Wings of Liberty

I finally got a chance to pop in Starcraft 2, and it is nothing short of a pitch-perfect RTS. I used to play these games religiously, but had fallen out of the scene for a long time. Games like Starcraft 2 are the reason I loved the genre back in the day, and the reason why I still love it now. Hat's off to the guys over at Blizzard. Superb job.

And I've only had a chance to play the single player campaign! I think the game will really shine in multiplayer. Since I have not been able to check it out, I'm not sure if you can select other races besides Terran. The campaign is purely Terran in this installment.

Some people are complaining about only having a Terran campaign. Since I've always been a Terran kind of guy, I'm thrilled about having so many missions as the humans. And not to worry, the Protoss and Zerg will get their day in the sun soon enough.

One thing I will say is that installing it is a bitch. It never crossed my mind that a processor with a several GHz processor and 4 gig of RAM would have a tuff (that's right: T-U-double "fuh") time installing a game. However, it was no picnic. But was it worth the wait: fuck yeah. What seemed like forever to install vs. 6 straight hours of Starcraft? I'll take that trade.

I may not get a chance to play more until next week, but expect a full review before the end of the month. I'll give you a hint: It's awesome.