Starcraft II - Midnight Release Party

[FragTek]

Anyone attending one? I will be at my local GameStop at 10pm to take part of the festivities!

w00t w00t.

 

[hmmblah]

How was it? Any freebies while waiting?

I wasn't able to attend anything but I went this morning before work and picked up a boxed copy at Wal-Mart. They had 3 on the shelves.

 

[FragTek]

No freebies, pretty good turnout though. I was first in line, got in, got out, and was playing within 15 minutes!

Oh yeah, SC2 OWNNNNNS! EPIC EPIC EPIC!!!

 

[Runebeard]

Lol that the one good thing about waiting for Blizzard to finish a game, it may take a while, but it's guaranteed to deliver in spades!

 

[hmmblah]

Played 3 hours straight today. Only quit because I had to pick up my son. I took tomorrow off of work just so I can get more play time in. Blizzard really delivered on this one and I've only just brushed the surface of single player.

 

[FragTek]

It's amazing to say the least.

10gauge (at) mauldroppers (dot) com - ADD ME!!!!!

 

[Runebeard]

Not sure how it is in the US, but I'm a little miffed about the £45 RRP over here, that's PS3 game prices normally and retailers aren't straying a whole load below that, bringing PC games into dangerous territory price-wise. I'll still probably get though after I've completed the original to bring me up to speed again with the storyline.

 

[FragTek]

It's $59.99 stateside

 

[Runebeard]

With current exchange rates rates it's still only just under £40, which isn't great, when other games happily sell for £30 all day long. Maybe they're trying to reclaim some of the extra costs they spent in the long development of this game. No doubt worth it though. Might order my copy tonight or should I make that this morning for us Limeys

 

[FragTek]

You won't regret it, I promise you that. It's absolutely everything I hoped it was going to be.... They didn't "change" it. It's still very much original Starcraft at heart. Just better graphics and some new units.

 

[AMDFTW]

how much is it on PC or is it better on console

 

[hmmblah]

It's PC only, $60 in the states.

 

[mrapoc]

Its a joke over here

£40+ for a PC game with no Lan and apparently they expect you to get expansion packs to play as other races in single player?

I'll wait for the inevitable drop to £25 in a couple of months

 

[equk]

Its a joke over here

£40+ for a PC game with no Lan and apparently they expect you to get expansion packs to play as other races in single player?

I'll wait for the inevitable drop to £25 in a couple of months

That's what I'm thinking atm

am going to wait, reckon it will be £15-20 in no time

I'm more excited about diablo3 which I think comes out a month after starcraft so saving my pennies for that instead altho if it's also overpriced will just wait

 

[FragTek]

I need some peoples battle.net addresses so we can play!

 

[FragTek]

So I just discovered the most righteous feature of SC2..... It updates your solo campaign progress online, what does that mean? That means you can continuously play the campaign from multiple computers. I started on my desktop, played a few missions on my laptop, and then continued on my desktop where I left off from my laptop.

Now that is hottttttnesssss!

 

[hmmblah]

That is pretty cool. Now I just need a gaming rig at work.

 

[FragTek]

Heck the Intel HD gfx in my laptop handle it no problem with all settings on low!