StarCraft 2 Trashed by Gamers, Called Incomplete

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typo: I meant to say such as "(insert surface-to-air or surface-to-surface defensive unit/structure of choice) defense" maps.

I guess it doesn't like triangle brackets except for html coding.
 
Single player is very polished, well done. Multiplayer is blah (SC1 w/ updated graphics). Give it a 5/10. After campaign is done, will probably uninstall.
 
"Currently Blizzard has a review embargo in place for those of us in the press"

Embargo on press?? That cant be legal, one of our 10 amendments is freedom of press????? How can a PRESS be embargoed on in the 1st place unless they are a dishonest press type of business and do pay per FAKE NICEY REVIEWS based system that the press took favors or payments 4. To publish said reviews, which means its not a review at all anyways and pointless to read as a honest biased review.

They dont want early reivews as they want as much early game hype purchases as possible before the press says its garbage and sales drop dramatically.

As of now SC2 is like playing checkers, limited movement, when it should be more like playing chess and has many more options. This is an RTS but as of now its very limited to select players that like broken RTS systems, as the stuctures in the game, currently most dont work as intended so its a very poor RTS environment balance wise.
 
I think it was pretty noticeable what graphics the final version of Starcraft2 will give you if you played the beta or saw gameplay around 1-2 years ago at Blizzcon.

I think most people including myself are worried about Battlenet right now. No chat rooms still,have to invite friends to a small chat window. You can't name your own game, therefore harder for friends to find you. And yeah No Lan = Lame way to express a great game franchise.

I think Blizzard did pretty good on the graphics. When you compare with the graphics from first Starcraft, there is quite a huge difference. Probably those people who are complaining have never played the first one. I mean what do you expect to have? Starcraft with CryEngine3 and have it to be the next highest-graphic-end benchmark?

For the price of $60, I think we're gonna have to wait and see how the campaign does and hopefully its one of those long campaigns or else I am not going to pay another $60 for a small expansion and a small upgrade to campaign. Overall, I think Wings Of Liberty is a great game for $60 right now. Aren't most new games $60? If too expensive then I guess waiting is the other option.
 
I bought it during the midnight release. I only paid $59.99. It took about 20 minutes to install. The keyboard shortcuts that I'm used to using still worked.

No LAN play? In a world of hot spots and mobile broadband, who can't get connected to something? The reason it's Internet only is so that they can associate your Blizzard ID with your product key. There are advantages here that aren't mentioned. You can download the software off the Blizzard portal and play on any machine using your account. Too many stolen copies of the game. That's why there's no LAN version. It stores all of your statistics online associated with your profile. They just brought the StarCraft into the fold to better fit into their product portfolio. Businesses change within 10 years and I have no issue.

On my Dell XPS M1210 with 64MB video card, 3.25GB RAM, and Intel Centrino Duo (2.33 Ghz), it seems to run slow. I'm in the process of getting a i7 quad core laptop. Hopefully it will run faster on that.

My only complaint would be that they only support 3 screen resolutions and I can't use it on my external LCD monitor. It works fine on the laptop at 1280 X 800.

Also, for the record, to say that they are anti-military is so low brow that I can't believe you would stoop so low to even write that. Shame on you.

Great game, keep up the great work Blizzard!
 
incomplete my ass. games should be judged by 2 things.

is it playable (no great huge mult game breaking bugs)

and is it fun? (hell yes)

I NEVER PLAYED the FIRST STARCRAFT! in fact I never really played any of blizzard's early games.

but I am a fan of RTSs in general

I feel the need to stand up for this game it IS fun. worth playing, with the editor I see endless amount of fun. do i like having to have an internet connection constant? no.

in fact, there is more content here then I expected, a pleasant surprise.
 
[citation][nom]Pgood[/nom]1)It's not a review "embargo": they created a system where none of the activation keys would work before 7/27/10. So, even though the press got their games early, they had to wait until 7/27 to play, like everyone else. Reviewers calling it an "embargo" are probably the same reviewers that whine about the lines at Comic Con, when everyone else takes the lines as part of the experience. Sorry you guys have to wait with the rest of us.[/citation]
That makes a lot more sense, it's all coming together now. I was aware of the activation keys limiting game play to after 7/27 only, but I thought Parrish was talking about something different, an actual cap on SC2 reviews until a later date. If the "embargo" he's referring to is indeed just the 7/27 activation date, then I think it was a pretty poor choice of words on his part. I bet all the people whining about the "embargo" would feel pretty ridiculous if this were true. Does the author want to actually respond to any of these inquiries, and settle the question once and for all?
 
Kevin--

I think that you made a couple of mistakes in your article.

The game is not "incomplete" as you say. If you define "complete" by having all three races, then fine. But if you define "complete" by having the same amount of missions in the campaign as StarCraft 1, regardless of how many races there are, then it is indeed complete. StarCraft II may have only one campaign, but it is three times the size as the original game's, and has a lot of in-between mission content thrown in. It is simply a bigger game than the previous.

