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This is not a QQ thread nor it's a BW vs SC2 thread. I'm just sort of thinking that SC2 doesn't live up to be BW's sucessor since they look so different.
It's one of the reason why Broodwar trumps Warcraft 3. Broodwar's 2d graphics+blood and gore sort of give the player a more solemn atmosphere than its 3d counter parts War3 and SC2
Back then the Zerg portraits looked intimidating.
Not to mention the unit voices of Protoss, they sounded waaay more badass back then (Zealot's "MY LIFE FOR AIUR", Carrier's "AFFIRMATIVE!" / "CARRIER HAS ARRIVED", Arbiter's "WARPFIELD STABILIZED!". Now the Protoss are trying too hard to sound like Optimus prime or some noble paladin in WoW.
The warcraft 2->Warcraft 3 trasition was good since Warcraft has always been a fantasy type game with magics etc.. same go to the transitions of CNC titles.
However, the transition from Broodwar to SC2 is a bit different imo. It simply doesn't have the same atmosphere / feeling as I play SC1.
TBH I think SC2 would've been better as Broodwar with new units+MBS, auto mining.
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i dont know about others but i enjoy the death animations ^,.^ (burn, acid, sliced, etc.)
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I think it's the nostalgia of the lower quality graphics that makes you enjoy them though. I think SC2 imitates the style of BW rather well. The death animations are definitely a step up from BW. (How is this game even rated T?)
The voices were certainly more badass though. The Protoss announcer was like "YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS" and doesn't afraid of anything.
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The game looks perfect on ultra settings. It definitely looks a little cartoony on the lowest settings though, but still works for me.
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if you have a garbage computer (i'm not going to sugar-coat it)... yes it will look very bright/cartoony/solid (and by solid i mean big blocks of similar color with very little detail)....
however if you have a computer that can run even MEDIUM settings, no, not at all does it look cartoony.....
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On ultra settings i dont see how this game looks cartoony? Zergs are just as slimey as they should be with creep and reflections on carapace they look pretty good. Protoss are shiny with armour and their units just as well. maybe (but thats just maybe) terran needed a bit more shine on their metal (buildings) but thats jus personal preferance.
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The music though.. can't beat SC1 race themes man. Still vividly memorable to this day ~_~
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I think they don't look cartoony at all. My system runs everything on ultra except textures (High) and all the races looks great. The Terran and mechanical space cowboy looking. The Protoss look great with the valient gold armor and such. And of course the Zerg is just slimey and gross.
I'm I the only one that thinks Blizzard did a good job of making Zerg just gross as fuck? lol.
The infestor makes a frickin fart noise along with it's slimey bug noises when you tell it to move.
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Death animations are really great but sounds are not as cool as in BW.
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Not really no, I primarily play zerg and I love the acid death animations and general movement. I still loathe the look of collosus but prolonged exposure has sort of numbed me to the "genericness" of the unit design.
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Yeah I agree that the death animations are somewhat brutal. I mean if you have a DT kill a marine you'll see the marine's color go to grey and it just stands there for a couple seconds then falls apart.
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Nah, I dont think they look cartoony. A lot of people complaining about SC2 graphics say "wtf WC3 in space!" but it really doesnt look like WC3 imo. I never found zerg portraits in BW any more frightening/intimidating than the ones here in SC2, i dont get how people find the portraits intimidating.
I do agree that exploding lings and hydras were more satisfying tho
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What everyone above said. If you can't run it on high, yeah, it doesn't look good. If you can, it's amazing.
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On August 24 2010 18:30 biarecare wrote:
Not to mention the unit voices of Protoss, they sounded waaay more badass back then (Zealot's "MY LIFE FOR AIUR", Carrier's "AFFIRMATIVE!" / "CARRIER HAS ARRIVED", Arbiter's "WARPFIELD STABILIZED!". Now the Protoss are trying too hard to sound like Optimus prime or some noble paladin in WoW.
TBH I think SC2 would've been better as Broodwar with new units+MBS, auto mining.
I think the protoss sounds still sound very fitting and they say the exact same things when the spawn, like your example in the quote.
And your last sentence doesn´t make sense to me?
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I have only been able to play on Lowest/Off so far, so i can't really comment on that.
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On August 24 2010 19:40 Tiny.pat wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2010 18:30 biarecare wrote:
Not to mention the unit voices of Protoss, they sounded waaay more badass back then (Zealot's "MY LIFE FOR AIUR", Carrier's "AFFIRMATIVE!" / "CARRIER HAS ARRIVED", Arbiter's "WARPFIELD STABILIZED!". Now the Protoss are trying too hard to sound like Optimus prime or some noble paladin in WoW.
TBH I think SC2 would've been better as Broodwar with new units+MBS, auto mining.
I think the protoss sounds still sound very fitting and they say the exact same things when the spawn, like your example in the quote. And your last sentence doesn´t make sense to me?
I think he's saying in the last sentence that he would have liked it better if SC2 had all the default sounds that came with the SC1 units that crossed over.
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I'm fine with the graphics, sound effects however... unbelievably bad compared to Brood War. Especially Protoss unit response.
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It's agree that it's more cartoony I suppose, but not terribly so, especially on higher settings as people have said.
And I'm not sure why people are talking about sounds, but since it was mentioned, jesus christ give me my old tank siege sound back. =(
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On August 24 2010 18:57 Kantutan wrote:
The game looks perfect on ultra settings. It definitely looks a little cartoony on the lowest settings though, but still works for me.
Almost the same. Even tho i think in medium and high is very good to. "Fell" more the game with that all animations imo. Thats why low sucks but i enjoy play in low to.
Btw i love cartons!
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The sounds are unbelievably wimpy that's for sure. I cannot even begin to explain my disappointment over the sounds. I also think the game looks very very cartoony but i'm playing on low.
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