If it would have been the first game i would have been game

BTW when did that happen, and what does it cause? You have to be online to launch and/or play the game?

I ask because I recall Blizzard offered the original Starcraft as a free digital download for sometime (or do they still do that?), and at least that downloaded package could be considered fully DRM-free. You just have to run the StarCraft.exe in that package, and not e.g. StarCraft_Launcher.exe (which is what I presume takes you to the Battle.net client or something, maybe...).

I am currently playing that release in Linux (WINE) by running that "wine StarCraft.exe" directly, and it works just fine, without lauching any Battle.net clients or anything.

So apparently this version also had the Battle.net client included but you could bypass it by just running StarCraft.exe instead. Has that changed recently?

Diablo 2 LOD, is one of my most favorite games ever, of all time. But after 1.09, i didn't really like what they've done with it (especially the looting changes). Even worse, there is ladder-exclusive content that you cannot access in Single-Player sessions. And right after tiny little flop called "warcraft deforged", i would never touch anything demastered by Blizzard anymore, ever again. Thankfully, i do have the ancient CDs and the 1.09 patch, to apply manually. I seriously don't think anything else is needed; except perhaps a completely DRM-Free release, not tied to clients.

StarCraft.exe file from folders x86 and x86_64 initiates Battle.net launcher for me with an option to Play. No way for me to run it without the internet.

I've bought original Starcraft (legacy) on Battle.net some years ago and as far as I know it's the very same version they currently offer for free.

Will it be as faithful as their butchered Warcraft III: Reforged?

Thanks but no thanks, Blizz ... you ruined WC III ... unlikely this one's not going to suffer the same fate ...

They said that the game is the Diablo 2 engine, with all of its quirks, and just the assets changed. If that is actually true, I really hope something like the plugy mod works on in. But they also mention that there will be an open alpha/beta period,, where there will be the opportunity for players to comment if they want additions to the game, such new game balancing patches.

I only really care for unlimited storage space, and unlimited respecs for you characters. Not some convoluted 5 stage quest, that you can only do when you're past level 85, just to get a single respec.

A big no from me then. I'll stick with the disc versions for which the DRM / disc-check was officially patched out long ago:-

Patch 1.12 - "If all required Diablo 2 ‘.MPQ’ files are installed on the hard drive, the game will no longer require the CD to play."
https://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/diablo_ii_patch_112_released_no_cd_patch

it is blizzard , 99,999999% it will require bnet

Odd. Appears to me that has changed then, since the version I downloaded. The game goes straight to StarCraft, if I launch StarCraft.exe. The Launcher.exe doesn't, it seems to connect to the internets and stuff.

Have you tried to run it on a system where there is no Battle.net client installed? If you just copy the game files to another PC and there launch StarCraft.exe?

EDIT. It does seem the installation is different, as I don't have such "x86" and "x86_64" subdirectories at all, below the main StarCraft installation directory. Both the StarCraft.exe and StarCraft_Launcher.exe are there in the same directory. Oh well, good thing I backed it up then...

They also patched out DRM out of Starcraft and Warcraft 3 - just to patch it back in years later.

not surprising with the kind of people that run what was once known as blizzard

Honestly, all the news from Blizzcon sound like that joke from Onion "we're running out of past to strip-mine". Remaster of Diablo 2, rehash of Burning Crusade, repackaged old "arcade" games and even the trailer for the new WoW mini expansion looks like they're rehashing Arthas.

Fortunately, its been reported they won't force owners of classic Diablo II to upgrade to the remaster, like how they did it with Warcraft 3.

https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-2-resurrected-wont-affect-diablo-2-classic-unlike-warcraft-3-reforged/
And bringing back the Rogue class from Diablo 1 into Diablo 4.

Though to be honest this is preferable over garbage.

And I'm glad they went with the best case scenario with the Classic Servers.

TBC will not replace Vanilla, and sometime this year they will open another fresh server for those who want's to restart classic Vanilla WOW from the beginning. And its your choice if you want to transfer your character from Vanilla to TBC.

Not that I would've supported them in any case, but it irks me to no end that they still haven't included The Lost Vikings 2.

But yes, I think they are now officially out of things to remaster (I don't think Warcraft 1 & 2 or anything in the arcade collection counts - though a Lost Vikings remaster might be pretty sweet).

And that WoW trailer reminds me of Terminator Dark Fate...