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StarCraft 2 confirmed!
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 21st May 2007
Starcraft 2. Need we say anything else?
Or, soon anyway.
In case you missed it, Blizzard announced the game just a few days ago at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, held in Seoul, Korea, after rumours reached a boiling point.
It's been almost a decade since the original StarCraft was unleashed on the market, racking up critical acclaim and cult status immediately, and finally the sequel is here. Fans of the game will be pleased to know that the game will be re-appearing not as an MMO as was rumoured and feared by some. Instead, the game will be true to its roots and be a real-time strategy game with a story-driven campaign mode and multiplayer support.
The official StarCraft 2 website is hosting a whole load of media, including screenshots and trailers at the moment. Details are slowly leaking out, but what we know for sure at the moment is that the game will incorporate a number of new units and features and will ship with all the map-editing and script making tools required for mod makers.
Blizzard has also promised the game will feature the same fast-paced, hard-hitting gameplay that made the original such a runaway hit in the eyes of gamers worldwide.
So, as the war between the Protoss, Terran and Zerg races continues it only really remains to be seen if the king of real-time strategy can reclaim its crown successfully.
What do you think; will StarCraft 2 be as good as the original, or will it simply be a pile of radiation-proof pants? Let us know what you think in the forums.
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The development looks quite far along and playable, I wonder when it will be released.
I watched some of the gameplay videos (mainly aimed at showing off new Protoss units) and it looks pretty cool in motion. Protoss look more Advanced alien, Zerg looks more organic and Terran look like the dirty humans they are :P
I always thought that it was much better than C&C.
Very nice, I have such fond memories playing Starcraft with my friends at the local LAN back in the day. I cant believe it has been a decade since the first. That intro movie is amazing, good to see the Terrans haven't changed much, or Blizzards star quality.
I understand why it took so long, I cant imagine trying to top your best creation, especially one that has become NFL of South Korea. They have some mighty big shoes to fill.
Can't wait.
Must upgrade PC, for it...
But like I said, from the ingame videos I've seen it looks nearly there already, and with all the resources blizzard have to throw at a game these days... maybe Christmas? (Or is that stupidly optimistic? :D)
defiantly agreed!
-CollinstheClown
(first video called "Full Demo Footage" ... 30min with SCII GAMEPLAY)
Come on Blizzard, you can do better than 1980s comic book artwork.
Of course, these are just the very first resources so I can't base an assumption on that, but it seems like they know their fanbase well and the game will probably be geared towards them rather than building a game which seeks to form it's own fanbase around an entirely new take on the universe.
-P