Starcraft 2 beta
In his Gamespot interview, Chris Sigaty said that Blizzard usually takes “three and a half or four years to finish a game” and that Starcraft 2 would enter alpha testing later in the year.
Rob Pardo has poured some cold water on fan’s hopes for a Chirstmas release in 2007. In his MSN interview, Rob rules out any possibility for an early release:
The only thing I can give you [that’s] concrete is it’s not going to be this year. Some people were hoping, because of how advanced the game looks, that we’d have it out by Christmas, but that’s definitely not happening.
Does that mean that a Starcraft 2 beta is out of question as well? IGN has put a bet on that and if the alpha is later in the year, I wouldn’t rule out a beta by Chirstmas.
June 2nd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
can i have it pease??. i had wit it for years
June 3rd, 2007 at 5:03 am
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June 8th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
I hope they don’t put heroes. This is just my opinion, but ever since they put heroes on Warcraft 3, I just didn’t get the balancing anymore. It’s kind of like putting super weapons, which totally destroys strategy. Spread the word, spread the petition, if you believe in my point!
June 11th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
You’re right, heroes in the game, like warcraft, became kind of like a problem. In exception to starcraft the heroes in warcraft could be used in multipalyer games or just yurself against the computer. Hopefully in Starcraft 2 they won’t set the same type of idea to starcraft and just set the heroes in the story mode as you could call it. The heroes in the story mode are needed to give the gameplay a point, since they say that it’s going to be like the continuation of the stories in the first starcraft.
June 13th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
man i cant wait 4 SC2 w00t =)
June 15th, 2007 at 11:27 am
I agree the only way Heroes should be in the game is in the movies.
June 19th, 2007 at 1:55 am
Can’t wait!
June 19th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
When they gonna get the freaking beta out cause I just wanna play the game lol!
June 29th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
U FUCING HYPOCRIT!
HEROES IS WHAT MADE WC3 GOOD.. GO FUCKING DIE IN A FIRE AND SLIT UR FUCKING THROAT U DICKHEAD.
June 29th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
yeh dude u just don’t know how to USE heroes *cough n00b cough* Warcraft 3 would have died long without heroes, plus do u realize HOW MANY custom games on wc3 would not exist without heroes -_- . U jut need to lean how to incorporate heroes into your stratagey CERTAIN HEROES ARE GOOD FOR CERTAIN STRATS u just need to learn how to use them on a ranked game. Please stop being n00bs -_-, peace.
June 29th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
,and yes I cant control my body functions every time i hear the words STARCRAFT 2 (craps himself)
July 4th, 2007 at 4:49 am
LOL! Good ONE..
July 19th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
yeh heroes will be sweet in sc 2 i think just wana play beta now lolz i so cant wait
July 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Hello! I hope to experience the beta version.
July 30th, 2007 at 8:05 am
let’s be real starcraft is not a game ment for hero’s in the multi player asspect. WC3 was ment for hero’s because it’s not about massing huge armies, it’s about microing the shit out of your units and using your HEROS to the best of their abilities. If you didn’t know HOW TO DO THAT, then of course you are gonna say heros ruined the game. But like i stated SC is not ment to have heros in the multiplayer aspect of the game.
July 30th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
I agree with chris, heroes change gameplay from armies vs armies to small squads vs small squads. in my opinion they shouod have different options like melee with heroes and melee without.
also wc3 was completely different than wc2, I.e. the hero element so o hope they keep the classic feel of sc in the new game.
I agree with some posts but…sc triggered the hero maps loke commando warz, and wc3 just built onto that with lets just say DOTA.
JUst my two cents.
August 5th, 2007 at 11:20 am
i think if warcraft-like heroes are introduced in sc2 itd suck donkey dick, in warcraft its fine, but in sc2… both games r veryyy different, just think on the amount of units that die in an average game… lke 50 in warcraft vs 300 in sc…. just a random number, ok?… im no saying wc3 sux… they just r very different
heroes in sc2 suk bush dick
August 11th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
I don’t agree. Heroes RULEZ! , sc2 would be much more fun with heroes
August 13th, 2007 at 5:38 am
Yeah. i agree with the people that are actually thinking.
Heroes are for games that have a small force. When you get 100 units, heroes don’t even make a major difference, and it just throws game play off. With smaller unit counts, heroes are pretty damn fun. Starcraft is a big unit count game, thus it shouldn’t have heroes.
