So I got a buddy key from a friend, deciding I'll see how the game runs before I play it.
Then the client takes about eleven hours to download.
Then an hour and a half to install.
Then it needs to update.
Then it tells me it doesn't support my graphics card and I should try and update the driver.
Then the driver update takes an hour because Vista decides it should continually reinstall the on board driver and the one I'm trying to install fails time and time again (this part was my fault).
Then the game is down for updates.
God the fuck dammit, this does not bode well I just want to plaaay.
Never update drivers. I got the warning and played on ultra settings fine. =D
Last time I updated my drivers for a game L4D started getting graphical issues.
So I got a buddy key from a friend, deciding I'll see how the game runs before I play it.
Then the client takes about eleven hours to download.
Then an hour and a half to install.
Then it needs to update.
Then it tells me it doesn't support my graphics card and I should try and update the driver.
Then the driver update takes an hour because Vista decides it should continually reinstall the on board driver and the one I'm trying to install fails time and time again (this part was my fault).
Then the game is down for updates.
God the fuck dammit, this does not bode well I just want to plaaay.
Never update drivers. I got the warning and played on ultra settings fine. =D
Last time I updated my drivers for a game L4D started getting graphical issues.
Yeah, and if you do update drivers... do it from the manufacturer's website, not Windows Update. Windows 7 offered me a NIC and Video driver update a while back...
NIC failed until I rolled it back.
Video was incompatible with something, and had to be rolled back.
I think I understand why they don't have plain medics in multiplayer for Terran. A medic/marine ball is amazingly good. It's cheap and there's nothing that can stand in it's way.
Then again I haven't seen many banelings yet.
wow.. no medics in Multi? That SUCKS.
Because Medics + shit ton of Marines/Mauraders + Goliaths is how I deal with just about any problem.
I think I understand why they don't have plain medics in multiplayer for Terran. A medic/marine ball is amazingly good. It's cheap and there's nothing that can stand in it's way.
Then again I haven't seen many banelings yet.
wow.. no medics in Multi? That SUCKS.
Because Medics + shit ton of Marines/Mauraders + Goliaths is how I deal with just about any problem.
No dropships either, there's a new Medivac unit that both heals and can act as dropship.
So I got a buddy key from a friend, deciding I'll see how the game runs before I play it.
Then the client takes about eleven hours to download.
Then an hour and a half to install.
Then it needs to update.
Then it tells me it doesn't support my graphics card and I should try and update the driver.
Then the driver update takes an hour because Vista decides it should continually reinstall the on board driver and the one I'm trying to install fails time and time again (this part was my fault).
Then the game is down for updates.
God the fuck dammit, this does not bode well I just want to plaaay.
Never update drivers. I got the warning and played on ultra settings fine. =D
Last time I updated my drivers for a game L4D started getting graphical issues.
Yeah, and if you do update drivers... do it from the manufacturer's website, not Windows Update. Windows 7 offered me a NIC and Video driver update a while back...
NIC failed until I rolled it back.
Video was incompatible with something, and had to be rolled back.
Yeah, I think that was the first time I updated the driver since I bought the damn thing. Eventually it all worked out and the game plays fine. I'm just too horrible at it.
Plus money is hard to come by. Still, with the five or six friends I know buying it I'll probably be able to survive on buddy keys until I can get my own copy.
I think I understand why they don't have plain medics in multiplayer for Terran. A medic/marine ball is amazingly good. It's cheap and there's nothing that can stand in it's way.
Then again I haven't seen many banelings yet.
wow.. no medics in Multi? That SUCKS.
Because Medics + shit ton of Marines/Mauraders + Goliaths is how I deal with just about any problem.
No dropships either, there's a new Medivac unit that both heals and can act as dropship.
I'm a little disappointed you can't fill a medivac with medics in single player and have them heal laser from inside it for a mega heal bus
I think I understand why they don't have plain medics in multiplayer for Terran. A medic/marine ball is amazingly good. It's cheap and there's nothing that can stand in it's way.
