Game Requirements and graphics quality...

[Lemmy]

Try to find out these please. If you can, also ask about the resolutions and textures quality, and maybe even try them yourself.
If you are allowed to, why not post some screenshots in different game settings? See if you can get some. If you dont, give the idea to the staff to post them on the internet. That will surely answer some questions of the people with older computers.
Thanks!

[generalrievous]

I think they'll announce all the reqs but I could be mistaken

[Wlck742]

There's another thread on this if I'm not mistaken...

[GuiMontag]

i dont think players will have access to the game settings, most of the user interface stuff gets done last. also no1 except blizzard will be letting out video or photo footage of sc2 at blizzcon

[Wlck742]

Blizzard themselves said that there'll be a wide range of graphical settings to choose from, although it's probably half way done at most. I'd expect all the terrain/doodad detail settings to be complete, but the units, buildings, and FX settings probably aren't even integrated yet, at least for Zerg, who are still in the concept phase. I wouldn't worry about sys reqs too much, it's no Oblivion or even CoH.

[GuiMontag]

what i mean is that at blizzcon, the menu interface will probably not be accesible to people playing the game.

[GrahamTastic]

Try to find out these please. If you can, also ask about the resolutions and textures quality, and maybe even try them yourself.
If you are allowed to, why not post some screenshots in different game settings? See if you can get some. If you dont, give the idea to the staff to post them on the internet. That will surely answer some questions of the people with older computers.
Thanks!

Yeah. Do some reconnaissance, but I wouldn't worry to much about a shortage of new screenshots after Blizzcon. I bet the StarCraft II official site will be overflowing with new videos, screenshots and such after more stuff gets revealed at Blizzcon. Maybe they will even get the Terran section up and running!

[zeratul11]

i want the requirement to be high so not anyone can play it.
uhm. only the deserving ones should play it. so like if really want to play it, buy a new PC just for STARCRAFT 2. here in my country i dont want anyone can just play it in cafe who don't even know what the game is all about and has little few knowledge of starcraft 1. hhmm most pc internet cafe here has low pc specs, so i dont want them to have starcraft 2 installed that easily with poor quality setting use on it and let any noob play it. they need to buy a new one (assuming starcraft 2 requires a strong pc) to bring the best graphics starcraft 2 can offer. ^^

[Wlck742]

Lol, where do you live?

[zeratul11]

from a 3rd world country. lol

i know you can figure it out.

anyway most gamers here are just so not updated. and when new cool games suddenly appears(aka starcraft 2) they all like... omg! acting like they are not noob and in fact they dont even know that the game was already released half a year ago in other countries like USA. lol

[Fenix]

Aw, comeon 11 (My new affectionate name for you)....Just tell us

;D

[JudicatorPrime]

Texture quality: Low, Medium, High.

Resolutions: Everything you can think of.

[GrahamTastic]

i want the requirement to be high so not anyone can play it.
uhm. only the deserving ones should play it. here in my country i dont want anyone can just play it in cafe who don't even know what the game is all about and has little few knowledge of starcraft 1. hhmm most pc internet cafe here has low pc specs, so i dont want them to have starcraft 2 installed that easily with poor quality setting use on it and let any noob play it. they need to buy a new one (assuming starcraft 2 requires a strong pc) to bring the best graphics starcraft 2 can offer. ^^


I think that anyone should be able to play it, no matter if they have a Windows Vista or a Windows 95. No one should be denied a great game because of their computer. The only hope those people have of becoming "non-noobs" is to play the game. Saying "You can't play this because you're a noob," doesn't make too much sense when everyone starts out as a noob. There is not one single person on Earth that does not "deserve" to play StarCraft II. Telling them that they can't play it just because they are ignorant or because they don't have an UberComputer wont help them move beyond the "noob" phase of their life as gamers.

P.S. I know that you won't be able to play it on a 95. I'm just saying.

[Wlck742]

If you really wanted to make it so that only "dedicated" people would be able to play the game, might as well make it required for them to own a $50 million supercomputer.

[Lemmy]

Zeratul you are a pig. I dont know where you come from, but im not from the netherlands either but I dont give a **** about who plays the game or not. I choose who I play against, and I dont play against newbs if I dont want to.

[Lemmy]

He think newbs, or people who is not familiarized with the original SC shouldnt be able to play it, so the requirements should be higher so only SC fans would by able to play (The only ones eager to put more money on their comps to upgrade them).

At least thats why I understood, maybe im wrong.

[PancakeChef]

I think that it should be avabible to a wide range of old and new players, in my opinion its all about having fun. I understand that some people want to play on a more competeive level because thats what is fun for them but that doesn't mean you have to count out newcomers to the game either.

If SC2 Battle.net is gonna be anything like it is currently then you wont have to worry about it because it matches you to players with similar stats as you.

So 11 I understand that you want to play players around your skill level and play competitvely but you shouldn't be so hard on people playing the Starcraft series for the first time. I would hate to take the experince of playing a fun and enjoyable game away from someone just because they are new.

[Lemmy]

Damn people crap is very simple: Blizzard is a moneymaking company, not an orphanage.
They want to sell a lot of copies.
They need the copies to be playable to sell a lot of them.
So they will make the game playable in lower systems just to have a larger market.

[qOcOp]

i want the requirement to be high so not anyone can play it.
uhm. only the deserving ones should play it. so like if really want to play it, buy a new PC just for STARCRAFT 2. here in my country i dont want anyone can just play it in cafe who don't even know what the game is all about and has little few knowledge of starcraft 1. hhmm most pc internet cafe here has low pc specs, so i dont want them to have starcraft 2 installed that easily with poor quality setting use on it and let any noob play it. they need to buy a new one (assuming starcraft 2 requires a strong pc) to bring the best graphics starcraft 2 can offer. ^^


y arent u the happy kid eh scrooge?

[Tym29]

Yeah so the machines they are running at Blizzcon are screaming fast and still crash a crap but the game has yet to be optimized, which is the final step before release and the doors are still wide open to the system requirements. Its really business philosophy question you are asking- do you make a more exclusive game or a one that everyone can play with antiquated graphics? Blizzard always make the best game possible which is somewhere in the middle (and usually requires me to upgrade my video card but thankfully not replace my whole PC) To make money it must be accessible to the masses and still compellingly fun.

[GrahamTastic]

Yeah so the machines they are running at Blizzcon are screaming fast and still crash
That is kind of strange if you ask me, even for an early build of the game. Maybe it's just the LAN that is making it crash, or whatever they are using for the multiplayer games.

[Lemmy]

I have a 256 ddr and 1272 ram. Problems my precesor, 1,7.

[10-Neon]

When I was inline waiting for my first shot at the game, one of the developers was answering questions. He said that at the moment the game was on an extremely unoptimized build, so even though the computers that were being used to run the demos were "way too fast" people were still experiencing in-game slowdowns. I only experienced slowdowns in the singleplayer demo, interestingly enough, and one disconnect happened when someone bumped their computer. He stated that, as per Blizzard's usual strategy, the game would be playable on lower-end systems when the game finally releases. As Tym said, the final details are just as mysterious today as they were a week ago.