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StarCraft II: Blizzard reveals more

Posted by Jonatan "Mazor" Littke 4 years ago

Blizzard speaks more about Starcraft II at their press conference.

Some short interesting facts:

StarCraft II has been in the making since 2003, when TFT came out.

No fourth race will be added.

The game will be released "when it's finished".

Here's the full summary:

The panel debate discussion was opened earlier today where the press could ask questions to some of the most influential people within Blizzard, including the President of Blizzard, the Lead Producer, the Lead Designer and others. The press got to ask questions which Blizzard would answer in turns.

Four years of development so far

The first interesting fact that came out of it was that StarCraft II had indeed been in the makings since 2003, just when WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne was released. That gives it a total of four years of development so far by a team of around 40 people. Things might have gone quicker had World of WarCraft not drained so many resources. However, Blizzard now said that "We don't really have a budget; we'll spend as much time and resources as we need to make this game great."

Videos not on full speed

Another interesting note was that the demonstration videos, seen live in Korea and replayed on YouTube, were not played at full speed. StarCraft II will also have an option to play at faster and slower game speed.

Other ingame notes

Forget a maximum of twelve units in a battle group. Blizzard said that there will be no limit as for how many units a user can control. They also said that there will not be another race on top of the existing three. The system for harvesting minerals to create a stable economy will go through "some enhancements, but it will still be very similar to the resource management in Starcraft, and just as important."

Several comments were made about the sequel looking very much like the original. Blizzard replied by saying that they wanted to please both pro and hard core gamers and that they have intentionally designed the gameplay to be very similar to the original StarCraft.

Comments on the storyline

No more information regarding the story line was presented, apart from Zeratul, Jim Raynor and Kerrigan appearing throughout it. The game will feature a "groundbreaking single-player mode" according to the official website.

Ghost, other games and platforms

Blizzard explained how StarCraft was something many within the company had wanted to do for a long time, as an answer to the question why Diablo III was not announced. They also mentioned that the company "isn't just a massively multiplayer company". Blizzard also said to keep focusing on PC rather than console games in the future; StarCraft will come to PC and Mac only.

StarCraft 2 will release "when it's ready".

Links

IGN.com - Source (Partly)

GameSpot.com - Source (Partly)

comments

2Pacalypse- 4 years ago

scbw4ever!

wwjd)lightshade 4 years ago

great news, thank you mazor!

w3c]sKopheK 4 years ago

bah, its good that it wont be d3 ;)

poGDI (Senior Replay Manager SC2) 4 years ago

Cool

So.REspected 4 years ago

good to hear that videos weren't running on fastest speed.

ToT)NoRti( 4 years ago

gotta love this company

superconheo 4 years ago

yeah i agree with Rdm, that put me at ease

TreK-PL 4 years ago

WOHOO! ^_^

resurected 4 years ago

4 years development.. that means it cant take too long now till its finished?

#10

Jorm[th] 4 years ago

Should have kept 12 units on a battle group. We'd miss 1a2a3a4a5a... T_T

#11

Entropy 4 years ago

The goal date has go to be April 1st 2008.
I know they will work darn hard to get to it.

#12

TearSofDream 4 years ago

ScBw for ever ^^;..

#13

oRacle 4 years ago

sc: BW 4-ever? come on this is like a new chapter. More gamers and more competition for us all. sC:BW is my fav game for ever but there is a new chapter coming up. If the game plays and feels like starcraft 1 it sdefinately a winner!

#14

dREaM- 4 years ago

not at full speed? WOHOOOOOOO cool!!

#15

CyruS 4 years ago

if the videos to blizzard show are not on full speed then the game its very cool more interesting

#16

Tgk_Phoenix 4 years ago

i really dont think like many said micro will no longer be the same..atleast with no more 12 untis control..like u can maike a lot more micro my opinion tough harder but with practice and apm we can do it! Looking forward for this game

#17

D3m0li63r 4 years ago

I think the game is fast enough in the ingame movies.
Same speed as in the videos or a little faster - it will be the same az BW.
The graphics will not slow the gameplay!

#18

odin2358 4 years ago

Hitting 1 to control every unit you have is so unsatisfactory...

#19

Phantom[xz] (Senior Editor SC2) 4 years ago

"Blizzard said that there will be no limit as for how many units a user can control. "

reminiscent of the fact that the lead designer had also worked on C&C games...

#20

Musli 4 years ago

#19
its ok for gamers who just A-click, if u wanna micro, u have to control different types and groups so it will be ok ;=)

#21

treba 4 years ago

i don´t want a complete remake of sc1, so i´m very happy with the changes. always when blizzard increased the control, it was the best for the game. i´m looking forward to not seeing it change.
if it continues like this, it will a great game, again.

#22

dobbersp 4 years ago

speaking of revealing more....there is a "new" video on starcraft2.com
entitled gameplay video. might want to go check it out....

#23

Sp3EdY 4 years ago

not at full speed? woohoo!
and is there 12 units battle group?

#24

grandlordzero 4 years ago

sweet. itl still be fast, and il finally be able to swarm my zerg right without the stupid 1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a. BW is incredible, but in my opinion at least, the micro was kinda flawed. Hopefully there wont be more problems than good things in SC2. *sets up camping gear and gets in line*