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StarCraft 2 Downgraded?

It doesn't make sense that Blizzard would show off a game with screenshots while the game is on lower settings. Both screenshots are on StarCraft 2's official website, so you would think that they would be set at the highest quality settings.

Has StarCraft 2 been downgraded? Check out the screenshots after the jump.

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Cartesian3D6309d ago

those soldiers have SELF SHADOWING :P

and this is a Low setting quality !!

Im sure in High setting it will be more STUNNing (with higher res textures,Its simply clear that it wont look like that on a Gaming PC) ..

and it will sell 10 million copies in first 2 or 3 month even locked in LOW SETTING!

LJWooly6309d ago

Nonetheless, I would prefer to play the game if it looks like it did on the last set of screenshots. I don't want a downgraded version of the game.

JsonHenry6309d ago

Meh. The game looks fine to me on both screens. And honestly, I really can't tell much of a difference.

ravinash6308d ago

I thinks because the screen from Starcraft 1 has a lot more action happening in it.
If we see what the lasers etc look like in the new one, maybe that will give us more of an indication of the effects Starcraft 2 will have.

Joey Gladstone6308d ago

and can honestly say that the graphics are not impressing at all, but hopefully the gameplay makes up for this lacking feature...
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......."The JOEY has Spoken"

Kleptic6308d ago (Edited 6308d ago )

I'm lost...neither of those look particularly bad to me...they just don't look right...they look like concept art drawings or something...and look nothing like the wave of footage released last year...

I know there were the CGi trailers, but wasn't there also several minutes of some gameplay too?...iirc, that looked like StarCraft 2 should look...these pics just look completely off to me...too cartoony or something...

in either case...not sure what the big deal is...the second pic very well could be on higher settings, or not...this game is not going to be a resource hog...Blizzard confirmed that the a lot of the original StarCraft's appeal was that nearly every single PC could run it, even at launch...it didn't require upgrades...it wasn't flashy or anything...it was totally focused on the gameplay...considering that this game will probably have the absolute best gameplay of any RTS...again...it looks perfectly acceptable...

NightVyper6308d ago

the only difference is that they are on different battle grounds and one has a bunch of explosions and fighting and one does not. the vehicles on both images are the same quality.

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xplosneer6309d ago

Me don't care because it looks insane either way!

orange146309d ago

AoE III looks better, Supreme Commander looks better... it would be nice if SC2 looks better than these older games.

TheSadTruth6309d ago

war3 alpha: http://image.com.com/gamesp...

war3 final:
http://image.com.com/gamesp...

both pics are in low res but you get the picture...

VigorousApathy6309d ago

Wow they completely changed everything, even the style. Although I do like the buildings in the alpha. I hope they do that with Starcraft.

Genki6309d ago

Two completely different scenes that don't have the same units, and one of them doesn't have structures!

I think both of them look good.

Panthers6309d ago (Edited 6309d ago )

I really hate the art style of this game. Everything looks like a toy. I dont know how else to explain it. Everything looks fat, bubbly, and colorful.

I am still looking forward to this game and will get it day 1. I sure it will have the amazing gameplay of the first one. I just with the art direction was more in line wish C&C3.

edit: the best way to describe it is it looks like WC3 with SC units.

n00dl3s6308d ago

I really can't decide... whether to go with "duuurrr!" or maybe "duhh!" or perhaps a rousing "DOY!".

If you don't like the art, don't play Blizzard games. If you don't though, you'll miss out on some of the greatest games ever crafted.

Starcraft is severely better than C&C anyway. Why do things have to be realistic looking to be fun? I don't play games for reality, I play them to escape from reality.

Clinton5146309d ago

That's a failed assessment based on screenshots.

