Starcraft II suffering from Halo 3 Syndrome

^Ya got me. I concide defeat. But still, saying Halo doesn't have a story is non-sense.isaach11687

Halo also has 3 books involved with its story. Soon to be 4. How many does Starcraft have? hmmm....gotcha.

isaach11687

Good game?

Why do people think Halo is the biggest game franchise out there? The immense amount of hype creates the illusion that it's the most important game ever made. You hardly hear anything about The Sims, yet that alone outsold both Halo and Halo 2 combined. Diablo 2 sold more. WoW sold more. Starcraft sold more. 16bitkevin

The children on GS do. Don't listen to the children. I actually enjoy RE4 and Psychnauts more then i did Halo 2's story.

[QUOTE="isaach11687"] 

[QUOTE="farnham"][QUOTE="11Marcel"][QUOTE="Sangu1ne"]

Halo may have a "triolgy" but Starcraft has a storyline, and a damn good one at that. I am more than happy for them to keep the gameplay the same but polished if the story is there. As with all Bliazzrd games, the story is what makes them for me.

I must admit i hope there is some innovation, but as someone else in this thread posted, leave the Starcraft IP alone and create a new one to make big changes!!

ArisShadows

Actually Halo has a worthwile story too, and there's apparantly lots of people buying halo games for the single player and story. I hope for both games they keep the good things, throw out the bad things, and add some small things to spice the game up, because that's how you make the best sequel.

Oh wait, that's what they're both doing. /

Seriously name 10 memorable Halo characters

I can name

Cortana

Master Chief

Arbiter

 Prophets X3.

umm.. Brute Chieftain...

but thats it

In Starcraft

Jimmy Raynor

Sarah Kerrigan

Zeratul

Tassadar

Aldaris

Artanis

Arkturus Mengsk 

Phoenix

Vladimir Stukov

Samir Duran

DeGaulle

and i can list far more

Let me add to your "Halo Characters list"

Captain Keys

Sgt. Johnson

The Gravemind

Miranda Keyes

Dr. Halsey

343 Guilty Spark

The heretic

I could go on.......

Halo also has 3 books involved with its story. Soon to be 4. How many does Starcraft have? hmmm....gotcha.

Uninformed. Blizzard has a whole string of Starcraft, Diablo, and Warcraft books that are very good. Gotcha there.

There are a total of 6 Starcraft books, with two more coming for a total of 8 books officially based on the Starcraft Universe.

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In addition to numerous fan fiction works taking place in the StarCraft universe, it has spawned several official novels and eBooks, including StarCraft: Uprising (ebook only), StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade, StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga, StarCraft: Speed of Darkness, StarCraft: Queen of Blades[39] and StarCraft Ghost: Nova. Simon & Schuster has also announced the publication of "StarCraft: the Dark Templar Saga #1: Firstborn" for late May 2007 (ISBN 0-743-47125-3) and the publication of StarCraft: the Dark Templar Saga #2: Shadow Hunters in the series (ISBN 0-7434-7126-1) for November 2007.In addition to numerous fan fiction works taking place in the StarCraft universe, it has spawned several official novels and eBooks, including StarCraft: Uprising (ebook only), StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade, StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga, StarCraft: Speed of Darkness, StarCraft: Queen of Blades[39] and StarCraft Ghost: Nova. Simon & Schuster has also announced the publication of "StarCraft: the Dark Templar Saga #1: Firstborn" for late May 2007 (ISBN 0-743-47125-3) and the publication of StarCraft: the Dark Templar Saga #2: Shadow Hunters in the series (ISBN 0-7434-7126-1) for November 2007.

Blizzard Entertainment authorized two short stories in Amazing Stories magazine, entitled StarCraft: Hybrid and StarCraft: Revelations.[40] Blizzard also licensed Wizards of the Coast to publish StarCraft Adventures, a supplement for the role-playing gameAlternity set in the StarCraft universe. Even manga comics[41] and action figures have been done in the StarCraft universe.[42] A CD was also released of 2 game tracks and 11 original works by Korean musicians.[39] A StarCraftboard game entitled StarCraft: The Board Game is in development.[43]

[QUOTE="isaach11687"]^Ya got me. I concide defeat. But still, saying Halo doesn't have a story is non-sense.mjarantilla

Of course it does. But it's a mere shadow of what a story should be compared to StarCraft.

Well i would like to look into it, but i don't enjoy RTS games.

[QUOTE="isaach11687"]

Halo also has 3 books involved with its story. Soon to be 4. How many does Starcraft have? hmmm....gotcha.

Redmoonxl2

Good game?

I sense...ownage...

Goes to show people just say random bs without searching for actual facts. 

Woah people. We have established that i did not know of the Starcraft books. Stop with the posts. I understand. 

Someone messes up and hell breaks loose.

[QUOTE="Redmoonxl2"][QUOTE="isaach11687"]

Halo also has 3 books involved with its story. Soon to be 4. How many does Starcraft have? hmmm....gotcha.

16bitkevin

No, great game. Btw, bit siggy.

Good game?

I sense...ownage...

