StarCraft II for Age of Empires Players: Part II (Game Design & Analysis)
587Hey folks,
Here's part two of my comparative analysis between the Age series and StarCraft II. Enjoy!
Special thank you to iNcontroL (https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL + https://www.twitch.tv/incontroltv) for allowing me to use some footage from his VODs in this video.
References:
-- http://www.gamespy.com/pc/age-of-mythology-the-titans/6556p1.html
-- http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-01-always-online-with-blizzard-interview
-- http://artho.com/age/aoefish.html (interview with Ian Fischer)
-- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0782127711 (Age of Empires Scenario Design Toolkit)
-- http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blizzards-mike-morhaime-interview (Mike Morhaime interview)
-- http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/25/how-bruce-shelley-brought-a-board-gamers-view-to-designing-civilization/ (Bruce Shelly interview)
-- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556229127 (Side Meier Interview)
-- http://us.battle.net/forums/en/sc2/topic/20419312467 (game speed community update)
-- http://aoe3.heavengames.com/interviews/2005/01/14/interview_with_greg_street_and_d/index.shtml (pre-aoe3 interview with ES)
-- https://github.com/Blizzard/s2protocol (official sc2 replay parser)
-- http://www.agecommunity.com/press.aspx?PressReleaseID=161 (Age of Empires III two million copies sold)
-- http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/5202424/Talking_Balance_with_David_Kim-4_26_2012#blog (talking balance with David Kim)
-- http://www.shacknews.com/article/60174/battlenet-interview-blizzards-greg-canessa (Battle.net interview)
-- http://www.agecommunity.com/aoeinterviews.aspx (various Ensemble interviews)
-- http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-01-starcraft-ii-sells-3-million-in-a-month (StarCraft II sales)
-- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Patches (38 balance patches for SC2)
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FxGmBpoDX4 (Day9 Daily - single decisive engagement)
-- http://www.pcgamer.com/starcraft-2-heart-of-the-swarm-designer-says-lack-of-lan-is-just-about-our-philosophy/ (no LAN mode)
-- http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/92932-dustin-browder-interview (Dusten Browder micromanagement design philosophy)
-- https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/19sg1x/we_are_dustin_browder_alan_dabiri_and_david_kim/ (Dusten Browder on MOBAs)
-- https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/10/26/162237/alan-dabiri-lead-software-engineer-for-starcraft-2 (interview with Alan Dabiri)
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