I just realized how much IGN spoiled HoTS in this review. If you played WoL, but not HoTS, don't watch this review.
@DesertFoxKG
8 жыл бұрын
+CReaper210 True!
@lexodius
8 жыл бұрын
+CReaper210 too late. god im gonna do thumbs down on this vid
@Stacko1515
10 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I don't mind that the score wasn't high or anything, but this was such a dull and boring review.
@fudgesundae1682
10 жыл бұрын
IKR
@MegaVSable
11 жыл бұрын
Amazing gameplay !! Epic cutscene ! Incredible sound ! Stunning visual effect ! This game is one of my favorite game of all time !
@Welther47
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for spoiling the story - even though you are right, it's just bad review style
@picpepe
10 жыл бұрын
The worst game review ever!!!
@Matthew.Wade27
11 жыл бұрын
I love how he literally spoils the entire game in the first minute of this review. Yes, you are going to learn a bit about a game in a review. But you don't expect the entire plot laid out for you start to finish.
@Matthew.Wade27
11 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it. I was just thinking the same damn thing. Here I was all excited for it. And I've never played Warcraft 3, so it would still be new to me. He literally laid out the whole story in the first minute without any spoiler warning whatsoever.
@bgibson26
11 жыл бұрын
awesome appreciate your comment. i have phenom ii x4 965 with a hd7950 8gb ddr3 1600 so ill have to give it a try!
@banido
11 жыл бұрын
When you have franchises such as Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo I don't think they want to risk too much in changing them too much. Keeping it "old" as you say is exactly what most players want, especially in Starcraft's case.
@capenati
10 жыл бұрын
LOL wtf is wrong with this guy
@hanslamda4907
9 жыл бұрын
he is stuck in bronze , i dont understan why somebody makes an review of a game that he didnt even play .
@AsprosOfAzeroth
4 жыл бұрын
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@Numero103
10 жыл бұрын
it amazes me what people don't understand what a review is its their opinion for good sakes if you don't agree the you don't. but if you have to rage about it... then at least make it a constructive argument
@raulgoncalves4264
10 жыл бұрын
a review is not an opinion. a good review should be a technical analisys of all the game aspects.
@CReaper210
10 жыл бұрын
Raul Gonçalves But how you view each part of the game is a matter of opinion. A game can be technically impressive in every way, but that doesn't automatically make it fun for every person.
@MrCoconutdream
9 жыл бұрын
Raul Gonçalves that would mean objectively studying all aspects of the game, and not offering any judgement. Saying whether or not a game is good is an opinion.
@FranklyGaming
11 жыл бұрын
He didnt talk about the interface updates?
@ryukishifan0396
11 жыл бұрын
he basically only described the start of the game, the only difference is that is mentioned the obvious "twist" that raynor is still alive. He didn't even bring up the primal zerg, or anything of the sort
@419chris419
8 жыл бұрын
IGN is like the fox news of gaming lol
@rager5865
6 жыл бұрын
Why Fox News Specifically?
@ShindlerReal
6 жыл бұрын
He meant CNN
@FanaticalRanger
10 жыл бұрын
Cliche heavy story? as a negative point... good job no call of duty game that gets stupidly high scores by IGN never have that then...
@yousuckharderest
11 жыл бұрын
It is also important to remember that they are a company. If they wait 3 years for the game to come out then people are more likely to buy it then if it comes out in just 1, especially when it is a popular online game like Starcraft that is only being sold at $40
@AnonymousNeptune
11 жыл бұрын
@Capone XD yes you can. It's one of kerrigan's final abilities at max level
@bdonovan89
11 жыл бұрын
i would love for another warcraft game but i don't know if they would make one because they do have WoW that extends the story of warcraft
@rullestaden
11 жыл бұрын
"It doesnt add anything new to the series" meanwhile, cod get a 9.4
@nathandrake9741
11 жыл бұрын
God Of War: Ascension - 7.8 StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm - 8.6 I don't wanna live in this planet anymore
@broglang9102
5 жыл бұрын
All of the StarCraft games are crazy awsome!!! And Diablo, Blizzard is DO-IN IT!!!
