StarCraft 2 was announced 10 years ago today!

[TheEconomist]

The exact opposite is true. Sure, SC2 quickly lost the eSports dominance, but so did SCBW, and that has to do more with a changing industry. But, the truth is, is that StarCraft II did extremely well by any realistic standard. Even the story was good to the normies.

[Nissa]

Not true. My normie friend was "meh" about it, and I still haven't met many people who even know what Starcraft is.

[TheEconomist]

Sample size of one. Very convincing.

I see your n=1 and raise you most of the reviews on GameRankings.com

[Gradius]

Sample size of one. Very convincing.

I see your n=1 and raise you most of the reviews on GameRankings.com

Savage.

[TheEconomist]

I mean, I hate to defend Blizzard, but, ridiculous is ridiculous. My life is not worse for StarCraft II being made. It's simply not THAT bad at all. There are redeeming qualities to it.

[KaiserStratosTygo]

The exact opposite is true. Sure, SC2 quickly lost the eSports dominance, but so did SCBW, and that has to do more with a changing industry. But, the truth is, is that StarCraft II did extremely well by any realistic standard. Even the story was good to the normies.

BW is still a major contender in Korean E-sports, so no.

Secondly SC2's story was forgotten by the "normies" who played it once and went to the MP (and then left to play the next HIP game)

The story was pretty terrible by even less story inclined people, hell I knew people that liked it but admitted that it was more like the stories of the transformers films.

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BW is still a major contender in Korean E-sports, so no.

Secondly SC2's story was forgotten by the "normies" who played it once and went to the MP (and then left to play the next HIP game)

The story was pretty terrible by even less story inclined people, hell I knew people that liked it but admitted that it was more like the stories of the transformers films.

"My life is not worse for StarCraft II being made. It's simply not THAT bad at all. There are redeeming qualities to it."

Mine isn't either, but lets call a spade a spade, SC2 is a shit game, bad core gameplay, abysmal story-telling and toy-like art design.

whatever redeeming qualities it may have i'd love to hear them.

An electronic interactive product that has passed away

[TheEconomist]

BW is still a major contender in Korean E-sports, so no.

If SC2 is dead, so is BW. And so are all non-MOBA/FPS games. No moving goal posts.

Secondly SC2's story was forgotten by the "normies" who played it once and went to the MP (and then left to play the next HIP game)

Every game is forgotten after playing for casual players. The simple fact is that, for some reason, they enjoyed the 'experience' of the story, even if not the story itself. If anyone thinks about the story much outside of game play, they aren't the average gamer.

The story was pretty terrible by even less story inclined people, hell I knew people that liked it but admitted that it was more like the stories of the transformers films.

'Kay, so, sample size of .. what ... n=+-3? See above response.



In short, citation needed.

Also, seek therapy. You rehash the same shit over and over and get yourself into a rage. Who the fuck cares?

Finally, I am done.

[Turalyon]

Mine isn't either, but lets call a spade a spade, SC2 is a shit game, bad core gameplay, abysmal story-telling and toy-like art design.

whatever redeeming qualities it may have i'd love to hear them.

You're overreaching. Many people still play it, so there's definitely an appeal somewhere even if you can't see it.

Now... if you had said C&C4 instead, I'd be all aboard.

[TheEconomist]

C&C4 was so bad I got it for free and felt ripped off because I had to spend time downloading the damn thing.

[Nissa]

Sample size of one. Very convincing.

I see your n=1 and raise you most of the reviews on GameRankings.com

I mentioned multiple people in my post. That is, the general lack of people who know about Starcraft, ie the general lack of people who were made aware of Starcraft by SC2's existence.

But you can ignore what I'm saying if you wish to continue to be self-righteous.