I didn't realize it at the time but Blizzard died for me when the Blizzard North guys left. Starcraft 2 wasn't bad but it was the beginning of the decline (edit: And World of Warcraft).
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Starcraft 2 ceases active development
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Oh, it wasn't Activision, that's for sure. You could already see that Blizzard was declining back when Wrath of the Lich King was the current WoW expansion. Battle.net 2.0 was such a travesty when Starcraft 2 launched that it was obvious they rushed to release an incomplete product. Come almost two years later and we have the Diablo 3 release fiasco.
Blizzard kind of reminds me of Bioware. Their incompetent leadership is the reason why their recent games have been mediocre at best.
I started playing this summer when me and my friends were looking for a new free game to play. It's damn good and while I wasn't there the whole time it must've been quite the ride for those who were.
Hopefully they'll make a new Starcraft someday. The player base for 2 seems like it's big enough to get matches quickly and there seems to be a decent number playing the coop campaigns, so I definitely recommend checking it out if you haven't already.
Hopefully they'll make a new Starcraft someday. The player base for 2 seems like it's big enough to get matches quickly and there seems to be a decent number playing the coop campaigns, so I definitely recommend checking it out if you haven't already.
Probably the most excited I've ever been for a game before release and one of the three games beside LoL and gmod that kinda lead me into pc gaming. I definitely did play the two expansions as much compared to Wings of Liberty. I still enjoyed the hell out of the game overall.
the story was not very engaging but the production values were high and the gameplay was top notch.
yeah the days of broodlord, swarmhost is gone. thankfully. locust are still powerful but the swarmhost costs a lot of supply. broodlords are powerful but slow and need a lot of air support or terran or protoss air will kill it in an instance.
i still feel lurkers are a bit toopowerful
End of an era. My FAV game of this gen and one of my fav games of all time. It's not perfect but it keeps bringing be back for more.
Cannot wait to see what Mike Mohaimhe's new teams have in store.
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I have grown up with SC1 and SC2, phenomenal games. I just about finished up leveling each Co-Op Commander 4 times each, and have almost all of the achievements. I also watch SC1 and SC2 Korean Tournaments consistently.
I am sure to keep playing this game for many years more, but it is sad to see the content cease.
I am sure to keep playing this game for many years more, but it is sad to see the content cease.
It was a good fucking run. REALLY hope they are making a Starcraft 3.
This series deserves a lot of love.
And yes
EVERYONE check out GSL.
I love a lot of e-sports, but this is by far the best to watch. TBH its peaking in quality again now that its (for the most part lol) reached a nice balance.
This series deserves a lot of love.
And yes
EVERYONE check out GSL.
I love a lot of e-sports, but this is by far the best to watch. TBH its peaking in quality again now that its (for the most part lol) reached a nice balance.
The thing is, SC as a game makes the most sense as a service game. Build the MP in a f2p setting and add sp content etc on the side.
The foundation ss there, just expand on it.
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It was WOW. Might be my favorite game of all time, but in true monkey's paw fashion it changed Blizzard for the worse. They made a lot of money, they got real big, and then they needed to keep making lots of money to sustain their bigness. That wasn't compatible with the way they made games in the 90s and early 2000s. I agree with you, Activision is the scapegoat but that let's Blizzard leadership off the hook.
It's hard to believe that I was there in Seoul for the announcement. All those Blizzard people have left by now, or most of them. And I actually never played the game, I was a diehard WoW fan at the time :D
Remember on gaf when the beta dropped and 2/3rds of the ot didn't get keys so we all went and started playing broodwar together while we waited.
Remember the in house tournament we had in beta. Or when the peepmode [i think it was called 1v1 obs originally] maps came out and we'd all pile in to a metalopolis lobby because it was the only somewhat balanced map.
Hell I remember being homeless when the game finally released and sitting outside a library to stream the first season of gsl at 5 in the morning.
I remember a member of that OT helping me move from a shelter to an apartment. And a bunch of the Canadian members and of the ot going to a barcraft together and then getting sushi together after.
Those were good days with good people. I'm glad I Still see some of those names here on era years later.
Remember the in house tournament we had in beta. Or when the peepmode [i think it was called 1v1 obs originally] maps came out and we'd all pile in to a metalopolis lobby because it was the only somewhat balanced map.
Hell I remember being homeless when the game finally released and sitting outside a library to stream the first season of gsl at 5 in the morning.
I remember a member of that OT helping me move from a shelter to an apartment. And a bunch of the Canadian members and of the ot going to a barcraft together and then getting sushi together after.
Those were good days with good people. I'm glad I Still see some of those names here on era years later.
Fucking hell, I still remember that post. I'm glad you were able to turn things around, your post just put a smile on my face.
One of the things I never got is, this is supposed to be an e-sports game, but the game runs like total shit in large battles because it is limited to utilizing only 1 CPU core. Why did they not address this in 10 years?
Anyway Wings of Liberty campaign was awesome, I would recommend it.
Anyway Wings of Liberty campaign was awesome, I would recommend it.
I do enjoy a good story, but engaging combat is also important. For example my favorite RTS(tactical) is Myth 2 soulblighter, but that was no base building and all about keeping your units alive between stages. Similar to Homeworld in that aspect.
Speaking as someone who really only plays RTS games for single player content (be it campaigns or VS bots) and still considers it one of my favorite genres, I can agree with this, but I think the missions themselves were a lot of fun. SC2 is far from my favorite RTS (That would be Age of Mythology), but I enjoyed it a lot.
SC2 was a huge disappointment as someone who got engrossed into the story and lore. They improved the mechanics and missions to be more interesting at least. Never got past Heart of Swarm. MP was pretty fun though, some cool new units to play around, went mostly protoss.