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Me and my two boys (aged 12 + 10) went to the local EB Games for the Midnight opening of the store to sell the game... Here, is our story.

So the boys, woke up at 9:45pm ... we get all dressed, head out to EB Games.
Arrive at about 10:20pm.
Stand in line until midnight.
The boys were troopers!
Happy!
Having Fun!
Alban came!
Midnight, we buy the game!
Rush home!
The boys are tettering with glee and merriment!
We arrive home at 12:45am.
We INSTALL the game from the DVDs.
All 12 Gigs.
Which took almost a full 1/2 hour.
Around 1:20 AM, the "patches" start downloading.
GAH!
Speedtest.net reports an average speed of 0.26Mb/s Download!
That 40Mb patch... well... it took FORVER!
Still the boys are not upset!
Still super excited!
There, game installed, patched!
Ready to go!
Its only... ahhhh... 1:40am.
Start Starcraft II... splash screen!
Register your CD key.
Fine.
Register.
Log in.
Get back to StarCraft II.
After clicking the "I ACCEPT" to the EULA... the game seems to hang.
3 minutes later, it springs BACK to life and the PLAY button is glowing green for us!
On the verge of TEARS we are so overcome with joy, we CLICK the GREEN BUTTON!
The boys are estatic!
The room is euphoric!
... can not connect to BattleNet 2.0.
GAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
WHY?!
No internet!
Soft-reset the modem.
No joy.
Unplug modem.
No joy.
I can see the Modem is NOT getting an IP.
DAMN Internet Service Provider!
DAMN YOU TO HELLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!
Okay, wait, we have the option "Play in Offline Mode"!
Oh good! Its OK boys. No worries.
We can play offline!
Click the GREEN GLOWING OFFLINE button...
... to play in OFFLINE mode, connect to BattleNET 2.0!
WHHHhhaaaaaaaa?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Still the boys are in good spirits.
I tell them we will have to try tomorrow.
At 2am, I gave up trying to play the game and sent them to bed.
This morning, it worked 1st time.
... because it could reach battle net.
 
I will burrow it from a friend and wait till all 3 Games are out then when they come out with the Uber Collectors Edition then ill actually buy the game for myself I just don't want to to take 3 Years
 
[citation][nom]bildo123[/nom]I was curious, can anyone confirm with unquestionable certainty that the other "releases/expansions" will in fact be $59.99?[/citation]

Of course they can't. It is doubtful if the other two games will cost more than expansions. As far as I remember, expansions normally cost $35-$40 upon release.

ON what grounds would Blizzard charge $60 per expansion? The fact is that the engine is already created, as are most of the units, etc. The framework is set. The expansions are merely another campaign with a few extra units and probably some more features.

As for the complaints about one campaign, don't forget that you get about 30 missions per campaign. That equals the same amount of missions as all three races in the original StarCraft, as each race had about 10.
 
Ok - SC2 - FINALLY! This is set to be the best game ever (until D3 of course). Been waiting for this ever since they cancelled "Ghost" how many years back?

Anyway - Please Help - I have a 2 y/o Dell Latitude with a NVidia Qaudro NVS 135M - can I run SC2? I can't figure it out 🙁
 



That's what I thought...I'm not sure where all this hocus pocus is coming from with people saying 60+60+60=$180 OMG ripoff! As far as expansions go, normally aren't they $30 for release? As you've mentioned the whole "engine" of the game is with the original and all you're really buying is a new unit or two and campaign. Assuming each campaign provides 25ish hours of playtime, not bad for $30.
 
Wow. Only 3 pages of comments...
This seems like a nice incremental upgrade in graphics and game play. I like that. The problem is, I was never much of a Starcraft fan to begin with. I am a C&C guy, and I essentially waited for C&C 3 before I got my appropriate incremental upgrade to that franchise... So in honor of Starcraft 2's release, I am now playing Command and Conquer: Red Alert, as it is now free for download, and works just fine on my netbook...
 
"I was curious, can anyone confirm with unquestionable certainty that the other "releases/expansions" will in fact be $59.99? "

Blizzard hasn't confirmed anything, other than that each campaign is being released separately. And each one is supposed to be about 30 missions.

