Star Craft II graphics, and do they matter?

[crisium]

The graphics could definitely be better. But my main complaint is the Warcraft art style. No thanks.

 

[Dumac]

I first that the graphics were pretty weak in the early screenshots, but watching the High Res alpha battles changed my mind.

 

[Fenixgoon]

2010 SC2

2007 Supreme Commander

2010 Supreme Commander 2
http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id=10748&article_id=938733#anchor

World in conflict, 2008

Command and Conquer 4, 2010

and yet starcraft1 is the most competitive RTS title available.

 

[invidia]

I can only get 1-3, 5 at most a game per session. My 260's fan goes max speed after 1-2 games and the temp goes up dramatically. This thing is a graphics hog or something, not even MW2 puts pressure on my card after hours of playing. I don't think the engine is well optimized and designed.

 

[zerocool84]

Everyone knows they want it to have low system requirements so more people can play it.

 

[Udgnim]

pretty good 1080p video of SC2 in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv-l7YHbafY

 

[HamburgerBoy]

No, but the inevitably-crappy music does.

 

[ChaoZ]

I think the graphics are freaking awesome. Even Warcraft 3 still looks really good today.

 

[Acanthus]

after seeing the 1080p video in motion, i would say the graphics level is "acceptable".

As long as i dont feel like im time traveling back to 2000 or locked into silly low resolutions im generally happy.

I do like eye candy though, and i want to see what nukes look like if its the same as alpha, awful.

It is, basically, the same game with a few tweaks mechanically. Which is probably a good thing because SC was incredibly well balanced.

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

No, but the inevitably-crappy music does.

The music is freaking amazing. If you haven't heard it yet, you can stop worrying. If you have heard it and still don't like it, well, there's no hope for you.

 

[Udgnim]

video of how SC2 looks on the lowest settings (pretty sure):

http://www.wegame.com/watch/1v1-pvp-starcraft-2-beta-game-2/

 

[Vortex22]

The music is freaking amazing. If you haven't heard it yet, you can stop worrying. If you have heard it and still don't like it, well, there's no hope for you.

Indeed, it's all on youtube if you want to hear it. Just search Starcraft 2 soundtrack.

 

[Pia]

Starcraft 2 is looking much, much better than SupCom, CoH and WiC. Actually I think WiC looks awful in person. I couldn't stand playing it for more than a few missions, although that had more to go with the mechanics and controls.

I would certainly have hoped for Blizzard to pull back the view a bit more. The average screen size has gone up which means they can do it while keeping the physical size of the stuff on the screen the same and detail visible.

 

[darkxshade]

I wasn't and didn't expect Blizzard to be pushing the boundaries in graphics with a RTS. It looks good enough, they were developing this for a while so it's understandable. I rather they work on the gameplay than to pull a Duke Nukem Forever.

 

[Maximilian]

The music is freaking amazing. If you haven't heard it yet, you can stop worrying. If you have heard it and still don't like it, well, there's no hope for you.

Is there remix's of the originals soundtrack?

 

[Udgnim]

aspect ratio scaling

 

[Dumac]

The game looks do damn nicely fluid in motion. Can't wait.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Are the graphics impressive? not really, but they're far more likely going to be resistent to time and age very well.

SC1's graphics are still perfectly fine and those graphics certainly weren't anything amazing back in the day.

 

[magomago]

aspect ratio scaling

so basically,

everyone playing competitively should be doing 16:9 to maximize how much they see. 4:3 seems like a recipe for death

 

[magomago]

Are the graphics impressive? not really, but they're far more likely going to be resistent to time and age very well.

SC1's graphics are still perfectly fine and those graphics certainly weren't anything amazing back in the day.

lol perfectly fine?

ya cause 640x480 is totally chill...

 

[Anubis]

no graphics rank last on the list of importance for every game ever made

 

[shortylickens]

lol perfectly fine?

ya cause 640x480 is totally chill...

Yes, it is.
The game plays just as nicely today as it did when it first came out.
In fact, better because its still getting patches.

 

[MJinZ]

I would agree, but their engine is severely dated.

Supcom2 seems to focus a lot more on art direction, a lot of the new units are VERY good looking.

Actually, that's the point.

Blizzard's games have always looked outdated but played on as many hardware configurations as it possibly can.

This is designed to run on a GMA and make Blizzard money, not to make a 5870's balls break a sweat.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The music is freaking amazing. If you haven't heard it yet, you can stop worrying. If you have heard it and still don't like it, well, there's no hope for you.

Admittedly I didn't know it was on YouTube, and based on previous symphonications of Blizzard franchises I feared the same for this one. The new Zerg soundtrack does sound really good and loyal to the atmosphere of the original one. Now I finally have a reason to buy the game. :awe:

 

[Red Storm]

In my opinion, when it comes to graphics the art style/direction is the most important aspect. Warcraft 3 had very nice and fluid animations but I personally found the art style (huge & cartoony) so atrocious that it detracted from my ability to enjoy the game.