August 13th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
I think that the agme should and shouldnt have heros in different parts like you shouldnt have them in custom games because you have such a high unit count and they will just die if massed or something they best with small armies but you should have them in the story and i also think they might have a special ability or two like they did in warcraft 3 but maybe not the level up thing. dont copy it from warcraft 3 that would just make it old but you need to have some heros sometimes because it really made warcraft 3 a good game and tons of people still play it a lot.
i cant wait /cry
i hope you understand =D
August 18th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I am an original SC player…just to let you know i played this game since it came out back in 97, starting from the little free beta. im glad that there are people out there that know what they are talking about. i just have to say that heros is a no on starcraft. if you want that continue to play WC3. Heros will ruin the game for the fact as already stated that they are good for micro management. SC is ment to flood with huge infantry. and thats what makes the game fun. and please dont compare the two…they are both from blizzard. they will not want to make two different games be the same. thanks to WOW, SC2 took a long time. blizzard is here to make money, and yet there are already people waiting for diablo 3. BTW i have all the games. and i still play bw the most. screen name NeFiLiuM. later
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:32 pm
im wit hater Says
August 24th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
well I recently got home from gencon and had a q+a with the developers of SC2.
and to all you who wanted it start crying, NO NO NO heroes in multiplayer SC2.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
I don’t want to rain on anyones parade, but starcraft has heros if you haven’t noticed. Its just that they don’t level or have special abilities and their stats are just a little higher then normal, BUT they are heros none the less.
August 27th, 2007 at 3:22 am
Hater all i can say is get a life and blizzard if you put the Hero Bullshit in StarCraft 2 then you might aswell call it warcraft4 i hated the way warcraft3 was set up and do not want to see that SHIT in starcraft 2 i hope you all make the right chioce because you’ll lose alot of money and i know i will not buy that shit have a nice day
August 27th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Man I don’t know why you guys are so revved up about heroes anyways. What I’m interested in is the Starcraft2 World Editor. I mean just think of all the things you can do with that thing, cause you look at the Warcraft3 World Editor and you just got to expect the starcraft one to have at least 2 times the things you can do. Anyways its probably going to be ok with the heros anyways because I think Blizzard is probably taking in a lot of opinions right now and a lot of people are probably having the same debate.
August 31st, 2007 at 7:22 pm
wow did noone read my last post.
the creator of SC2 said NO heroes in multiplayer.. they will be the main focus of single-player story mode.
as for the world editor, I had a glimpse at the doodads. all I can say is omfg. Use map setting boards will destroy the custom games of any other blizzard game ever.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Heroes were awesome in sc1, but to make them like they are in wc3 would just be stupid because that’s what wc3 is for. There will be heroes in the campaign mode, and that’s cool, but they don’t really make a big difference in the game anyways, just help you follow the story. Those who like wc3 heroes can go play wc3, and stop cussing people out for liking sc.
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:09 pm
I cannot wait for Starcraft to be released. I must agree with hater, heroes are a great idea they not only increase the strategic aspects of a game but also gives a greater level of fun.
September 4th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
So you got a glimpse of just the doodads and you already say that its already gonna blow everything else away. That just blows my mind. Oh another thing that I was really interested in was if they are going to put some of the warcraft characters in the custom games. Just imagine how realistic they would look, but then again now I’m mixing warcraft and starcraft in the whole thing and that really didn’t work when they put starcraft in warcraft 3. So that pretty much blows that off.
September 6th, 2007 at 6:33 am
I agree with Razotar, and I will pwn everyone who disagrees. No heroes in multiplayer ftw. Unless there is an extra gamemode.
September 6th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Just Watch! Blizzard will sooner or later merge SC & WC worlds and say the Xel Naga made the Undead and the Orcs!! ROFL!!!
Kerrigan & Arthas will be banging each other!! Making undead zergs! LOL
September 15th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
well I didn’t get a chance to make a custom map, but I do believe they will have skins for wc characters.
oh yeah EWWWWW kerrigan hentai is just wrong to think about.
but the current version of the game had no heroes for multiplayer player and I hope they keep it that way.
