Yes I knew that, I was making a point, if your game is 20 hours long, and you have other content in development for it, why not just wait and put that in the game as well?Xzi said:
Starcraft 2: Will you pay full price for 1/3 of a game?
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Well since he chose to ignore my comment on how DOW2 was around 40 or so hours for me and expected SC2 to be about the same I think he is just missing the point, or he is a hopeless cheerleader who can't stand someone not liking blizzard milking them for money.Iwata said:
Wings of Liberty is plenty long to warrant full purchase price. People seem to think that they made a game called Starcraft 2, which was of normal video game length (10-20 hours) and then just divided it into 3 parts. That's not true at all. It's 1 full, lengthy experience (including all of the multiplayer) and 2 full-featured expansion packs.
Given that I was mainly interested in playing the zerg campaign, this was enough to make me want to wait until the entirety of this is in the discount bin.
Ummn rpg's tend to be longer than console games, I would argue however RTS's are as long if not longer than rpg's.Xzi said:
Personally if there is not 60-80 hours of single player play in start craft 2, its not the full release.
Wait, what? You are faulting a real time strategy game for requiring strategy? If you think the zerg was just mass units and go then you never played against good players. Starcraft is one of the most balanced RTS' on the market, that is why it has withstood the test of time.SyphonX said:
You are right about it not being incredibly innovative. Blizzard doesn't really do innovative all that often. They make excellent games that are balanced and polished.
And for the record, Starcraft 1 is only one of a very few games from 12 years ago that is still sold new in retail stores. The only other game that old I've seen on those shelves is another Blizzard game: Diablo 2.
It's fine to not like a game because it doesn't speak to you, but don't consider it a bad game because you didn't like it.
There are many reasons not to get Starcraft 2 as-it-is, but lets stick to the topic at hand. Will you pay full price for 1/3 of a game? the answer is...No, of course not. Since I do not know yet how blizzard is telling there 3 part epic story, I will go out on a branch and say that Starcraft 2:Wings of Liberty is not, I repeat NOT, 1/3 of a game. It's 1/3rd of a story, its like the Gears of War series; where both games set you up for another round of fighting alien bad guys behind chest-high walls while continuing where the other left off.
Watch TB's "I Suck at Starcraft 2". When I played the beta I sucked as I'd never played the original and I play less micro intensive RTS's. But after watching two episodes and watching all my replays I got way better and I really enjoy it.GamesB2 said:
Oh my god, THANK YOU!
I was beggining to suspect that noone but me had fiqured that out and then there you go, summing it all up in one paragraph.
So yes, I agree. When they bundle it and sell it for a somewhat reasonable price, MAYBE I'll buy it (if something better isn't on the horizon by then), but until then I'll be completely ignoring this giant dick-move of a game.
I was beggining to suspect that noone but me had fiqured that out and then there you go, summing it all up in one paragraph.
So yes, I agree. When they bundle it and sell it for a somewhat reasonable price, MAYBE I'll buy it (if something better isn't on the horizon by then), but until then I'll be completely ignoring this giant dick-move of a game.
It's really more like paying for 1/3 of a game that is the length of 3 games. And haven't they announced they won't all be $60?
They are doing this I believe to side step the trap that game with three campaigns like Alien Vs. Predator had, with the game spreading it self to thin. Having it split into three games allows for a lot more wiggle room for each of the stories and the mechanics of each race.Nimzabaat said:
Besides, your not just getting the campaign, you get the multiplayer that has been refined and balanced after a long Beta process, plus a few protoss missions to preview the next expansion pack, plus all the custom maps, and GAMES the galaxy editor has and will be allowed to make (I seen everything from side scrollers to first person shooters to bullet-hells).
So you would rather pay $140 now rather then $60 later, yea your good with money.Xzi said:
Hes not BSing he's right, as I said for me DOW 2 was 40 hours +, SC1 was 30-40, WC3 was 30-40 as well, now they are expecting $60 for a 20 hour game and to shell out for expansions?Xzi said: