Actually, I, and many others I know, still play LAN games. I have a 11 yr old avid gamer in my house whom I prefer not to play online with strangers. He and I, on many occasions, play LAN games, when it is available. Also, when Todd is in a good mood he will occasionally invite me over for LAN games that he and I enjoy. So, LAN is not dead. Starcraft 2 is not the only game that has frustrated me in the past for not having LAN capabilities. That mode has been around forever and is nothing new. You would think by now that would be a standard for all multiplayer games.
-- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://www.edwardcrosby.com ----- "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." Merlin Mann > Slamming Starcraft 2 for not having LAN seems to me like slamming > Avatar for not releasing a VHS version. Are there really people who > still go out and attach their computers to each other with hunks of > copper? I guess there are, but I would hope those people would realize > that the rest of the world stopped catering to that particular hobby > around 2005. > > As to it being "just" the Terran missions, It's not like there are > only the Terran missions from the original Starcraft. Starcraft 2 has > 30 missions, which is how many the original game had for all three > factions, plus a hell of a lot more story stuff. As far as I can find > the quickest anybody finished the single-player campaign is 15.5 > hours, which means it will take me at least twice that long (because > I'm a normal, conservative player and not a APM freak), and I'm going > to watch all the cinematics. Considering that I've bought full price > XBox/PS3 games, good games, that were a lot shorter than that (Batman: > Arkham Asylum, Dead Space), I don't think Blizzard's pricing is > unreasonable. Thirty hours of single-player plus the the most active > multi-player community this side of Modern Warfare 2 is fine with me. > > (And how long was Modern Warfare 2's single player campaign? Eight > hours, maybe?) > > On Jul 27, 1:48 pm, "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was really looking forward to this game but it looks as I will be >> passing on it. I'm really disappointed. >> >> http://bit.ly/aLHwoF >> >> -- >> Have a Better One, >> Edward Crosbyhttp://www.edwardcrosby.com >> ----- >> "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." >> Merlin Mann > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
