Fans of Starcraft rejoice!

Falcon Freak · 31-05-2007, 09:42 PM

Starcraft 2 is coming!

The original game owes me months of my life in 1997 and 1998.

FF

**Polyal** · 31-05-2007, 09:45 PM

Nice! Blizzard make some cracker games. Diablo2 robbed me of a higher ENTER score...LOL

Any news on D3?

pauljh74 · 31-05-2007, 09:50 PM

For those who have seen the trailer

"Hell, It's about time"

This news release has been out for about 2 weeks

XR8-260 · 31-05-2007, 09:53 PM

Now all I need is a nice new computer which can actually run the game

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ef_classic · 31-05-2007, 10:16 PM

I wonder if Blizzard will screw it up.

For me i think they should keep it simple, with some new stuff.

And not overdue the graphics like everyone does these days.

K.I.S.S!!!!!!!!

Dezza · 31-05-2007, 10:53 PM

I saw that a few days back. It should be a good game. The graphics look good.

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Nice! Blizzard make some cracker games. Diablo2 robbed me of a higher ENTER score...LOL

Any news on D3?

Thankfully I was in 1st year uni before I got any Blizzard games. Now I have Warcraft 1, 2, and 3 including the Frozen Throne expansion, Starcraft: Brood War, and Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction. My results slowly but surely turned to crap (one reason why I've taken the year off)

Riksta · 01-06-2007, 01:09 AM

I love Starcraft.

This news came out when I was at a LAN on a Saturday night. Needless to say the admins who have net access instantly downloaded the trailer and played it on the projector for us

xbcoupe302 · 01-06-2007, 01:24 AM

good old starcraft hope the map hack comes out soon after the game

LTDHO · 01-06-2007, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by xbcoupe302

good old starcraft hope the map hack comes out soon after the game

Yeah Fog sucks.

Starcraft is awesome game.
Anyone heard the Starcraft version od Metallica's - One?

mcflux · 01-06-2007, 08:37 AM

When's the new Crystal Caves coming out?

get_an_ea_today · 01-06-2007, 08:51 AM

hell yeah!!! i cant wait for this one!

Matt

YuGoStaR · 01-06-2007, 03:24 PM

Awesome game. Watch the gameply video, it looks great.

uranium_death · 01-06-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Nice! Blizzard make some cracker games. Diablo2 robbed me of a higher ENTER score...LOL

Any news on D3?

Was Counter-Strike for me...but even more so was Day of Defeat. Used to come home and play that. Studying was what I did between gaming.

uranium_death · 01-06-2007, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghia5L

When's the new Crystal Caves coming out?

I am more excited about the new Commander Keen, along with Janitor Joe.

AEF_Silver94 · 01-06-2007, 03:38 PM

oh cool,i used to play starcraft when i was 13, its about bloody time!

Dezza · 01-06-2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghia5L

When's the new Crystal Caves coming out?

Bahahaha. I've got that game!

wheels260 · 01-06-2007, 04:50 PM

Awesome should be a good game loved the old starcraft and diablo 2.

Sourbastard · 01-06-2007, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LTDHO

Yeah Fog sucks.

Starcraft is awesome game.
Anyone heard the Starcraft version od Metallica's - One?

yerp, much better then the normal version of one i reckon.

F6T · 31-07-2010, 08:54 AM

Yes yes, holy thread mine batman.....

digging this one up to illustrate that it has been over three (3) years since the official announcement of Starcraft II. That's how long I've been waiting for this little puppy now released on 27 July 2010.

That's a long time to 'wait for perfection'. Having said that, has anyone purchased and played a bit of it yet? If so, what are your impressions so far.

This game robbed me of literally months of my life and gave me a bad case of RSI!! And I've been putting off upgrading my computer until I knew what the desired specs were to run the game.

GK · 31-07-2010, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by F6T

Yes yes, holy thread mine batman.....

digging this one up to illustrate that it has been over three (3) years since the official announcement of Starcraft II. That's how long I've been waiting for this little puppy now released on 27 July 2010.

That's a long time to 'wait for perfection'. Having said that, has anyone purchased and played a bit of it yet? If so, what are your impressions so far.

This game robbed me of literally months of my life and gave me a bad case of RSI!! And I've been putting off upgrading my computer until I knew what the desired specs were to run the game.

You've got it bad mate! LOL!

GK

BPXR6T · 31-07-2010, 09:46 AM

Can't beleive the amount of time that's elapsed between Starcraft 1 and 2. I'm getting my copy while I'm in town this week.

