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What.. this came out like 2 years ago. Seriously? I believe you mean how long it takes for Activision games to go down in price.
Haha! It's only for the boxed copy too. (at least for my region) Download price is business as usual. TERRIBLE!
What a shame that this is all they can do for a sale. I've seen occasional sales on Amazon for the boxed version (which I'd consider superior because you get the box, physical media, registration code entitling you to digital version support and redownloads), so I was hoping for a price of $20-30 or so.
I used to really love StarCraft, but this game ruined it for me. The story, the crowd it attracted... everything about it killed my fledgling interest in the franchise. Forty dollars is still too much for this.
Online key store have it for around $30, it's usable in all regions too now I think so yeah, get on that if you're after an actually "cheap" copy
@Max:
If I recall correctly, there are no global keys. Sure you may be able to log in and play from any region, but the MP region you can access will always be limited.
If I recall correctly, there are no global keys. Sure you may be able to log in and play from any region, but the MP region you can access will always be limited.
not worth it, single player story is garbage and multi is never the same month to month. save your money.
Wow, so much hatred. Honestly, I have no qualms saying this: Starcraft 2 is the best classic RTS ever made. The single player campaign is polished, well-made, and has variety. The multiplayer is pretty much anything you can ask for. The modding possibilities are beyond count, and the actual multiplayer modding community is probably amongst the most vibrant in gaming. Its competitive scene is also probably the top in the world.
Are there problems? Sure. The story is SHIT. The single player campaign takes too long to get beyond "tutorial"-esque missions. The single player only has Terran missions, with some notable Protoss exceptions. There's no LAN.
Also, if you don't like classic RTSs, then you won't like this. It's not innovative or new. It plays mostly like how Starcraft did, only with a thousand little UI improvements, a new set of units and capabilities, and a prettier engine. However, if it wasn't "cool" to hate Blizzard right now, an improved and updated Starcraft 1 would be more than enough for most people to swoon.
Whatever.
Are there problems? Sure. The story is SHIT. The single player campaign takes too long to get beyond "tutorial"-esque missions. The single player only has Terran missions, with some notable Protoss exceptions. There's no LAN.
Also, if you don't like classic RTSs, then you won't like this. It's not innovative or new. It plays mostly like how Starcraft did, only with a thousand little UI improvements, a new set of units and capabilities, and a prettier engine. However, if it wasn't "cool" to hate Blizzard right now, an improved and updated Starcraft 1 would be more than enough for most people to swoon.
Whatever.
Yeah, not sure where all this hate is coming from.
I'll be the first to admit that there are problems with the game--namely, the crowd that the game attracts sometimes makes me want to slit my wrists. It's a spoiled, bratty bunch of players that hang around reddit and seem to have no other motive in life than to be dicks online and whine about stuff. Naturally, the entire community isn't like this, but it's sometimes hard to tell.
Secondly, Blizzard's philosophy about game balance and its tendency to overpatch is distressing. Instead of letting the game mellow and letting the competitive community adapt to and take advantage of the game engine, Blizzard insists on patching every single thing that doesn't agree with their glorified sense of balance.
But if you can manage to overlook those two issues, you'll be left with a very solid RTS game with a great deal of depth, that emphasizes thinking and strategy over hair trigger mechanics, level grinding, or other mechanics. It's not quite the gem that Starcraft 1 was, competitively speaking, but it's very close, and that's probably the biggest compliment you could give to any RTS game.
I'll be the first to admit that there are problems with the game--namely, the crowd that the game attracts sometimes makes me want to slit my wrists. It's a spoiled, bratty bunch of players that hang around reddit and seem to have no other motive in life than to be dicks online and whine about stuff. Naturally, the entire community isn't like this, but it's sometimes hard to tell.
Secondly, Blizzard's philosophy about game balance and its tendency to overpatch is distressing. Instead of letting the game mellow and letting the competitive community adapt to and take advantage of the game engine, Blizzard insists on patching every single thing that doesn't agree with their glorified sense of balance.
But if you can manage to overlook those two issues, you'll be left with a very solid RTS game with a great deal of depth, that emphasizes thinking and strategy over hair trigger mechanics, level grinding, or other mechanics. It's not quite the gem that Starcraft 1 was, competitively speaking, but it's very close, and that's probably the biggest compliment you could give to any RTS game.
@killias2
"Starcraft 2 is the best classic RTS ever made."
Rise of Nations would like to have a word with you.
"Starcraft 2 is the best classic RTS ever made."
Rise of Nations would like to have a word with you.
