Mar 2nd, 2022 Cooler Master HAF 500 Case Review.Feb 18th, 2022 Total War: Warhammer III Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis Review.Feb 25th, 2022 Elden Ring Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis Review.Under the hood of this game is a game engine that's very poorly optimized for anything but high clock speed chips. Sure, core counts are great today but back when this game was made all that mattered was clock speeds. This game was made back in the days of the old Pentiums where clock speeds were king, not core counts. The only way this game plays well is if you have high clock speeds.Īnd now you know why I didn't go AMD Ryzen with the current generation of the chips, the game runs very poorly on it. The game engine is largely a single-threaded beast (and a bad one at that) so for those people who bought into the current generation AMD Ryzen chips they're going to have a shitty experience playing this game (good luck playing at less than 30 FPS).
Too bad they aren't fixing the shitty code that powers this game and now that the game is going free the chances of it getting fixed are less than they were before.
StarCraft II is available today for Windows and Mac PCs fully localized into English, Brazilian Portuguese, European and Latin American Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Korean, and simplified and traditional Chinese.
For a limited time, players who already own Wings of Liberty (as of October 31, 2017) but have not yet purchased Heart of the Swarm will be able to get the latter campaign free by logging in to the Blizzard desktop app and claiming their free Heart of the Swarm gift between November 8 and December 8, 2017.Īs a thank-you to the dedicated StarCraft II player community, those who already own any version of StarCraft II prior to Octowill receive a special Eidolon Ghost skin and three portraits commemorating their founder's status in the game after StarCraft II goes free starting on November 14.
Those who wish to experience later chapters in the StarCraft II story can purchase the additional single-player campaigns, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void, and Nova Covert Ops, individually ($14.99 USD each) or together in the Campaign Collection ($39.99) through the online Blizzard Shop. "With the massive Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, endlessly replayable co-op mode, prestigious ranked ladder, comprehensive map-making tools, and more, StarCraft II now delivers the ultimate real-time strategy experience completely free."
"StarCraft II is one of the highest-rated PC games of all time, and we're excited to give even more people around the world a chance to find out why it has inspired such a passionate global community," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment.