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Starcraft 2 Offically announced
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No need for a new race- besides, the only other race would have been the Xel'Naga- though there's nothing saying that they won't make an appearance..i was hoping for a new race, but i guess the protoss are fine for me
I think you'll be able to- like I said earlier, they sounded like they were going to have enough options to "dumb it down" for an older computer.
I liked Diablo 2, loved WarCraft, but in all honestly, screw it.
StarCraft was always my favorite; more so than Diablo or WarCraft.
I didn't see anyone mention the official website, http://www.starcraft2.com/, but it has a lot of tasty information, cinematics, screenshots, wallpapers, and info about the game.
I'm SO EXCITED!
StarCraft was always my favorite; more so than Diablo or WarCraft.
I didn't see anyone mention the official website, http://www.starcraft2.com/, but it has a lot of tasty information, cinematics, screenshots, wallpapers, and info about the game.
I'm SO EXCITED!
system requirements
Any guesses on the System Requirement of SC2?
Will my poor little X1600 cut it???
Any guesses on the System Requirement of SC2?
Will my poor little X1600 cut it???
i'm pleased with the way they're taking the game so far (3 races, still RTS) and i'm very much looking forward to this game. i'm just hoping that the current technology won't be too outdated to play it when it's finally released.
It had better! Starcraft's greatest selling point outside of its awesome gameplay/story/everything was that it ran very well on even the crappiest of hardware. I'm even hoping that my iBook will run it multiplayer, although I do have a gaming PC that I'll definitely play the campaign on.
i was hoping for a new race, but i guess the protoss are fine for me
there will be a new race. called Xel Naga - ancestor of Zerg and Protoss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Fclh0f0Ac&mode=related&search=
The minimum requirements for Starcraft back in 1998 was a Pentium 90/PowerPC 601. I've seen people run it on slower machines too.
When it came out computers were much more powerful then that. I expect Starcraft II to be backwards compatible at least 2-3 years from release.
Don't forget Blizzard doesn't skimp on pushing OS X either. They were the first out with multi-threaded OpenGL.
When it came out computers were much more powerful then that. I expect Starcraft II to be backwards compatible at least 2-3 years from release.
Don't forget Blizzard doesn't skimp on pushing OS X either. They were the first out with multi-threaded OpenGL.
A few things to consider: The game is clearly still in alpha build and who knows what the story will be about. As for the Xel'naga they may add them in an expansion or they may be a non playable or campaign race such as the naga in WCIII.
Its really just like WCIII with a physics engine and more polygons on screen. I am sure it will be ram intensive.
From the blizzard site:
As was mentioned in the Q&A anything is open to be changed. If the game was coming out this year we would be hearing about betas.
When I get this game (the day it comes out) bye bye WoW. At least for a couple months.
No kidding, they are both vying for my heart as it is!
I was hoping for the Xel'Naga as a playable race, but that could easily ruin the game.
EDIT:
Blizzard themselves say in the official site that they don't even have an estimate. How could I believe something as unofficial such as the link you just gave?
