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Just got myself into the beta of StarCraft II last night. I was all ready to sink my teeth into some single-player storyline but unfortunately it is not available in the beta. So I went looking for some intel on what single-player will be like. Found this article that covers a lot of the aspects of the single-player mode, and it is looking like more than I would have ever hoped for!

The amount of content and the ambition of StarCraft 2 is unique. A competition-level multiplayer experience. A single-player game featuring all new game mechanics and units, now playable in the multiplayer mode. A detailed hub system, along with mercenaries, upgrades, and research options to add to replayability. And all this on top of the improved Battle.net that will allow the easy sharing of content and online play. It’s rare that a company gets one of these things right, and Blizzard is shooting for all of them… at the same time.

[Ars technica]

The below video clips are game play footage covering an entire battle of Starcraft II. The narrators on this video sound as if they are sports announcers covering a hyped up football game. It’s a bit strange to hear this type of announcing for a video game, though it surprisingly is very effective. It certainly helped me understand what was going on in the game better.

Actually now that I think of it (and I could be wrong cause I do not watch sports) they did a better job than sports announcers as they concentrated on the game that is being played versus the people playing it, so that means no meaningless conversations. Don’t be surprised if they start talking so fast that all you start to hear is a high-pitch sound, because they do talk fast in this.

Anyways, back to the point, if you are wondering how Starcraft II will be played, this is an excellent way to find out. It’s just as if you were watching someone’s computer while they played the game. From the looks of it Starcraft II will be very similar to the original, except with some supped-up graphics and new units. Some may say this is bad, but I am glad it is essentially the same, it means that I will actually want to play it! Unlike Warcraft III where they added “heroes” that you must level up and whatnot, that got tiresome quickly. Or World of Warcraft where it switches game genre. (On a side note, I recently tried WoW, and wow, I thought there were better graphics in it? Graphics are about equal to the *browser based* game: RuneScape). View full article for the videos.

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