StarCraft 2 getting bad reviews by Amazon.com customers

alot of people are ripping this game because it has no Lan play, broadband connected at all times to play,buy 3 different $59 games to play all 3 races, you only get Terran campaign.

They arent actually rating the game.

That last part is a particularly invalid reason considering the length of the Terran campaign.

alot of people are ripping this game because it has no Lan play, broadband connected at all times to play,buy 3 different $59 games to play all 3 races, you only get Terran campaign.

California74

It was already common knowledge that this campaign was going to be focusing on the terran and from what I was reading around, you don't need to be online for the campaign. People are just B****ing to b****ing.. I personally don't mind mind having to pay 60 bucks for them to keep dishing out starcraft 2 content.. SLUSHiNaToR

couldn't agree more i been waiting a long time for a new SC and i will pay the money and not concern myself at all without reviews, blizzard never seems to fail me in my eyes.

So I went to Amazon to check out what's going on and found ending spoilers. Awesome.

At least I lol'd at some of the reviews. "Unexceptable..." "lack of racial identities between the three factions"

Well... I don't know what to say.. you only need to id the game once then you can play as guest if you have no BB.

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alot of people are ripping this game because it has no Lan play, broadband connected at all times to play,buy 3 different $59 games to play all 3 races, you only get Terran campaign.

ChiliDragon

so are you saying that the customers buying Starcraft 2 at Amazon are inferrior and dont know what they are talking about? I think they have a fair gripe.

The game is awesome :D

So I went to Amazon to check out what's going on and found ending spoilers. Awesome.

Baranga

Sorry but i lol'd. HARD. XD

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"][QUOTE="California74"]

alot of people are ripping this game because it has no Lan play, broadband connected at all times to play,buy 3 different $59 games to play all 3 races, you only get Terran campaign.

California74

so are you saying that the customers buying Starcraft 2 at Amazon are inferrior and dont know what they are talking about? I think they have a fair gripe.

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"][QUOTE="California74"]

alot of people are ripping this game because it has no Lan play, broadband connected at all times to play,buy 3 different $59 games to play all 3 races, you only get Terran campaign.

California74

so are you saying that the customers buying Starcraft 2 at Amazon are inferrior and dont know what they are talking about? I think they have a fair gripe.

They are inferior and they don't know what they're talking about. Otherwise they'd know you can play the campaign offline, that the Terran campaign is the length of the original game and non-linear, that there are Protoss missions, that there are challenge missions outside of the campaign, that all races are available in MP and skirmish and that the next games are expansions and require WoL installed.

They also believe they're entitled to the game and make demands.

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"][QUOTE="California74"]

alot of people are ripping this game because it has no Lan play, broadband connected at all times to play,buy 3 different $59 games to play all 3 races, you only get Terran campaign.

California74

so are you saying that the customers buying Starcraft 2 at Amazon are inferrior and dont know what they are talking about? I think they have a fair gripe.

Anybody who gives Starcraft 2 a one star rating doesn't have an opinion worth consideration. That kind of rating is obviously an overly emotional reaction not based on reality and like a child they are lashing out.

Most people know better anyways, and the game will still sell like crazy. The worst that will come from all these online tantrums is the rest of the gaming world gets to have a few good laughs at their expense :lol:

[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]Montaya

Good morning...

This is how expansions work nowadays, they add new campaigns, Relic started it, complain to them, I'll just enjoy actually playing one campaign at a time, not just a little from this race, then a little in the next expansion then finally finish it in the third.

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[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"]All that has been common knowledge for about a year now. Pretending it's news is a bit... well, let's just say that I have never trusted Amazon reviews anyway. :PBaranga

so are you saying that the customers buying Starcraft 2 at Amazon are inferrior and dont know what they are talking about? I think they have a fair gripe.

They are inferior and they don't know what they're talking about. Otherwise they'd know you can play the campaign offline, that the Terran campaign is the length of the original game and non-linear, that there are Protoss missions, that there are challenge missions outside of the campaign, that all races are available in MP and skirmish and that the next games are expansions and require WoL installed.

They also believe they're entitled to the game and make demands.

who cares about amazon review anyways?ghegpatatas

look i like to get my reviews from a wide variety of websites. You guys think only your views matter and everyelse dont.

You guys are the same people that complain all the time about Gamespot Editors reviews.

Do you expect people to take opinions that are more like a child throwing a tantrum seriously? And like Baranga pointed out, half the stuff they say is blatantly false anyways.

Not all opinions are equal...I know it's what our kindergarten teachers told us...but it's just not true. Lots of opinions are based on false information, are uninformed, are overly emotionally biased, or any other number of things.

[QUOTE="ghegpatatas"]who cares about amazon review anyways?California74

look i like to get my reviews from a wide variety of websites. You guys think only your views matter and everyelse dont.

You guys are the same people that complain all the time about Gamespot Editors reviews.

[QUOTE="California74"]

[QUOTE="ghegpatatas"]who cares about amazon review anyways?ghegpatatas

look i like to get my reviews from a wide variety of websites. You guys think only your views matter and everyelse dont.

You guys are the same people that complain all the time about Gamespot Editors reviews.

i am not mad.... see -------> :D

So, they could've had LAN just like their previous title but they didn't? Seriously guys, why do you stand for this. If you're paying good money for the campaign, you should atleast expect full multiplayer functionality. And don't start with the argument that this deters game theft, it won't, some group will find a workaround, and only the paying customer will be punished. It is ample reason to lower the scores given for the game.sseth672

Going from, say, 4.5 stars to one is way too ample IMO.

