The effect can be rather jarring at first, but as the animated world slowly takes over the intended self-humor from the developers becomes apparent.
Cutesier than anything Blizzard has released in the past, StarCraft: Cartooned’s release trailer boldly highlights this difference at once, juxtaposing the old early-3D animations of Terran soldiers with the new brightly-colored CarBot images.
Related: Blizzard Censors Hearthstone Cards in Latest UpdateĪlthough 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.
In fact, StarCraft: Cartooned is a complete visual overhaul of everything the original remaster included, all the way down to characters, campaign missions, and assets for custom games. Every frame of the original game has been altered to represent its YouTube cartoon doppelganger version, and fans of StarCraft: Remaster's multiplayer modes will be happy to know that the Cartooned update will also work online and with other players, regardless of whether they have purchased the update pack or not. StarCra ft : Cartooned, Blizzard Entertainment's latest update to 2017’s StarCraft: Remastered, is a new collaboration with CarBot Animations that aims to keep the 20+ year series fresh with a unique graphical overhaul. CarBot is the company behind multiple animated video game parody YouTube shows including 2012’s popular StarCrafts series, and StarCraft: Cartooned uses those designs as a template in order to re-imagine every landscape, vehicle, and building in the game into crisp, Newgrounds-style flash animations.