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Starcraft 2 is now a trilogy
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firehawk12 said:
Actually the correct analogy is all races are in the game, but only the Alliance lands are there, the Horde lands come in the expansion. The Alliance lands are as big as the first WoW's Alliance + Horde lands, and with better quests. The Horde lands will double the world of WoW 2, to be a total of twice as big as WoW 1.
Haunted
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I believe the main reason for splitting the campaigns was that the unique elements the respective races add to the SP are more extensive than we might expect (I mean the diplomatic Protoss, RPG character of the Zerg campaign), which could be so, so awesome.
I really hope they really run with this idea.
I really hope they really run with this idea.
I'm amazed at the shear amount of hate and idle threats that are being thrown around;
"Blizzard better make these cheap otherwise I won't buy them."
Oh the hell you wouldn't buy it. Even if you did manage to keep your stiff upper lip and throw a tantrum and not play SCII, millions of others still will, why? Because it's fucking Blizzard, they may as well name their company "Quality Product".
Besides, do you honestly think Blizzard has become so corrupt that they'd charge ludicrous amounts for this? No, they save the over-priced crap for their merchandise
Fun idea, wait until you hear the actual pricing details before whining like three year olds? Blasphemous idea, I know, such is not the way of the message board poster, we must have ludicrous knee-jerk reactions to everything regardless as to how much we know
"Blizzard better make these cheap otherwise I won't buy them."
Oh the hell you wouldn't buy it. Even if you did manage to keep your stiff upper lip and throw a tantrum and not play SCII, millions of others still will, why? Because it's fucking Blizzard, they may as well name their company "Quality Product".
Besides, do you honestly think Blizzard has become so corrupt that they'd charge ludicrous amounts for this? No, they save the over-priced crap for their merchandise
Fun idea, wait until you hear the actual pricing details before whining like three year olds? Blasphemous idea, I know, such is not the way of the message board poster, we must have ludicrous knee-jerk reactions to everything regardless as to how much we know
JasonUresti
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Haunted said:
It certainly sounds like Blizzard is serious about making the campaigns unique from one another. Pricing is the only concern, unless the campaigns themselves, the between battle portions, are like completely different games, releasing each at full price seems to be asking a little too much.
Zzoram said:
As it stands now there is going to be too much text on the box for my liking. They should name it Stacraft II: The Terran Saga or Starcraft II: Episode/Chapter One.
This is like Valve coming out with Half-Life 2: Episode One before Half-Life 2.
Maybe I was naive in wanting to just pick up ONE big collectors' edition Starcraft II in (2010/11) with the entire campaign and just take a month off from work to enjoy it.
BishopLamont
Banned
As a Starcraft player who plays melee alot back then, I know how important balance is for this game. To hear that they'll "add more upgrades and units" in each episode doesn't sound too good. Do what you want to do Blizzard, add more units to the compains if you want, but please leave the multiplayer part alone. Korea would agree with me.
Crayon Shinchan
Aquafina Fanboy
People are so damn cheap. But then again, in this current economic climate, it may be prudent to be this way.
Still... I'm pretty excited about the extra content... more story cutscenes, more CG cutscenes... and hopefully more campaign as a result.
Wonder if each game is going to act as a mini expansion for the multiplayer as well? Would be cool... each game introduces a couple extra units to the MP game, like broodwar.
Still... I'm pretty excited about the extra content... more story cutscenes, more CG cutscenes... and hopefully more campaign as a result.
Wonder if each game is going to act as a mini expansion for the multiplayer as well? Would be cool... each game introduces a couple extra units to the MP game, like broodwar.
CharminUltra
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Um, you do realize that graphics has NEVER been Blizzard's focus right? I mean, Starcraft came out on a year that gave us Half-Life, Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil 2, and Metal Gear Solid? Not to mention that Diablo II came out about TWO years after that. And guess what? Those games are still topping the PC charts to this day.Fio said:
As to the claims about Starcraft II being incomplete... :lol
GenericPseudonym
Banned
I will pay for SC2 with pints of my own blood if I have to. The only issue for me is the release schedule, if all three were released simulataneously this would be amazing, but that's extremely unlikely. If this ends up like "Half-Life 3" (the episodes) I will be hugely pissed.
However, I'm happy SC2 will be the biggest and most epic game in history. Three full RTS games with totally different elements and storylines forming one huge monstrosity of SC goodness. The return of the Xel'Naga will truly be amazing.
However, I'm happy SC2 will be the biggest and most epic game in history. Three full RTS games with totally different elements and storylines forming one huge monstrosity of SC goodness. The return of the Xel'Naga will truly be amazing.
Mister Chef said:
Now graphics should be one of their priorities. Things have changed. They have plenty of money to invest, great artists, why not using it in the favor of the game?
And yes, to me SC2 will lanch incomplete. I don't like multiplayer in RTS games, I was actually expecting the single player modes. Now I'll have to pay tree times to enjoy the full game. I don't understand how people defend this kind of thing.
I'm really starting to think Blizzard is not that good of a developer.
I mean its not like Starcraft 2 will be THAT different than the original and 10 years to work on it?? Pretty ridiculous to me, Blizzard are just taking showers in their wow money
and imo being outright lazy.
I mean its not like Starcraft 2 will be THAT different than the original and 10 years to work on it?? Pretty ridiculous to me, Blizzard are just taking showers in their wow money
and imo being outright lazy.
God damn I hate this. RTS campaigns are nothing more then extended live tutorials to teach you the various units and how they function against other units. I'd rather have 3 bland campaigns with enough breathing room to learn the ins and outs of each faction then 1 really awesome cinematic campaign.
I'm probably in the minority though.
I'm probably in the minority though.
Zzoram said:
I understand why they are doing it. I just don't like it, neither should anyone who likes gaming.
It's not like their games will bomb if they push the tech a little more. Crysis, which is super demanding hardware-wise and had much less hype, managed to sold 1+ million of copies, I don't see how Blizzard's games would have any problem to sell some millions of copies.
I like the single player play style expansion.
Going from RTS to more RPG to more Sim.
My only complaint is that wouldn't it be really boring only playing one class for an entire game.
I would much prefer it to have all three races in each game with each single player style. I want to see how Zerg would handle diplomacy or a RPG style game staring Zerutul.
Blizzard expansion packs have always been fantastic so I have confidence in them.
Going from RTS to more RPG to more Sim.
My only complaint is that wouldn't it be really boring only playing one class for an entire game.
I would much prefer it to have all three races in each game with each single player style. I want to see how Zerg would handle diplomacy or a RPG style game staring Zerutul.
Blizzard expansion packs have always been fantastic so I have confidence in them.
CharminUltra
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Huh? Dude, wake up, take a shower, and have some coffee. WoW is now at 10 gajillion subscribers and that game's got some of the shittiest graphics I've ever seen. Regular customer's don't give a shit about graphics period, they want fun, and they're willing to pay for it.Fio said:
Things have changed my ass. Quality gameplay never goes out of style.
Akia said:
word of advice to those of you wanting a "complete" game. Wait till the other 2 expansions are released and buy them all at the same time. It will be like this announcement never took place because that is the time frame Blizzard would have been looking at if they didn't make this decision.
They obviously thought it was the best route to take from a business point of view and if they were going to make expansions anyways it makes a lot of sense to me. Consumers get a game earlier and have huge chunks of expansion heading down the pipeline.
Get used to the episodic content people. It works. It extends the shelf life of a game immensely. Games are getting way too big to allow someone like Blizzard or Valve to release a game polished to their standards in just one single pack. If the value is there people will buy it.