Comments on: A Blizzard-developed iPad version of 'StarCraft' is not in the works http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Boing998196 http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-189070 Boing998196 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:59:01 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-189070 Sc2 would be really perfect game for iPad, it fells amazing! You can go anywhere whith it and play. But I honestly think it's a great game. Sc2 would be really perfect game for iPad, it fells amazing! You can go anywhere whith it and play. But I honestly think it's a great game.

]]> By: Boing998196 http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-339682 Boing998196 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:59:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-339682 Sc2 would be really perfect game for iPad, it fells amazing! You can go anywhere whith it and play. But I honestly think it's a great game. Sc2 would be really perfect game for iPad, it fells amazing! You can go anywhere whith it and play. But I honestly think it's a great game.

]]> By: matt http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-87765 matt Thu, 06 May 2010 19:14:58 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-87765 So it seems there is allot of controversy over the role of SC2 on Ipad. It comes down to personal preference and I for one, I would like it. The divide in many respects is old peripherals (keyboard & mouse) v. new touch screen technology. Most people that think the game can’t be played on touch screens forget that we can simply restructure some of the environment to make it user friendly. Nothing is impossible. I’m not a great hot key player, but I know that there are not a million units for each team, and the environment can be restructures with quick pop down menus, side hot keys (such as hero selects in frozen throne idle scv’s in SC2) or hot keys can be rendered obsolete by having a finger tap the mini-map more accurately. Alternatives are plentiful! Ultimately, all I know is that on a touch screen, my productivity goes up and with 10 fingers to act as mice and hotkeys, I feel more confident laying down a ROFLPOON on other players. It is a shame though that Blizzard is not sparing a small team of designers and software editors to reconfigure the Beta demo to the Ipad since it would open up such a large market sector (touch games) and could feasibly be undertaken in short order. Obviously Blizzard has dropped mad money on R&D-ing SC2 so I can’t foresee why they would not invest a little more in touch padding it since they know the future of gaming is on touch screens. with new devices such as SMART's technologies, there is no mistaking that old peripheral are going the way of the type writers and floppy discs so making the system both touch operated and verbally responsive is the only feasible means of staying competitive and cutting edge in the global games market. So it seems there is allot of controversy over the role of SC2 on Ipad. It comes down to personal preference and I for one, I would like it. The divide in many respects is old peripherals (keyboard & mouse) v. new touch screen technology. Most people that think the game can’t be played on touch screens forget that we can simply restructure some of the environment to make it user friendly. Nothing is impossible.
I’m not a great hot key player, but I know that there are not a million units for each team, and the environment can be restructures with quick pop down menus, side hot keys (such as hero selects in frozen throne idle scv’s in SC2) or hot keys can be rendered obsolete by having a finger tap the mini-map more accurately. Alternatives are plentiful!
Ultimately, all I know is that on a touch screen, my productivity goes up and with 10 fingers to act as mice and hotkeys, I feel more confident laying down a ROFLPOON on other players.
It is a shame though that Blizzard is not sparing a small team of designers and software editors to reconfigure the Beta demo to the Ipad since it would open up such a large market sector (touch games) and could feasibly be undertaken in short order. Obviously Blizzard has dropped mad money on R&D-ing SC2 so I can’t foresee why they would not invest a little more in touch padding it since they know the future of gaming is on touch screens. with new devices such as SMART's technologies, there is no mistaking that old peripheral are going the way of the type writers and floppy discs so making the system both touch operated and verbally responsive is the only feasible means of staying competitive and cutting edge in the global games market.

]]> By: matt http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-339681 matt Thu, 06 May 2010 19:14:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-339681 So it seems there is allot of controversy over the role of SC2 on Ipad. It comes down to personal preference and I for one, I would like it. The divide in many respects is old peripherals (keyboard & mouse) v. new touch screen technology. Most people that think the game can’t be played on touch screens forget that we can simply restructure some of the environment to make it user friendly. Nothing is impossible. I’m not a great hot key player, but I know that there are not a million units for each team, and the environment can be restructures with quick pop down menus, side hot keys (such as hero selects in frozen throne idle scv’s in SC2) or hot keys can be rendered obsolete by having a finger tap the mini-map more accurately. Alternatives are plentiful! Ultimately, all I know is that on a touch screen, my productivity goes up and with 10 fingers to act as mice and hotkeys, I feel more confident laying down a ROFLPOON on other players. It is a shame though that Blizzard is not sparing a small team of designers and software editors to reconfigure the Beta demo to the Ipad since it would open up such a large market sector (touch games) and could feasibly be undertaken in short order. Obviously Blizzard has dropped mad money on R&D-ing SC2 so I can’t foresee why they would not invest a little more in touch padding it since they know the future of gaming is on touch screens. with new devices such as SMART's technologies, there is no mistaking that old peripheral are going the way of the type writers and floppy discs so making the system both touch operated and verbally responsive is the only feasible means of staying competitive and cutting edge in the global games market. So it seems there is allot of controversy over the role of SC2 on Ipad. It comes down to personal preference and I for one, I would like it. The divide in many respects is old peripherals (keyboard & mouse) v. new touch screen technology. Most people that think the game can’t be played on touch screens forget that we can simply restructure some of the environment to make it user friendly. Nothing is impossible.
I’m not a great hot key player, but I know that there are not a million units for each team, and the environment can be restructures with quick pop down menus, side hot keys (such as hero selects in frozen throne idle scv’s in SC2) or hot keys can be rendered obsolete by having a finger tap the mini-map more accurately. Alternatives are plentiful!
Ultimately, all I know is that on a touch screen, my productivity goes up and with 10 fingers to act as mice and hotkeys, I feel more confident laying down a ROFLPOON on other players.
It is a shame though that Blizzard is not sparing a small team of designers and software editors to reconfigure the Beta demo to the Ipad since it would open up such a large market sector (touch games) and could feasibly be undertaken in short order. Obviously Blizzard has dropped mad money on R&D-ing SC2 so I can’t foresee why they would not invest a little more in touch padding it since they know the future of gaming is on touch screens. with new devices such as SMART's technologies, there is no mistaking that old peripheral are going the way of the type writers and floppy discs so making the system both touch operated and verbally responsive is the only feasible means of staying competitive and cutting edge in the global games market.

