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BroOd

Austin10833 Posts

May 25 2007 14:56 GMT

This is my first blog. I suppose I should have something funny or profound or angry to say, but I don't.

Last night I was at my cousin's graduation. Behind me were two middle aged men talking about computer specs. Eventually they breached the topic of SC2. One mentioned how a friend had called him 5 mins after the announcement had been made at blizzcon, and the other talked about how he couldn't wait to re-install BW to teach his son.

I wanted to turn to them and start a dialogue, but I didn't. Why? Because I don't know how I feel about this whole thing yet.

Starcraft is, without question, one of the greatest PC games ever realized. Ignoring the monolith that is Korean SC, the game has sold millions of copies, impacting not only gaming culture, but changing the paradigm for RTS gaming forever.

So where does this melancholy feeling come from? It's not like this is the only game I ever played. I was on fire in NBA JAM, I housed countless henchmen in Goldeneye, and don't even get me started on how many times I've guided Mario to some baller-ass victory.

Why do I worry? It's simple. I feel in Starcraft, Blizzard has created a mountain not even they can climb. Starcraft 2 may be a brilliant game, but will it have the soul of it's father? Will it have the charisma of it's older brother? Can a sequel out-do one of the most important games in history?

The answer remains to be seen. I ascribe Starcraft's current success to it's rabid fanbase, and can't imagine a worthwhile follow-up if that fanbase isn't taken into account.

DeadVessel

United States6269 Posts

May 25 2007 18:50 GMT

i suppose we'll have to see how it goes. it's going to be difficult for blizzard to top bw but it's worth a try either way, if sc2 sucks people will switch back to bw, if not you will have a mixed community of sc2 players and bw players (probably).

Vin{MBL}

5185 Posts

May 27 2007 06:36 GMT

i reckon it will not suck though

War3>war2>war1
Diablo2>diablo1

im pretty sure blizzard knows what theyre doing
the only problem now is the waitl........ im pretty sure its gonna be ~3 years or so T_T

FakeSteve[TPR]

Valhalla18444 Posts

May 27 2007 10:49 GMT

ilu brood

Smurg

Australia3818 Posts

May 28 2007 02:18 GMT

Any RTS I play, I think of how it can never compare to SC.

Blizzard isn't intentionally setting out to disappoint ~ and they never have to be honest, some people will disagree, but they created all of these wonderful games in the first place, they get involved in the community and really take the gamers to heart.

I wish them all the success with their new venture, and hope it can deliver the same level of enjoyment to people...after all SC is coming up to 10 years since it was released. For it still to be played and appreciated, is a pretty damn fine achievement if you ask me.

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