@Accuracy158
11 жыл бұрын
I don't think the "Boss fights" were really meant to be boss fights... especially since 4 out 5 of them were all in the same mission.
@TinMan89537
11 жыл бұрын
Bioshock Infinite comes out next week, took about that long. But it started pretty much from scratch(yes its anothber bioshock game, but its not really a sequel and it radically different from the first game), while HotS was being built from the almost identical tech as WoL. It seems all that time just went into ballance and super fancy Cinema's. I'm one of those people that really with Blizzard would take some of their ludicrous WoW money and make some length movies.
@MrDarcyman
11 жыл бұрын
Guys, dont fret too much. This is 100 percent the expansion we looked forward to, and really the new campaign is a lot better than the one from Wings of Liberty- its more engaging and rewards progress better. I've only toyed with the new online units, but a lot of the changes they have made make the game feel more immediate without upsetting the balance. An 8.6 is a good review! I mean overall Starcraft II is Starcraft II and thus mindblowing
@Matthew.Wade27
11 жыл бұрын
I used to play a ton of RTS including SC, but I really only enjoy playing against friends and people I know. Rather than playing against some Korean kid who has devoted his life to the pursuit of RTS games. Anyway, this does look awesome. Makes me want to jump back into it.
@020brandon
11 жыл бұрын
I do have to disagree with the reviewer here. The Heart of The Swarm campaign is phenomenal. They hardly do a thing wrong. Games nowadays have a campaign that will last 8 hours top IF you take things slow. Heart of The Swarm manages to squeeze double that time if you rush things and for an expansion that is more than you can hope for. I found the characters compelling and wanting to know what happens next. My only complaint is that Protoss said 'hi' for a mission or two and went (somewhere).
@Unborn8436
11 жыл бұрын
Wtf a STARCRAFT game gets minuses for Single Player stuff? It's all about the Multiplayer! Also, I agree with the top comment. The Machinima review was spot on.
@m0zy
11 жыл бұрын
The movie Idiocracy was right about everything, except they forgot to mention the catalyst that starts it will be COD.
@mxchump
11 жыл бұрын
Not exactly space magic, the xel naga relic was why.
@Ziakel
11 жыл бұрын
It's an expansion not a full game. The story makes sense if you pay attention to WoL and the first SC or even read the books. Anybody that play the multiplayer know that you don't add 20 plus units into the multiplayer to keep it fresh. If you want graphic then go play Crysis or Tomb Raider. If the score were too high then at least make an attempt to prove it instead of just saying it.
@atylerblack164
9 жыл бұрын
This guy knows that Karrigan was human before right? I mean, was it space magic that transformed her into a zerg? It's been a main plot piece since the original Star Craft, it's no more space magic than any of the other crap that's in this game.
@TheNotSoIrishGamer
11 жыл бұрын
The title is "IGN Reviews : StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Video Review" not "IGN Reviews : StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty" Video Review". So it doesn't matter what Wings was like for this review.
@aaronwilliams9925
11 жыл бұрын
And do you need previous version of the game to play sought of expansion pack thingy like aoe?
@marsumane
11 жыл бұрын
The rating is pretty damn good. If you have been a true Blizzard fan since the early days you would not be expecting a 10 out of a game from them in 2013..
@MDUmairKh
9 жыл бұрын
Heart of the Swarm is joy to play. Extremely well made campaign and then there is excellent multiplayer on top of it. Redesigned UI encourages new comers to use shortcuts in the campaign and train them in the process for multiplayer. Not to mention Zerus mission in this game is easily the best mission since Suicide mission in Mass Effect 2.
@AlbaFlavius
11 жыл бұрын
It was actually a fair grade, I hope the story gets better in LotV.
@walrusbacon6543
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting that the story is ruined in the video. You saved me a lot of trouble.
@xenophy2
11 жыл бұрын
somebody was obviously hitting escape during every cutscene. space magic? They explain everything that happens both in wings of liberty and in this one
@Quarsar
11 жыл бұрын
Any story is considered a cliche since all possible outcomes have been explored in older movies and games. What did people expect? All characters to die in the end?
