[PC] (StarCraft 2) Apparently Blizzard Still Makes Games!

That's hardly what I'd call an impulse buy, unless you're a fucking millionaire.

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Originally Posted by nazpyro

I'm on a ridiculous Starcraft high right now. If this was available already (at least for pre-order), I'd so impulse buy it.

$250, 17 pounds, 18 inches tall: https://us.blizzard.com/sc2collectib...aft2/menu.html

Hot.

Haha, yea same here when I first saw it. But once reason kicked I realized I don't collect statues and that they're nothing more paper weights.

Originally Posted by Aardark

For 250$, that piece of paperweight junk should be life-sized, not 18 inches.

Actually, $250 is the standard price for an 18" statue and is quite reasonable, in the eyes of a statue collector anyway.

Haha, anyway I think I'll hold out till they make a more affordable action figure. Be sweet if Medicom could make one.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Hantei

Actually, $250 is the standard price for an 18" statue and is quite reasonable, in the eyes of a statue collector anyway.

I'm sure it is, though being a 'statue collector' is not reasonable in the first place. Must be a fun life paying 250$ for upgraded action figures.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I remember when you could buy real-life-sized Lara Croft or the dude from Halo in our local store for about 500 bucks each, that's a better deal than half of that for an 18 inches statue, but I guess Hantei-dude is right, it's the collector's value that counts. It's the same with coins and stamps.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I just saw the Seoul demonstration moments ago.
Does anyone else get the feeling that these added "checks and balances" and specialized strengths between the races has the potential to make this game suck hairy balls, much like Empire Earth?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, pretty much any tweaks to Starcraft has the potential to make the that suck ass if it's not done properly.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Worst case scenario, someone will use the campaign editor that Blizzard always packs in to recreate the original game units, and we just roll with that.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well the editor just allows you to create your own levels and scenarios, not units. However what I think you meant is that it will allow you to set the values to that of SC1, am I right?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

There was an advanced unit editor someone made for SC that allowed you to modify pretty much anything you want about all of the units, so I imagine as long as there's enough units around you could change them to fit the stats of original SC units.

How ya doing, buddy?

Gamestop/EB Games/Babbages is now taking pre-orders, just to let everyone here know.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Gamestop and EB are taking preorders on Duke Nukem: Forever, as well.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

After watching the demo on starcraft2.com, I can safely say I may want to buy this.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

What I wanna know is, what are the system requirements for this game. Do I have to buy a new video card to enjoy the new StarCraft goodness? Or an entirely new PC?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Guru

Gamestop and EB are taking preorders on Duke Nukem: Forever, as well.

Which is puzzling to me.

I've worked at Babbages for the last 7 months, and this company is the definition of oddity. When I asked the District Manager, when he came through our store, about why we aren't taking reserves for games like Super Mario Galaxies or Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the reply was "Oh, we don't have a date set in stone."

Yet, we haven't had dates for a plethora of games were reserving, but yet, we still take peoples money. Not that I'm complaining, I'm getting SC2, reguardless if I have to upgrade my computer or not.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I still have no idea why anyone would ever pre-order anything. Like Best Buy, Target, and Circuit City won't have copies. And you don't have to part with your own hard earned money for god knows how long. And it's easier to change your mind.

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Shoulda pre-ordered a Wii 4srsly.

But yeah, it's not really hard to find stuff. I can't imagine Starcraft 2 being sold out anywhere. Blizzard always has more than enough copies to go around when they launch new games.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

might get some extras when you pick up a preorder, hell, I'm going down tomorrow and reserving this!

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Originally Posted by K_ Takahashi

might get some extras when you pick up a preorder, hell, I'm going down tomorrow and reserving this!

Doubt it, unless there's a collector's edition (which there will be, but it hasn't been announced yet so I doubt EB or GameStop are taking preorders on the CE yet).

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

as soon as I hear what the system spcs will be I will pre order this game

Jam it back in, in the dark.

No CE or LE yet for pre-order, but I'm sure there will be. When we do get that around for pre-ordering, I'll let you all know, as I too will be switching my 5 over to it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

I still have no idea why anyone would ever pre-order anything. Like Best Buy, Target, and Circuit City won't have copies. And you don't have to part with your own hard earned money for god knows how long. And it's easier to change your mind.

While that may be true, pre-ordering does save you the hassle of trying to track down a copy and it, in essence, allows you to put it on layaway. So why not have the benefit of knowing your copy's guaranteed?

If it's available for pre-order in-store (sometimes the online store has stuff for pre-order that physical stores don't) I'll be pre-ordering it for sure tomorrow.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by SouthJag

While that may be true, pre-ordering does save you the hassle of trying to track down a copy and it, in essence, allows you to put it on layaway. So why not have the benefit of knowing your copy's guaranteed?

Yeah, except they don't guarantee it (requiring users to buy more if they wanted their XBOX 360 despite original pre-order purchase rank). And you have no guarantee they will get the game first or will get enough games.

Which is even worse because then you are locked in, you have your money sitting at EB Games, so if you do see tons of copies on the shelves at Target, you not only have to buy it at Target, but you have to go to EB to get your money back.

Further, I've often seen in Sunday circulars where the bigger stores have sales. Several times I've gotten a new game from Circuit City or Best Buy for $10 off (if I remember correctly, Circuit City sold FF XII for $37.99 on first day while everyone else sold it for $49.99). Which means that if you want to take advantage of those specials, you have to go through the process I outlined above.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Starcraft2 is only available in Korea, since the rest of the world doesn't care about it aside from koreans.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Vemp: Well that would be a hard sell my friend, even if it is a joke seeing how it's made by a North American company it's not really even believable. Better luck next time.

As for this pre-ordering thing. I only pre-order anything if it's something that I REALLY want. Like StarCraft 2 or Final Fantasy XII. And Mikey if they don't get it in day 1 then I'll go get it somewhere else. If I find it, OMFG I just lost $5 to EB games, better go kill myself. Really, unless you pre-order every game known to man, or don't care when you get it and pay the full price when pre-ordering it doesn't really matter where you get it. However no matter how you look at it, your chances of getting it on day 1 if you pre-order at a big-box store or specialty shop are still better then not pre-ordering it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

$5 =

I can't think of a single game ever that people couldn't get on day 1 without pre-ordering. The only place I can ever remember it applying is to the 360 and, as we all know, people who pre-ordered that got fucked in the ass by Gamestop and EB.

It's an unnecessary risk. It's just another indicator that no wonder so many are in debt: no one knows jack shit about economics or finance.

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