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StarCraft: Ghost Comments by Kristan Reed

17 April, 2003

Blizzard’s tactical action shooter comes out of its shell

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FWB
17/04/03 @ 15:54
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Neat. Glad to hear there will be MP too.
Thamuhacha
17/04/03 @ 16:02
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Given Blizzard's usual fare - if this does fall down it certainly won't be on attention to detail or design.

This could be great ...
mal
17/04/03 @ 19:09
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Damnit, I've got a bad feeling about this. Maybe I've seen too many games overhyped by Edge previews, but I've been keeping my eye on this one for a while. But then, I'm not familiar with Blizzard so maybe they can take all those features and make them playable. If it fulfils even half of this promise I'll be picking up a copy.
christian
17/04/03 @ 22:46
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Go frog
christian
17/04/03 @ 22:47
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No really, go frog
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StixxUK
18/04/03 @ 11:00
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Well, Blizzard make some good games (well, Warcraft and Starcraft were great at least - not a fan of Diablo, myself), and if they apply their usual level of polish and heavy testing, I can't see them going wrong anywhere. I seriously hope that he's not just PR-babbling about making it less frustrating than SC, because I just got peed off with that and gave up on it. I'm thoroughly looking forward to this and the graphics - WOW.
Khab
18/04/03 @ 23:46
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But I don't want to sneak about! I wanna just shoot'em!
disc
19/04/03 @ 16:36
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yeah really...

yawwwn
christian
19/04/03 @ 18:27
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Yo johns, is this game supposed to be good, cuz blizzard fuckin rocks.
otto [mod]
21/04/03 @ 21:32
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Yes but she appears to have a monkey wrench lodged in her bum.
Yeevle
22/04/03 @ 00:30
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"If he's having a pop at Splinter Cell, then he's got every right to – multiple instant deaths are bloody annoying."

Thank god, I thought I was the only one that hated it.
christian
22/04/03 @ 01:18
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Wait u dont like splinter cell?
Khab
22/04/03 @ 02:46
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I don't like Splinter Cell either.
pjmaybe
23/04/03 @ 14:13
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Me neither, it's like Liz Hurley. It looks nice but it just doesn't put out.

Peej
Pirotic
25/04/03 @ 23:53
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using my looking glass i can see this game getting..

6/10 in Edge
7/10 on Eurogamer

.. i'll refere to this post in a few months time and see how close i was ;) doesn't look very good - but then again goldeneye looked crap in screenshots orignally.
FWB
29/04/03 @ 16:09
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I'm the clan leader of the largest StarCraft clan on B.net, Clan [Shock].

Wow, you're so brave, so handsome, so cool. Teach me how to be like you.
sam_spade
30/04/03 @ 12:20
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David, do you want to be my friend? You could be my Czechmate.
FWB
30/04/03 @ 12:21
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Doesn't Battlenet deal with all Blizzard online games?
Blerk
06/05/03 @ 15:19
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What would be soo cool is if they had enough room to put both Original Starcraft on it.

Not likely to happen given that this is a completely different type of game to the originals. It's a third-person shooty thing, not an RTS.
pjmaybe
06/05/03 @ 16:40
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"Does anyone know about the protoss with the "gun" attachment?
What is that, or have you not seen it? I foun it here and shots can be seen at blizzard.com

http://www.scraftghost.net/gallery/shots.php?g=April%202003&
p=10&frpg=1&f=#pic "

Looks suspiciously to me like a generic boss character.

Oh my, yet another cool game licence raped to bits.

Peej



FWB
07/05/03 @ 15:44
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It is being released on all consoles.
Jose
23/05/03 @ 04:59
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Star Craft Ghost is comming for all CONSOLES! but not for PC!
please people stop asking that stupid question
Jose
23/05/03 @ 05:30
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This game will be realy deadly......
well lets just say that Nova will be deadly.
Blerk
27/05/03 @ 08:57
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Do you know Wednesday's lottery numbers, verm? It's a rollover. I could use the cash.
Blerk
18/06/03 @ 09:11
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Heh heh - so this is where all the donits went! :-)
Midnight Raven
11/07/03 @ 09:48
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hector, you ARE aware that his will be NO real time strategy game, right? Itīll definitely come out on PS2 and Xbox, but I donīt think any PC or GC releases are planned.
Blerk
15/07/03 @ 08:18
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Question:
I can understand why wrestling attracts 'tards, but what is it about Starcraft that does the same?

