Thursday, March 14, 2013

News::Edge- StarCraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm Review

Edge:Theres a moment in Heart Of The Swarms campaign when its star, Sarah Kerrigan, asks her Zerg chief scientist whether he is aiming for perfection with his genetic experimentation. No, he replies, he isnt. Perfection is never possible, because its forever a moving goal, and so hes consigned to merely follow it. Sure, its spoken by a dripping sexual organ of a character in one of the most deliriously schlocky games in recent memory, but its an idea that gets to the heart of StarCrafts multiplayer. Broadly, it hasnt changed in 15 years, and yet it still hasnt lost any of its capacity to entrap players and spectators within its dizzyingly complex interplay of unit abilities and human skill. As time passes, strategies are revised and meld, new tactics become standard plays, and rediscoveries of past successes undercut those of today and in turn become popular again. StarCraft, for its players, is a constantly shifting battleground where perfection always lies tantalisingly...



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