muzzy wrote: This is the only game release I've ever seen in which people complain that it's not finished because all the expansions aren't released.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is finished. That is the game you purchased.
Would you all rather have had some 10 mission campaigns for each race and have the hype surrounding SC2 dissipate in one release?
I think it has more to do with multiplayer and setting the game up as an esport - it feels a bit like they're holding out on adding units to fill key roles simply since they want to add them in upcoming expansions - thus waiting years feels like a long time to wait until they "finish" the game.
The campaign side I don't see people that upset about - I would have preferred a zerg campaign personally, but most of the complaints seem to be a bit misguided. Some more moral decisions or a slightly less kid-friendly feel on the whole perhaps, but frankly I thought the campaign was awesome, especially when I played it again and chose to purify the agria colony and help tosh.
On October 08 2010 22:18 muzzy wrote: This is the only game release I've ever seen in which people complain that it's not finished because all the expansions aren't released.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is finished. That is the game you purchased.
Would you all rather have had some 10 mission campaigns for each race and have the hype surrounding SC2 dissipate in one release?
I would rather have the story finished but that's my view. My wifes maternal alarm clock is going of and I can't hit the damn snooze button anymore. I probably won't be able to play the other expansions.
I'm just happy to see Blizzard communicate these sort of balance issues on their blog and hope this means they will discuss and debate before implementing changes in the next patch!
On October 08 2010 22:18 muzzy wrote: This is the only game release I've ever seen in which people complain that it's not finished because all the expansions aren't released.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is finished. That is the game you purchased.
Would you all rather have had some 10 mission campaigns for each race and have the hype surrounding SC2 dissipate in one release?
I would rather have the story finished but that's my view. My wifes maternal alarm clock is going of and I can't hit the damn snooze button anymore. I probably won't be able to play the other expansions.
I grew up playing sc/bw, and want to see the end
lol, all you people acting like your lives will be over in a few years...
I grew up playing Warcraft/StarCraft as a child/teenager. I'm 25 now, married and have a 1 year old daughter. Guess what? I still play StarCraft! It's astonishing, I know. I can't veg out and play for 12 hours a day, but I'm pretty satisfied with the hour or two a night I get (more on the weekends).
Trust me, life goes on as a gamer, even after you have children
On October 08 2010 12:18 dapierow wrote: I bet they will delay the 18 month release, then indefinitely delay the project, and then in 2020 they use the "hell its about time again" slogan
On October 08 2010 12:07 snakeyes wrote: Well hopefully they announce the new MMO they have been working on then. been years since they mentioned it.
Not with WOW doing so well right now. And Blizzard is famous for taking a freaking long time to reveal a game. Do you know that World of Warcraft was planed somewhere around 1999-2000 or even earlier than that.
On October 08 2010 22:18 muzzy wrote: This is the only game release I've ever seen in which people complain that it's not finished because all the expansions aren't released.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is finished. That is the game you purchased.
Would you all rather have had some 10 mission campaigns for each race and have the hype surrounding SC2 dissipate in one release?
I would rather have the story finished but that's my view. My wifes maternal alarm clock is going of and I can't hit the damn snooze button anymore. I probably won't be able to play the other expansions.
I grew up playing sc/bw, and want to see the end
lol, all you people acting like your lives will be over in a few years...
I grew up playing Warcraft/StarCraft as a child/teenager. I'm 25 now, married and have a 1 year old daughter. Guess what? I still play StarCraft! It's astonishing, I know. I can't veg out and play for 12 hours a day, but I'm pretty satisfied with the hour or two a night I get (more on the weekends).
Trust me, life goes on as a gamer, even after you have children
On October 08 2010 12:40 ironchef wrote: Wonder if they'll release new units, or if it's mostly a singleplayer deal. I assume you wont be able to play multi without buying it either way, as opposed to being just extra story content... 18 months cycle.. Great, now we will be in a continuous cycle of optimistic excuses.
Step 0 . Beta phase "Dont say anything negative, its still only Beta !"
Step 1. Game Release High "Game is too new to criticize about anything!" 1b. "It's been <1 year, too new for [advanced detail]!"
Step 2. Beta Details/features announced "See! Dont be impatient! Expansion will fix it!"
Step 3. More expansion details, into Early Beta Hype "Wow this is new and shiny, everything is new and fun again!",
Repeat
I'm hoping we don't get into the "but it's only beta/release/almost before a patch/just after a patch/close to an expansion, so balance doesn't matter" cycle that WoW players believe.
On October 08 2010 13:03 Wire wrote: now I'm not saying Blizzard will deliver on this, but just imagine...
we've waited 10 years for this game. I'm not saying it's perfect, but I definitely was awstruck when i first played through campaign. 10 years for this quality. Now similar quality, all new material, in 2 years.
for me, that's short. continuation of the storyline which I'm super psyched about with all new units and all new strategies. look on the bright side people. in two years you probably won't even be able to master half the strategies out there right now, and two years from now you'll have to adapt to brand new units.
exciting times ^_^ go sc2
You but of course it's 2 years only. There just doing a new campaign and adding probably 2 units to each race, if that. Graphics will be the same, game engine the same, everything the same exept some units and campaign. People shouldn't get super excited about an expansion unless it's about the campaign and certainly not to balance the original SC2. Hell they might even just put the units that were available in campaign in, in the next expansion.
18 months seems reasonable. Brood War took two thirds of a freaking year. TFT took half a year. So what in HotS could possibly take longer than 18 months to complete?
P.S.: I pirated WoL due to insufficient funds, but I'm going to authentically buy the expansion. Will I be able to play online, or will Blizzard bitch at me because I only have the expansion key?
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