Goes to show people just say random bs without searching for actual facts. 

No, great game. Btw, nice siggy.

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="isaach11687"]^Ya got me. I concide defeat. But still, saying Halo doesn't have a story is non-sense.isaach11687

Of course it does. But it's a mere shadow of what a story should be compared to StarCraft.

Well i would like to look into it, but i don't enjoy RTS games.

Woah people. We have established that i did not know of the Starcraft books. Stop with the posts. I understand.

Someone messes up and hell breaks loose.

isaach11687

Hey, if you feel the need to play Halo defender, we have the right to play Starcraft defender. :) 

[QUOTE="isaach11687"]

Woah people. We have established that i did not know of the Starcraft books. Stop with the posts. I understand.

Someone messes up and hell breaks loose.

Redmoonxl2

Hey, if you feel the need to play Halo defender, we have the right to play Starcraft defender. :)

[QUOTE="isaach11687"]

Woah people. We have established that i did not know of the Starcraft books. Stop with the posts. I understand.

Someone messes up and hell breaks loose.

Redmoonxl2

Hey, if you feel the need to play Halo defender, we have the right to play Starcraft defender. :) 

If there is one game I will defend, its Starcraft.

[QUOTE="Redmoonxl2"][QUOTE="isaach11687"]

Woah people. We have established that i did not know of the Starcraft books. Stop with the posts. I understand.

Someone messes up and hell breaks loose.

mjarantilla

Hey, if you feel the need to play Halo defender, we have the right to play Starcraft defender. :)

So true, so true. 

[QUOTE="isaach11687"]

Woah people. We have established that i did not know of the Starcraft books. Stop with the posts. I understand.

Someone messes up and hell breaks loose.

Redmoonxl2

Hey, if you feel the need to play Halo defender, we have the right to play Starcraft defender. :) 

Well ususally when i play Halo defender(which is everyday) i actually know something about my enemy.

A lighter note..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LzSWdj4izHM&mode=user&search=

[QUOTE="11Marcel"][QUOTE="Sangu1ne"]

Halo may have a "triolgy" but Starcraft has a storyline, and a damn good one at that. I am more than happy for them to keep the gameplay the same but polished if the story is there. As with all Bliazzrd games, the story is what makes them for me.

I must admit i hope there is some innovation, but as someone else in this thread posted, leave the Starcraft IP alone and create a new one to make big changes!!

farnham

Oh wait, that's what they're both doing. /

Seriously name 10 memorable Halo characters

I can name

Cortana

Master Chief

Arbiter

Prophets X3.

umm.. Brute Chieftain...

but thats it

In Starcraft

Jimmy Raynor

Sarah Kerrigan

Zeratul

Tassadar

Aldaris

Artanis

Arkturus Mengsk

Phoenix

Vladimir Stukov

Samir Duran

DeGaulle

and i can list far more

Master Chief, Cortana, Captain Keyes, Sergeant Johnson, Fohammer, 343 guilty spark, The Arbiter, Half-Jaw, Regret, Tartarus.

im not dissapointed by halo....its a good series that is spanning a trilogy over a short time, but Starcraft does bother me. I agree with you on that. Blizzard changed the formula in every RTS they made up until now. They're taking steps backward...Something I don't appreciate, because I've always found Blizzard to be the most revolutionary RTS makers (with the exception of the original warcraft, based on some research).eddy_of_york

honestly I'm very glad they're focusing on having SC2 be every bit as balanced as the original for competitive play. I have never once had someone I played in SC say "OMG your protoss! THATS A RIGGED RACE!" or "OMG ZERG ARE TOO POWERFUL" cuz if they do everyone else will just laugh at them for being stupid. As long as they keep the races balanced with the new units and keep the game as fun as the original I will be happy with SC2 no point in trying to redefine anything.youngtongue

Starcraft II will be as balanced when it comes out as Starcraft I was...... which means it will have balancing issues..... but thats the great thing about the internet..... UPDATES!

within a year or so of its release im pretty sure they'll have the balancing ironed out!

[QUOTE="eddy_of_york"]im not dissapointed by halo....its a good series that is spanning a trilogy over a short time, but Starcraft does bother me. I agree with you on that. Blizzard changed the formula in every RTS they made up until now. They're taking steps backward...Something I don't appreciate, because I've always found Blizzard to be the most revolutionary RTS makers (with the exception of the original warcraft, based on some research).mjarantilla

Didn't help that Warcraft 3 had upkeeps to bring that 90 count even lower. It worked for the game, I guess, especially with the amount of abilities you had to micro... 

Actually the rts genre went something like this

 

Dune - C&C - TA - SC

 

Those games defined the genre, in that order. Each after dune defined differances in the genre and made there own unique catergories in the genre.

Zenkuso

You are correct but what does TA mean? 

[QUOTE="Zenkuso"]

Actually the rts genre went something like this

 

Dune - C&C - TA - SC

 

Those games defined the genre, in that order. Each after dune defined differances in the genre and made there own unique catergories in the genre.

Silpheed2K

You are correct but what does TA mean?

Total Annihilation.