Starcraft II in stores in late July

[Ralle]

Finally. July 27 is the release date of Starcraft II. I better get busy dealing out more beta keys before it's too late!

Source: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?100503

 

[GoGoTauren]

jeez Ralle... this is going to be tough. I could help you... dispose... of the beta keys.. you know, if you wanted some help..

 

[Crimson-Guard]

lol btw ralle just being curious, how many keys left ??

 

[Xarwin]

Awesome news.
Finally a new start for good gaming!

 

[Axarion]

27 July so only a bit more than 2 months until release If you need help with loosing beta keys I would take one

 

[Crimson-Guard]

i think ralle gonna give the beta keys through some more competition or ?

 

[Tleno]

Damn. Thats will be like a whole month after my birtday... oh well, look like I'll have to spare some cash...

 

[Crimson-Guard]

haha i guess i will just be waiting for second hand stocks again unless i got lucky or something...

 

[Sheephunter]

Terrain contest!
Just an idea...

 

[Tleno]

Don't you know you can pre-order it?
Oh, also this time I want to get an English version of game so there wouldn't be any probelms unerstanding the interface/unit names while speaking with other Hivers, not like with my Russian WC3 version, I had a lot of problems understanding people while reading tutorials...

 

[Crimson-Guard]

lol russian warIII ? i didnt eve know there is one...

 

[Tleno]

There is. The translation was very good, actually superb, but I still I should better get English version for my mapmaking to be easier... I mean most of Hivers have English version, right?
The only problem is that in Lithuania games are overpriced and I sometimes go to buy few games to Belarus when I visit my relatives, but they sell only Russian versions there, altrough really cheap!

 

[Vengeancekael]

weee in the summer

 

[Axarion]

There is. The translation was very good, actually superb, but I still I should better get English version for my mapmaking to be easier... I mean most of Hivers have English version, right?
The only problem is that in Lithuania games are overpriced and I sometimes go to buy few games to Belarus when I visit my relatives, but they sell only Russian versions there, altrough really cheap!

You know that you can dl wc3 from battle-net.com if you have your key? I have german wc3 and downloaded the english version

 

[Crimson-Guard]

i think we are kinda offtopic here...

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

They still didnt say how much time is left for beta.

 

[Rui]

I still don't know if I'm going to buy it... I'm going to be in a dilemma until then, but I'm more inclined towards not buying. High-technology-scientific-fiction... I just don't appreciate it.

 

[Gyrosphinx]

Man... I'll have to wait that long before I can get my Collector's Edition? (Yes, I have preordered it ^^)

 

[Vengeancekael]

I still don't know if I'm going to buy it... I'm going to be in a dilemma until then, but I'm more inclined towards not buying. High-technology-scientific-fiction... I just don't appreciate it.

But then you won't be able to play sci-fi tkok with us

 

[SomeRandomDeleted Dr. Cabbage0]

I cant wait til july... You dont understand, Im serious, I NEED IT sooner then that

 

[rubentje777]

Cool but i have something really bad.... my birthday is on 24 July and on 25 July were going on vacation! so i cant take it with me but its nice because i thought it would come out in august or something

 

[LordDz]

I still don't know if I'm going to buy it... I'm going to be in a dilemma until then, but I'm more inclined towards not buying. High-technology-scientific-fiction... I just don't appreciate it.

Spam models and create your own world?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Thus expect the beta to end somewhere in june - july (logically lol).

People better get ready, we will need a shit load of custom resources for the game to allow for non sci fi maps.

 

[Pharaoh_]

I still don't know if I'm going to buy it... I'm going to be in a dilemma until then, but I'm more inclined towards not buying. High-technology-scientific-fiction... I just don't appreciate it.

Agreed for the fact that sci-fi is not of my taste either. Who cares about the game itself anyway (well many do, but that's not the answer I'm expecting here)? The game is geared mostly to the Editor.

I cant wait til july... You dont understand, Im serious, I NEED IT sooner then that

And you, chill out

 

[Gladius_Tito]

I'd be happy to take one of the beta keys off your hands... lol
Anyway, YES! This has made my day.

 

[Rui]

But then you won't be able to play sci-fi tkok with us

Then again, it's a sci-fi TKoK.

 

[Masiah]

Short beta, huh?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Masiah, there is no point in having a long beta. The beta is purly there to make sure any major problems are delt with and ballence is approximatly correct. As the game is working prety well for the target group, they want to have it out as soon as possible.

Remember that there are going to be 2 expansions. They will have to opotunity to do any additions to the engine with them that the beta is currently lacking. Additionally just cause the game is released does not mean it wont be patched. I expect quite a number of patches by the end of the year.

An example of what betas are for could be seen with the new Halo game. The beta pointed out major service issues with the game to the developers so they could fix them (thus there will be no service issues on relese).

 

[Modhell]

Yessss, this will be a grand day and quite possibly a future korean public holiday.... or maybe not. OR MAYBE SO

I so wanna see what they have done with the single player campaign, I reckon it'll blow a lot of minds and inspire a whole wave of brand new custom games...

