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amazon StarCraft II Wings of Liberty reviews
Wings of Liberty – StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment’s series of real-time strategy (RTS) games, has long been an unfamiliar name for fans.
With a series of tournaments held annually, StarCraft has truly evolved into an eSports famous for its traditional strategy gameplay that attracts and creates a balance between the races of your army.
However, over time, StarCraft and its expansion StarCraft: Brood War began to become “old” and it was only a matter of time before Blizzard Entertainment needed to develop the next game so that the series could continue consistently attracting fans.
And finally what was expected to come true, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty was released in 2010 as the next version, with the promise of traditional gameplay now improved, more attractive, and attractive.
With a lot of expectations like that, does StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty deserve to be the “successor” version of the legendary strategy game?
As the next version of the famous StarCraft series, it’s not difficult to understand that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty completely inherits the traditional real-time strategy gameplay from its predecessor.
In StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, players will start each battle with a headquarters with a certain amount of troops.
Through collecting resources in the game, players will build buildings and train a private army to complete missions or defeat their opponents.
Battles in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty are fast-paced, requiring players to always “control the generals” if they do not want their army to fall behind.
Each unit in the game has a feature with a separate skill set.
Therefore, the ability to control multiple units at the same time plays an important role in being able to win in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
The two main types of resources in the game are Mineral and Vespene Gas.
While Mineral is essential for building and buying troops, Vespene Gas is an important resource for developing high-level military units as well as upgrading troops.
The player will need to make sense in exploiting the two types of resources.
Focusing too much on Mineral will make the player “needy” when upgrading troops, while focusing too much on Vespene Gas prevents the player from increasing the force of his army.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty offers three military races for players to choose from.
Each military race has its advantages and disadvantages, with units countering each other to create a balance.
Terran – the human race in the StarCraft world is an easy-to-get acquainted military race, suitable for beginners to grasp the basic elements of the game.
With “cost” for construction in moderation, Terran players can build themselves an army of medium strength in a short amount of time.
If you want to overwhelm the enemy early in numbers, players can choose for themselves the Zerg race.
Although the amount of health is not high, with the consumption of a few resources, the Zerg player can completely overwhelm the opponent with his large number of troops.
In contrast to the Zerg, the Protoss race are extremely powerful warriors.
A unique feature of this race lies in the fact that each unit possesses a plasma shield that is used to take damage and recover when not in combat.
However, with the consumption of a lot of resources, the Protoss player will need to be more careful when controlling it to avoid a wasteful abnegation.
The campaign play in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty revolves around the journey of Jim Raynor and his army with a timeline of four years after the story in StarCraft: Brood War.
Through 29 main missions mixed with eye-catching cutscenes, players will join Jim Raynor’s rebels to participate in freeing people from the control of the Dominion government – headed by Emperor Arcturus Mengsk, also like discovering the mystery of the power of the ancient Xel’naga and hoping to help Sarah Kerrigan return to being a man of Jim Raynor.
Players will meet familiar names from StarCraft like Zeratul or Kerrigan, as well as a series of new characters, playing an important role in the game’s campaign.
The campaigns in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty are very interesting and challenging.
Players will encounter many different types of missions, sometimes collecting items guarded by overlapping enemy classes, sometimes time-limited missions that require players to quickly control the army.
Besides, some missions also require players to make specific decisions that directly affect the story in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
Each different decision will bring about a different outcome as well as a different campaign for Jim Raynor.
Players will receive Credits upon completion of each level, as well as a chance to receive Research points for completing side quests in each level.
Players can use “credits” to upgrade their units in the Armory, as well as hire special units to fight for themselves through Mercenaries.
Meanwhile, using the Research point in the Laboratary will help players change and upgrade buildings in the campaign section.
Milestones are split into intervals with different options, and players will have to decide between upgrade options when a certain point is reached.
In addition to the exciting campaign screen, the multiplayer part of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the place that consumes most of the player’s time.
With the ranking system, players can participate in battles with other opponents of the same level through the Internet.
The already challenging fast-paced battles of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be even more difficult nowadays when the opponents are real players with a variety of strategies.
If you want to experience the new, players can participate in the gameplay in the Custom Maps section.
Not only bringing new levels of gameplay, the maps in Custom Maps can even be considered as small games with many different types of play, such as goalkeepers, role-playing or even … third view shooting.
All maps in Custom Maps are built and contributed by the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty player community thanks to the StarCraft II Editor system provided by Blizzard Entertainment.
The biggest defect of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty lies in the DRM (Digital Rights Management) system that Blizzard Entertainment “bundles” to players.
With the requirement that players have to be connected to the network continuously to experience StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, players will have difficulty when the internet connection is down, or enjoy the game in places where there is no network.
In Offline Mode, players can only experience the campaign item.
However, even that is not complete when all the data is not saved locally, meaning that players will lose all their campaign records while playing online and have to start over.
Besides, the lack of LAN play (Local Area Network) partly prevents players from enjoying the game with their friends when the Internet is “missing”.
