User blog comment:Hawki/Thoughts on StarCraft: Remastered/@comment-250398-20170422145524/@comment-58609-20170422233251

Per the above points:

-Oh you poor sod - I got StarCraft 64 as well, but back when it was on the EB Games shelf, and while I found it enjoyable, RTS...well, some genres are indeed meant for the "PC Master Race." I did miss out on the WoL collector's edition though. :(

-It might be nice to include the Stukov maps, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it if they don't, as they're still available. As for Raynor's strike at Kerrigan...well, personally, it's again a thing I'm not going to lose much sleep over - I never really saw it as a needed event, as 4 years, coupled with pre-existing romantic affiliations, was easily enough to sell me on Raynor in WoL, not to mention that the possibility of bringing Kerrigan back is something that's presented to him, and his choice left ambiguous left until the very end.

It does raise an interesting question though, as to the idea of releasing new singleplayer content, as to whether SC: Remastered, or SC2 will receive it. Honestly though, I'm not really counting on either happening, and if it does, SC2 seems more likely.

-Concerning audio, I've noticed it's gone from "re-recorded" to "amped" or "remastered." Now, I will say that I'm in favor of improvement rather than getting new actors, because it feels redundant to do so. I also feel that it wouldn't work in some cases - for instance, if we're talking Campbell vs. Helfer, Campbell's Kerrigan has a more 'growly,' more 'primal' essence to her, whereas Helfer's Kerrigan feels more controlled. I don't think this was intentional, but I feel it matches both stages of her character - SC1/BW Kerrigan is a newly created monster that takes to the field, who has to betray and scheme to get her way to the top, whereas SC2 Kerrigan is more mellowed out, either by Amon's influence/secure rule (WoL) or regret (HotS-onwards). I feel both actors do a good job of portraying the character differently. I will admit I prefer Helfer's take, but she doesn't need to be brought in.

-I'm kind of hoping for a female UED captain too, if only because that's how I've portrayed the captain in fanfics (yes, laugh at me, I can take it). Honestly, the more of xiorobear's stuff the better, as the actual field manual was a very small sample of size of what he ended up creating.

-It's interesting about what you say about the UED in Mass Recall because...well, without naming names, let's just say that one of the creators of the mod had a certain fixation with the UED, even claiming that the people of the Dominion should welcome their new alien (sorry, human) overlords, under the basis that they 'defeated' the zerg (long discussion). Under that basis, I'm surprised that the mod would defeat them as anything other than the 'uber' faction (yes, I'm not that fond of the UED, how could you tell?) That said, I can't say I'm as sympathetic to DuGalle or Stukov as you, because even if you take the line of "good men working for bad leaders," neither of them really depict any regret for their actions. Stukov seemed a bit put off by the zerg, but DuGalle was quite happy to leave colonists to die, then spearhead an unprovoked invasion of terran space, under the basis of uniting the sector with Earth "for the greater good of humanity." DuGalle's certainly a solid character, but I don't feel he deserves that much sympathy.

But on the other hand, I would be interested to see more UED stuff in the remaster. I've commented elsewhere that the UED is to StarCraft what the Clone Wars once was to Star Wars, something that the creators don't want to touch until they have a solid idea of how to execute it (apparently an editorial mandate existed before the prequel trilogy that no-one could actually state what the Clone Wars were about - one game even stated that "the clones lost the wars.") It's given me creative licence in StarCraft stuff I've written, as to how your average K-sector terran views your average UED member, but still, that doesn't make it official.