I can sorta agree that some of the units are not so useful, but that is one of the main reasons we have a beta. A unit can go from useless to useful with a few minor tweaks.
You also have to understand it will take a very long time to develop different strategies and find useful ways to use units. New strategies that were never used in starcraft came about YEARS after the game was released, its just up to the players to figure them out.
Thats the enjoyable part, learning the new game. Most people like the direction that its going with the sports and I wouldn't say they are dumbing it down at all, they have added new things like chrono-boost for protoss, mules for terran, spawn larva for Zerg, terrain plays a bigger role too, a lot of command Q'ing and much sleeker interface.
Its good right now, I'll give you that, but I feel like they are not trying hard enough to push the game forward, and trying to hard to make it all sport like.
Its also quite... broken and bland in some aspect right now. People will tell me "but its Beta, it might change". And it might not. I've known flawed Beta that "might change" and the release was identical, minus bug fixes.
I'm not sure I totally agree with this. The "sport" like aspect is what made Starcraft 1 shine.. it was the fact it was so well balanced that it gave it enough replay value that people played it for years and years and years.
Doesn't seem too broken to me, yes there are some balance issues that need to be addressed, and the units might group together a touch too much but I'm not sure what is "broken".
In terms of gameplay, it feels very similar to the original starcraft game. So yes, RTS thingy.
That is not a bad thing though. The biggest fear people usually have about Starcraft 2 is that simply fact that it wont live up to the original.
However, it seems they are really pushing this game to be a competitive player vs player game and a spectator sport. I've found myself spending hours watching Game replays of pros'. It's very neat, you can see every single click that each player does in the replays, you can zoom in, get all different types of stats like each players units, resources and so on.
I have been lucky enough to play the Starcraft 2 beta for a few weeks and let me say you will not be disappointed.
The game feels very much like the original which of course is a good thing. It's very fun right now because there are many new units and everyone is currently figuring out what strategies to use against X unit build ups and so on.
The new battle.net system is very cool, you play 10 qualifying games and it will put you into a league. There is currently 5, copper, bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Every with the limited number of users I have found it is VERY good in setting you up with people your skill level. My current win / loss is basically 100/100. I'm currently in the top end of the silver league up from the bronze league where I started.
Right now a big part of the game is not only the best unit makeup but scouting in order to properly time a rush. If you go for higher tier units the trade off ofcourse is the fact you need to dump more resources into your buildings and tech, allowing the other player to mass a few more lower tier in order to try and make a push while your resources are being spent on buildings.
They of course are evening things out which is the entire goal of beta but I must say, for a game in beta it is incredibly fun and I don't see people being disappointed, so good luck getting into beta!!
You also have to understand it will take a very long time to develop different strategies and find useful ways to use units. New strategies that were never used in starcraft came about YEARS after the game was released, its just up to the players to figure them out.
Thats the enjoyable part, learning the new game. Most people like the direction that its going with the sports and I wouldn't say they are dumbing it down at all, they have added new things like chrono-boost for protoss, mules for terran, spawn larva for Zerg, terrain plays a bigger role too, a lot of command Q'ing and much sleeker interface.
Starcraft 2 - Blizzard News
I'm not sure I totally agree with this. The "sport" like aspect is what made Starcraft 1 shine.. it was the fact it was so well balanced that it gave it enough replay value that people played it for years and years and years.
Doesn't seem too broken to me, yes there are some balance issues that need to be addressed, and the units might group together a touch too much but I'm not sure what is "broken".
Starcraft 2 - Blizzard News
That is not a bad thing though. The biggest fear people usually have about Starcraft 2 is that simply fact that it wont live up to the original.
However, it seems they are really pushing this game to be a competitive player vs player game and a spectator sport. I've found myself spending hours watching Game replays of pros'. It's very neat, you can see every single click that each player does in the replays, you can zoom in, get all different types of stats like each players units, resources and so on.
It's shaping up to be a very steller game!
Starcraft 2 - Blizzard News
The game feels very much like the original which of course is a good thing. It's very fun right now because there are many new units and everyone is currently figuring out what strategies to use against X unit build ups and so on.
The new battle.net system is very cool, you play 10 qualifying games and it will put you into a league. There is currently 5, copper, bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Every with the limited number of users I have found it is VERY good in setting you up with people your skill level. My current win / loss is basically 100/100. I'm currently in the top end of the silver league up from the bronze league where I started.
Right now a big part of the game is not only the best unit makeup but scouting in order to properly time a rush. If you go for higher tier units the trade off ofcourse is the fact you need to dump more resources into your buildings and tech, allowing the other player to mass a few more lower tier in order to try and make a push while your resources are being spent on buildings.
They of course are evening things out which is the entire goal of beta but I must say, for a game in beta it is incredibly fun and I don't see people being disappointed, so good luck getting into beta!!
Starcraft 2 - Blizzard News