Thread: Starcraft 2

I gotta wait 'till the 1st when my brother brings me his old graphics card.

I weep >:' (

hehe, already pre-downloaded the client Just awaiting the release date so I can instantly purchase and play it! (okay so it's a bit behind the midnight retail release, but meh, not too bothered by that )

I cannot wait for this game. my friends and I are playing all day and night and day again!!

I already pre-ordered the game from amazon yesterday, can't wait!

ughu you guysss qq

this would easily complete my life

So excited for this, the game will be PnP when I get home from Stockholm, and then I'm off to a 4+ day lan party with my buddies, and they all play SC2 aswell

Originally Posted by Marvo

So excited for this, the game will be PnP when I get home from Stockholm, and then I'm off to a 4+ day lan party with my buddies, and they all play SC2 aswell

Did they ever make the call to put back LAN functionality? I suppose you could still have a LAN party, just sharing the host's bandwidth to connect to Battlenet

relevant link: http://www.starcraft-fans.com/page/B...No+LAN+Support

Admittedly I've never played the original SC. It looks like I'm missing out...

Originally Posted by Taosaur

Did they ever make the call to put back LAN functionality? I suppose you could still have a LAN party, just sharing the host's bandwidth to connect to Battlenet

relevant link: Blizzard Responds to No LAN Support - StarCraft 2

In Denmark we have monster connections. Battle.net won't really be a problem

I never lagged on battlenet here in the US either...but the whole point of lan was to be able to play without internet. What if my internet goes out and my friends and I still want to play? looks like we're sol cause blizzard had to be stupid.

You will be able to play offline by loading credentials onto your computer, much like Steam. There won't be LAN support, of course, but you will be able to play SP and against AI, I believe.

I never lagged on battlenet here in the US either...but the whole point of lan was to be able to play without internet. What if my internet goes out and my friends and I still want to play? looks like we're sol cause blizzard had to be stupid.

haha, try and apply that scenario to some sort of huge official LAN party or tournament Epic.

Originally Posted by SomeDreamer

haha, try and apply that scenario to some sort of huge official LAN party or tournament Epic.

It's a classic case of a media company opting to hobble their product and alienate paying customers on account of pirate hysteria. Of course, it's always a matter of how badly you want what they have, and in this case they're confident they have our nuts in a vise. And they're right

Grrr, didn't notice the digital download can't be activated until 10am PACIFIC. Two more hours.

*grinds teeth and scratches forearms*

It's cool, I can wait.

*beats head against wall*

Originally Posted by Taosaur

It's a classic case of a media company opting to hobble their product and alienate paying customers on account of pirate hysteria. Of course, it's always a matter of how badly you want what they have, and in this case they're confident they have our nuts in a vise. And they're right

You know, compared to some of the DRM disasters you see in different games, I'd say that SC2 are one of the better ones. While it does suck, it will probably finally encourage LAN hosts to put some thought into their network setup, instead of just hammering up something cheap that won't hold 100 people connected to the internet at the same time.

Originally Posted by Marvo

You know, compared to some of the DRM disasters you see in different games, I'd say that SC2 are one of the better ones. While it does suck, it will probably finally encourage LAN hosts to put some thought into their network setup, instead of just hammering up something cheap that won't hold 100 people connected to the internet at the same time.

It doesn't affect me one way or the other, but it does seem like a big finger to the hardcore fans, and a business strategy I'd rather not see persist (i.e. treating your customers like criminals).

In other news, battle.net was spitting errors left and right and Blizzard phone support was "full," but after several attempts, I'm in

I pre-ordered mine, but can't buy it till 29th because of work, that will be late-night shopping. I been playing the beta though and I think i've come up with a really good protoss strategy

I've already played more than 2/3 of the campaign.

Spoiler for Not that spoilery:

The story and the scenarios are cool, but the units and even the characters in the cut scenes seem to have a lot less personality than in the original game. Everyone in the cut scenes is either super-hero buff and grizzled or a flawless waif, and the in-game voice acting for the units is all business, it seems like to me. One of the great things about the original was all the goofy references and how the different kinds of units were each characters in their own right. They seem to have gone more in the WoW/WC3 direction of trying to make everything over-the-top epic.

That's disappointing. I was hoping they would retain exactly those aspects from the original game.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

I've already played more than 2/3 of the campaign.

Spoiler for Not that spoilery:

The story and the scenarios are cool, but the units and even the characters in the cut scenes seem to have a lot less personality than in the original game. Everyone in the cut scenes is either super-hero buff and grizzled or a flawless waif, and the in-game voice acting for the units is all business, it seems like to me. One of the great things about the original was all the goofy references and how the different kinds of units were each characters in their own right. They seem to have gone more in the WoW/WC3 direction of trying to make everything over-the-top epic.

I really really hope Blizzard doesn't do this with Diablo 3...

Originally Posted by Black_Eagle

That's disappointing. I was hoping they would retain exactly those aspects from the original game.

To balance what I said, the way the mission design relates to the storytelling is very good, just as you'd expect, and the eye-candy is brilliant. Of the new units I've used, the Protoss Colossus is very cool (think War of the Worlds tripod death ray) and the Terrans have a Robotech-style transforming fighter-mech which is a lot of fun, though I don't know how useful in multi-player. Another kind of cool thing is you can see a lot of the units up close in the Armory on Raynor's ship, though of course we won't get that with the other races until the next two installments, hopefully priced as expansions despite that word "trilogy" that keeps floating around.

*WARNING*

You can't change your "character name".

I thought it was just some random profile and now my Battle.net name is my real name

I'm still debating whether or not I should get this game.