I guess what this guy could sort of argue is that if there was some race of technologically advanced humans, they probably would not build an array of forces that resembles the units for Terrans in SC2. And if you look back at the units in BW, they do actually seem more plausible as a whole.

I'm not sure is this guy is serious in the first place though.

edit: It would be funny if someone did a parody post explaining why each chess piece is unbelievable.

UmiNotsuki

United States633 Posts

January 07 2012 01:35 GMT

#23

I see all three races as kinda funny because, using technology they've demonstrated having before, all three could break the game completely.

Zerg could make giant armored banelings that have the health of an ultralisk, and the damage and splash radius of a nuke fairly believably given what we've already seen out of them.

Protoss could... fuck, Protoss could do ANYTHING because they've got technology that Terran humans with their relatively advanced technology can't even begin to understand. One could example could be simply giving a BW shield battery wheels and the shield strength of an immortal to make Protoss armies pretty much unkillable.

Terran could just drop tac-nukes orbitally, just as the OP suggested they could do instead of MULE's.

Fuck.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

January 07 2012 01:42 GMT

#24

It isn't often I regret reading a blog, but this is one of those occasions. Expecting realism in a video game that doesn't strive for realism and then bashing developers for it. Wow.

TheKwas

Iceland372 Posts

January 07 2012 01:43 GMT

#25

Marauders:
All Marauders seem to be some black guy in a suit bulkier than that worn by an astronaut. Looks like each one weighs 500 pounds. Yet they can run around faster than the un-armored Ghost while simultaneously and accurately firing dual grenade launchers
Verdict: Unbelieveable

Of course a Marauder can move faster than an un-armored Ghost: It's 'armor' is a powered exoskeleton.

DUUUUUH

DarkMatter_

Canada1774 Posts

January 07 2012 01:50 GMT

#26

Do you also hate Chess because of how unrealistic it is? Starcraft is a strategy game, not a simulation of real war. Addressing your complaints would involve compromising the playability of Starcraft as a fast-paced competitive strategy game.

fabiano

Brazil4644 Posts

January 07 2012 01:52 GMT

#27

If you think about model design, here is my take:

Believable: Goliath
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Unbelievable: Thor (this looks like a Megazord from Power Rangers)

Believable: Dropship
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Unbelievable: Medivac (a ray of healing light? yeah.... The model design is about the same as the dropship though)

Believable: Wraith
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Unbelievable: Viking (transformer units are just.... retarded?)

The marauder design is also way too stylized to look "believable".
The reaper is kind of "okay" I think, jet packs are nothing new.

I'd like to take the opportunity and say that SC2 looks too colorful, blocky and shiny and that, summed with the poor sound effects they chose, killed a lot of the SC universe atmosphere.

Endymion

United States3701 Posts

January 07 2012 02:15 GMT

#28

this blog made me laugh so hard, quality OP!

oBlade

United States6678 Posts

January 07 2012 02:26 GMT

#29

Are you kidding? Terran is plenty realistic. One unarmed alien ripping apart all my marines with his mind isn't, though. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that Dustin Browder is actual a Protoss spy.

XCetron

5226 Posts

January 07 2012 02:27 GMT

#30

I like you op, keep fighting the stupidity in units design. Yeah this isn't a simulation game but if it has outright impossible or stupid designs then we should definitely call them out.

MannerzMan

United States63 Posts

January 07 2012 02:45 GMT

#31

Your best argument is this one:

Supply depot:
Roach cannot burrow-move under it, unless its lowered, in which case they can. Some designer just didn't think this one through.

I LOL'ed hard.

But in all seriousness what video game is like real life. that small .1%. Enjoy the

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Selendis

Australia509 Posts

January 07 2012 02:47 GMT

#32

On January 07 2012 10:35 UmiNotsuki wrote:
I see all three races as kinda funny because, using technology they've demonstrated having before, all three could break the game completely.

Zerg could make giant armored banelings that have the health of an ultralisk, and the damage and splash radius of a nuke fairly believably given what we've already seen out of them.

Protoss could... fuck, Protoss could do ANYTHING because they've got technology that Terran humans with their relatively advanced technology can't even begin to understand. One could example could be simply giving a BW shield battery wheels and the shield strength of an immortal to make Protoss armies pretty much unkillable.

Terran could just drop tac-nukes orbitally, just as the OP suggested they could do instead of MULE's.

Fuck.

I don't know about the other races but I can confirm the reason why Protoss don't decimate everything with super advanced technology is because they are in compliance with the EPA.

Blowing up planets is not environmentally friendly and neither is strip mining (what the terrans do in every match).

As for the battlefield itself, well protoss executors could overcharge void ray lasers and vaporize entire armies and bases, but the only power source that could deliver enough energy for that is highly pollutant.

Humanfails

224 Posts

January 07 2012 03:03 GMT

#33

I agree wit the viking. now theyre adding the unnecessary battle hellion when an armored slow moving spread aoe would do better, like a armored bio or something, or, I dunno the firebat!

dustin browder wants this game to be transformers and power rangers (i.e. the giant SUPER unit).

its annoying as balls.

btw, the reaper is a complete carbon copy rip off of the flying jetpack unit from Warhammer40k. It also ha s a uniot that has jetpack, dual pistol, and a grenade/bomb for vs buildings.

no originality, whats new dustin browder.

PineapplePizza

United States749 Posts

January 07 2012 03:04 GMT

#34

Tank:
I have no problems with the tank, except that it seems underpriced for its abilities. But that's another discussion.
Verdict: Believable, realistic, I like this unit

Bullshit.

A tank with two 80mm cannons that invert into itself as the driver rotates the vehicle to the same exact direction that every single siege tank driver in the history of the korpulu sector points their tank before they engage "siege mode" so they can shoot this massive friggin gun that can traverse nigh-instantaneously and land a shot instantly on any target within maximum range without changing the gun's elevation from the constant 40 degrees whether or not the target is 10 feet away from the tank or 5000.

It takes 2 direct hits to kill a random foot soldier with the gun.

Wargable

United States107 Posts

January 07 2012 03:25 GMT

#35

I see where you're coming from, and I don't disagree at all. I love to play realistic games, but when I look at sc2 I immediately reject reality and it isn't a problem for me. Games that are unrealistic leave much more to the imagination