User blog comment:Hawki/Thoughts on StarCraft: Remastered/@comment-250398-20170422145524/@comment-250398-20170424174324


 * It was... A thing. As far as console RTSs goes it wasn't the worst controls but the framerate was awful. But with my shameful love of Stukov I had to see the original Resurrection IV for myself (which at least confirms characters like Bud Morris may be alive, so net gain?). I felt bad with WoL Collectors because I spent top dollar THEN the digital deluxe complete package came out for like a third of the price. Got me my nice Jim Raynor dogtag at least though.


 * I wouldn't put those maps as a necessity, I'm just hoping for more beyond the base game to make it feel more worth it. But I get the feeling we may not see that. Even just packaging the Map of the Month content in the game would at least give the general public more exposure to the maps most of them probably honestly only read about on here. I doubt well see more SCR single player content, but who knows? I'm still holding out for more mission packs. :(


 * Huh, I never noticed the audio thing. That's good to see, keeps with the spirit of the game.


 * I like the UED captain, less keen on his Magistrate but it looks alright. It fits the UED in my mind since their two new units were both female. Nothing wrong with fanfic, I used to write a bunch in high school that just devolved into "SC campaigns with different characters in different universes" so I don't have a leg to stand on.


 * I admit I have that bias too, I REALLY like the UED. It was the first time in science fiction the big thing that made the powerful aliens retreat was humanity itself, and me being young at Brood War's that was such a cool thing for me. I liked the idea of humans being sympathetic to the UED and maybe forming militias to return to Earth as a security blanket against the zerg threat, but I also like seeing factionalization of the main races (I still want to see post-LotV terran cults form around Amon since apparently nobody knows his true fate and this is the first time humanity has seen direct evidence of a God-like being). That's interesting about the Mass Recall writers, I've had debates with a few of them (usually along the "SC2 worst human crime dur" lines) but I admit never talked to them about the UED.

But I've been saying that too. As the last antagonists that could actually carry a whole game I expect we'll only see mentions. I still think there's potential for a Stukov mini-campaign serving as sort of a Mass Effect Harbinger campaign for the next game where we find out the UED is coming, but given how far out SCIII seems that may be a loooong while.