NerdNightmare

Like many gamers, I picked up StarCraft 2 yesterday. I spent about an hour on the single player campaign. I can’t comment on how good or bad the story is at this juncture, but what I can comment on is how good the game looks, and how polished everything feels.

The interactive sections between missions bring a tear to my eye. They fondly stir up grand memories of  the Wing Commander series I played as a youth.  I found myself wanting to get through “just one more mission” so that I could get to the next section of intermission. And furthermore the cowboy/western vibe of the Terran’s feels heavily influenced by Joss Whedon’s Firefly series, which is a good thing. All the thought and planning that went into the StarCraft 2 world is so juicy and fulfilling that I honestly feel that my least favorite part of the game is the actual game itself.

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Ok. First off… EPIC.

Secondly, can we just skip ahead to the day when Blizzard announces that they are no longer just making games, and will be putting two hour long versions of the above video in theaters? Please?

I can’t hardly believe that it’s been ten years since I first got my hands on Diablo2. On an unrelated note, my ten year high school reunion is next month… I’m pretty sure Diablo2 is a major catalyst for my lack of effort in college. I have almost zero desire to attend my reunion, but as I type this my index finger is itchy to send a few demons to their deaths.

So congratulations Blizzard! Diablo2 is more important to me than people I saw on a daily basis ten years ago.

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I am a huge Blizzard fan. Of the top five games I have put the most hours of my life into, Blizzard made two of them. I have been playing the StarCraft2 beta for a while now, and I have learned one thing from the experience…. I am god awful at StarCraft. I lose every match I play.

My own personal ineptitude aside, SC2 is a great game. The art is fantastic and the controls are spot on. And even though I suck at the game, I will be picking up a copy. I mainly want to play through the single player campaigns, multi player RTS’s just aren’t my strong suit.