Starcraft 2

Well... it's an RTS that has some elements of choice and RP progression in the single player game. And of course SC owes a lot to Warhammer style wise.

Beyond that, not much. SC2 is staunchly traditional in gameplay execution, for better or worse.

If you liked the first, your probably going to like the second. It's very similar structure wise (collect resources, build units and kill).

As I said before, I've been looking forward to a much more traditional RTS than CoH and DoW2 and this fits the bill exactly.

It sucks it cost more than most PC games (10 bucks) but there is a ton of content in it so your definitly going to get your monies worth.

One thing I didn't like about the RP element, particularly with the lab research portion, is that you are able to max out both trees by the end. I was hoping that you had to choose one tree to focus on. Would have helped with replayability.

Actually, to refer back to earlier, I am indeed hearing the rumour that there is no cross region play. Hmm.

Have you tried to play with anyone in another reason, Ush? Someone you know out here maybe?

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Actually, to refer back to earlier, I am indeed hearing the rumour that there is no cross region play. Hmm.

...seriously?

That would be really shitty if true. I wouldn't be surprised though. I'm already kind of frustrated with Blizzard's egomania as far as B.Net.

Yeah, I'll have to try it out. They were certainly saying before release that the servers were separate, though they also talked of trying to sort it out.

Yup,

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/165016810#9

zerg is my race! 😱 i am so bad with them though 🙁

Originally posted by AthenasTrgrFngr
zerg is my race! 😱 i am so bad with them though 🙁

Ok, I'm done. That last mission on Hard was not good for my blood pressure. In retrospect, I think I did the wrong prep mission beforehand.

Oddly enough, my favourite missions were

Spoiler:
the Protoss ones- only odd in that this was a Terran campaign.

The last mission was pretty tough just on normal difficulty. What prep mission did you end up going with?

I also thought the Protoss missions were great, they felt like really the only ones that were directly correlated to the main story until the Char missions.

Ive finished most levels on "brutal" difficulty, they always add something nasty in brutal, something extra to make things actually "brutal", my problem is speed because when it comes down to finishing a level in 20 minutes or w/e it is, I have to stretch my will and patience to succeed 🙁

But anyway, been a great game, not finished yet but on mission 26/27

Spoiler:
The one where you use the artifact to weaken Kerrigan and you have to defend it

Zerg is certainly my fave race so ill have to play them to death to get their build orders right.

Originally posted by BackFire
One thing I didn't like about the RP element, particularly with the lab research portion, is that you are able to max out both trees by the end. I was hoping that you had to choose one tree to focus on. Would have helped with replayability.

You cant technically, because you can only choose one out of two choices each time you upgrade. Therefore you would have to play through more than once to get all the upgrades. In my first play through I have simply chosen units and powers that are unique and outside the multiplayer/Skirmish experiance.

I did the Nydus worms one, but the Brood Lords were such a constant hassle from all directions that I feel I was in error.

Difficulties like Brutal are beyond what I see as reasonable in gaming.

Anyway, the game was alright and there was some good mission design there, but it's no great shakes, all things considered. The majority of the campaign, storywise, was pretty boring.

I did the opposite, was still difficult. Nydus worms popping up everywhere.

Yes, but I feel I could account for them more easily; enough siege tanks around would blast them down without me having to micromanage all the time.

Whilst Brood Lords outrange missile turrets so you need to actively hunt them down, and there is so much going on in that mission that it is a co-ordination nightmare to catch them all. You think you are doing well and then you see that one Brood Lord you missed has levelled all your defences at one side of the base and it is effectively game over.

My question is, whats the best way of stopping Kerrigan from TK 1 shotting battlecruisers and siege tanks?

Nothing. Well, try to dummy her with something cheaper.

i heard that there's only single player campaign for the terrans.. say it ain't so.. i haven't gotten my copy yet.. money's tight right now to shell out some $60 for a game..