Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty released

[Royal-Killer]

Well it was released a while ago.

The Terrans, Protoss and Zergs come back again.



The reviewers have spoken:
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/starcraft2

Anyone have it? how good is it?

[Flash Thunder]

Of course its GOD LIKE.

I was a long time player of the first one (NOT online) but with friends against the AI which was still pretty difficult.

Im only in bronze in SC2 doesnt look like I will be moving up anytime soon with my 15 wins 32 losses

Overall SC2

Campaign so far excellent

AI is good and their pathfinding

Online very polished but missing a few nice things like the chat room lobbies, options for custom games are laughable, theres no zerg or protoss campaign because those are coming in the form of an expansion pack probably for another 40 bucks a pop.

[Mosh]

Of course its GOD LIKE.

Yes it is. It is very well put together. I'm a big fan of Starcraft and Warcraft (1, 2, and 3) so this really was a long time coming. Those games were what originally sucked me into computer gaming and were all I played before I found OFP.

[CameronMcDonald]

If I start complaining about this game, I will never stop, so I will limit it to one bile-filled rant.

- I'd like to meet the bunch of smacktards who a) made the game look like Warcraft with extra-cartoony acid trippiness and removed all the dark grit of the original, b) removed all the Terran units that were actually cool, c) replaced said Terran units with POS rounded shiny things, and emasculate them with a butter knife.

Other than that, it's decent.

[Flash Thunder]

If I start complaining about this game, I will never stop, so I will limit it to one bile-filled rant.

- I'd like to meet the bunch of smacktards who a) made the game look like Warcraft with extra-cartoony acid trippiness and removed all the dark grit of the original, b) removed all the Terran units that were actually cool, c) replaced said Terran units with POS rounded shiny things, and emasculate them with a butter knife.

Other than that, it's decent.

I miss the goliaths in MP they're in campaign but not in MP due to balance reasons, I also miss the lurkers for zerg

Zerg is just plain shite now.

[D00mbuggy]

I've played the trial. It's crack cocaine on steroids.

[NoRailgunner]

This "register-before-you-install/play" feature sounds like a lazy copyprotection solution combined with some sort of data mining (and selling).
Why should someone register online to install/play the campaign/missions or even edit/make stuff?
Seems that more and more people behave like drug addicted - as long as they get hyped they will buy and do all for it.

[TechnoTerrorist303]

I've played the trial. It's crack cocaine on steroids.

???

You mean briefly interesting but ultimately fatal?

[echo1]

This "register-before-you-install/play" feature sounds like a lazy copyprotection solution combined with some sort of data mining (and selling).
Why should someone register online to install/play the campaign/missions or even edit/make stuff?
Seems that more and more people behave like drug addicted - as long as they get hyped they will buy and do all for it.

That, and lack of LAN.

[Inkompetent]

This "register-before-you-install/play" feature sounds like a lazy copyprotection solution combined with some sort of data mining (and selling).
Why should someone register online to install/play the campaign/missions or even edit/make stuff?
Seems that more and more people behave like drug addicted - as long as they get hyped they will buy and do all for it.

Because then they (Activision-Blizzard) have full control of their users! If I understand things right the game is region-locked so a player of the US version can't even play against EU players unless he also owns a EU version of the game, in South Korea you subscribe to Battle.net (or at least to Starcraft 2 access on Battle.net, which is required to play), and there's a lot of other stuff (and bound to be more coming) where they really try their best to make you pay to play, even when already owning the game.

On top of that, by removing LAN and forcing people through Battle.net they can add in-game advertisement and earn even more money since you'll be forced to be exposed to it every time you want to play multiplayer.

Totally agree that it's pure crap how they are doing things, but then again... with Kotick being the CEO of it all, how CAN it be designed to be in the interest of the players instead of 100% being for the shareholders and more $$$?


I'm not overly interested in the game. The campaign would be nice, and playing some multipalyer for lols with buddies, but beacuse Activision is involved it is a no-brainer to not give them my money. Could be the best game in the world and they wouldn't get it. Crappy business ethics isn't worthy of earning money.