do you think starcraft have the potential to be BIGGER than starwars?

what do you think? if you include all sci fi genres (games, movies, tv shows, etc), starwars is like the most famous sci fi universe of all time obviously.

starwars movie is just so BIG. although starcraft (game) is more popular than any starwars games, the starwars game franchise got tons of games on multiple consoles including the pc and also have some very well known titles. starwars is UVERLY popular that it can appear almost anywhere possible, merchandises, tv shows, cartoons, housenames, books, cosplay, cd sountrack, toys, statue collections, magazines, comics, red carpets, etc... they have legions of fans and i bet 60% of the world population knows what starwars is. even in korea starwars is still more popular than starcraft.

i love both starwars and starcraft. but since starcraft 2 is coming and lovin it, i really like starcraft 2 to be something more than just a video game. i realy think starcraft can be as BIG as starwars maybe even surpass it as the best sci fi universe(its possible) if:

heres what i think what should be done.

+yes the game itself should be HUGE. no problem here, coz it will rock the rts gaming. ^^

+unit choices. i think all the units in sc2 should have its own charm, personality, unique cool look and attacks, and should be as powerful and badass as possible. like the thor should not be just another mech like from other sci fi games like supreme commanders, make the thor looks to pwn in cinematics. 8)

zealots, hydralisk, are some that is just very much unique and great unit concept. i dont know if they can think of something else without getting idea from other works. collosus and mothership looks great, but they are not really innovative. anyway there are still many secret units on the making.

+MORE original artwork. and MORE and BETTER artwork. just take a look at warcraft they have a lots of it, and starcraft artwork are few like blizz only made them in their sparetime. warcraft artworks im sure also help the franchise gather more fans in someway.

check out this halo wars masterpiece concept and artwork. http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/857/857436/img_4556094.html
sc2 should make a LOT of this. so that we will have an idea of how the unit look and feel like. not just plain cartoon sketches of raynor. make exceptional work and post it everywhere to be recognize. ^^

+books and novels. yes i know there are some already out. all i can add up to this is not to just focus on character development but rather include a lot WAR on it. detailed and exagerated as possible.

+starcraft movie in the future. yes! and dont make it like alien vs predator, alien, starship troopers (OMG), chronicles of riddick, etc..... we are talking to be par with something big here. so at the very least make it similar to starwars (ofcourse it should not be r rated like sw) but maybe a little violent and tough. marines pwns any storm troopers anyday. lol. at last my vision of starcraft space battles would become a reality. 8)

+characters. starcraft has great interesting characters. since we are heading to sc2, characters should develop more in the campaign and add up extra information on them. i really think raynor doesnt need to look like han solo, he needs some stuffs that will make him set apart from any other sci fi characters. i say gave him a really nice unique armor not the same with that of the marines. they need someone with the charisma of arthas or the ever badass darthvader, im hoping tychus but when i heard him talking to raynor i was like....wth. just make all characters interesting and great. ^^

other starcraft games. yes remake and fix starcraft ghost. make it look like mg4, ut3, crysis, etc. WOS..world of starcraft. yes that made warcraft 10 million more popular. i dont know what WOS will be like or if even it will possible, any just make other starcraft uver games. ^^

COMPARE it too other sci fi settings. and make it better than those. period. in terms of story, unit design, firepower, characters, feel, and EPIC war.

and lastly SCBW a great game as it is doesn't have that utmost sci fi feel today. you know what i mean. so forget about the WWII sc siege tank. i like the new siege tank and that is just one step of making starcraft updated and great.

sc2>sw. maybe. 8)

so anyway what do you think other factors that can contribute and making starcraft epic grand and BIGGER than ever. xp

 

I think there is even a slight chance that StarCraft will ever be as big is Star Wars. Star Wars has a special place in a lot of people's hearts as being the biggest, most amazing thing in their childhoods. It was the first sci-fi movie to be on the scale that it was on. The fan art and community emerged because people were so in love with the universe. You can't bring about that kind of effect simply by pushing the "symptoms" of a huge phenomenon out the door.

 

Call me weird but I don't like starwars that much, so to me Starcraft is already bigger.

 

I like StarCraft better too, but there are more people in the world that are of the opposite opinion.

 

There is no chance in hell of SC ever being as big as SW. Sorry, just wont happen.

