Starcraft II

[Ghost X]

Never played the first Starcraft. Kind of wished I had considering it seems to be the most popular RTS game about, and I do like my RTS games (yeay). Probably won't buy it, since I got a shitty computer, but maybe when I'm rich I'll play Starcraft 3.

 

[Hisako]

http://us.starcraft2.com/dominion/entrance-exam-intro.xml

Prepare to howl.

LOL did you get the question 5 Blade Runner reference? I mean it was quite literally word-for-word from the intro.

 

[null]

I'm a Thor pilot!

You Have Been Chosen To Become a THOR PILOT

The Dominion military is always in search of brilliant individuals capable of formulating complex battle strategies. You are not one of these people. But if there's one thing we've learned over the years, it's that sometimes you just need someone who likes to smash things. From your test results, you're a perfect fit for this role. What better way to satisfy your borderline psychotic thirst for destruction than in the comfy pilot seat of one of the Dominion's most powerful weapons to date: the Thor! With this neosteel behemoth at your command, you'll be given free rein to obliterate as many of our enemies' air and ground forces as your uncaring little heart desires. Leave any notions of finesse behind you -- if you had any in the first place -- and report to the nearest recruitment center on Korhal IV immediately.

 

[Hisako]

Yeah the Thor thing makes me lol. I ended up with Firebat, which I don't mind, since in every cutscene involving a Firebat he's the most badass out of them. Doesn't help my chances of survival, though

Also, my friend got Ghost on the first try. He's fucking hax.

 

[null]

Oh sweet, I gotta see them all now.

 

[DrakeClawfang]

You can change the unit name in the address bar to view the profiles easy. There's Marine, Firebat, SCV, Thor, Viking, Ghost and Medic.

 

[Hisako]

Well that just ruins it.

Ghost and Viking require much more specific answers than the other ones.

 

[Russell]

You Have Been Chosen To Become a Marine Pack your bags, citizen! We are ready to save you from your bleak and irrelevant existence. You've proven that you have a tough-as-neosteel attitude, possess the guts to complete an assignment no matter the cost, and are about as smart as the creep I scraped off my boot this morning. A package from Augustgrad will be arriving shortly with your first set of stimpacks. Give 'em a try. But go easy, they've got a kick. We're shipping you off to the barracks for brain-panning at 0600 tomorrow morning. It's mostly harmless, and you will… well… we will prevail. Prepare for the infantry, maggot! You are hereby recruited to become a marine, the ballistic alloy shield of the emperor's expansive colonies!

Is Marine good?


Also what exactly is Starcraft?

It's an RTS but that is about all I know.... wiki gives TO much information.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Its the best RTS EVERRRRR!!!
Also protoss + Zerg > terran lol.

 

[Russell]

O rly?

How much of it is online?
I hate online gaming, can it be played without connecting to the internet? Is there a single player campaign mode or something?

Google hasn't been much help in answering these questions...

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

You can do the entire plot offline, the online is also free as it uses battlenet and i dont think they have screwed it up by asking for money...
(may be wrong since its not out till next week)
Anyway the old one used to be free lol.

Single player campaign mode is really well thought through and the entire game is a work of genius!!!

 

[Russell]

^ Thanks.

Just seen the screenshots and I'm certain that my PC would wave a white flag, fall over and burst into flames if I tried playing Starcraft 2 on it.
Graphics are too powerful for me.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Lol dont trust the videos the graphics aint that great, they advertise 3-d like graphics but its still a 2d game and no-one particularly cares what the graphics look like as long as you can still zerg rush!

 

[Russell]

Zerg Rush?





Edit: Explanation here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZergRush

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Zerg rush is a term used for the shitstorm of carnage you can cause using Zerg lol online they are the quickest race to spawn troops and you can amass a large force in very little time and take out most of the opposition within the first 5 mins.

 

[Hisako]

Yyyyyyyyyeah the old strategies have no place on the new ones though. See, that's the thing about any great RTS - you can't improve with such a sequel in terms of balance unless you make it more complicated. The original Starcraft just feels... simpler. I wish I could explain it better.

I strongly suggest you try out the first game, even if only for the story (which is all I'm getting the 2nd game for rly, I'm no competitive nut). There's a really in-depth story to the whole thing. It's a space opera, but it's much grittier than your normal sci-fi space-fare.

I still hold true to my complaints over the wacked cartoonish Warcraft III in-game designs. They're not as caricatured as War3 but it's still a little gripe I have.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

*cries because I have to finally admit that there's no way my computer will play this game, so I'll have to go somewhere else to play it*


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[Dana Scully]

I don't think I can properly express how damn excited I am after watching that trailer.

I'll be spending the weekend POWER OVERWHELMING my way through the 1st game/BW to refresh myself on the story. I'd almost forgotten just how awesome it really is.

 

[Interslicery]

*cries because I have to finally admit that there's no way my computer will play this game, so I'll have to go somewhere else to play it*


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you require additional pylons.

Seriously tho that blows man, I'm sorry. I wish I had preordered it like I had originally planned, but I thought I was going to be pretty busy this week, which, I wasnt and I doubt there's gonna be any copies left.

 

[Hisako]

Also on the actual Dominion site there's two other videos outlining the story of the first game (and a bit before it and after it), so if you're too lazy to play though the awesomeness, there you go

 

[Interslicery]

Awww FUCK. I just realized you can get a digital version. I want to play this thing now, but I want to get an actual copy... >_< wtf do I do >_<

 

[Interslicery]

wait a min wtf, starcraft doesnt come out yet, Im retarded

 

[Vendel]

*cries because I have to finally admit that there's no way my computer will play this game, so I'll have to go somewhere else to play it*

Huh....Kerrigan seems to have..uh..lightened up since her SC days.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Huh....Kerrigan seems to have..uh..lightened up since her SC days.

Yeah, and she's the only VA they changed too.


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[Tennyo]

Anyone who got the collector's game want to give a fellow nerdling the code for the WoW pet?