When I initially saw the concept art I was not very impressed. Seemed like something borrowed right out of BattleTech, though a lot more spindly and fragile, especially in the legs which look not to be able to support the upper torso. Seeing the unit in-game though does feel a lot better (camera angle and animations go along way), but it's far from what I would expect from Blizzards Art team, especially the attack animations/particle effects, bland and uninspired.

Noocta

France12578 Posts

October 25 2011 13:19 GMT

#22

I like the actual model. :/

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

October 25 2011 13:21 GMT

#23

Looks and attacks retarded. Needs to look more gundam-esque

right now it's basically an scv on steroids lol

Blasterion

China10272 Posts

October 25 2011 13:23 GMT

#24

I needs a more gundam-esque model

Vildhjarta

Sweden126 Posts

October 25 2011 13:24 GMT

#25

it looks awkward.

dump

Japan514 Posts

October 25 2011 13:35 GMT

#26

The art in this game isn't going to improve. Spontaneity is one thing, but the artists' persistent mediocrity is pretty shocking.

They give you an idea of their design process. It sounds like something out of a high school group project.

"Here's a great picture of everything you love about terran: it's got fire, it's got a huge cannon, rocket missiles, laser explosions..."

"...kinda let everybody contribute to it a little bit so they have some ownership."

"We just wanted something cool, we didn't know exactly what it did, just hey, awesome robotic technomagical looking protoss thing... there was no role for it basically in the army, so every time the designers would be like 'hey we're gonna put in this flyer or this caster', I'd be like 'oh dude, c'mon, use this one'... and so finally there's a role for it in the Heart of Swarm expansion; here's a final model."

"Now I'd like to say we spent a lot of time on it, there was this huge deliberation and we were very smart about it, but it took about five minutes and we were like, yeah that looks cool, ship it."

"It's a robotic unit so we don't need to worry too much about the cockpit or the seating in it or how it all works... I mean, we try to be somewhat form follows function, but this guy just looks cool, like, 'screw it, he looks cool, put him in there'... basically his role, he'll see any other unit on the battlefield and turn into it."

kuroshiro

United Kingdom378 Posts

October 25 2011 13:39 GMT

#27

It looks like a number of different battletech units (Mechwarrior series). Instantly puts me in mind of the summoner (called something different by inner sphere, don't remember what, but you can google mechwarrior 2 summoner), but then it's all tiny in scale. That's mostly why I don't like it - It looks kinda cool until you put it next to any other unit and go wtf it's tiny. Quite a subjective opinion I guess.

hooberschmit

Canada101 Posts

October 25 2011 13:40 GMT

#28

its an SCV with goliath legs!!

br0fivE

Canada349 Posts

October 25 2011 13:40 GMT

#29

better poll options would be good, i think it looks good though i dont think "starwars ftw"

Rococo

United States331 Posts

October 25 2011 13:40 GMT

#30

Tall, slender models are problematic in SC2 because of all the clumping. You want the player to be able to see as much of every unit as possible at all times, even in dense groups. Not only that, but the Warhound just has a very strange silhouette. It looks like something haphazardly pieced together out of legos, with too many slender appendages extending outward. And the walking animation, while not quite Colossus bad, isn't great.

If you told me it was made for a mod I'd still be underwhelmed.

Hairy

United Kingdom1169 Posts

October 25 2011 13:42 GMT

#31

Poll is poor. I like the unit, and I think the unit model is cool (in a kind of "dorky" way), but the "star wars ftw" comment means that to choose that option I need to agree the unit is a star wars ripoff? Not to mention the results will be strongly bais anyway as the vast majority visiting this thread will be people concerned about the unit. Telling blizzard that 90% of people in a "I hate the warhound looks" thread hated the warhound looks isn't particularly useful.

It's not hard to make a good poll:

[image loading]

Poll: What do you think of the Warhound?

I strongly dislike it (102)

64%

I dislike it (27)

17%

It is fine (14)

9%

I like it (10)

6%

I love it! (6)

4%

159 total votes

Your vote: What do you think of the Warhound?

(Vote): I love it!
(Vote): I like it
(Vote): It is fine
(Vote): I dislike it
(Vote): I strongly dislike it

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

October 25 2011 13:46 GMT

#32

Looks like a hybrid of a Thor and an SCV -.-

Xenomorph

United States137 Posts

October 25 2011 13:46 GMT

#33

If they are going for mech warrior at least make it a cool looking one. They should revert back to Goliath style at least for design.

Blasterion

China10272 Posts

October 25 2011 13:48 GMT

#34

The turret makes it too tall, scrap the top turret and drop it on to the shoulders imo

Morphs

Netherlands645 Posts

October 25 2011 13:52 GMT

#35

Besides the looks, the animation looks really dated. It's a robot holding a small gun that shoots grenades. There's no recoil when shooting (compare to the Thor).

Also, the way the unit walks looks like it weighs nothing. The thor really makes steps and looks like a heavy unit.

The old goliath looks indeed cooler.

Cavaman

Canada12 Posts

October 25 2011 13:53 GMT

#36

I think the biggest thing that puts me off about it is the tiny/weird shield. I feel like that piece alone can bring the whole unit together if it is made larger, or the issue with it being very lanky and tall can be fixed if they move the shoulder rockets to that arm and take away the shield all together.

popsilique

United States71 Posts

October 25 2011 13:55 GMT

#37

Although I've seen it, and it's easy to find, perhaps adding a picture to the OP would help.

Also, don't like the little tranquilizer dart thing it shoots (from the videos I've seen)

Xayoz

Estonia373 Posts

October 25 2011 13:57 GMT

#38

Don't like it. Should look like a proper gundam.

darkscream

Canada2310 Posts

October 25 2011 13:57 GMT

#39

It reminds me of Total Annihilation, possibly the only strategy game as cool as Starcraft. All it needs to do is leave behind salvageable scrap when it dies...

nooboon

2602 Posts

October 25 2011 13:58 GMT

#40

I remember someone saying that the SCV was just a mini-thor, but with drills instead of cannons. The warhound looks like an SCV had a bad day and wanted fuck some people up. Anyways i don't like it, looks to skinny for my tastes.

On a side note, the Thor was backward engineered from the Odin, so can we get the Odin back instead?