Starcraft 2: Mothership Connection

Valve, maybe.

And Popcap!

jesus how long is it going to take them to get this shit together. not only has it been like 10 years since the last one but everything about 2 looks like it's pretty much exactly the same with a couple new units and hi-resier graphics.

Having just witnessed the pre-Beta in action I can confirm that it looks and plays pretty much exactly the same, but a bit more 3D-er (and sharper, or course). Apparently they haven't finalised all the races yet, and to my ears it sounds like they're using the same awful sound effects/voices from the last one. So it looks kinda nice, but sounds hella annoying. Maybe they're just placeholder sounds for now...

Anyone else going nuts every time they push back StarCraft 2? I'm iffy on this whole "one race per product" thing for single player, but the mode to train for multiplayer sounds interesting. Mainly I just want them to release a multiplayer beta, with the fringe chance that it'll get hacked and distributed widely if I'm not in the beta group.

Im trying to pretend Im not going to pick this up on day 1 but I probably will. I kinda hate RTS games these days but Blizzard does such a good job with them w/r/t the stories and the characters.

my roommate got into the beta, i'm about to give it a whirl

curious!

got my beta key yesterday after pre-ordering from gamestop. Haven't had the time to play it yet though.

anybody else here tried it?

I'm 0-4 so far. About to leave the 'Practice' league OMG

it looks really complicated to play. is it complicated?

is it enjoyable is what i wanna know

odd timing. I just bought the original game for $5 at a used shop earlier tonight.

It is enjoyable. People who have played the original will have an initial advantage in that the resource and production system is the same. However about half of the units are new which makes things a bit confusing at the onset.

The Terrans have 4 ground units as opposed to 3 in the original - marines, ghosts, and two units that are kinda like firebats. And unfortunately the goliath is gone - replaced by HUGE ground units called Thors (which require as much tech upgrading as the Battlecruisers did in the original, so you won't be able to create them for awhile).

can i still switch my modes on the tanks to awesome stationary cannon unit?

Yes

Also if you have the capability, the graphics are nice (there is an 'ultra' setting I'd like to see someday). I'm playing on a 3 year old laptop withal 128 meg video card and on LQ it looks good and is quite smooth.

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS 7-27
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2010/05/04/starcraft-2-wings-of-liberty-release-date-a/1

realized the original was released at the exact halfway point of my life atm and I kinda lol'd but was mostly sad

is this coming out on the mac at the same time?

I'm playing on a 3 year old laptop withal 128 meg video card and on LQ it looks good and is quite smooth.

:(

MACS REQUIRE MORE VESPENE GAS 7-27

kclu, do you have a video card or integrated graphics?

btw Command Centers now have offensive ability

...though not when they're airborne (unfortunately)

my number one wished for ability for the command center was for it to land on other units (possible your own)

pretty sure integrated

i can't play RTSs but i do get a weird pleasure out of watching youtubes of this game

It looks awesome. I hope it runs on my 2 year old iMac.

The original starcraft caused me to flunk out of college the first time. I would play that shit for 20 hours a day.

my pc has an NVIDIA GeForce 7150m / nForce 630M, which should be good enough, I think.

so is it the processor..?

oh, my processor is only 2.0 GHz.

This beta test is pretty awesome. It's a lot like the original SC, but I feel like the races are a little more differentiated and have a definite flavor. The existing units and abilities kind of got shifted around so it's a very different game in that the strategies are different, but the gameplay is nearly identical to the original.

In one hour I will playing the beta on my Mac. Woohoo!

Mordy, let me know if you want to play

I'm so terrible at it. :(

this game is sick, you have to play soooo much to be good. i still love getting my ass kicked, though.

additional supply depots required

not enough thespian gas!

interesting article on Edge online, about the korean fascination for the original Warcraft. if anyones not seen it.

http://www.next-gen.biz/features/starcrafts-enduring-legacy-part-one

erm 'Starcraft'
lol

no mention of their crazy black sox-esque scandal?

this is some crazy shit right here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbpCLqryN-Q

Day9tv.blip.tv is hosting a king of the beta tourney until Tues. Good stuff to hold you over.

cough splutter, snatched from an amazon review is this true?

"this is only a third of the game, the first part of three. You can only play the Terran campaign. The Zerg and the Protoss campaigns will be released independently later "

as far as I know, that's true

I played against a friend of mine who's korean american and he was almost as fast. tbh I don't think it's difficult to achieve that level, you just need to be willing to put in the time to slog through all those practice sessions. it's not really any different from being really good at touch typing or any other kind of twitch gaming.