September 17th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
well i m just exsited about the zerg units =] if u look at the terran units like thor and the toss units like the mothership make u wonder plus will they do somthing different with the egg animation cuz i cant imagine a mothership sized unit coming outt of a tiny egg i thought the ultras looked wie
rd comming out of that tiny egg but thats my opinion btw if u r wonder ing “wtf is this kid talking about” if it helps i m 10 =] peace out
September 18th, 2007 at 9:11 am
well in my opinion heros in sc 2 should be puted in multi payer and players shoyld be able to pick all of thr heroes skils but every thime a hero skils make him unbalanced the game shuld sa something like “The hero is not avaiable fore multy payer becouse he makes the rase be unbalanced” or make a option in multy player to vote what cind of game do palyers whant with or wtihout heroes.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
there shall be no heroes in multiplayer.
god has spoken…
(oh and btw if u disagree with me, i’ll lock the gates of heaven for you)
September 18th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
i, son of god say:
“dad, ur an asshole, heroes rule, just like me!”
September 18th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
shut up or i will ground you!
September 18th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
give it your best shot!
September 18th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
*thinks* oh jezus christ…*thinks*
you’re grounded!
and i forbid you to play sc2!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
omfg!
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
September 18th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
god has spoken
September 20th, 2007 at 8:45 am
ROFL
September 22nd, 2007 at 2:18 pm
God this is your wife you are grounded to so i am the only one to play sc2
October 12th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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October 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Lol what a weird conversation going on up there.
November 18th, 2007 at 10:06 am
wow that kid hater: definitely a fag.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:32 am
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December 7th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Kerrigan Hentai = ftw.
December 9th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
SC2 IS GUNNA BE DA BEST GAME EVER AND BLIZZARDS GUNNA GET A HELL OF ALOT OF MONEY OF DIS…PWNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 13th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
STARCRAFT 2 IS HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT =D O I JUST CANT WAIT YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHA. I JUST FEEL LIKE I WANNA KILL MYSELF WHEN I HEAR ABOUT IT, IT IS SO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWSOME I WANT 2 POWN >:) MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
December 13th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
(chews finger nails) i just cant wait =)
December 14th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
i hope they cut out that protos unit that telliports beacause whats the point of a defence if they can just skip over it
December 15th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Hmm…heros in multiplayer. It will make no sense, 4 Kerrigans vs 2 Zeratuls vs 2 Jim Raynors…too creepy…also robert…thats where tactical defense comes in…you know, building MULTIPLE LINES OF DEFENSE
December 16th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
We’ve been waiting so long for the release already and now that they’re going to re-do all the graphics all my friends have gone back to world of warcraft
December 21st, 2007 at 5:43 pm
. . . . . . . . . . . i cant imagine how the advertisement will be or a commercial for it *drool* awsome. . . . . . . . .
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:24 pm
you fucking retard how the hell does him not like heros make ahim a hypocrit…. USE THE FUCKING DICTIONARY RETARD ITS VERY FUCKING SUEFULL
December 26th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Heroes should not be allowed to be built. That would keep it the same as SC, and everyone will be happy. i play alot of UMS games, and the added units help tremendously. having three types of ghosts that all do the same thing helps in a variety of ways, so people should stop whining about it.
And now for something completely different \/ \/ \/ \/
February 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Alright heres my view on heros. They were awsome in the story game but they put a limet on to the size of the fights on the multiplayer scale. On the other hand it was awsome to have extra units with cool abilitys to mess around with in home made games. The real issue I have with it is all of the microcommanding that takes place in Warcraft 3, it was fun for a bit but then haveing all your spells ready and lined up along with haveing to toggle though your units got old… quick. So this is what I say… Don’t have heros that level up give them abilitys that they start out with, then upgrade them like any other unit, death to micromanagement and on one last note… LET ME PEOPLE PLAY!
February 17th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Heros are cool but i hate when player made maps( map settings)have it set where you can Upgrade 255 times. it makes it so unbalanced. so many of the games suck because units start to get regid. Hopfully star craft 2 has better AI and more triggers to make cool map setting games. And they definitely should make something that stops people from rushing when its a no rush game. there should be a ten minute no rush option and if u go in someones base with an attacking unit they lose all there attacking men.
February 24th, 2008 at 9:14 am
please give me ^^
February 24th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Heroes should not be allowed to be built. That would keep it the same as SC, and everyone will be happy. i play alot of UMS games, and the added units help tremendously. having three types of ghosts that all do the same thing helps in a variety of ways, so people should stop whining about it.
March 17th, 2008 at 7:19 am
starcraft 2 the best game ever blizzard made!
