Starcraft II will be split into three separate retail products.

http://kotaku.com/5061980/starcraft-ii-single-player-is-a-trilogy

What the ****.

It wouldn't be so bad if they actually lived up the promise of 'The scope of the single-player experience was so huge'.

But I see the single-player being no longer than the original Starcraft.

Its ok i guess IF those 3 games are 3 really good games (something like Half Life episodes)Lidve

Yeah, why is everyone freaking out? It sounds like an episodic RTS, big deal, we have plenty of episodic games, as long as the multiplayer comes in the first game and its not overpriced its no big deal

Depends how they are priced. It could be that it will allow them to release it sooner. Id wait for more info before judging too harshly.. I don't really think it would fly if they plan for all three to be full priced.. (meaning $50)

It's fine with me. It's basically two expansions.

We get the full multiplayer game in the first release, anyway. If you want more of the campaign, then buy the two expansions. If they were to release everything at once, there would either be a degradation in quality or a huge delay, and we definitely do not want a huge delay.

It's fine with me. It's basically two expansions.

We get the full multiplayer game in the first release, anyway. If you want more of the campaign, then buy the two expansions. If they were to release everything at once, there would either be a degradation in quality or a huge delay, and we definitely do not want a huge delay.

Einhanderkiller

I don't think you can call them expansions as the article says that "....each title ending the same way". To me sounds like it is 3 different roads to get to the same end.

I think this is the last straw for me. I'm sick of Blizzard whoring out their franchises.

I might cancel WoW...

I don't know how this will work, WTF should we do in multiplayer?.DanielDust

ha? O.o

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]I don't know how this will work, WTF should we do in multiplayer?.Enosh88

ha? O.o

Well okay, it's just me, I want to actually know about the units and the story. As much as Starcraft is a multiplayer game, I liked it for the single player campaign. + I hate the terrans so yeah, sp will suck too for me.

Only good news from Blizz, no anouncement for a melee class that is actually good, not the lame barbarian ad now this, and that protoss campaign will be the last and zerg the 3nd, but I don't like zerg much.

It wouldn't be so bad if they actually lived up the promise of 'The scope of the single-player experience was so huge'.

But I see the single-player being no longer than the original Starcraft.

wood_duck

I am sorry but the game is going to have 26 to 30 missions, just as much as the whole starcraft campaign. Anyways Heart of The Swarm and Legacy of the void sound cool but Wings of Liberty makes no sense.

Wow, I never thought Blizzard would ever do something like this. They better not charge $50 per episode.

This is just a bad idea on all parts... From what I understand you get the full multiplayer experience on each game...What is to keep people from buying one game, and then pirating the other two? Blizzard games usually have a great incentive for people not to pirate their games (amazingly good multiplayer) but because the campaign's will be split into 3 products, we're going to expect some rather beefy pirating....that's what it's going to look like depending on the cost.

Why didn't they just release them as expansion packs? The added on multiplayer options in those would ward off a good chunk of would be pirates. I honestly think blizzard would make more money this way, I'm a huge blizzard fan but there is no way in hell I'm going to pay $30-$50 for each campaign. I'm honestly starting to believe that all that money from WOW went straight into blizzard's head, this is rather unbecoming of them. :?

I don't understand why everyone is all negative about this.

They stated that each separate game, is not an expansion, it is a standalone game. The campaign of each game will be equivalent in length of the original StarCraft.

I guess what they want to do, is have one really epic, massive and indepth campaign for each race, this is Blizzard we are talking about, just like Valve, they always deliver.

If Valve is allowed to split HL3 into 3 episdoes, why can't Starcraft do the same thing?

One thing I have never understood about the pricing of games is that no matter what the quality of the game, they still decide they can ship at full retail price. I assume it's $50 USD which is standard there? Well, the way I see it is that it's unfair for games of different calibre to be priced the same. Just an example, I would gladly pay double the retail price of other games for GTA4. And if I had known I would play CSS for 4 years... I would have gladly paid double for that as well.