Starcraft II being a 3logy is old news y'all! The full game is shipping multi-wise though, I think the later installments are going to be just single-player with additions to multi kind of like expansion packs. Except that they're gonna charge full price for each and make them standalone. Blizzard's not used to not making a trillion dollars on every release, see.

can't afford to buy this right now ;_;

Wouldnt be surprised if there were missions in the human campaign where you can control the other races' units.

is this really $60?? wtf :|

so only $180 for the whole thing

Played last weekend against Zerg. Opponent upgraded their overlords and came and dropped a zergling army on my main gg.

classic

damn the HotS expansion has a long beta. Release date is a good 4 months away???

ok playing starcraft again who wants to come play and beat me

I read the campaign was kinda weak in this and I am so shitty at multiplayer its not really an option. think Ill just watch lets plays while Im bored at work..

I got a lot better at multiplayer after practicing a ton when SC2 came out. I might be in the top 99% of players.

um

Yes, I am better than 1% of other players

stop umming my jokes

aw

i will win a multiplayer game at some point. i know it. i beat the training scenarios. steps.

are you bronze? just be hyper aggressive early and often and they'll get so flustered you'll win like 80% of the time.

worker rush imo

worker rush is a terrible idea

banshee rush focusing on their mineral line will beat a ton of people

joking about the worker rush... but it actually does work. just won't help you learn to actually play the game.

serve the hive

After reading a ton load of articles for the past month, and having a sick curiosity about this, I'm thinking that this weekend will be the one to try it out.

I only see a few tiny problems.

1) I'm not that into battlefield tactics games.

2) The last point & click game I really enjoyed was Syndicate on the Amiga.

3) I have two young kids and no free time whatsoever.

4) I've lost my mouse.

5) I don't play space marine games.

This can't be a bad idea can it?

there's a trial version! do it.

beating up on the AI a little bit this morning. been honing my douchebag marine rush.

I'm not big on playing as the zerg so this campaign is not quite my cup of tea. The cutscenes look really good, though!

Now to wait a couple years for the inevitable protoss expansion

I found my mouse!

I also have two kids and no time. I haven't played in more than a year. Still confident that I could beat noobs with one hand though.

ditto, minus the kids

So I've played this a fair bit over the weekend, kinda dig it.

its way more traditional than I thought it would be, but that i think must be the thing that keeps people hooked. I suppose when half of South Korea is lining up to f**k your golden cow, you dont change the cow...

The campaign seems to be just a massive tutorial to avoid you getting schooled in multiplayer, much like a fighting game.

the one thing I really like about it is that you can play for 20/30 mins and win/lose and be done, seeing as the only games I've played in the last year are Skyrim/Arkham city. The idea of a game that actually has a defined end appeals a lot.

There is a weird disconnect about how much it seems to be troubling my Macbook Air and how simple the graphics are, but I've literally not played a game on a Macintosh since the millenium, so who knows...

most places had it for £17 which is a price I'm cool with, but now it seems to have gone up everywhere to £26. So I'm on the fence...

Would the multiplayer be useful at all? or will everyone be on HOTS now with only me and some super l33t players still playing wings of Liberty?

HOTS is overpriced. I'll be sticking with WoL until it comes down.

I'm going to play some mono battles tomorrow. Haven't played in over a year.

Anyone buying the new one? I still haven't bought HotS. WoL multiplayer 4 life

Let me put my sunglasses on so I can see what I'm doing here

Shit, same day, different years. That shit is freaky.

Practicing my DT moves on the Brooklyn map, blinking from bar to bar

Somehow I've found myself watching lots of competitive Starcraft again. I had assumed it was dead but it seems to be going strong. I don't understand some of the new units since I haven't played since Wings of Liberty.

This is interesting:

https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/starcraft-ii-esports-history-1202873246/

the rise of serral is almost singlehandedly to blame for me watching again

He's really something. Zergs in general seem really strong. Few Terrans seem to get deep into tournaments right now.

his play is the most beautiful thing i've seen in SC2, though i hadn't seen much since like 2012

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/06/report-blizzard-began-making-then-canceled-a-starcraft-first-person-shooter/

Would play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyErZru_ims

https://i.imgur.com/mXB40WW.png

SCV rush