@Ineedgames
11 жыл бұрын
The last mission diddnt really feel like a last mission ether. WoL last mission was awesome.
@deusexmachina101
11 жыл бұрын
Point taken, however that doesn't validate the fact that he spoil the story and never actually addressed the sometimes ridiculous evolution missions and upgrades the zerg can get in the late game that turned the last few missions into utter cake walks. And people will always remember this as IGN's review not Dan Stapleton's review.
@Triggerzero0028
11 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the story and the boss fights, added a new layer of depth I felt to the game.
@joey199412
11 жыл бұрын
I hate that IGN only has a 7-10 scale. They only rarely give a game a rating under 7. But 5 should be the average and "6" should only be given to good games.
@Nate-BreakingPoint-Interactive
11 жыл бұрын
you can use the leviathan when Kerrigan unlocks her highest level skills
@grimchain
11 жыл бұрын
Im not bothered by the fact that he says Space Magic. In fact thats a great way o review the story without giving up plot details. However it doesnt work if you are just going to reveal major plot points two seconds later.
@SinaraSnake
11 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why most reviewers feel the need to find a way to be sarcastic within every sentence given.
@emarsc
11 жыл бұрын
Yes they most certainly could have. However, there would have been no beta, the campaign would not be refined at all, and the multiplayer would have severe balance issues. (much worse than potential balance issues right now) Also, Blizzard was trying to support three games while finishing Diablo 3 and making a WoW expansion. Starcraft also has a lot more longevity than a game like Call of Duty. I think everyone was a lot happier spending three years with WoL rather than rushing into HotS.
@Slider2k
11 жыл бұрын
Kerrigan's walking animation - straight from Diablo I.
@Matthew.Wade27
11 жыл бұрын
Not really. At least the overarching storyline is rather unimportant. However, the character interactions and subplots can be pretty interesting.
@ArtemyMusha
11 жыл бұрын
I have no choice but to laugh at everyone who's dismissing this review solely because "It sounds boring!". And yet people say that IGN are the ones who are biased...
@Botavo1
11 жыл бұрын
do you need heart of the swarm to get the new multiplayer units or no?
@capenati
11 жыл бұрын
I guess thats why its the most popular esport and takes a ton of skill in multiplayer
@MotaboT
11 жыл бұрын
It matters because it continues the the story almost directly.
@YoshiKirishima
11 жыл бұрын
1/3 of a game? The campaign is full length. There are graphical updates. Improved features and Battle.net. Don't forget about the constant patching and creation of new maps that other game devs would probably force you to buy as DLC. Unless if you include $60 yearly installments in series like CoD to also be incomplete games, you're not judging SC2 by the same standards. Oh yeah and don't forget the game is $40 not 50-60.
@joshlongley
11 жыл бұрын
DLC is downloadable content. And no I didn't look that up if you were going to state that possibility. Heart of the swarm is dlc for starcraft 2. And starcraft 2 is a downloadable game. But dlc is commonly stated in place of add on (since you were some what confused by that) And the reason I said you would be a bad president is it is a high up position, in other words you would be a horrible boss.
@ryukishifan0396
11 жыл бұрын
dude it's so predictable a "plot twist" that you can see it coming 30 miles away
@demeti0n
11 жыл бұрын
What was so "AMAZING" about the characters? All they did was say cheesy one liners left and right. I even lost count how many times Kerrigan said "I AM THE SWARM!!!!".
11 жыл бұрын
zeratul ... the only person in the entire galaxy who can get his ass kicked and still looked bad ass
@Kyinuda
11 жыл бұрын
It's an Expansion, so it's more than a normal "DLC" is. (At least, the add-on form of it.)
@stormpants1638
5 жыл бұрын
These people from 5 years ago need to learn that a GAME REVIEW for the CAMPAIGN is going to have spoilers.
