 Register - Login | |||||
 |
Main
- Memberlist
- Active users
- Calendar
- Wiki
- IRC Chat
- Online users Ranks - Rules/FAQ - Stats - Latest Posts - Color Chart - Smilies |
|
| | ||
| Jul - Gaming - Starcraft II: Hell, it's about time |
 -  -  |
| Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
|
Aerakin Ye Olde Layout Level: 98     Posts: 2023/2550 EXP: 9475675 For next: 178678 Since: 07-06-07 From: From the future Since last post: 8.0 years Last activity: 1.2 years
|
|
| Guess who's on vacation since 20 minutes ago?
Guess who came home with this game having been delivered in the day?  |
|
NSNick 1890     Nihilist Level: 86  Posts: 1456/1892 EXP: 6045776 For next: 96331 Since: 07-24-07 From: The North Side Since last post: 2.6 years Last activity: 2.6 years
|
| ||||
|
|
Surlent 220 Life over. Continue(s) left: 00 Level: 34  Posts: 173/222 EXP: 242781 For next: 10870 Since: 08-02-07 From: Berlin Since last post: 8.8 years Last activity: 8.4 years
|
|
| What are your opinions about the campaign so far?
If possible please use either no or then use spoiler tags for certain missions. I finished 9 missions so far, and while the campaign may not be uber-good (never expected that), I really like most missions - as you not only have to destroy or escort things. A welcome change, as the usual selection of goals in RTSes are limited normally. Escort, kill things, survive a certain amount of time and that. The point&click thingy may seem a bit gimmicky, but things like research and stuff are not too bad. I play on "Hard" so far, got kicked in two or three missions, until discovering that it is rather simple, but effective, tactics changing which can make some mission really easy, at least until "Hard" (maybe Brutal will make those tactics harder/impossible, dunno). You have to get the idea first, though  ____________________  |
|
— Anya —
Trudging Scribe Post 18629/23359
|
| |||||||||||
|
|
— Colin —
Missing: One avatar. Will be restored at some point. Post 6049/10052 Active 8.3 years ago
|
| ||||
|
|
Surlent 220 Life over. Continue(s) left: 00 Level: 34 Posts: 174/222 EXP: 242781 For next: 10870 Since: 08-02-07 From: Berlin Since last post: 8.8 years Last activity: 8.4 years
|
|
| This sucks indeed. You could try the autosave feature for past missions, though, if you knew where you would have gotten an achievement. As there are three of them each, and at least one has to do with fulfilling side missions on Normal or higher, it might be a way back to get them normally (when the connection stands).
Does the game alert you in Single Player, if the connection to Battle.net is lost? ____________________ |
|
Miasmir Member  Level: 50  Posts: 325/528 EXP: 891087 For next: 56230 Since: 07-26-07 From: Lavastone (don't tell the pirate orcs) Since last post: 86 days Last activity: 5 days
|
|
| It does not alert you.
However, if you're still playing when you regain the connection, you'll retroactively get your achievements at once at the end of the next mission you finish. Or at least that's my best explanation for why I got Brutal 10 and Brutal 15 at the same time. |
Orlandu Holy SwordsMan Level: 137  Posts: 2551/5913 EXP: 30477888 For next: 394967 Since: 01-12-10 From: Las Vegas, NV Since last post: 4.0 years Last activity: 208 days
|
| |||||||||||
|
|
NSNick 1890 Nihilist Level: 86 Posts: 1463/1892 EXP: 6045776 For next: 96331 Since: 07-24-07 From: The North Side Since last post: 2.6 years Last activity: 2.6 years
|
| ||||
|
|
Tyty Level: 165 Posts: 7652/8599 EXP: 58672111 For next: 263570 Since: 07-07-07 Since last post: 9.8 years Last activity: 9.8 years
|
|
I zergrushed my friend's thors 
They have problems with a large enough army of zerglings at their feet. Brood Lords are still overpowered as hell though. ____________________
|
|
Surlent 220 Life over. Continue(s) left: 00 Level: 34 Posts: 175/222 EXP: 242781 For next: 10870 Since: 08-02-07 From: Berlin Since last post: 8.8 years Last activity: 8.4 years
|
|
| Thors vs Lings? Ouch.
These are really great for annihilating groups of Mutalisks, though - and with multiple SCVs as a repair escort Thors should also be pretty decent against Void Rays - even considering the range and increasing damage VRs do. ____________________ |
|
Orlandu Holy SwordsMan Level: 137 Posts: 2567/5913 EXP: 30477888 For next: 394967 Since: 01-12-10 From: Las Vegas, NV Since last post: 4.0 years Last activity: 208 days
|
| |||||||||||
|
|
Surlent 220 Life over. Continue(s) left: 00 Level: 34 Posts: 176/222 EXP: 242781 For next: 10870 Since: 08-02-07 From: Berlin Since last post: 8.8 years Last activity: 8.4 years
|
|
| If your opponent has a lot of Void Rays, Carriers or something similar early you didn't make enough pressure. I know it, thinking I got most of an enemy's army, but not searching the map good enough. Then I see like 6 Carriers coming out of nowhere, killing my expos and then my main base. Personally I just suck in multiplayer, but if I really see TEN Void Rays, the fault must be on my side - not making enough pressure.
