Unfortunately it is true, PC faithful; no matter how hard you pinch yourselves right now this is not a dream, and you will not wake up. Welcome to real life. It sucks.
In a post on the StarCraft 2 Forums, Lead Designer Dustin Browder has dropped the word that the upcoming StarCraft 2 sequels, Heart of the Swarm (Zerg) and Legacy of the Void (Protoss) will be split into two additional games each to best “convey the epic sci-fi story at the heart of StarCraft”. The full quote reads thusly:
“It was a really hard decision by the team leads for StarCraft 2, but ultimately we felt that the current format for the games wouldn’t convey the epic sci-fi story at the heart of StarCraft. Additionally, the lengthening of the release schedule gives us more time to iterate and improve on multiplayer formula, as well as find a way to get all five games to function properly in Battle.Net.”
That’s a real shame, if you don’t mind the editorializing. Mr. Browder says that the first part of what was originally Heart of the Swarm is still on track for its original release, so at least we can take comfort in that. The comments for that post are unfortunately disabled, but if you look around the forums you should find a few threads to voice your displeasure.
What do you think, GamerSushians? Is this another knock against the game that’s already had its share of WTF moments? Are you done with StarCraft, or Blizzard in general?
Source – StarCraft 2 Forums
As long as it is like Wings of Liberty, I’m fine. That game was a complete game, even though it was technically only part of Starcraft 2. I think this is good news, if anything.
The Sony story was more believable…I fell for that one. Then when I read this, I realized I got scammed! Two in a row?!
Okay, I gotta go have my bowl gotta have cereal.
DAMMIT, I fell for 2/3 Gamersushi stories today!
Because as we all know, everybody plays Starcraft for the riveting story. Good one guys.
I always thought they cited the story as the reason for splitting the games up in the first place. Silly me.
[quote comment=”16016″]Because as we all know, everybody plays Starcraft for the riveting story. Good one guys.[/quote]
Actually, half of the people that buy it do.