Dustin Browder, StarCraft 2’s lead game designer, answers some questions by Korean journalists.

The questions are in Korean, but Dustin’s detailed answers compensate for that .

Interview highlights:

• Dustin mentions that Blizzard is yet to unviel a lot of improvements to its Battle.net service, which will greatly benefit modders and e-sport gamers.
• Dustin says that at this stage of development, StarCraft 2 feels very similar to StarCraft 1. In later stages (Dustin refers to going Gold, but we can all expect a Beta) the differences will hopefully become much clearer.
• When asked whether or not Battle.net will require a monthly fee, Dustin says he doesn’t know yet!
• The Firebat is one of Dustin’s favorite units, but as of now, it’s not in the game.
• Dustin is asked about the Medic’s ability to “attack move” and heal troops on the way, something which wasn’t present in the BlizzCon build. He says it was a mistake, and that they’re still working on the hotkeys and controls.
• Dustin says that the game will be easier for medium-skilled players, due to better controls, but still challenging and rewarding for very skilled players, who will now have even more ways to dominate their opponents.

2 Comments to “Dustin Browder SC2 Interview”

1. whiteknight — August 19, 2007 @ 11:11 am
   

   Dustin says that at this stage of development, StarCraft 2 feels very similar to StarCraft 1. In later stages (Dustin refers to going Gold, but we can all expect a Beta) the differences will hopefully become much clearer.

   very agree

   i think it should give a very differrent feel be tween 1 and 2

   like warcraft 2 ——– > warcraft 3

2. Starfeeder — September 2, 2007 @ 12:10 am
   

   great video find!