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StarCraft two Highway robbery
paulscott
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Basically they will be releasing starcraft two as a trilogy of games... Each expansion having a story attached to a single race: Terrans: Wings of Liberty, Zerg: Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void.
So instead of giving you a complete game they're splitting it into three and calling it expansions with a lose promise that they want each game to feel like it's stand alone
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I find it amazing that by 2020 first world countries will be competing to get immigrants.
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They can take that and shove it up there ass what a scam.
i will definetly buy them. After playing the game at the blizzcon i cant wait for it to be released.
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Well... each campaign is having like 26-30 missions, which is more that you usually get. So it's not too bad, as long as price on the 2nd and 3rd release is reduced.
Either way, it should probably mean an earlier release for the first version(Wings of Liberty), which means earlier multiplayer for me, so I'm happy(don't care about the single player - might try it, but multiplayer is really where it's at!)
Oh noes they're announcing expansions :O A totally new concept! What a rip off!
There's a large differance between an expansion and adding another campaign to the game. It's just goony to release it this way.
I find it amazing that by 2020 first world countries will be competing to get immigrants.
So long as the quality is there, it's worth paying for. If not, then well it'll bomb as it should. Since it's Blizzard though, I imagine the quality will be there.
It's not exactly a money-grab for a big PC company considering Maxis sold us Ikea furniture and Betheseda sold us horse armor.
Does seem a bit a weird tbh, I always thought Starcraft's main selling point was its multiplayer. So the main question on my mind is - Will all races be playable with the first installment in mulitplayer and skirmish?
Blizzard are gonna make some massive bucks with this, they may however lose a little credibility (some may argue they did with WoW) but we will have to find out when we get more news.
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Weird, I hope that with each purchase you get at least a good amount of hours playing that race.
If so, works for me :P
I wouldnt have a problem with this if they released, say ,three $19.99 games. Instead of 50, you pay 60 but you get more content as promised so its not so bad. HOWEVER knowing Blizzard they will charge 25-30 per game AT LEAST and that price wont lower for a decade.
Nevertheless, I'm more worried about Starcraft becoming a micromanaged "rpg/rts hybrid" like Warcraft 3. IMO Warcraft 2 blows Warcraft 3 out of the water.
Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice.
Unfortunately, as Blizzard has gotten BIG its brain has gotten SMALL.
This is an SOE and EA tactic that will bring it down.
Look at EA. Just check the Spore rating. EA is now being sued for so violating its customers in the name of greed and profit, requiring its own customers to buy additional copies of the same game.
'micromanaged "rpg/rts" hybrid'... LOL!!!
I'm sorry, but if you think Warcraft 3 takes 'micromanagment' than for the first time on any forum I say to you - Learn to play. I wouldn't normally resort to such a childish remark but I can't find a better phrase suitable for this.
I'd hate to watch you struggle on a game that actually takes micromanagement such as the Civilization series, Sim City series, etc.
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Hmm... it depends if the game itself can stand alone on each "expansion" - kind of like SC + BW. It will also be interesting how Blizzard prices the different games. If they cost as much as an individual game each, then I will have reason to believe that Blizz is milking the game.
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150$ for a game that play like a 2001 title?
DO NOT WANT!
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Looks kind of boring too. I'm really not paying 3 times for that.
Diablo looks better and more fun. Ok, they're two different games, I get that, but I'll only have money to spend on either, so I think I will buy diablo 3 or another game instead.
'micromanaged "rpg/rts" hybrid'... LOL!!!
I'm sorry, but if you think Warcraft 3 takes 'micromanagment' than for the first time on any forum I say to you - Learn to play. I wouldn't normally resort to such a childish remark but I can't find a better phrase suitable for this.
I'd hate to watch you struggle on a game that actually takes micromanagement such as the Civilization series, Sim City series, etc.
That's economic micromanagement you're talking about here. Normal micromangagement(controlling single units to optimizing the performance of your army) is the most important skill you must have to be good at multiplayer.
Economical micromanagement in w3x is non-existant pretty much. As soon as you get a good BO, you'll always pretty much do the same thing depending on whether you do TR, Quick expo or just normal CnC.
"rpg/rts" hybrid = yeah I guess in single player. But anyone who says it's very RPG like in multiplayer has no clue what you are talking about.
This time Blizzard really pushed it. Its too much.
I agree. And Diablo looks like WoW. It could've been better if its more "dark." Anyways, I won't be paying the price of three games for one.
Is the content there? Yes? then don't complain. No? Then complain about the content.
Originally posted by Bigdavo
Does seem a bit a weird tbh, I always thought Starcraft's main selling point was its multiplayer. So the main question on my mind is - Will all races be playable with the first installment in mulitplayer and skirmish?
Blizzard are gonna make some massive bucks with this, they may however lose a little credibility (some may argue they did with WoW) but we will have to find out when we get more news.
MP will work from day one with all 3 races. Multyplayer was developed first and balanced constantly, SP is where they are runing out of time to do all the content they plan. Further more, there will be mini campaign for Protoss and Zerg in the first part so you don't have to learn how to play in MP if you want a tutorial like expirience.
NVM! you guys had me going nuts until I actually read the facts.
Please stop starting threads if you have no freaking clue what you're talking about.
You almost gave me a heartattack.
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I could see buying one game for the multiplayer and ignoring the others.
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Too many people here are keen to blast Blizzard without knowing the full facts, especially about games that have not even been released yet. With great success comes greater criticism.
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Well I guess this depends for me. If I buy the first SC2 human campaign and I am done with 4-5 hrs, then yeah, screw this. They said these are going to be "HUGE" if I am not mistaken, so... they better be, lol.