The big "Is StarCraft 2 coming out or in development???" question [Archive]

Hunterzyph

02-19-2004, 4:33 PM

I'm new to the forums and I searched around a bit but I'd be curious why the general understanding is that SC2 isn't in development.

Generally Blizzard is always working on two projects and we know that World of Warcraft is one of them. Now since Blizzard's role in developing StarCraft: Ghost is limited to story and other non-heavy development work, I strongly suspect that that they must working on something else.

So either StarCraft II has been in development since after WarCraft III was completed *or* Blizzard has a new title up their sleeves. Given that they are presently owned by Vivendi Entertainment I believe they would be strongly encouraged to play it safe with a StarCraft 2 sequel.

SunTzu

02-19-2004, 7:59 PM

Blizzard has officialy said that SC2 was not being developed at this moment in time several times. However, I hope they are lieing. :P

Lucifer_Hawk

02-19-2004, 8:30 PM

So either StarCraft II has been in development since after WarCraft III was completed *or* Blizzard has a new title up their sleeves
wow bro, if that was the case they certainly would have announced it by now, thats almost 2 years, they would of course have announced it by now. But on the other hand, Starcraft 2 would be nice but why don't you guys want blizz to make a completeluy new game eh eh eh???? I mean, starcraft 2 be good and all but, what if blizz were to create a brand new game just as good as anuy of their previous titles????? If this turns out to not be true, you guys can knife me if you want............ BRING IT ON!!!! :cuss:

Schwitzer

02-19-2004, 9:36 PM

I believe that Blizzard will work on StarCraft II for a while before they announce that they're actually doing so, just so they can figure out whether they can make it work and actually get some concept art or something to satiate their fans hunger for the sequel.

CODEZERO

02-19-2004, 11:33 PM

i think that blizzard is working on sc 2 right now after i bought warcraft 3 the frozen throne in the previews it said sc ghost was coming out in 2003 but they stalled it so they are probably already working on SC2 right now in a secret development
my theory anyways

DarkNecross

02-20-2004, 12:33 AM

Hunterzyph

02-20-2004, 12:48 AM

Everyone at blizzard is working on making World of Warcraft..
With matured and successful companies like Blizzard, you follow a few rules...one of which is to diversify. Blizzard knows that not everyone like playing MMORPG's, so I *guarantee* they are working on another title. I also know the skill sets of the Blizzard developers do not all apply to developing an MMORPG. For one the game is mostly complete except for content creation, balancing, and a touch of polishing. That leaves quite a few people over at Blizzard doing *something*. Diablo III (if they decide to go forward with it, which from a purely financial perspective is a sure win) is definitely on the backburners till Blizzard North can be reassembled.

Patterns are everything. If Blizzard isn't working on an RTS (with heavy RPG influences most likely) right now I'll eat my hat. StarCraft II is overdue so I suspect it must be on the way. The last quote I recollect on the subject was about two years back along the lines of 'No we haven't started working on SC2 but we have plans'.

Schwitzer

02-20-2004, 5:54 AM

"We have plans" is a nice way of satiating the impatience of a wide fan base whilst at the same time not commiting yourself to anything.

Fenix-MSG

02-22-2004, 7:36 PM

oh come on.. have you seen the sc ghost website?? the last UPDATE was made like last march!! i bet they've only had like 3 guys at working on ghost for the past 6 months!!

Everyone at blizzard is working on making World of Warcraft..,

Even if Starcraft 2 was being made, it would be one of the least priorities for Blizzard because Blizzard's best games so far have been Warcraft because they spend so much time on these titles then the others. I remember waiting for the Diablo II Expansion patch to come out a while ago.. turns out Blizzard only had 1 GUY WORKING ON IT!!!

That is not one bit true, there best titles have not been Warcraft. On a Top Ten list on GameSpy out of the three titles on got in. It got on at fourth. Starcraft came in second to Total Annihalation, which i dont think deserved to even be on the list.

TeH-N00B

02-22-2004, 10:45 PM

lol guys

havn't u seen the interview with the guy from Nihilistic (or maybe its the interview with bill roper anyway I think its on gamestop)

Apperantly blizzard wanted to do an SC game and then Nihilistic CAME TO blizzard and ASKED THEM!!! to do a game with them.... so guys we could have had SC2 but then nihilistic came over and was like hey guys lets do a 3rd person tactical action game... so what universe should we set it in??? blizz says ok lets do it in the SC universe.

although there is also good news on that interview. they said that its a set up for SC2 so that its a smooth story from broodwar to SC2.

so im guessing they will start making it as soon as SG:ghost and WOW are done.

