StarCraft 2: The 12-Year Itch

The first StarCraft was released by Blizzard in 1998. More than 12 years later, “StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty” is here, selling over 1.5 million copies and making it one of the most popular online games in the world.

So I grabbed a copy last week and scheduled a game night. I’ve been trying to stay away from addicting games like WarCraft or StarCraft for years but this one I really had to try SC2 is like one of those games that “once you pop, you can’t stop”.

Unlike the previous game, you will need a Battle.net account to play over the network (LAN) — otherwise, you can only play in single mode (although I hear cracks are already spreading in the intarwebs to bypass this restriction).

Anybody out there who are playing SC2 or just finished the entire campaign?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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33 Comments

Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

15 years ago

the battle.net thing must be a sort of DRM thing
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Sabana says:

15 years ago

You’re right about the cracks. Got a hold of one several days ago from a friend — the game seems to work perfectly after so it’s good. :)
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Sabana says:

15 years ago

You’re right about the c.r.acks. Got a hold of one several days ago from a friend — the game seems to work perfectly after so it’s good. :)

PS
I don’t understand why my post keeps getting flagged as spam.
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dalekins says:

15 years ago

@abeolandres been playing it for a week now. Just the campaign. See ya tomorrow Abe.
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Sabana says:

15 years ago

You’re right about the cracks. Got a hold of one several days ago from a friend and the game seems to work perfectly after so it’s good. :)
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sylv3rblade says:

15 years ago

Finished the campaign on Normal and Hard, having trouble with brutal >:(

need a bnet buddy?
id: kiel
code: 180

@Andre,
yep. Bnet-only is Blizz’s version of DRM.
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prosopagnosia says:

15 years ago

so cool… but i’m still waiting for Diablo 3.. :D
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Fleeb says:

15 years ago

Local distributors are still overpricing the game so I did not buy one yet. Maybe after a month or two.
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Herce says:

15 years ago

I agree with Fleeb!! You local distributors suck!

Its a great game and have been playing the single player campaign I downloaded from megaupload (Razor1911 proper). It should be entertaining enough for a while as I get my skills up till I can buy serial that isn’t overpriced.

You lean towards salesman in your articles, but there is controversy with the game. Actavision’s forcing of 25mb max mods and forcing no “sideloadling” of user generated content pretty much sucks.
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BrianB says:

15 years ago

When is this going to be in Internet cafes?

How’s it play on an under-powered laptop?
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