The sequel to Starcraft, which is perhaps the most legendary RTS yet released, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (If you’re going to watch a Blizzard cinematic, watch it in HD. Come on.) has been officially delayed until the first quarter of next year, to coincide with the launch of Battle.Net 2.0.
As you should be aware, Starcraft is serious business. Especially in South Korea. I have an extensive personal history playing Starcraft, and have been hotly anticipating a sequel since long before its annoucement.
However, with each new bit of news that Blizzard releases on Starcraft II, I become less and less enthused. I could deal with the game being released in three installments. That’s fine. It’s just like two expansion packs instead of one, right? No problems there. But then, of course, there was the infamous no LAN support announcement. That one was almost an immediate deal breaker for me. If they had released the game a month later, though, I might have still been hyped up enough to buy it. But now, Starcraft II is just a distant glimmer of a hope I once had. It’s possible that I’ll still buy it, I suppose. Possible, but not likely.
I fear that Blizzard is going to ruin one of the best things in the gaming world. It will be a dark time indeed if my fears are realized.
What about you? Do you think Blizzard has taken an axe to all that was once good in the world? Or are you still just as pumped about Starcraft II as ever? Tell us in the comments!
I made a goddamn t-shirt when the game was first announced and that was 2+ years ago? Honestly, my excitement has had a major damper put on it. The three installments is bullshit, as is the lack of LAN (cause, let’s face it, few things beat a well-organized LAN party), but I’m still invested in the game and the company. Regardless of the uproar with certain details, they know what everyone expects gameplay wise and will come out on top.
Unless they intend to package it with a special “massage” promotional thing, I don’t think i’ll be reserving this one. Let’s face it, everything goes better with a happy ending.
I think the reactions of people regarding the No-LAN announcement gives you can idea how the starcraft community feels.
Blizzard seems to have gotten to greedy since WOW. Starcraft in 3 installments – i was not happy about it but i was willing to accept that. Then the No-Lan announcement came out!! – I think they are purely doing that because they get no royalty fees from the starcraft tournaments in S korea especially because the Lan game is being used for broadcast.
It has nothing todo with piracy…well not in the way most of us are thinking about it.
There is an article about it here – http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/news/10265-blizzard-vs-kespa-the-ultimate-fight
So as i said before on another post – greed is behind this.
If i buy 2 motor vehciles and start to run competition of some sorts with the vechicles and then later the compition grows into a cultural phenomena does that give the vehcile manufacturer any right to what i have done – i think not.
[...] If you didn’t catch my comrade in arms OriginOfBob’s post, then I’ll catch you up to speed; Activision-Blizzard has decided to cancel LAN support for Starcraft II. Because of this, if you wish to play multiplayer, you are now forced to register a BattleNet account, and play through the net. Hundreds of thousands of players are up in arms about the decision to ditch LAN support, as it was just one of the many highlights of the original Starcraft. [...]
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