Then again I haven't seen many banelings yet.
wow.. no medics in Multi? That SUCKS.
Because Medics + shit ton of Marines/Mauraders + Goliaths is how I deal with just about any problem.
No dropships either, there's a new Medivac unit that both heals and can act as dropship.
I'm a little disappointed you can't fill a medivac with medics in single player and have them heal laser from inside it for a mega heal bus
Like the ghetto gunships in supcom? Those were awesome.
I think I understand why they don't have plain medics in multiplayer for Terran. A medic/marine ball is amazingly good. It's cheap and there's nothing that can stand in it's way.
Then again I haven't seen many banelings yet.
wow.. no medics in Multi? That SUCKS.
Because Medics + shit ton of Marines/Mauraders + Goliaths is how I deal with just about any problem.
No dropships either, there's a new Medivac unit that both heals and can act as dropship.
Yeah. The Medivac is pretty good in multiplayer. It can also sight for your units, too. But ... you can only get a Medivac from the Starport, and I don't think it heals as much as a medic. It also takes up more supply and it costs more minerals and gas.
Starcraft 2 is my first RTS where I've actually played the single-player campaign. I'm liking it a lot so far. It's making me interested in other (more recent) RTS games with good campaigns now, too.
Check out Company of Heroes, one of the few games I'd even mention in the same sentence as Starcraft.
- Unable to get the DVD Install to run in Wine
- Used the Bliz Downloader - 5 hours to dl, 10min to install
- Two patches
- Install reports it's corrupt
- Repair Tool doesn't run under Wine.
So I just finished. Loved it and all, but totally knew the ending.
Not because you can kinda see where its headed but because blizzard released this concept art
(Obviously a huge spoiler)
back in like 2007. Thanks for that guys.
Also, did anyone else see Diablo in the lava/mining mission?
Not quite sure how I feel about... SPOILERS
Kerrigan being the freaking CHOSEN ONE who must save the universe. I haven't finished the campaign yet, but that bitch had better be mind controled by the hybrids up the ying-yang for her 'redemption' to make any kind of sense. Otherwise, killing billions of people and betraying people is totally okay, as long as you're needed to help save the galaxy.
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- Unable to get the DVD Install to run in Wine
- Used the Bliz Downloader - 5 hours to dl, 10min to install
- Two patches
- Install reports it's corrupt
- Repair Tool doesn't run under Wine.
...this soundtrack is pretty boss, I guess.
So....you're trying to install it in a completley unsupported Windows emulation environment, and you're surprised it doesn't work because...?
Did anyone else have issues with the cinematics playing correctly? Not the cutscenes, the actual videos like the one when the game loads. My computer's got some ancient parts but it seems to handle everything else okay.
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edited July 2010
So what's the deal with Tosh? Mid game spoilers.
When the choice came up I sided with Nova because I had like zlich reason to trust that motherfucker and he seemed crazy. Also he just invited himself onto my ship and into my crew, this ain't Mass Effect buddy go away. But Nova is a Dominion assassin working for my hated enemy, and I didn't trust her either. I ended up going with Nova since Tosh seemed like he would go crazy and turn on me/cause shit at some point anyways, so I might as well get it over with then and there. Anyways, what did you guys do? Do you get anything special other then Specters instead of Ghosts and Tosh maybe hanging around your ship longer?
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So I just finished. Loved it and all, but totally knew the ending.
Not because you can kinda see where its headed but because blizzard released this concept art
(Obviously a huge spoiler)
back in like 2007. Thanks for that guys.
Also, did anyone else see Diablo in the lava/mining mission?
Not quite sure how I feel about... SPOILERS
Kerrigan being the freaking CHOSEN ONE who must save the universe. I haven't finished the campaign yet, but that bitch had better be mind controled by the hybrids up the ying-yang for her 'redemption' to make any kind of sense. Otherwise, killing billions of people and betraying people is totally okay, as long as you're needed to help save the galaxy.
