After seeing alot more of SC2HD, it’s a fine port, especially if you compare it to the other fighting game ports and HD remakes that are out there.
This game would have been fine at $15, but for $20, at least give me a record function or some lobbies, or some options that weren’t in the original game. I’ll give the game another look when they patch it.
I can’t confirm offline latency with proper testing. It was just by feel. I would argue, if there is a little offline latency, it’s fairly negligible with this particular fg.
However, the online is worthless (no exaggeration necessary), and that was the entire point of my purchase (SC2 has always been a nice-looking game, and it’s graphics have dated well compared to SC1). You cannot even come close to playing matches the way you would offline. In some other fighters, certain specific tactics don’t work as well online. But I’m talking the entire way the game is played at anything at or above a competent level. The input delay is so bad during even the best connections that everyone naturally resorts to creating as much space between themselves and their opponents as possible. When in close, AA and BB mashing is all you’re going to experience because it’s the best strat in this terrible online environment. Even when at frame advantage I was still being interrupted by attacks when I pressed my attack buttons at the normal times I would offline. You have to press everything earlier than can be humanly anticipated. Fakes and varying your attack rhythm is pointless. I could flowchart a keep away game with Ivy and fall asleep executing it online.
I guess if you don’t still have your PS2/Xbox/Gamecube/Arcade version of the game or joystick handy, than go ahead and get this release. That’s really the only logical reason I can think of for buying this. I feel pretty ripped off at this point. Although it won’t make any difference, I’m going to take a minute to send a complaint email to Namco
My goal is to take the tournament with Lizardman, nobody knows how to fight the character and I don’t know his movelist as it isn’t in the game. A win-win, 100% fraudulence.