HF2014
Member
After seeing what they did with D3 with D1, i really just want them to concentrate their effort on D2. I seriously dont care honestly about D1, even if it was a great game at that time. It just didnt aged well.
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Starcraft Remastered confirmed [Summer 2017]. Original SC/BW to be free!
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After seeing what they did with D3 with D1, i really just want them to concentrate their effort on D2. I seriously dont care honestly about D1, even if it was a great game at that time. It just didnt aged well.
Vincent Alexander
Member
Blasphemy! I just replayed Diablo 1 with a friend last year on PC, and it was a damn good time.
Essentially my thoughts. It's incredible how much respect they've shown and how they nailed this remaster. Make it pretty without changing how it plays to the core audience.
MisterAnderson
Member
StarCraft 2 is amazing but still can't wait to get my hands on this.
Diablo 2 remaster please. (Please let hardcore mode be unlocked from the beginning, though)
Diablo 2 remaster please. (Please let hardcore mode be unlocked from the beginning, though)
Yeah, I agree. I think they completely nailed this. Can't wait to get going with it.
https://twitter.com/day9tv/status/846062476303085568
Return of the Daily?
Couldn't disagree more. D1 is still a great experience today.
day9tv said:
Return of the Daily?
Couldn't disagree more. D1 is still a great experience today.
icecold1983
Member
Good bye life
Sir Alemeth
Member
Was excited until I saw 'rerecorded audio'.
Please Blizzard, for the love of all that's heavenly, at least let us play with the original sound and music.
Please Blizzard, for the love of all that's heavenly, at least let us play with the original sound and music.
Seems like it. Heh, there's always that caveat when there's an offline mode. It's a great way to push people towards piracy.
renegade_dewitt
Member
Finally my elementary school days can come back to me! I never got into Starcraft as a kid, but my friend's parents were okay letting my friend play Starcraft even with the M rating, So every couple of weeks or so, I would go over to my friend's house and watch him play Starcraft and I was astounded with the cutscenes and the cinematic storytelling through the main campaign. I tried to get into Starcraft II, but because the story was continuing from SC 1, and it was being summarized through the installation process, I could never get into it.
Hopefully the Remaster can get me to enjoy the SC universe properly and make me understand the story alot better than if I just jumped in from SC II.
Long time rumor and it finally becomes confirmed; one of the industries worst kept secrets for sure.
Hopefully the Remaster can get me to enjoy the SC universe properly and make me understand the story alot better than if I just jumped in from SC II.
Long time rumor and it finally becomes confirmed; one of the industries worst kept secrets for sure.
AdventureRacing
Member
I'd say unlikely. BW was never as big as SC2 outside of Korea so I don't see why this would suddenly be huge. In Korea hopefully it helps a little.
maniac-kun
Member
I know they are doing the same for Diablo 2. Cant wait 
I wonder what upgrades they will release for D2 tho
I wonder what upgrades they will release for D2 tho StrategyFan
Member
charging money for shitty pathfinding and 12-unit-selection limit in 2017?
good luck
good luck
Orochinagis
Member
No new content ?
CitizenVectron
Member
I can't imagine the game without the classic lines.
"I'm waitin' on you!"
"In the pipe, five-by-five."
It was just revealed, nothing more yet.
It is a remaster. And Halo Anniversary type to boot, just a new graphics (and sound?) and UI layer over the old.
Though apparently it will have automated matchmaking, which is a new thing.
EDIT Now that i think of this, i can't recall remasters or even remakes getting much new content if any. Presumably projects like this are either done with small team and budget (making adding new content difficult) or if it is a remake, it takes so much work in itself that adding more content is not really an option.
Orochinagis
Member
Halo Anniversary got modifiers (skulls), some tweaks on the libarian part and cutscenes via terminals.
I am happy Latin America is gonna get its own language support but I am not expecting Voice acting
The game is so perfectly balanced that new content would fuck it up.
I'm not quite sold on the new unit art - the game didn't have great pixel art, but it was still a coherent style.
