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Topic: Starcraft 2 to be released as 3 games.
Willias
Pancake
posted 10-10-2008 11:11:15 PM
welp

Each version of the game they release will supposedly have 26-30 missions based around one specific race. Going to be a trilogy or something I guess. Seems like a bit of a rip off, but who knows but Blizzard at the moment.

can't wait to see what they do with diablo 3


In other game news, new Prince of Persia is really freakin' pretty and comes out Dec 4.

Maradon!
posted 10-10-2008 11:18:10 PM
This sounds awesome to me.

One of the big gripes that I have with RTS's is that the single player campaign is basically just a tutorial. By the time you've unlocked all the technology and fought maybe one big map, the credits roll.

With three discreet games, there should be enough play time to have a tutorial and a pretty grand story arc where you use all of the tech as well.

I have no problem at all buying three complete games.

Mr. Parcelan
posted 10-10-2008 11:20:24 PM
Where did my pseudo-Arab fantasy go and who replaced it with this deleted footage of Wind Waker?
Sentow, I Guess
Pancake
posted 10-10-2008 11:51:07 PM
This is so damn weird. Maybe each installment will be cheaper than the standard 50-60 clams?

Oh god, who am I kidding? I'll buy all three even if they're a hundred dollars a shot.

I wonder how that's going to affect multiplayer though. Will each game only allow you to play its associated faction, or will all 3 be playable in each release?

KIERKEGAARD

Sigpic shamelessly stolen from Kate Beaton.

Steven Steve
posted 10-11-2008 12:05:58 AM
I won't buy any of these
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Maradon!
posted 10-11-2008 12:06:20 AM
quote:
x--Sentow, I GuessO-('-'Q) :
I wonder how that's going to affect multiplayer though. Will each game only allow you to play its associated faction, or will all 3 be playable in each release?

That's what I was wondering. Will you only be able to play a race in MP if you own that game?

The article made it seem like they're going to be released over the course of months. Does that mean nobody will be able to play any other race until that race's game is released?

Sentow, I Guess
Pancake
posted 10-11-2008 12:38:32 AM
Tangentially related game news: Third of five Diablo III classes announced.

I think we now know what the most popular class in this game will be.

EDIT: Goofed on the /url tag.

Sentow, I Guess fucked around with this message on 10-11-2008 at 12:39 AM.

KIERKEGAARD

Sigpic shamelessly stolen from Kate Beaton.

Anakha's PS3
Pancake
posted 10-11-2008 12:40:40 AM
Well, Parce, to quote Yahtzee
quote:
Maybe Prince of Persia's appeal lies in a grounding of reality dusted with the fantastic elements of Arabian myth, but FUCK THAT! the kids are into anime these days, so lets jump around on the ceiling dressed like twats!
Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 10-11-2008 01:28:30 AM
quote:
Mr. Parcelan thought about the meaning of life:
Where did my pseudo-Arab fantasy go and who replaced it with this deleted footage of Wind Waker?

wah wah cel shading

the game looks incredible

also wind waker was a good game

Mr. Parcelan
posted 10-11-2008 01:30:48 AM
quote:
Kegwen had this to say about Tron:
wah wah cel shading

the game looks incredible

also wind waker was a good game


It looks good, yes.

It just doesn't look like Prince of Persia.

Sentow, I Guess
Pancake
posted 10-11-2008 01:31:45 AM
quote:
lets jump around on the ceiling dressed like twats!

So it'll be just like the last 3 games?

HEY-OOOOHHHH!

KIERKEGAARD

Sigpic shamelessly stolen from Kate Beaton.

Maradon!
posted 10-11-2008 02:26:53 AM
Anyone who thinks cel shading has any place in a game that is not either:

a) targeted specifically at little babies
or b) directly based on a comic book

is stupid.

The extent to which a game's graphics do not look cel-shaded is pretty much the primary metric by which the industry has gauged the quality of graphics in a title since the days of the SNES.

Maradon! fucked around with this message on 10-11-2008 at 02:29 AM.

Greenlit
posted 10-11-2008 02:34:00 AM
You really hate a rendering technique huh
Maradon!
posted 10-11-2008 02:36:13 AM
Yes. If people can hate anime as a style of art then I can hate a rendering technique, especially if the purpose of the technique is to make the subject look less realistic.
Greenlit
posted 10-11-2008 02:39:10 AM
Well calling anime a style of art is quite a misconception.

These are all anime and really only one of them is patently offensive

Maradon!
posted 10-11-2008 02:39:46 AM
I should probably mention that I think the new PoP looks awesome even despite the miserable cel shading crap.
Greenlit
posted 10-11-2008 02:44:57 AM
The only thing miserable around here is you
Greenlit
posted 10-11-2008 02:45:12 AM
And me

It's why I drink

Nina
posted 10-11-2008 03:34:13 AM
You? Miserable? You should know better.
Skaw
posted 10-11-2008 04:11:11 AM
I think it pulls off the Cel shading quite well. Better than most things actually.
Vallo, the Second Coming
Pancake
posted 10-11-2008 06:26:27 AM
quote:
Greenlit had this to say about Duck Tales:

These are all anime and really only one of them is patently offensive


I think all but one, maybe a second, pretty much suck ass at being art.

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
Zezman
Pancake
posted 10-11-2008 07:03:53 AM
I loved Starcraft

The main reason was I loved the storyline. It had such awesome cut scenes. I can only imagine what this one will be like.

I'm still waiting for Starcraft, The Movie

Maradon!
posted 10-11-2008 11:55:56 AM
Gurren Lagann was the most annoying thing I've ever seen, ever.
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 10-11-2008 12:12:21 PM
This should be good.

This should be good.

Sounds fun.

This should be good.

Sounds fun.

Sounds fun.

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