The First Ever Stormgate Showmatch: TLO vs. MaNa

The first ever professional Stormgate Showmatch between TLO & Mana. Casted by Tasteless & Artosis at ESL Atlanta.

Stormgate is an upcoming real-time strategy video game developed by Frost Giant Studios

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StarCraft 2 is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment.

[SCHL]

I recommend watching the second map (13:15) - the graphics seem to be a bit better as spectator there.

[Liam.Lacoste]

It's so hard to tell units apart, otherwise the game looks fun and they chose the best casters for this showcase!

[rojoracing]

Really missing the supply and worker count to gauge who is ahead or behind.

[ahmedmahmood]

Iconic casters and nostalgic players- great choices for a first show match.

[jessepack]

This is going to be hilarious to watch in about 4 years.

[danzansandeev]

not gonna lie it's not hard to notice that units are not only derivative (mostly from starcraft and warcraft which is somewhat understandable since devs are from blizzard) but also don't have visual clarity...

[alexthach]

Best casters to do it ! Glad they made it back together for this.

[prophetezekiel]

I wish they'd made the graphics more grim, as it just looks quite cartoony and I'm not 100% sold on it. Games looks really responsive and interesting, some great ideas on units. Just struggling with the aesthetic. Great to see some familiar faces, cant wait to see how the game and meta progresses

[FPchie]

Just feels like another Blizzard mobile game or a Starcraft/Warcraft DLC... understand this is early dev stage but looks subpar with the visuals aesthetics and units... Its just a heavily promoted/marketed game on social media right now to keep the hype going.

[Dantick]

Is this what it feels like when someone watches StarCraft for the first time?

[ralusek]

Nowhere near enough visual clarity between units.

[PhantomHarlock]

The two factions dont look different enough.

[ToTheNines]

It’s funny how two factions so different in type aren’t as visually distinct as in sc2 where even a person unfamiliar with the game can tell the difference between the shiny golden laser faction, the robot men, and the gross alien monster faction. This game, I’m not sure what it is. But to me the dogs look like they could easily be a part of the infernal faction as they aren’t that much different from the fast fiends in style.

Edit: it’s also weird how both factions have very similar looking and performing tier 1 “melee men”. When combat happens it just gets visually muddy and I can’t tell them apart.

[killerm]

I wish devs all the best, however I must question their choice of aesthetics
I just don't like how it looks - I didn't like it since initial reveal and hoped it will get changed but unfortunately it still looks like any generic mobile game you can find in app store
it doesn't fit RTS at all, as others already pointed out it looks cartoony, doesn't have enough clarity and has no visual impact

[ffabiang]

I was hoping for a more realistic or gritty sci fi art design instead of cartoonish. Hopefully the gameplay makes up for it..

[KaibaNerd]

I'm really excited for this game, I'm hoping it works out. I just hope they upgrade visual clarity, I find it hard to track which units are which. That might just be lack of familiarity though.

[vienna]

Feels like starcraft mod made in warcraft 3 engine

[staticallX]

Don't like the art style at all, makes everything look similar and don't stand out like it should (i blame the lighting). Units are hard to differentiate, some of them don't have unique features which you can instantly notice, making them look bland. Also, constantly showing rally points doesn't help. And team colors need some work - those helion-cyclones hybrids look like they're from some 3rd race.

Creep camps look like an interesting idea, in theory. But it heavily depends on the map (and maps look and feel kinda meh so far).

Hope the balancing is good. But brutes splitting look broken. That unit with E.T.C slide&stun looks broken as well, because you can chain it if you have 2+ of them. White health on top of beefy units? Looks rough.

[andrewbrady]

Love the concept of the way the units work. But the visual design screams F2P Mobile game to me and I'm just not a fan of that, but I'm still very hopeful.

[TheHarrie]

And Tastosis together to cast it! Awesome