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WC is SC in space???

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Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-19 09:16:22
January 19 2010 05:54 GMT
#1
I can't belive this, my semi brain damaged friend thinks Starcraft is based off warcraft 2. This is mind boggling to me, sure there are some similarities, but aren't there similarities in any genre? GodenEye, Halo, CounterStrike, Call of Duty. I need to know if I'm alone here...
Although the game may share some aspects, I'm hoping I'm gunna get some people to agree with me that he's just... dumb. Thoughts?

Edit: Sorry, SC is WC in space

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motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
January 19 2010 05:56 GMT
#2
Actually, yeah, he's right. In early beta versions, Starcraft was Warcraft in space. As the game proceeded through development, the similarities decreased.
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sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
January 19 2010 06:01 GMT
#3
The "craft" didn't give it away that there is at least some connection?
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neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
January 19 2010 06:01 GMT
#4
Listen to Artanis

"Stop poking me!"
"This is not WarCraft in space!"
"It is, much more sophisticated!"
"I know it's not 3-d!"
"What do I look like, an orc?"
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
January 19 2010 06:08 GMT
#5
Heh... well. It started out as such, but it didn't end like that.
Pyrrhuloxia
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States6700 Posts
January 19 2010 06:08 GMT
#6
It's funny because they have space helmets and spaceships and space travel and shit in WoW.
Ecrilon
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
501 Posts
January 19 2010 06:12 GMT
#7
The title is phrased wrong.
Also, no, they are approximately as alike as any two RTS games.
There is but one truth.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
January 19 2010 06:40 GMT
#8
On January 19 2010 15:12 Ecrilon wrote:
The title is phrased wrong.
Also, no, they are approximately as alike as any two RTS games.

Eh? WC is the closest thing to SC, like it or not, admit it or not
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JohannesH
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1364 Posts
January 19 2010 06:43 GMT
#9
Yep theyre obvously very similar... You might know this if you played Warcraft sometime...
If you have to ask, you don't know.
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
January 19 2010 06:48 GMT
#10
well it is by the same company..
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Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
January 19 2010 06:52 GMT
#11
On January 19 2010 15:48 ArvickHero wrote:
well it is by the same company..


so is the Lost Vikings. He said its "BASED" off of warcraft. I still dont get it. I dont think its BASED off WC. I think it used the same hotkeys, but thats about it, next to nothing else, no story line, etc.
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rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5460 Posts
January 19 2010 06:53 GMT
#12
just think about the similarities in hotkeys. control groups, f(2-4) locations, attack/holdposition/stop/patrol, etc etc. then think about the layout of the game with the minimap on bottom left, command buttons on the right, unit portrait and info in the middle. then think about how the game starts with a command center with basic worker units (+ghoul for undead). yeah i think its pretty similar.
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Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
January 19 2010 06:55 GMT
#13
Admit defeat, samurai suicide?
An unfortunate person is one who tries to fart but shits instead
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5460 Posts
January 19 2010 06:56 GMT
#14
On January 19 2010 15:55 Rambling. wrote:
Admit defeat, samurai suicide?
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TimmyMac
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada499 Posts
January 19 2010 07:05 GMT
#15
Starcraft engine is modified warcraft engine...
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
January 19 2010 07:05 GMT
#16
StarCraft is WarCraft in space,
WarCraft is StarCraft on ground.
Space is so cool, ground makes me drool,
Testes aren't really that round.
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zerglingsfolife
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1694 Posts
January 19 2010 07:09 GMT
#17
[image loading]


Looks like Warcraft 2 in space to me

From Wikipedia
Blizzard Entertainment began planning development on StarCraft in 1995, shortly after the beginning of development for Diablo.[33] Using the Warcraft II game engine as a base, StarCraft made its debut at E3 1996. The version of the game displayed, assembled by the team's lead programmer Bob Fitch, received a rather weak response from the convention and was criticized by many for being "Warcraft in space."[34] As a consequence the entire project was overhauled, bringing the focus onto creating three distinct species. Bill Roper, one of the game's producers, stated this would be a major departure from the Warcraft approach, comparing its two equal sides to those of chess and stating that StarCraft would allow players to "develop very unique strategies based on which species [is being played], and will require [players] to think of different strategies to combat the other two species."[35] In early 1997, the new version of StarCraft was unveiled, receiving a far more positive response.
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gaiabulbanix
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Thailand76 Posts
January 19 2010 07:43 GMT
#18
Hmmmmmm...... Makes me wonder, what if SC was called Spacecraft instead of Starcraft XD
Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8031 Posts
January 19 2010 07:48 GMT
#19
Then we would call it Spacecraft and think of it as perfectly normal. What's the mystery here?

I lol'd at the title.
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Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
January 19 2010 07:54 GMT
#20
On January 19 2010 15:56 redtooth wrote:
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