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Old 2010-02-18, 21:21   Link #1461
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... and Star Craft 2 is broken into 3 parts; expensive oii >.<
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Old 2010-02-18, 21:31   Link #1462
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... and Star Craft 2 is broken into 3 parts; expensive oii >.<
The other parts are expansions, they'll cost less.
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Old 2010-02-18, 21:47   Link #1463
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Looking at the actual stats of the Immortal, it seems to do 20 damage... and +30 against armored. I think 50 damage is a lot. The Siege Tank's siege cannon does 60, for reference.
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Old 2010-02-18, 22:51   Link #1464
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Got to make up that time spent in development hell with money.

This may be fun when it comes out...all I need is to be able to buy it.
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Old 2010-02-19, 00:30   Link #1465
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been wondering for a while, did anyone here got into the beta at all?
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Old 2010-02-19, 00:46   Link #1466
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been wondering for a while, did anyone here got into the beta at all?
If you look at the first post on this page... you wouldn't have had to ask this question.
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Old 2010-02-19, 01:01   Link #1467
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my bad, I wasn't paying attention
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Old 2010-02-19, 01:44   Link #1468
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The other parts are expansions, they'll cost less.
We dont' know that

Here in Canada it's going for $70.00 Thats expensive for a PC game.
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Old 2010-02-19, 01:57   Link #1469
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We dont' know that
Don't know what? That they're expansions? It's clearly stated in the official FAQ that they are. That they'll cost less? That's normal for expansions.
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Old 2010-02-19, 05:02   Link #1470
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Don't know what? That they're expansions? It's clearly stated in the official FAQ that they are. That they'll cost less? That's normal for expansions.
We're still paying $59.99 for the base game though. I mean, when 99% of new PC games retail for $49.99 (except MW2, another Activision game), it's kind of a lame move. They're doing it because they know they can charge an extra $10, and every SC fan is still going to buy it regardless, just like with MW2.

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Old 2010-02-19, 07:42   Link #1471
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We're still paying $59.99 for the base game though. I mean, when 99% of new PC games retail for $49.99 (except MW2, another Activision game), it's kind of a lame move. They're doing it because they know they can charge an extra $10, and every SC fanboy is still going to buy it regardless, just like with MW2.
You said it yourself; people will buy it even if it's more expensive. But what's wrong with that? It's pure supply and demand. There is a strong demand for a good game, so the price goes up because the markup is acceptable for the gaming experience being offered. Any company is free to sell their product at any price they wish, and if it was found that they can make more money by selling the game for more, with no measurable drop in sales, then so be it.

If you want a cheap game, you can go to any bargain bin and grab a dozen at a time. I would say a company that dares to charge more for the game, have a stronger incentive to deliver a superior product.


There is no reason why videogames should all cost the same; no more than you might think every restaurant should charge the same price for any type of meal.
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Old 2010-02-19, 08:54   Link #1472
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My understanding is that the later games will be more analogous to expansion packs. So I'd imagine they'd be cheaper than the main tittle.
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Old 2010-02-19, 09:52   Link #1473
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Well as usual Business is Business .


"Lurker and Infested Terran removed" -> Why ?

"Protoss macro mechanic is called "Chrono Boost" - Makes units and researches build 50% faster" "Immortals do terrible, terrible damage to armored" -> Lol i kinda think that Protoss will be really powerful .

"Hydralisks have a range upgrade instead of a movement upgrade" What do you think about it ? Slow Hydra with Better Range hmm

Hope Battle.net new system will be good .
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Old 2010-02-19, 10:35   Link #1474
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"Protoss macro mechanic is called "Chrono Boost" - Makes units and researches build 50% faster" "Immortals do terrible, terrible damage to armored" -> Lol i kinda think that Protoss will be really powerful .
The word is definitely "toss are broken" in both bad and good.

Or maybe just the game is broken in favor of Toss, first of which being the *new* 2 gassers start and 2 gassers at expansion (4?) which is a little too much maybe (so much for toss being expensive). Even silly maps like The Big Game Hunters in the original SC didn't have that many for crying out loud There's also this crying for how the Void Rays (the chargeup siege things) are too easy to get and blow up other peoples command centers and such.

It goes the other way too, apparently Toss anti-air is kinda lame at the moment.

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Hope Battle.net new system will be good.
Seems good from what people are saying when talking about it.

ps. Anyone see a site with the beta tech tree's and abilities posted?
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Old 2010-02-19, 16:13   Link #1475
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ps. Anyone see a site with the beta tech tree's and abilities posted?
To answer my own question: http://www.sc2armory.com/game/terran/tech_tree pretty much has it covered.
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Old 2010-02-19, 18:06   Link #1476
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You said it yourself; people will buy it even if it's more expensive. But what's wrong with that? It's pure supply and demand. There is a strong demand for a good game, so the price goes up because the markup is acceptable for the gaming experience being offered. Any company is free to sell their product at any price they wish, and if it was found that they can make more money by selling the game for more, with no measurable drop in sales, then so be it.

If you want a cheap game, you can go to any bargain bin and grab a dozen at a time. I would say a company that dares to charge more for the game, have a stronger incentive to deliver a superior product.


There is no reason why videogames should all cost the same; no more than you might think every restaurant should charge the same price for any type of meal.
Except the precedent game, MW2, delivers less content but still charges more. The PC version had no dedicated servers, and the game was a incredibly unbalanced glitch fest for a long time with tons of hacks out for it. They also spent 4 times on marketting than they did developing the game. Now Activision announced that they might be interested in charging a subscription fee for their next Call of Duty title?
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Old 2010-02-20, 09:38   Link #1477
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So what do you think about the new ost :

Terran :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQzxjsN6aM

Protoss :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnwzzDrz-CY

Zerg :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_96Ahwb-F6w

There is also others songs for them check in the link .

Ok , Protoss : Space song ...

Terran , Zerg : I recognize some beat in Starcraft 1 . That's good .

Edit : Forgot about the Main title .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW3a22L6sUE

The beginning sound like a remix for SC 1 Main title too .
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Old 2010-02-20, 09:45   Link #1478
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The Terran's theme is definitely recognizable and it really fits them.

Protoss' theme made me think Avatar... that's not a good thing, is it.

And Zerg's theme is my favorite of the three, even though I hate playing as them.
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Old 2010-02-20, 09:51   Link #1479
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"Terran 1" specifically shares the exact same tune as one of the Terran themes from SC1, it's just an entirely different instrumentation. I don't get all the people on YouTube complaining about all the Terran themes being too relaxed in SC2, the Terran themes in SC1 were pretty relaxed too.

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Old 2010-02-20, 10:01   Link #1480
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+1 i agree

Terran 1 : Yeah sound like SC 1

Terran 2 : I like this one . Good beat .

Terran 3 : Sound like western country

....

Well , they are all good songs

This is just Protoss , wth is that ...
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