]]> By: jackthewhore http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-87645 jackthewhore Thu, 06 May 2010 15:12:53 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-87645 The quality and execution of gameloft games is good, but far from excellent. The gulf between, say, gta cw and gameloft's gta clone is huge. The guf between dugeon hunter and diablo 1 (yes 1) is huge. They produce polished, fairly entertaining games that are quickly forgotten. Nowhere near the class of Blizzard. The quality and execution of gameloft games is good, but far from excellent. The gulf between, say, gta cw and gameloft's gta clone is huge. The guf between dugeon hunter and diablo 1 (yes 1) is huge.
They produce polished, fairly entertaining games that are quickly forgotten.

Nowhere near the class of Blizzard.

]]> By: jackthewhore http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-339680 jackthewhore Thu, 06 May 2010 15:12:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-339680 The quality and execution of gameloft games is good, but far from excellent. The gulf between, say, gta cw and gameloft's gta clone is huge. The guf between dugeon hunter and diablo 1 (yes 1) is huge. They produce polished, fairly entertaining games that are quickly forgotten. Nowhere near the class of Blizzard. The quality and execution of gameloft games is good, but far from excellent. The gulf between, say, gta cw and gameloft's gta clone is huge. The guf between dugeon hunter and diablo 1 (yes 1) is huge.
They produce polished, fairly entertaining games that are quickly forgotten.

Nowhere near the class of Blizzard.

]]> By: jackthewhore http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-87644 jackthewhore Thu, 06 May 2010 15:10:08 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-87644 But that is a very simple RTS, with small maps and few untis. And it'd still be much easier to play with a mouse and keyboard. But that is a very simple RTS, with small maps and few untis. And it'd still be much easier to play with a mouse and keyboard.

]]> By: jackthewhore http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-339679 jackthewhore Thu, 06 May 2010 15:10:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-339679 But that is a very simple RTS, with small maps and few untis. And it'd still be much easier to play with a mouse and keyboard. But that is a very simple RTS, with small maps and few untis. And it'd still be much easier to play with a mouse and keyboard.

]]> By: Gload http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-84910 Gload Sun, 02 May 2010 12:03:31 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-84910 @Jon Tetris has been remade dozens and dozens of times. SC has not. BAD EXAMPLE @Jon Tetris has been remade dozens and dozens of times. SC has not. BAD EXAMPLE

]]> By: Gload http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-339678 Gload Sun, 02 May 2010 12:03:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-339678 @Jon Tetris has been remade dozens and dozens of times. SC has not. BAD EXAMPLE @Jon Tetris has been remade dozens and dozens of times. SC has not. BAD EXAMPLE

]]> By: Gload http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-84908 Gload Sun, 02 May 2010 12:02:44 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-84908 Not really. Unless there is a virtual keyboard in the RTS, hotkeys > poking around the screen for skills (since your hands won't move on a KB, just your fingers). Not really. Unless there is a virtual keyboard in the RTS, hotkeys > poking around the screen for skills (since your hands won't move on a KB, just your fingers).

]]> By: Gload http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-339677 Gload Sun, 02 May 2010 12:02:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-339677 Not really. Unless there is a virtual keyboard in the RTS, hotkeys > poking around the screen for skills (since your hands won't move on a KB, just your fingers). Not really. Unless there is a virtual keyboard in the RTS, hotkeys > poking around the screen for skills (since your hands won't move on a KB, just your fingers).

]]> By: mardas pye http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-83782 mardas pye Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:15:49 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-83782 Not to you or you wouldn't have replied... Not to you or you wouldn't have replied...

]]> By: mardas pye http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-83780 mardas pye Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:15:20 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-83780 To be cool? That's ridiculous, their games are simply boring. To be cool? That's ridiculous, their games are simply boring.

]]> By: mardas pye http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/29/a-blizzard-developed-ipad-version-of-starcraft-is-not-in-the-works/#comment-339675 mardas pye Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:15:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=38975#comment-339675 To be cool? That's ridiculous, their games are simply boring. To be cool? That's ridiculous, their games are simply boring.

]]>