While I absolutely LOVE the original Starcraft (my favorite RTS of all time), I have the feeling this time Blizzard is just trying to charge us another 100$ (or how much? 60?) for nothing. It would be awesome if they upgraded to Starcraft 2 engine, but at the moment it just looks like a rather poorly scaled graphics update.

The original game will be free to play, if you want the HD graphics you'll have to pay extra for that.. so if you want to play with the original 800x600 resolutions they're there but if you want 4K support and all that jazz then you pay for the add on. But both original and HD version will have the online play support.

.. so if you want to play with the original 800x600 resolutions

I'd like that, unfortunately I can only play starcraft @640x480 😛ipe:

Unlocked FPS would be nice but it also looks like the animations are left untouched. It wouldn't hurt if they were a bit smoother?

I 1000% agree with this ^^^^, personally it makes no sense what so ever 🙁 I rather just play Star Craft 2 to tell you the truth, I mean with the new engine and their resources why on earth would you not use it to make the remake I think its insane. Man if they do the same thing to Diablo 2 remake I am going to rage out and be totally disappointed. If you want to stay with the 2D sprites then you better higher high end artist and re do them properly in HD. Not what they have currently done in this example its really the same sprites with a filter if slightly changed I can barley tell the diff. All well not much you can do about it now.

Can't satisfy everyone. If they went with SC2 engine for the remake, people would be angry about that as well. I think they made correct decision and I think it looks pretty damn good after checking comparison screenshots. You are talking absolute nonsense about sprites though, they are remade from the ground up. It's not just filter as you claim. Check comparisons and you'll see what I mean, there are some slight variations in every sprite, but not enough to change the look of the game. You can't get that detail and look from using upscale filters.

It's a smart move by Blizzard. If it's not prohibitively expensive (AAA title range) than I will get it.

We already have Starcraft Mass Recall on SC2 engine,why they do this? https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-mass-recall Better make D2LOD or Warcraft III remake,than Starcraft.

I would just love a Warcraft III remake, i hear someone was working on one using the SC2 engine but last i saw of it only the first ORC mission had been done.... Though maybe a Warcraft IV would be nicer (but they stopped caring about that due to wow success 🙁 )

I replayed WC3 recently, absolutely fantastic game and still very playable. I doubt there'll be a 4th for years sadly 🙁

It has honestly held up so well considering it came out in 2002, lord knows how much time i spent on battlenet back then 😀 best valued game... one day i can hope for a Warcraft IV

Eh, I'm pretty sure I can play the original on win 10 so why would I spend money on the same thing ? As many said I'd much more liked the warcraft 4 (remake is nonsense, it still looks great since they went with cartoonish style), but unfortunately, it probably woun't happen untill blizz is done with WoW. As for SC, I would also much more appreciate SC3, but the way SC2 ended, I can't really see how they'll continue. So this remaster is probably the only quick money grab they can get out of their strategies.

This is great, i love the original starcraft

Look at this, another embarrassing thread. Blizzard releases a compatibility patch for an old game and makes it completely free? Everyone bitches they're making you pay for the upgraded graphics. Just don't buy it? Just play the free game that's exactly the same thing without higher resolutions. There, solved.

This will be awesome, as long as they don't mess with any of the gameplay aspects and types and leave those exactly the same. Setting up huge cooperative skirmish battles with a friend or two was a blast. I would also love to see updates of the original Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.

Nice that they are doing this. The next games on the list would be Diablo 1 & 2.

We already have Starcraft Mass Recall on SC2 engine,why they do this? https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-mass-recall

I tried giving Mass Recall a shot but I got stuck around half way through the Terran campaign, where it couldn't load properly. Mass Recall was pretty cool overall, though one little nitpick I have about it is the inconsistent mix of old and new, which made it feel kind of broken. I'd rather have had the following options to toggle: 1. Stylize with old graphics wherever possible 2. Use old audio as much as possible, maybe mixed in with new audio 3. Only offer original units (so for example, units like Banshees wouldn't be available, but Scourges would be). Toggling this off would not prevent the usage of older units, but, some newer ones might have to be replaced by older ones due to scripts in the campaign. 4. Stay true to unit specs, abilities, and upgrades (so Ultralisks would likely be weaker, High Templars don't have a normal attack, Bunkers can only fit 4 people, etc). These options I think would satisfy everyone. Some people want something as close to the original game as possible, while others (like myself) are interested in seeing what the campaign would be like if it were made with modern technology, and then there are those who are interested how different the campaign would be using units that were never available. Personally, I would like to try the game with options 1, 2, and 4 turned off, but 3 turned on. I miss a lot of the original units. I feel like Zerg units got tampered with the most, while Protoss as a whole lost their purpose - Protoss used to be more about powerful high-value units that you want to preserve, while now they're a lot more expendable. This is probably due to tournaments, where you're expected to make huge sacrifices.

While I absolutely LOVE the original Starcraft (my favorite RTS of all time), I have the feeling this time Blizzard is just trying to charge us another 100$ (or how much? 60?) for nothing. It would be awesome if they upgraded to Starcraft 2 engine, but at the moment it just looks like a rather poorly scaled graphics update.

I thought this was what was happening when I saw the post :\. I don't get why they're bothering with this. I have my doubts that they're going to drastically increase the viewport like the video implies.