StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 1

 PC
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. God is a Geek
    Apr 21, 2016
    70
    A good start to Starcraft II’s DLC, Nova Covert Ops delivers a fun and tense opening chapter, but suffers from a lack of story content.
  2. Softpedia
    Apr 13, 2016
    70
    Starcraft 2 - Nova Covert Ops Mission Pack 1 is not a great package because of the limited number of missions that gamers get access to, but that will not make too much of a difference for the most determined fans of the franchise.
  3. High-Def Digest
    Apr 10, 2016
    70
    It has some fresh ideas and enjoyable missions within the framework of the successful 'Starcraft II' recipe. It’s a bit lighter on story than I would like, and stingy with Nova’s upgrades, but I’m quite happy to try the next one as soon as it’s here - especially considering that this is probably as close to 'Starcraft: Ghost' as we’ll ever get.
  5. GameOver.gr
    Apr 14, 2016
    65
    Some nice ideas in level design can’t hide the fact that this overpriced episode offers just a couple of hours of single player content only, with no replayability and no multiplayer.
  6. IGN
    Apr 5, 2016
    62
    Nova Covert Ops Mission Pack 1 stumbles by being too timid to fully flesh out some of its more interesting ideas.

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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 76 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 76
  3. Negative: 15 out of 76
  1. atr577
    Mar 30, 2016
    10
    First of all, Cover OPs felt just GREAT. When I went to sleep at 3 AM I felt full of awesomeness, and remembering the disappointment I feltFirst of all, Cover OPs felt just GREAT. When I went to sleep at 3 AM I felt full of awesomeness, and remembering the disappointment I felt over LotV that felt double great.

    The story felt very logical, realistic and believable. There were no pianos in the bushes, no deus ex, no invulnerable super heroes, just very mortal opponents shooting and hating each other. What I hated in LotV (and SCII in general) was the feeling of kids bedtime story, filled with incognizable gods, unneeded unexplained entities (like the Void, what is that and why do we even need it, good old endless Universe not enigmatic enough?), lack of logic (like where was the Spear of Adun when the zerg sacked Aiur?), all-powerful artifacts that can change your DNA, kill unkillable, ignore laws of nature and probably make you coffee too. The general feeling you are being fed a fairytale with dragons, knights and magic did not leave me through LotV playthrough. But SC is not a fantasy.

    Covert OPs got it all right - I had a feeling I was reading something like Heinlein's Starship Troopers with black ops twist, it was just so good. I can but only hope that Covert Ops will stick to that style and SCII plot will be redone in the same manner some time. Because in my mind, SCII story stopped just before the assault of Char, when magic started happening.

    The missions, units and Nova's loadout were simply on a very good level. I would lie to say I was astonished, after hundreds of games I played, but all felt good and solid.

    The game felt a bit short, as many people would agree here. I would definitely prefer awesomeness over length, but well, I did the pack in about two hours, looking up at my steam account I see the games I like have 30 hours of playing at least. Might be the only small flaw I would point out at the moment.

    As a conclusion, I would like to praise Blizzard for their good job. I was highly doubting as to whether to preorder the game or try it from the torrents first. Given that LotV story felt extremely un-starcrafty and out of place, and even though it might be decent by itself, but for sci-fi universe it felt like a disaster. Given that another Blizzard game - Heroes of the Storm - is struggling with basic balance and matchmaking still (and these slikes also keep Nova underpowered and not competitive). I had high doubts that modern Blizzard is able to produce decent product. I am just happy to be proven wrong now.    … Full Review »
  2. Awanka
    Aug 30, 2022
    7
    These are high quality missions using the Starcraft 2 engine that have more of a single unit focus. I actually had more fun with this than IThese are high quality missions using the Starcraft 2 engine that have more of a single unit focus. I actually had more fun with this than I did with the main campaigns. There are 9 missions in total, but they can get quite elaborate with multiple levels and different game modes.… Full Review »
  3. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    games out of politics, juegos fuera de la politica, jogos fora da política
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