StarCraft 2

Do you need the CD key to install, or just to play online? I trust nothing since the Sim City thing.

For 2? When you play the game (any mode) you are connected to battle.net It's always online. With your battle.net account you can register the cd keys for you blizzard games and then download the game(s) from them any time.

Also: pro tourny on now: http://www.twitch.tv/mlgsc2

This flash vs bly is crazy. Looked like bly was going to get steam rolled but he just pulled off an incredible win in game 3. Terrans seem to have everything going for them.

So the single player campaign isn't playable if you're not connected to the internet?

Correct (just edited that in, sorry for the confusion).

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Originally Posted by Josh

So the single player campaign isn't playable if you're not connected to the internet?

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I'm not sure. My brother in law got the game and I played it while watching his dogs today.

Blizzard forced me to log into his BN account to play the game. It lost connection halfway through but didn't make me sign back in.

That big digital future some of you are so happy about sure seems bright.

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

Correct

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Hilarious. Not gonna get this game, I guess.

lol it's playable offline as long as you don't log in.

So you can't take your money out of Diablo III anymore, but you can spend it on Blizzard products. So I said fuck it and used the $60 I earned form Diablo III and bought both games bundled together for $60.

You can actually play the campaign offline, although you might have to log into battle.net to create an account the first time you play the game. The option will only appear if the battle.net servers are down or your computer is not connected to the internet. Achievements are disabled when offline.

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Originally Posted by sleeve

I don't think this is true at all. Sometimes the plotting is kinda goofy and self-referential, but I wouldn't call any of it "bad" by any measure.

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I think the biggest problem with Blizzard is they seem to be a very big company with only a very small few having creative control. So with all their games you can see those people's influence, especially Chris Metzen, so we have seen all his themes and plot devices a million times; it's not that the writing is bad we've just been over exposed to it.