STARCRAFT CARTOONED MOD
STARCRAFT CARTOONED UPDATE
STARCRAFT CARTOONED FULL

StarCraft: Cartooned does not add to the original game play and StarCraft: Remastered is a very faithful HD update to one of the best strategy games ever created, in my option.

STARCRAFT CARTOONED MOD

Having tested the mod briefly, I would argue that this is an entirely new way to experience the game, if only because of how easy it is to follow Burton’s bold, primary-colour designs as battles get hectic and Zerglings rush en masse.

STARCRAFT CARTOONED FULL

In those, you’ll see Burton’s full treatment look its silliest as the game’s original, dramatic music and voice acting play out over childish art. Otherwise, you’ll find a ridiculous amount of redrawn cartoon material-even in the between-mission briefings. The effect can be rather jarring at first, but as the animated world slowly takes over, the intended self-humour from the developers becomes apparent.Ī few original assets remain, like FMV sequences and some interstellar art at the beginning of each campaign.

Cutesier than anything Blizzard has released in the past, StarCraft: Cartooned’s release boldly highlights this difference at once, contrasting the old early-3D animations of Terran soldiers with the new brightly-coloured CarBot images. (That’s in essence, how the original Remastered release works, anyway.) And unlike CarBot’s 2016 StarCraft 2 mod, which only redrew assets within that sequel’s limited arcade mode, the new mod smothers the full StarCraft: Remastered experience in Burton’s redrawn characters.Īlthough not the darkest of Blizzard’s game franchises (that award goes to Diablo), StarCraft always had an air of seriousness around it when compared to its sister series WarCraft. StarCraft: Remastered paved the way for this mod to become a reality, since the updated engine supports a complete sprite swap without disrupting the core gameplay. Silly as it looks, this mod otherwise delivers pure StarCraft action. It instead transforms every single graphical element in the game, from menus to units to between-mission briefings, with voices and text remaining the same, to look like the CarBot Animations animated series “StarCrafts,” now in its seventh season on YouTube.Īs you can see in all my pictures, all of Burton’s existing designs have been translated into the working game in their silly, bulbous, flat-shaded glory. Cartooned DLC does not add any new gameplay or mechanical content to the StarCraft: Remastered package. The YouTube channel, operated by Canadian artist and animator Jonathan Burton, was tapped to create Blizzard’s first full cosmetic overhaul mod for a retail game. StarCraft: Cartooned is drawn in the CarBot Animation style. This add-on redraws every single piece of art in this classic RTS game to look like a children’s cartoon, without otherwise changing core game play. It is an official add-on for StarCraft: Remastered available for 15.45AUD. The above screen shot is not a joke, StarCraft: Cartooned is live on Blizzard’s online store.

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