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StarCraft: Remastered |OT| Evolution Complete
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Thanks, I'll keep these in mind. Wish I was better at RTS games but it just isn't my genre in general.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I am very tempted for this game. But I do have so much other games to play atm.
I suck at StarCraft, but I've been playing for 20 years.
How?
Custom maps (use map settings).
Tens of thousands of user-made games that span nearly every genre of gameplay you can think of. That's what SC1 brings to the table for people who don't take the RTS component too seriously, and it's glorious.
It's an integrated matchmaking & ladder system now like SC2. Right now it just says Frontier League so I don't think the standard bronze/silver/gold/etc tiers are in yet (though I've only played a few games). Seems they're going to use this season to refine it before getting official, which is probably a smart move. Latency has been good for the games I've played so far. About a 30s wait to find a match.
O.DOGG
Member
The game does not start in Remastered mode if you can't be authenticated on start. That is, you need internet connection to play the Remastered game even in campaign mode. So much for their "Offline LAN and Campaign" promise.
There is an issue, the same happened to me earlier. Hope it's a top priority fix for them. It hasn't happened since I started making new saves each time rather than overwriting so maybe try that for now.
TyphoonStruggle
Member
tastosis and crew were hilarious https://clips.twitch.tv/HungryHardBottleCoolStoryBro
Will it?
. As soon as Nick heard tomorrow was starting at noon he started agitating for a more civilized and relaxed 4pm-ish start instead. 😂 I got the feeling the boys were having a lot of fun and probably were going to be up for a while lol. They just need to nerf Ret, he was crushing.
FriskyrumX
Banned
Yeah Ret was going crazy, I wish they had Machine playing cause he was there too.Will it?
They just need to nerf Ret, he was crushing.
Was nice seeing White-Ra, but wish he was doing better, but I guess I can't expect much since he doesn't play much SC anymore lol.
Honestly I want them to do a get together or stream together a lot, like honestly it's too much I can handle lmao.
Did anyone figure out how to actually boot this game up yet ? I'm having an infinite loop of frustrating here. Under games in the blizzard app it just says I can buy it (I already did and when I click that link it confirms that I indeed already own the game) but it does say "requires the anthology" so I downloaded that and it installed, has it's own shortcut and everything but it just sends me to the same game menu that won't let me play.
Am I just being stupid here ? it seems at least 2 other people in this thread have the same issue. What do we do to fix it ?
Never mind !!!!!
It seems blizzard in their infninite wisdom have placed an ad to upgrade the game on top of the game launch window, all you have to do to see the real launch window is close the stupid ad. Man, whoever decided to do that on launch day should lose their job.
Am I just being stupid here ? it seems at least 2 other people in this thread have the same issue. What do we do to fix it ?
Never mind !!!!!
It seems blizzard in their infninite wisdom have placed an ad to upgrade the game on top of the game launch window, all you have to do to see the real launch window is close the stupid ad. Man, whoever decided to do that on launch day should lose their job.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
this is where cheats work...
skipping current level... the code has something to do with cow level?
If it's the same as the old game, just wait until you command a group of land units to a destination, only for them to hit a chokepoint. Then one or two will race off at high speed in the opposite direction while you frantically attempt to catch them.
O.DOGG
Member
I just finished that mission and I remember it being much harder towards the end. I didn't lose a single bunker or marine this time.
PendekarRajawali
Member
Can someone confirm if the anthology work on Windows XP? I only have my old XP machine.
The only conclusion we can draw, is that we have evolved to grandmaster league pros. Easy life.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
Oh lord. New Starcraft RPG maps? I'm ten years old all over again.
SC2 QoL improvements make the experience so much better and smoother. I tried but I just can't get back to SC1 because of those improvements.
Fortunately there is an alternative
https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-mass-recall
O.DOGG
Member
Yup. Living the dream.
I'm sorry but as a "purist" I have to respectfully disagree and be happy they didn't change those things. At the end of the day it wouldn't be Broodwar without it's limitations, the mechanics are what make the game so hard and so enjoyable to watch and play. If you could select more units, queue buildings and send workers straight to mine you would be changing the game at a fundamental level which would ruin it. It wouldn't be Broodwar anymore.
Maybe a toggle/option of some sort would have been a good middle ground.
