Starcraft 2 Thread

[Hybrid_theory]

wow back the fun bus up! they removed LAN from starcraft ? Isn't that an incredibly big feature to remove from it ?

Yes it is. The main reason blizzard said they removed it was to enhance the use of battle net with the game and to allow that to interact with people playing together. It sucks for those with slow/no internet connection. Or giant LAN gatherings where 20+ connections to the internet is bad news for the local router.

@FordGT The beta ran from about March I think till June 7. Then it came back up on July 7 and stopped on the 19th.

 

[DrPepper]

Yes it is. The main reason blizzard said they removed it was to enhance the use of battle net with the game and to allow that to interact with people playing together. It sucks for those with slow/no internet connection. Or giant LAN gatherings where 20+ connections to the internet is bad news for the local router.

@FordGT The beta ran from about March I think till June 7. Then it came back up on July 7 and stopped on the 19th.

Exactly I thought giant LAN gatherings were a main point for it.

 

[W1zzard]

i am quite sure the primary reason for no lan was to cut down on illegal copies by casuals.
within a couple of weeks there will be server emulators which can be used for local lan parties, but it's nothing for the average gamer joe.
professional lan parties have internet access anyway, so people can log on to battle.net

 

[DrPepper]

i am quite sure the primary reason for no lan was to cut down on illegal copies by casuals.
within a couple of weeks there will be server emulators which can be used for local lan parties, but it's nothing for the average gamer joe.
professional lan parties have internet access anyway, so people can log on to battle.net

I guess but can't they leave the LAN feature in even after logging into battle.net or does that make it useless to even have LAN.

 

[Champ]

So is this a must buy or are we talking SupCom1-SupCom2 difference?

 

[Hybrid_theory]

So is this a must buy or are we talking SupCom1-SupCom2 difference?

I would imagine its along the same lines, i havent played supreme commander 2. i played #1 for like 10 minutes.

SC2 has some new units, some others removed. Every unit has an ability whether passive or clickable. This wasnt quite the case in sc1, there were a few w/o abilities; not many though. New graphics, fantastic online experience so far. Its much better than sc1 in that regard i find.

 

[3870x2]

@ Easo thats done in other regions as well. Its to sell the game at a cheaper price so players can try it out. ANd then they can subscribe for a month or buy the full version.

@inferKnox I will agree that the mothership isnt fun anymore, but it was overpowered compared to the queen and thor super units. Warcraft 1,2,3 and Starcraft have always had units larger than buildings, its just the way they do it. Not sure what kind of physics you want for an RTS... Its not a sim racer or a building game. The portraits werent pixelated at all for me.

Edit:

I read that those of you with the beta installed, will want to uninstall it before installing SC2 next week. Otherwise there will be problems.

Partly correct about uninstalling the beta. while blizzard recommends you uninstall the beta (and I do, just to get your 2gb back) there will be no conflicts. The registry keys, system files, original install paths, my documents paths, and local settings paths will be "Starcraft II Beta" and "Starcraft II" respectively.

 

[Depth]

Delivery estimate: 27 July 2010 - 28 July 2010
Dispatch estimate for these items: 26 July 2010
1 "Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Mac/PC CD)"
Computer Game; £29.71

Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L.

Hmm, 5 days.

 

[Hybrid_theory]

Hmm, 5 days.

Yeah i dont buy games online(unless digital). i like to play it as soon as i can for the most part.

 

[Depth]

Well I can't see Norway anywhere on the release lists and the digital won't come out for weeks. £27 is $41, while the retail for new games in Norway always lies at 500 NOK which is $81.

 

[Hybrid_theory]

Good news for the Australians, region lock is scrapped. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6270670.html

 

[inferKNOX]

wow back the fun bus up! they removed LAN from starcraft ? Isn't that an incredibly big feature to remove from it ?

For Blizzard anti-piracy surpasses all reasoning and sanity it seems.wtf:

 

[ComradeSader]

Sigh

Install game > update game > start game > YOU NEED TO INSTALL PATCH, do you want to now? Sure > install patch again > start game > YOU NEED TO INSTALL PATCH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO NOW? Also your GPU drivers are teh shite, update > Updates GPU drivers to 10.7 > Start game > YOU NEED PATCH > Installing patch yet again....

FML.

 

[Frick]

Will probably not buy it until next month. I think.

 

[pr0n Inspector]

Blizzard can have my middle finger in their asses. This.. thing shouldn't even be released outside Korea.

 

[Frizz]

I bought mine directly from www.starcraft2.com.au .... it says same day delivery so I went "hey its blizzard they keep their word" ... but I see why they haven't outsourced any of their servers, mainly because their support would then be dumb downed to certain country's standards.

In this case, Australia Post fails paid for Xpress shipping probably won't arrive til 2 days even though it says same day -_-... FML


.... well that or my game got stolen

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Just got mine at the local game shop . Installation is taking forever

 

[Frick]

anyone else been playing sc1 in preperation lol?

Sat down with the first game this spring, but I never got around to finish BW.

Blizzard can have my middle finger in their asses. This.. thing shouldn't even be released outside Korea.

Some of us look forward to it.

 

[W1zzard]

waiting for my delivery .. ordered from uk.. takes a bit longer to germany, but no german language bs

 

[ComradeSader]

Play a few Skirmish games.. It's.. alright? I guess. It's just sit back in base, horde resources, fend off an attack or two (hard and very hard AI), then attack en' mass. Yet to try multi.

The graphics are unbecoming of a game that was supposedly in production for five years imo; looks like Warcraft 3 with HD textures, decent shadows and widescreen.

Blizzard also don't like you(me) quitting it, it froze up my system when I tried to exit, needing a force restart to get shit working again. Only happened once since I've only had one sitting so far.

 

[Lionheart]

Played about 7hrs worth so far, 4hrs - 5hrs were in the campaign and an extra 2hrs was just playin skirmish with the AI, I like it so far, pretty much what I was expecting, I mainly just want it for the story and see what happens multiplayer and skirmish are just extras for me

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Multiplayer is where the cream is. And the world editor... The box alone contains 1000+ games. This game is loaded. Aside from the single player campaign, it has challenge maps that teaches you sc efficiency, not to mention, a plethora of creative map makers online, ready to be shared with everyone.. Aside from hectic TD maps, gladiator, and AoS-like maps, that viking shooter game in the bar at the campaign, someone can unload the mpq, modify it and make it multiplayer.

 

[Delta6326]

from someone that likes RTS and has never played SC but loved Warcraft3 is this a good buy? or wait till sunday when i go in town and check reviews

 

[Hybrid_theory]

I do love SC and for that I say yes. However, if you liked the hero aspect alot in WC3, that is not present. If you're not sure go on youtube and watch one of the battle reports. it shows a 1v1 match of some pros. if it looks interesting from that, then get it.

 

[KingPing]

I have 2 question:

1) I live in Argentina (Latin America), and i was going to buy a digital copy of the game until i notice that the languages available for my region were Spanish and Portuguese. This really piss me off because i play all my games in English, is the game multilanguage, or you are limited to the languages available in your region???. Please say i can buy the English version!!!

2) does the game have a skirmish mode in single player so i can play solo like all C&C had? ( at least until C&C4:shadedshu)


Thanks!!!