EPTOn November 08 2016 14:34 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Blizzard is also really jumpy about people working with their art assets.
Blizzard is also really jumpy about people working with their art assets.
yeah we will see about that...
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imp42
398 Posts
yeah we will see about that... | ||
BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50603 Posts
I'm not telling you to give up, just give us more substantial stuff than a widescreen mod. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On November 08 2016 13:28 Probe1 wrote: Rumor turned out to be rumor, community disappointed. I still contend that little changes have big effects and even having a modern resolution in competitive play would change the game. We don't want the game to change. Didn't they explicitly say at Blizzcon they're remaking Diablo 1 in the D3 engine? That kinda puts doubt on D2 remakes. Considering the sheer variety of content in D2, I don't think it was ever going to be viable to remake it in the same way that they're kinda remaking D1 in the D3 engine. However, I still think it's possible that Blizzard still might want to port a set of legacy games to be compatible with Battle.net client. Warcraft 3 background images were datamined from the client a few years ago, yet nothing has come out for it just yet, and of course we still have the job postings. | ||
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)aguar
Czech Republic111 Posts
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On November 08 2016 16:11 )aguar wrote: Look. Blizzard is a company earning money. They get any money from remastered of old games? I think no. Why they should make any remaster? A bunch of other games being recently remastered says there is money in doing that | ||
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abuse
Latvia1942 Posts
On November 08 2016 14:27 BigFan wrote: You can interpret those words however you like but they certainly don't mean that BW HD is coming. Other thread was closed because as BR stated, it was discussed to death. There's nothing more to be discussed at this point. Once we have some actual proof that BW HD is in the works (aka reputable source or Blizzard themselves), then it makes sense to keep it going. I don't think you guys should get to make the call on when to close a thread just because it has been 'discussed to death'. As long as people still want to discuss it, they should be free to do this. This is the BW forum. Also your statement is contradictory, because if it were discussed to death then new threads wouldn't pop up. Stop trying to silence people plz and let them decide when it's actually discussed to death. Also, if you guys don't have something new to bring to the discussion, please refrain from bringing the negativity. @imp that is actually really interesting. It will probably be shut down instantly by blizzard though, but I'm more interested how long did it take to get to this stage, and how long would it take to successfully actually make a BW re-make you think? I really doubt the previous statements that it would take years, if all the source material is available. I'm pretty sure nobody here wants an actual re-make. They just want some updates to the already existing game. I mean it would be terrible if they tried to do the Diablo-esque thing in bw, where they bring BW to the sc2 engine. That's definitely not what the people want. | ||
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abuse
Latvia1942 Posts
On November 08 2016 14:36 BLinD-RawR wrote: I'm not telling you to give up, just give us more substantial stuff than a widescreen mod. you should re-read his posts if you think that's all he's offering. | ||
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zeo
Serbia6334 Posts
On November 08 2016 10:31 BLinD-RawR wrote: why do we have a new BW HD thread? wait until something is actually announced. Except nothing will ever be announced, so why not have this thread? At least it gets some nice traffic | ||
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NickHotS
United States105 Posts
On November 08 2016 16:11 )aguar wrote: Look. Blizzard is a company earning money. They get any money from remastered of old games? I think no. Why they should make any remaster? Blizzard still make money selling their old games. A remaster would certainly be profitable. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On November 08 2016 17:06 abuse wrote: I'm pretty sure nobody here wants an actual re-make. They just want some updates to the already existing game. I mean it would be terrible if they tried to do the Diablo-esque thing in bw, where they bring BW to the sc2 engine. That's definitely not what the people want. Well there are multiple versions of BW on Sc2 engine already. And some like Starbow went further to replicate quirks of the BW engine like bad pathfinding or muta stacking when paired with a far away overlord. | ||
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Jae Zedong
407 Posts
