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On August 18 2025 23:53 Acrofales wrote:

Maybe it'd be as good as WC3 reforged

On August 19 2025 00:02 ChillFlame wrote:

Damn, in WC3 they had a bug, graphics would switch to Reforge after a new patch.
Shit was terrifying.

On August 19 2025 00:42 Miragee wrote:


Since Reforged came out we have to make sure to never accidentally click on Bnet and update the game...

I honestly don't get the hype for remastered in most cases. I suppose they did a decent job with Broodwar and maybe Diablo 2? I haven't followed too closely. But those games were still being played either way.SC2 has aged well and it's not even that old. Why bring a remastered version now or in the next few years? What would that change? The DoW example, at least from the graphics perspective is a good case against it as well because the improvement ist marginal. I think DoW looks incredible for an RTS from that era and now the edges are a bit sharper and the resolution is higher? Wow, really worth the price tag... If they actually fixed how clunky the units respond in that game, that would be a game changer but I'm not sure they did (and I'm sure people would be mad about that if they did...). Has someone here played it?

On August 19 2025 00:42 Miragee wrote:


Since Reforged came out we have to make sure to never accidentally click on Bnet and update the game...

I honestly don't get the hype for remastered in most cases. I suppose they did a decent job with Broodwar and maybe Diablo 2? I haven't followed too closely. But those games were still being played either way.SC2 has aged well and it's not even that old. Why bring a remastered version now or in the next few years? What would that change? The DoW example, at least from the graphics perspective is a good case against it as well because the improvement ist marginal. I think DoW looks incredible for an RTS from that era and now the edges are a bit sharper and the resolution is higher? Wow, really worth the price tag... If they actually fixed how clunky the units respond in that game, that would be a game changer but I'm not sure they did (and I'm sure people would be mad about that if they did...). Has someone here played it?

On August 19 2025 00:42 Miragee wrote:


Since Reforged came out we have to make sure to never accidentally click on Bnet and update the game...

I honestly don't get the hype for remastered in most cases. I suppose they did a decent job with Broodwar and maybe Diablo 2? I haven't followed too closely. But those games were still being played either way.SC2 has aged well and it's not even that old. Why bring a remastered version now or in the next few years? What would that change? The DoW example, at least from the graphics perspective is a good case against it as well because the improvement ist marginal. I think DoW looks incredible for an RTS from that era and now the edges are a bit sharper and the resolution is higher? Wow, really worth the price tag... If they actually fixed how clunky the units respond in that game, that would be a game changer but I'm not sure they did (and I'm sure people would be mad about that if they did...). Has someone here played it?

On August 19 2025 19:32 Harris1st wrote:

E-sport funding? :D
Some AI and pathfinding updates.
Some graphics updates (shadow/ lighting and whatnot)
New content. Special missions, short bonus campaign about Nova (they gotta have shitton of wrting for that already from the planned Nova game)

Heck, thinking about this. They could charge 40 bucks for a minimum invest and it would probably sell

On August 19 2025 21:23 Gescom wrote:
14 days without a peep from FrostGiant since the launch of the game.

Yikes. No one wanted to fix any bugs or communicate intent about next steps?

I guess they'll be at Gamescom today. Hopefully they do better than last year: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormgate/comments/1eysl43/i_visited_the_stormgate_area_at_gamescom_2024_no/ . Although, searching Stormgate on the Gamescom website gives no results....

On August 19 2025 00:49 ChillFlame wrote:


They fixed most of the issues with reforged.
If you select classic graphics it plays the same, but with some cool QoL features. Ingame hotkeys, grid, camera distance adjusting, clock, miner count, etc.
The "reforged" graphics setting is unsalvagable. Models were not designed for an RTS.

On August 19 2025 02:09 WombaT wrote:

I’m about to this week hopefully. As someone who loves RTS games, and a big Warhammer 40K fan, I haven’t played the series. I used to go very all-in on a handful of games, and not explore a lot (also being a kid, only so much budget), so that lapse is more explicable!

Even if it’s not a huge upgrade, if it works well on modern systems, and also has all the bells and whistles, and the expos all in one place, it’s not too bad for 20 quid.

If it’s a 60 quid product, or ostensibly a remake I would expect more.

I think remasters of this ilk, like it’s some decent QoL but it’s not gonna make much of a difference for people who’ve kept playing the game.

For those who either had a fun time 15 years ago or w/e, or who never played a classic, even a half-decent remaster is great to have.

As a gamer who was bound by my father’s hardware choices basically all of my old games are unplayable. Pre-Intel Mac games, they’re built for fundamental architecture that’s not just one iteration old, but two.

I could, of course just rebuy, but it’s nice to have titles that are built for modern systems if one is gonna do that.

On August 19 2025 06:55 Fleetfeet wrote:


I like remasters for 'updated to playable with more modern settings' which is typically breaking from 4x3 resolutions of 480p to widescreen resolutions much larger. Sure you could run C&C thru dosbox and with player patches to make the settings less abhorrent, but it's nice to not have to dig up how to do that, and instead get direct nostalgia punches.

The red alert / C&C remasters feel good, DoW seems fine, Wc3 could have been a good candidate for remaster but they missed the mark, stuff like The Last of Us getting a remaster is neat but feels like it was not a candidate for a remaster.

I'm curious if we'll see more half baked remasters going forward as the technology to 'upscale' graphics automatically improves. I could see tons of opportunity for the owners of IP like Tomb Raider or other popular media just shovelling out a remaster with minimal human labour. I don't hate it for preserving old games, though I don't love AI art.

(Oh, I'm late, they already did, though I don't know how much human labour was involved)

On August 20 2025 00:43 Miragee wrote:
Ah, I meant DoW, sorry. I'm not going to ever buy Reforged. I'm content with not updating the game as I only ever play it on LAN with friends. Thanks for the update though. Happy for the WC3 folks to hear they have finally fixed most issues.

On August 20 2025 02:13 ChillFlame wrote:

The best part you get everything except reforged graphics for free if you have any version of WC3. Old CD-keys also work.
Switch graphics option is unavailable, everything else is available.

On August 20 2025 05:47 Gescom wrote:
I think;
A) Yes, maybe they are that delusional.
B) Maybe Tim is benevolent* and is finding job for his team rather than himself.

*after paying himself 200k+ USD a year for the last 4-5y he's probably ready to retire

On August 20 2025 05:18 Jeremy Reimer wrote:


Do you think Tim really believes that he can find a magic Santa Claus at Gamescom to give him a bunch more money to fund his "vision"?

Or is he really just going there to figure out his next career move?