I read quite a few user reviews on various sites and the impressions so far are mixed off.

Some loved it because it's close to the SC1 and have the gameplay balance that the previous one have.

Others are kinda wondering why it took Blizz so long to come out with the game because the gameplay is just exactly the same as the first one. Sure there are new units and all, but it's limited.

Like if SC2 was not SC2 but made by another company, people would just take one look at it, say "SC1 copy with better graphics" and just leave it at that.
I think Blizz actually may have some issues because of people expectations, some want a "SC1 reloaded" with the same gameplay at the first one, with new story, some new units and some new graphisms.
Others are just wondering where was Blizz since SC1 came out because RTS gameplay has evolved a lot since then but they still seems to be struck with their old ideas (like quite a few people mention de lack of high zoom, like SC1)

Kinda like what you get when making a sequel to some old classic movie everyone love, you going to get some flak from some people no matter what

I watch replays just want to see how well it run on my rig,as most replays are quite bad and boring to watch now.

There are a few really good ones,with David Kim.

People are still learning about the game.
No one started with near infinite money,but now Blizzard has WoW which manage to bring them constant flow of money.

I disagree that other company sux so much and Blizzard didnt. There are some great RTS back in late 90s like KKND or C&C back then which was awesome. The reason why SC1 become so popular is because of the balance overhaul patch in 1999/2000 where bring the game to be capable of being played competitvely. It's expensive to do a balance overhaul and most of the time,you dont get much from it. Also,during 1998, Sc1 was like a gift from the gods as it's so different from other RTS,especially on Blizzard's amazing work on making all 3 race different from each other.

I still remember that back in 1998,Sukken Colony takes forever to attack and always make me WTF when my units died from some random surprise buttseks spike popping out suddenly. 
I'll take it as players are still learning about the game.Thats probably why they are turtling behind 10 Siege Tanks to read the tool tips and understand the tech trees,rather that they are too dumb to expand or attack.

I doubt turtling will even appear on a amateur competition,as expanding and constant harassing is much better than walling yourself up with  defence. Turtles will always lose to an opponent that is expanding more than him.

Since Blizzard is with Activision now,i think there isnt much difference.
There are other developers does thing quite uniquely,not just Blizzard.At the same time,i have seen games with reasonably low requirements.

Crysis is just an exception.
I doubt SC2 gonna last less than 3 months.With the hype and anticipation behind it,it probably will go on for a long time.At the same time,i expect to see 2 camps of RTS gamers,the first camp will consist of gamers who enjoyed SC2 and doesnt bother with the 1998 style gameplay. The second camp would be those who hates SC2 because it's a 1998 game in 3D,probably are also those who are used to play modern RTS like CoH,DoW2 or ETW.

I do agree SC2 is almost the same as SC1 in terms of gameplay and most of it's technology are 2006 stuff.Still quite disappointed with that.

I havent play it yet,so it's hard to say whether i like the gameplay or not. After watching more decent replays,most probably i'll enjoy playing it, as i prefer old school style gameplay than those new gen RTS that have no base building like C&C4.

All Blizzard need now is redo the sound and redo the graphics to be more gritty like SC1,not a cartoony cheap online game.

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Added on February 21, 2010, 11:23 pm

Compared to BFBC2 Beta,this is utter fail in terms of impression on the graphics,sound and maybe gameplay on first sight.

BFBC2 gave such a good impression since the first video.

At least DICE is still trying to improve upon the FPS formula.

I see l wall of texts.

Have you guys ever tried clicking on the units multiple times and see what they say? or make the teran infantry dance by typing /dance in the chat box?

BTW here are some screen shots