I understand Blizzard was shooting for a much wider audience with their sequel. But the character dialogue is laughably bad. I've played about 8-10 hours, and the whole story so far feels very watered down when compared to its predecessor. Overall, I'm pretty disappointed with the storytelling so far. I'm wondering if anyone else feels this way too about the game.

That said, the gameplay, while slow to take off, is a whole lot of fun. Maybe a bit too easy, but still a fun experience.

krypti_c

United States64 Posts

July 28 2010 15:51 GMT

On July 29 2010 00:49 HandBanana wrote:
Maybe a bit too easy, but still a fun experience.

1)Play on brutal
2)Cry
3)?????
4)Profit

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graphene

Finland211 Posts

July 28 2010 15:52 GMT

im 15 and it sounds dumb :D

wishbones

Canada2600 Posts

July 28 2010 15:54 GMT

yeah how is brutal, surprisingly enough hard isnt that hard, either that or its because im a sc player, just saying that because when i try wc3 hard, i get ass rammed. But here on sc2 hard i am doing the ramming.. So yeah how is brutal no i wont try it, you guys are here to report to me. xD

Drunken.Jedi

Germany446 Posts

July 28 2010 15:55 GMT

The only real complaint I have to far is about that news show, where every time this reporter woman starts saying something critical of the Dominion, she gets cut off by the anchor. Doing that once would have been fine, but it's pretty much the same after every mission.

Apart from that, I think the story telling is definitely better than in sc1. You probably just have fond childhood memories of playing the sc1 campaign, which is why you don't see the flaws in sc1's storytelling.

Half

United States2554 Posts

July 28 2010 15:56 GMT

I'm totally in agreement with your positions :/. I'm hugely disappointed with the storytelling as well, but in general mission design has been very fun and well done. And if you play on brutal, challenging as well.

Seiniyta

Belgium1815 Posts

July 28 2010 16:01 GMT

I've one of the more recent players, I only played starcraft a couple of months ago and only then saw the cinematics of that game, honestly, starcraft 2 is a huge improvement over it, the acting in the first was so horrible bad it was funny, not to mention the cinematics were really short, (only later on a tad longer) whilst here a campaign that slowly unfolds with alot to be said. I think the number of cinematics is about ten fold the number of in SC1. (I mean also the ingame cutscenes on the hyperion etc).

Xenjin

United States11 Posts

July 28 2010 16:02 GMT

I agree. It's not that the story is bad it's just the way it's presented that is really sloppy. It just seems all over the place. It does seem a little on the immature side too. Not sure If i'm disappointed with it or not.

Oracle

Canada411 Posts

July 28 2010 16:03 GMT

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Rhinoceros

United States7 Posts

July 28 2010 16:05 GMT

#10

My favorite part is 'This is a commander I can get behind'. I guess Blizzard thought Raynor was such a weak character in SC2 that they vocally needed to tell us that he's a 'commander we can get behind'.

Runner up line:

"Lets kick this revolution into overdrive!'

I can't believe Chris Metzen is paid for this.

Fontong

United States6454 Posts

July 28 2010 16:06 GMT

#11

Yeah, you aren't the only one who is finding the storyline childish. The dialogue more often then not sounds like George Lucas wrote it, which is pretty damn bad. Oh well.

At least you can + Show Spoiler [Campaign spoilers inside] +

upgrade your SCVs with Dual fusion cutters, SNAP!

Terrakin

United States1440 Posts

July 28 2010 16:07 GMT

#12

Why did they spend so much money on the single player or extra voice acting.. All they needed was like 5 competent writers who are sci-fi fans (or pulp sci-fi fans)

But oh well, its not like single player is the only thing in the game..

nam nam

Sweden4672 Posts

July 28 2010 16:08 GMT

#13

A game directed at a young demographic? SAY IT AIN'T SO!?!

SilentCrono

United States1420 Posts

July 28 2010 16:08 GMT

#14

i played like 4 missions and got extremely bored so i quit playing the campaign. now i gotta do some placement matches but tbh i'm scared this time around cuz unlike the beta, these placement matches actually matter.

emucxg

Finland4559 Posts

July 28 2010 16:09 GMT

#15

Dont really care about the campaign, I buy starcraft because it's map-editor =/

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

July 28 2010 16:09 GMT

#16

On July 29 2010 01:02 Xenjin wrote:
I agree. It's not that the story is bad it's just the way it's presented that is really sloppy. It just seems all over the place. It does seem a little on the immature side too. Not sure If i'm disappointed with it or not.

Yeah, this is basically how I feel as well - for instance, + Show Spoiler [Hanson subplot] +

the whole Hanson storyline just felt extremely weak. Good missions, but the way it was resolved just felt like I was watching an 80's pre-show recap of events

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Missions are getting progressively more fun, tho I'm longing for a mission where I won't have a command center.

MangoTango

United States3670 Posts

July 28 2010 16:10 GMT

#17

Brutal is frakking hard. The last mission is pretty challenging even on Hard. I tried it on Brutal and didn't last 10 minutes heh.

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

July 28 2010 16:10 GMT

#18

I also feel single player is kinda weak. It's just random dialogue for a plotline, and brutal difficulty is about figuring out what to do instead of actually doing it. Oh well, multiplayer still okay.

RifleCow

Canada637 Posts

July 28 2010 16:11 GMT

#19

I find the news reels to be pretty funny, sorta like a running joke highlighting what missions you just did. Brutal may not be impossible, but some missions are challenging. And honestly, its quite polished and well made, SC1 just has nostalgia...

xDaunt

United States17988 Posts

July 28 2010 16:12 GMT

#20

I'm probably 40-50% into the campaign, and the story is incredibly cliched so far. On some levels, it's a rehash of WC3. I don't really have a reason to give a crap about any of the characters yet. In fact, Blizzard unnecessarily goes out of its way to make you wonder about the allegiance of almost all of the characters.

I'll reserve final judgment until I finish the campaign, but, right now, I'm very disappointed.