


STARCRAFT 2 GAME REVIEW SERIES
The focus in on the Protoss, and that means gamers will have to spend a lot of time with Artanis, who has to work with the limited resources that his race has left to stay alive and find a way to defeat Amon, the dark voice and presence that seeks to corrupt all the universe.ĭespite the tidy recap that the game offers, the story of the series is by this point very complex, layers upon layers of betrayals and reconciliations that are linked to the deaths of millions of beings on all sides, but Blizzard manages to walk a relatively fine line between space opera and kitsch. Starcraft 2 - Legacy of the Void is supposed to end the core narrative of the second installment in the franchise, although more missions have already been announced for 2016, and that means Blizzard is under pressure to offer interesting fates for all the core characters. In multiplayer, high-level play requires hundreds of hours of practice, which means that new fans will have more fun competing against friends and watching streams to see how the experts plan and execute their moves. When it comes to the single-player, the story is too convoluted for someone who has not experienced the narratives centered on the Terrans and the Zerg. The new standalone expansion ends the saga that focuses on Kerrigan, Zeratul, Raynor, Mengsk, Artanis and their races while trying to extend the lifespan of the multiplayer by adding units and tweaking some of the core mechanics.īlizzard has clearly poured a lot of love into the new content on both sides, but this is a package better suited for long-term fans than for those who just now discover the franchise. Starcraft 2 - Legacy of the Void represents the ending of an era, and the entire real-time strategy genre might never be the same ever again.
