Starcraft 2 Heart Of The Swarm Opening Cinematic
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Vikings are dreadful on land. Even un-upgraded Zerglings would made short work of them. That Viking was clearly Bronze League.Renegade-pizza said:
I would argue that, save for a few select people, Starcraft is not a very compelling single player experience. The storytelling is...uh...questionable, to say the least. And the old-school base building RTS doesn't make for terribly engaging game play when pitted against an AI. If it were a $10 game I'd say go for it, but it's not, so...Ickorus said:
However, depending on your reasons for not enjoying the multiplayer, I'd recommend giving that another shot. SC multiplayer is amongst my favorite experiences over 30 years of gaming, and I'm no pro. It's a beautifully balanced game, with fairly simply unit lineups and controls hiding pretty amazing depth. It's a game I find rewarding to learn and play.
I recommend Total Biscuit's "I Suck At Starcraft 2" channel if you want to see some videos of a player with average skill, explaining some basic mechanics and having fun without necessarily being elite at the game. [
quote="DarkhoIlow" post="9.399210.16363037"]I have no intention of playing the multiplayer because I can't see myself microing and macroing units skillfully so I'd rather not do it.[/quote]
And that goes for you too, I guess. The matchmaker is actually pretty good at pitting you against appropriate challenges. If you're no wizard at macro/micro, you can rest fairly assured the guys you play against will be just as handicapped. Bronze League games can actually be incredibly entertaining, as they're full of wild experimentation. If it's not for you, it's not for you, but don't get intimidated off it by reputation. If you can play the campaign, you can compete in MP.
Heh, I noticed that too! Spot the Wilhelm scream is my favorite movie/trailer/video related game.Ickorus said:
Actually, I'm in the same boat as you. If I buy it, I'm buying it only for the single player. The multiplayer match making system gave me a coronary, I am not that competitive.
Though, I read that they were thinking of unnerfing Terran Reaper Rush, which doing al- in cheese like that is really the only way for me to enjoy SC2 multiplayer.
They're actually introducing an unranked match-maker with HOTS. Might be a little less competitive.Uszi said:
The Reaper is basically a completely new unit in HoTS. Its usefulness is no longer solely for early game harrass and actually has some stayin power all the way till mid-late game. Im sure someone with extraordinary macro/micro will be able to use them even in late game.Uszi said:
Echoing what people have said; Blizzard rock at CGI trailers, to the point that I would love to watch just a compilation of them all.
But I've grown out of Starcraft. It's too much about reaction times, actions per minute, less a game of chess and more a boxing match. I've long preferred Total War, but I do love the RPG feel to the Starcraft single player...Hmm, I will probably buy it, but I won't go much into multiplayer.
But I've grown out of Starcraft. It's too much about reaction times, actions per minute, less a game of chess and more a boxing match. I've long preferred Total War, but I do love the RPG feel to the Starcraft single player...Hmm, I will probably buy it, but I won't go much into multiplayer.
I know that I'm buying this, I had a massive amount of fun with WOL despite the fact the escapist(by which I mean Yahtzee) don't seem to be the biggest starcraft fans. I still can't understand the stupidity of the people not buying this game because of Diablo 3, besides the fact they are completely different teams making the games it is dumb to never buy a game from a company agian because they made one bad game.
Nintendo made the virtual boy LETS NEVER BUY FROM THEM AGAIN!!!!
Nintendo made the virtual boy LETS NEVER BUY FROM THEM AGAIN!!!!
Rest assured then! They still do that.Uszi said:
They just can't explode an expo in 3 seconds while doin so.
Ahh, I can put my few cents in. Very well could be an Omegalisk, a bunch of them, a particular type of Ultralisk which is basically motha-fuckin' huge.DVS BSTrD said:
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I've seen the trailer for or five times now and I fucking love it. Viking was badass, but stupid. In general, Hooolllyyy shit give me that game right now. I play competitively, too, and beaten campaign multiple times. So gorgeous.
I thought their damage against bio was dramatically lowered? They seem more like hyper-aggressive/mobile scouts now than anything.shintakie10 said:
It was actually completely removed. The don't have any bonus damage of any kind. However they have a tech ability that heals them 2 health a second if they're not hit for 10 seconds makin them disturbinly good at hit and run tactics, even in mid game. They also have 10 more health than their original counterparts and, while slower than their upgraded Wings of Liberty counterparts, don't have to tech to go full speed and just start off goin fast and have a shorter build time by...I think 5 seconds?BloatedGuppy said:
Don't require the tech lab any more, either.shintakie10 said:
They really did lose a lot of damage though. Previously a single Reaper could absolutely decimate a mineral line. Now they have to be back there a while to do serious damage.
The new peon roaster is the Oracle.