Doesnt lot of the graphics look... Toony?

When looking at the graphics of SCII it doesn't look realistic... It seems more cartoonish kind of graphics, not saying it as in it sucks I'm just saying how they designed it seems more cartoony 3D graphics, not realistic graphics, what do you guys think?

some of the Zerg units in particular look cartoony the most, like the mutalisk
and the buildings
http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=80

games arent supposed to look real.

What a wonderful opinion O.o

I've never seen a game by blizzard with actual good as you put it..realistic graphics, and i doubt i ever will; it just isn't their style. Who cares honestly.

By the way...He was stating that as a fact, which is entirely incorrect, if they aren't supposed to look real, why do we continue to perfect graphic technologies in games? Obviously to make them more lifelike (though it is kind of hard to make say, halo look realistic, but i mean games like crysis, call of duty 4, etc.

I don't think SCII is developed to look realistic. They probably want to retain Blizzard's trend of developing games that have cartoon-like textures. Look at WCIII, and WoW. They both look like cartoons.

It's quite simple, this game needs to get a Teen rating, thus can't look like Gears of War. If it did though that would be awesome. Also is Blizzards always making them like that, I don't think they will ever go for the hardcore gory shooter games.

tbh i don't really care much about graphics as long as the gameplay experience is good enough to make me go w00t.

Exactly, I think the graphics are great, it has alot of things that make it unique, like when air units die they fall to the ground, and slide down slopes even. The explosions look pretty amazing. And any game with cool explosions is good in my opinion.

The Koreans etc were concerned it might not be as good/nostalgic as SC1, so I guess they didn't want to break the trend of having cartoonish graphics just yet.

Yes it looks toony like almost all Blizzard's games.
It's their trademark.
Like a Picaso painting looks cubic, a Blizzard game looks toony.

All of Blizzard games have at least a small amount of cartoonish feel and look. I like that.

Originally Posted by redmarine

All of Blizzard games have at least a small amount of cartoonish feel and look. I like that.

Me too. Video Games were made to run away from real life , not to simulate it , and realistic graphics would ruin it. I know that even if the graphics were realistic starcraft would still be fantasy game , but it's better with the toonish look.

I agree. If you wish a realistic looking RTS, go play C&C3, or wait for Red Alert 3.

Starcraft is good as it is now. Makes it look unique among the other RTS.

Originally Posted by centurywarlord

I agree. If you wish a realistic looking RTS, go play C&C3, or wait for Red Alert 3.

Starcraft is good as it is now. Makes it look unique among the other RTS.

You can't say Red Alert 3 will have a realistic feel. It is so much like StarCraft 2's graphic if you look at the trailer. Anyways the newest screenshot has a more grittier feel on the buildings.

If the graphics are made realistic, I bet it would kill a lot of older machines trying to run the game. I hope the system requirements won't be too high for my two-year old rig...