@Thelach1
11 жыл бұрын
I Think it deserved a 9.0, For an expansion there is an absolute TON of things to do and the story is great! and the boss fights weren't boring they were fun because it added an element of interaction that allow you to feel apart of the story without taking away from the scale of the situation that you were in. Must say IGN poor form on this review.
@Mamodxx
11 жыл бұрын
Now, now. He asked for a good game. Not a game descended from the heavens.
@wafriadi
10 жыл бұрын
Dude you didn't even mention at all about the multiplayer part of the game? whyyyyy??? It's like the most important part of the game dude. Seriously.
@Sycsa
11 жыл бұрын
C'mon, it was so obvious that Jim wasn't killed, I mean, they execute a main character and just don't show it? That never happens!
@Abdaddy
11 жыл бұрын
Guys, I think its trying to communicate... What should we do?
@Barthedanz
11 жыл бұрын
Presentation, I am now going to spoiler the shit outta the games storyline for those that haven't played it. Also The Oxygen destroyer can kill Godzilla, the ruby slippers can send Dorothy home & King Kong gets shot off a tower.
@TheWarmachine375
11 жыл бұрын
"Not of Blizzard's best ideas"?! Dude, Heart of the Swarm is the really one of the best ideas Blizzard have! At least they managed to give StarCraft to a whole new level after they spent too much time developing WoW online games and nearly left that old sci-fi RTS game to be nothing but an antique. No offense if any of you don't like my opinion.
@undermine28
11 жыл бұрын
Im a big fan but nothing can get a 10/10 because that would be perfect and theres always something that someone does not like.
@JosephGrutt
11 жыл бұрын
My solution is buy this, ignore CoD. You're free to do whatever makes you happen cause in the end, that's all you can really worry about.
@nadiros222
11 жыл бұрын
there were only like 3 bosses in the entire game. why would you think that it's a key element of this game?
@christianliteratus
11 жыл бұрын
IGN rarely hits the mark of making a good review but I still love and praise their dedication in bringing more choices in the table of gaming.
@Quarsar
11 жыл бұрын
I didn't say the game was good or bad, you just understood what you wanted from my earlier statement. And calling someone an idiot out of the blue for a partial opinion is excessive fanboism, control your inner nerd. I played all Blizzard games from WC1 all the way to HotS and I found the last one wasn't that bad, it just lacked depth. But we still don't know if the races will team up, because for all we know Zeratul is the only protoss that will fight against Amon.
@LifeofEbb
11 жыл бұрын
SC2 Hybrids = WC3 Burning Legion For the Blizzard super fanboys, they would get excited over this kind of story. In my case however, I'm just pissed off that the leaked ending from 3 years back ended up as the real ending, not to mention Kerrigan flying back to the Leviathan (which you can't even use in the campaign) :\
@gh3tt0bl45t3r
11 жыл бұрын
"and the new heart of the swarm expansion makes it even bigger" ex·pan·sion /ikˈspanSHən/ Noun The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
@xaviernolla4149
11 жыл бұрын
PEOPLE IS ANGRY WITH THAT CLICHE STORY BECAUSE STARCRAFT BACKGROUND HAD THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A TO BE REMEMBERED STORY BUT THEY MESSED UP.
@AWFexrless
11 жыл бұрын
COD = Easy to learn, Easy to master Sc2 = Easy to learn, Impossible to master
@zomghomgomglol
11 жыл бұрын
OMG, I didn't hear him say that Jim was captured and you spoiled it for me!!!!
@020brandon
11 жыл бұрын
Fallout 2 came out in 1998. Games did not take as long to make in those days. And I implied games that came out nowadays. Do you really expect a game of the quality from Blizzard to only take a year to make?
@Justified501
11 жыл бұрын
How let this guy review games?? Ign never stops to amaze.
@Greavuz
11 жыл бұрын
@Rhys561 halo wars is a very successful rts. It also won a Guinness world record so I don't know your point
@joshd0182
11 жыл бұрын
I believe this is what the ancients referred to as a "troll"...