Although I have to admit stimmed Marines seem to work quite awell against toss in SC2, also sending an early Marauder with some support is nice, too. ____________________ |
|
Orlandu Holy SwordsMan Level: 137 Posts: 2568/5913 EXP: 30477888 For next: 394967 Since: 01-12-10 From: Las Vegas, NV Since last post: 4.0 years Last activity: 208 days
|
| |||||||||||
|
|
Tyty Level: 165 Posts: 7656/8599 EXP: 58672111 For next: 263570 Since: 07-07-07 Since last post: 9.8 years Last activity: 9.8 years
|
|
I really miss the old 'ling sounds from SC1 though, if I ever make a custom map, I'm using the old ones >.> <.<
But yeah, my friend never put any SCVs with them so my 'lings and then later my broodlords murdered his thors ____________________
|
|
Glisp Member Level: 14  Posts: 9/32 EXP: 11882 For next: 1189 Since: 07-16-10 From: Bloomington, Indiana, USA Since last post: 11.4 years Last activity: 8.9 years
|
|
| I love the plot. Its gotten thicker and more detailed since the first game. The one person who can save the universe wants to destroy it. How ironic. For those of you who haven't got that far yet, I'm going to just leave it at that.
A lot of the new Zerg units aren't very cool looking. The exception being the Omegalisk, Brutalisk, and the Hybrids (since they technically count as both Protoss and Zerg.) I guess they get the job done though. Broodlings are now a bit more of a threat. Yeah, sure you don't have to worry about your precious ground units being destroyed in one hit by the Queen's "Spawn Broodling" move but now they don't die when their energy runs out because they have none anymore. They stay alive until you kill them. Plus the fact they come out of destroyed Zerg structures makes them much more of a threat. Against the computer on casual difficulty, its pretty easy to overwhelm them with a group of 20 or more units, plus, thanks to the fact that you have the ability to control a shit load more units than the original at one time (i.e. you could only control one group of twelve at a time in the original.) you have a much easier time controlling a larger attack force. I found it very difficult to control a ton of units This can be deadly as you can focus you attacks on one target and obliterate them with just a few shots from all of the units in your attack force at once. This means that you can pretty much wipe out an unprepared opponent in very little time if you have a large hoard to attack with. I've got the collector's edition of Starcraft II so I have the official OST, a Flash drive replica of Jim Raynor's Dog tag, a concept art book, a DVD with tons of footage regarding development of the first Starcraft as well as containing spoilers for the second game, including the CGI cutscenes. Alas, I can't get a decent frame rate from Starcraft II, even with every application closed on my computer and more than 40 GB of memory free. Its playable, but I doubt it will be on Battle.net. Blizzard should have stuck to prerendering for the gameplay and just made the cutscenes CGI IMO. ____________________ 
SOR II Beta Title Screen found by me unused in the Bare Knuckle II Beta ROM dump and pieced together by me as well. |
|
Surlent 220 Life over. Continue(s) left: 00 Level: 34 Posts: 177/222 EXP: 242781 For next: 10870 Since: 08-02-07 From: Berlin Since last post: 8.8 years Last activity: 8.4 years
|
|
| I didn't play online yet, lacking time and want to finish the campaign first, but I would never put all my front troops into one large group. Think that, while you can use Psi storm in a group of 200 units, as the icon/hotkey appears nicely like in WC3, you first cannot control where your Templar is at that time. Second, naturally features like Cloak from Ghosts and Stim could overlap.
And it is pretty inefficent to send groups with air and ground straight to a target far away. The air units will probably be faster than the rest and/ot splitting up due to no obstacles in air, ending shot down by Thors and stationary Anti-Air stuff like Turrets. And your ground forces will form a nice queue, basically murdering the first few units in front, as they arrive one by one - before the big messy 'ball' of other troops will attack, too ____________________ |
|
Glisp Member Level: 14 Posts: 10/32 EXP: 11882 For next: 1189 Since: 07-16-10 From: Bloomington, Indiana, USA Since last post: 11.4 years Last activity: 8.9 years
|
|
| Performance on my game jumped for some reason today when I played. Before the framerate was all choppy. Now its running pretty smooth even if there is some slowdown, its not that noticeable. I'm still puzzled at how the performance sky rocketed when last night and early this morning, it was still choppy. ____________________
SOR II Beta Title Screen found by me unused in the Bare Knuckle II Beta ROM dump and pieced together by me as well. |
|
Orlandu Holy SwordsMan Level: 137 Posts: 2607/5913 EXP: 30477888 For next: 394967 Since: 01-12-10 From: Las Vegas, NV Since last post: 4.0 years Last activity: 208 days
|
| |||||||||||
|
|
Glisp Member Level: 14 Posts: 11/32 EXP: 11882 For next: 1189 Since: 07-16-10 From: Bloomington, Indiana, USA Since last post: 11.4 years Last activity: 8.9 years
|
|
Originally posted by Orlandu They were. They always have been. On another note, I'm disappointed that there wasn't a single mission where you got to control Zerg unless you mind controlled them with the Hive Mind Emulator. That and the fact that the emulator couldn't take control of worker units is sad... 
I also miss the Dark Archons..... Those were like my all time favorite units. I hope they return in the planned expansion. However, even if they do, they'll most likely be limited in the same way.....
I'm going to miss mind controlling Drones, Probes, and SCVs to build the tech trees from the other races up..... That was always fun to do when you weren't playing seriously. Guess it was removed due to the more tournament based battle system of Starcraft II. ____________________
SOR II Beta Title Screen found by me unused in the Bare Knuckle II Beta ROM dump and pieced together by me as well. |
| Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
| Jul - Gaming - Starcraft II: Hell, it's about time |
- - |
|
Acmlmboard - commit 47be4dc [2021-08-23]
©2000-2022 Acmlm, Xkeeper, Kaito Sinclaire, et al. 
|
