Starcraft 2

anathema · 05-21-2008, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by normajean777

Quite honestly that could be the main reason that they don't run out. If they had no idea of how many people to expect than they can order to little, and it will sell out. But if 100 people preorder from the store, they can just order 150 copies, to meet the preorders, and with an expectation of a bunch of others who probably want it.

Thats hypothetical though.

I like the new terran unit that can be land and air. It could be good, but then again the tradeoff with versatility could be that is very weak. . . Has anyone else looked at the units?

You may not understand the position the stores are in. With GTA: san andreas, GTA 4, halo 2, halo 3 and a few other huge titles, the store only gets so many copies, say, 100 on the first day. If 110 people preorder, 10 people have to wait along with the other 250 walkins that day until the next shipment comes in (usually that thursday after the tuesday release). The store could have ordered 150, but the distributor and/or publisher had to limit the amount of copies per store that could go out.

On the day of release, you couldnt find GTA 4 at any gamestop in denver if you didnt preorder. I was only interested in gamestop due to the fact I was trading in my old xbox (with an additional $30 trade in credit coupon!) for it, and didnt preorder. Best buy or another big box might have had it, but bestbuy also dosnt do preordering IIRC.

MJ_Avalanche · 08-17-2009, 12:40 PM

I'm gonna bring back this thread in the interest of posting new Starcraft II singleplayer info. And also a rad cinematic.

July 20, 2009 Wings of Liberty SP Coverage

AlphaSigma · 08-20-2009, 04:18 PM

I'm excited mostly for the huge multiplayer battle brawls. Armies of 200 colliding with one another.

penguinofwar · 08-21-2009, 10:48 PM

I'd like to point out that I've had difficulty getting my hands on (or it least know people who have) on the Nintendo exclusives... unless you pre-order them, its hard to get a copy of the new Mario games, S.S.B's, Mario Kart, etc.. So I think there is a point in pre-ordering them. EDIT: Yet I do think that location and other factors can play a role..

Okay, so I don't sound that stupid: I know of Starcraft, I know a lot of people who play it, but I've never actually witnessed or played it myself, but it sounds like a lot of fun. What exactly is it?

**slap_j** · 08-21-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by penguinofwar

What exactly is it?

Real-time (as opposed to turn-based) strategy game. Pretty much all other RTS games are compared to this one.

RipVanWinkle · 08-23-2009, 09:34 PM

I'm excited about it as well. I probably played more hours of Starcraft than I can remember.

penguinofwar · 08-24-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by slap_j

Real-time (as opposed to turn-based) strategy game. Pretty much all other RTS games are compared to this one.

I just looked at some gameplay and I might look into getting the new one..I've actually always been a big fan of RTS's, like Command and Conquer and others...

Bryan · 09-16-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RubberChipmunk

The very day its released, I drive myself over to GameStop, show them my ID, and say, "Good sir or madam, bequeath unto me my copy of StarCraft II." And he/she will be all like, "Word, foo!" And I will get five speeding tickets on the way home so I can install it, spend a few hours running through the new campaigns, and then subsequently pwning n00bs on t3h interwebz while everyone else in the united states is still waiting for more copies to come in so they can pay their feeble moneys for one.

the day of the release, Amazon will deliver it to my door. well, UPS will deliver it to my door on Amazon's behest.

The best news is that it will be available for Mac.

RubberChipmunk · 09-16-2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

the day of the release, Amazon will deliver it to my door. well, UPS will deliver it to my door on Amazon's behest.

Haha, nice. I rushed out to gamestop like the second I learned it was available to preorder, so I'm locked into that, but its no big deal. I can go pick it up. Hopefully it will be worth the wait... :/

RipVanWinkle · 09-17-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

The best news is that it will be available for Mac.

Yeah....Blizzard looking out for *us* guys. What are the system requirements going to be for the mac?