@86BuzzSaw
11 жыл бұрын
Didn't think it was possible, but this guys managed to make the best rts ever made sound boring as fuck
@jzarlejz
11 жыл бұрын
Um, anybody else think this guy's review was a little unnecessarily sarcastic or something? I mean, sure it's an overall positive review, but it seems like the guy didn't even want to do the review. Give it to someone who wants to do the review. For many, this is one of the big games of the year, do the review justice.
@grimchain
11 жыл бұрын
I wouldnt call MoP a fumble. It was a great step up from Cataclysm. It would have been a great expansion except that people are really getting tired of WoW.
@killerstick1
11 жыл бұрын
no, kerrigan thought jim was dead so she gathered up the swarm and along the way she realised there was nothing left to lose if she became the queen of blades again, so she did. Only a few missions before the end she found out that jim was alive and she felt guilty. The story was amazing and it was unique, this guy didnt know what he is talking about
@Hannibal457
11 жыл бұрын
How exactly is he not a worthy reviewer? He pointed out the pros and cons and gave the game an 8.6, that's less than two points from a perfect score. What are you complaining about?
@Bishop45acp
11 жыл бұрын
i don't think i took them 3 years, i think it took them 3 months and they spent rest of that time calculating how much money will they make from that. And possibly skinny dipping.
@020brandon
11 жыл бұрын
I would give it a 9.1. Its a good game and much better than most nowadays.
@Rhinopotamus
11 жыл бұрын
As someone who has played all the Starcraft Games and loves the franchise biased or not. Its a great fucking game story isn't that bad really and it doesnt rip of Warcraft 3 as much as this guy lets on. (Ive played Warcraft 3 for along ass time with days of campaign time for the great story there.)
@020brandon
11 жыл бұрын
Though they had the engine, they edited it. The story is good (I liked it at least). It is better than WoL and better than quite a lot of games today. I understand your point though, considering it took 3 years to develop, they had time to make it better but didn't. It is still good though.
@putuaditya9821
8 жыл бұрын
Where is the review for LOTV? Are you guys not yet play the game or is it a 12/10 game so it doesn't need a review?
@Dennispokemon1
11 жыл бұрын
This whole IGN thing is more like trolling. Like they gave Modern Warfare 3 a 9, on par with Wings of Liberty. How? How is this fucking possible? And the spoilers, they MORE THAN ONCE TOLD US ABOUT EVERYTHING IN A GAME! Thumbs up if you agree.
@faremath
11 жыл бұрын
No you don't have to know the lore of the game to play it. You have yo know the lore to enjoy it. you could play any story mode with out any knowledge of the previous game, but to enjoy them it would help to know past events. SC2 HoTS was a great addition to the story and a even better addition to the multiplayer which is the only thing that maters.
@SamAdams3011
11 жыл бұрын
The real question is does the story involve the REAL bad guy Samir Duran
@Rbdavid1
11 жыл бұрын
The reviewers expression was bias, only making remarks about how the story wasn't original, going on about how " At least it looks awesome ". This guy clearly has no idea, he missed the whole idea of how the expansion is a complete overhaul on the layout of the menu options and the inclusion of newly designed multi player maps, or how they added extra features in replays or the attention to E-Sports. (listening to the community). The music, the voice acting, etc wasn't event mentioned i cn go on
@rosslawer6673
8 жыл бұрын
I love how they spoke more about the story than the presentation in the 'Presentation' section... Nailed it 👍
@Matthew.Wade27
11 жыл бұрын
Or because every story out there has been told already in one way or another. Nothing is actually "new" anymore, it's just dressed up different.
@deusexmachina101
11 жыл бұрын
"this campaign is full of cliches" and the call of duty games aren't really? on top of that at this point there is ALMOST no story that hasn't been done to death, what maters is how they spin it and while HOTS is not firing on all cylinders it does do enough right and new that it works and is defiantly worth the money in my opinion.
@NimlinG
11 жыл бұрын
I am always amazed how every game (of any genre) can be compared to COD.
@TheWarmachine375
11 жыл бұрын
Or maybe powerful ancient technology the Xel'Naga possessed, no offense if you don't like it.
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