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Blizzard Announces New Starcraft Game

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rolling-forth-the-juggernaut-of-hype dept.

About a zillion readers wrote in to tell us about all the commotion over at the Blizzard site. Following a countdown, they've announced the latest Starcraft game, Starcraft: Ghost. Note that this game will be console-only, and the FAQ is very adamant that this is not a Starcraft 2.

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  1. Re:Blizzard will pay. by jmauro · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How can SC2 be delayed? There is currently just an idea to make one, no plan, no timeline nothing. How can you be late for something when there is no date to be late from? I also don't think Blizzard is actually doing much with this game. It seems (based on the number of FPS that Blizzard has created) that their partner, Nihilistic, is doing most of the work. So you don't get a sequal as soon as you like. Suffer.

  2. disappointing for shore by JW+Troll · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    umm... i think it's quite disappointing that they've exorcised everything I enjoyed about StarCraft while preserving exactly nothing of value. Can you play as the Zerg? Nope. Can you be a Protoss? Nope. Do you get to command whole armies of aliens to run rampant over your enemies?? Hell no. You do, however, get to
    Leverage the Resources of an Entire Army
    -Call down massive Battlecruiser and Siege Tank strikes

    -Take control of familiar StarCraft vehicles

    -Wield a variety of familiar weapons, such as the Gauss Rifle and Perdition Flamethrower

    -Join your allies in battle and do your part to ensure mission success

    which of course means you have an intercom interface with the rest of your forces... hardly a command, you get to "leverage" instead. Gay.

    They even made it into another FPS (like we need more of those for consoles - we already have Halo, thanks) to dilute whatever strategic fun remained. I don't like FPS, and that's WHY I enjoyed SC and Brood War so much. Dammit.
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  3. I forget by Gekko · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Is this not the 100,000,000,000 time someone has said that? It's not funny. Never has been. Stop karma whoring.

    As the AC points out nicely it's not a single point of view. Secondly, some of us can seperate art and politics. I can hate a company's tactics and yet still like what the produce. I am not a single state machine.

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