Modred

02-22-2004, 11:22 PM

I think it is quite obvious that Blizzard is working on something other than WoW and Ghost. I believe about a year or so ago there was a slip in a press conference or something that let us know at least that much.

Now, WarIII just came out what....6 months ago. Think about how long it was between Brood War and the announcement of WarIII. I believe it was nearly 3 years. And it took another 2 years before WarIII finally hit the market. So even if SC2 is in production, we would probably not get an announcement until late next year, and we might see the game by 2006 at earliest. But Blizz is notorious for holding past deadlines, which is usually good since they have time to make the games better...although it does get annoying.

Shinigami

02-23-2004, 1:54 AM

I think it is quite obvious that Blizzard is working on something other than WoW and Ghost. I believe about a year or so ago there was a slip in a press conference or something that let us know at least that much.
I seem to recall one of the Blizzard teams announcing that they put one of two unannounced projects on indefinate hold...

Mechsaurian

03-20-2004, 5:55 PM

Blizzard should know by now that, with the enormous success of SC, SC2 would sell so much that everyone who works for Blizzrd could probably retire. Why they don't just release SC2 is beyond me. Maybe I should e-mail Blizzard :D

"Hey, you fuckers! I want SC2 AN I WANNIT NOW!!!!!!!!"

I'm sure they would respond, possibly even with a restraining order!

BSTRhino

03-20-2004, 6:24 PM

I seem to recall one of the Blizzard teams announcing that they put one of two unannounced projects on indefinate hold...
Yes, I was just going to mention that. I've been curious to know what the projects were, but we'll never know, will we?

Geckat

03-20-2004, 10:42 PM

Actually, WOW looks kinda sucky (no offense!). Either WOW is barely being worked on compared to Ghost, or 'too many cooks spoiled the stew'

Ugh, I hate sayings like that *bbbbbbBBBBAAAAAAARRRrrrfff*

They're not working on SC2. The original Starcraft is still selling lots. Starcraft II would sort of drag all the attention away from SC1, so Blizzard's gonna milk that SCow for all it's worth before they get a new one.

OMG ANOTHER SAYING

*clatterclatterclatterclatterclatterclatterclatter BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF*

Zaph

03-23-2004, 1:49 PM

I wish they would've done SC2 instead of WoW.

Wiciarus

03-23-2004, 1:56 PM

MMorpgs are just...

ugh.

i do hope they make SOME option of a single player mode for WOW... coz thats what i like about blizzard. D2 is best online, but you can play it offline... same with all of their games.

well, War 1 you still have to cheat kali to play online, but still...

even i can't stand those graphics after awhile lol

venom03

03-23-2004, 2:10 PM

I wish they would've done SC2 instead of WoW.
same here. even though im not done with SC brood wars campaign. i can't wait for SC2. i just want to see how the new race is going to be.

BSTRhino

03-23-2004, 2:22 PM

lol, interesting you say that. I'm really excited about WoW. (Seen my sig yet?)

DrowElf

03-23-2004, 10:34 PM

Christ.. Another thread I'm too lazy to read, but go scour some starcraft forum boards. A couple years back I read up that SCII was due in 2008, would they begin working on it now if it were due then? I think not. Hopefully, but I doubt it.

Netrunner

03-24-2004, 1:16 PM

I think that WarCraft three isn't so good, I always liked WC2 better. The heroes in WC3 get kind of annoying. why do you need heroes. I mean really. special heroes aren't good for an RTS make guys that get upgraded and research technology that they use not "experience" and "levels" of heroes I hate that system.

Ghost_Assasain

03-25-2004, 4:45 AM

Warcraft 3 i think they tried to Merge a Diablo theme into it with the RPG part but still keep the RTS there. But it no work at all.

siuloongbao

04-02-2004, 11:46 PM

Cmon now y'all know that its been takin awhile for blizzard to pump out sc2...what u guys think its gonna be like?

peace_machine

04-03-2004, 5:29 AM

I think SC2 will ruin the SC Universe. It would be hard to make a sequal that lived up to one of the best RTS games ever. Probably why Blizzard has been putting it off for so long.

