Morning Discussion
While it's obvious what the launch will mean for Blizzard and Activision--buckets of cash--how will it affect smaller developers working in the RTS genre? Hazardous Software, developer of the astounding time-travelling RTS Achron, has produced a jolly interesting blog post touching upon similar issues.
"Every indie developer looking to succeed in the business of making games needs to reflect upon the question, 'why should people play my game instead of a big budget game?'" writes founder Chris Hazard. In the case of Achron, having unique time-travelling multiplayer means the game can excel in one area enough to not be injured by Blizzard's certain sales juggernaut but others might struggle to be noticed.
Built around the economic theory of the 'Pareto frontier,' Hazard's insight makes an for interesting read that certainly rings true for AAA titles of all genres as well as indies.
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woo, Happy Starcraft 2 day!
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I'm in Blackwater, doing missions for the crazy redheaded Doctor. I know I need to finish that up, then some more government missions, but I think I'm reasonably close. Probably a few hours away from done, but I've been distracting myself hunting down buffalo.
Also, where the fuck do you find two cougars to knife to death? Every time I happen to find one, they turn tail and run away as fast as they possibly can. -
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Some people on the forums are saying achievements are back online. I haven't tried playing again.
Obviously this only matters if you give a shit about achievements, which honestly I would love to say I don't, but deep down I kind of do. It's nice to have your progress on display in the form of an achievement.
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:) My friend bought me the Collectors Edition since they were in stock where he picked it up last night at midnight and he traded me for my Regular Edition since he knew I wanted the CE (plus the difference in money) (My Reg edition is in the mail)
:( Now I have the unopened Collectors edition at work staring at me. -
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Okay, there has to be a way to do this. I want to get the digital copy of Starcraft 2 because I believe in digital distribution and want to support it (and don't want to pay tax). However, the OSX-run downloader only downloads the OSX version of the game, and the Windows-run downloader only downloads the windows game, right?
So how do I obtain the Windows version without sitting in Boot Camp twiddling my thumbs for damn near 2 days while it downloads? -
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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PADME!!!!! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37208/Clipboard01%20%282%29.jpg
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:) Up until maybe a 3-5 years ago I didn't even bothered with RTS and strategy games I hated them and could not get into them since all I could think of was ARPGs fast action loot and shit loads of spells.
Recently I tried them out again and turns out I really enjoy them now or they got better, this is why I try out almost every game since you never know it could be awesome. Almost all game deserver a chance.
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Oh man, the Blizzard sense of humor is in full swing and I love it.
iPistol ads on the TV in the bar - hilarious (I also liked the billboard with the ad for an iCruiser).
Jukebox with such classics as Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird!
Marines making Duke Nukem references!
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Plus, great re-playability for the SP campaign (from BlizzCast Episode 14):
Dustin Browder: I think the player choice is really, really key, and I think what's really fun about it—you know, I've obviously played it way too many times at this point—but what's really fun about it, still for us now, is that I can still play through it in a different way. I'll get to a mission with different technology. I'll get to a mission with different research I've never had before, and I'm suddenly presented with a new tactical challenge that I have not yet seen, and I've played through this game so many times. So, I know that many players will play through it once, and that's great, but I think for those players who do want to play through it multiple times, they will find that the order they play the missions in, the types of technology choices they make, the types of research choices they make, the types of mercenaries they choose to hire fundamentally sort of alters some of the basic challenges you're facing and keeps the game very fresh after many, many play-throughs.
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I've been playing the game in Traditional Chinese :(
First Blizzard game I've been stuck without the ability to select a language for in 10 years... Fucking bullshit. Whoever they hired to do voice acting for the Chinese version needs to be shot, its so so bad.
It also seems a bit too easy, on the first timed mission with ZERG!!! I managed to wipe everything out instead of just waiting for the timer to end.
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