Starcraft II Officially Announced

[LingeringRegime]

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I finally beat the CPU AI!

Spoiler

On very easy.

[CaptainZombie]

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My computer can run it, but everything that has to dowith the graphics card has to be set to low. I plan on upgrading asap now for this game.

Any suggestions? I need something that pretty cheap but better than the GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 that came with my computer.

What is your budget? Do you have a CompUSA in your area?

[bcruise]

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Long, but EXCELLENT read about many different recent cards and how well they run SCII:

http://www.techspot.com/review/305-s...nce/page1.html

[mudman]

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My computer can run it, but everything that has to dowith the graphics card has to be set to low. I plan on upgrading asap now for this game.

Any suggestions? I need something that pretty cheap but better than the GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 that came with my computer.

Anything 8800GT or better will run this game very well. Here's a link to help. It's all the graphics cards ranked.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...tx,2676-7.html

[bcruise]

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Anything 8800GT or better will run this game very well. Here's a link to help. It's all the graphics cards ranked.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...tx,2676-7.html

It's kind of amazing to me that the 8800 still holds up so well with most games, SCII included, despite it being from TWO generations ago (the 9 series and the 200's, I think). That's like an eternity in video card terms.

I bought a new tower a couple years ago with this card in the hope I would be able to play THIS game - thankfully it has not disappointed.

Edit: Three generations, now that I think about it - there's a 400 series of Nvidias out now, right?

[Flightwhite24]

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I don't know WTF I am doing . Lol!! Went through the tutorials and to know avail I am lost. Love the concept that this game offers just have to figure it out.


It runs on my cpu but I did get a message to turn down my settings to low. Now I just got to figure out what the heck to do.

[bcruise]

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CVG comes in with a 9.3:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=257857

Most of the big boys still haven't gotten reviews in since nobody - not even the media - got to play the campaign until release day.

[LingeringRegime]

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I don't know WTF I am doing . Lol!! Went through the tutorials and to know avail I am lost. Love the concept that this game offers just have to figure it out.


It runs on my cpu but I did get a message to turn down my settings to low. Now I just got to figure out what the heck to do.

Try playing against the CPU AI on very easy. It helps you get a good overview.

[TracerBullet]

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Long, but EXCELLENT read about many different recent cards and how well they run SCII:

http://www.techspot.com/review/305-s...nce/page1.html

Anything 8800GT or better will run this game very well. Here's a link to help. It's all the graphics cards ranked.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...tx,2676-7.html

What is your budget? Do you have a CompUSA in your area?

Thanks for the info guys. Sadly CompUSA went the way of Circuit City where I live so I have to rely on the internet and Best Buy for electronics mostly. I think I have an idea about which cards I'll be looking for now in the next couple months. Sucks not having a job but hopefully I can have one by the time I start school again in September. For now though I'll just keep playing with the lower settings.

[mudman]

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It's kind of amazing to me that the 8800 still holds up so well with most games, SCII included, despite it being from TWO generations ago (the 9 series and the 200's, I think). That's like an eternity in video card terms.

I bought a new tower a couple years ago with this card in the hope I would be able to play THIS game - thankfully it has not disappointed.

Edit: Three generations, now that I think about it - there's a 400 series of Nvidias out now, right?

Yep, with the 480 being the top one right now for nvidia.

The 8800gt isn't that old though, it came out at the end of 07, right after crysis I believe. It's considered one of the best cards nvidia has ever made and with good reason.

I think I may finish the campaign today on normal then I'll try and go back and pick up some of the achievements I missed before playing through on hard. Normal is actually pretty easy as there hasn't been any missions that I would call hard. I've lost a few because I let someone die who wasn't suppose to, but that's just me losing track of the hero I'm suppose to keep alive.

Thanks for the info guys. Sadly CompUSA went the way of Circuit City where I live so I have to rely on the internet and Best Buy for electronics mostly. I think I have an idea about which cards I'll be looking for now in the next couple months. Sucks not having a job but hopefully I can have one by the time I start school again in September. For now though I'll just keep playing with the lower settings.

If you don't mind ebay, you can find an 8800GT or 9800GT (they're almost the same card) for around $50-$60. New would probably be around $75.

[Flightwhite24]

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Try playing against the CPU AI on very easy. It helps you get a good overview.

Are you saying try SP on easy? I only have the 7 day trial. Is the SP still available? Thanks

[LingeringRegime]

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Are you saying try SP on easy? I only have the 7 day trial. Is the SP still available? Thanks

Oh, I didn't know that. Not sure what is in the trial, I'm guessing just the campaign mode. In the full game you can also play a quick game versus the CPU AI. It is a dry run for playing online.

Yeah, there is no shame of playing on easy until you get the handle on things. There is a lot to learn.

[bcruise]

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Are you saying try SP on easy? I only have the 7 day trial. Is the SP still available? Thanks

I don't know what all the trial includes either, but if you click the big single-player button and see a "play versus AI" anywhere on there then you can play the CPU in a multiplayer game.

[mudman]

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Are you saying try SP on easy? I only have the 7 day trial. Is the SP still available? Thanks

I think the lowest level of single player is casual.

You could also try creating a game and then adding AI to it. The very easy Ai hardly do anything, I'm not even sure if they're still in the game (they were in the demo). I've never played the Easy AI, but if it's in between medium and Very easy then it shouldn't be too bad.

Just remember, when playing regular games (not single player) to get lots of workers. It's hands down the biggest mistake people make when learning the game. Can't make units if you have no money. Also, 2 barracks produces units faster than 1 barracks....ie, don't just make 1 barracks, 1 factory, 1 starport, etc. If you wanna go infantry, make multiple barracks, you wanna go mech, make multiple factories, air...multiple starports. Once you get your economy and troop production to an acceptable level the rest you'll learn by playing.

[Candyman5]

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Oh guys, I found out why I was getting my arse handed to me on Very Easy agaionst CPU. I kept doing the quick match aspect that makes the game run at very fast speed which in turn has the easy cpu going faster then normal. I finally just went to custom match and made it privat against the CPU and placed the speed on normal. Thats when it was the cake walk I expected from the CPU and allowed me to learn more of the buildings and units.

Also I noticed that I got more buildings and stuff on Single player then Multiplayer. Examples are the conceled Flame turrets and Bunker Defense guns. Just wonder if they are single player exclusive stuff?