StarCraft II is without question, the hottest game on the planet right now. It’s arguably the biggest game of 2010. Everywhere gaming website I go to, every message board I visit and every video game podcast I listen to is talking about it. Even all of my coworkers are talking about their forays into the campaign and multiplayer modes.
Though I’ve heard and read enough about StarCraft II to hold up a decent conversation about the game, I kind of feel left out. You see, I’ve never played StarCraft II before. Or the original one. I must confess that, I haven’t even played an RTS since before the original Starcraft came out.
Yes, I know I have no one to blame but myself on this one. And to be honest, I probably am only missing out on something I probably wouldn’t like anyway. During my few times playing RTS games, I was immediately overwhelmed by the gameplay. There are so many factors you need to micro-manage that I just couldn’t grasp. I also hate gaming with a keyboard and mouse with a passion. With this type of game so dependent on hot keys, I was never able to actually play these games at all.
On top of that, I’ve never really liked the whole PC gaming experience. I never could be bothered with jumping through all the hoops that come with PC gaming, from rough installs to the controls to never having a top-of-the-line computer to run anything current.
With so many personal reasons for me to stay clear of the StarCraft II bandwagon, a part of me feels like I’m missing out on something really cool, as if I’m one of the two people left that hasn’t seen Inception (saw it twice, it’s awesome). Since I don’t have a computer that can run it, the urge to fix this left out feeling is cooled dramatically. Oh well. For now, I’ll just continue to fake my way through StarCraft II conversations by using terminology such as ‘build order’, ‘Zerg Rush’ and ‘Korea’.
In Third Person 