Starcraft remastered zoom in and out2/5/2024 ![]() ![]() But at least it had up-to-date graphics and supported modern screen resolutions. Of course, the other question that springs to mind is what does this mean for StarCraft II? I haven’t heard anything bad about the successor title aside from the gripe that, in an effort to not screw up a good thing, Blizzard did not stray very far from the original, so that it did not stand out on its own. Of course, I was happy enough to shell out for Age of Empires II: Age of Kings when the HD remaster of that came out, so maybe that won’t be a barrier. I wonder what a price tag will do to enthusiasm for the project. The target date for the release of StarCraft Remastered is this summer.Īs part of this, the original standard definition version of the game is getting an update and will be free, which certainly implies that the remastered version will cost you something. If you didn’t have scouts out and your eyes on the mini-map, your foe could surprise you. ![]() Part of the challenge of StarCraft was dealing with limited view of the terrain that you were given. So while remastering is good, I do wonder how it will impact game play with more data on screen and the whole “zoom out” view. This is, after all, the game that was an esport before people were talking about esports, the game that pretty much became the national video game of South Korea. For a stretch back in the day StarCraft was our after hours game at the office thanks to LAN play.Īnd then there is “classic” StarCraft game play. But the important/traditional aspect of the game, the LAN connection, remains which seems to indicate that it won’t be converted into another Blizzard game that requires and internet connection in order to play. If the marines don’t say, “Jacked up and good to go!” it might be an issue for me.īlizzard “friends” and matchmaking are fine as far as it goes. A lot of StarCraft to me is the way it sounds. The revised dialog and audio… well, I guess if you are in there and changing stuff, higher quality audio might be something you want to change, but I worry a bit about that one. The whole thing will still be 2D perspective, it will just finally look good on your widescreen monitor. The graphics will be 4K HD, which is quite a step up from the 640×480 the game has run on for the last 19 years. The key bullet points for the remaster are: The StarCraft site has the current details.
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