The gaming industry and motion picture industry are the only ones that come to mind when it comes to this unfair pricing, you get really bad games, and really good games, and games you can't do without.. yet they are all the same price. You get excellent movies, and movies which are laughably bad, yet you still pay all the same prices for them. (And I know there are some exceptions, budget pc titles, but don't nitpick here, we all know there is a MASSIVE difference in quality even between all the games that cost full retail price.)

This is Starcraft II, if it is anywhere near as good as the original Starcraft was when it shipped, then I don't understand why gamers aren't willing to pay more for a quality product.

PS. Whine whine whine, us Kiwis have to pay for $100 NZD each for each new release, that's about $70 USD.

This is just a bad idea on all parts... From what I understand you get the full multiplayer experience on each game...What is to keep people from buying one game, and then pirating the other two? Blizzard games usually have a great incentive for people not to pirate their games (amazingly good multiplayer) but because the campaign's will be split into 3 products, we're going to expect some rather beefy pirating....that's what it's going to look like depending on the cost.

Why didn't they just release them as expansion packs? The added on multiplayer options in those would ward off a good chunk of would be pirates. I honestly think blizzard would make more money this way, I'm a huge blizzard fan but there is no way in hell I'm going to pay $30-$50 for each campaign. I'm honestly starting to believe that all that money from WOW went straight into blizzard's head, this is rather unbecoming of them. :?

Siofen

Why would a pirate buy the first game and pirate the other two? A pirate would just pirate all three, and would do so regardless if they released one game or three.

[QUOTE="Siofen"]

This is just a bad idea on all parts... From what I understand you get the full multiplayer experience on each game...What is to keep people from buying one game, and then pirating the other two? Blizzard games usually have a great incentive for people not to pirate their games (amazingly good multiplayer) but because the campaign's will be split into 3 products, we're going to expect some rather beefy pirating....that's what it's going to look like depending on the cost.

Why didn't they just release them as expansion packs? The added on multiplayer options in those would ward off a good chunk of would be pirates. I honestly think blizzard would make more money this way, I'm a huge blizzard fan but there is no way in hell I'm going to pay $30-$50 for each campaign. I'm honestly starting to believe that all that money from WOW went straight into blizzard's head, this is rather unbecoming of them. :?

Captain__Tripps

Why would a pirate buy the first game and pirate the other two? A pirate would just pirate all three, and would do so regardless if they released one game or three.

I doubt they will all be $50, unless they are all full length games.

[QUOTE="Lidve"]Its ok i guess IF those 3 games are 3 really good games (something like Half Life episodes)nevereathim

Yeah, why is everyone freaking out? It sounds like an episodic RTS, big deal, we have plenty of episodic games, as long as the multiplayer comes in the first game and its not overpriced its no big deal

I think this is the last straw for me. I'm sick of Blizzard whoring out their franchises.

I might cancel WoW...

Ninja_Dog

Grow up. When it comes to the amount of content you get for your money, nothing beats blizzard. Do you really expect this to be any different. How about you go and try to make Red Alert 3 last as long as Starcraft 2....see how that works out for you.

No starcraft 2 for me can these damn game developers get any greedier?Nosecandy68

Terran campaign + multiplayer- $30

Zerg campaign- $10

Protoss campaign- $10

Terran campaign + multiplayer- $30

Zerg campaign- $10

Protoss campaign- $10

Ninja_Dog

IF that's how it is, then it's pretty good for me.

[QUOTE="Ninja_Dog"]

Terran campaign + multiplayer- $30

Zerg campaign- $10

Protoss campaign- $10

lordlors

IF that's how it is, then it's pretty good for me.

Terran campaign + multiplayer- $30

Zerg campaign- $10

Protoss campaign- $10

Ninja_Dog

I'm thinking it will be something closer to this:

Terran Campaign + Multiplayer= $50

Zerg Campaign + Multiplayer Additions= $20-30

Protoss Campaign + Multiplayer Additions= $20-30

I dont care about the price...Are they insane?! I just think ill probably be bored with all the factions after playing them in the first game....most stupid idea ive ever heared.

And the whole trilogy will be out sometime in the 22 century right?!

WTF Blizzard...