 

but it can happen. it just need some miracle and other factors like i said.

for example LOTR started as a book and it was popular and when they made the movie version of it, LOTR became 10x more popular. so now comes warcraft (world of warcraft) it has gain like 10 millions more fans well mostly teenagers anyway the warcraft movie will be release soon so i think with the influence of warcraft or WOW fans this movie can be BIG! maybe better than LOTR if they make everything right. if warcraft movie made it big in the boxoffice and then combining it on the current popularity of warcraft (warcraft, WOW, artwork, toys, merchandise, dota etc.) i think it can be as well known as the LOTR franchise.

so i think this can also happen for starcraft in the sci fi genre. it just need a LOT of back up materials or whatever you wanna call it during and after this sc2 hype.

and sc2 movie should NOT look like a mediocre sci films like starship troopers it needs to be like starwars. i say recruit some A list actors. ^^

 

It is its own phenomenon. Maybe Starcraft will become like a professional sport in North America? But it probably will not be as big of a franchise as Star Wars.

 

i think star trek is bigger than starwars

 

yah i heard that too.

but i really have no idea what startrek is like. i know and have seen some of them but i thought it was really not hardcore scifi.

 

Warcraft has the chance the be bigger than starwars, especially after they release their movie, after starcraft2 and maybe starcraft ghost + a starcraft movie, starcraft has the potential, there isnt as much lore in starcraft as there is in Starwars currently.

Warcraft has a lot more heros and characters than starwars.

 

not by a long shot(big sw fan ) however it has great potential :thumbup:

 

omg. general grievous. but darth maul is more badass. xp

yes starcraft needs to EXPAND and yes IMPROVE its lore to go up atgainst other sci fi A lister like starwars. ^^

 

i rkn sc2 have potiential.

they should make sc2 novels...and then they should turn the novels to movies..thats how LOTR got so dam famous...

 

yes exactly. novels, comics, toys, cereals, movies and other stuffs.

 

To be honest, I don't really think starcraft can be as big as something like star wars. Most people today don't know what it is, well not enough as star wars at least. The reason I think this is becuase starcraft isn't doing anything really groundbreaking, unlike mario and halo. (mario started the gaming scene on the NES and halo revolutionized console gaming with live and also they came up with the sheild thing) Starcraft's just another RTS game.

 

Star Wars is original, you can relate a lot of things from StarCraft to many others.
Star Wars is MUCH bigger than StarCraft, of course Star Wars is like slowly dying in my eyes since theres no more movies and no big games coming from them but if Star Wars releases another movie they'd be back up there again.
But as of now Star Wars is on a whole 'nother level beyond StarCraft.

Looking at a future aspect for StarCraft I doubt they have as much expandability as Star Wars since StarCraft is strongly based on set characters and these 3(/4) races.

 

so nothing ca be done? =\

wow. i think starcraft can be like halo and mario. what do you mean "live" in halo?

anyway starcraft 2 just need to create or invent something groundbreaking. (gameplay, visuals, units, toys, merchandise, movies, etc.)

i say day and night cycle that AFFECTS gameplay. just like what we saw in blizzcon where everything is dark and you can see the colossus with lights. this will be great if implemented, i mean this would be first in any rts, strategy and tactics will be better if things happens differently during day and night. like dark templar gets bonuses during the night etc.. i say 12 minutes per cycle during normal multiplayer game.

 

OMG! i just realized its IMPOSSIBLE. why? heres one factor. lol

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vehicles#Imperial.2FNew_Imperial

the units and vehicles space craft alone makes starwars a sci fi GOD. and

the expanded universe of starwars is so big it makes starcraft looks like trash. ooopppsss. lol

starcraft will just be the king rts game but can never be as big as starwars. =(

yet im still hoping. xp

also star trek>starcraft. =\

 

than more realisticly

does starcraft>stargate?

 

yes. i think stargate movie was a flop.

im not comparing who will in a battle. no. but im just pointing out that having cooler and nicer vehicles and and having a hand full of different kinf of sci fi vehicles helps make a sci fi genre more popular. too bad starcraft is limited because the gameplay is important.

thats why im suggesting like maybe in the sc novels, toys, in game campaign, etc.. there will be different type of capital ships for the dominion for example or other unique vehicles and units etc. and sc2 need the predator. i cant imagine starcraft's terran without an ace superior air to air fighter. the viking is kinda big and slow and fires misiles..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zwrr-Y6KQmo

phoenix vs predator ftw. its battlestar gallactica btw.

il add up later im going to sleep now.