As far as I'm concerned
Kerrigan can do no wrong because she's so friggin' adorable. When I first played through the Brood War campaign back in the day I thought it was awesome how she fucked everybody over, and all the way through the SC2 countdown I've had a horrible sense of apprehension that she will die in the end. I really don't want her to pay for her innumerable crimes.
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PunkBoyThank you! And thank you again!Registered Userregular
edited July 2010
So, I guess the overall consensus is that the game is worth getting?
(For single player, I mean. It's gonna be a while til all my friends get the game for multiplayer.)
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When the choice came up I sided with Nova because I had like zlich reason to trust that motherfucker and he seemed crazy. Also he just invited himself onto my ship and into my crew, this ain't Mass Effect buddy go away. But Nova is a Dominion assassin working for my hated enemy, and I didn't trust her either. I ended up going with Nova since Tosh seemed like he would go crazy and turn on me/cause shit at some point anyways, so I might as well get it over with then and there. Anyways, what did you guys do? Do you get anything special other then Specters instead of Ghosts and Tosh maybe hanging around your ship longer?
Mid-game spoilers
I went with Nova too. I actually liked talking with Tosh and he had a cool presence on the ship and I hated to see him go. However I wanted to keep with playing the "good" guy this time around. While Nova is with the Dominion, she seemed like generally a good person who wanted to do the right thing.
(also I think she was the Ghost who was meant to be the main character in the cancelled Starcraft: Ghost)
and Tosh lied to you originally as to the purpose of gathering those materials he needed. He is deceptive and a psychopath who would just go on the be a threat in the future or end up killing people.
Jimmy Raynor is for saving lives and protecting people, not helping tyrants and butchering innocents for his personal vendettas.
So to go along with that I sided with Nova, besides, Ghosts seem cooler than Spectres.
Some extra decals for your units (Alliance, Horde, and Diablo Skull) and extra portraits (Tauren Marine, Nightelf Banshee, Diablo Marine, and Raynor in armor) come with the CE.
So UPS tells me that my shipment has been delayed indefinitely for weather. Which is lame, cause it's already in MPLS, and it's totally just gonna be driven from there anyway. Laaame.
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When the choice came up I sided with Nova because I had like zlich reason to trust that motherfucker and he seemed crazy. Also he just invited himself onto my ship and into my crew, this ain't Mass Effect buddy go away. But Nova is a Dominion assassin working for my hated enemy, and I didn't trust her either. I ended up going with Nova since Tosh seemed like he would go crazy and turn on me/cause shit at some point anyways, so I might as well get it over with then and there. Anyways, what did you guys do? Do you get anything special other then Specters instead of Ghosts and Tosh maybe hanging around your ship longer?
That choice was mean. I went with Tosh(.O), even though I really like Nova. But fuck, she is working with the Dominion and isn't even going to bother helping me out. I wish they had finished the damn manga series before this game released so I could at least have some background on Tosh and Nova's relationship...
As for what you get, I dunno what the difference is. Spectres have a perma-cloak upgrade at the Armory, do Ghosts get that? The scene after that mission was great - very Firefly/Serenity
So the single player is good and accessible? I loved playing the single player missions in the first StarCraft, but by god I sucked. I could only ever get so far into the Terran campaign.
How long does the single player campaign take roughly ?
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So the single player is good and accessible? I loved playing the single player missions in the first StarCraft, but by god I sucked. I could only ever get so far into the Terran campaign.
How long does the single player campaign take roughly ?
There are difficulty settings and tutorials for everything. So you can play on Casual if you suck (though Normal hasn't been that hard)
Anyone finding that the tech upgrades from the armory(the ones you buy with credit), and the research upgrades way overpowered?
I have just been using M&M&M for the main part and just killing everything on the map with only 25-30 units. Granted I am on normal diff. but it's pretty insane what these upgrades do.
Anyone finding that the tech upgrades from the armory(the ones you buy with credit), and the research upgrades way overpowered?
I have just been using M&M&M for the main part and just killing everything on the map with only 25-30 units. Granted I am on normal diff. but it's pretty insane what these upgrades do.
