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Is it me, or have we only seen one screenshot featuring Iceworld? Just that old Zerg screenshot that predates BWWI 08. Do you think there is any reason Blizzard aren't releasing more screenshots of maps in this terrain?
http://www.starcraft2.com.au/starcra...reenshot-1.jpg
Probably saving it for the game.
I'm pretty sure that they have a number of tilesets/worlds that they haven't showed us yet and won't show us til the game comes out.
Just relax. :)
I think they said somewhere that they always added snow tiles in the expansions and that an expansion isn't an expansion without snow tiles --> Maybe not in WotL. Can't find the source now but if I find the link I'll post.
God look at how awesome those banelings used to look.
Seriously, though, I'm pretty sure the devs are just interested in exhibitioning their hard work on the Jungle Tileset's varied plantlife at the moment. All things considered, the frozen tileset tends to be rather plain; despite being a fan-favorite, its hardly the ideal environment to show off what SC2's terrain rendering engine can do ('put your best foot forward', as it were...).Quote:
Originally Posted by Admiral DuGalle
That picture is a year and a half old... of course it looks bland.
Didn't they mention trying to have different building skins or something on snow tilesets at some point a long while back? Essentially making it so that the structures would get/have snow on them? It many be that this is a WIP that they want to reveal later on, since it's something that'll make it look very unique compared to any of the other tilesets.
X :cool:
That was a joke. They don't purposely hold out the snow tilesets just so they will be in the expansion.Quote:
Originally Posted by andreicr
Samwise said that they would like to add some snow and stuff to buildings in the snow tileset if they have time.Quote:
Originally Posted by XSOLDIER
That'd be sweet if they did make snow covered buildings. What all tilesets have been announced/seen?
I see a grand opportunity for intricate ice-crystal formations.Quote:
Originally Posted by vIsitor
Well Warcraft2 had that... so I hope SC2 has it :pQuote:
Originally Posted by XSOLDIER
Sigh, I'll miss the rich colourful colour schemes SC2 alpha had...
Now everything is watered down and faded.
I know that this was said in at least 3-4 interviews. Most notably Samwise's most recent onesQuote:
Originally Posted by andreicr
*nods* We'll see how it goes, I'm on the fence, where it could be either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hav0x
Interesting how things change over 2 years... this would have got you skewered then. Agreed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandonetho
lol, for sure.Quote:
Interesting how things change over 2 years... this would have got you skewered then. Agreed?
Not to forget mentioning that in this particular screenshot, it looks more like cracked concrete than snow. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by flabortast
(Snow reflects light a lot more)
WOW I never realized how terrible the game looked back then...
I disagree. How many amazingly beautiful lighting effects to you see with real-world snow environments? dozens!Quote:
Originally Posted by vIsitor
I have no problem with waiting, though. The jungle looks amazing.
One thing I really liked about the the Ice tileset was the high water. I used it to create an inverted island map called "Netherlands". The main islands were all on low ground surrounded by cliffs that led to the high water so you couldn't see what was approaching until the enemy attacked, and the expansions were on high ground — level with the water.
There was one problem with the map though. Terrans and Protoss could use the small strip of high ground surrounding each base to build PCs and MTs on, while the zerg couldn't build anything unless there was creep, which needed a Hatchery but didn't matter anyway because the strip wasn't wide enough to let the creep spread even if you managed to find space for a Hatchery.
My other favorite tileset was the Space tileset. It offered three distinct buildable terrain levels, with each blocking LoS from the one below it. It also had those infantry-only ramps in the form of stairs and three distinct bridge lengths. You could really do a ton of stuff with that tileset.
In addition to the snow on the buildings, they could give off steam. Now that would REALLY be amazingly cool!
I think they mentioned pretty early on that the concept of "tileset" is a thing from the past. If you want you can have Lava and desert on the same map. If that is a good idea is a different issue...
Sure, you won't have to choose a tileset that limits what you can do with your map, but I imagine there will still be terrain groups (tilesets) that contain tiles centered around a particular terrain theme. Like, you make a new map, and there is a menu where you choose a particular group (Ash), and under that group it has the terrain associated with that group (dirt, magma, lava, shale, etc.).
What I want to know is if there will be "falls" like lavafalls, waterfalls, tarfalls, etc.
I hope there is. A tarfall would be a cool feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by n00bonicPlague
I remember an RTS, Age of Mythology, where all that we are talking about in this thread was possible; you could make waterfalls, mix and match terrain, and even mix together different waters with terran underneath it to get neat effects.
Those sound kind of cool. But I do wonder how they'll show space fall. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by n00bonicPlague
Or maybe thanks to the artificial gravity on the Platforms, we'll get an upward-flowing waterfall instead...
Damn, I almost forgot how the team color use to be so... saturated.
The jungle has always been the most complex terrain, in these stages of development as someone said earlier, its all about eye candy, and eye candy suggests showing off your best stuff. Ice just appealed in Brood War because of how white counterbalances any color (and that cool effect of the Nexus light) unlike the mix of greens and browns in jungle. Ice also had that semi-sunken ground with a ramp introducing a fourth level of play that's not there in jungle (in BW jungle its raised ground is inaccessible except by transport).
The biggest example of eye candy I can remember is when Sony revealed their PS3 project with that infamous video of Gran Tourismo and it looked :P