Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void

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  1. hjikqfbiuqdbiqw
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Before Blizzard went full diversity.

    SC2 has it all. A fast action packed gameplay, great complexity and unit variety, responsive controls and custom maps, coop as well as good MMR system.
  2. zcat5
    Jun 26, 2023
    10
    Easily one of the top 50 games of all time, SC2 has been the go-to realtime strategy game for over a decade and for good reason.
  3. res0nancer
    Jun 5, 2023
    4
    Не имея возможности соотнести свой опыт с опытом главенствующей сюжетной фракции не получилось проникнуться проблемами, которые стоят перед подконтрольной нами расой. Фракция имеет свои уникальные геймплейные фишки, но ядро неизменно - потому лично мне утомительно. Готовность перетерпеть геймплей ради сюжета была, только сюжет не переставал падать в качестве, а в конце (Эпилоге), такНе имея возможности соотнести свой опыт с опытом главенствующей сюжетной фракции не получилось проникнуться проблемами, которые стоят перед подконтрольной нами расой. Фракция имеет свои уникальные геймплейные фишки, но ядро неизменно - потому лично мне утомительно. Готовность перетерпеть геймплей ради сюжета была, только сюжет не переставал падать в качестве, а в конце (Эпилоге), так вообще произошел какой-то быстрый сюр. Подозреваю, что разработка 2 и 3 дополнения шла в более сжатых сроках и многие вещи, которые можно было сделать лучше, были оставлены как есть, к большому сожалению. В сюжетном плане уж точно все выглядит как черновой вариант, а не отполированный хоть сколько-то скрипт. Увы… Expand
  4. Awanka
    Aug 18, 2022
    6
    I've been waiting for a developer to reinvent the RTS genre like "Supreme Commander" did back in the day. Starcraft 2 is not that game. It's finely crafted, and well-tuned, but doesn't bring anything new to the table, other than some mild RPG elements. I found LoTV less interesting than HoTS. There were fewer choices you could make with your hero, and the story and characters wereI've been waiting for a developer to reinvent the RTS genre like "Supreme Commander" did back in the day. Starcraft 2 is not that game. It's finely crafted, and well-tuned, but doesn't bring anything new to the table, other than some mild RPG elements. I found LoTV less interesting than HoTS. There were fewer choices you could make with your hero, and the story and characters were cheesy. The storyline reads like amateur fan fiction filled with pompous speeches and mawkish melodrama, but it's hard to hold that against the game because that's what Starcraft storylines have always been. I recall liking Blizzard cutscenes at one point, but I now find myself falling asleep through the choreographed action sequences. I'm not sure if the games have changed or I have.… Expand
  5. Raziel72
    Aug 7, 2022
    10
    Лучшая стратегия с самым удобным управлением, которое еще и можно настроить для себя! Самый крутой сюжет и кампания! Игра просто великолепна!
  6. Rob-Piton
    Aug 2, 2022
    10
    Good example of good quality game, good campaigne, I am still playing sc2 in 2022 in customs
  7. joglow
    May 16, 2022
    7
    In some way it feels like StarCraft and just a little bit... rushed? I feel I just lack of something there.
  8. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    games out of politics, juegos fuera de la politica, jogos fora da política
  9. Nikolas_super
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Отличная игра, с хорошим сюжетом и графикой.
    Поставил плохую оценку, так как разработчики этой игры влезли в политику!
  10. TimMaxShift
    Dec 24, 2021
    5
    It's a shame they didn't take the script as seriously as they did the technical part. I played both parts already 10 times. The first part was much more serious and more mature, I would call it category R, ​​and the second part is PG-13. It feels like the story of the first part is not ideal, but it was written by people with a level of knowledge comparable to university students .. ItIt's a shame they didn't take the script as seriously as they did the technical part. I played both parts already 10 times. The first part was much more serious and more mature, I would call it category R, ​​and the second part is PG-13. It feels like the story of the first part is not ideal, but it was written by people with a level of knowledge comparable to university students .. It would seem that we have grown, they have too... Many naive works of art from our childhood grew up with us and began to acquire adult materialistic features or even rethought, without ceasing to be themselves, without losing the spirit of the original source. But not StarCraft. He not only remained in the same place, but also took a step back. Feels like the second part was written by schoolchildren. The game itself became brighter, the feeling of stuffiness disappeared, a large amount of children's humor appeared.
    An evil villain who is evil because he is evil, Prophecies, chosen ones, cosmic magic, abstract gods devouring worlds to which it is difficult to experience any kind of emotion, just as a person is not able to feel the distance in light years (since our biology was formed in conditions where this was not necessary), pink queen of blades, with a healthy complexion, neat eyebrows, hair styling and lip gloss with stilettos from a modeling agency called "swarm" ... if stilettos are her evolutionary advantage, then what does the world in which she exist look like? The world of strip clubs? Queen of our ... "blades". She is no longer a ruthless sociopath and manipulator, but a campy hysterical model from high society in Zerg.
    The first part is materialism, realism, and the second part is idealism and romanticism / classicism. The first SC is Terminator 1, 2, Alien 1, 2, Bladerunner and SC2 is Terminator 3, 5. This was the first time the game hurt me, the second time was BL3. In the opening videos Wol, Hots, LotV there is the spirit of the first part of the game, but in the game itself and in the rest of the videos, everything is much and much worse. And it's not the high cost of the videos, watch the SC: BroodWar videos. They are outdated, but they have a sense of danger, war, impending threat. The videos in the second part seem to be made by Hollywood. Secondary techniques, only proven methods. They seemed to come off the assembly line, as a result of the work of a raw neural network, and not of people.    … Expand
  11. Woolee
    Sep 26, 2021
    9
    The single player campaign is very good, lots of variety and how a mission is done. Blizzard is the grandmaster when it comes to how to make single player RTS seem fresh and unique even though it is a RTS. Cinematics is top rate on their cut-scenes as well.
  12. IamKVT
    Aug 15, 2021
    10
    In my personal experience, surviving in the MOBAs era has been a tough challenge for RTS games as a whole, as most MOBA games take away or heavily modified the 'Resource Management' and narrow the number of units to control to around one for the game to be more approachable on a wider range of players from different skill level. To be fair, RTS games usually feel overwhelming at first andIn my personal experience, surviving in the MOBAs era has been a tough challenge for RTS games as a whole, as most MOBA games take away or heavily modified the 'Resource Management' and narrow the number of units to control to around one for the game to be more approachable on a wider range of players from different skill level. To be fair, RTS games usually feel overwhelming at first and require a good amount of dedication - both actively learning and playing if you want to play them competitively. In conclusion, if you have a passion for RTS games as a whole, SC2 is a highly recommended choice for your leisure time.

