Starcraft 2: it's official

[punkorange]

Anyone think there's a chance of this getting ported to the wii? I mean of all the consoles, I think it would handle gameplay the best.

 

[punkorange]

I think the marine at the end of the cinematic trailer said it best:

"Hell. It's about time."

Quoted for Truth

 

[TwinBahamut]

Anyone think there's a chance of this getting ported to the wii? I mean of all the consoles, I think it would handle gameplay the best.

The original Starcraft had a Nintendo 64 port... from what I hear, it was terrible, but it existed. The Wii would probably be a much better system to port an RTS to than that though. The DS would probably be even better, but it would be difficult to fit a new PC game on the DS...

Hmm... A port of the original Starcraft to teh DS is actually technically feasible... Interesting, I never thought of that before.

 

[DM_Matt]

Is it my imagination, or are almost all the new units and abilities lifted directly form C&C 3.?

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Is it my imagination, or are almost all the new units and abilities lifted directly form C&C 3.?

Didn't notice that, and I doubt that this would be anything but a coincidence.
Real Time Strategy games will always have certain types of units.

Though there is definitely a advancement in the types of units that were incorporated in games over time...
Stealth units where the first new unit type to come (and Warcraft I & II didn't have them, but C&C I did), and later, teleporting units were added. And it appears as if water units existed only for a short period of time - Warcraft II and C&C Red Alert had them (as regular units that you could build), but later games don't.

 

[John Crichton]

Anyone think there's a chance of this getting ported to the wii? I mean of all the consoles, I think it would handle gameplay the best.

Nope, not a chance. Has a better shot of hitting the 360.

The Wiimote is not a mouse.

 

[Thanee]

Now that's some good news! And no 3D, woohoo!

Bye
Thanee

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

I'm just glad it's not an MMO.

Here's hoping they go "out" with SCII rather than "in" like WCIII. Not that I didn't love WC3, but I want more units and bigger battles.

 

[Thanee]

I'm just glad it's not an MMO.

Nah, they will wait a while with that. Right now they have their hands full with WOW still.

Bye
Thanee

 

[paradox42]

Now that's some good news! And no 3D, woohoo!

Bye
Thanee

I dunno about that. The animatics on the official site, and the look of the units in the screenshots and video, look to me very much like products of Warcraft III's graphics engine. It might not be a 3D game in terms of play or camera angles, but it sure does look like it's using a 3D graphics engine to create the pictures.

But yes, this rocks hard. I can't wait to see more!