Don’t Bother Looking for Early StarCraft II Reviews
By Jared Newman
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which launches Tuesday, should be the biggest PC game release in recent memory, but don’t look for game reviewers to slobber all over it for at least another day. According to Ars Technica, Activision-Blizzard did not give out early review copies for the game, so the press and the people will all play together starting July 27.
As Ars points out, this is probably for the best. The experience of StarCraft II wouldn’t be the same within a small group of privileged journalists. I actually think this is true with any game — often times the multiplayer experience has as much to do with the community as the game itself — so it’s a testament to Blizzard’s confidence that critics will be thrown in with the masses.
So now the question is whether you trust any StarCraft II reviews that you read on the Internet tomorrow, or the day after. Can someone who’s spent only one or two days with Starcraft II have a true sense of what the game is like? For that matter, do you care, or are you buying this game regardless of what a game journalist says? [via Ars Technica]
Monday, July 26, 2010 7:36PM
USUALLY when a movie or game creator doesnt allow for review copies to be given out, spells disaster because they usual will know before releasing that game or movie if it will sick or not. Add a horrible review to a questionable game or movie and what you got is a lot of bad word of mouth even before the game or movie comes out. I generally like reviews before I see or play something because I dont have all the money to buy and watch everything that I have some interest in. Generally speaking, reviews help me and many other people weed out the crap. With Starcraft 2, I already bought it and it's shipped already Via Amazon, so I guess I fall in the category as I planed on getting it no matter what. I think my leap of faith will be okay, considering it's Blizzard, and their track record is exceptionally well.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:23AM
I agree with Luke but considering this is a blizzard game and its starcraft 2 im willing to take a gamble. Blizzard hardly ever stuff things up so im willing to bet it will be worth the price. Now if this was an some game like torak or whatever that awful dinosaur game was called I would definitely have waited. Seriously the day blizzard make a bad game is the day that I pack up gaming for good. There are a very few things that you can count on in the world but one of them is blizzard not doing a half arsed job making a game.