If it's a normal "expansion" (ie, you must have Wings of Liberty to install them), I would assume the pricing will be more in the $30 range, similar to the World of Warcraft expansions.

If they're standalone titles that you can buy and install separately (like the "expansions" for WH40K: Dawn of War), they could all be a full $50-60. Blizzard's never done a release like that, though.
 
ok why do i have to be logged into battlenet to play the single player missions. As for purchase I went to walmart at 0130 (insomnia) walked up to an employee who opened the box and asked which edition I wanted. She said I was the second person wanting the collector's and the 6th person overall. I never understand why people go to all these other stores when walmart has the game without lines. Halo 2 was the same way.
 
[citation][nom]omenowl[/nom]ok why do i have to be logged into battlenet to play the single player missions. As for purchase I went to walmart at 0130 (insomnia) walked up to an employee who opened the box and asked which edition I wanted. She said I was the second person wanting the collector's and the 6th person overall. I never understand why people go to all these other stores when walmart has the game without lines. Halo 2 was the same way.[/citation]

SHHHHHH! Don't tell them... That will make the lines bigger...

 
I walked in at 3pm at Gamestop to buy it. Also saw a whole shelf of unsold games sitting at Wal-mart. It really is as good as anticipated. I was only hesitant because of the price: $60 for a PC game is so much. For any other game I would pass it up.
 
I have been locked in a cave for the last 11 years. The only games i was allowed to play was FPS games. Alot of my caveman friends played Starcraft, and pre-0rdered SC2. If it is as great as they claim, ill jump on the Blizzard Train.
 
Crap, I just bought the game, and now I got "starcraft II requires a patch. Would you like to download the patch?" and if I click yes, the same message will popup again, if I hit cancel, nothing happens....
 
[citation][nom]Sashmo99[/nom]Ok - SC2 - FINALLY! This is set to be the best game ever (until D3 of course). Been waiting for this ever since they cancelled "Ghost" how many years back?Anyway - Please Help - I have a 2 y/o Dell Latitude with a NVidia Qaudro NVS 135M - can I run SC2? I can't figure it out[/citation]

If you already bought the game there should be a system checking tool that comes with the game and should return what display modes your laptop is capable of.

Warcraft III and WC3 frozen throne had similar "system checking utilities" built into the game.

I imagine SC2 will have something similar.
 
Why is it more expensive here in the Philippines? Converting it equals to a little more than $76 which is far from the SRP($60).
 
LORD_ORION D-Gun bitches! Suck it down! Total Annihilation > Star Crap

hahahaa totally loved T.A. and starcraft was good also, better in the story line, plus had a 3rd race built into it..gotta love the protoss and zerglings!
T.A gameplay was better, but that was due to amount of units plus unit and map mods still have my star wars mods and the alien 3rd race mods.

wish SC and SC2 had unit modding, but i am going to miss SC2 not having LAN multiplay the most.
oh well atleast i have supercom and supercom2 to fall back on
 
Purchased SC2 at 12:01. Was the first in line to get it. Was playing after installing and updating by 12:30. Went to sleep at 9 am. Woke up (naturally) at 1pm. Took a break to eat at 5-6pm. Beat the campaign at 9pm.

Epic Game. Very worth requesting a day off work :)
 
I bought it for my father yesterday. For some reason he can't use surround sound at all, has to set it up for stereo. Anyone else have a similar issue?
 
It blows my mind that there are people calling themselves gamers and are bitchin about the cost of games. Go take a tour of what it takes to make such a game. Company's are in the biz to make a profit and continue their work. Anyone really calling themselves a gamer or hardcore spends 1000's of dollars on their PC's. So what is $60 in the grand picture of it all. This game rocks! For us old farts gaming since the days of Wolfenstein and Duke Vaporware Nukem, this game has an old feel with a new look. Maps are clean and well thought out. For the first time I can say I'm really enjoying the single player missions. Usually I just skip this and focus on the mulitplayer, but the storyline is fun with the different challenges. Again, I miss the LAN party of old and wish someone would really think about that aspect for gamers. Friends and I were planning big events for this and Diablo3 but nothing now.... anyways, the game is good.
 
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