Netrunner

04-03-2004, 1:00 PM

Gah, SC2 is gonna pwn every game ever created.

ReprisalII

04-03-2004, 2:39 PM

peace_machine

04-03-2004, 10:20 PM

Actually, I don't know if SC2 is going to be better than SC. I mean, it's an old saying: "If it isn't broke don't fix it." That leads me to believe that SC2 is probably going tobe the same as SC, except with maybe better graphics and more units.

It will be similar to SC yes, but there are going to be some major changes to make it SC2. New units, new races, 3D. If Blizzard does make it chances are they will "break" it.

It will still be an awesome game and I will still buy it however it won't be one of the greatest.

Hunta

04-05-2004, 7:07 PM

SC2 won't be announced before SC: Ghost is released. After Ghost is finished and WoW as well, there might be a good chance of StarCraft 2 being their next game. Mark my words :D

SoulreaverELITE

04-05-2004, 7:29 PM

SC2 won't be announced before SC: Ghost is released. After Ghost is finished and WoW as well, there might be a good chance of StarCraft 2 being their next game. Mark my words :D
Well if it is to be announced, you'd have hit it on the mark. Doing anything else would hurt their sales. :ninjal:

gershanecktj

04-09-2004, 12:44 AM

Naughty dog and blizzard are teaming up for something. but anyways, they have not started any developement on Starcraft 2. dont be so down though, according to my sources, they have thought up some new units for Starcraft 2.

ZergTyrant

04-09-2004, 1:57 AM

i was cruisin the road the otha day and i found a screen shot of a new terran unit.

it looked just like tha devil-tongue flame tank from C&C Tiberian Sun only alot sweeter

Whiteknight

04-09-2004, 3:11 AM

I'm sorry to dissapoint the people who thinks there are more units for sc2. They are, in fact, just mods for current games. Sorry to burst your bubble. Blizzard wouldn't release anything like that unless they announced that they were working on the game.

My theory why there is no sc2 in the works:

Blizzard would announce that they were working on sc2 if they started it. This would create massive hype for the product and even more people would pick up sc to learn the plot. When they see it's good, they tell friends and more people pick up starcraft. After a while, when the hype wears down, they would announce that they would be near completion. This would create more hype for when the game is finally released.

Blizzard might work on SC 2 for a year or 2 before releasing information so that they have something to intice people with.

BTW, I'd like to see the site of your sources, or lable your post a theory if you just made it up.

ZergTyrant

04-09-2004, 4:55 AM

Well, sc2 will cum out in the next year or so, this i know for a fact.

And i dont remember the site i got those screen shots on srry

Ole-The-Murder

04-09-2004, 7:09 AM

Will they make SCII like WIII, just in space?
NO! It's mutch more sophisicated..hahahahahhaa
-Artanis was here.

MrMer

04-09-2004, 11:30 AM

The screenshot you saw was from a Starcraft themed mod for Command and Conquer Generals.

ZergTyrant

04-09-2004, 1:47 PM

Yeah thats right i remember now...i dont know if u can trust those screenshots but the races looked pretty cool.

I hope to god SC2 will cum out before im o.......eighty

Battlecruiser

04-09-2004, 6:16 PM

Well, sc2 will cum out in the next year or so, this i know for a fact.

And i dont remember the site i got those screen shots on srry

OH MY GOD. Do you understand ANYTHING? Blizzard didn't even announce it is making starcraft 2 and you guys are already saying there are screenshots of it. How gullible are you guys?

BSTRhino

04-09-2004, 8:01 PM

Yeah, I agree, Blizzard haven't said a thing about StarCraft 2. Where do you guys get these ideas from?

