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More StarCraft Remastered Rumors, May-June Release
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Hopefully it won't be just StarCraft Mass Recall, but they actually fix much of the jankyness.
You didn't see SC1 in a while, did you?
Alter_Fridge
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Assuming you're interested in the campaigns, if you don't want to play the original, you can play a fanmade "remaster" of SC1, called "StarCraft: Mass Recall" created with the SC2 editor. It's basically a 1:1 replica of the original with the addition of some original ingame cutscenes, but you can also choose to use some Brood War tech even in the vanilla game (like medics for example). The SC2 starter edition (the free trial) comes with the editor so you can play SCMR even if you didn't buy SC2.
If you exclusively care about the SC1 story you can also watch it on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF9226B77F797043B
As for SC2, the digital Battle Chest (including all 3 games) is currently on sale for $/€30, but you can also find it physically for about $/€35 on Amazon, just make sure you buy the second Battle Chest with all 3 games, not the one with only the first 2.
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lilojigsaw
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Since it was on console I wonder if they will bring it out for a console along side the pc
calavera_jo
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Any news if it's going to be on Mac?
Can Switch even run Brood War?
AlexFlame116
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FaustsBoon
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Wow... this beats the hell out of the kick-in-the-dick that Diablo fans have been getting from Blizz.
http://m.ruliweb.com/news/board/1003/read/2123385?
Starcraft Anthology is sold out on Battle.net
Something is happening.
Starcraft Anthology is sold out on Battle.net
Something is happening.
HarryDemeanor
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It begins!
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/20569786
I <3 StarCraft event in Korea.
It's happening, Morhaime isn't going to Korea to just thank people.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/20569786
I <3 StarCraft event in Korea.
It's happening, Morhaime isn't going to Korea to just thank people.
AlexFlame116
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Wait wait what does this mean???
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
ScottSullivan
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The king returns. I'm not even good at multiplayer but SC1 is my #1 game of all time for campaign and UMS
AdventureRacing
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I'm excited but i'm fully prepared for the fact that it won't happen. I desperately want a remake of diablo 1 and 2, WC2 and SC1 but i have no expectations that they will ever happen. If any of them do happen i'll be there day 1.
Kidding off that Overwatch thread lol
QuixoticNeutral
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If the remaster doesn't replicate the weird, unintentional interactions/pathfinding that form the basis of professional expertise and balance in South Korea, we could be in for a mess: professional Brood War made a huge comeback this year (almost wholly on the return of retired superstars from the close of the 2000s) and I certainly expect Blizzard to push broadcasting partners like AfreecaTV to move to the new software. And if the players don't make the jump, the resurgent BW scene will come apart again, though obviously this won't affect the bottom line of sales to people who just want to relive the campaigns on modern systems without compatibility/display issues. (Mac support, for instance, was deprecated years ago when Apple dropped Carbon support for pre-OS X software.)
Best-case scenario: plays just like the original mechanically, but with modern networking support, observer/replay features, and SC2-level automatic matchmaking. (I wouldn't count on old-school IP-to-IP LAN, though, and in fact expect its absence to be the foundation of backlash and outrage out of proportion to the players actually affected.)
Rebuilding SC1/BW in the SC2 engine (like modders have already done), for all the convenience and accessibility of its modern UI conveniences, is not what people want, any more than playing as Roy in SSB4 is a substitute for Melee. Sprites in HD and modern Battle.net are as far as they should go.
Best-case scenario: plays just like the original mechanically, but with modern networking support, observer/replay features, and SC2-level automatic matchmaking. (I wouldn't count on old-school IP-to-IP LAN, though, and in fact expect its absence to be the foundation of backlash and outrage out of proportion to the players actually affected.)
Rebuilding SC1/BW in the SC2 engine (like modders have already done), for all the convenience and accessibility of its modern UI conveniences, is not what people want, any more than playing as Roy in SSB4 is a substitute for Melee. Sprites in HD and modern Battle.net are as far as they should go.
Alter_Fridge
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Is it bad that I played this game for 4 years with a pirated version D:
Theslammer
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I wonder how this will compare to the excellent Mass Recall remakes of the original six campaigns, plus the Insurrection Mission.
Oh man so it's (probably) actually happening then. Hell yeah! I still prefer watching Brood War competition to SC2, just that it's never on at a decent time and the graphics could use an update (though I do like the style). I hope they're going to try to revitalize the Brood War scene even more than what's already happening in Korea. Really excited to see what they have to show. It would be easy for them to screw it up too though lol, imagine if they put DK in charge or something. Just give us Brood War with some modernizations to the UI and resolutions and I'll be happy. Go too far with changes and the community will reject it altogether.
Also I wonder if it will have LAN support lol
They actually did already remaster the music. It's available in SC2.
KnightimeX_Legacy
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YES!
FINALLY!
I've waited many many moons for this remaster.
FINALLY!
I've waited many many moons for this remaster.
Hrm, interesting.
This shit was rumored for a while, but this looks like a pretty credible idea at this point. Hopefully as Stats raises the GSL trophy, as sOO comes in with yet another silver medal, we'll be talking about how BW remastered or updated looks awesome and talk about potential release dates. Could ride the recent wave of BW getting more popular with Afreeca and all the OG's like Flash returning and owning, especially as SC2 looks like its on the down swing.
This shit was rumored for a while, but this looks like a pretty credible idea at this point. Hopefully as Stats raises the GSL trophy, as sOO comes in with yet another silver medal, we'll be talking about how BW remastered or updated looks awesome and talk about potential release dates. Could ride the recent wave of BW getting more popular with Afreeca and all the OG's like Flash returning and owning, especially as SC2 looks like its on the down swing.
Depends how much they decide to change. If it plays just like the original, the mechanics are quite a bit tougher.
kobe(beast)
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I have played fastest map on bw for 2 years. I guess it is time to get unrust.
secretanchitman
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Operation CWAL!
Hell yes I cannot wait for this. I do love SC2 but a remaster of the original SC would be badass. 3/25 can't come any sooner!
Hell yes I cannot wait for this. I do love SC2 but a remaster of the original SC would be badass. 3/25 can't come any sooner!
SuperStiltzkin
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Not really. I went back to SC1 a few weeks ago. It holds up I guess. But going from SC2 back to SC1 you realize how much you mix up the two games and misremember how the first one looked.
And mechanics-wise there is a lot of QoL stuff you always thought was in SC1, but was actually introduced in Brood War and SC2.
The music is already in Starcraft II, the original one just at higher quality!
Millsington
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Will dragoons with good pathing completely break the game?
Also hoping Blizz relents on their terrible no LAN philosophy but this is the game that put them on that road so I am not holding my breath.
Also hoping Blizz relents on their terrible no LAN philosophy but this is the game that put them on that road so I am not holding my breath.
Tertullian
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Mass Recall is so good, and such an improvement on the original Starcraft in the campaigns, I don't really see why I would care about a Starcraft remaster for single player. Is this remaster solely an eSports move?
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