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 Ignore the negative reviews! September 5, 2010
N. A. Crawford
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
All the anti-hype can be summed up as either
A. No lan. whaaa?
B. This game bears an uncanny resemblance to a decade old game called Starcraft. How can they not have the hybridized features of more recent RTSs?
C. All you do is build stuff and then send that stuff into your enemy's base to kill it.
D. The campaign is only one race and you have to buy the other two as expansion packs? Shenanigans!
Well, in response:
A. While it is odd that there's no lan, since when does a game's quality depend on its having lan or not? People are still doing lan parties without the actual lan, and believe it or not, the world hasn't ended.
B. Yes, Starcraft 2's format is dated. Just like Chess's format is dated. Let's add unit inventories and whatever other 'realistic' crap to both!
What these people fail to realize is that the simplicity of a game is the tabula rassa which allows the players to actually play against each other. Rather than depend on the gimmicks of units, it's the players' styles and creativity that drives the contest. This is what makes the game strategy driven rather than tactic driven like FPSs. Tactics are about natural talent and instincts while strategy is about depth, insight, and possibility. This is why Starcraft 2 has the potential to last as long as its predecessor has. If you buy SC2, you're buying years of play. With a FPS, you are buying a lot of fun with friends that will end up feeling dated when yet another shooter comes out. (Sure, I'm selling Counterstrike and Team Fortress 2 short, but my point is that SC2 is one of the few games that will last a lifetime.)
And as for what separates SC1 from SC2, the sequel is immensely more user friendly while at the same time providing much more depth and room for improvement (eg. Mules, Spawn Larva, and Chrono Boost). SC1 requires a lot of annoying, petty clicking and hotkeying with just the small control groups alone. You pretty much had to be a 15 year old Korean progamer to really sink your teeth into it. The AI settings and tutorials makes SC2 a game open to both newcomers and experts alike. Now the game is much more intuitive and forgiving, but being 'noob friendly' doesn't in any way discourage good players. Admittedly, Terran is currently imbalanced in this respect, but Blizzard devotes a lot of attention to the games it releases and has already announced an upcoming balance patch.
C. This asinine description (which can be applied to any game) is only applicable to extremely novice games. You only need to watch the pro games that are on youtube or go to [...]to get a sense of why this game is so amazing (and why it makes for a great spectator sport). Nothing could be more inspiring to watch someone's play and want to try integrating it into your own.
D. This is the most annoying complaint. If these people actually looked into the game, they'd find that the current campaign is one of the most fun available to any genre of game. The different difficulty settings and challenges in the campaign also provide a good amount of replayability. The length and depth is much more so than the original SC campaign, so the demand that the release should have all three races is really quite silly. Rather, the upcoming addons, which will be more like full story mode games, offer a lot to be excited about. Sure, whatever new units those addons bring to the game will pretty much require you to have both if you want to keep up with the multiplayer. But even if the campaign doesn't appeal to you, if you play SC2 for as long as it's worth, the expansions will be a small price to pay compared too all the crap that gets churned out for 60 bucks a pop.
But at the end of the day, buy SC2 to play against real people. Whether you're bronze or diamond league, there's endless fun to be had for any skill level. The SC community is much more interesting, friendly, and mature than the 12 year olds screaming explicatives on Xbox live as they teabag your freshly fallen corpse. It's easy to make real friends through the game.
And no, that doesn't make you a loser.
 Como on Blizzard, its just a game! September 5, 2010
Ivan A. Gamboa Fuentes
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
You got it right blizzard, its a very nice game, very well done, but its so great that you just couldn't
let go. So, this ain't a purchase for me, its for lease, for rent. Thats right, blizzard its now offering games for rent. Overall THAT SUKS
Starcraft 2 Review September 5, 2010
N. Soderberg (Phoenix, AZ)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
-Do not be confused by the 1 star reviews, some people have reviewed it as 1/5 then changed it to 5/5 after finishing the game-
I bought this (digital download) the day it came out and the first thing I played was the campaign. Being a new player to Starcraft, I started on normal, and it was somewhat challenging. The storyline is very good, which makes it interesting when playing the campaign over and over again. The graphics are VERY good, and sound quality is outstanding. There are many different styles of levels for each campaign mission you do, some are defense, some are offense, some are both. The ending for the campaign is very good and closes the story off for the next expansion. If you are good at RTS, or just starting out, I suggest you buy this game, it is very fun and there are new custom games almost every day to try. When the expansion comes out, I will certainly buy it.
Great game September 5, 2010
Jay-aRe
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game is great, but I play it on a sucky computer so it's choppy. But still, even though my experience is bad it's still a great game for me. Great story and great gameplay.
 Blizzard/Activision really really greedy September 4, 2010
S. Chang (boston, ma)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
u have to buy 3 games= $180 for the full game
u have to have internet connection for both single and multi-players and it's only on [...]. Without [...] and internet connection, you can't play starcraft 2 any where in the world and NO LAN support unlike Starcraft 1.
There are huge fights over IP rights in korea that you can ONLY watch SC2 in [...] (it CHARGES $20 to watch it for ONLY A MONTH!!!(video quality and streaming really really suck) Blizzard cut off all the others, Kespa, OGN, MBC games and etc because they want loyalty fees, hefty sum.
CONFIRMED, YOU HAVE TO PAY $15 EVERY MONTH TO PLAY DIABLO 3 with a full-price tag $60.
Now, I learned the lesson after I bought the first Starcraft 2 expnasion set. no more blizzard product. it's like natalie portman became britney spear. uh
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