New Blizzard CGI, once again is amazing.

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#1 cobrax25
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Apparently from a new commercial.

http://video.thatvideogameblog.com/2010/06/10/starcraft-ii-trailer/

about half of it is new, half is old CG.

you can see [spoiler] Kerrigan before she becomes infested [/spoiler]

its obviously pretty nice.

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#2 Lethalhazard
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Looks cool. I only hope I can whack Arcturus in the face during the campaign.
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#3 MellowMighty
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Once again, that CGI is just amazing, I hope there's cutscenes with that quality of CGI. That's like stuff you would see in a movie (maybe a movie a few years ago)

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#4 Birdy09
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Yea thier CGI is always amazing, just never represents the game only its plot. would make you wonder what the warcraft and starcraft universe would actually be like if they tried the mature approach thier cgi takes? would it be better or worse....
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#5 edo-tensei
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Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

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#6 Birdy09
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Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

edo-tensei
I agree, but tbh Blizzard games would look crap without CGI .... I gotta laugh at "Wrath Gate, Ulduar and Icecrown", they have the music and the voice acting down very well ... but the cutscenes themselves... ugh. even then they are graphically enhanced beyond what the game actually looks like (texture wise) >.
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#7 edo-tensei
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[QUOTE="Birdy09"][QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

I agree, but tbh Blizzard games would look crap without CGI .... I gotta laugh at "Wrath Gate, Ulduar and Icecrown", they have the music and the voice acting down very well ... but the cutscenes themselves... ugh. even then they are graphically enhanced beyond what the game actually looks like (texture wise) >.

Yeah true, the weren't created with the idea of cinematic around them it's true. (their games i mean)
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#8 Rougehunter
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Once again, that CGI is just amazing, I hope there's cutscenes with that quality of CGI. That's like stuff you would see in a movie (maybe a movie a few years ago)

MellowMighty

Don't worry, Blizzard's CGIs always deliver

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#9 Lethalhazard
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[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

Birdy09
I agree, but tbh Blizzard games would look crap without CGI .... I gotta laugh at "Wrath Gate, Ulduar and Icecrown", they have the music and the voice acting down very well ... but the cutscenes themselves... ugh. even then they are graphically enhanced beyond what the game actually looks like (texture wise) >.

Yeah I'd rather they just use CGI for the more important scenes......WoW's cutscenes are laughable. I remember watching the way [spoiler] Arthas died and his facial expressions looked so cheesy. [/spoiler]
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#10 ShadowriverUB
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Thats compilation of already known CGIs with exception that one of them we only since on paper in one of the blizzcons ^^

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#11 KungfuKitten
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Ugh ok i still want this game so badly because i haven't played RTS for very long even though i know it won't surpass another dive into COH which will even be released for free very soon...

Argh blizzard why... Lan... 2.0 facebook, no chat/titles... why blizzard, why?!

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#12 edo-tensei
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I liked their old CGIs better. The ones in diablo 2 had excellent cinematic feel to them and the were darker. Most CGIs nowdays are kind of very bright:P

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#13 Espada12
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Great as always but I'm anticipating D3 more, I've never been a fan of massing units since WC3.

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Ha what a terrible accent to choose for the announcer guy at the end. Macintosh sounds funny.
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#15 Vaasman
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Disappointed, when I saw the thread title I was hoping for a full length CGI trailer, but this is just a tv spot.

Oh well it'll do for now.

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#16 padaporra
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Outstanding. Blizzard CGI are just a piece of art... I don't know if any other company can match them in this aspect, not that I know that many, but the only one that comes to my mind is Bioware.
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Sometimes I go to youtube just to see that old CGI they made for Starcraft Ghost. Speaking of witch, that a game I would like to see.

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#17 RyuRanVII
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There'll be ingame cutscenes as well, like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRgSZZDcSGQ&feature=fvst Obviously they are not as amazing as the CGI, but it looks very good for a RTS engine.

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#18 Snagal123
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Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

edo-tensei

I agree, but this is an RTS game, there isin't much illusion to be broken. The game is going to use a combo of CGI and in engine cutscenes to tell the story.

