new cinematic montage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_E83GfWM-A&feature=player_detailpage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_E83GfWM-A&feature=player_detailpage
StarCraft 2?
- Thread starter think
- Start date
Haven't played the first one yet (or read the book/s? - I know KRAD has done one at least).
I may give it a try and my pc should be able to handle it. The game does look entertaining and I've seen the advert on tv a few times now.
I may give it a try and my pc should be able to handle it. The game does look entertaining and I've seen the advert on tv a few times now.
You need the play the first one and the expansion. Now.
As for the books, most of them are skippable. Liberty's Crusade is just the Terran campaign of SC1 retold, while The Queen of Blades is just the Zerg and Protoss campaigns. I haven't read Shadow of the Xel'Naga or Speed of Darkness. While Nova is interesting, the cancellation of Starcraft: Ghost renders it mainly a curiosity.
The Dark Templar Saga trilogy may actually be relevant, since it introduces Prince Valerian who appears to be a character in SC2.
Well, here we are, after 12 long years it's launch day here - no midnight launch for us New Zealanders, the closest one is in Australia! I plan on picking up my copy on the way back home from work this arvo. Just a few hours to go until I have my own copy of StarCraft II in my hot little hands 
Rii
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Well, here we are, after 12 long years it's launch day here - no midnight launch for us New Zealanders, the closest one is in Australia! I plan on picking up my copy on the way back home from work this arvo. Just a few hours to go until I have my own copy of StarCraft II in my hot little hands
It's in my hands now; I win!
Whether or not I'll get to playing it today is another matter.
EDIT: The CE comes with two World of Warcraft and two Starcraft II guest passes; didn't see that mentioned in the promo material. The former is for 10 days play, I've no idea how the latter works...
EDIT2: Ok, it sez on the back of the pass: 7 hours game time or 14 days from activation, whichever comes first. If anyone wants one, let me know. Be aware that it's the full client and so using it'd involve something like a 15GB download.
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i didnt realize there was a race to see who got the game first. i should have entered that contest 
congrats! have fun!
congrats! have fun!
Rii
Rear Admiral
^ It's only a contest if I win.
I listened to the SC1 recap as the game installed. Good use of installation time, but is it my imagination or did they just ignore Brood War completely? Please tell me that's just for the sake of providing the bare minimum information necessary to get new players up to speed, and doesn't represent a de-canonisation of Brood War or whatever.
I listened to the SC1 recap as the game installed. Good use of installation time, but is it my imagination or did they just ignore Brood War completely? Please tell me that's just for the sake of providing the bare minimum information necessary to get new players up to speed, and doesn't represent a de-canonisation of Brood War or whatever.
I must be the only person not excited about this. I loved the original Starcraft, but the whole 'resource-gathering' model is a snorefest and has been outmoded for at least five years. Company of Heroes has made the Starcraft model redundant (and yes I know the graphics are being overhauled but they've gone to great lengths to say the gameplay is basically the same)- I think this game will be a big disappointment although I'm happy to be proven wrong.
Rii
Rear Admiral
No, there's actually no shortage of people who are 'the only one not interested in this' because of reasons X/Y/Z which more often than not translate to 'I have no idea what I'm talking about'. The curious thing is that they forever fail to notice that they're actually in the majority and, paradoxically, are themselves generating most of the hype for the game.
And resource gathering is not outmoded, if it was then Plants vs. Zombies wouldn't have been one of the best games of 2009 (hint: it was). And if you're going to credit any particular game with omitting it, try Ground Control a half-decade before Company of Heroes.
And resource gathering is not outmoded, if it was then Plants vs. Zombies wouldn't have been one of the best games of 2009 (hint: it was). And if you're going to credit any particular game with omitting it, try Ground Control a half-decade before Company of Heroes.
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Installing right now myself. The wal-mart by me (open 24 hours) had posters everywhere saying that the game would be available at 12:01a.m. So I figured, what the heck, I'll go get it! Then I ask someone by the electronics section and he says they don't have it and it's at the other (and far more ghetto) Walmart a couple of miles away! Bah... I grab it from the other wal-mart, get a free poster, get home, and jump through all the ridiculous activation hoops. This better be worth it! The storyline they recapped is utter nonsense... but I guess in the end most of us are here for the multiplayer.
Oh, and for 60 bucks, why the hell is the game in a cardboard sleeve and not at least in a jewel case!?!?
Oh, and for 60 bucks, why the hell is the game in a cardboard sleeve and not at least in a jewel case!?!?
Rii
Rear Admiral
The Lord of the Rings would sound like utter nonsense too if you had to condense it down to three minutes. Starcraft's story is its single greatest asset and the game earned wide recognition upon that basis, beating out Thief and Final Fantasy VII for 'Best Story' in Gamespot's awards roundup that year.
Most who played Starcraft never touched multiplayer.
I've had access to the multiplayer for a couple of months on the beta. Tried a few matches-----so outmatched it's not even fun. You *really* have to have a firm grasp of the unit counters to be effective, and there's no way to gradually learn what all the units can do with only MP available.
Singleplayer is of much more interest to me for now.
