Starcraft 2 Multiplayer Match Footage 12/22/08
December 23, 2008 by Amrit Maharaj
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If you had any doubt as to the epicness of the next Starcraft game, you need only check out this footage of two high level players going at it in an Alpha build of the game.
Narrated by Dustin Browder and Robert Simpson, the vid has an immersive kind of competitive feel that I think is going to take North America by storm when the game is finally released. The commentators give us a play by play of each tactic that is used and really shows you how serious these guys take their games. At some points, it sounds more like a football or basketball game, and all I can say is that I got really excited watching the units moving around on the battlefield in that familiar yet newly polished kind of way.
The game looks amazing to me already.
I want it I want it I want it I want it!!!!!
I love the play by play. I think that’s something North America has to get over in terms of geekiness – we all know its a sport in korea, maybe its high time they start broadcasting this stuff on TV and online in NA.
Also … GOD DAMN THIS GAME LOOKS FREAKING SWEET.
If poker can take off and become a watchable “sport” then there is no reason that Starcraft can’t do the same thing.
All you need is compelling gameplay, professional players that play exciting matches and commentators that know what they’re talking about and I think thats a recipe for success.
Then again, the North American market is full of machismo jerk-asses and people that still equate gaming to a kids pass time so in that regard it would have a tough time…
Here’s to hoping…