Yeah, the Bunker and Base upgrades are pretty crazy too. A self-repairing bunker with a turret ontop of it, 2 added marine slots, and longer range? Just one or two of those loaded up with marines and your base is impenetrable by anything short of heavy artillery.
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The hard part is typing it all in from backup.
I have my PGP private and revocation keys printed out in large OCR Extended font for easy OCR'ing and kept in a safe place.
Never update drivers. I got the warning and played on ultra settings fine. =D
Last time I updated my drivers for a game L4D started getting graphical issues.
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Yeah, and if you do update drivers... do it from the manufacturer's website, not Windows Update. Windows 7 offered me a NIC and Video driver update a while back...
NIC failed until I rolled it back.
Video was incompatible with something, and had to be rolled back.
wow.. no medics in Multi? That SUCKS.
Because Medics + shit ton of Marines/Mauraders + Goliaths is how I deal with just about any problem.
No dropships either, there's a new Medivac unit that both heals and can act as dropship.
Yeah, I think that was the first time I updated the driver since I bought the damn thing. Eventually it all worked out and the game plays fine. I'm just too horrible at it.
Plus money is hard to come by. Still, with the five or six friends I know buying it I'll probably be able to survive on buddy keys until I can get my own copy.
I'm a little disappointed you can't fill a medivac with medics in single player and have them heal laser from inside it for a mega heal bus
Like the ghetto gunships in supcom? Those were awesome.
Not because you can kinda see where its headed but because blizzard released this concept art
(Obviously a huge spoiler)
back in like 2007. Thanks for that guys.
Also, did anyone else see Diablo in the lava/mining mission?
Yeah. The Medivac is pretty good in multiplayer. It can also sight for your units, too. But ... you can only get a Medivac from the Starport, and I don't think it heals as much as a medic. It also takes up more supply and it costs more minerals and gas.
- Unable to get the DVD Install to run in Wine
- Used the Bliz Downloader - 5 hours to dl, 10min to install
- Two patches
- Install reports it's corrupt
- Repair Tool doesn't run under Wine.
...this soundtrack is pretty boss, I guess.
Not quite sure how I feel about... SPOILERS
So....you're trying to install it in a completley unsupported Windows emulation environment, and you're surprised it doesn't work because...?
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I believe battle.net just went down. Kind of annoying when you're achievement farming and suddenly you complete the mission, and...no achievements.
As far as I'm concerned
(For single player, I mean. It's gonna be a while til all my friends get the game for multiplayer.)
Yeah, the single player is very good are different from previous RTS single player campaigns.
Awesome. Off to the mall then.
Mid-game spoilers
(also I think she was the Ghost who was meant to be the main character in the cancelled Starcraft: Ghost)
and Tosh lied to you originally as to the purpose of gathering those materials he needed. He is deceptive and a psychopath who would just go on the be a threat in the future or end up killing people.
Jimmy Raynor is for saving lives and protecting people, not helping tyrants and butchering innocents for his personal vendettas.
So to go along with that I sided with Nova, besides, Ghosts seem cooler than Spectres.
Some extra decals for your units (Alliance, Horde, and Diablo Skull) and extra portraits (Tauren Marine, Nightelf Banshee, Diablo Marine, and Raynor in armor) come with the CE.
I think it's mainly the portrait and decals and thor, that's the one's that are known though.
As for what you get, I dunno what the difference is. Spectres have a perma-cloak upgrade at the Armory, do Ghosts get that? The scene after that mission was great - very Firefly/Serenity
How long does the single player campaign take roughly ?
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There are difficulty settings and tutorials for everything. So you can play on Casual if you suck (though Normal hasn't been that hard)
I have just been using M&M&M for the main part and just killing everything on the map with only 25-30 units. Granted I am on normal diff. but it's pretty insane what these upgrades do.
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Yeah, the Bunker and Base upgrades are pretty crazy too. A self-repairing bunker with a turret ontop of it, 2 added marine slots, and longer range? Just one or two of those loaded up with marines and your base is impenetrable by anything short of heavy artillery.