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On March 26 2017 16:10 lestye wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2017 15:58 jrkirby wrote:
Ok, I'm am 100% hyped for this, glad they're making it. But honestly... I actually prefer the way most of the original graphics look.The new probes, scvs, seige tanks, zerglings, and more, just look worse than the original in my opinion. Yeah there's some units, like the dropship that look better, but a lot of it is about equivalent or less aesthetically pleasing.
Perhaps I'm just too jaded in nostalgia, but that's what it looks like to me. Well, thats the beautiful thing, we get the best of both worlds. You can play on the old client and other people can play on the new client.
I think this is the best case scenario, even more than anyone could have speculated. BW:Remastered is so close to the original that they're even planning on full cross-client compatibility. That's incredible, and the community doesn't become split that way.
The biggest issue is if they screw up patch 1.18 somehow, and although it does seem some people are already unhappy about custom keybindings, I think the F2P switch and other features will still make it worthwhile.
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Players will be able to connect and play, watch replays, or share saved games seamlessly between free Brood War, and the SC:R upgrade. It’s all the same client! Each player and observer in the game can opt to play in standard or high def individually, and you can switch instantly and seamlessly at the press of a button right inside the game or while watching a replay.
This is probably the most important part. This is amazing. Even if players decide to stick around with good ol' BW, the community will not be split up.
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On March 26 2017 16:46 eviltomahawk wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2017 16:10 lestye wrote:On March 26 2017 15:58 jrkirby wrote:
Ok, I'm am 100% hyped for this, glad they're making it. But honestly... I actually prefer the way most of the original graphics look.The new probes, scvs, seige tanks, zerglings, and more, just look worse than the original in my opinion. Yeah there's some units, like the dropship that look better, but a lot of it is about equivalent or less aesthetically pleasing.
Perhaps I'm just too jaded in nostalgia, but that's what it looks like to me. Well, thats the beautiful thing, we get the best of both worlds. You can play on the old client and other people can play on the new client. I think this is the best case scenario, even more than anyone could have speculated. BW:Remastered is so close to the original that they're even planning on full cross-client compatibility. That's incredible, and the community doesn't become split that way. The biggest issue is if they screw up patch 1.18 somehow, and although it does seem some people are already unhappy about custom keybindings, I think the F2P switch and other features will still make it worthwhile.
Honestly, if of all things we're bitching about is custom keybindings, this announcement was a huge success.
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I'm in love with Blizzard again...after 7 years
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United Kingdom1750 Posts
So they seem to genuinely understand what's important. Really, I'm impressed. I didn't imagine reading this interview, if it ever came, and thinking "Yes... yes I agree with that... yup, that's right...".
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What I liked the most about this is that Blizzard understands how important the game is to the community so they tried to stay as close as possible to the original game while also adding much needed QoL features. Sure, some models might need some tuning but overall, it's a huge step in the right direction.
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faith in blizzard possibly restored? :o
Gotta give kudos to the engineers working on this. Must've been hell working on almost 20 year old code that was probably all bandaged together to finish on time
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"How long has Blizzard been working on SC:R?
We started preproduction about 18 months ago. We’re about a year in on active development."
lol, Blizzard prevent leaking better than CIA.
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Lichter, you knew about this the whole time. HOW FAR UP DOES THIS CONSPIRACY GO?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBLv0qrDQcA¨
all in all i have to give my hats off to blizzard, putting aside the really minor things they have handled it brilliantly, they knew exactly what they had to do and they nailed it basically. I still dont like custom keys tho x(
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On March 26 2017 16:58 ImbaTosS wrote:
So they seem to genuinely understand what's important. Really, I'm impressed. I didn't imagine reading this interview, if it ever came, and thinking "Yes... yes I agree with that... yup, that's right...".
So now you got to get with Sayle and do some castings of the new, shiny game. 
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On March 26 2017 17:13 ninazerg wrote:
Lichter, you knew about this the whole time. HOW FAR UP DOES THIS CONSPIRACY GO?
BigFan too, and he was posting in the speculation thread a lot as well. I wonder when this interview was done, and how many of his comments were subtle hints 
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On March 26 2017 17:21 eviltomahawk wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2017 17:13 ninazerg wrote:
Lichter, you knew about this the whole time. HOW FAR UP DOES THIS CONSPIRACY GO? BigFan too, and he was posting in the speculation thread a lot as well. I wonder when this interview was done, and how many of his comments were subtle hints
Yeah, he played us all. :D
edit - as for the interview. I find it quite funny how several of the questions can be simply answered by "we used the same engine" lol.
It seems like what they said in this interview reflects on the information given today.
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Reading this on Naver news, after months or maybe years of not-visiting-tl-anymore... now is a great day to be back. I for one massively support this remastered. The time has come. Been always a BW fan and sadly not-a-fan of SC2.
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On March 26 2017 17:28 riyanme wrote:
Reading this on Naver news, after months or maybe years of not-visiting-tl-anymore... now is a great day to be back. I for one massively support this remastered. The time has come. Been always a BW fan and sadly not-a-fan of SC2.
You don't have to be sad because you didn't like SC2. Spread the good news of Remastered back home.
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So I listened to the Yahoo interview with Pete Stilwell. Apparently they flew back and forth to Korea several times to gather feedback, and apparently there are only 20 developers on the team for this. He seems like a cool guy and is very aware of what's important to this community. I'm just kinda worried about how small the development team is, but they seem very passionate about this project considering how they're really trying to nail that 1:1 recreation and cross-client compatibility.
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On March 26 2017 17:44 eviltomahawk wrote:
So I listened to the Yahoo interview with Pete Stilwell. Apparently they flew back and forth to Korea several times to gather feedback, and apparently there are only 20 developers on the team for this. He seems like a cool guy and is very aware of what's important to this community. I'm just kinda worried about how small the development team is, but they seem very passionate about this project considering how they're really trying to nail that 1:1 recreation and cross-client compatibility.
It's kinda refreshing to have developers listen to the fans, isn't it? :D
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Wowowow, please someone wake me up. Hold on with your articles, my heart can't take so much excitement at once. Dev teams are badasses for putting so much graphic work in less than 20 month development.
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On March 26 2017 17:44 eviltomahawk wrote:
So I listened to the Yahoo interview with Pete Stilwell. Apparently they flew back and forth to Korea several times to gather feedback, and apparently there are only 20 developers on the team for this. He seems like a cool guy and is very aware of what's important to this community. I'm just kinda worried about how small the development team is, but they seem very passionate about this project considering how they're really trying to nail that 1:1 recreation and cross-client compatibility.
Yeah totally agree here.
I wasn't surprised that the team was 20 devs only, working in software development companies for 12 years now, i know that not all project scale that much. Pretty sure there was no benefit in increasing the team at some point.
Also, 20 talanted developers can do magic. As they did.
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United Kingdom12071 Posts
Cross client compatibility is the greatest news. It means if I don't take to the new graphics I can still play the BW I love!
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