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Published: 2013-03-03 04:53:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 4609; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 53
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Starcraft 2: Protoss Pass 2Modeled by Phill Gonzales, Robb Shoberg, Trevor Jacobs, and Ted Park!
This is a very early shot of the Protoss race from sometime in 2006. Most of these buildings are the 2nd version we built, the first versions were very rough placeholder artwork. There are many distinct changes and various styles at work here.
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...maybe it's nostalgia speaking, but I like these better than the final ones.
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It would have been such a different game if we continued with this art style. We'll never know!
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how were Blizzard able to fund for this project while trying to make starcraft 2 and its long process?
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World of Warcraft helped I'm sure.
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seems logical im sure not a lot of company's can delay that long.
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Do you have more screenshots of this stage of the game?
I'd like to see the other races.
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I don't have anything this complete for the other races.
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Oh Wow, it's just cartoony, it's like....computer-y. Like if Reboot threw Bob into a game of Starcraft.
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Hahah, I agree with that.
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haha oh my. i've got to admit the atmosphere feels much more like the original. i guess it's the UI and the stark shadows that give it that romantically dark aesthetic. the blinding crystals and models sure do kill it though
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I should get a new screenshot of the current game just to finish all the comparisons, it is quite eye opening.
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wow, it's really crazy to see how far its changed. Hey the old photon cannon! I remember seeing them in the first preview vids ever released!
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Oh man, it's hard to believe that Starcraft II used to look like this. Did you guys at Blizzard know, back then, how much better it will look when actually released? As in, was this whole thing placeholder art, or did you guys intend to release the game with a similar graphical level to this image?
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Hmmm... I'd definitely say at the time this screenshot was taken the art team understood that things would still improve significantly on the graphic level. Typically what happens as as new art get introduced, it raises the bar on quality and we go back and polish the older art to match the new pieces. So we always knew the polish pass would happen, we just don't have a clear idea of what art actually gets polished until much later.
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