Why was the game so late in coming?

It's funny now that you bring it up. Warcraft is dead like Warhammer and Starcraft is dead like Warhammer 40k. They share the same kind of factions with simular people tyranids->zerg ,protoss->eldar, dark templars->dark eldar(not actually that close but they are sort of simular), terran->space marines. Then Warcraft has humans, elfs, orcs, undead, naga, which Warhammer all has cept instead of naga they have lizardmen.

Of course the simularities don't bother me because I just care about how fun the games are. Just interesting that they are quite simular. Both titles even share names hehe. StarCRAFT/WarCRAFT and WARHAMMER/WARHAMMER 40k.

Well just my pointless post... ;D

 

Simple, the game was late coming because they thought they would start continuing on warcraft and diablo, when they made warcraft 3 it was a MASSIVE, and i mean MASSIVE hit. So they said, "Hell, lets just make a really HUGE MMORPG all about warcraft and make it fun." But then they got too addicted by the money they recieve from this massive game.

Now, WoW has come and gotten a bit boring for some of us ( not me, a bit too expensive for me )

And they always are working on ideas and projects ALL the time. They might even be thinking about WarCraft 4 Now.

 

Actually, the protoss remind me more of the Tau then of the Eldar, but Tau were only released in 2001 so they weren't ripped off. Maybe the Tau idea is ripped of the Protoss.

Well, my actual opion on warcraft/warhammer and starcraft/warhammer 40k is that its all common goods. 90% if the ideas in all games have been there for almost half a century to a century in a wide variety of fantasy/sci-fi books and movies.
Example; look at the similarities between lord of the rings (which is from the 50's if I am not mistaken) and warhammer/warcraft. Ok, orcs and trolls etc are really different, but its a start. Humans can't be really different. Wood/night elves and high elves are all in a way in lotr. Dwarfs are really similar in each story. Gnomes/hobbits anyone?

 

Protoss will own the Tau. I have never seen unit controled air units for Dawn of War. So Protoss will kill Tau badly with Carriers.

 

Don't forget that when the space marines first found the tau (and tried to cleanse their planet, but some mystic power stopped that) they were a race in the bronze ages and in like 400 years they developed themselves in a race with superior technologies. Don't count the tau out yet

 

I'm afraid tau would crush the Protoss they have far better fleets and technonlogy also they have a incredibaly fast evolution rate. tyriads would devour the zerg no contest and terran vs the Imperium of man the Imperium would win no question. alothough protoss and tau do look similiar the tau came out not that long ago. the eldar protoss comparision is the best the mothership is extremly similar to an eldar craft word

 

So true, as I said, it only took them a few hundred years to get from bronze age to this superiour technology. Maybe they can even have better technology than the necrons in like 1000 years.

And the idea of tyranids just horrifies me. After they conquered a world a mothership (?) comes and sucks a planet dry. Every lifeform, vegetation or mineral/ore just gets suck in. They even suck in their own armies to be recycled and maybe adapted in better evolved creatures... brrrrrr.

 

The new avators feels like those photo frames from the old old days, not very in line with the 26th century theme for SC2.

If you would like the avator to revert back to the previous style please post a request here:
http://www.starcraft2forum.org/forums/index.php?topic=21.0

Now let's get back on topic.....

 

blasphemy the protoss would own the tau with there uber psychic powers, carriers and motherships pawn tau air cast.
I agree with the tyranids and Imperium owning though

 

actually i don't think they would even fight each other tau always asks if others wish to ally with them before they attack and I'm sure protoss would agree

 

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I'm not sure, the protoss have a certain arrogance because they have an old race, while the tau society is extremely young. On the other hand, I think the way of thinking and enlightendment of the tau comes close to the protoss khala.

 

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