    Overall, in my point of view, it is incredible to know that SC2, and its competitive scenes have been standing strong through the test of time. I have high hopes that SC2 will still be enjoyable by the coming generations for its core concept of RTS.    … Expand
  13. igolrum
    Jul 23, 2021
    7
    I loved the original Starcraft and Brood war. And while Starcraft 2 is still good gameplay-wise and character-wise, the story is much worse. It feels like they wanted to get rid of the series. Wrap it all up and be done with it. Pretty stale and straight-forward, uninspired. No more twists, betrayals and interesting political situations, like the original story had.

    The whole Xel'naga    I loved the original Starcraft and Brood war. And while Starcraft 2 is still good gameplay-wise and character-wise, the story is much worse. It feels like they wanted to get rid of the series. Wrap it all up and be done with it. Pretty stale and straight-forward, uninspired. No more twists, betrayals and interesting political situations, like the original story had.

    The whole Xel'naga and Duran story-line mystery especially has basically been straight up thrown away. That said, with Legacy of the Void they at least tried to make a good story with the new faction showing up and more. This is the only part of Starcraft II with a decent story.

    Gameplay: 10
    Characters: 8
    Story: 7    … Expand
  14. KepasaAmigo
    Jul 11, 2021
    10
    if u are a fan of rts games there is nothing better than this so 10 out of 10 SP is just great as well
    3rd one of trylogy. just buy all of them and play
  15. Kamerdeep1
    Apr 10, 2021
    10
    Still love this game. Same as brood war like same. Online still fun. Story line is so good. Aslo keep same race some unit same. Never ever get board of this game. Sound track sound good. Graphics still good. Still hard to win game online. Must buy if you like rts games.
  16. DaPonti
    Mar 21, 2021
    9
    It is the culmination of Starcraft II. It's hard to master. The multiplayer is polished. The campaign still gives you a good progression with enjoyable missions but unfortunately, it also continues the disappointing story. The ever-shifting balance between the 3 races was the great thing about Starcraft and Broodwar. That is completely lost in SC:II, and the overall direction of theIt is the culmination of Starcraft II. It's hard to master. The multiplayer is polished. The campaign still gives you a good progression with enjoyable missions but unfortunately, it also continues the disappointing story. The ever-shifting balance between the 3 races was the great thing about Starcraft and Broodwar. That is completely lost in SC:II, and the overall direction of the campaign feels just lazy in comparison.
    Still... at the end of the epilogue, once I realised this was the end of a story that started more than 15 years before, I felt a great void and sadness that there would be nothing after, like never in a video game (the last achievement is aptly named "end of an era", if you have any doubt).
    Luckily it continues with the multiplayer, and the new co-op modes are a lot of fun.
    If you're interested in RTS, the whole SC II remains the reference and despite the disappointing story, it is great value.    … Expand
  17. MadnessisRising
    Dec 19, 2020
    8
    Great cinematics, but compared to WoL and HotS the campagne was really weak. Anyway great game and the multiplayer got improved with more workers.
  18. Denis94
    Sep 8, 2020
    6
    En este DLC encarnamos a los misteriosos protoss en manos de Artanis para poner punto y final.