There are people that dont play on the internet when they get together for LAN's? O.o? If i told my friends "by the way we wont have internet... they would laugh at me O.o

I loled.

:)

lol at amazon reviews

That last part is a particularly invalid reason considering the length of the Terran campaign.

doanm

[QUOTE="doanm"]

That last part is a particularly invalid reason considering the length of the Terran campaign.

ShimmerMan

[QUOTE="doanm"]

That last part is a particularly invalid reason considering the length of the Terran campaign.

ShimmerMan

You DO get more than one race. There is a Protoss "Mini-Campaign" which is actually only slightly shorter than the Protoss Campaign in Brood War.

Ok but this is still not enough for some people. Esepcially those who played Starcraft where there were three very beefy campaigns for all the races with the full story told for each of the races in one game. there is the question of people not wanting to buy one game three times just to get the complete story from all three races perspectives.

[QUOTE="ShimmerMan"][QUOTE="doanm"]

That last part is a particularly invalid reason considering the length of the Terran campaign.

DanielDust

The amazon reviews are just plain stupid, the one star ones, and honestly some of the 5 star ones as well (ones just saying "OMG THIS GAME IS SOOOOOOO AWESOME" with little else.

The one star ones are even worse in some respects, because some of the "reviewers" are then slamming people for buying a game, when it was so obvious some of these features wouldnt be in it.

Almost half of the reviews on Amazon right now under one-star are just the following:

"No lan play, $60, not buying this"

That is not review material, thats not even blog material, its more like twitter material.

Reviews should have alot more info than that, those are just plain stupid. Its Spore all over again, but even worse.

Hopefully Amazon gets rid of most of those soon.

d10sfan

Races are diversity. New units, new story, new heroes etc etc yada yada. Much more important than having one race with loads of units. I don't know about DOW2, but what I've heared is DOW2 didn't have that great a single player campaign anyway. It wasn't a typical strategy game in the single player aspect. So maybe it's not the best comparison? Why compare SC2 to something which is not rated highly. You're not doing SC2 any favours, you're just bringing it down to DOW2 single player campaign level. And people expect better than that from a game 7 years in development from Blizzard.ShimmerMan

[QUOTE="ShimmerMan"] Races are diversity. New units, new story, new heroes etc etc yada yada. Much more important than having one race with loads of units. I don't know about DOW2, but what I've heared is DOW2 didn't have that great a single player campaign anyway. It wasn't a typical strategy game in the single player aspect. So maybe it's not the best comparison? Why compare SC2 to something which is not rated highly. You're not doing SC2 any favours, you're just bringing it down to DOW2 single player campaign level. And people expect better than that from a game 7 years in development from Blizzard.DanielDust

So, they could've had LAN just like their previous title but they didn't? Seriously guys, why do you stand for this. If you're paying good money for the campaign, you should atleast expect full multiplayer functionality. And don't start with the argument that this deters game theft, it won't, some group will find a workaround, and only the paying customer will be punished. It is ample reason to lower the scores given for the game.sseth672

It has full functionality, Works perfectly fine. Boo hoo, I need an internet connection. Some of you people need to get over it and enjoy the AWESOME game that is available to you.

Amazon reviews are about as trustworthy as FOX News. :)

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The amazon reviews are just plain stupid, the one star ones, and honestly some of the 5 star ones as well (ones just saying "OMG THIS GAME IS SOOOOOOO AWESOME" with little else.

The one star ones are even worse in some respects, because some of the "reviewers" are then slamming people for buying a game, when it was so obvious some of these features wouldnt be in it.

Almost half of the reviews on Amazon right now under one-star are just the following:

"No lan play, $60, not buying this"

That is not review material, thats not even blog material, its more like twitter material.

Reviews should have alot more info than that, those are just plain stupid. Its Spore all over again, but even worse.

Hopefully Amazon gets rid of most of those soon.

ShimmerMan

You obviously haven't played the game...or heard of this little thing we call expansions. There are protoss missions added in to the Terran campaign, and it is easily longer then the original game and brood wars together. No lan support doesn't bother me, my friends and I have the internet. Plus the way my apartment is set up, it won't be a problem if friends want to come over and bring their rigs.

Really about the only legit complaint I have seen people make (outside of actual thought out complaints about the game itself, from people who have played it) is lack of offline single player. I can understand that one, but outside of that there is little to no sympathy from me.

[QUOTE="ShimmerMan"][QUOTE="d10sfan"]

The amazon reviews are just plain stupid, the one star ones, and honestly some of the 5 star ones as well (ones just saying "OMG THIS GAME IS SOOOOOOO AWESOME" with little else.

The one star ones are even worse in some respects, because some of the "reviewers" are then slamming people for buying a game, when it was so obvious some of these features wouldnt be in it.

Almost half of the reviews on Amazon right now under one-star are just the following:

"No lan play, $60, not buying this"

That is not review material, thats not even blog material, its more like twitter material.

Reviews should have alot more info than that, those are just plain stupid. Its Spore all over again, but even worse.

Hopefully Amazon gets rid of most of those soon.

FadeToBlack90

You obviously haven't played the game...or heard of this little thing we call expansions. There are protoss missions added in to the Terran campaign, and it is easily longer then the original game and brood wars together. No lan support doesn't bother me, my friends and I have the internet. Plus the way my apartment is set up, it won't be a problem if friends want to come over and bring their rigs.

Really about the only legit complaint I have seen people make (outside of actual thought out complaints about the game itself, from people who have played it) is lack of offline single player. I can understand that one, but outside of that there is little to no sympathy from me.

Amazon reviews are about as trustworthy as FOX News. :)

Johnny_Rock