
Re: That Starcraft 2 Thang
I cant stand SC so didn't even look into this game. But am I hearing this right? You have to BUY separate campaigns??!!?? Holy mother of all that is criminal. Seriously?!?! How fucking pathetic. I can just see Blizzard sitting there saying "So many people are obsessed with Star Craft, let's up the price and split up the game so we can juice these idiots for all they have". Fucking pathetic.
T, it's even worse than you think! The corporate suits at Activision decided to do the following things to try to make Starcraft 2 into a "MMO" style money maker:
* No built in lan support (you've gotta play on Bnet for multiplayer)
* Your cd key is tied to your bnet account (you can't let friends borrow the cd)
* Each campaign release will likely have new units and force people to buy them to stay competitive online
* "Premium maps" (or the custom maps that made WCIII and starcraft into decent games) will have to be purchased.
Let me reiterate that last point: you have to BUY custom maps now!
I'm sure that Starcraft II is very well polished and fun to play. Still, I'm pretty pissed at the premium price and added price points that Blizzard has made for the game.
I can only wait to see Diablo III's price points...