Fightgarr said:
Here are my opinions on the matter:
The Three Game Deal: this is kind of a bullshitty approach. To me it seems like sort of a money grab on Blizzard's part. Generally, if a game isn't finished yet, Blizzard has had no problem delaying it so that they can finish it. While I realize the purpose is to have extensive campaigns on each race, I feel like its awfully convenient that I may have to buy the game 3 times for the experience (all at full price?).
The Online Play: Now I haven't heard that much about the online play, but I heard rumors that you may need to pay for the online this time around. I'm very unsure on that point, but if its the case than Blizzard can f*ck right off.
Balance Issues: There are two issues that I can perceive with regard to balance and the first is easily solved. The first issue with balance is that, with the extensive campaigns being released one at a time, people will, at the start, be generally a lot better with the Terrans from the campaign. This means that people wanting to learn to play as the other two will have to fight to survive a lot harder. The other balance issue that I can perceive is that, from the demo I watched, it doesn't look as balanced as the first game. It looks less like playing the Protoss and playing the Terrans is a completely different experience. This is just a first impression though, I could be very wrong.
Anyway, that's my humble opinion. I hope Blizzard the best, but I'm probably skipping this one for a while.
Hey dude, just to fill you in with what I heard on Blizzcast, the SC II site, and such.
Three Game Idea - Blizz wants to sate our thirst for the game, and also to portray an 'epic story arc' for each race. This is accomplished by making each race's campaign roughly the size of the original game all together. Totals of 90 missions have been estimated by Blizz when everything's out, with more cinematics and better character development. I don't want to wait forever, we've been here for 10 years+ and the online play will be ready, just not all campaigns. For that, I agree with them.
Online Play - SC II has been stated to use Bnet for FREE as before. Blizz would be invoking a riot otherwise. They also said they are throwing the idea of integrated voice chat around, but that's not official. Bnet will be seeing improvements, but the old SC will also be available. No changes to the system we know and love, but possible additions.
Balance Issues - People will probably be prone to Terran, though old school players, like myself, who love the other two, will undoubtedly lean towards them no matter what. The PvT demo on the SC II site right now make me think Terran and Protoss are decently balanced, especially for an 'alpha' build. Zerg, according the the Blizzcast episodes, are a ***** to balance. Due to their dynamic features and speed of play, you tweak one thing, and they become OP. You tweak another, they suck all of a sudden. That's why we haven't seen much on them, they're still getting hella lot of work done on them.
Why is SC II not in the media and being hyped too much, Quit0? Well, if you know what SC is, you don't need hype. SC players are a cult and religion of their own. Korea worships the bloody thing! The SC II site and the few vids that surface on Youtube are good enough, smart marketing here is not to market too heavily. Same with D3. Blizz is just being lazy because they can be, IMO.
That's my bit, again, sources are the SC II site FAQ, Blizzcast, and a rumor or 2 (mainly for the Bnet additions, it WILL be free on Bnet).
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