Welp, looks like I'm done. I'll type enough here to warn people that spoilers are to follow:

The ending... Well, I've got a sense of accomplishment. The end mission was frantic and messy and a lot of fun, and I really, really wanted to try to take down the flying behemoth-whatever without using the artifact, but alas, never accomplished my goal (I even restarted once to attempt to do so). The end cinematic was heroic and at the same time sorta nonsensical. Kerrigan's all better now? Except she has asparagus dreds? Now that she's alive, and nobody's controlling the swarm, who should be the enemy in the next two episodes? Maybe the nameless evil in the final Zeratul crystal mission, but his claim to fame is supposed to be the Zerg-Protoss hybrids... curious.

Also, the conclusion with Tychus' character doesn't make sense either. Somebody had communication with him the entire time, assuming the Dominion, and yet, Raynor had no problem breaking into Dominion prisons, stealing the Odin, etc., etc. without some forewarning by the sensors constantly transmitting and receiving in Tychus' suit. What I wish they had done is rather than just portraying Tychus as a humorous/murderous maniac whom only Raynor can trust, actually showing some of his communication with his benefactors, and maybe developing some actually interesting dimension to his character.

Raynor's hero arc also bugs me. He's a noble outlaw, saving the townsfolk, rustling the herd, what have you, which apparently everybody loves him for. However, he has a drink, makes a friend in the Dominion (after killing half of Valerian's crew? What?) in hopes of ending galactic conflict, and suddenly everyone questions his motives? We spend half the game stealing priceless artifacts from a lost civilization. The Hyperion crew's sense of morality seems flawed.

I don't usually finish RTS games. This is usually because the games themselves stress me out, or, I'm simply not good enough at them to complete the missions. I never finished the original Starcraft and Brood War (though I tried at some point last year), nor did I finish Warcraft 3 or Frozen Throne. This is the first one I've finished in a while. Which I guess speaks well for it. Though the writing and story seemed to lack the polish of previous Blizzard games, at least the pacing and gameplay kept me interested enough.

Overall positive feeling about the game. Though, I really, really don't want to spend another $60 for what I consider an incomplete game.

#310, posted at 2010-08-31 00:35:53 in Asked and Answered