ZergTyrant

04-09-2004, 9:38 PM

O.K. This post is for all the drooling retards who still think Blizzard is not working on Starcraft 2. I Have seen screenshots, just search "Starcraft Xel'naga Screenshots" on Google images and you will get three or so cool screenshots, a couple have a marine/hydra battle. There are some other sources but theaddress escapes my memory right now. I doubt the next Command and Conquer will have marines and hydras, and if they we just testing the mod, why would they choose so many starcraft units and structures for? A note to idiots and skeptics- if u dont believe it, go to google. The only reason Bizzard hasn't anounced it is because it is still VERY far from being completed. I'm sure they anounce it's development when they have some meat to show to satisfy fans. If for some reason Blizzard doesn't continue the best RTS ever made, then I will admit I am wrong, but why would Blizzard put up an entire forum section to this topic if it wasn't true? And I'm sure Blizzard would instantly tell us if they were not makeing Sc2 so we wouldn't get our hopes to high. And besides, Blizzard has made sequels to all of its PC best-sellers. :cool:

Battlecruiser

04-09-2004, 9:56 PM

yes I must be the retard right? man people like you make my cry for humanity because it seems so sad. OK first I went and searched what you told me to. I got 3 results. I went to them and saw the pictures. If you have not looked carefully there is a GOAT in the picture. There is also no way to even control the units and such (you know the menu thing at the bottom with diplomacy and everything else). Also I went to the site that is hosting them and they are a fan site and just are making up stuff for fun and they never even said that those are real pictures. See you have to learn some lessons on how information works and how the internet works.
Rule 1. EVERYTHING YOU SEE AND READ IS NOT TRUE.
Rule 2. If the information did not come from an official source it may not be true though it possibly might.

I can add more rules if you want though I think you get the point with the first rule.

Duddits

04-09-2004, 10:12 PM

-Cries- AAh! Battlecruiser had to bring out the big words! -scared; runs for cover-

But yes. I am God of the universe.

I just said something on the internet, that does not mean it is true though, does it? I'd have to prove that I am God of the universe first. I'll tell you, I can barly hold my own againt the computer in SC. I am not God of the universe.

Whiteknight

04-10-2004, 3:45 AM

Argh, two posts too late. :( Damn you Battlecruiser for taking him. :)

O.K. This post is for all the drooling retards who still think Blizzard is not working on Starcraft 2. I Have seen screenshots, just search "Starcraft Xel'naga Screenshots" on Google images and you will get three or so cool screenshots, a couple have a marine/hydra battle. There are some other sources but theaddress escapes my memory right now. I doubt the next Command and Conquer will have marines and hydras, and if they we just testing the mod, why would they choose so many starcraft units and structures for? A note to idiots and skeptics- if u dont believe it, go to google. The only reason Bizzard hasn't anounced it is because it is still VERY far from being completed. I'm sure they anounce it's development when they have some meat to show to satisfy fans. If for some reason Blizzard doesn't continue the best RTS ever made, then I will admit I am wrong, but why would Blizzard put up an entire forum section to this topic if it wasn't true? And I'm sure Blizzard would instantly tell us if they were not makeing Sc2 so we wouldn't get our hopes to high. And besides, Blizzard has made sequels to all of its PC best-sellers. :cool:
Sigh, another pollutant in the gene pool.... :cry:
Some things BC missed:
1. There are mods for more games than just C&C. That could be W3, I don't know.
2. If Blizzard was far from completing a game, there would be no screenshots of battles being taken place. That would be the last thing to do. The storyline would be worked out first. Characters would be developed singularily.
Then buildings and enviroments. Then stats for characters and other things. After that, they would test out the game with battles, but that would be near the end.

Although I may have gotten the order of developing the game wrong (in fact, there probably would be several people working on a few of them.) The point is, graphics and enviroments, and then gameplay would have to be developed before staging battles like that. Those would not take place until the very end of development where they would refine the game. Sorry, those pictures are mods.
3. When would Blizzard have time to work on SC2? W3 came out a while ago, now they have PUBLICLY announced WoW.
4. Those pictures are not on a Blizzard site. In fact, they are on a czec site. Why would Blizzard not put up pictures of their game on their site?
5. What Blizzard forums? If you are talking about this site, or blizzforums, those are not official Blizzard sites. Besides, SC2 is just to talk about what it might be.
6. Why would Blizzard tell us that they would not make sc2? That would be bad publicity and when they finally DO release sc2, there will still be some hype created by just talking about the game on forums.
7. Although Blizzard makes sequels to their games, take into fact how long it takes. EG. W2 -> W3.

Sorry if I came off a bit hard.

