So with the recent release of Blizzard’s hard-hittin’, space-truckin’, xenophobic masterpiece Starcraft 2, I and seemingly the rest of the PC gaming world have gone and got myself addicted. I didn’t anticipate this happening, I tried to only play the single player campaign, but I’m sad to say I’ve become a hopeless starcraft addict.
For the three of you who have spent your lives living within a deserted bunker somewhere in the Nevada desert, anticipating the apocalypse and only periodically leaving to buy bleach and desalinization tablets and to distribute your angry Christian manifestos and therefore are unaware what a “Starcraft” is, it’s a real-time strategy game where you play as humans or aliens and try to kill other humans or aliens. The basic premise is to gather more resources so you can build bigger and stronger armies than your opponent, and then utilize them as deftly as possible in the pursuit of your opponents glorious destruction.
I’m not really planning on writing up a review on the game, largely because everyone and their mother has already heard about the game in intricate detail, and anything I say will already have been said ad nauseum. Actually, you know what, here’s my Starcraft 2 review:
*Ahem*
Yo’ you should play starcraft 2.
No, seriously, go play Starcraft 2. Like now. Do it.
The original Starcraft became kind of a big deal, in fact, what with millions playing it online around the world and it becoming the unofficial national sport of South Korea, and now it seems the sequel is heading in much the same direction. But I personally had never really gotten into playing starcraft, especially online, largely because I fear human interaction and the people who play this game know it so well they can practically kill me with their minds. I went through the single player, but never wanted to learn the online portion.
I felt much the same way with starcraft 2, until basically every one of my friends told me to stop being such a bitch and go online and play with/against them. So I’ve decided to document the experience, hence this series of articles. It’s Starcraft 2: One Man’s Journey, where I tell you in detail my experiences as a complete starcraft neophyte, and hopefully get better, defeat my opponents, and save the day, etc. etc. I’ll write up about my first few introductory matches, my feelings about the game, maybe a bit of strategy, how/why I suck so bad. It should be a grand old time. Or it’ll be insufferable and boring, in which case it’ll die a quiet death. Only time will tell!
