I was always under the impression that Blizzard pretty much make all the decisions regarding any of their IP's.
Starcraft - Yay or Nay
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I was always under the impression that Blizzard pretty much make all the decisions regarding any of their IP's.
I am not overly impressed at all really and for me the big let down are the factions.
Terran are fun to play with a few cool units but the other two faction mainly the zerg I just cant get any empathy for they just seem very boring and not as polished as terran.
It's a good game but ultimately a shallow spam fest blob rts imo.
Spam units send blob to point a rinse repeat you get the picture just like c&c 3.
There's no one unit can hold back many as in say company of heroes it's just blob vs blob or over early because of a rush.
Next game relic makes after coh online will probably be the best rts.
Terran are fun to play with a few cool units but the other two faction mainly the zerg I just cant get any empathy for they just seem very boring and not as polished as terran.
It's a good game but ultimately a shallow spam fest blob rts imo.
Spam units send blob to point a rinse repeat you get the picture just like c&c 3.
There's no one unit can hold back many as in say company of heroes it's just blob vs blob or over early because of a rush.
Next game relic makes after coh online will probably be the best rts.
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At the lowest level it's blob vs blob yes. Nothing like that at all once you know what you're doing though.
But I guess we can't expect everyone to play long enough to be good at the game and discover the actual depth of it.
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What is this "depth" you speak off?
I have some questuions too:
1) is it a base building deal?
2) are the graphics too cartoony? They look a 'kiddie' bit from the vids ive seen.
3) is it just a case of building a million 'tanks' and zerging the enemy? every vid ive seen so far just seems to be a mass of units attacking.
1) is it a base building deal?
2) are the graphics too cartoony? They look a 'kiddie' bit from the vids ive seen.
3) is it just a case of building a million 'tanks' and zerging the enemy? every vid ive seen so far just seems to be a mass of units attacking.
People who "zerg" in SC or SC2 are playing on the lowest level of skill or understanding on what SC is about.
If that's the case, stick to the infinite resource maps with the "no attacks before 10 minutes" caveats then get bored after 3 games.
If that's the case, stick to the infinite resource maps with the "no attacks before 10 minutes" caveats then get bored after 3 games.
Look at it this way, you can easily spend £20-£25 on a crap game that'll last you a week or maybe two. where as this will last a lot longer.
as above, if you like RTS stop complaining and buy it!
SC1 lasted 12 years, if SC2 continues on the same path then £35 for 12 years of entertainment sounds cheap.
As for zerging and tactics and such, stop watching low level rubbish and watch some of the pro gamers, some of their battles are insanely micro intensive and even with a huge army they micro individual units during the battle and constantly act and react to everything that is happening. If you watch rubbish players then of course you will sill massing a huge army then attack-move to the enemy base.
As for zerging and tactics and such, stop watching low level rubbish and watch some of the pro gamers, some of their battles are insanely micro intensive and even with a huge army they micro individual units during the battle and constantly act and react to everything that is happening. If you watch rubbish players then of course you will sill massing a huge army then attack-move to the enemy base.
Could you bend over any further?
I must say i've lost interest in the RTS genre these days. Nothing of any real interest seems to be coming out because its all dumbed down like SC2 and C&C3+. Something tells me if i did get it i'd just look back at the original and wonder what went wrong...
Play it and find out.
What is everyone doing with their guest passes? Mine are still sitting unused in my game case
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You didn't answer the question.
Wings of Liberty has more content than Starcraft and Broodwar. When the other 2 games out there will be 3x more content than Starcraft and Broodwar. Seriously, what's wrong with that? Don't just think because they're splitting it up that we're being shafted on content. There is more content in this game than there is in the orginal PLUS expansion. I know because I recently completed SC and BW, and they're very short games.
And you're wrong about it being dumbed down. Even the Korean BW pros say it has a massive skill ceiling and will be a huge esport.
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The trick is to build your base AND hassle at the same time.
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aiiee worms, can everywhere!
i just cant get around the concept of SC2. yes its fast, its balanced, the factions have depth...
but i think tactical rts is where im at, like coh.
but if you enjoy what it provides its probably the best at it, has a big fan base and good online support.
