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Totally Just Beat Starcraft 2

I totally just beat Starcraft 2.  I will not post spoilers about it, and I do not want spoilers in the comments of this entry, so please be courteous.

I will say this, though: I loved it.  It did a great job of making me feel like I was put right back into the story I played through in 1998, even though that was 12 years ago.

The campaign was fun and very interactive.  I’m looking forward to playing it through again several times to earn all of the game’s achievements.

Might I make videos of this?  I wish I could.  I mean, I guess I can TRY to… but my current hardware could only run the game on medium-low settings (and yes, I felt somewhat remorseful that I had to play a game that’s so important to me as Starcraft at such low graphics), and if I try to run Fraps while I play it, it would probably run at like 4 frames per second.

I need a stronger rig to make videos of any of the more recent games.  This is why I do gameplay of old favorites like Duke Nukem 3D and Half-Life 2, and why I do less intensive games like Minecraft.  I had hoped Starcraft 2, with Blizzard being known for making really optimized games, would be different, and that I could somehow record it, but right now it doesn’t look like that’s the case.

I’ll try some things, but it’s not looking good… right now, I can’t even play the game in 720p, meaning high definition videos of SC2 are out of the question.

Regardless, SC2 videos are something I want to do, and I’m going to try to find a way.  It may take a couple of months, but during that time I’m just going to be playing and practicing, trying to get better at the game so that MAYBE I can produce some good gameplay for my channel.  ’cuz no matter how good my computer is, if I suck at the game, it won’t be worth recording.  :)

Let’s see what the future holds.

Signing out.

(And going to play some multiplayer.)