Comments on: Have you tried the Starcraft 2 beta?

By: Why I’m not playing SC2 « Welcome to Spinksville!

Why I’m not playing SC2 « Welcome to Spinksville! — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:10:55 +0000

[...] to all who commented on my SC2 post last week in which I explained why the beta had put me off. I’m definitely intrigued by the game now (which [...]

By: Void

Void — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:45:35 +0000

You should check out the latest trailer, it's all about the story in the single player campaign. Looks pretty epic. If the multiplayer didn't turn you away from the game too much the story trailer might suck you back in.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:10:36 +0000

Well, why do you actually want LAN? Is it for the seamless latency? You’ll get that, its not on Battle.net servers.

If you’re actually hurf-blurfing about having to sign onto Battle.net, I don’t know what to tell you. Its not that big a deal. Get over it, perhaps?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:09:18 +0000

“Remember for your $59 you are getting the Terran campaign only.”

You’re being dumb. Sure, you’re only getting the Terran campaign, but the campaigns are not going to be the length of the original campaigns. I’m expecting more like a Terran campaign as long as all three previous campaigns put together, then each race gets their own similar length campaign with the next two games.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:28:54 +0000

I played beta for about 3 months. I like SC1 better. Sc2 is sc1 with better graphics. I also dont like some of the micro management on the new units.

Remember for your $59 you are getting the Terran campaign only. You’re making a $180 commitment to Blizzard get all the campaigns. I realize alot of polish in in there but not $59 for a third of the game. I pretty sure this is Bobby Kotick’s idea.

I won’t be buying SC2 because it costs too much, no lan play (requires battle.net), too much micro in multiplayer, and Real ID integration.

Hopefully, the single player play for free version will show up in torrents a few days after July 27.

By: Vykromond

Vykromond — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:01:44 +0000

Err, cite? My strong understanding was that this is not the case, everything is over Bnet, period.

By: Wiqd

Wiqd — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:06:10 +0000

Everyone keeps saying they don’t like SC2 because of how MP-centric it is, but the original SC was just as MP-centric. There’s new devices, like the improved Battle.net for SC2, but it WILL have a single player campaign! 3 of them … actually. And if they do it right, each one should be as long as all 3 of the original campaigns, if not longer (they better be for splitting it up across 3 releases ).

The beta is completely MP because … well, really that’s what they need to test. For SP they know how they want the game to function and flow and the logistical issues of the game will sort themselves out through the MP beta.

They didn’t want to let people beta the SP because it’d give the story away It’s not that there isn’t one.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:47:10 +0000

Blizzard doesn’t often drop prices, but some retailers will. You just have to keep an eye out for sales.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:44:44 +0000

“You’ll need to sign into Battle.net”

That’s the rub. It’s idiotic to require signing into an internet service to play on a local network. Functionally, it’s not really LAN play if you’re checking in with the mothership.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:40:25 +0000

Mark me as another StarCraft fan who loved single player and liked the story… but who isn’t all that excited for SC2. I didn’t play the beta, but I don’t mind.

Oh, and the only multiplayer I ever did was LAN play. With that missing from SC2, there’s just not much for me there.