[::maroma::]

Tried to resurrect an old thread, but I was told I wasn't allowed.

So, lets discuss Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty! To kick it off, check out a couple of vids:

Cinematic Teaser (Blizzard does the best cinematics in the biz, in my opinion... this one gives me chills)
http://www.giantbomb.com/starcraft-i...valry/17-1201/

Single Player Info & In-Game Clips
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ot;watchlink;1

I cannot wait for this game to come out. It will consume me for a long while, I'm assuming.

Anyone want to speculate on the minimum system specs? I'm hoping I don't have to get a new computer, but I will if I have to!

[redJag]

Almost a month since posting and not one reply... I will reply just to say this is my most anticipated game in years. Actually can't think of one I've looked forward to more. I'm hoping my Macbook Pro will be up to playing it on reasonable specs, but it is a few revisions old by now and it might be time to upgrade..

[Brien]

This and Diablo III: do want.

[Chuckit]

I'm kind of bummed about the lack of LAN play. That and the fact that they're releasing it in tiny chunks and still delaying it until who-knows-when has kind of dampened my enthusiasm.

As for system specs, I'm guessing any Intel on the Mac side.

[olePigeon]

Removal of LAN support is stupid. My Comcrap is already sh*tty as all hell. I can't play games online already. I was really looking forward to a game I could play with my friends that doesn't require me to go online.

I bought Left 4 Dead and I still haven't gotten a chance to really play it. My 3000+ ms ping after 5PM prevents me.

[boy8cookie]

If it's anything like the original, I'll play it way too much and nearly fail high school, or something.

[P]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

I'm kind of bummed about the lack of LAN play. That and the fact that they're releasing it in tiny chunks and still delaying it until who-knows-when has kind of dampened my enthusiasm.

As for system specs, I'm guessing any Intel on the Mac side.

To be fair, they're releasing it in fairly large chunks - the Terran campaign is described as being as long as all three campaigns in original Starcraft. Honestly, the original campaigns were too short in the original: Both the Protoss and the Zerg only fought themselves once, and the Terrans only had the Protoss once.

Ah, who am I kidding: anything they release I will play it and love it. I should probably try to get the old version going again: I did eventually buy it, but before then I had several different seed installs (the ones you could do to play over LAN only) and the resulting mess had issues. Transferring that installation to new Macs twice, and surviving the transition from OS 7.something to 10.5, was maybe more than I should expect of it.

[Chuckit]

Blizzard's still releasing patches for the old Starcraft, actually.

[Peter]

remember the great fun we had beta testing the mac version of World of Warcraft during the private beta?

Well, starcraft 2 has entered private beta testing: Blizzard will begin beta-testing of StarCraft II

so, who was friends with the blizzard MacNN'er and can hook us up!?!?!

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by Peter 

remember the great fun we had beta testing the mac version of World of Warcraft during the private beta?

Well, starcraft 2 has entered private beta testing: Blizzard will begin beta-testing of StarCraft II

so, who was friends with the blizzard MacNN'er and can hook us up!?!?!

Why is that story dated 17th June 2007? Weird...

[Peter]

hah. i'm pretty sure it was recent that they gave it to people outside of blizzard.

[besson3c]

Yeah, I don't doubt you. I don't think there were any plans for SC II that were public knowledge in 2007.

[Mac User #001]

Hey hey, a game thread I can actually be a part of upon release.