Starcraft 2 Ur Mom

[quidmonkey]

Blizzard Producer Chris Sigaty says he wants Starcraft 2 (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/30/starcraft-ii-to-be-mom-friendly/) to be playable by your mom:

[Real-time strategy games] at this level — there’s a lot more there to think about and it gets really frantic really fast, and so it’s definitely off-putting to somebody that’s totally new to video games,” he said. “But we want to make it much easier for people to explore whether it would interest them.

Oh noes, even Magic PC's are being infected by the Casual Virus.

[DiBiddilyBop]

Can't a complicated game just be complicated? I like games like Sins of a Solar Empire that are unapologetic about being complicated, but fun.

I'm sure they're not going to ruin SC2 trying to "dumb it down," but at the same time it annoys me that they're even trying.

[LongStepMantis]

If they (developers as a whole) want to make games that used to be/are now considered hardcore into casual games...can they at least start with more of the franchises we don't give a shit about?

Watch vids of pro SC players and tell me SC2 should be casual. Those guys probably see green-ringed troop movements in their sleep...or they would, except they don't sleep. They're busy playing SC at 900 mph.

[Telefrog]

Can't a complicated game just be complicated? I like games like Sins of a Solar Empire that are unapologetic about being complicated, but fun.

Sins of a Solar Empire is complicated? :confused:

I like Sins a lot and part of the reason I like it is because it's nicely streamlined and easy to play.

[DiBiddilyBop]

Sins of a Solar Empire is complicated? :confused:

I like Sins a lot and part of the reason I like it is because it's nicely streamlined and easy to play.

What I mean is it has a lot going on. A non-gamer can't pick it up and play it. For a gamer, it's not hard, but it's certainly not a game for the casual players.

[Primus]

They made Diablo 3 look like Warcraft, what do you expect?

[Telefrog]

What I mean is it has a lot going on. A non-gamer can't pick it up and play it. For a gamer, it's not hard, but it's certainly not a game for the casual players.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I'd say that has a lot to do with the genre as well. Realistically, the general audience doesn't find realtime space battles all that compelling.

Fools! :D

[biosc1]

What I mean is it has a lot going on. A non-gamer can't pick it up and play it. For a gamer, it's not hard, but it's certainly not a game for the casual players.

Agreed, Sins is one game that is hard to just pick up. Heck, I've played the tutorial and forgot most of what I learned after not playing it again for a few weeks.

Games like Starcraft/Rise Of Empires, etc...are a lot easier to play in a trial and error method.

[Smoof]

Starcraft is hard to play? It's one of those RTS's where there's very little actual strategy involved...

[Telefrog]

Starcraft is hard to play? It's one of those RTS's where there's very little actual strategy involved...

So we can expect to see you in the championships soon then? :rolleyes:

[biosc1]

So we can expect to see you in the championships soon then? :rolleyes:

I think Starcraft is easy to play, but hard to master...there is little blocking you from just diving in and playing.

[Jackel]

I think Starcraft is easy to play, but hard to master...there is little blocking you from just diving in and playing.

Very true. Getting into the game and playing the campaign is easy enough, but playing in tournaments gets a bit more difficult :)

[KingGorilla]

Sins of a Solar Empire is complicated? :confused:

I like Sins a lot and part of the reason I like it is because it's nicely streamlined and easy to play.

No sane person can look at those upgrade trees, resources, or build requisites and see streamlined. Even the Fraser brothers admit that they have made one of the most complicated systems in RTS to date. But that is the point.

[Schnoogs]

I can really see my mom playing this game...oh wait...no I can't.

[tombofsoldier]

Casual = Dumb. There, I said and now no one can take it back.

[Wasson_]

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS.

yeah, it was really complex to begin with.

[cp#]

Good thing the multiplayer was designed with elite Koreans in mind.

[Vanifae]

They made Diablo 3 look like Warcraft, what do you expect?
I really don't think this is the case, having played Diablo III the game retains very much the flavor of the previous games but with much needed upgraded graphics. This is probably one of the games I am really looking forward to besides Mass Effect 2.

[muddi900]

Maybe he means a more streamlined interface that doesn't complicate things for the first time gamer.

Someone please change the title of the thread. We're not GameFAQs.