March 24th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Well i think Heoroes wouldnt be nice if they had non standard characteristics i mean you can have them in the normal size with normal health but make other units around them more agressive and i think they should include some kind of vetrancy meaning the more kills the standard units do the more power they gain this is because some times or most of the times in free for all more two teams clash together ruining both armies and leaving them susceptable to being overtaken by other teams vetrancy would balance things a bit for the remaining living armies should have more experience hence more powers besides in starcraft each unit in itself is = to a hero from warcraft 3 meaning each unit already have multiple special abilities
March 24th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I play alot of SC, WC3 and CNC and I cant wait for SC2. Even tho reapers look like there gunna be sweet ill still miss my firebats. I meen common flamethrowers!!!
March 29th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Does anyone have any info. on any release dates for the beta and/or full version of sc2??? I cant find anything… =(
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Hello guys….i have to give to you a very, very, very good news!!…i`m downloading the beta version of SC2!!!, it`s still incomplete…but, when the download has benn finish…i`m going to give you the link for download for yourselves. Take care and be pacient!!!…Long life to SC2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…:P
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Ohh1!1, another thing…how many of you is a protoss gameplayer?…cause in the forum of blizzard, i`m put in my idea for a new upgrade to the units like zealots…..ok, this upgrade is going to give them the ability to hit continously at the enemy after they do the charge…with the condition that only the zealots could do it until all the upgrades of the forge has been done…:P…think about it….Bye.
April 13th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Chamo174 where did you download it from, i cant wait for sc2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s heros will suck dick
April 18th, 2008 at 4:37 am
A solution that will satisfy everyone is that there are no leveling up WC3 style heroes in competitive multiplayer, but there is the ability for mapmakers to create WC3 style leveling up ablility based heroes for CUSTOM MAPS.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
i think heroes are fun and can make for alot of fun situations, the just DONT BELONG IN SC.
if you want to have heroes play wc, if you want to go further into hereos go play wow or sum other boring no skill game.
After watching the gameplay vids i am a bit concerned about the ammount of units that will be able to ignore terrain hopefully this doesnt make some units overpowerful
release date expected to be in september =)
May 8th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I think they will be even all them ^^
the so called beta is fake for all there didnt know
May 9th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I think that the heros will be useless in Starcraft 2, where is a game with large armies vs. large armies, most probably the heros will be in the Story Mode not in Multi-Player Mode. The heros in Starcraft 2 are used in Story Mode just to make it more cool and epic and introduce you in the story. Hadrianus out
May 17th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
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May 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
[…] Pardo has poured some cold water on fan’s hopes for a Chirstmas release in 2007. In his MSN interview, Rob rules out any possibility for an early release: The only thing I can […]
June 5th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
hey Chamo 174 whered u get that at I want to go try it out. Also who here used to be about 8 years old kick a 30 year old guys but then say your age then one guy leaves then another goes LOL!!!!!!LOL!!!!LOL!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
if you dont like the heroes in starcraft dont play the bloody game. there are lots of scenarios and custom made games that exclude heros. i believe the heroes add a new dimension to the game and increase the strategy needed. they also give map makers like myself more to work with. as for those who think heroes cheapen the game in multiplayer, in default melee’s there can be no heroes at all. if you dont want heroes, dont use em. dont ruin it for those who like it.
June 21st, 2008 at 10:17 am
I agree, Heros add a personality to the game and also enhance game play. They are not Gods, unless your one of these people who need cheat codes to play, and they do not change the game play by that much. Basically as we said up above, if you dont like games with heros, dont play them, end of story, nadda you can do about it anyways. They will prolly make a hero like unit because they did in SC any ways with the main characters, yes you had to keep them from being killed but hey, they did that in WC3 as well. its been done, just on a smaller scale, and from what i see blizz only scales up, not down. Game looks greant and cant wait to play it.
July 5th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I have downloaded a file :starcraft2demo.rar ,which contains an Executable file ,and I believe as it is mentioned in the comments ,that this is a starcraft 2 demo version ,and it”s a little buggy but though playable,finally when i have download it,I found it locked by a passsword !,I am perplexed about it a lot,please if any any one knows about it ,to inform me if it”s real or just a fake .
July 28th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Dudes!! I want to download the alpha release!
Can anybody pleeeeease say where can I find it??
September 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
Star Craft 2 came a long way up to now. I just wish they put die Dark Archon with all his fusion options back, special the mind control. I wander if the Queen parasite spit option is gone for ever, and if some other unit will have that function?