EPTOn November 21 2013 11:39 Zeyphon wrote:
I rarely participate in forum discussions revolving around video games, but I feel somewhat compelled to add my opinion here.
I think it's difficult to judge something based only on 1/4 of the content, but so far I'm not terribly impressed.
And here's why - when you watch the original trailer for Sons of Starcraft and the final product there is a significant disparity...
Here we have a number of interview clips with a number of E-sports personalities, which is essentially what we got, which is fine.
But we also get interviews and information about Tastosis' time in Korea, they hint about their struggles, people speak about their character, you see them actually interacting off camera.
In this 30 minute video we hear very little about their life in Korea, and almost nothing about their struggles. Artosis says he was so poor he kept a dollar in his pocket and jumped all the subway stalls, then if he got caught he'd give them the dollar. That sounds like a compelling story, even if it had nothing to do with Starcraft.
That's what I think we all wanted to hear about, but instead we get a bunch of pandering and waxing sentimental about why Starcraft is a great game. What's the point of this? The documentary will appeal to A. Committed fans who already know Starcraft is great, or B. People who have never seen or played the game - these people need to be shown and convinced that Starcraft is a great game, not just told.
The title is "Sons of Starcraft" - suggesting that Tasteless and Artosis are, aptly enough, the children of the Starcraft franchise. So show us how that happened. What was Starcraft to them when they first started playing it? How did it change them? From start to finish, how did their perception of Starcraft change from "Oh, cool game" to "I'm moving to Korea to be closer to this passion of mine", Etc.
We got much more interesting information in JP's Realtalk videos and those just cost a video capturing service, two webcams, and two internet connections.
This isn't to suggest the first taste was bad, it wasn't. But it also wasn't great, and it should have been. I wouldn't show this to some friend or family member ignorant of Starcraft, because it would be thirty minutes of tedium for them, and unfortunately it was about 20 minutes of tedium for me.
I rarely participate in forum discussions revolving around video games, but I feel somewhat compelled to add my opinion here.
I think it's difficult to judge something based only on 1/4 of the content, but so far I'm not terribly impressed.
And here's why - when you watch the original trailer for Sons of Starcraft and the final product there is a significant disparity...
Here we have a number of interview clips with a number of E-sports personalities, which is essentially what we got, which is fine.
But we also get interviews and information about Tastosis' time in Korea, they hint about their struggles, people speak about their character, you see them actually interacting off camera.
In this 30 minute video we hear very little about their life in Korea, and almost nothing about their struggles. Artosis says he was so poor he kept a dollar in his pocket and jumped all the subway stalls, then if he got caught he'd give them the dollar. That sounds like a compelling story, even if it had nothing to do with Starcraft.
That's what I think we all wanted to hear about, but instead we get a bunch of pandering and waxing sentimental about why Starcraft is a great game. What's the point of this? The documentary will appeal to A. Committed fans who already know Starcraft is great, or B. People who have never seen or played the game - these people need to be shown and convinced that Starcraft is a great game, not just told.
The title is "Sons of Starcraft" - suggesting that Tasteless and Artosis are, aptly enough, the children of the Starcraft franchise. So show us how that happened. What was Starcraft to them when they first started playing it? How did it change them? From start to finish, how did their perception of Starcraft change from "Oh, cool game" to "I'm moving to Korea to be closer to this passion of mine", Etc.
We got much more interesting information in JP's Realtalk videos and those just cost a video capturing service, two webcams, and two internet connections.
This isn't to suggest the first taste was bad, it wasn't. But it also wasn't great, and it should have been. I wouldn't show this to some friend or family member ignorant of Starcraft, because it would be thirty minutes of tedium for them, and unfortunately it was about 20 minutes of tedium for me.
While you have a point, you really have to keep in mind what you saw was only part 1/4.
I think most people are a bit disappointed with how it turned out so far, but I totally expect them to flesh out at least parts of what you're touching on in the later episodes.
Even if that was the storyline they probably wouldn't have been able to fit all that into the first quarter.
