The StarCraft experts at Teamliquid have produced five reviews of StarCraft II from their time playing it at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Paris.
The consensus: The current build is a bit too easy for these hardcore SC players. Units are extemely mobile, hopping choke points at an alarming rate. And the Zerg Nydus worm unit could be the most overpowered thing since…well, since the term “overpowered” was coined.
Despite these drawbacks, the reviewers note that the game is gorgeous and still under development. Blizzard has a famously iterative development process, so nothing is set in stone until the game is released–and will certainly be patched after release, too.
Another gameplay response from Karune arrives today, this time regarding some of the smaller details of the game. He mentions in his blog new Jackal units, supposedly replacing the all-time Terran favored vulture. These Jackals, built from the factory, have a “railgun” attack, similar in nature to Brood War’s Lurker. A snippet below:
The Warcraft III NGL-One finals took a long time to reach, with the last games of the season completed over a month ago. The pros stood strong against one another in NGL-One’s king of the hill format, leaving each other little room to breathe. Some rose to the occassion, some had their GG’s ready before sitting down. After all was said and done, MYM went home with another title under their belt, ready for another season.
Blizzard has announced its 3rd World Wide Invitational, which will take place between June 28 and 29 at Porte de Versailles Exposition Center, Paris, France.
It’s nothing new, but it’s always good to see a player like Lim “Boxer” Yo Hwan get more English-language exposure on a site like CNN.