...and holy crap, I have never even liked the melee side of blizzard games, but for some reason I have really started getting into the beta and almost totally ignored the editor... I mean majority of the time my ass is getting trounced and yet I'm still having fun? niiiiice

 

[HailFireer]

Cool. But I am worried about the lack of models. I mean in war3 you have all thos creeps, and that allowed you to create anything. This will be way different with the lack of them. Plus in war3 you can make any time oriented map(middle ages, space, anything). SC2 probably won't have that ability.

 

[Element of Water]

I mean in war3 you have all thos creeps, and that allowed you to create anything.

The beta does not contain anywhere near all the models of the full game, for example they promised us all the sc1 units, and they're not here yet.

Plus in war3 you can make any time oriented map(middle ages, space, anything). SC2 probably won't have that ability.

Wut? In wc3 you couldn't make a futuristic-looking map without extensive use of custom models...

 

[HailFireer]

I have played a number of futuristic maps in war3 with no custom models.

And you say they will add all sc1 units too,ery cool, still way less then war3 had...

 

[Cardinian]

Yeah, that is a good point.. Warcraft 3 had hundreds of models.

Warcraft 3 - 4/5 playable races (naga?), and hundreds of other races (creeps).
Starcraft 2 - 3 playable races? What else?

 

[Element of Water]

I have played a number of futuristic maps in war3 with no custom models.

I bet they used orc barracks for command bases etc. In sc2 you could theme a game around the medieval style but use zerg models, and it'd be the same kind of thing...

And you say they will add all sc1 units too,ery cool, still way less then war3 had...

That's just one example of the extra content they're planning on adding. None of the campaign data is included in the beta, and there will be 2 more expansions (wc3 gained loads of models with its expansion). Seriously, sc2 will have MORE models and resources available than wc3, not less. You can't judge the full game by the beta.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Element of Water, HailFireer has a point. In Warcraft III you can produce any type of age, you want medieval, you have it, you want fantasy you have it. You want SCI FI, you will use a bunch of energy-looking effects and lightnings (and some default models the engine has that refer to futuristic events). In Starcraft II, you are unable of producing the medieval one without imports (it will look jerky to say at least).

 

[Element of Water]

And a castle on Mars doesn't look "jerky"?

 

[Pharaoh_]

I'm not sure if that was irony, but I'll choose the second option, which is "no":
Well, see? It requires even more imports except for the seeming ones.

 

[Darkgamma]

Blizz has finally decided: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty in stores July 27 2069

 

[Anachron]

It would be awesome if they make some packages of models, like Wc3 models and include it to the game. It wouldn't only be amazing, but awesome.

Also they failed at the script tool again. What an horrible dilemma.

 

[Darkgamma]

And a castle on Mars doesn't look "jerky"?

Hehe, good point I hope the King's eyes pop out from decompression

 

[Fussiler1]

Also they failed at the script tool again. What an horrible dilemma.

People don't seem to grasp the meaning of 'beta'.

 

[Anachron]

Don't you get it? They said they won't change it.

 

[Darkgamma]

Don't you get it? They said they won't change it.

So wat? Who cares? If they have a GUI editor, like WC3, and the option to convert into code, as in the beforementioned game, you can learn how to script

 

[Tleno]

Yeah, that is a good point.. Warcraft 3 had hundreds of models.

Warcraft 3 - 4/5 playable races (naga?), and hundreds of other races (creeps).
Starcraft 2 - 3 playable races? What else?

They'll have like a complete crapload of dodads and decorations, plus the graphical immporvement is great!

 

[HailFireer]

I newer played beta, but all I know is that sc1 had no creeps. I really do hope that element of water is right and that there will be more units then in war3. And hopefully they will be different from each other, not very similar.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Finally. July 27 is the release date of Starcraft II. I better get busy dealing out more beta keys before it's too late!

Source: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?100503

Late ? So ?

I won't mind an early snippet into the game, but really if it comes, I'll buy it !

 

[Anachron]

So wat? Who cares? If they have a GUI editor, like WC3, and the option to convert into code, as in the beforementioned game, you can learn how to script

Don't you get it?
There is no way to convert a GUI script to custom code.

 

[Modhell]

Cool. But I am worried about the lack of models. I mean in war3 you have all thos creeps, and that allowed you to create anything. This will be way different with the lack of them. Plus in war3 you can make any time oriented map(middle ages, space, anything). SC2 probably won't have that ability.

Fair enough bout the time orientation, however I think there will be even more custom models made for SC2 than WC3 because it's detail level (while not huge) is much higher then WC3 which will make it a bit more worthwhile for modellers to consider involvement (also the fact that the game is new so their will be more interest in ppl joining in to the scene), and hopefully with startools it will have better support for such imports.

As far as model quantity goes.... you are forgetting about the SC2 campaign which I'm postive blizzard will have tonnes of extra content for, not to mention this game gets 2 expansions. WOO

 

[Pecki]

That's nice. I thought you have already spend all keys. Sadly i lost in the the dual tournament competition I played 30games my opponent 1100
17 July is pretty cool because we got holidays at this time
I will buy it, i enjoy the blizzard campaings, but not only blizzard most custom campaings are funny too.

(Waiting for new competition)

 

[Dr Super Good]

Facebook support in Bnet 2.0...
Not a joke last time I checked.