How can someone claim to not understand why people don't like something then literally go on to give examples of why people don't like it?
That aside, yeah, you guys pretty much summed up my complaints. Shit story, over patched, terran only campaign, no lan, always online, marines always win, and player base is mostly hardcore and snotty.
But I guess playing tower defense non rts games IS kinda fun, but I mean... It's not what o got the game for. But with that considered, I would wait until it goes down to 10-15 dollars because that's about what it's worth.
That aside, yeah, you guys pretty much summed up my complaints. Shit story, over patched, terran only campaign, no lan, always online, marines always win, and player base is mostly hardcore and snotty.
But I guess playing tower defense non rts games IS kinda fun, but I mean... It's not what o got the game for. But with that considered, I would wait until it goes down to 10-15 dollars because that's about what it's worth.
If the price of the D2 battle chest is anything to go off of then SC2 won't have a true price drop until SC3 comes out to disappoint everyone.
@Tekbunny
I'm in it for the map editor. I became VERY adept at Warcraft 3's map editor all in an attempt to prepare myself for this. Starcraft 2 is my modding dream come true, the single player, though? Shit I just cheat my way through that just to get a feel for the units and see which ones would look coolest in certain scenarios.
I'm in it for the map editor. I became VERY adept at Warcraft 3's map editor all in an attempt to prepare myself for this. Starcraft 2 is my modding dream come true, the single player, though? Shit I just cheat my way through that just to get a feel for the units and see which ones would look coolest in certain scenarios.
@Pvt Jackass - If I remember correctly, like with Diablo 3 I remember reading recently that Blizzard have patched/are going to patch for global play with SC2
source: http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/122/1224488p1.html
source: http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/122/1224488p1.html
There's a difference between noting a game's flaws and thinking it is worth <20 bucks.
Great singleplayer campaign (even including the flaws), great multiplayer, great modding....
Sure, if your connection sucks or you depend on LAN or you dislike classic RTS, then it's not worth the purchase. Otherwise, worth it at 60, and definitely worth it under 60.
Great singleplayer campaign (even including the flaws), great multiplayer, great modding....
Sure, if your connection sucks or you depend on LAN or you dislike classic RTS, then it's not worth the purchase. Otherwise, worth it at 60, and definitely worth it under 60.
I bought it, just spending a month in Korea, and seeing the Global Starcraft 2 finals there in Seoul really had me interested. for 60 dollars they can forget it, but I have a bit of gaming money burning in my pocket at the moment so I thought what the hell.
I'll tell my Korean girlfriend it's her fault I bought it because she lives so damn far away.
I'll tell my Korean girlfriend it's her fault I bought it because she lives so damn far away.
What pissed me off to no end was getting my game in a cardboard box with a paper sleeve when I paid $60 bucks for it. V.V I know it is petty, but with all other PC games going the DVD-box style route, it would have been nice...
Anyway, SC2 was okay. It did not re-invent the wheel or anything, but it did not completely fizzle. It just did, you know? Still I am surprised this long after they would still be charging as much as they are for what really amounts to an okay game.
Anyway, SC2 was okay. It did not re-invent the wheel or anything, but it did not completely fizzle. It just did, you know? Still I am surprised this long after they would still be charging as much as they are for what really amounts to an okay game.
I know it's clearly selling like crazy, but dammit Blizzard. At $30, I'd love to pick up another copy so I can invite non-owning guests to play, plus get more practice on BattleNet without besmirching my main account. But even with having ~the~ hot PC IP on the market right now, 'Diablo III', you can't knock an additional $10 and make this a solid deal? I'd rather keep playing 'Brood War' SC1 with everyone than feel ripped off on SC2.
@killias2
$15 or 15 euro's or it never will be a buy for me. I totally disagree with how blizzard-activision prices everything.
$15 or 15 euro's or it never will be a buy for me. I totally disagree with how blizzard-activision prices everything.
As far as I knew it was reduced down to this price through a sale on and off from gamestop over the course of the last few months..
@Blahblahblahblah
Not Activision, Blizzard.
Blizzard's games (even before the Activision merger) have always taken a ridiculous amount of time to go down in price (which a lot of people are choosing not to remember I see), and usually they only go down because there's a battlechest involved. So this is actually a pretty odd occurrence, seeing how there's not battlechest.
@Blahblahblahblah
Not Activision, Blizzard.
Blizzard's games (even before the Activision merger) have always taken a ridiculous amount of time to go down in price (which a lot of people are choosing not to remember I see), and usually they only go down because there's a battlechest involved. So this is actually a pretty odd occurrence, seeing how there's not battlechest.
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