That's a stupid comment.

I didn't play the beta and i loved the first missions (and the upcoming ones).

Its really good they introduce new units and buildings with each mission and not give you all the stuff in the first mission and say "go and try out what they are for, you probably played the beta already".

Also i like the game modes and side quests in each mission. Stealing artifacts before another factions gets to it, harvest minerals from a lava planet but you have to go back on high platforms every few minutes because the lavalevel is increasing, you have to defend your base at night from zerg swarms, and go out at daylight to destroy their infected bases, etc.

I think they did a really good job to add a lot of variation in gameplay for a RTS game.

as someone who throughoutly despises online gaming, i will not buy it.

for a price tag of 60 bucks i only get the terran campaign and for the entire story id have to spend 180 euros and i do not support that thinking since i will never ever play the online mode.

i will eventually get it when they release the complete edition for 60 bucks down the road but until then i am not interested.

I read they won't charge 60 bucks for every addon, it will be cheaper cause it's "just" the story addition, it's not like you could play the multiplayer without the Terrain version.

so what, i pay 120 then...
for 50 bucks i get metroid other M, zelda or donkey kong...

I probably will wait for 2 reasons: First I find RTS games always very addictive. I play way too long and too much. Often the sun raises after a night and I am still playing. So I fear them a lot.

Besides that I agree in terms of expensive pricing. So even when I decide to play it then I will just wait unit it will be in Steam for 15 bucks.

discussions about the prices sound like:

All cars should cost the same. No matter if its a Ferrari, a Toyota or a Dacia.

Because the Mercedes (Starcraft) does not include the
Leather seats, Entertainment center and navigation yet, its overpriced.

It should cost no more than new Dacia with the FM Radio and
the Papermap.

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Its simply a different real value in gaming terms.
Wining about the missing campaigns is not appropriate.
Also as the Addons will not just hack together some missions,
but put a lot of other features and improvements into it.

Yes i totally have to agree with you.

Just because someone values Game XY more, doesn't mean that StarCraft II is overpriced.

I am actually quite sensitive about a games price and i had to think about getting StarCraft II a lot. But now that i've got it i'm happy with every cent i spent on it cause it actually surprised me with it's quality.

But yes if you don't play a lot of RTS games it's probably not worth buying it yet, but that applies to every genre.

Exactly, why should I buy it for full price if this is not my favourite genre? I can wait until it is cheaper or even longer and I will get all campaigns in one bundle pack.

It would be exactly the other way around when Rage from id will be available. I will probably buy it instantly no matter what price. But this happens rarely to me.

Damnet my collector's edition is still in the mail! 3-day shipping my ass! I'm totally stoked for it though. Star Craft is still the only RTS were I actually sat down and figured out how things work, learned the strategies, tech trees, etc...

I'm pumped mainly for the plot and the crazy cutscenes I loved in the original.

That sucks that you are still waiting for your edition to come

Yeah same for me, i usually don't play RTS games a lot (i loved playing Settlers 2 and Empire Earth (but only for economy reasons, i rarely liked the battles, but i loved building lots of walls lol)) but starcraft has its own special feeling i really enjoy. Well i also loved Warcraft 2 but i don't like the newer ones.