StarCraft Remastered announced (FAKE NEWS trigger warning)

[Phoenix Dark]

Highlighted Features:

• Original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion (Base code is the same. Includes Campaign and Multiplayer).
• Remastered Graphics (4K UHD Support + detailed visuals + updated portraits and unit, ability to really zoom in or out).
• Revised Dialogue and Audio (The original soundtrack and dialogue, re-recorded and rejuvenated).
• Blizzard Friends and Matchmaking (Anti-cheat, LAN & Online Play, HD and Non-HD users can play together).
• Classic StarCraft Gameplay* (New comic book interludes tell the original story with a fresh coat of paint).
• Cloud Saves (Campaign, Custom Maps, Replays, and Keybinds).
• Localization in 13 languages (English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish (LatAm), Spanish (European), Polish, Italian, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese).
• Compatible with Windows (7, 8, 10).

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/520461-starcraft-remastered-to-be-released-summer-2017

[benjipwns]

lol, dated. This isnt console games, where in one gen you have a controller with a dpad and two buttons and games play and are designed a certain way. Then another gen you have a controller with a single stick and some buttons and games play entirely differently. Then another gen you have twin sticks and games again suffer new design and again play differently. This is where the term "aged games" comes from on this forum. PC games use the same input tool for 30 years. They dont "age". Well, most of them dont. RTS games have the same structure and play the same since Command&Conquer in 1995. If you're having troubles with Starcraft, its all you, not the game.

[benjipwns]

In preparation for StarCraft: Remastered, Blizzard Entertainment will update StarCraft: Brood War later this week to version 1.18. The update will include bug fixes and improvements, including the ability to rebind keys; observer mode; modern anti-cheat measures; compatibility improvements for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10; and more. Once the update is live, StarCraft Anthology, which includes the original game and the Brood War expansion, will be free to download and play.

no idea where discs are and created a new battle.net account when i got overwatch because lol no idea what original one was, probably tied to some long dead hotmail account or something

[Phoenix Dark]

[Joe Molotov]

lol, dated. This isnt console games, where in one gen you have a controller with a dpad and two buttons and games play and are designed a certain way. Then another gen you have a controller with a single stick and some buttons and games play entirely differently. Then another gen you have twin sticks and games again suffer new design and again play differently. This is where the term "aged games" comes from on this forum. PC games use the same input tool for 30 years. They dont "age". Well, most of them dont. RTS games have the same structure and play the same since Command&Conquer in 1995. If you're having troubles with Starcraft, its all you, not the game.

enjoy having to buy two Titan X's just to run this at 60fps, loser. I'll stick to the superior N64 version.

[D3RANG3D]

My $5000.00 rig is ready. 

[Positive Touch]

getting rid of the old cutscenes boooo

[seagrams hotsauce]

Shit yeah, can't wait. I wonder if they'll redo the groups to be like SC2. Would really change how the OG is played

[Yeti]

I was pretty bad at this game because I always wanted to play it more like Sim City than an RTS.

[Huff]

I don't think there's a game I am worse at than starcraft

day 1

[benjipwns]

lol, dated. This isnt console games, where in one gen you have a controller with a dpad and two buttons and games play and are designed a certain way. Then another gen you have a controller with a single stick and some buttons and games play entirely differently. Then another gen you have twin sticks and games again suffer new design and again play differently. This is where the term "aged games" comes from on this forum. PC games use the same input tool for 30 years. They dont "age". Well, most of them dont. RTS games have the same structure and play the same since Command&Conquer in 1995. If you're having troubles with Starcraft, its all you, not the game.

enjoy having to buy two Titan X's just to run this at 60fps, loser. I'll stick to the superior N64 version.

lmao having to have an expansion pak to play the full game

[Syph]

The Bore plays Starcraft WHEN??

