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[R] SC2 is NOT around the corner

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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
August 19 2008 18:01 GMT
#1
Ya, the [R] stands for Rant.

I don't understand why everyone seems to be under the impression that SC2 is coming out soon? I mean, do you people forget who we are dealing with? It's Blizzard. The same company that took 40954309 years on Starcraft: Ghost only to end up throwing it in the trash. The same company who took about 1.5 years to release a simple bnet patch that would allow WGT to launch it's ladder (only to have some random bug fuck it all up). The same company who doesn't like to release products until they are 100% satisfied that it will live up to their really high standards...

Blizzard hasn't even announced a release date, and everybody's talking about it as if we're 3-4 months away from the best game ever. If they haven't even announced a release date, what makes anybody think it's going to be out even in the next year? Every time they do announce a release date, it always gets pushed back, pushed back some more, and pushed back a 3rd time just for good measure. Coupled with the fact that they are working on so many games right now: D3, WoW expansion, SC2, unannounced MMORPG... and we get a completely delusional group of people who think SC2 is just around the corner!

If SC2 is released any time before mid 2009, I'll be surprised as fuck... but even that seems like a generous estimate, I can't imagine it will be out before 2010.

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CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11591 Posts
August 19 2008 18:04 GMT
#2
2010 is too early i say 2012
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blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
August 19 2008 18:06 GMT
#3
yeah I find it funny how people are saying stuff like "October 12th" or "December 5th" or "December 31st." Their justification is that places like Amazon and Gamestop.com have those release dates. It's like, come on...
blabberrrrr
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32113 Posts
August 19 2008 18:12 GMT
#4
It don't mean shit til a beta is at least out =p

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zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
August 19 2008 18:20 GMT
#5
I don't know, I was in the Frozen Throne beta and they seemed to be in awful hurry to get that out when it clearly wasn't balanced or even close to it (in my opinion). Granted, SC2 isn't even in beta yet, but it might be closer than you suspect.
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
August 19 2008 18:21 GMT
#6
WotLK might be out before sc2, lol
rkarhu
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Finland570 Posts
August 19 2008 18:23 GMT
#7
Isn't WotLK coming pretty soon? Or am I just misinformed or failing to see a joke?
johnmaster
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
125 Posts
August 19 2008 18:29 GMT
#8
it will be out by 2020 if blizzard hasnt gone bankrupt yet.
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
August 19 2008 18:40 GMT
#9
I hope SC2 doesn't get released for a longass time so I can enjoy BW some more
Chains none
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
August 19 2008 18:53 GMT
#10
They're definitely not starting external testing until after Blizzcon, and alpha+beta will last at least 6 months. Unless huge redesigns occur, mid-late next year is a reasonable guess for the release, anything before that is impossible, and 2010+ is realistic.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6639 Posts
August 19 2008 18:57 GMT
#11
Personally I don't really care when it comes out and I don't even know if I'll play it when it does. BW is good enough for the moment IMO.
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LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
August 19 2008 18:58 GMT
#12
The longer it takes, the better. I want a perfect game, or no SC2 at all.

and BW is still fucking awesome!
Much is the father figure that I miss in my life. Go Daddy! DoC.LemOn, LemOn[5thF]
Retsukage
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1002 Posts
August 19 2008 19:01 GMT
#13
Actually the fact they are working on so many games makes no difference since their teams to make these games are completely separate. Also if you are following progress of their games, the wow expansion should be out in January and some time after that Id imagine they would be done with the SC single player, meaning we might see a beta the start of early next summer.
To change is to improve, to change often is to be perfect - Winston Chruchill
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
August 19 2008 19:05 GMT
#14
Who cares? Why are you so angry? Is this a big deal or something?
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AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
August 19 2008 19:08 GMT
#15
You think it will be released in 2010 just because sc was delayed and ghost was cancelled? Listen to yourself. You are trying to compare today's Blizzard with Blizzard from 12 years ago. Blizzard is much more organized and punctual since they have become a powerful company as opposed to their 1990's start-up like phase.

Look at the game. It's at least 90% done (arguably 95%). All that's left is fixing some ugly graphics (such as the nomad, which is currently in progress), balance testing, creating the campaign (which may be close to complete), and some aesthetic elements such as tilesets. On top of that, I would bet that they have a private beta session going on as we speak. I bet a release date of early-mid 2009 will be announced at Blizzcon.
HehawHehaw
Profile Joined July 2008
Angola79 Posts
August 19 2008 19:17 GMT
#16
nope. its coming december to mid 2009. ill bump this thread when i recieve my copy .
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
August 19 2008 19:20 GMT
#17
On August 20 2008 04:05 Superiorwolf wrote:
Who cares? Why are you so angry? Is this a big deal or something?

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Jaskwith
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States197 Posts
August 19 2008 19:24 GMT
#18
Someone I know that is in korea claims that beta is out there already which I doubt, and he says that the word on the street over there is december 13th...which only makes sense in that it would sell an incredible amount of copies due to holiday and what not.
sMi.jaSK
GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
August 19 2008 19:51 GMT
#19
Christmas this year strikes me as completely unreasonable. My best guess is they'll announce a summer 2009 release, and get it out Christmas 2009.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
milly9
Profile Joined May 2007
Canada325 Posts
August 19 2008 19:52 GMT
#20
On August 20 2008 04:24 Jaskwith wrote:
Someone I know that is in korea claims that beta is out there already which I doubt, and he says that the word on the street over there is december 13th...which only makes sense in that it would sell an incredible amount of copies due to holiday and what not.


sounds reliable. I'm sold!
then i stick my treasures in a treehole
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