Anyone else buying Starcraft 2 to just play the singleplayer campaign?

[Krakn3Dfx]

I was a big fan of the original Starcraft, but I can count the number of hours I played the multiplayer on half of one hand. The online community's skill level in the game was daunting to say the least, and I quickly gave up trying to use button mapping to build units and move around the level. I enjoyed the singleplayer campaign immensely tho, so if I buy SC2, and I'm considering it (Dell.com has it for $45 right now), it would only be to play the SP part of the game, which I'm hoping is sizable even tho the MP part is obviously where Blizzard's focus is.

Anyone else just going to buy SC2 for the SP experience?

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I'm kind of looking forward to single player, but in the end I'll probably put more time into the multiplayer. I wonder if they followed through with the unique ways of going through the campaigns they were planning (buying units between missions and choosing your next mission for terran is what was described). I'm guessing this is going to get merged with the monster thread btw.

 

[Firsttime]

I'll probably start with the single player just to get the hang of the new stuff. Hopefully the old cheat codes wont work so I wont be able to just "power overwhelming" through everything haha.

 

[maevardabar]

Single player is where i'm gonna be, and its the sole reason i'm buying the game. I will probably check out online, and play a few matches, but will probably be distracted by the online mini-games people make and just play them.

 

[JD50]

I probably will. I've always hated playing RTS games online. I prefer sandbox mode to the campaign though.

 

[JTsyo]

I was a big fan of the original Starcraft, but I can count the number of hours I played the multiplayer on half of one hand. The online community's skill level in the game was daunting to say the least, and I quickly gave up trying to use button mapping to build units and move around the level. I enjoyed the singleplayer campaign immensely tho, so if I buy SC2, and I'm considering it (Dell.com has it for $45 right now), it would only be to play the SP part of the game, which I'm hoping is sizable even tho the MP part is obviously where Blizzard's focus is.

Anyone else just going to buy SC2 for the SP experience?

If the ladder is too much pressure you can always try the custom games. Or join some cpu bashing games.

I'll play through the campaign and then try some ladder. I don't expect to get anywhere but I find it fun. Hopefully the match making system works and after a few games, I'll get to play those are about the same skill as me.

 

[hellfire88]

Thanks for the $45 heads up Krakn3Dfx! I don't really mind if I don't get it launch day if I can save $30 (2 copies for myself and my wife).

I'll be playing SP and just messing around in MP with my friends (3v3 or whatever), no competitive stuff on Battle.net since I'm not that good heh.

 

[Elcs]

Anyone else just going to buy SC2 for the SP experience?

Probably when it's bargain bin stuff... like I am waiting for C&C4 to turn into.

The style of RTS that they are just doesn't hold my interest like it used to but I'd enjoy the storyline.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Probably when it's bargain bin stuff... like I am waiting for C&C4 to turn into.

The style of RTS that they are just doesn't hold my interest like it used to but I'd enjoy the storyline.

I was a die hard Red Alert player bad in the day, but as I get older I find I can't keep up with the youngins, so I mostly keep to the single player stuff unless it's turn based, lol.

 

[Anubis]

Anyone else just going to buy SC2 for the SP experience?

Yes

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Yes!!! thanks again for the $45 presale heads up Krakn3Dfx! much appreciated! just canceled my amazon order and went with this one!

Thanks for the $45 heads up Krakn3Dfx! I don't really mind if I don't get it launch day if I can save $30 (2 copies for myself and my wife).

I'll be playing SP and just messing around in MP with my friends (3v3 or whatever), no competitive stuff on Battle.net since I'm not that good heh.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Not really interested. I never got into Starcraft. But if I did get it, I definitely wouldn't play online. I'd get beaten in like ten seconds lol.

 

[airdata]

Starcraft is all about the multiplayer...

tons of people still play the original starcraft, it's that good.

 

[HeXploiT]

I was actually never in to the original starcraft and with as much as the Total War series has ruined all other strategy games for me I'll be getting this title for single player just because I'm dying for something new.

It looks fantastic but I must admit I'm disappointed that it's only a directx 9 title.

Also very curious to see what kind of sales figures there will be on the PC after the $100,000,000.00 pricetag.
I'm hoping this won't be the last big pc title Blizzard ever produces after ten million copies are downloaded from torrent sites.

 

[crownjules]

If I play SC2, it will only be for the SP yes. After playing the DoW/CoH RTSes, I can't go back to the antiquated resource farming style of game.

 

[Qbah]

SP only here. I won't even look at MP.

 

[kalrith]

I'd buy it solely for the single-player game, but I'm very interested in the custom games as well. I despise the ladder play on WC3 but really like some of the custom games. I hope it's the same with SC2.

 

[Martimus]

If I buy it, it will be single player only.

I have no interest in playing RTS's against strangers, especially after playing dozens of Red Alert matches against random people and winning 100% of them. At least when I played my friends it was a good match, but that was never true against the anonymous players. Now that I don't have any close friends that play, I don't have any interest in MP.

 

[Specop 007]

I was a die hard Red Alert player bad in the day, but as I get older I find I can't keep up with the youngins, so I mostly keep to the single player stuff unless it's turn based, lol.

Isnt that the damn truth. My 9 year old brings it to me in Supreme Commander. 9!! Fortunately, as the saying goes.... Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time! Nothing says "Ha ha" like bringing in a squadron of bombers on his ACU and blowing it up.

Some day hes gonna catch on to that trick though......

 

[Udgnim]

there will be 3 types of SC 2 players

one type will be getting SC 2 for its single player and community released mods

the second type will be getting SC 2 for its competitive multiplayer

the third type will enjoy both of the above

 

[KaOTiK]

I only want to play SC2 for the single player campaign and I am in no rush to play it anyways. So I'll be waiting for some super collection pack that has all 3 of them together cause I'll be damned if I'm buying it 3 times, plenty of other games I can put the money towards.

 

[Saga]

The only reason I would buy SC2 is for the UMS Multiplayer. Turret/tower defense, hero defense, etc, are all still some of my fondest SC1/WC3 memories.

Playing multiplayer SC2 is just more of the same as multiplayer SC1. The gap in skill is just so wide I either feel like I'm smashing some poor 7 year old kid, or getting absolutely obliterated by some 300 APM Korean on cocaine and redbull. I'm not exaggerating, either, I played some 500 games in SC2 beta and 95%+ of them left me feeling either no accomplishment or completely destroyed, I barely remember ANY games where I thought there was a equal skill level on both sides and one of us simply played JUST a little better and won.. ie, I seldom ever felt like a game was a good or even fun game.. not to mention probably 75% of the games I played ended in 5 mins or so after a rush decided who would win/lose.

Not having fun defeats the purpose. SC2 is boring. UMS is where it's at.

 

[tk149]

Me.

 

[Elcs]

I was a die hard Red Alert player bad in the day, but as I get older I find I can't keep up with the youngins, so I mostly keep to the single player stuff unless it's turn based, lol.

When was 11-15, I was taking down 30-40 year olds in CS, Quake 1/2/3, Red Alert and Starcraft

But as a multiplayer game, the RTS market never really grasped me and to this day I only play them singleplayer or in a cooperative manner.

Now that FPSes tend to make me motion sick, I guess I need to go back to something like the RTS to give me my adrenaline kick from gaming.

 

[MJinZ]

RTS online is very mentally straining and stressful. I find that only people with lots of time on their hands or "professionals" will have the means to master it.

I will be getting Starcraft 2 just for the single player, and online Tower defense/other types of games. Similar to how I enjoyed Warcraft 3.

Diablo 3 on the other hand will be solely a multiplayer experience.