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Starcraft 2 to be three games, internet to explode
All_Ľour_Bass:
I'm a huge Starcraft fan, so without getting into what why who when how and for how many oreos-
I will be buying all three disks, as well as custom building a computer, not only so I can run it, but I seriously need to upgrade/update what I use for a desktop in general.
satsugaikaze:
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-starcraft-ghost-lives-on-in-spirit/ (quite a few other sites with similar news just look around)
Map Editor features look quite in depth, although it's obviously moved from a simple mapping tool to something resembling a developer's kit.
And I really, really wish they stopped fucking around and just finished Starcraft: Ghost already (just for the story really because the third-person shooter craze is really old news by now). It was a great idea to put something new into the Starcraft franchise and I'll be really disappointed if they release nothing but novels, comics and Starcraft 2 side missions, which would be a total cop-out on the concept.
Orbert:
I thought Starcraft: Ghost was officially dead. Not just postponed over and over, but scrapped. But I don't remember where I heard that.
ackblom12:
I'm pretty certain they announced that a couple of years ago. They were working on it and just unceremoniously dropped it because it was apparently not turning out how they thought it should?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft:_Ghost
Yeah, last paragraph. Basically it's been a clusterfuck. They said they cancelled it 2 years ago, then said it wasn't "technically" cancelled and it's probably never getting made.
satsugaikaze:
Probably just to prevent the people who actually cared about the project from running riot. They put it into development hell because it wasn't finished in time or something.
The issue of Starcraft Ghost irritates me on various levels. Firstly, it's the fact that Blizzard dropped a really good and fresh concept. Secondly, it's the fact that they denied that it was completely dropped, when it clearly seemed that they had no intention of finishing it in the future, and thirdly, it's the fact that they've dropped it and then tried to "apologise" in some sort of way by putting the characters into little side missions and relatively unimportant modding tools in favour of the Big 3 (RTS, RPG, and MMO) they've adopted.
And whatever side-missions with Nova they *have* put into Starcraft 2 I have absolutely zero enthusiasm for because unless it plays like Starcraft Ghost it's just another RTS level. I was enthusiastic for Ghost because it wasn't just another RTS level, it was a third-person shooter title with stealth, elements which weren't completely chartered back in 2001. The developers had a chance to explore something new and more immersive for players, but pulled out when it would have worked. And that I suppose is the biggest tragedy about all this shit-in-a-franchise-box.
And I am VERY unenthusiastic about the novels and comics that they've released.
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