Starcraft 2 Beta

[Dave]

So I pre-ordered from Amazon and got a beta key to play around a bit.

Did one game - 1v1 novice as Zerg

Didn't notice a thing difference except the graphics. Gameplay is largely the same, used the same units I liked before - hydralisks ftw.

[VLSmooth]

It's actually quite nice. I've been playing it with the gaming night crew (3 people). E-mail me your real ID (or just add my g-mail account) and I'll try to get us all connected.

[Dave]

I'm pretty terrible at it. I only won the 1st game since I expanded much faster and just mass produced Mutalisks to burn their gathers.

[VLSmooth]

Notable YouTube replays (playlists for convenience)

• HD Starcraft 2 Gerper v Isskincom (high-level Korean game, his APM, it's over 500!)
  http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 919EC0F34B
• SC2 Beta HD - FFA Butts (hilarious FFA with "colorful" commentary, eclectic music, and unorthodox tactics)
  http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... FDDD150F3E

  Forged in the flames of butts, tempered by the hammer of wit, a legacy of swords and souls eternally resold.

[Dave]

I dunno, but so far I'm not that impressed by the gameplay or more-likely RTS just doesn't appeal to me anymore. I just don't really find much satisfaction to tell 50 workers to mine minerals individually then create units that I can't find in the base and send out to attack. I think I may just cancel the preorder or at least not bother with the collector's edition.

I'm almost considering selling ATVI stock because I don't see SC2 doing as well as it could... but the new WoW Expansion will still sell like hotcakes.