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SC2 Ongoing Review #4: "The Shit Never Ends"
This is my final thought collection on the Starcraft II single player. It covers from mission 19 through the end of the game. Spoilers ahead.
Once upon a time, a marshal on a backwater planet found himself in the middle of an alien war. In order for his people to survive, he joined forces with a loose cannon revolutionary hellbent on taking out the leading faction of his race in the area in order to control it himself. The marshal fought alongside the madman until he found his allies to be betrayed, and genocide against his own species committed.
To all who read this review and whine that I’ve been too harsh on “SC2″ as it is only the first third of the game’s single player because of the split nature of the release, allow me to remind you the above story took all of a dozen missions to tell, and was the first third of “StarCraft”. It was more engaging, original, and iconic than anything found on display in the missions of “Wings of Liberty”; a sequel I never could have imagined being so dull and lifeless– I truly had to play it to believe it.Read More »
SC2 Ongoing Review #2: "Fair and Balanced"
Part One here: https://savedbyatowel.com/chyrp/text/334
And let it be noted that the further this ongoing review goes, the more things will be spoiled.
When it was announced that “StarCraft II” would ship in three parts, there was an outcry that Blizzard was simply seeking to milk the fanbase across expansion packs, and that we would encounter a weaker single player experience for it. According to the missions zone of SC2, I’ve completed 9 out of 26 of the single player missions in “Wings of Liberty”, and while I don’t know if there are any bonus missions, I must say I’m feeling pretty screwed right about now. Read More »
SC2 Ongoing Review #1: "Hell... it's about time"
Well, it’s been over a year since anyone posted anything on the towel, but nothing gets you blogging again like new cultural experiences. So, before I post two-week old “Inception” reviews, let’s talk about some important shit– “StarCraft 2″. Now for me the first “StarCraft” is a touchstone. It represents a lost year of my youth– I remember seeing the game in a Scholastic Reader leaflet, ordering it, and then I woke up a year later. I was pastier, skinnier, and more cynical. After “Brood War” I eagerly awaited the day I might enact revenge on Sarah Kerrigan, and that day has finally, finally (maybe) arrived. So, enough with the small talk. Let’s get to a review. The way this will work is simple– I’m going to play the single player game, and as the days go by (at whatever pace I happen to play it) I will give updates and thoughts.
From the very instillation recap I am salivating. So exciting to be back in this world. Once the familiar opening cutscene (a slightly tweaked version of the teaser trailer from three years back) finishes, we’re off to the races for reasons that remain vague. Jim Raynor has apparently been spending some time drinking, but on this random day he decides to go attack some of his classic rival Mengsk’s installations. This would be alright if he wasn’t spurred by ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to make this attack– which apparently he has not been doing much in the “four years” that have lapsed in the storyline since “Brood War”. Then comes the first mission that doesn’t even involve building. It’s a simple affair of “walk the marines”, and it would take significant effort to fail the mission. My instant reaction is a dislike of the civilians. First, I am unable to click on and murder them (or any of the nearby animals), and secondly they move and act like the sort of NPC dredge found in “World of WarCraft”. Now, while I sunk a significant amount of time into WoW, and the game has many merits, I have no desire for goofy, arm-raising peasant to be part of my SC experience. So worry begins to set in.