StarCraft 2 Worth Buying a New PC?

[KungKras]

theprof00 said:

KungKras said:

Baalzamon said:

Wow, the complaining is really getting old for SC2.  As for buying a new computer, if you are unable to play it at the moment, it is a marvelous game and it is defiantly worth getting a newer computer to play it on, however, do not get that $949 computer that a link provided you to.  That doesn't even have the intel i series processors.  On Hp, you can get a core i5 with 1gb graphics card and 6gb memory for about the same price.

 

As for the complainers, please tell me you have went back to SC1 because it is sooooo much better.  I highly doubt you have, because deep down inside, you actually do enjoy the new one better and are just a bunch of whiners.

I still play BW regularly. SC2 is getting more gaming time at the moment because it's new, but I will most likely keep playing BW longer, becasue its a better game been refined over many years.

It's important to point out distinctions where they exist. Agreed that brood war is at a higher level mp-wise than sc2, but sc2 has only been out for a week. Brood war has been out for 8 years or so, and when it first came out it was broken as shit.

The groundwork of sc2 is at a far higher level. Like xel-naga towers, destructable rocks, gold mins, cliff jumping/climbing, and stuff like mules/injection/queens etc etc. the fundamentals are beyond BW, but don't misunderstand. BW is an expansion released for SC. SC2 is not an expansion to BW. I think a lot of people confuse those two things. Sequels are not expansions. They are supposed to be improved versions or continuations. Right now, the basics are improved over sc1 and BW. The game just isn't as developed yet.

IMO

You're absolutley correct. SC2 has better production values, a more solid engine, better editor, better ladder system, better speed, etc, but as of now, BW is still a better game whereas SC2 has potential that remains unfulfilled. If that potential is fulfilled or not depends on the expansions and patches, and how the competitive play develops.