ChrisCapel of HookedGamers details why he will never purchase Starcraft II:
"Starcraft II is arguably the biggest gaming release of the year, and as a big PC gaming fan I should be supportive of this phenomenon, right? Hell no! Shocked as you are, let's run down the reasons why I, personally, will not be buying Starcraft II despite a) being a PC gamer, and b) actually being an RTS fan too.
I want to make it clear that these are all my own reasons and opinions. The entire world and much of the Hooked Gamers staff love this game. I just wanted to show that not everyone wants to attend this particular party (I don't have a WOW account either)."
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.
Congratufuckinlations.
EDIT: So? Every time a person doesn't want to buy a game we should make a story out of it? Like I said, you're not buying it congratufuckinlations.
perfectly clear that these are all his own reasons and opinions and should not affect your own or anyone else's opinion of Starcraft II.
Brb. Just spilled a huge tin of I don't give a shit all over my bedroom floor.
There is nothing new in this post.
And no, I'm not an SC2 fanboy. If the author simply brought something more to this article, it could have been great. But complaining about the price/expansion packs is nothing new. And not having the game on Steam is the worst reason ever.
The difference with Starcraft II is that it is EVERYWHERE right now. If you've been on a PC gaming site, like PCgamer.com, there's no escape from it. Even Halo and God of War don't affect a whole platform and genre this bad. Being both a PC gamer AND a RTS fan, it seems I'm having it forced down my throat and I just wanted to set the record straight - I'm not going to buy the damn thing, so just f*** off telling me about it. It's like Jehovah's Witnesses of the PC gaming world.