Would you have it any other way?

Starcraft 1.5 was Brood War. This is definitely worthy of Starcraft 2 -- true to the original and lots of new units and strategies to play around with.

Well what did you expect from it for it to be classified as a 'real' Starcraft II?

looks sweet enough to be SCII, that's for sure.

If I know Blizzard they'll be generous. They've always been good about scaling their games to take advantage of, but not need a Goddammned Super Computer.

They said the specs are fairly forgiving, and should run on many different machines. No specifics have been given yet, however.

At least Pixel Shader 2.0 is required, which your graphics card should support if it was purchased within the last 5 years.

I'm buying an entirely new computer for this game only.

And I'll play it until I die.

FOR THE SWARM!

Now I'll be the first to admit that Blizzard is the king of the RTS, but c'mon... To suggest that there have been no good RTSs since the original Starcraft is just insulting. Warcraft 3, C&C (both generals and Tiberium Wars), and of course Company of Heroes. CoH is one of the best RTSs ever.

I tried playing Starcraft 1 a few years ago and I would always lose my entire base to a big swarm of enemies 5 minutes into a skirmish against easy PC opponent.

I'm waiting for SC2 so I can start fresh again. :P

Supreme Commander?

I used to be big into both real and turn based strategy games, I used to play Red Alert and CivII more than I play any game now. (Then again who didn't?) After Starcraft, I played a bit of RedAlert2 but then took a long break from the RTS. Recently tried to get into Supreme Commander, but I just couldn't do it. I just found it too boring.

Anyway, yea, I'll definately be getting Starcraft II though.

@SugarDaddy



Sorry if you misunderstood my stance: it's my fault for not detailing it properly.

I didn't get to have a gaming PC while growing up, and I didn't really have pocket money (I always had to ask my parents to buy me something when I needed it, as a safeguard) so that kind of meant that games/RTS was out of the question (grew up beta-testing MMOs). I only got to play some when I was at friends', and even then, most of them weren't into RTS.


So yeah, this is my chance to get my uber-micro started. Didn't mean to insult all of the other RTSes.

...And i'm not in the Brawl-mania because Nintendo repetitiously shafts Europe. Blizzard are better with release dates (something no man should ever be able to say).

Company of Heros opposing forces say hello!!

Really though, this and Spore are really the only 2 PC games I am looking forward to.

The fanboy in me is kicking in...

That's not a fair comment at all. Saying that means you have no idea who Blizzard is. When has Blizzard ever released a "duct taped" product as you say (though I can't comment on WoW cuz I think it's lame and I don't play)?

This game will be phenomenal as all Blizzard games are -- polished to the max with near perfect balancing. I've been waiting for this game for quite some time.

Now please release Starcraft Ghost.

Saying *that* means you have no sense of humor, Mr. Sugar Daddy...

I Lol'd =)

Oh yeah? That comment was supposed to be funny?

was a reference to the "two gamecubes taped together = wii" thing.
personally im meh about this game, but thats probably because i never played the first that much and am not that into RTS, but have probably never really given them a fair chance.
hopefully sc2 will be awesome enough for me to learn it.

Haha, yes Sugar Daddy, it was definitely meant to be sarcastic (I own a Wii). I know full well that Blizzard wont do anything half-assed, but I am underwhelmed by the look of the game. I understand the reasons they've chosen this route, but I was hoping for more of a substantial evolution than a throwback/update.

It'll be good, but it wont have the magic I remember from when the first one came out, or when Diablo came out. Even Diablo 2 was a significant move beyond its predecessor. With this I just don't see it yet.

I just hope they do something about all the rampant cheating on Battlenet. The multiplayer game is ruined because everybody has a glitch/crack they exploit.

WTF is the point of playing online if you cheat? Do you cheaters seriously suck so badly you can't win normally?

I had a buddy once who played against 2 cheaters in War2, and almost beat them both, and they still tried to trash talk him. If you're cheating, and you still get your ass kicked, you don't have ANYTHING to say.

Well Blizzard is aware of the cheating and they do their best to combat it. I'm not a big fan of playing against random people anyway. If I'm going to invest 30 mins to an hour on a single game, I'd like to chat with my friend about it after the fact.

But, ya, cheaters are super lame. How do you feel good about yourself after beating someone when you cheated to do it? It's like a virtual sociopath.

I only Hax UMS games where Multi command is needed

Otherwise, I fully agree.

Seriously. I'm still playing the original Starcraft.

Well, you can pirate Steam games as well. But quite frankly it's the multiplayer only games you either can't pirate, or won't because it involves STEALING other people's account keys, which only sociopaths would be interested in.

I'm certain people will pirate Starcraft 2, but why do that when you can purchase it and get the full dose of community content?

Also is Blizzard going to change the Battlenet screens? I'd much prefer something that would support forums as well as chatrooms. Also all around better custom game lists and easier methods to join friends who join custom matches and the like.

But steam has massively reduced 'day 0' pirating of its games... meaning games that come out on torrent sites etc. before they even made it to shelves. Day 0 piracy can really kill game sales. Although I'm sure starcraft 2 will sell very well regardless of piracy :)

Dude, that's not gonna happen. It's been stated time and time again that SC2 will only be on the consoles. Sorry...but you're SOL.

Oh there will be a 360 version and until then I wont buy a copy.

Can't... stop... laughing.

Can't... stop... laughing.

*Reads comment*
*Giggles*

If this happened the PC gamers would endlessly ridicule the ones who played the console version, safe in the knowledge that they'll be able to do things twice as fast. The fact that Blizzard are good with PC specs basically means, well, if you want to play it get a semi-decent computer. Wanting to play it on a console is self-subjugation of the highest degree.

This isn't even including the fact that two different communities for the same game would illustrate the disparities of the Live platform in that context; there wouldn't be the same flood of custom maps, the fragmentation of the community could lead both to suffer in numbers and Blizzard's battle.net is free. Sorry, but i can't comprehend why anyone, calling themselves a fan of the RTS genre, wouldn't play this game on a PC.

A Pissed-off English Gamer I've preferred the console version over PC version of every cross-platform game I've tried, the controls and controllers are vastly superior, literal plug and play (BS3 not included), just more fun all round. This is coming to 360, mark my words, MS and Blizzard are in this to make money and so they will go this path.

"This is coming to 360, mark my words, MS and Blizzard are in this to make money and so they will go this path."

Uhm, well I don't think the US is necessarily the core market here, I think it's probably South Korea (judging by where they keep doing their press events). I don't think they want to play it on xbox 360, and I don't think they want to dilute the PC playerbase by releasing on console. Anyway, to address that quote, if money is the reason why a console release is inevitable, why have Blizzard not released WoW on 360 yet? oO Surely the PC platform can't generate high sales...

I've heard keyboard/mouse vs. controller comparisons for FPSes, but once you enter the RTS domain, the debate between console vs. PC becomes completely ridiculous.

for this specific game and genre, you're comment sounds like this,

"GTA IV? I'll wait for the cell phone version instead."