StarCraft II Ship Date Confirmed

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[citation][nom]triculious[/nom]Agreed on the overpriced point.What's worse, over here in Mexico it will jump to 100 for the regular one[/citation]
Compáralo en game planet esta a buen precio hay pre venta.

http://www.gameplanet.com/starcraft-ii/

esta en mil pesos osea 81 dolares solo son 20 dolares mas 😛
 
[citation][nom]zorky9[/nom]Will def get this off Steam... hope they will have the bandwidth.That 2GB drive could be a little more with that price premium.[/citation]

First off, this DL will come from Battle.net's online store, not Steam. Blizzard has their own download service.

Second, the 2GB drive is to hold the original Starcraft and Brood War expansions that are on the drive, nothing more.
 
I've waited a long time for Starcraft II, but now I'm afraid I'll be waiting even longer. I don't want to support this game as long as it fails to offer LAN support.

My fondest memories of the original Starcraft came from LAN parties. Even today, I often find myself without internet access, such as when traveling or on vacation. In these situations, it would be nice to be able to bust out the laptops and play a few rounds of Starcraft II with the family.

Sadly, Blizzard, the company that was DRM free for so long, has gone the route of treating honest customers like criminals by denying them features that all the pirates will soon enjoy for free.
 
Disappointed by:
1: DRM.
2: Deliberately clunky UI.
3: Legal measures to block broadcast 3rd party competitions like KeSPA (which earned them millions of sales in Korea and around the world).
4: Boring units/abilities compared to their potential (changelings, spawn infested terran, mothership).
5: Technical limits little better than WC3 (max map size 256x256 = WC3's max) (max players 12, maybe 16. WC3 was 12), low unit limit (could barely get 3 screens of zerglings which means custom games can't have that many more units than WC3).
6: Achievements (especially those able to be earned in ladder play, meaning instead of just trying to beat you, people will sometimes be mucking around). This isn't WoW top-down.
7: Units not as easily discernible as those in WC3 and SC, especially in battle.
8: Locked camera (in beta at least).
9: Worse damage model than WC3 (too much to remember).
10: Lobby shared with other Blizzard games, so you can chat to your WoW buddies and see their achievements from inside SC2. Ugh.

All in all, its technical difficulty (excluding graphics) is about what I'd expect from a 2nd expansion to WC3 released 1 yr after TFT. Its gameplay seems quite shallow strategically.

However, I do expect it will have a great editor, as WC3's was beautifully designed.

Regardless, it's far from good enough to buy even with a great editor, at least until they strip the DRM.
 
not really a fan of sc2, but Blizzard really do things right quality wise, games being played years after being released.

but im waiting more for diablo3 :)
but ya, its a bit much for a pc game, usually pc games are cheaper.
 
[citation][nom]efeat[/nom]Unfortunately, I think the trend has already been started.[/citation]

I think we all know who to blame for that. Consoles can kiss my ass.
 
Well, that's great they've announced a release date. I honestly did not expect this for at least another two years. Of course, the cynic in me still won't believe it until I have a purchased copy in my hands.
 
Although I'm sure they'll sell a ton of these, I don't know why anyone would buy this game straight off. It'll take them a year, maybe more, to release the expansions, and it's that full expansion version with all the tweaks and full rosters of units that will be the real game. plus 180 bucks (at a guess) for a game that looks, for now at least, like a graphical improvement on a game most of us already own is pretty steep.
 
[citation][nom]Igot1forya[/nom]Not much time is remaining! I thought the Thor was going to be constructed on the battlefield, what happened there?[/citation]Gee, I don't know, maybe on-field construction is a PITA to balance?
[citation][nom]zorky9[/nom]That 2GB drive could be a little more with that price premium.[/citation][citation][nom]builderbobftw[/nom]Oooooooooh.....Exclusive 2gb Flash Drive, For sure worth the 40$!/Sarcasm.[/citation]That's not the only exclusive thing. The article does a poor job describing the Collector's Edition. In addition to the game, it comes with: 176 page artbook, unique USB stick (raynor's dogtag) preloaded with original SC + BW, "behind the scenes" DVD, soundtrack CD w/bonus tracks, #0 Starcraft comic book, unique looking Thor, plus extra portraits and in-game decals.
[citation][nom]volks1470[/nom]Hell, its about time...[/citation]Most people here won't get the reference. 😉
 
$60.00 is pretty steep for PC games since the PC isn't sold for a lose like consoles are in the beginning and high priced games help make up the difference.
 
It costs 29 British pounds on amazon.co.uk. That's roughly 44$. Most europeans could buy it from there.

Heh, so July instead of beginning of June... Well, at least it won't overlap with footbal world championship.
 
[citation][nom]Lucuis[/nom]Warcraft 3 Reign of Chaos was 74.99 at release...I wouldn't complain.[/citation]
I wonder what are you talking about. I definitely didn't pay more than 35 Euros for that game. And I didn't wait for price to drop neither.
 
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