    La campaña para mí lo más importante de esta expansión con unas cinemáticas que está vez si ponen los pelos de punta en más de una ocasión como solo Blizzard puede hacer, no sé pierde nunca la sensación de estar en guerra cosa que el anterior DLC pareció olvidar, no obstante se alarga mucho para    En este DLC encarnamos a los misteriosos protoss en manos de Artanis para poner punto y final.

    La campaña para mí lo más importante de esta expansión con unas cinemáticas que está vez si ponen los pelos de punta en más de una ocasión como solo Blizzard puede hacer, no sé pierde nunca la sensación de estar en guerra cosa que el anterior DLC pareció olvidar, no obstante se alarga mucho para lo que quiere contar, la historia no termina de convencer mucho.

    Del Gameplay poco se puede decir a estas alturas es un juegazo, pulidisimo una maravilla técnica de la estrategia.

    En cuanto a la banda sonora creo que está muy bien elegida, cambiando temas más de metal que tenían los zerg a una música de misterio que le viene de maravilla a esta Raza Protoss.

    No es la expansión perfecta ni mejor que la anterior pero es la que cierra todo y si jugastes a los anteriores debes pasar por esta.    … Expand
  19. YummyVeggies
    Sep 4, 2020
    9
    Just giving this game some love after getting back into it in 2020. Still has a player base, very balanced, and overall just a great game.
  20. MovieFiend0
    Aug 31, 2020
    7
    Replaying Legacy of the Void made me realize this game is not as good as Wings of Liberty or Heart of the Swarm. Artanis is a cookie cutter hero and not as interesting as Raynor or Kerrigan. There should have been 3 missions on each planet instead of just 2. Heart of the Swarm got this right. Not including upgrades in favor of just choosing units was a bad choice. Finally, removing theReplaying Legacy of the Void made me realize this game is not as good as Wings of Liberty or Heart of the Swarm. Artanis is a cookie cutter hero and not as interesting as Raynor or Kerrigan. There should have been 3 missions on each planet instead of just 2. Heart of the Swarm got this right. Not including upgrades in favor of just choosing units was a bad choice. Finally, removing the cast system and calling ALL Protoss Templars just made me facepalm. What an awful decision to remove the cast system.… Expand
  21. Ruzaky
    Aug 6, 2020
    8
    For some reason LoV is worst of 3 for me. Missions not that interesting as in WoL and HoS. But anyway great conclusion to the trilogy + not that much good rts cooming lately.
  22. Flemat
    Jul 27, 2020
    9
    9/10

    Final 3/3 part of a good game. Loved the ending of the story! Also My fav faction are the protoss :P, My initial and over time rating might not have been this, but currently as I am still playing some custom Direct Strike, I have to admit, that not everything falls with blizzard practices nowdays... It's realy hard describe the game, because now its considered to have    9/10

    Final 3/3 part of a good game. Loved the ending of the story! Also My fav faction are the protoss :P,

    My initial and over time rating might not have been this, but currently as I am still playing some custom Direct Strike, I have to admit, that not everything falls with blizzard practices nowdays...

    It's realy hard describe the game, because now its considered to have outdated graphics, etc. BUT as I have played the 1.st Starcarft and Broodwar expansion, I was thrilled to find out what happens in the story, and overall I think this is one of the best RTS games out there...
    I mean when I was a kid I played Age of Empires 2 as well, and that's even MORE outdated...also I'm not playing that anymore, but I do play Starcraft 2. So that might tell something...

    Conclusion: You just have to trust me and the others, when we say play this game! Also recommend to play the 1.st one as well.