/confused
gonrico
27/07/03 @ 21:45
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the gun question"ttp://www.scraftghost.net/gallery/shots.php?g=April
%202003&p=10&frpg=1&f=#pic", The zealot has a gun because psi blades are too powerful. The real psi blades will pop up later on when u get better gadgets. i read this somewhere.

for silver dragon
gonrico
27/07/03 @ 21:47
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the gun question"ttp://www.scraftghost.net/gallery/shots.php?g=April
%202003&p=10&frpg=1&f=#pic", The zealot has a gun because psi blades are too powerful. The real psi blades will pop up later on when u get better gadgets. i read this somewhere.

for silver dragon
gonrico
29/07/03 @ 03:22
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I love starcraft!!!!!! Im saving up
gonrico
29/07/03 @ 03:30
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For you dumbasses who say it might not come out for gc, gc is the first one who bought it f/ blizzard!!!!!!!!!!!! It is for gc, xcrap, and psucks!!!!! no pc!
gonrico
24/08/03 @ 03:42
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Affirmative!(zealot)
gonrico
06/10/03 @ 01:14
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no it wont asshole look at the fuckin blizzard faq website! retard! damn
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gonrico
30/11/03 @ 19:05
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O shutup. (name+Oh)
Brutalisk
21/12/03 @ 03:06
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First of all, Blizzard is the dream company for gamers. What do I mean by that? They delay their games' release until THEY are sure the game is ready. Warcraft III got delayed for aeons and it wasn't because of administration problems. It was to make sure the product was good.

How many companies do you know that consistently delay their games until they are ready, instead of rushing them to the store?

Secondly, unlike EA Sports, each new game blizzard makes is indeed a whole new game and not just small comsetic changes that milk the product to the bones, like Age of Empires and ofcourse all the EA products.

Proof? Warcraft -> Warcraft II leaps and bounds of progress -> Starcraft even greater imrpvoements -> Warcraft III -> even more additions to the game

Thirdly, the expansions packs are probably the best kind of expansion pack one could wish for, especially for starcraft and warcraft III ! You buy it (yes, I buy it) without feeling it's a rip off.


To those who ask why is Blizzardf making Starcraft:Ghost and not Starcraft II.

Simple. It's looking to expand into other "fields". Sracraft Ghost is trying to get all the enthusiasts of that genre as well as the console players, while the World of Warcraft is trying to appeal to RPG fans.

I am sure, eventually, there will be a starcraft II :) If only more companies were like them. Yes, there are some other companies which are also great but some were bought by bigger firms and essentially disappeared :(
Blerk
23/01/04 @ 09:20
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yeah.. online play in anything will make it the best game ever, but offline gaming.. boo.. that's a thing of the past! go back to 6 months ago you retro-gaming motherfuckers!

lol!
gonrico
15/03/04 @ 03:00
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It already came out in the US?
pjmaybe
01/04/04 @ 16:05
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All of us? Even me?

No it's impossible!

Peej
Blerk
01/04/04 @ 16:07
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We're all an arsehole? A single one? Some kind of gestalt bumhole? Wow... what a concept!
pjmaybe
01/04/04 @ 16:13
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That's the way I read it - as if we're all one huge arsehole, godlike in its size, hovering over the great pan of gaming ready to pinch off a couple of large brown loaves...

What a thought.

Peej
AnotherMartin
01/04/04 @ 16:20
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No he's dissin' your 'all' by calling it an arsehole. So your all, what ever that is, I suppose it means you, everything about you, everything you own, is an arsehole.





nope, still don't get.
pjmaybe
01/04/04 @ 16:28
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OK Mr translator, care to have a crack at this one?

"This game look amazing....i belive blizzard will fullifle its promisses. I loved SC and SCBW,Diablo 1 and 2 were really good and Warcraft rocked!! This game will own...but i say put it on PS2 only..lol IM A PS2 FAN!!!!!!!!! Blizzard!!!!! Keep up the good work...im definetly getting this game..and i expect this game to get a 9.7 on the reviews...or else some1 will die.lol "

Peej
AnotherMartin
01/04/04 @ 16:53
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Well, that's obviously a cry for help from a seriuosly deranged mind.
Khab
04/12/04 @ 21:43
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I heard it'll be a Phantom exclusive.

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