GameXtract writes "Recently at BlizzCon, Blizzard dropped a bomb that Starcraft II would come in three separate parts. As already reported they claim that the campaign is so large that the game is split into three different standalone bundles. The first will be Terran, then Zerg, and finish off with Protoss. The response from commenters? Their not too excited, and neither are we. Many commenters are in frustration rather than the happy go lucky feelings Blizzard were hoping for."
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Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.
I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.
Im surprised too. Starcraft was still a huge name in 2010. It was kinda the only new RTS around and other genres like MOBAs hadn't really kicked off yet. I do remember at the time sentiment around the game was
pretty angry the game was being split into 3 but I doubt that would have impacted sales to that degree
For a long time I believed StarCraft II sold on par or better than its predecessor. There was so much hype for the game. Plus it had a pretty strong E-Sports scene for a few years.
Myself and half a dozen friends all bought StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and played it religiously for a full year. While I bought the expansions, most of my friends did not. RPGs seem to be a generally low selling genre.
I'm not shocked at all. This was an early example of Blizzard being greedy. Instead of releasing a complete experience, splitting Starcraft 2 in 3 parts so it could make us purchase it 3 times if we wanted to know the whole story and play story mode with the other races.
I originally had that stance. However, Wings of Liberty, was just as long, if not longer than StarCraft 1. The expansions were of decent length too and added a good amount of additional content.
and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.
It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.
The best sci-fi games ever made range from diving into the depths of humanity to finding hope among the stars.
Don't really agree on Dead Space being number one. But usually come down to preference. Alot of good games on the list. I was hoping to see Aliens vs Predator by Sierra on the list, as it was a great game. Anyways for me the number one is still Halo but Mass Effect was really good up to the infamous ending of the third game.
I would put Flashback on my list. Its got such a great tone and background design. The cutscenes were pretty good too.
DEAD SPACE 2 as number 1? Really? I've only ever played DEAD SPACE 1 (without finishing it) and, sure enough I liked it a lot, and have been yearning for getting to grips with an hd remastered trilogy for the PS4/XBox One/PS5/XBox Series X/S, but what about Deus Ex Human Revolution & Mankind Divided? Alienation (to quench our thirst for twitching fingers' top-down dual-stick shooters)? Or even Cyberpunk 2077 (once the game has been re-released and all the kinks have been ironed out)?
If not at the #1 spot, it seems to me these games deserved to be on the list somewhere.
But what really strikes me as unfair is, if you're going back to the PS3/XBox 360 era with DS2, how could you forget to mention Killzone 2 & 3? The Resistance games? When it comes to Sci-Fi FPS, it's inadequate not to pay your respects to those stellar franchises! Heck, even the Crysis trilogy should've been there IMHO.
A team of modders is working on a Starcraft Remake in Starcraft 2, and has released a brand new version of it.
I don't think Blizzard really cares if people hate the idea, the game will sell millions no matter what.
I love the idea. Just means more story
The only thing we know for so far is that the game will be spread across 3 disks compared to regular RTS games tend to have only 25 missions total which would add up to about 5 missions per campagin which ends up cramming the story leaving the player like WTF.
Or give the player 25 to 30 missions which is alot for just one faction ( also if you played any RTS lately the Single Player is probably the most important thing and most of time or two short like Tiberium Wars or Kanes Wraith).
Also consider that we don't know the release date. We don't know how much the game will cost now ( most likely 50 bucks first then about 20 dollars for the rest. Which by the way will require the first game to play.) Second who the hell pays 60 bucks or more for a PC game unless you are buying the special edition?
I guess what I am saying is you don't know much of anything to even determine if it will fail or succede. So do something constructive for change like WAIT FOR MORE INFORMATION!!!!
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well if they're making it into three separate games that we'll have to buy.. then please keep the online free