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'StarCraft: Remastered', 'StarCraft II' Now Available on PC Game Pass

This week, Blizzard Entertainment dropped both 'StarCraft: Remastered' and 'StarCraft II Campaign Collection' into PC Game Pass.

meganick193d ago

Hopefully these get released on Switch and Playstation, along with Age of Empires. There’s a severe lack of good RTS games on both those platforms.

waytoobad192d ago

if only they didn't raise the price 500% last year.

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Coming to Game Pass: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, StarCraft & StarCraft II, and More

Happy spooky season to those who celebrate! We have a collection of scary games for you to enjoy with Game Pass, while hiding under the blankets (or maybe that’s just how I play). And if you want to do something slightly less scary, we have a whole list of games for you to start pre-installing including more day one additions like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more! Let’s get to the games.

• South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 16
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
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• Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – October 25
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• Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
• Dead Island 2 (PC) – October 31
• StarCraft: Remastered (PC) – November 5
• StarCraft II: Campaign Collection (PC) – November 5

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crazyCoconuts217d ago

Let the COD on GamePass experiment begin!
I would think their quarterly revenue will take a hit compared to a year ago, but will maybe make up for it throughout the year as the monthly GP subs keep coming in

pwnmaster3000217d ago

Was up with call of duty man?
I downloaded cod on gamepass and for some reason I cannot access the game.

darthv72217d ago

just curious what version? There are some that you can pre-load, but they wont work until their release date later this month.

pwnmaster3000217d ago

I have to redownload it again for the 3rd time to check.
I ended up just deleting it to make room for other games after the second time.

It was on Xbox game pass, I didn’t know there was other versions. I just downloaded everything, but sadly I couldn’t even access the game. Maybe 3rd time the charm. I’ll download it again.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH217d ago

It’s not out yet man unless you’re talking about MW3.

pwnmaster3000217d ago

I’m talking about mw3. For some reason I could not get it to work.

just_looken217d ago

On xbox there is the last gen/current gen versions pc though you could also get a xbox version.

When that new forza first came out for one day they had the xbox version on the pc store i was like ? what it was odd.

On xbox you can easily download the one version of a game instead of the series version so you run into issues on your series console.

pwnmaster3000216d ago

Because a game won’t run after I download it??
Man your kids must hate your @ss if that’s how you think.

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dveio217d ago

It's going to be very interesting to follow up on how the new entry of CoD will perform at the box office, player numbers and distribution of Xbox, PC and PS versions this year.

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DivineHand125217d ago

I got excited thinking they ported StarCraft to consoles but it's just the PC version. Also, I thought Starcraft 2 was already free to play.

TheColbertinator217d ago

I'm certain it is going to be the Campaign Collection version.

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$15 horse for WoW made more money than StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.

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Sciurus_vulgaris553d ago

I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.

Plague-Doctor27552d ago (Edited 552d ago )

Im surprised too. Starcraft was still a huge name in 2010. It was kinda the only new RTS around and other genres like MOBAs hadn't really kicked off yet. I do remember at the time sentiment around the game was
pretty angry the game was being split into 3 but I doubt that would have impacted sales to that degree

Sciurus_vulgaris552d ago

For a long time I believed StarCraft II sold on par or better than its predecessor. There was so much hype for the game. Plus it had a pretty strong E-Sports scene for a few years.

Myself and half a dozen friends all bought StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and played it religiously for a full year. While I bought the expansions, most of my friends did not. RPGs seem to be a generally low selling genre.

Nerdmaster552d ago

I'm not shocked at all. This was an early example of Blizzard being greedy. Instead of releasing a complete experience, splitting Starcraft 2 in 3 parts so it could make us purchase it 3 times if we wanted to know the whole story and play story mode with the other races.

Sciurus_vulgaris552d ago

I originally had that stance. However, Wings of Liberty, was just as long, if not longer than StarCraft 1. The expansions were of decent length too and added a good amount of additional content.

il-JumperMT552d ago

and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.

Nerdmaster552d ago

It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.

Extermin8or3_552d ago

This right here is the fucking problem.

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