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What if Sc2 was released first?

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JoelE
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States112 Posts
December 27 2011 20:14 GMT
#1
Whenever I read another sc1 vs sc2 argument threads, the thought that pops into my head is what would happen if sc2 was released first, and then sc1 was released second. What kind of reaction would people have to the downgrade in graphics? Would sc2 even have any players without the support of the original? Would everybody be saying wc2 is better than sc2? Would all the pros switch from sc2 to sc1 when it came out? Would people be nostalgic for inject larvae and blue flame hellions? We will never know the answer, but I'm curious as to what everyone else thinks.

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wilsonreis
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil97 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 23:20:58
December 27 2011 20:15 GMT
#2
If mommy was a he, i would have 2 dads.

edit: typo
JoelE
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States112 Posts
December 27 2011 20:24 GMT
#3
On December 28 2011 05:15 wilsonreis wrote:
I mommy was a he, i would have 2 dads.


Good point.
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Kanil
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1713 Posts
December 27 2011 20:25 GMT
#4
I'd imagine it wouldn't be all that different. Most people really don't care about the quality of the game they play, only the quality of it's graphics, hype, and marketing. The later game would be superior to the previous game in these three aspects, and thus be more popular. Given the growth TL has had since the SC2 beta began, a large majority of the population would be from the "2011 BW" crowd, and would consider it the superior game. Things really wouldn't change much.
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floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
December 27 2011 20:26 GMT
#5
If SC2 came first we wouldn't be here right now
butchji
Profile Joined September 2009
Germany1531 Posts
December 27 2011 20:29 GMT
#6
Everybody would be like: "Yeah, a game where I have to click workers individually to start mining - where there is no way to regain the health of my marines after I stimmed. Also very good that I have to click every single barracks to build marines and click on every single barracks + every single location to change the waypoint... and..."
juked
Profile Joined May 2010
United States691 Posts
December 27 2011 20:32 GMT
#7
SC2 would most likely win because it has so many things (mechanically wise) that makes it easier and seems like it should be there.

ex. Boxing 100 unis compared to 12

And I agree with floor exercise.
Aruno
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
New Zealand748 Posts
December 27 2011 20:32 GMT
#8
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Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
December 27 2011 20:34 GMT
#9
What I would like to see is this:

31st March 1998: Starcraft 1 is released, but without Dragoons, Stalkers instead. It featured all the SC2 units, not SC1 units.
30th November 1998: Brood War is released, but without Lurkers and Medics and all that good stuff. Zerg gained the Viper, Terran gained the Shredder, etc.

Fastforward to July 27th 2010: Starcraft 2 is released, but this time without Stalkers, but Dragoons. It features the SC1 units.
Sometime 2012: Heart of the Swarm is released, this time with Lurkers and Medics, and it comes with all the annoyances of the BW/SC1 engine.

I'd like to see if people would still be lauding SC2 over BW.
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XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
December 27 2011 20:44 GMT
#10
Do you guys honestly think the only reason we play bw is because of nostalgia?
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JoelE
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States112 Posts
December 27 2011 20:48 GMT
#11
On December 28 2011 05:44 XsebT wrote:
Do you guys honestly think the only reason we play bw is because of nostalgia?

Who said that?
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Kanil
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1713 Posts
December 27 2011 20:49 GMT
#12
On December 28 2011 05:32 juked wrote:
SC2 would most likely win because it has so many things (mechanically wise) that makes it easier and seems like it should be there.

ex. Boxing 100 unis compared to 12

And I agree with floor exercise.

Aw cmon, marketing would spin 12 unit control groups as increasing the mechanical demands to further push those insane Korean robots with 500 APM. The fanboys would eat it up. The newer game is sure to win, because it's newer!
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SaYyId
Profile Joined August 2010
Portugal277 Posts
December 27 2011 20:49 GMT
#13
I just noticed this when I read Jedclark's post: StarCraft 1 didn't have medics.
Bio must have been shit >.<
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apm66
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada943 Posts
December 27 2011 20:50 GMT
#14
On December 28 2011 05:14 JoelE wrote:
Whenever I read another sc1 vs sc2 argument threads, the thought that pops into my head is what would happen if sc2 was released first, and then sc1 was released second. What kind of reaction would people have to the downgrade in graphics?


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SagaZ
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
France3460 Posts
December 27 2011 20:52 GMT
#15
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Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 20:54:04
December 27 2011 20:53 GMT
#16
On December 28 2011 05:44 XsebT wrote:
Do you guys honestly think the only reason we play bw is because of nostalgia?

Yes. If BW came out right now, and Sc2 was "SC1"...would you play it?
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
December 27 2011 20:54 GMT
#17
You think that's bad? Merlin was born in the future and aged backwards. He probably played SC2 then SC1, watched the Star Wars prequels before the sequels, saw World War II before World War I, then technology became worse and worse until finally he's like a bajillion years old and stuck in the dark ages. Fucking hell.

I'd troll the shit out of that pompous limey King Arthur too if that was how my life was going to be.
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Kanil
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1713 Posts
December 27 2011 20:56 GMT
#18
On December 28 2011 05:53 Sm3agol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2011 05:44 XsebT wrote:
Do you guys honestly think the only reason we play bw is because of nostalgia?

Yes. If BW came out right now, and Sc2 was "SC1"...would you play it?

If he's still playing a 12 year old game, it's probably because he likes it... so I'd imagine he'd still like it.
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Amanebak
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Czech Republic528 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 20:57:46
December 27 2011 20:57 GMT
#19
Come on! You cannot compare these two games. SC is just one year out. Give it more time, yo.
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XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 21:03:10
December 27 2011 21:00 GMT
#20
On December 28 2011 05:53 Sm3agol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2011 05:44 XsebT wrote:
Do you guys honestly think the only reason we play bw is because of nostalgia?

Yes. If BW came out right now, and Sc2 was "SC1"...would you play it?

I only played bw since late 2007/early 2008, so I don't have any nostalgic feelings for it.
I was so pumped about the release of sc2 (as was pretty much everybody you see supporting bw today by the way), and so disappointed when I found that it couldn't replace bw for me.
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