Whiteknight

04-10-2004, 3:52 AM

Personally, I think Diablo will become the next game after WoW :(

I also think 3-d will ruin starcraft, unless it is extremely zoomed out. The only reason it worked for Warcraft is because there are a lot less units. Starcraft has a lot more units.

Duddits

04-10-2004, 2:21 PM

But think, wouldn't be just so cool when you get you first closeup of a medic being created and suited up? How could you turn 3D down with that possibilty?

ZergTyrant

04-10-2004, 3:28 PM

Well, i for one believe that 3d will give starcraft more depth. It problebly will have more units and the such and 1-2 more races hopefully.

Blizzard HAS noticed all of our emails/letters/mobs outside of blizzard north, and they will make SC2 before diablo 3 or anything else afta WoW and Ghost.

I have seen screenshots (i dont know if there reliable or not) that show a C&C Generals engine into the game and the units look awesome. The building dont look bad either.

SC 2 will not ruin the first game....it will continue the story with Duran and Kerrigan. I also saw a screenshot of Jim Raynor so he'll problebly be in there.

Can't wait to see those new cinamatics!!!!!!!! :bigsmile:

ZergTyrant

04-10-2004, 3:54 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhh fuk.....sryy bout that dumb post back there....i was over at a friends house and when i wuz gone my bro posted that there....hate em.

Srry bout the confusion :cry:

Battlecruiser

04-10-2004, 5:32 PM

I have seen screenshots (i dont know if there reliable or not) that show a C&C Generals engine into the game and the units look awesome. The building dont look bad either.

SC 2 will not ruin the first game....it will continue the story with Duran and Kerrigan. I also saw a screenshot of Jim Raynor so he'll problebly be in there.

WOW. JUST PLAIN WOW. I can't believe humans can be this retarded. WOW. I don't even want to explain because I am too tired to this OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Just look here-
http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?t=401&page=4&pp=10 and you will understand what I am talking about. White knight, BSTRhino, and I seem to understand. Hope you do too.

Whiteknight

04-10-2004, 9:49 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhh fuk.....sryy bout that dumb post back there....i was over at a friends house and when i wuz gone my bro posted that there....hate em.

Srry bout the confusion :cry:
ZergTyrant, it might be a good idea to not keep yourself logged in then, if you use a shared computer. It can save you some people thinking you are an idiot :shiftyl:

ZergTyrant

04-10-2004, 9:58 PM

lol ya i guess....but he knows the password cuz he was here when i made it unfortunatly but he wont be postin anymore stuff...ive made sure of that...

And yes blizzard has said plenty of things about SC2 so for those people out there dont think its cumin out...well your not really starcraft fans

Whiteknight

04-10-2004, 10:15 PM

Well, I found something at least.

Q: Will there be a StarCraft II? When?
A: Although we have not made any announcements and do not have a development or release timeline, we do fully intend to revisit the world of StarCraft on PC at some point in the future.

Battlecruiser

04-11-2004, 5:12 PM

ZergTyrant

04-11-2004, 6:34 PM

they've said more than one sentence about it but if u dont believe me thats ok...

Battlecruiser

04-11-2004, 10:54 PM

Not to be rude but if you could please show me what they said then I might believe you. Also can the link be to a reliable site? I am sure if blizzard said such a thing it should be on sclegacy or starcraft.org or even blizzard's official site.

Disciple

04-11-2004, 11:16 PM

You would think that if SC2 would even be a valid idea they would say something. Hey, dont listen to me, I'm new here.

Disciple

04-11-2004, 11:20 PM

If SC2 is anything like WC3 then I will quit. Man I think they ruined that game.

ZergTyrant

04-11-2004, 11:59 PM

I hope to god that blizzard does'nt make the same mistake with SC2 that they did with WC3....omg i'd start a mob with pitchforks and torches outside of the blizzard north

ZergTyrant

04-12-2004, 12:02 AM

If you look close enough on blizzard.com and sclegacy.com then you will find several paragraphs about how they are planning and starting to make sc 2...

anyways... why the hell would they put up this forum if they werent gonna make sc2...its pointless

Battlecruiser

04-12-2004, 11:24 AM

If there are paragraphs then it should be SO EASY to just link us to it right? If you know where it is just link it and I will believe you as long as it is a credible site and the date of the article is not April First.

