Comments on: Yet Another Post About Starcraft II

By: Ybfelix

Ybfelix — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:59:28 +0000

Halo 3 is just as bad. Actually make it see most modern “franchise” in general.

By: Damien Stark

Damien Stark — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:25:51 +0000

If only there were some way for you to avoid playing game-types you didn’t like…

Oh well, until someone discovers a way, I’m off to the Team Fortress 2 forums to complain about how crappy the single player experience is.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:34:06 +0000

@rage

In addition to mode of transport, marines are designed to be the first ones in, overwhelming a position with numbers. Expected to have the highest casualty rate as a result.

By: DerangedStoat

DerangedStoat — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:48:24 +0000

I too have this problem, although I persist and play through the game again (and still must do everything I can on subsequent play-throughs, even though there would be nothing new to see in most of it). It’s sucked the fun out of many games for me, but I still do it for some reason.

By: Adam Whitehead

Adam Whitehead — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:45:02 +0000

Since Blizzard have never called on SP map more than ‘one mission’ before – not in WC1, 2, 3, their expansions and SC1 and Brood War – it seems a bit weird that they’d start now.

Also, in addition to the 30 Terran missions in the first release there was supposed to be a Protoss ‘mini-campaign’ of several missions, but now it sounds like it’s been reduced to one, which is a bit lame.

http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/StarCraft_II:_Wings_of_Liberty#Mini-Campaign

By: Wilson

Wilson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:42:34 +0000

Sometimes you don’t always get a chance to save the game. Like in the old C&C, the choices came after a mission ended, so if you didn’t quite save before the end of every missions, you could get caught out a bit. I guess most games nowadays are better in that regard (hopefully). I personally quite like choices like that, even though they don’t often make much difference in the long term.

By: Mad Doc MacRae

Mad Doc MacRae — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:23:30 +0000

All the people whining about branching campaigns should look up something called a “save game” function. If you can’t handle replayability because you have zero attention span, you can still get around it.

By: Merus

Merus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13:53 +0000

I know I love it when a game says, “hey, what do you want to do first?” and then after I pick it decides to inform me that the “first” was implied, and now I’m stuck with my ‘decision’ and have to slog through the game again in order to see the other part of the game that I also paid for. It’s just super.

By: subedii

subedii — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:11:43 +0000

In response to Vandelay

By: subedii

subedii — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:11:21 +0000

I really enjoyed DoW2′s campaign. And the thing is, for having four sides, the campaign only focussed on one of them. They just gave it a lot more depth via the RPG mechanics and equipment.

By the looks of things SC2′s campaign is going to be more in-depth than that (especially with a far more in-depth starship hub), so I’m not seeing it as a problem. I didn’t get bored playing Space Marines in DoW2, they provided plenty enough variety besides to keep things interesting. As long as they’re working to make the campaign in SC2 something more involved, I don’t really have a problem with it.

By: Vandelay

Vandelay — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:05:17 +0000

In reality, Blizzard is doing something very similar to both Dawn of War and its sequel. Neither of those had campaigns for multiple races and no one complained that much (there was a little bit, but not to the same extent.)

I think we should give them the benefit of doubt for the time being. The impression they are giving is that the missions will be varied. The question still remains whether they will achieve making it varied enough to maintain interest, but I don’t think we should be passing judgement until someone impartial has played.

By: Gorgeras

Gorgeras — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:56:18 +0000

If Rockstar gave the Republican Space Rangers their own game, I’d forgive them for the botched GTA IV port.