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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 fanba