ZergTyrant

04-12-2004, 1:00 PM

Ok i looked up the link:
http://sclegacy.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=150

If that does'nt work then if you go to sclegacy.com there will be a Starcraft 2 link on the left side of page...just click on it and it will give you several paragraphs about SC2 and a couple links for enterviews of Blizzard and SC2.

Battlecruiser

04-12-2004, 1:11 PM

All they said is that they plan to revisit starcraft 2 soon. That doesn't mean it is in development. But they slightly hinted it so it is a possiblity that they maybe brainstorming ideas and stuff right now but I don't think they got any further than that.

My last sentence is a guess. It may not be true. By the way, thanks for the link.

ZergTyrant

04-12-2004, 3:35 PM

No problem, and that was dated about two years ago so if they are following up with starcraft 2, then they are problebly starting to develop by now...i hope.

Have faith!

Whiteknight

04-14-2004, 2:26 AM

*Eye's bug out, jaw drops.

We certainly don’t see StarCraft: Ghost as being something that replaced StarCraft II. It’s just as likely that StarCraft II will be released at the same time as Ghost

Um... is that a hint of things to come?

general_raynor

04-14-2004, 9:02 AM

maybe this is why ghost has been put back so many times so anything new thought up for ghost will turn up in sc2 and vice versa

i think that we may get a glimpse of new units in sc ghost and i wouldnt be suprised if nova turned up in sc2

Battlecruiser

04-14-2004, 3:23 PM

i think that we may get a glimpse of new units in sc ghost and i wouldnt be suprised if nova turned up in sc2

I think that too. One of those units I am guessing is what blizzard revealed in a screenshot. Go here to see it-http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?t=1443. I think that unit will be part of the terrans.

keru_sayanas

04-14-2004, 4:27 PM

i Say they have it in the works....but i bet they are gonna pull a halo-2 and make people wait until fall 2005 or something

keru_sayanas

04-14-2004, 4:30 PM

and then say summer 2006...then fall...l

keru_sayanas

04-14-2004, 4:52 PM

Who thinks that SC2 is being worked on currently

keru_sayanas

04-14-2004, 4:54 PM

Gah..bad spelling in title...ooops...

Arachas

04-14-2004, 7:28 PM

This is straight from Blizzard....IT IS NOT BEING WORKED ON CURRENTLY
However, I want to believe they are lol...I can't wait...

Whiteknight

04-14-2004, 7:42 PM

Sigh, why must most of these posts be made. Must I quote sources or will you take me at my word?

BLIZZARD IS NOT CURRENTLY WORKING ON SC2. THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL REVISIT THE IDEA OF WORKING ON A SC GAME IN THE FUTURE. THEY PLAN TO DO ANOTHER SC GAME IN THE FUTURE FOR THE PC.

I'll post the quotes if I have to, but I'd rather not. Stop making threads like these, about when SC2 will come out, when it will come out, etc.

Arachas

04-14-2004, 7:52 PM

I don't understand why you don't like WC3. It is a very good game. Anyway, if they made a SC2, 3D graphics would be nice. I agree, it would look wierd if it was zoomed in. It would be very hard to look at 200 Hydras in my base that way :bigsmile: . If they zoomed it out just far enough it would be good. Maybe zoomed in enough where the Units look bigger than they do in SC but not close like in WC3.

I'm sure they won't ruin it. Blizzard knows what the people want. And its very hard to ruin a game like StarCraft.

Arachas

04-14-2004, 7:54 PM

you sed when it will come out twice

Duddits

04-14-2004, 8:05 PM

I personally believe that they are at least working on the concepts of the game. Creating concept art of new units and heros, or modified old units, and brainstorming the storyline. This at the very least is being done, I think. They would not annouce SC2 being made before Ghost is even out. SC:G will, in thoery, up the popularity of SC, providing even more of a base for the already extremly large fan base of SC. I think that they will annouce it 3 - 6 months after Ghost is realised, when WoW has passed out of Beta and Alpha and into the pockets of hungry MMORPG'ers everywhere.

I do hope it will not be another Diablo --gags--.

Whiteknight

04-14-2004, 8:06 PM

I disagree. I believe it is very easy to ruin a game like Starcraft (they sure ruined Warcraft, didn't they?)

ZergTyrant

04-14-2004, 10:31 PM

Man did they ever screw over Warcraft...i used to sortof like it...now i sortof hate it...

