SC player: Haha man, gg, I just nuked your ass. SC player: I guess this death coil is a bit like the terran nuclear strike I can only imagine a hardcore Starcraft player’s reaction when he first played WarcraftIII, it must have been like going to see Lord of the Rings the film with people who’ve read the book, always putting on a know it all voice about the intricate details.

Many Starcraft fanatics were against the concept of the Hero, they found it ludicrous that one unit could essentially kill all the other units and the idea of being able to carry items made it more of an RPG than an RTS game.

'Many Starcraft fanatics were against the concept of the Hero, they found it ludicrous that one unit could essentially kill all the other units 'Some examples being able to bind multiple buildings to the same key, chain build upgrades, ping the map (even though this was added to SC1 in a recent patch) and so on and so forth.

Starcraft2 is just the next logical step. Now I’ve progressed through the natural process of Blizzard RTS evolution, from Warcraft I & 2 to Starcraft and SC:BW, to Warcraft: Reign of Chaos and finally my current resting place Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. Starcraft2 for the retired fans of the original is going to be like finding the new DVD edition of your old favourite childhood video, better graphics and bonus features, a chance to relive the old times in high-definition. However Starcraft2 is like the a the new wave of consoles, it will be next-gen, its about bloody time eSports got a kick up the ass, hail to Starcraft2, fail? what blasphemy is this! For me eSports is not in dire need of a new game, it is in need of fresh ideas for its old games, whether that be new maps (de_blue / Ancient Isle) or simply new systems (Road of the King/PGL) as I talked about in my previous column, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. Warcraft3 will unfortunately since the WoW plague forever be remembered as “isn’t that the game where you run around doing quests?”, and believe me they ALWAYS seem to have a friend that play World of Warcraft.Ĭarmac does have a point in terms of esports reaching a certain level of stagnation but slump? I don’t think so. The difference between Warcraft3 and Starcraft is that Starcraft has a reputation outside of eSports, any PC gamer will have heard of Starcraft, probably even played the single player, it is a cult game.

Warcraft 3 vs starcraft 2