Blizzard has released another crop of screenshots from its forthcoming sequel StarCraft II to whet the appetite of RTS fans looking forward to resuming the battle for galactic supremacy.
Just looking at the format for this, with it played on platforms, I hope they are going to have the strongest path-finding AI possible.
I can just see having all those troops stuck on the narrow confines of the gamespace. I know it was bad enough at times with Starcraft 1 on tight maps with buildings/terrain.
blizzard is not stupid, the gameplay is what they focuses the most on. Graphics is only a tool they will use to deliver it to their target population.
If you have seen the blizzard cinematics in wow / w3, you will know they have awesome arts teams, they just chose not to make the game only playable on a quad / sli 8800, and I think that's a damn smart move.
WoW didn't have the best graphics for it's time either.... look how well it has done. I honestly wasn't impressed with screens of it, it was the gameplay. I am going to to save up, and when SCII comes out, replace my already aging PC.
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