[2023] As a viewer I can't tell what's going on

I'm a pretty religious Brood War viewer, and I know that it takes a while to understand the meta of a game. However, I can't can tell a thing of what's going on in Stormgate from watching gameplay videos today. All I see is two armies of different sized soldiers line up, and then stand around shooting each other for a while. Everything beyond that is just a mess. There's just nothing characteristic about any of the characters, sounds, or animations. It's just a flurry of particle effects everywhere. Add video encoding on top of that, and it's just one big blah on the screen.

What makes Brood War so great to watch is the spectacle of it all. There's a lot going on, and it's hard to keep track of it all. However, players don't have much of a hard time seeing it all because each unit is so distinct. They have very distinct shapes, attacks, and sounds. There's even distinct differences in just the way units move around. In Stormgate everything just glides around slowly. There's no tension, and it's hard as a viewer to stay engaged.