Secondly, an Internet connection is NOT required to play the singleplayer game. It is only required to authenticate once, and then every 30 days. After the authentication, all you need to do is log in as a "guest" instead of your Battle.net account. You will not get achievements, etc., but what do you expect if you want it to be offline?

Some people may complain about the authentication, but a step in one direction entails a loss or gain in another. You have to authenticate every 30 days, yes, but you do not need the disc to play. I'd rather opt for an every thirty-day authentication than a disc check every time I want to play.
 
Hating on Blizz has become the new cool thing to do.
While I do hate having no LAN and the DRM is crap the game is looking pretty good so far.
Blizz has made some dumb decisions with SC2/RealID though..
 
To everyone who is mad about the price for SC2 needs to get over it. blizzard needs to get back the money they spent making the game that everyone was wanting, beggers can't be choosers and plus HELLO!!!!!! making games cost MONEY!!!!!! Stop being dumb we have 2 sequel in the work if you had a problem with the game you should have played and tested the game and sent in to the forum. when SC1 came out it cost $50 what is $10 more bucks SHUT UP!!!!!!! stop Crying and just do it. A real fan will pay just $10 more little dollars
 
[citation][nom]booseek[/nom]Some people may complain about the authentication, but a step in one direction entails a loss or gain in another. You have to authenticate every 30 days, yes, but you do not need the disc to play. I'd rather opt for an every thirty-day authentication than a disc check every time I want to play.[/citation]
I totally agree, every game has some form of authentication, and given the choice I would much rather have an online authentication once a month then be required to insert a game-play disc every time I start up the game. This is 2010 people, not 1998. If you're still running dial up, then your computer hardware investment in a system capable of running SC2 probably wasn't worth it to begin with. If you're really having problems with this form of authentication in this day and age, just don't purchase the game... and you should probably consider returning your mid-range to high-end gaming system as well.
 
I'd rather just have it call home here and there than be required to use the disc (kind of would suck for Mac Air owners haha).

There's always stuff to complain about.

Soon as my new PC is running, I'm taking a dip.
 
[citation][nom]capitalist[/nom]I'd rather just have it call home here and there than be required to use the disc (kind of would suck for Mac Air owners haha). There's always stuff to complain about. Soon as my new PC is running, I'm taking a dip.[/citation]
MAC air graphics sux any way.
 
[citation][nom]dragonsqrrl[/nom]I totally agree, every game has some form of authentication, and given the choice I would much rather have an online authentication once a month then be required to insert a game-play disc every time I start up the game. This is 2010 people, not 1998. If you're still running dial up, then your computer hardware investment in a system capable of running SC2 probably wasn't worth it to begin with. If you're really having problems with this form of authentication in this day and age, just don't purchase the game... and you should probably consider returning your mid-range to high-end gaming system as well.[/citation]

Not everyone lives in the city with a smooth broadband connection, kid. I do, and I can give a crap about SC2's authentication methods, but that doesn't mean it's not a problem for people in other situations... like the military, people who live in rural areas, etc etc etc. Suggesting such a person shouldn't bother using a computer, or gaming on it... makes you come across as a complete close minded moron.
 
"However in SC2's case the game was completely finalized until launch day so there's no way a reviewer can write a proper review of the final game within a few. Unless you're suggesting the reviewer should write the review based on beta, in which case, you're pretty much an idiot."
What. I got my hardcopy on launch day. Even my elves need few days to print and distribute a copy of a game or whatever...
And the other point that reviewers got a copy of the game beforehand but were waiting for the key to play it..? What, again..?
 
Maybe somebody needs to remember that Blizzard's unsaid moto is to try and reach the biggest audience possible. Hence, make a graphics engine that looks good, but doesn't require a nuclear reactor to play.

I think people complaning about the graphics are missing the point, and obviously too picky about the eye candy to enjoy the game.
 
[citation][nom]flyinfinni[/nom]but you know- you can STILL play ON a LAN! You just all hook up together on a LAN- as long as you have the LAN on the internet, then you are all set. We actually traced it playing last night, and the games create a direct connection to the host. No big deal.[/citation]

From the article...

"I am in the Army and we all ordered our copies of the game, but being deployed in Afghanistan we don’t have the best internet connection being in a third world country," reads another complaint. "So our gameplay is horrible!! The lag is just really bad and in a way is just a slap in the face for military personnel as well as all Blizzard fans."

You make it sound like only authentication happens and all data is local, from this statement I find that hard to believ.
 
[citation][nom]freename[/nom]Hating on Blizz has become the new cool thing to do.While I do hate having no LAN and the DRM is crap the game is looking pretty good so far.Blizz has made some dumb decisions with SC2/RealID though..[/citation]

Good, maybe some of the other games will start getting more players. lol.
 
Think I might invest in something that gives few more hours of gameplay, since apparently this can be played in a couple of hours..
 
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