Somehow its blades look too dull...
And all the scales and spikes along its carcass are also new. Original graphics only had a basically smooth snake body. I can see why they are doing this, the in-game sprite has those spikes, after all, probably to give it more definition and make the movement look more believable, but I already feel this is going a bit too far in the direction SC2 did, where they glued some more of this and additional that all over the units until they looked completely ridiculous...

yB.TeH

Germany414 Posts

May 27 2017 08:49 GMT

i miss the guardians in the back

iFU.pauline

France1515 Posts

May 27 2017 08:55 GMT

Grand-pa hydralisk

razorsuKe

Canada2000 Posts

May 27 2017 09:36 GMT

On May 27 2017 11:34 GGzerG wrote:
Looks really well done, can't wait to see the Protoss one as well now.

Probably one of these but touched up?

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c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

May 27 2017 13:16 GMT

A few nitpicks:

a) the eyes need to stand out more

b) guardians at the back

c) the claw-scythe looks over-drawn (can't think of a better term)

I didn't want to comment about this hydra's bulkiness because I can't remember why it feels bad. It turned out to be the SC2 hydra...

HaN-

France1919 Posts

May 27 2017 13:21 GMT

A guy on the official forum photoshoped the hydralisk face to look like the old one.

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Weavel

Finland9221 Posts

May 27 2017 14:03 GMT

#10

Yeah it's sc2 design and doesn't remind me of sc1 at all. Hopefully they don't use sc2 protoss designs in these screens, because the difference is even more striking.

Here is original for comparison:
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B-royal

Belgium1330 Posts

May 27 2017 14:07 GMT

#11

Jep, don't like it very much. I don't want these SC2 elements. I'm surprised they didn't put some green cyst bags on it as well. We also need more "horns" everywhere /sarcasm

CobaltBlu

United States919 Posts

May 27 2017 14:16 GMT

#12

I want the space crabs floating in the distance back.

TaShadan

Germany1965 Posts

May 27 2017 14:33 GMT

#13

I does look good but i prefer the old one.

Freakling

Germany1526 Posts

May 27 2017 14:36 GMT

#14

Yeah, in direct comparison it looks even more off

fabiano

Brazil4644 Posts

May 27 2017 14:37 GMT

#15

I always thought the hydralisk visual design was not good. Hydras look weird, the old and the new.

outscar

2832 Posts

May 27 2017 16:45 GMT

#16

I prefer original, old hydralisk looks scary as hell, his claws are more realistic where new one looks cartoonish.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

May 27 2017 17:03 GMT

#17

It's been a while since art has kept me up past midnight... I studied the hydralisk sprite and discovered that the original artwork doesn't keep true to the sprite as the remastered one does, ironically. But what the remastered art fails to capture is the slenderness of hydras.

imo, a good balance would be like my little sketch (warning: this is obviously not professional material)
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IntoTheWow

is awesome32273 Posts

May 27 2017 17:13 GMT

#18

I like the new one better

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

May 27 2017 17:23 GMT

#19

I always thought the Hydra looks weird, both old and new. It's supposed to be a ranged attacking unit, but they draw it like it's a melee attacker (heavily leaning on the design from the Alien movies...). I can't imagine that thing shooting spines out of its chest, or spitting acid, or whatever it's supposed to do.