**GasoLane** · 31-07-2010, 09:48 AM

A little off topic but.... I haven't played Starcraft but had heard it was similar to the Command and Conquer series. So having all the older C&C games I bought C&C 4. Good thing it was on special as it's nothing like the previous versions and is crap!!

Anyone played both to compare?

F6T · 31-07-2010, 09:59 AM

Yes I've played both. Whilst they are the same genre of game (RTS) C&C has two (fairly similar) team options whereas starcraft has three races (the Terrans, humans exiled from Earth skilled at adapting to any situation; the Zerg, a race of insectoid aliens in pursuit of genetic perfection obsessed with assimilating other races; and the Protoss, a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities). All have very different attributes, subspecies, technologies, upgrades - but the balance of the game was nigh on perfect.

The game is a national sport in Korea - and they have television stations dedicated to starcraft 24/7. Their top players are like hollywood movie stars.

I've really enjoyed the earlier command and conquer games but they are not in the same league with starcraft. do yourself a favour, go out and grab a copy.

The game has a great story line as well.

kocho · 31-07-2010, 10:01 AM

I've got SCII and SC. I haven't played C&C too much, but for mine it's quite similar. But that's like saying... Counter Strike and Modern Warfare 2 are similar for example.

I think SCII is good and it's very much like the original but they've lost the chat rooms which was a good feature of the original.

F6T - I know what you mean. Starcraft can get quite addictive especially if you have mates who play it aswell!

**GasoLane** · 31-07-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by F6T

The game is a national sport in Korea - and they have television stations dedicated to starcraft 24/7. Their top players are like hollywood movie stars.

I've really enjoyed the earlier command and conquer games but they are not in the same league with starcraft. do yourself a favour, go out and grab a copy.

The game has a great story line as well.

I should have said before that I have an original '98 copy of SC but have never played it. I might go and dig it out and see if Windoze 7 likes it

Korea has SC we have Big Brother. Both are fantasy RTS games right?

F6T · 31-07-2010, 10:22 AM

Tell me about it mate. There was a group of us that were pretty keen players and we had no LAN set up so I secretly got our IT guy at my old place of employment to install the game (he was a fan too) on the work LAN. Then, after hours, we would all go into work, have a separate office to play in, keep the phone lines open so we could all still talk and hang ****** on each other. One of our clients was a large beer company that shall remain nameless, so there was never any shortage of beer and chips. play into the night and the boss was none-the-wiser the next day....good times

**GasoLane** · 31-07-2010, 11:12 AM

OK. Loaded the old Starcraft. Like has been said, it's similar to C&C.... Mine stuff, build things, and kill bad guys.

But I'd forgotten just how bad the graphics were then.... AARRGGHHH my eyes!!

Franco Cozzo · 31-07-2010, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Command and Conquer series. So having all the older C&C games I bought C&C 4.

Sweet, I'm a fan of the C&C series as well, but C&C4 is horrible,

If you want somethign modern that still plays like the old games, pick up C&C3, should be able to get it cheap now.

RA3 is OK, but its gone completely silly.

P.S if you're up for a multiplayer game, I'd gladly kick your *** ;)

**GasoLane** · 31-07-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Damo

Sweet, I'm a fan of the C&C series as well, but C&C4 is horrible,
If you want somethign modern that still plays like the old games, pick up C&C3, should be able to get it cheap now.
RA3 is OK, but its gone completely silly.
P.S if you're up for a multiplayer game, I'd gladly kick your *** ;)

I've got all the C&C games way back to the original C&C, but it seemed to me that when EA took over Westwood they totally stuffed it.

I prefer skirmish games. I never have time to sit for long to finish multiplayer ones. Anyway If I want to get thrashed I can call my son

Just checked and K-Mart have SCII for $78... looks like I might have to go shopping this arvo.

Franco Cozzo · 31-07-2010, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

I've got all the C&C games way back to the original C&C, but it seemed to me that when EA took over Westwood they totally stuffed it.

I prefer skirmish games. I never have time to sit for long to finish multiplayer ones. Anyway If I want to get thrashed I can call my son

Just checked and K-Mart have SCII for $78... looks like I might have to go shopping this arvo.

Me tool, I have all the originals as well, indeed EA screwed up after they took over from westwood, they ruined the series its why C&C fans generally tend to hate EA.

I might pick up SCII, I've never played the SC series before, it looks promising.