I do agree that QOL as-is, is a fundamental part of Starcraft 1. Gameplay isn't balanced around unlimited controls groups and smart rally points.
It sucks for all of 4 levels, then you adjust, imo. But toggle would've been sweet.
I still can't get over the game's updated graphics. SO frickin' good. Portraits are a bit hit n miss still. Not as bad when they're as small as they are, but Duke and Samir Duran got hit hard in personality. The Marine, as a counter-point, is pretty much perfect.
But i still don't get why all Protoss have the same portrait. Ehehehe
I do agree that QOL as-is, is a fundamental part of Starcraft 1. Gameplay isn't balanced around unlimited controls groups and smart rally points.
It sucks for all of 4 levels, then you adjust, imo. But toggle would've been sweet.
I still can't get over the game's updated graphics. SO frickin' good. Portraits are a bit hit n miss still. Not as bad when they're as small as they are, but Duke and Samir Duran got hit hard in personality. The Marine, as a counter-point, is pretty much perfect.
But i still don't get why all Protoss have the same portrait. Ehehehe
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
God damn, this is taking me right back to '98. Starcraft was, to be quite honest, one of the most formative experiences of my childhood (it introduced me to the very concept of online communities) so I'm all too happy to relive it with a fresh coat of paint. I wouldn't say no to a more fundamental remake, but I think they made the perfect call going the route they did. The mechanics and the '90s CG aesthetic both hearken back to such a specific time and place for the medium. I wouldn't have one without the other.
Gotta agree with all this. I'm happy they decided to go this route. Although I will say one thing, it's a godsend to be able to remap the pylon key lol.
Can I already watch a vod of yesterdays stream?
Missed the last few matches
It will be uploaded to twitch.tv/starcraft.
BossDarkseid
Member
I jjust did the "Survive for 30mins" mission with the in-game timer on...and it only took 20 minutes 0_o
Was it always like this?
Was it always like this?
CebollaDeAbbott
Banned
Just finishing the Terran campaign for the first time in years. This remaster is almost perfect and I haven't even touched the multiplayer yet.
Only issue is it seems to take a bit longer to load into a mission, but it's very minor.
Only issue is it seems to take a bit longer to load into a mission, but it's very minor.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Honestly? BW is the literal best. Holy shit.
The game runs at "faster" which is like 1.5x the speed.
Blizzard seconds are indeed 2/3rds of af human second. I don't know why.
TheContact
Member
Dumb Q but how do you zoom out and in ?
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Mouse scroll
And fix the god damn unit pathway, 2 first levels and I rush in with Raynor and blast a zergling group and rush out. All of them run around in circles or is just dancing lol
I.. think I remember someone bringing this up, it turns out the client does have a function to enable the remaster offline. Only catch is you have to log in once per 30 days.
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/starcraft/topic/20758488035#post-15
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/starcraft/topic/20758488035#post-15
pretty sure the pathing is intentional
It's because "Normal" is the real world's time, but people played on Fastest to speed things up, so everything is just sped up and timers are adjusted for that
TyrantGuardian
Member
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm lurker contains. I love this game.
Btw the Survive 30 minutes mission was pretty funny considering I wiped out every enemy on the map about 10 minutes in.
Btw the Survive 30 minutes mission was pretty funny considering I wiped out every enemy on the map about 10 minutes in.
doctorcdcs
Member
Aw crap I didn't realize there was a preorder bonus. I assume it's too late now to get it now?
doctorcdcs
Member
ScreamingTrees
Member
For the save game issue check the folder is not set to read only.
I lost a mid mission save but it always worked when I created a new file. I checked the save game folder and after changing it from read only I can overwrite saves properly.
I lost a mid mission save but it always worked when I created a new file. I checked the save game folder and after changing it from read only I can overwrite saves properly.
Apart from the character portraits these graphics look like I remember them looking as a kid rather than what they actually looked like (I've replayed it a couple of years ago so I know, lmao).
I think that's a high mark considering what they're going for with this.
Got some crazy lag in the menus when booting it earlier. Took like five seconds for any new screen to activate. Seems to be gone now but did anyone else notice something similar? It was like I was playing Hearthstone or something
I think that's a high mark considering what they're going for with this.
Got some crazy lag in the menus when booting it earlier. Took like five seconds for any new screen to activate. Seems to be gone now but did anyone else notice something similar? It was like I was playing Hearthstone or something