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Starcraft 2 is coming July 27

It was as if millions of gamers wallets cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced! Preordered for my SC diehard wife and also regularly getting my SC virgin ass defiled in the beta!
 
Wow, much much earlier than I expected (was thinking late November). Color me surprised :D

This means an October-December window for Cataclysm methinks. This'll be the first time in what- a decade(?) that we've gotten two Blizzard games in one year.
 
Any ideas on how long the beta will last? I'm trying to hunt down a key through preorder but no luck so far, everyone is out here is Sweden :/
 
Melhisedek said:
Any ideas on how long the beta will last? I'm trying to hunt down a key through preorder but no luck so far, everyone is out here is Sweden :/
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I believe it ends like mid May, I want to say the 17th?
 
Beta definitely doesn't end mid may, they just said in a recent interview they will be adding 3v3 to the beta mid may.
 
Does the Amazon pre-order really take 5 days to get the beta key?....FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Str0ngStyle said:
Can you feel it. Can You Feel It. CAN YOU FEEL IT!!!!
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Zen said:
1/3 of the game is as big/bigger than the full StarCraft I
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Starcraft 1 = 10 missions per race, some throwaway non-building missions, and that's it.
Starcraft 2 = ~20-30 missions + optional missions (one race), due to a RPG-lite take on the campaign, that would have been impossible to wrap up in 10 missions and move on to the next race.

Between levels, Starcraft 1 had nothing (but dialog and the occasional cut scene). You have a far deeper meta-game going on between levels in StarCraft 2, that will most likely put it far beyond anything in StarCraft 1. There is branching research, branching unit & building upgrades, optional missions, interaction w/ characters on the ship, money to earn and spend on units and the upgrades, and a choice of optional missions to skip by or do, or possibly even chose between.

Even if you want to argue level for level StarCraft 1 was enjoyable due to the variety of races, looking back on it, there's the completely absent gameplay system which is featured in Wings of Liberty, making the campaign specific to your tastes, and that should make for a much more interesting single player experience.

Lore and story-wise, StarCraft 2 (part 1 of 3), is likely to be longer and larger than StarCraft 1, so the argument falls apart there too. By the looks of it, the actual level design and mission goals in StarCraft 2 will be more varied as well.
 
This game, just like Super Street Fighter IV, is a game I would absolutely love to get into but I just can't see myself putting in the time to be truly competitive online. Also like Street Fighter IV, I'll be buying the game anyway.
 
Minsc said:
Starcraft 1 = 10 missions per race, some throwaway non-building missions, and that's it.
Starcraft 2 = ~20-30 missions + optional missions (one race), due to a RPG-lite take on the campaign, that would have been impossible to wrap up in 10 missions and move on to the next race.
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The past two press releases from Blizzard have mentioned a 29-mission campaign. :D
 
Pre-ordered at Gamestop.com for $75 with free 3-day shipping, now all I need is to purchase a gaming rig to max out the settings for SC2 by July 27 ;O
 
I've tried C&C Zero Hour a few times, that was my only RTS I've ever tried and I always got my ass kicked by other players in multiplayer. You can imagine the fun with that game didn't last long.

Nevertheless, should I give starcraft 2 a try? serious question.
 
vodka-bull said:
I've tried C&C Zero Hour a few times, that was my only RTS I've ever tried and I always got my ass kicked by other players in multiplayer. You can imagine the fun with that game didn't last long.

Nevertheless, should I give starcraft 2 a try? serious question.
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At the very worst even if you suck, there will be some great custom games to play.
 
I just put in for my pre-order for the Collector's Edition from amazon.

Now to wait almost 3 months...
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Do they still give away beta keys for pre-orders?
 
Welp. Looks like I'm going to a midnight launch for a fucking PC game for the first time in forever.

Damn you Blizzard and your lack of a day-one digital release! But thanks for announcing the date on the same day I finished my undergrad! You're forgiven!
 
Hrmm... It doesn't look like Amazon is going to do release-date shipping. I pre-ordered the Collector's edition the day it went up on Amazon and I just received an e-mail from them stating that my estimated arrival date is July 30th. I am an Amazon Prime customer also.

I don't think I am willing to wait 3 - 4 days after release to get Starcraft 2. I am going to email them about it, but if they really can't offer release-date shipping then I am going to cancel my order and go to Gamestop, Best Buy or some other retail shop.
 
The sooner SC2 is released then the sooner I can retire from this 'real life' thing and play Diablo 3

I've been playing the SC2 beta - it's pretty good but not the best RTS I have played recently. Maybe the best balanced, though. I just find that massing one or two types of units and trying to finish the game under 10 mins isn't altogether that fun. I guess it would be different if I was actually good :P
 
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