It is very easy to ruin a game like starcraft now because thousends of fans are anticipating SC2 and they think it will be better than ever. If blizzard does not hold up there high standard of gaming (they problebly will) then alot of SC fans will be dissapointed with SC2...like wut happened to WC3

ZergTyrant

04-14-2004, 10:35 PM

hmmmm...they are working on it and will hint at production up until SC:G cums out and then maybe give a few early details..

Diablo wont be the next game afta WoW...the storyline came to a close and Starcraft's wuz left on sortof a cliffhanger....damn that last level...:tu:

ZergTyrant

04-14-2004, 10:53 PM

Oh heeeeeeeeeeeeeell no...I will NOT wait that long (i will if i have to) to get SC2...grrr
By then there will be Diablo 14 or sumthin..ack
Thanks for the link..those screenshots were funky....
Blizzard has been working on the basics of SC2 for months (storyline, concept art, new races, ect.) but i dont think they have any products to show to fans other than some unreliable screenshots.

Disciple

04-15-2004, 12:35 PM

Do you think they will ruin it like they did wc III? Personally I hated that game.

TrionSpectre

04-15-2004, 12:44 PM

well wether SC2 is the next one or not i cant wait for it. I just hope they dont do what they did in WCIII and make supply so low i prefer mass battles with large forces (ever played the Diplomacies on UMS 3000 units on board for each side it was me and one other player i owned east he owned west i won)

Battlecruiser

04-15-2004, 4:19 PM

I am thinking they are just working on the brainstorming part of creating a game. They have not yet started creating computer models or anything. Only some pictures of new units, storyline ideas and maybe what the new race should be (if there is one).

keru_sayanas

04-15-2004, 4:26 PM

i agree with duddits and battlecruiser, buuut i guess bliz can say what it wants :D

TrionSpectre

04-15-2004, 5:47 PM

in all actuality they probably are working on concepts for the game getting ready for the actual programing aspect. in fact id be surpirsed if they werent planning for a game is time consuming even if it is a sequal

FincH

04-15-2004, 9:05 PM

is there really a SC 2 comin out? and is there gonna be new races on it?

Carnage

04-15-2004, 9:11 PM

Yes.
Starcraft 2 will be released June 10th.
However.
Being an official Blizzard site.
Every post you make after than initial one.
Will add 20 days to the release date.

ZeroDarkStar

04-15-2004, 9:12 PM

Carnage, play nice. =P

No, Blizzard has not confirmed nor hinted at a possible SC2, though it is very likely.

BSTRhino

04-15-2004, 10:26 PM

Hey guys:

http://www.starcraft.org/bstrhino/starcraft 2.jpg

Um, yeah.

Every post you make after than initial one.
Will add 20 days to the release date.

Haha, that's a good one. I'm going to use that from now on.

ZergTyrant

04-15-2004, 11:09 PM

Starcraft 2 is going to cum out but it is currently under early development and will not be out in June.

ZergTyrant

04-15-2004, 11:18 PM

They are working on the concept art and storyline and will begin programming of the actual game soon...but just how sooon is that?
If things go the way they are going starcraft wont cum out for awhile....

Duddits

04-15-2004, 11:20 PM

Not now it won't be, we're pushing it back to about late July now ^^

ZergTyrant

04-15-2004, 11:21 PM

then in july they'll push it back to 2010...lol

ZergTyrant

04-15-2004, 11:23 PM

They Will Not Ruin Starcraft Like They Ruined Warcraft...i Will Not Allow It Or So Help Me I Will Burn Down Blizzard North...

Whiteknight

04-16-2004, 2:14 AM

*Cough* Why do so many people think it is in development. If they have anyone working on it (which is doubtful with all that is going on in Blizzard) then it would only be one or two guys.

And isn't this the 60th thread about the release of sc2?

Isn't there something about this in the rules of this area?

EDIT: Nope, no rules for this area. BST, please make it already. I'm getting sick and tired of these posts.

BSTRhino

04-16-2004, 11:06 AM

Hmmm... back on BlizzForums I used to basically ignore those threads. It did get annoying, but I don't think it's particularly nice to close people's first threads. It's not very inviting.

