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Monday, January 2, 2012

Spawn more Overlords




If you've purchased Starcraft 2 already *highfives* for you. If you haven't, run to your nearest gaming store NOW. To sum this game up in one word the only thing that comes to mind is "Amazing". You'll be saying it over and over as you smash through the single player campaign which is littered with beautiful cut-scenes, amazing graphics, plenty of mission variety to hold your short attention span, fitting soundtrack and above all, a top-notch story.

For all you die-hard multiplayer fanatics you'll be stoked. Starcraft 2 delivers a solid multiplayer experience. Like the first game, the units are all balanced and no race is "better" than the other. The match making system is brilliant and gives new players the option of playing in a practice league for 50 matches. Although practice league is good for new players to learn about units and build strategies I'd steer clear of this if you've played the original game. The maps in this league are constructed to avoid early rushes and each game comes down to how many end game units each player has. When you're thrown out into ranked matches everything you learned in practice league becomes pretty irrelevant as people will be rushing early game. To put this in perspective, I had a 2v2 match which lasted 58 minutes while I was in practice league. Most ranked games after practice league will last for around 10-20 minutes.

Did someone say achievements? That's right boys and girls, Starcraft 2 has an achievement system. Unlocking achievements will see you rewarded with new avatars and decals. Achievement hunters will be extremely happy with this new feature.

There is one thing that lets this game down and that is the lack of LAN. Apparently Blizzard took the feature out to combat against pirating. Let’s face it, this was an extremely bad move on Blizzards behalf. People are going to pirate the game no matter what and LAN is a feature that is needed in such a popular game like Starcraft. However, I've heard that if you hook everyone up to the same router you should all be able to play on Bnet with no lag.

All up, this is a solid game. Every aspect of Starcraft 2 is polished to the point of perfection. If you can look past the lack of LAN and the hefty price tag ($100 AUD) this game is a must have. I'm onto day 4 and I must say it's holding my attention extremely well. Whether you're a new or veteran RTS gamer or haven't had the chance to play the original game, Starcraft 2 will not disappoint.

Happy gaming!

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