Again, making me think no one has any idea this exists. You can play any game, and any race, with any mod with the starter edition. I joined the bel'shir game, which is a LotV melee game, as zerg:. Everyone was so excited BW was going free, I don't think any realized SC2 was free in a similar capacity.
The only things you can't play is matchmaking. Campaign is available up to mission 5? And on top of all that, you can still play team games with your friends because only 1 person in a party needs to own the game to play matchmaking. Is there an updated version that works? Last time I tried it half the assets kept turning pitch black. I've played it months ago and it was all fine well, except the crappy creep mechanics and the crazy number of macro hatches needed:.
Kind of a stretch to call BW controls "not functional" even if archaic but I know you're probably trying to be edgy or get a rise. I didn't play BW until after LotV, and holy shit it was so hard. I definitely couldn't handle it I've since tried several 90s RTS games and had similar issues , but it gave me a way better appreciation for BW pros.
Playing well with those controls restrictions is amazing! It'll get quite easier with the remaster due to key rebinds. Still difficult but you won't have to reach over to P to build a probe lmao. I'm guessing if you're Terran you bind your cc to 0 and wraith to 9, following that logic?
I was flabbergasted when I watched this video showing Boxer's keyboard as he played a game. Dude reaches over to use the arrow while playing, even during fights I was like wtf?! The key selling point at least for me is going to be the matchmaking, but old bw is going to have it aswell. I've been playing the campaign on SC1 Terran mission 10 atm. Its cool how the lines from the SC2 trailer are the same as the New Gettysburg mission and its not that bad tbh. Mind you I'm someone playing SC1 for the first time.
By the 2nd or 3rd mission you'll have gotten used to it and I think the extreme buttclenching level of key smashing that BW forces you to do makes you a bit better at all other RTS games.
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Thats only relevant if you're like me and play a lot of other RTS games tho. Its an old ass game and it shows in every way but it can still be very enjoyable beyond a nostalgia factor. I'm going through the campaign at the same spot as you. Also macro, press key hold unit button. Kinda sad all the people that didn't grow up with BW that literally spawned sc2 for you upvoted you for calling them non functional lol.
I'm sure Flash and Jaedong think they're "unfuntional" too. Really a shame that spawning wasn't heavily advertised as far as I know. I learned about it from Carbot, and even then had to look up the Blizzard videos to understand it. I don't think so. If you go to the starcraft 2 website the first thing you see is that you can "Try it free".
Hell, I personally did have starter edition for the longest time before buying the game. And I am sure there are a lot of co-op players out there with starter edition. Besides, we should thank Blizzard for arguably giving away half of the game's content for free. The free part should be advertised as the main game. And the paid part campaign, ladder, co-op commanders, etc.
Also, ideally ladder should be buyable as a separate add-on without LotV. It has a lot to do with how the SC2 dev team despises casual players. Their anti-casual approach to the game threw the massive lead SC2 had over other esports who embraced the casual scene and didn't see it as competing with the competitive scene.
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The questionable balance changes I can live with, but the way they treat the casual player base is horrible. In my opinion, they're not advertising this more because it might bring more casuals to their "elite" game.
Why market something free when people can buy the actual game? But blizzard should let people more aware of the fact this exists. By making this available but not advertising it they're making an option that will mostly be found by people who honestly can't afford to pay it, but are persistent fans and will eventually discover this. Although it would be nicer if more people used it, I feel like this feature also drives a lot of people who really can afford the game to eventually purchase it. And most devs nowadays know that so they keep offering free weekends, trials etc. Approaches similar to the old "demo" RIP game demos.
It allows you full access to features, but with limit on time or story. You get hooked and buy the full thing. Yeah people complain about a model like Dota or League but I think it's a great balance of forcing new players to learn a lot of different champ styles and positions, while also letting them eventually try all the game content for free so they can try before they buy. I appreciated the way League kind of forced you to become familiar with many different champs early in the game, it helps with the steep learning curve with the champ pool.
I agree - especially for a MOBA with lots of heroes, the gating is actually good for a new player to not be overwhelmed. Similarly Heroes of the Storm gates access to abilities and I like it, cuz when I'm new to a hero I can easily be confused by all the choice. But just to mention - Dota 2 is different, you get all heroes and all abilities accessible from the start. That might contribute to the general higher complexity of it and the game not being easy on newcomers.
While I understand your point, the free client is already structured in a way to push you to buy the full version.
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They should be pushing as many people as they can into trying it out, then hopefully getting sales that way. It is not a problem with marketing. This function wasn't there when SC2 was released. When Blizz finally implemented it they did let the community know. It's just that not many people were playing custom games by that time. But maybe you have more info than I do. There was massive hype when they first announced the free use.
It was even all over this sub for quite a while. I guess people have fairly short memories though. What makes you say it all caps like that? I can remember more than a few times seeing the starter edition mentioned during an ad, i've also played a lot of team games with starter edition people that joined me after playing an arcade game. The fact that it's called "Starter Edition" alone is terrible marketing. Makes it feel like it's just a demo. Well it was originally called "demo", i think Starter Edition is an improvement of that.
What would you call it? How it is now should have been how it was at release. I don't think they want to. If they made too big a deal it'd cannibalise actual game sales. People will play the game for free and then eventually decide to buy it when they decide they like it. Happened with a large group of my friends. They wouldn't have bought it had they not been able to experience the free version first.
The game was impossible to get my friends into during WoL. It's more like Blizzard have been screwing around with arcade and custom games for so long that people stopped caring. They didn't have OPEN games when sc2 was released and only after years of community complains did they add the feature. But by that time no one plays custom games anymore.
Yeah, alot of people don't understand the extent that the starter edition lets you go to.
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It basically is a free to play game. They should just make unranked ladder be completely free to play. Don't have a source for this right now on mobile , but Blizzard has said in the past that the vast majority of people that play SC2 play the campaign. Millions of people have purchased the game and play campaign. The problem with free unranked is that hackers can just make new accounts for free if you ban them.
I think they should have just called SC2 f2p and added the campaigns and ladder as addons for a price. It would have been a lot cleaner. But it's not really F2P, as it's not riddled with microtransactions and other game breaking premium currencies. Sure, cosmetics, but still, they're cosmetics.