[Huff]

when i said day 1

i really meant day one its at least 50%

who buys full price games anymore. nerds

[benjipwns]

it's gonna be free breh

they also finally renamed battle.net to Blizzard App today, i think this was announced like five years ago

[thisismyusername]

it's gonna be free breh

I think he means the remake, dude.

[benjipwns]

i assumed it was gonna be f2p too

but pay like billion dollars for skins and crap

[Valkyrie]

Where is my The Lost Vikings Remaster

[benjipwns]

here: http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes/the-lost-vikings/

as related aside, it's not a remaster but it, rock n' roll racing and blackthorne are sitting "hidden" on battle.net for free like rockstar had the old gta games and stuff on their site for a while:
https://us.battle.net/account/download/?show=classic

i think they're DOSBox packages

[bluemax]

It's like they saw the FF Mobile remakes and decided that was the right way to do things visually.

[Valkyrie]

here: http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes/the-lost-vikings/

as related aside, it's not a remaster but it, rock n' roll racing and blackthorne are sitting "hidden" on battle.net for free like rockstar had the old gta games and stuff on their site for a while:
https://us.battle.net/account/download/?show=classic

i think they're DOSBox packages

Holy shit benji, they put it back! They removed all those 3 last year and redirected the page to their web shop, I was bitching to them on Twitter a few weeks ago, and suddenly they're back! God bless you, bro.

Edit: You made me realize that Eric = Torbjorn, and Baelrog = Roadhog

[seagrams hotsauce]

BTW where's the F2P stuff coming from? I saw a couple articles mention the pricing was still in question, and there's an ars technica article that retardedly calls it "free-as-in-beer," whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean

[archie4208]

http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/26/15064174/starcraft-brood-war-free-blizzard-version-118

OG SC will become free.

SC remastered will cost money.

[Phoenix Dark]

Looks like I was a victim of #fakenews guys. I apologize. Not gonna edit thread title tho, so more people feel the pain I feel.

[thisismyusername]

http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/26/15064174/starcraft-brood-war-free-blizzard-version-118

OG SC will become free.

SC remastered will cost money.

Like I figured. "First Hit's free" and all that.

[Phoenix Dark]

[Syph]

BTW where's the F2P stuff coming from? I saw a couple articles mention the pricing was still in question, and there's an ars technica article that retardedly calls it "free-as-in-beer," whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean

top comment:

Actually, that's precisely why the expression exists. When you think of obtaining beer, it costs you something. So if someone says "free beer", you know it's related to the aspect of price.

The other, closely related expression is "free as in speech". When you say "free speech", that "free" part is not the same as when you say "free beer". In other words, there are two ways of looking at something that is "free", and this is how you differentiate it.

"Free as in beer" = it's given out without a price. "Gratis"
"Free as in speech" = there's no restriction in using it. "Libre"

In the case of software, "free" can mean either, so we must say that it's either "as in beer", "as in speech", or both. The Starcraft SD being "free as in beer" means that it will cost you nothing to get it, but it will still be subject to licensing restrictions imposed by Blizzard.

On the other hand, open-source software with non-restrictive license would be "free as in speech", in that it gives you freedom to do whatever you wish with it.

[seagrams hotsauce]

That is still distinguished mentally-challenged

[chronovore]

It's like they saw the FF Mobile remakes and decided that was the right way to do things visually.

Yeah, that's my read on this as well. I'm honestly a little surprised that WC2 wasn't the first title they'd do for this, but I guess SC is the better-balanced game.

[Syph]

That is still distinguished mentally-challenged

i dont disagree but dont shoot the messengers messenger breh
 


ps. i was serious about bore nights with this game if people are down

[thisismyusername]

That is still distinguished mentally-challenged

Blame GNU/FOSS for it. *shrug* It's an old-old-old-old school (like 1970's 1980's) computer geek term. No wonder Ars is using it.

[D3RANG3D]

#Fossworldproblems

[seagrams hotsauce]

I guess if it's old it's slightly less irritating. No shots intended syph #blessup

[Syph]

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