Excellent review, the last paragraph is somewhat cheesy but still well thought out and has visible effort put into it.
Pokemon X and Y is brilliant. A beautiful world, sweet music, awesome new mechanics, not giving Dragons late in the game, ROLLERBLADES, and the glorious return of old Mons, it seems like Gamefreak finally resolved to iron out all the old frustrations and add in a ton of fun stuff.
This is Gamefreak's magnum opus, and any Pokefan worth their salt should get it.
@Pilgrim117 I love it when people discredit a review without having played it yet.
PLease enlighten us on how you know that a "game is awesome' without having played it yet. If you could teach us this trick I'm sure we could all save some money that could've been spent on crappy games.
@petez34 @jt208481 Don't be an ignorant fool, commenting if you don't know what you're talking about. He is completely right, as the points he pointed out were not "opinions", as you dumbly call them, they're facts. Gamespot mentioned "balance issues"- anyone who plays at even silver level will know that balance does not even matter at lower leagues, only at the professional level. Yet the comments on balance made by this review is completely nonsensical to someone who observes the SC2 proscene.
Also, he's simply right that units were given game-changing patches in HotS. If you think that's an opinion, you need a reality check. I'm sick of people arguing for the sake of arguing. Jt is right, and you are pretty much sounding like a pathetic loser.
I find it cute, very cute, that many haters are raging and complaining over HotS for completely stupid reasons. I'll address them one by one, just because I have free time. I love starcraft, so yes I am fanboying. If there is anything wrong about liking a game, please let me know.
1) Blizzard wants to suck your money by making you pay per campaign: The campaigns have fantastic production quality over the original broodwar one. Fun missions to play, CGI to animate, and massive improvements over the UI, multiplayer balance, and continual support for the game which powers an excellent e-sports scene. You haters and "get-a-life" anti-nerds may say that the e-sports scene is taken too seriously, but to that I call ignorance. There are progamers for starcraft 2 who make more than your mom and dad combined in a year with their salaries. It's DEFINITELY serious business, so if you can't take it seriously, go away. I can't take your pretentiousness seriously either.
2) After Diablo 3, I'm not playing Blizz games ever again: Utterly stupid and reeks of a typical internet hater. By the same logic, since you failed your school test once you should be kicked out of school.
3) Starcraft 1 had a way better story, they ruined it in SC2: You were younger when playing sc1, and looking back in shades of nostalgia. I replayed starcraft 1 and broodwar recently, and it's filled with as much cheese and incredible stupidity from the characters as in sc2. Deal with it.
4) Have to be online all the time: So what is the fucking problem with this? If you can't play online games, there are tons of excellent single player games out there. Go seek them out, and quit hating on those who have no problem with being part of an online community and playing online.
5) Paying full game's price for an expansion!!!!!!!1!: If you are into the multiplayer and play for a long term, you will know that starcraft is the greatest investment in terms of games you will ever make. I've played WoL for 2 years, and that equates to less than give cents for each day played. Lets compare that to the last single player game you had: what's the ratio of price to time played?
TL;DR any hater comments you will see here are from vocal minorities who disliked something Blizzard did in the past and late their hate spiral out of proportion (probably possessed by some troll spirit, never seen someone behave like drooling raging infants in real life). Heart of the Swarm's campaign was very fun and entertaining, even if the story was cheesy. If you want a game for the story, go elsewhere. For an excellent multiplayer RTS experience, this is THE game to play. Nothing else even begins to compare.
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