Blizzard Reveals StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Release Date
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Guys, geez.
I dislike Activision as much as the next man, and Blizzard are an empty shell of the company I once loved, but the hate in this thread is silly.
WoL was a great game. If you didn't like the multiplayer, well, ok but it was always going to be the primary focus of a fucking STARCRAFT game. If you liked the SP, well, you get the next part of the story for an expansion price. There's no excuse to hate here, other than sour grapes or projected rage from Blizzard's other mistakes.
I dislike Activision as much as the next man, and Blizzard are an empty shell of the company I once loved, but the hate in this thread is silly.
WoL was a great game. If you didn't like the multiplayer, well, ok but it was always going to be the primary focus of a fucking STARCRAFT game. If you liked the SP, well, you get the next part of the story for an expansion price. There's no excuse to hate here, other than sour grapes or projected rage from Blizzard's other mistakes.
Yes finally! There was no way in hell that Blizzard was going to release Diablo III, a WoW expansion and HotS all in the same year. Still have a ways to go but at least we've got a date nailed down.
This is a fun comparison actually.ArkhamHorror said:
Oh oh oh. Think about people who read the Wheel of Time series. They had to pay full price for 1/14th of a full book each book.
Wings of Liberty had some of the worst damn writing I've seen in a game yet, but I've been keeping a close-ish eye on the beta to see how multiplayer shapes up.
I'll admit that "landmines with rocket launchers" did not do good things for my confidence, but I can be won back. Buff the carriers, Blizzard. Shorter build times, better micro potential.
I'll admit that "landmines with rocket launchers" did not do good things for my confidence, but I can be won back. Buff the carriers, Blizzard. Shorter build times, better micro potential.
The thing is. The original starcraft wasnt anticipated as the greatest rts multiplayer of all time, it BECAME that. How could it, Internet wasnt at all as mainstream as it is now. There are loads of us that love starcraft for completely different reasons. Like the story, and brilliant campaign.Daemonate said:
While the SC2 campaign had its moments, it was pretty damn awful and lacking in scope compared to the original campaign. And while I had fun with it, I was ultimately disappointed.
Anyway, my point is that Starcraft wasnt always about the multiplayer, and still isnt for a lot of us. If it was only about that, blizzard wouldnt bother to make a campaign at all.
Very much this. I really don't understand why people keep on making this same stupid complaint. WoL isn't 1/3 of a game, it's 1/3 of a trilogy. It has basically the same amount of content the original Starcraft (29 missions as opposed to 30 for the first game), it just uses them to only tell the first part of the story rather than the whole thing. Complaining that you don't like the actual game is fair enough, but complaining that there's something inherently wrong with making a trilogy is just bizarre.ArkhamHorror said:
The one thing that does seem a bit odd to me is the excessive development time. Sure, Blizzard are nearly as bad as Valve for not releasing until they decide everything is as ready as it possible can be. But this isn't building a game from scratch. The engine already exists, most of the assets already exist, I'm sure many of the environments will be reused, and at least a basic outline for the story must have been known. Nearly three years to add in a couple more units and put together 30 or so maps seems a bit much.
heart of the swarm is only $40..........lancar said:
OT: YES! time to go order my CE
been waiting for them to announce a release for some time now as i want to get my zerg on in campain again.(not that WOL wasnt great, despite what some intitled idiots think, but i really needed a tutorel for zerg play in SC2.)