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New Starcraft: Ghost Trailers

Posted by michael on from the too-bad-they-sued-bnetd dept.

Bobartig writes "Blizzard Entertainment has put up gameplay trailers for their upcoming console title, Starcraft: Ghost. It looks hot. It's available both in both Quicktime and DivX, with plenty of mirrors."

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  1. It LOOKS good... by blitzoid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, it looks good... but how does it PLAY? I'm waiting till the release. Blizzard pretty much outsourced most of the work to Nihilistic, so it might not have the same 'feel' as blizzard's other games. But I guess it would be hard to capture the feel of RTS games in an FPS anyway, heh.

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    1. Re:It LOOKS good... by jcsehak · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It probably plays something like Bungie's "Oni," which was really fun. Except it looks even cooler. One thing I loved about Oni (and warcraft III, too) is that the models were somewhat blocky, but at the same time really fluid and beautiful. They moved like a real person (or a real cartoon), and were nicely proportioned. It looks like Starcraft:Ghost will be no different. This is where Everquest fails for me. Their models are like robots from the '50s.

      And kudos to Blizzard for releasing it on all consoles at once. Now if only they'd make a PC version. Not likely, esp. considering the fact that my definition of PC specifies to "Mac."

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  2. Re:Direct download link by berniecase · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ya know, they could've just used MPEG-4 on the Quicktime file and saved themselves a lot of bandwidth and time.

  3. Re:Don't count your Zergs until they hatch by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "More likely two years, given Blizzard's track record on meeting projected shipping dates..."

    Blizzard can get away with it. They release their games when it's ready to be released.

    Personally, I'd prefer companies take a cue from Blizzard and consider the quality of their games instead of trying to meet trade-shows. With all the crap out there, there's room for companies that actually care.