First off, let me say “my bad” for the large textual break. I had a lapse of judgment and thought my life required some mundane practicality focus. Practicality can eat a deuce. I’m back bitches! Lets heat this reactor up again.
I hate RTS’s. That’s a fact. Rapid mouse twitching and clicking should be reserved for hacking and slashing the demon-spawn of hell and being a Johnny-on-the-spot lewt hog. Keyboard mastery is a worthy skill set for typing up these posts or cracking under pressure (NSFW…as if anyone actually reads this at work). Macro-managing an economically-driven war machine is more like a job than a game.
So, I totally geeked all over my desk when StarCraft II released. How did this happen? For starters, the single player campaign mode is a great way to ease into the complexity of an RTS. Isolated missions with short-term objectives that are laced with replayability incentives in the form of achievements serve to draw you in. A challenge mode that illustrates how to counter units is a non-intimidating method of teaching the laymen RTS rat the intricacies of the art of war. However, as every StarCraft whore knows, multiplayer is where it’s at.
I hate 1v1. My personality is definitely more Magic than Jordan. I would rather elevate my brochachos than exterminate (or more specifically, get my ass candy painted by) some Void Ray rock star. Fortunately I have a set of “Real IDs” that cut their chops on the first StarCraft, and StarCraft II lets me recruit up to 3 of them to take on either the computer A.I. or venture into the Ladder system and actually play other humans. Now this, I find enjoyable. I like being able to focus on a tech or two and just build while relying on my teammates to handle all the other crap. And when the game reaches the 30 minute mark and I have officially lost the will to macro-manage I can always just build some silos and cold war some bugs…or my allies (evil grin). Nuclear launch detected!
btw – I am Zerg rushing Twitter with updates on game releases and news as I come across them while I am working…um, researching. Follow it: liquidsneezes
I hate RTS too. I hope the campaign makes it better.
now soccer …