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Starcraft 2?

WORFWORF The Burninator
in Zocalo v2.0
If anyone has been to the blizzard website in the last 22 hours, they will have noticed a count down timer with 2 and a half hours left (from the time of this post) and in the background is what appears to be a woman wearing hightech armour and a gun. Could this be Starcraft 2 (or maybe some other Starcraft game?)

Worf

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"Have you ever wondered why there are so many dead worlds out there? Let me tell you why. It's because despite the best advise of people who know what they are talking about, other people insist on doing the most massively stupid things." -Galen

Comments

  • MundaneMundane Elite Ranger
    looks more like a ghost to me....
  • RicobirchRicobirch Ranger
    Well the rumors were true, a first person Starcraft game, looks promising.

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    -John Sheridan

    Ok so it's not exactly Max's journal but I think it's good
    http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40551
  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    Bullshit, its a console game. F*ck that.
  • KeyanKeyan Ranger
    Pfft, consoles, oh well, still waiting for that SC II announcement...
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    It's called "Starcraft Ghost" and apparently it's a story-driven (yeah right) mission based tactical shooter that emphasises strategy.

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  • Alec MAlec M Award Winning Poster
    I'm glad they decided to rip-off someone else's idea again (ie: Renegade).

    Can't Blizzard come up with anything on their own? Console to boot. Screw them!

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    [url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
    3D Artist - GVFX
    "Something is only impossible until it's not."
  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    Its probably going to be a great game. BLAST THEM FOR MAKING US WANT CONSOLES!
  • WORFWORF The Burninator
    So much for Starcraft 2...oh well.

    Worf

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    "Have you ever wondered why there are so many dead worlds out there? Let me tell you why. It's because despite the best advise of people who know what they are talking about, other people insist on doing the most massively stupid things." -Galen
  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    Tum te Dum... *pats GameCube*

    La la de de do de la la...

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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  • Alec MAlec M Award Winning Poster
    I've got a Cube too, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it. FPS games suck on consoles.

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    [url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
    3D Artist - GVFX
    "Something is only impossible until it's not."
  • KeyanKeyan Ranger
    I'm acutally guessing they are going to have 3 (three!) projects running at the same time over there.

    Console team working on Ghost
    The WoW team working on that (formerly of Diablo II I have a hunch)
    And the RTS ppl working on StarCraft II. Why? Because it's been 4 (FOUR!) years since SC came out, and if they wait until this Ghost comes out to START on it, i'll be retired before it sees the light of day (I'm a Junior in college!). Frankly, I think they have already started on it. Prolly use the War3 engine, just suped up a bit and hopefully with a lot darker texture pallette. Look for the announcement at E3 in the spring.
  • Alec MAlec M Award Winning Poster
    Starcraft II deserves better than the Warcraft III engine. I really hope they try and push the envelope with Starcraft II, not just in terms of graphics, but gameplay as well. I want to see new kinds of RTS elements, new kinds of strategy (sort of like the new things Westwood is doing in Command & Conquer: Generals). I'm just not sure that Blizzard is capable of being that original.

    Ghost is being done by another developer anyway, so it's not really "on their plate" so to speak.

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    [url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
    3D Artist - GVFX
    "Something is only impossible until it's not."

    [This message has been edited by Slade (edited 09-21-2002).]
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    ghost isn't really a First Person shooter.. as far as i know, it's third person...
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Yes, it is. It's third person tactical.

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    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • KeyanKeyan Ranger
    See, if they make a NEW engine, it will be ANOTHER 4 years before SC II comes out.

    Hopefully they'll use the same core (I really don't mind the engine), but maybe up the poly counts and add some fun DX8/9/10 or whatever is out when it finally sees the light of day shaders to it.

    I doubt the basic gameplay elements will be changing too much..they run the risk of alienating a lot of people..and hopefully they will remove the emphasis on heros, esp for multi-player... Single player is OK, but heros are a pain in MP, and if one dood gets lucky and hits lvl 6 with one before everyone else, the game is basically over...or if the insane computer AI hits level 6 with a hero in the first 5 mins..
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Third Person Tactical games kick ass

    Anyone remember Starfleet Command? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    what?
  • Alec MAlec M Award Winning Poster
    So basically you want them to make the same game over again Keyan? That sounds terribly boring.

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    [url="http://www.alecm.com/"]Alec McClymont[/url]
    3D Artist - GVFX
    "Something is only impossible until it's not."
  • KeyanKeyan Ranger
    I'm not saying to make the same game, that would be pointless.

    There is a very high probability of at least one new race in SC II, so that alone would spice things up a bit. New/changed units would also be a plus.

    The basic formula, flow, and feel of starcraft I really like, and wouldn't mind playing more of, esp with a new story and a new race/unit mix.
  • superflysuperfly Ranger
    I really liked the original starcraft and really hope that there's a sequel out fairly soon...

    As far as ghost is concerned,it would look worlds better on a PC than any console currently available,especially by the time it's actually released...

    Especially on mine..(Radeon 9700 equipped).. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img].
  • WHY_oldWHY_old Elite Ranger
    Interesting Thought: a few of the people responsible for the original Jedi Knight work at Nilhistic...
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