Ricerocket
Member
It's nice that they are updating an old game for modern without fucking up the gfx but the gameplay is not something I'd play again, especially the whole 12 unit max selection and many control groups to manage. I'm actually looking forward to hoping UMS gets a boost from this though because that's where I will enjoy the game.
The Library is easier to navigate in new graphics mode thanks to several visual aids but is otherwise unmodified from the original. As for the other changes, i barely count them as new content for they're so minor things.
SC:R seems to have roughly equal amount of new content: Automated matchmaking system, comic book interludes (replacing briefings? In addition to them? Unclear as of yet).
Honestly a bit more than i expected. I would not have been surprised if the game were stripped down version but fortunately that doesn't seem to be the case.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
This is all great news for me! They totally got me with not showing the widescreen until later in the trailer. I was literally thinking, "This looks great, but are they really not adding widescreen?"
Also pumped about the originals being free, as they're literally the only two games on "Blizzard" (ugh) that I don't own, save WoW expansions.
I'm a little nervous about the motion comics replacing the original CG videos though. I get it's a budget thing, but I really would've rather seen the movies remade. I hope they include an option to play the originals instead, at least.
I disagree, I think D1 aged very well. All they really need to do, gameplay-wise, is add a run button and I'd be satisfied. I think that game still has one of the best atmospheres and soundtracks of all time.
Also pumped about the originals being free, as they're literally the only two games on "Blizzard" (ugh) that I don't own, save WoW expansions.
I'm a little nervous about the motion comics replacing the original CG videos though. I get it's a budget thing, but I really would've rather seen the movies remade. I hope they include an option to play the originals instead, at least.
I disagree, I think D1 aged very well. All they really need to do, gameplay-wise, is add a run button and I'd be satisfied. I think that game still has one of the best atmospheres and soundtracks of all time.
Agreed. They need to do D1 at some point. It's still a fantastic game and one that plays really well. The D3 version was pretty um, not great, but otherwise...
Realistically, I think we are going to see D2 and War 3 though. I think the d1 in d3 was about all we will get in the near future. They said they don't want to do War1 and War 2, which is a shame because War 1 really needs it and War 2 is still fantastic if a bit simple for modern day RTSes. War 2 also has something like 30+ single player missions if I remember correctly with Beyond the Dark Portal.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Just had the trailer recommended to me on youtube. I've never actually invested time in an RTS (played a couple briefly) so I might as well start with a classic. And I assume that it will run okay on my shitty PC. I look forward to it.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Please, bring all the canon campaigns together in one
SC: Episodes 1, 2, 3
BW: Epsiodes 4, 5, 6
Enslavers: I and II
Precursor
Ressurrection IV
Deception
Mercenaries II
SC: Episodes 1, 2, 3
BW: Epsiodes 4, 5, 6
Enslavers: I and II
Precursor
Ressurrection IV
Deception
Mercenaries II
Loads of people are still playing the original to this day and having a lot of fun with it. Would those people pay for the upgrades this remaster offers? I'd wager yes.
KojiKnight
Member
Wonder if there will be enough people for bunker command and the like...
The Hermit
Member
I though the same, maybe there will be a Diablo II remaster
sobaka770
Banned
I think in current state D3 is a very good game.
Now as for D1/D2 remasters - it's a no brainer. Maybe this warrants a Blizzcon announcement because of how awesome it would be to repay those titles in high-res.
encephalon
Member
Wow!
bishopcruz
Member
Will they update the controls I hope? It may be blasphemy to some I really preferred the grouping options and the like with SC2, just made PLAYING the game easier.
you can rebind keys now, but the actual unit selection capabilities are the same.
Omega Kirby
Member
Man was Starcraft 2 that bad in comparison?
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I really hope not, and to be honest I don't expect them to. I think they recognize that the custom game situation in SC2 was very lackluster compared to SC1 and don't want to mess with what made the original so appealing in that regard.
I don't think it was bad at all, it just wasn't Starcraft 1, which is pretty sort of an untouchable pinnacle in a lot of people's minds. Looking back at it, it was probably an impossible task to release a game that would surpass the original or fully satisfy the die-hard fans.
No. It was just a bit different. It's still a great game for competitive play.