontline" title this year, but did not specify which of its upcoming games that may be.

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By: jjastor x Show Full Post

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The Baneling looks slightly better. All the rest look worse. And oh my god, the Zerg Overseer, they TOTALLY fckn RUINED that one. Higher res textures, sure, but they look worse. What is with this stupid trend of every game going into an orange-brown color scheme? Not to mention, these changes would seem to make instant identification much more difficult.

Feb 20, 2009 1:56pm PST

The Baneling looks slightly better. All the rest look worse. And oh my god, the Zerg Overseer, they TOT... : jjastor

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I love quite a few Blizzard games, so this isn't a hate post at all, but seriously wth. The more I look at Zerg units, the more it disturbs me how much they ripped off the Tyranids. Yes, I know this has been brought up a million times. But after looking at that one screenshot with the big ass creatures with the 4 talon arms I think I reached my bullshit limit.

http://www.gameslore.com/acatalog/GW5109TN.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MBVAP637L._SL500_AA280_.jpg
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:OtiLAQJkE7ihBM:http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/c/cc/Tyranid_Hive_Tyrant_Forgeworld_2.jpg

I doubt if someone made an RTS and copied all of Blizzard's designs as blatantly as they copied Games Workshop that it would go uncontested by them.

Feb 19, 2009 8:31am PST

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They've said that units from the first game that aren't in the second will be available in the editor. Will units like the Reaver, Defiler, Firebat etc be undergoing gradual polish like the current units, or will they look graphically worse by the time it all comes out?

Feb 19, 2009 1:41pm PST

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They've said that units from the first game that aren't in the second will be available in the editor. W... : MamiyaOtaru
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  I don't understand this sentence. What editor? What exactly do you mean? : Johnnsen
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    They shipped a world editor to make maps and scenarios with Starcraft, they plan to do the same for Starc... : Durajim
    - Ah cool, thanks for explaining : Johnnsen

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hopefully this implies they found a way to squeeze some more performance out of their engine, rather than making it more chuggchugg for more people... poly count seems to have went up.

Feb 19, 2009 10:29am PST

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hopefully this implies they found a way to squeeze some more performance out of their engine, rather than... : araczynski
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  They've clearly just reskinned the existing models. : SpaecKow
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    Have a closer look at the drone. The fingers that hold up the wing membrane are 3d now. Or look at the ... : MamiyaOtaru
    - Actually yeah you're right, I didn't notice that. : SpaecKow
  - You clearly don't know anything about it. : Johnnsen

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Love it... just look at the detail they are adding... I can just see the Art Lead saying "Stop with all the fuckin' purples people! This isn't WoW or Diablo III! This game has to look like Starcraft 2, not Warcraft 4!"

Not that I'm against having color. I'm one of the, apparently, few that really loved the color palette for Diablo III. But Starcraft has a grittiness and grunge to it. So by all means, make the protoss a colorful bunch but keep the Zerg just like this... nice and beautiful, with a minimal of random purples highlighting them.

Keep up the FANTASTIQUE work Blizzard... You and Valve are practically in a world their own.

Feb 19, 2009 2:17pm PST

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Love it... just look at the detail they are adding... I can just see the Art Lead saying "Stop with all t... : f1kt1t1ous
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- yesss. diablo is brown, grey and black. warcraft is green, purple, and orange. starcraft is gunmetal and ... : askedrelic

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YAY! Slowly the dark gritty world of the original SC is poking through. I don't hate the new enviroments or look, but I did have a desire to see a more darker toned, war torn, athmospehere.

Feb 19, 2009 1:53pm PST

YAY! Slowly the dark gritty world of the original SC is poking through. I don't hate the new enviroments ... : happynoodle

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It looks good, much fleshier most of all, which I personally wished for.

Feb 19, 2009 1:09pm PST

It looks good, much fleshier most of all, which I personally wished for. : SpaecKow

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Hmm... a lot of the models seem to have gotten some color desaturation. I particularly liked the color
drone with the purple... spine? Whatever the fuck that is.

Same with the hydralisk :(. Oh well, the new models still look great.

I wonder if this is related to any nerd-rage from the diablo3 color controversy.

Feb 19, 2009 8:06am PST

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  Diablo has too much color! Stacraft doesn't have enough color! : razlebol
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Good improvements I say, although the last one, I liked the earlier version better, where it comes to color that is.

Feb 19, 2009 8:47am PST

Good improvements I say, although the last one, I liked the earlier version better, where it comes to col... : Johnnsen

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Dang it's looking good. Want want want!

Feb 19, 2009 8:44am PST

Dang it's looking good. Want want want! : fffortune

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The overseer reminds me of some mutated blob of chumtoads from Half-Life, haha.

I actually like the original overseer better, but they all look pretty good. Love the new drone.

Feb 19, 2009 7:59am PST

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The overseer reminds me of some mutated blob of chumtoads from Half-Life, haha. I actually like the or... : kungfusquirrel
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- That's my feelings. I like the changes for the most part, but I prefer the old overseer. : bipolar

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I'm really not digging the similarities between the Zerg units and the color of the creep. These screenshots seem to indicate that it could be kind of difficult to pick apart units while playing.

Feb 19, 2009 8:04am PST

I'm really not digging the similarities between the Zerg units and the color of the creep. These screensh... : mittense

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It's obvious that it was necessary the upgrade. The new design of those zerg units looks awesome, i really do hope that more units from zerg,terran and protoess will have the same facelift :)

Feb 19, 2009 7:55am PST

It's obvious that it was necessary the upgrade. The new design of those zerg units looks awesome, i reall... : hrl3qn

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