Starcraft 2 officially announced!

MaeEye

pc.ign.com/articles/788/788627p1.html



Check it out yourself.  The series starts up again with the 2nd version.



What will the other announcment be though, a new MMO?  a graphic upgrade to WoW?

Jumper2k

YAAAA Starcraft 2!

Lol ive been refreshing that thing everying minute.

MaeEye

Originally posted by Jumper2k


YAAAA Starcraft 2!
Lol ive been refreshing that thing everying minute.

hehe, so have I. 



I can't wait to see what the game looks like!!!!!!

Firebird1

Originally posted by MaeEye

pc.ign.com/articles/788/788627p1.html



Check it out yourself.  The series starts up again with the 2nd version.



What will the other announcment be though, a new MMO?  a graphic upgrade to WoW?

Tell me it's a pot of Coifee!!!



I need it

FreddyNoNose

cool2

piquet

I always hated RTS, probably because I suck at it. Was really hoping for a Diablo MMO, or at least a Diablo 3 with really good multiplayer options, so I'm a bit disappointed. But grats to all the SC fans out there!

JennysMind

I'm reading rumors in that is called :Starcraft II: Medusa

baphamet

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Originally posted by piquet
I always hated RTS, probably because I suck at it. Was really hoping for a Diablo MMO, or at least a Diablo 3 with really good multiplayer options, so I'm a bit disappointed. But grats to all the SC fans out there!

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Dido

kiDo

oh goodie another RTS...

what more can you add to all the RTS's already out there

Joscellin

Originally posted by kiDo

oh goodie another RTS...

what more can you add to all the RTS's already out there

You say that, but people said the same thing after Starcraft, and look at Warcraft 3 which included many genre-breaking features. I have no doubt Blizzard will do something nice with this. Looking forward to it

farudim

4 words; what a fucking jip

From reading the IGN article it seems like theyre squirting out a CC 3.5.

Needless to say i was, unlike most of you, hoping they would take the bazilons of money they have made from WoW and use it to renew the MMO genre.

...Another RTS with even more micromanaging, alrighty then.

Bigfoot

I never did get into SC.  I was really hoping for a new Diablo :[

brokenneedle

I've NEVER played a RTS.  I mean, I've tried a few back in the day, but they always stressed me out - too much pressure, hehe.  So, I saw they sell the SC1 and Expansion set for like $20 bucks at the store - is it worth getting?  The only war games I've ever gotten into were like Advance Wars and stuff like that .  Does SC ease you into all the stress and pressure?

Chieftan

Originally posted by farudim


4 words; what a fucking jip
From reading the IGN article it seems like theyre squirting out a CC 3.5.
Needless to say i was, unlike most of you, hoping they would take the bazilons of money they have made from WoW and use it to renew the MMO genre.
...Another RTS with even more micromanaging, alrighty then.

That's exactly what I was thinking.  They've made an ungodly sum of money off WoW and they crap out a RTS that any other developer could produce.  Maybe all the turnover is finally affecting the quality of their output.

JennysMind

Originally posted by brokenneedle

I've NEVER played a RTS.  I mean, I've tried a few back in the day, but they always stressed me out - too much pressure, hehe.  So, I saw they sell the SC1 and Expansion set for like $20 bucks at the store - is it worth getting?  The only war games I've ever gotten into were like Advance Wars and stuff like that .  Does SC ease you into all the stress and pressure?

SC is very easy to learn how to play. More creatures/devices get introduced into a linear set of scenerios. I thought the Original game was fairly easy to play. The expansion Brood War is a lot tougher, especially the last few of the Zerg missions.

Jumper2k

Diablo was amazing but SC was Blizz's best world

brokenneedle

Originally posted by Alekhin

Originally posted by brokenneedle

I've NEVER played a RTS.  I mean, I've tried a few back in the day, but they always stressed me out - too much pressure, hehe.  So, I saw they sell the SC1 and Expansion set for like $20 bucks at the store - is it worth getting?  The only war games I've ever gotten into were like Advance Wars and stuff like that .  Does SC ease you into all the stress and pressure?

SC is very easy to learn how to play. More creatures/devices get introduced into a linear set of scenerios. I thought the Original game was fairly easy to play. The expansion Brood War is a lot tougher, especially the last few of the Zerg missions. Alright, cool man.  It's only 20 bucks, so I'll try and pick it up soon.  I figure might as well check out the lore of the world JUST IN CASE they someday do an mmog of it

Jumper2k

ya IMO It's got the best story of any rts ive played.

LoNeOwNz

Biggest let down ever. Starcraft sucks.

Zorvan

I was happy to hear it was SC2, but disappointed when I learned it was still rts. A Starcraft mmo would have been another big seller for Blizz, one which I would have finally opened my wallet for (all they got out of me for WoW was a few hours of the 14 day trial before expungement from my comp).

Now I understand why they made the announcement in Korea. 'Cause that's where all their profits for this will be made.

Gameloading

This is actually very interesting. This means that Blizzard doesn't have any MMORPG for the 3rd/4th generation of MMO's. This is probably a golden opportunity for Ncsoft and Lineage 3.

Bladin

i have to say i'm massively dissapointed with this...



I've grown tired of the old craft building, craft units, send stuff at people play of starcraft a long time ago.    Giving it better graphics, and more units doesn't really help me that much... and have you seen the screenshots?  ui look familiar?  uh huh bet it's not even on a new engine.



RTS's of starcrafts style should have died when starcraft itself was released...  I was hoping it'd go at least along the lines of savage, seeing as how if they -truely- did it, it'd be amazing.

Bernoully

Our Korean SC championship friends must be exalted right now. More games to televised live!

A Starcraft 2 was to be expected at some point... now the RTS genre has two genre kings with their latest incarnation.

zaykodroid

dont be prejudiced



3D engine will not ruin the game

i think this is AWASOME (in game video):



tvpot.daum.net/theme/ThemeView.do

Hoobley_deleted

Originally posted by Martie

Jesus christ some people on this site are neevr happy about anything. 

Not unlike yourself.



You're not happy about people not being happy about something.



I'm not an RTS fan myself, because I'm not very good at them. I might have a look at SC2 when it's released though, give the genre another shot.

Recant

Starcraft was a superbly balanced RTS.  Even though there were thousands of people who were better than me - well, probably millions tbh -  this is one of the few games where I didn't find my mind numbing when playing it.  Mind you, I did enjoy TA as well, but not as much as Starcraft - though some consider the former to be superior.



Some people are just not cut out to play RTS.  They think they can get away with building a big army and dragging a square over it and moving it to the enemy base.  Competitive RTS is like Chess, on crack.  It's all about micromanagement, strategical and tactical thinking, on the fly.



RTS is the most skillful and mind taxing genre out there, if played right.  I suspect Starcraft 2 will mean they're expanding the lore and IP and we will eventually see World of Starcraft at some point in the the future, after all Blizzard are recruiting MMO developers.