Ed123 said:
I quite like the "southern" vibe of the SC universe. A good deal of that atmosphere came from the music, however. SC2's score went too far into fumbling, generic orchestral territory.
The graphics of SC1 also contribute greatly to that vibe (I'd be more specific and call it a wild west vibe, though). All the Terran units and buildings are crude, metallic and plain. This design style fits the Terrans perfectly, as they are a fledgling, frontier society under constant military pressure and so do not have the luxury of devoting resources towards aesthetics.
In SC2 otth, they completely fucked that up. Space marine suits have that shiny new car look, battlecruisers (in the cutscenes) look like flying palaces, certain Terran worlds have highly developed and extensive infrastructure, tanks look like tonka trucks... and the list goes on. The only thing that remotely makes SC2 Terrans seem "southern" are the southern drawls that some characters have and the random saloons that Jim Raynor frequents. SC2 doesn't seem to have any sort of theme or vibe to it, it's just a bunch of action movie rip-offs and generic sci fi mashed together to be force fed to infant Amerikwans.