I've been reading a few articles that speculate that Starcraft 2 will not have LAN Multiplayer. This boggles my mind, I can understand excluding it from Diablo 3... But this game would severely suffer from lack of sales if they left this feature out. RTS games are really best played over a local network (in my experience Starcraft games play very well over my LAN) and removing this feature or not including it would be a huge mistake on Blizzards part.
They already decided that they're splitting this game up into 3 separate packages, which in my opinion is another huge mistake, being that people don't like to pay $180 dollars for a full version of a game.
This would hurt their overseas sales (namely Korean). If someone is serious about playing tournaments, and contests where their Starcraft skills are put to the test, wouldn't LAN be most appropriate? There's no lag over a local network, therefore you would have a reliable connection and your match wouldn't get dropped, lagged out, or any number of network issues that could arise if you were required to connect to battle.net to play a local game.
I can't help but wonder if this is Activisons hand, or if Blizzard is getting way too greedy with their pricing.
I remember playing WoW for 2 months and not even playing with my third month. The reason? No game is worth a monthly fee in my opinion. The game was frequently unplayable due to stressed and overcrowded servers, not to mention the spam filled chat.
So their answer to the millions of fans that thirst to do a Zerg rush with updated graphics and mechanics?
I am an avid LEGO fan.
I've made 2 ships from Descent 3 (and I'm working on the other two now)
I also saw someone else's model of Cloud's buster sword, and I mimicked it.
I've been considering on picking this game up for $20 on amazon, and was wondering on if anyone thought I should pick it up. I've heard many good things about this game, and I still am interested in expanding my PS2 collection. (just got a nice cheap copy of Persona 4 with a kick ass art book).
Also: is there a collectors edition of this game (SotC)? There's a few listings that say "Collectible" and if theres a special box or book that comes with it I think I would like it.
Games that I have played and enjoyed:
(The asterisk denotes that I really enjoyed it, 2 means its a favourite.)
Atari 2600 Star Wars,
Asteroids (arcade* and atari 2600),
Space Invaders (arcade and atari 2600),
Battlezone (classic arcade),
Gorf,
Venture,
Zaxxon(Arcade and Colecovision as well as other systems),
Buck Rodgers (Coleco ADAM)
Destructor,
Pepper II,
Donkey Kong,
Track & Field (Arcade)
Contra (Arcade* and NES)
Ladybug,
Vanguard,
Dragon Spirit (Arcade* and TG-16),
Splatterhouse 1 & 2 (Arcade**, TG-16, Genesis),
Pac-Man,
Ms. Pac-Man,
Tron (arcade),
Discs of Tron (Arcade)
Kung Fu,
Castlevania 1*, 2*, 3*, 4, Rondo of blood, Symphony of the Night**
Karate Champ*(Arcade),
The Legend of Zelda**,
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link*
Super Mario Brothers 2 (US Release of Doki Doki Panic!)
Super Mario Brothers 3
Metroid,
Batman,
Super C (arcade* and NES),
Gradius,
Life Force,
Mega Man 1-3
Strider NES and Arcade,
Festers Quest,
Blaster Master,
Bionic Commando(Arcade and NES**),
Bionic Commando: Rearmed*
Metal Gear* (US release Ultra Games NES),
Snake's Revenge (metal gear 2? NES),
Skate or Die 1 & 2
Kirby's Adventure* (NES)
Descent 1-3**
Super Mario World,
Super Metroid**,
Cybernator,
Metal Warriors,
Mega Man X*,
Mega Man X 2,
Chrono Trigger,
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past*
Earthworm Jim,
MK 2 (Arcade* and SNES)
Killer Instinct (Arcade and SNES)
Star Fox (N64 and SNES)
Ghosts n' Goblins (arcade, NES, and SNES)
Demon's Crest**
Final Fantasy 7**
Resident Evil 1-4 (I think that this series gets more strange as time goes on)
Gears of War (PC)
Castle Crashers*
Bionic Commando Rearmed (PS3)
Alien Homnid
Dead Space*
Grand Theft Auto 1-4 (Yes, all of them including the London spin off packaged with GTA1 and 2. mostly on the PlayStation)
Dead Rising
The Soul Edge/Caliber series. (Arcade, PSX, Dreamcast, Xbox, GCN, PS3)
Ikaruga
Persona 4,
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