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Well then I'll just wait for the SC II Battlechest. I'll have Red Alert 2 to help endure the wait. They may be Blizzard, but they're not getting 150$ from me for the whole game.

You mean Red Alert 3? :p

Was in the beta and its pretty meh at multiplayer, new harvesting system + building ques takes any element of Macro out of the game. While the Micro in the game is pretty low, with only afew units being able to be micro'd effectively and then the overpowered no-skill power points causes frustration at times.

Saying that, i'll still be getting Red Alert 3 for the singleplayer just abit let down by it as EA has continuenly said that its going to be a competitive RTS.

As well, Blizzard wil be getting the $150 from me.. as i'm a terran player, so i'll buy the first game for that.. then have to buy the other two for the up to date multiplayer.

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Well then I'll just wait for the SC II Battlechest. I'll have Red Alert 2 to help endure the wait. They may be Blizzard, but they're not getting 150$ from me for the whole game.

It will be a loooooonnng wait. Blizzard keeps their games full price for years! Most PC games drop to about half the price after 6-12 months. Not even Blizzard's expansions do that!

In SC and WC3 the single player campaigns were there so that you could learn how to play each faction at a gradual pace. The more I think about this the less I like it.

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In SC and WC3 the single player campaigns were there so that you could learn how to play each faction at a gradual pace. The more I think about this the less I like it.

I read somewhere that there are tutorials in SC2 even going into learning to Micro (or i might be mistaken and they are included in the campaigns).

Either way, with the extensive Map/Campaign Creator.. you'll see alot of Zerg/Protoss custom campaigns to play shortly after launch and im sure some of them will be nice to play (although lacking the Blizzard story :p)

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You mean Red Alert 3? :p
Oops, yes indeed !
It will be a loooooonnng wait. Blizzard keeps their games full price for years! Most PC games drop to about half the price after 6-12 months. Not even Blizzard's expansions do that!
At some point though they release a battle chest which is a better deal than each game separatly. Yes maybe I'll have to wait 2 years or so. If it's more than that maybe I'll buy a "partial" Starcraft II. We'll see how long it takes between new campaigns.
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Its probably 3years+ until they release a battlechest with all 3 campaigns in it.

Considering SC2 wont launch until Q4 2009 (Activision said awhile ago that SC2 should launch in 2009.. before this trilogy was announced :p) and then they've stated that each expansion will take a minimum of a year till it launches.

Personally dont see the point in waiting for the battlechest, might as well buy the game when it launches and enjoy it.. then buy the expansions when they launch and get a new leesh of life into SC2 with the new units and campaign :p

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So Blizzard went the episodic games route, huh? Guess they'll still sell each at 50$ each. I just don't feel like paying the price of a full game for an "episode". If they release it at 30$ like Valve does with the Half-Life 2 episodes, then it's ok.

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I'm not sure if it's been mentioned anywhere, but BestBuy estimates SC2 will be released on Dec 3.

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I will gladly sacrifice a goat to ensure that Starcraft II is released on that date.

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I'm not sure if it's been mentioned anywhere, but BestBuy estimates SC2 will be released on Dec 3.

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Activision announced 3months ago that Starcraft 2 should launch in 2009.

All Blizzcon attendee's have full access to the beta when it goes into beta (note.. it isnt even in Beta yet).

Beta will last 3months minimum..

So dont except SC2 until Q4 2009 :)

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I wouldn't trust best buy, it doesn't even have the right name of the game.

It's not just Starcraft 2. It would be Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty.

Also the fact that its announced that not even the Beta will be out this year :)

Source: http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/port...;news_id=414656

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