    KARMA. After I wrote this, in came 5.0.0. Looks very promising, and it might go 10/10 because of it...    … Expand
  23. dlcatalin
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    I'm gonna give it a perfect 10. Loved the Campaign, loved it. The graphics and feel of the game.
  24. Biberattacke
    May 1, 2020
    9
    Ich spiele Starcraft seit Broodwar Zeiten (1998). Für mich immer noch die Referenz der Echtzeitstratgie Spiele. Das gilt sowohl für SP als auch MP. Der zweite Teil ist eine konsequente Weiterentwicklung des Ersten und macht alles genauso nur eben besser! Die Inszenierung, das Balancing, die Story, das Gamplay, alles ist nahezu perfekt. Ich kann nicht sagen was man in diesem Genre besserIch spiele Starcraft seit Broodwar Zeiten (1998). Für mich immer noch die Referenz der Echtzeitstratgie Spiele. Das gilt sowohl für SP als auch MP. Der zweite Teil ist eine konsequente Weiterentwicklung des Ersten und macht alles genauso nur eben besser! Die Inszenierung, das Balancing, die Story, das Gamplay, alles ist nahezu perfekt. Ich kann nicht sagen was man in diesem Genre besser machen sollte. Das gilt auch für beide Erweiterungen und somit auch dass von mir gespielte LotV. Das ist aber eben auch das Problem. Alles muss sich an Starcraft messen lassen und wer misst sich schon gerne mit jemanden der als perfekt gilt. Somit hat sich das Genre damit wohl leider selbst gerichtet indem Blizzard eine perfekte Version erstellt hat.… Expand
  25. Magjk
    Feb 24, 2020
    10
    В отличие от первой главы эта была не так интересна, но все равно понравилась.
  26. laertan
    Feb 7, 2020
    6
    For the first time for StarCraft series, I have to admit that story is actually bad. Flat "evil being", which function is pop-up and say smth presumably epic & scary, but in fact trivial & boring.

    Gameplay is good as always, and campaing is long enough to be enjoyable. Cinematic are great once again. Also Blizzard removed possibility to buy this product by itself, instead if you have    For the first time for StarCraft series, I have to admit that story is actually bad. Flat "evil being", which function is pop-up and say smth presumably epic & scary, but in fact trivial & boring.

    Gameplay is good as always, and campaing is long enough to be enjoyable. Cinematic are great once again.

    Also Blizzard removed possibility to buy this product by itself, instead if you have WoL & HoTS, but don't have LoV - you have to buy all three games, paying twice. Really sad and strange decision.    … Expand
  27. allinonein
    Feb 3, 2020
    10
    This game his hard and destroys like Conor mcgregor in the octagon. Never forget the true king!
  28. Ignattanto
    Oct 27, 2019
    7
    I love Protoss, but the human campaign was more interesting, and the Zerg company was more thoughtful...you know its a shame
  29. SilverOrlov
    Oct 11, 2019
    10
    This trilogy have become a very big breath of very fresh air in the strategy genre. I would say that for me it is the best real-time strategy about battles. The continuation of the cult story of the first game, made in a new, very beautiful and stylish graphics. All movements, animations, sounds and music are made at the highest level as Blizzard only can do. The plot and cut-scenes of theThis trilogy have become a very big breath of very fresh air in the strategy genre. I would say that for me it is the best real-time strategy about battles. The continuation of the cult story of the first game, made in a new, very beautiful and stylish graphics. All movements, animations, sounds and music are made at the highest level as Blizzard only can do. The plot and cut-scenes of the game make you constantly watch and delve into, like a some good movie or book. Such a strategy seems to be for the most part in a single structure (battles on a limited area in the form of a map), but many levels in this game are something unique with their own ideas. And the rest, what are just battles with the bases, are still made so, that they are never boring, and you do not think that they are similar. In this game, absolutely everything is perfect. And I would give that third part rating 11 if I could, because I like Prottos race, and I was very pleased with the implementation of their culture and technology in that game. Grate power in beautiful architecture.… Expand
  30. matdimond
    Aug 9, 2019
    7
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 4, 2016
    85
    The StarCraft II finale offers a decent but not breathtaking campaign and some tweaks to the multiplayer which now promotes quick, aggressive expansion. [01/2016, p.66]
  2. games(TM)
    Jan 29, 2016
    80
    This generous package will sustain and deepen the competitive side, but Legacy Of The Void also does enough not to scare away the casuals once the closing credits role and multiplayer beckons.
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  3. Gamers' Temple
    Jan 26, 2016
    94
    Overall, I can easily recommend Legacy of the Void to any current StarCraft II player, and if you're new to StarCraft II then now is the perfect time to jump in and experience the full story arc. Blizzard has once again managed to add to an already great existing game, making it better and more complete without breaking anything that made the game great in the first place.
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