It's common practice to read between the lines to find out what's actually going on. No Apple announcement is a surprise nowadays because we already know what's going to be announced with high accuracy. You can keep living in your dream world where everything has to be "official", or you can make the same conclusions everyone else is making. When Apple filed a patent for touchbars on MacBooks, everyone assumed correctly that they're putting touchbars on the next MacBooks. When Blizzard puts multiple job postings about bringing old games "back to glory", then that's what they're doing. Case closed. Only question is when. | ||
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Hotshot
Canada184 Posts
The first thing you need to consider is what are they going to do with b.net? bw/war3 bnet has a lot of obvious advantages over sc2 bnet. Many of these advantages are obvious to people who put in thousands of hours into the games, yet blizzard somehow overlooked them and missed even common features in bnet2.0 launch (chat channels and proper layout, watching replays with others, custom UMS names, able to boot people, quick/clean interface, etc). Its 2016 and many of those features are still missing in sc2 bnet. The second thing to consider is what to change? Fixing bugs like dragoon freezing should be fine, but what about scrab AI, larger viewable area, rally to minerals? Even just one of those changes can theoretically break the balance and that is without even talking about more serious/dangerous 'changes' like being able to select more then 12 units, fixing the valkyrie attack, making the game 3d, better pathfinding, smart casting and auto casting. And finally we have balance. Scouts/queens are arguable the two worse units in the game. Do you buff them slightly, still making them useless, or do you buff them in a way that might break the balance of the entire game? I am not sure, but these are things to think about if you want something 'fresh' in the game. Overall if blizzard came up to me and asked what I wanted id say: 1# A good b.net (id give them a list of *USEFUL* features gamers enjoy) 2# A much more powerful map editor (for better UMS maps for those who care about it) 3# A method to watch big tournaments like dota2 (in full 1440p resolution with ability to pick casters). 4# Only fixing safe bugs (like dragoon), and add experiment with safe features (like rally to minerals). 5# Experiment with larger resolution (dangerous). But even after all that, would scbw be that much more interesting and fun to play? Im sure the core players would benefit a lot, but would it attract a lot more people and keep them interested? | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
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abuse
Latvia1942 Posts
On November 08 2016 18:27 -Archangel- wrote: Well there are multiple versions of BW on Sc2 engine already. And some like Starbow went further to replicate quirks of the BW engine like bad pathfinding or muta stacking when paired with a far away overlord. the problem is that people who find this acceptable already play it, so they have no need for it. And people who do not find that acceptable play BW, and some of them are waiting for BW HD. | ||
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Uni1987
Netherlands642 Posts
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
(i) They are definitely working on BW HD and have been for a while; (ii) They are doing it in the SC2 engine, which is apparently very extensible and you can do "almost anything" in it; (iii) Regarding the bugs and glitches that make BW what it is (I asked about muta stacking/drone drilling/etc.), he said that all of this is game logic and can be replicated. (Whether it will be replicated, he doesn't know.) So, I think it's going to happen eventually, but it may or may not be soon and it may or may not be an exact reproduction of BW in ways that would matter to a fan of the 2000--2013(?) pro scene. | ||
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nighcol
298 Posts
On November 09 2016 01:08 Djabanete wrote: Sorry for being "that guy" who claims inside knowledge and won't name the source, but I spoke with a former Blizzard coder plus friend of family while I was at Blizzcon, and he said that: (i) They are definitely working on BW HD and have been for a while; (ii) They are doing it in the SC2 engine, which is apparently very extensible and you can do "almost anything" in it; (iii) Regarding the bugs and glitches that make BW what it is (I asked about muta stacking/drone drilling/etc.), he said that all of this is game logic and can be replicated. (Whether it will be replicated, he doesn't know.) So, I think it's going to happen eventually, but it may or may not be soon and it may or may not be an exact reproduction of BW in ways that would matter to a fan of the 2000--2013(?) pro scene. Them announcing the Diablo 1 thing on Diablo 3 engine does give some support to the idea that they might be thinking of doing the remaster on SC2 engine after all. I thought they'd be smarter than that and going for something closer to AOE2 HD but maybe not... | ||
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Jae Zedong
407 Posts
Blizzard thinking they can "replicate" BW in SC2's engine proves they have no idea what they're doing. I just lost all hope for BWHD being good. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
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Jae Zedong
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