There's no good reason that you shouldn't be allowed to discuss this topic, so, what I've done is merged the threads. I'm not sure if this is the best solution though.

SS-MistressOfKage

04-25-2004, 3:53 AM

Blizzard would be working on their two major works at the moment. World of warcraft and starcraft ghost.

Blizzard took so much time making the diablo II 1.10 patch because they had all their people working mostly on world of warcraft .

I think its goes in order of what they want dun
World of warcraft
starcraft ghost
patchs for world of warcraft ( the betas all rdy out after they reales wow they will releaes patchs to fix all the bugs they always have)
then maybe just maybe they might start work on sc2

Whiteknight

04-27-2004, 1:07 AM

I see your necromancy skills are working nicely ;).

I doubt there will be a SC2 before Diablo III... Damn Blizzard, they said that they were in the WC frame of mind and that they just felt like doing WCs.

SS-MistressOfKage

04-27-2004, 3:00 AM

white knight said
I doubt there will be a SC2 before Diablo 2...

Umm Diablo II 1.10 patch came out a while ago know , what i was trying to get across is that they only had one to two people working on the 1.10 patch and all their resoures going into World of Warcraft and SC:Ghost.

Whiteknight

04-27-2004, 7:55 PM

Oops, I meant to say 'Diabo III', not Diablo II. Fixed :)

blahblahblah

04-27-2004, 9:35 PM

blizzard is actually making sc2. First, it says on www.scinvasion.com (http://www.scinvasion.com), click on the starcraft2 rumours at the bottom of list on left. it shows a letter sent by blizzard them selves, and i get a newsletter from bliz everyday and it says so there.

SO

Battlecruiser

04-27-2004, 10:51 PM

Do you know what a rumour is? It means that it is unverified information. Here is the story. Blizzard never even announced that starcraft 2 is in development. So that means they may not be doing ANYTHING related to starcraft 2 or they may have like 1 person doing brainstorming or something. They probably don't even know what the storyline is yet.

Axellraff

04-28-2004, 1:54 AM

March 2005 Starcraft2 must go on!

Axellraff

04-28-2004, 1:59 AM

Starcraft3 to april 2056....

Disciple

04-28-2004, 2:25 PM

Ahhhh, screw starcraft I quit. I'll stick to halo.

Ulric

05-27-2004, 12:29 AM

I doubt it will be quite some time before Blizzard will begin to do anything major with StarCraft II. I was able to find an old interview Bill Roper. This is what was said

4/21/03

Bill Roper - That's probably the number one asked question of Blizzard. And a lot of times I even get asked the "when" because everybody just wants to run the possibility that we would never do it. And really for us to kind of fall into that same line of questioning is will there be a Diablo III or a Warcraft IV. People I think have a real affinity with the worlds we've built and a lot of the characters and past that, the gameplay. They want more of that. So, we definitely want to stay true to the world we've created. And for example, when we decided to do a console project we picked one of our worlds to put it within it by putting Ghost firmly in the Starcraft universe to expand and grow that universe and storyline there and kind of keep Starcraft alive in our minds and in our players' hands even though it's not Starcraft 2, it's not a real time strategy game on the PC. Certainly at some point, we'd have to sit down and look at that. But one thing I think that makes Blizzard a little unique is that we don't sit down and plan out the next thirty games over the next ten years that we're going to be making but we really work on a game, get it done, look to see if it's an original release if we're doing something like an expansion that would be appropriate or would be desired by the team working on it or more only by players and then either doing that or then be looking at what's the next big thing we do is how we're going to approach it. Is it gonna be set in the same universe, is it gonna be a different universe, will it be new? I think it's important to plan that it is very driven not only by the desires of our fans but also by a lot of the passions and the interest levels of the development teams...we would have never had the original Starcraft if the guys wouldn't have just...after Warcraft II would've said 'We want to break from fantasy and elves...we want to do some crazy thing in space' and that's where Starcraft came from and then when they finished Starcraft, everybody had this real fire to get back to the Warcraft universe. So, certainly we love Starcraft. I'm sure that that fire will once again have arrived and people will want to go back and be the Zerg or the Protoss and Terran facing off...so don't know when. Nothing we're working on but certainly it would be crazy to say that we would never do that.

This shows that Blizzard will do it but its going to be some time before anything is done. Just keep your fingers crossed :bigsmile: