OK, I must say it appears that Blizzard has lost their godforasken minds. To get the full experience will require the purchase of 3 games. One for each race. Yeah. Dick move. Just to make it clear, in the height of a reciession, Blizzard has decided to charge you for a game 3 times. Hopefully this blows up their face (as the outcry seems to be) but it will be for naught if people still buy the games.
My biggest issue that when I try to make it seem ok (releasing the games at lower than standered cost) I see $29.99 as the lowest each would be, and that comes out to 90 bloody dollars. If I was assured it would $19.99 a game, ending price $60, I could see that. I am also concerned on how this will affect the multiplayer aspect of the game. I could say that all the componants are on each game. Sure. But will they be? Or will their be exclusive units if you buy the game for that race? Also, saying each one is self contained still doesn''t mean you cant referance the crap out of it, making the others hard to understand without playing the previous or other two. Alos, imagine with me, a mission where the Terran and Protess must defend themselves in an outpost against the Zerg in the Terran game. Uh Oh. Same thing happens in the Protoss game only your controlling the Protoss. I never thought I would say this about the one game studio I have ALWAYS trusted, suck it Blizzard. Suck it long, and suck it hard. I am also now afraid for the fate of Diablo 3.
BTW, Starcraft is just a piss poor version of the Warhammer 40k universe anyhow.
bacchus2