In FPS/TPS and RPG i agree that CGI breaks the immersion, and its far more enjoyable to see everything in real-time (not pre-rendered in-engine custscenes either) as it shows more talent from the developer imo instead of being lazy and out sourcing to a CGI company or being cheap and using movie files for cutscenes that often look so compressed they are worse than the real-time gameplay.

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#19 EVOLV3
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I believe this is going to be the commercial that airs during the second quarter of the NBA finals game tonight.

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#20 deactivated-598fc45371265
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[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

Birdy09

I agree, but tbh Blizzard games would look crap without CGI .... I gotta laugh at "Wrath Gate, Ulduar and Icecrown",they have the music and the voice acting down very well ... but the cutscenes themselves... ugh. even then they are graphically enhanced beyond what the game actually looks like (texture wise) >.

Yeah I am kindashocked that they let the cutscenes look that bad. The Fall of the Lich at the very least deservedsome high-quality CGI.

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#21 Dead-Memories
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Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

edo-tensei

CGI is awsome, even if it is often served in brevity. ANd it often builds immense hype, and does it well. Just look at the TOR trailer.

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#22 Maraos
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With their new mmo, starcraft 2 and diablo 3, WoW has sort of taken the lets get every last drop out of this we can while putting in as little as we can route.
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#23 madsnakehhh
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Man, that was fantastic, that was a really long wait, and only for this game i'm gonna get a new video card, this it's going to be IMO GOTY for PC easily.

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#24 Zoso-8
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Blizzard is the best in the business at CGI imo. The trailer to WoW: WoTLK was epic, despite what you felt about the game. Hopefully we get to see a Diablo 3 trailer at Blizzcon this year.
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Wow Blizzard, you guys outdo yourselves.

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#26 toxicmog
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Yea thier CGI is always amazing, just never represents the game only its plot. would make you wonder what the warcraft and starcraft universe would actually be like if they tried the mature approach thier cgi takes? would it be better or worse....Birdy09
It would be worse, they focus on game play. The CGI team at Blizzard in some cases cross over to the game art team.
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#27 Brownesque
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Am i the only one who could care less about cgi cutscenes? I much rather have ingame cutscenes well done. CGI is done to death, breaks the illusion of the game, and costs a lot of money to produce.

edo-tensei
I've watched the CGI cutscenes in Blizzard games dozens of times. They're half the reason I play their games. Their cutscenes illustrate the plot in a vastly more interesting way. Just look at the Wrathgate cutscene for WoW and compare it to the Wrath of the Lich King trailer where the Lich King raises Sapphiron. One is incredible, the other one, lame. The CGI is just more interesting to watch. Sorry....
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#28 Valiant_Rebel
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Out in theatres July 27---wait a minute....

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#29 Brownesque
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Out in theatres July 27---wait a minute....

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Oh no, non-interactive entertainment clogging my videogame tubes, what do I do.
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#30 Valiant_Rebel
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[QUOTE="Valiant_Rebel"]

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Out in theatres July 27---wait a minute....

Brownesque

Oh no, non-interactive entertainment clogging my videogame tubes, what do I do.

Run for the hills. That's all we can do.

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#31 Birdy09
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[QUOTE="Birdy09"]Yea thier CGI is always amazing, just never represents the game only its plot. would make you wonder what the warcraft and starcraft universe would actually be like if they tried the mature approach thier cgi takes? would it be better or worse....toxicmog
It would be worse, they focus on game play. The CGI team at Blizzard in some cases cross over to the game art team.

Theyre a big and very very wealthy company, no doubt the real reason is to appeal to a larger variety of hardware, having mature graphics and theme (like Diablo 2 had) in modern time would easily worth for both series, though it would be a risk. Wouldnt effect gameplay at all, Blizzard gets away with all kinds of crap, delaying Starcraft 2 a game that could of been done in 2004-2005, everyone laps up the "quality control" excuse, when lets face it, Starcraft 2's release is timed in with the fact that World of Warcraft is now in decline. Dont be fooled, they have more than enough resources to focus on all areas, not just gameplay.