StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Expansion Pack

Como nuevo muy bueno la caja venia un poco lastimada pero el disco esta muy bien sirve y funciona excelente

Me encanta el arte de su caja, todo bien por suerte

Like many reviewers, I have been playing SC since the original. I played SC2 multiplayer for a good 6-8 months after its release (and the campaign of course) before feeling like I just couldn't get over my obstacle of getting out of Gold League. I stopped and didn't really get back into it. When HOTS came out, I shrugged it off now that I'm married, working full-time, and dedicate what gaming time I have now to stuff on my 360. Some of my best friends got back into SC2 and told me to pick up the expansion so we could all play. They said the new units were fun, lots of new maps, etc. I had some Amazon credit to get this for $10 and I figured why not. It's not like I have to be super competitive again. So towards the end of March I picked this up.Fast forward to now, four months later with 30+ hours into MP (still getting over my Gold hump) and just now scratching into the HOTS campaign. I am addicted all over again, and I love it. If you are an SC fan for the lore, this $40 investment (now $30 on Amazon for the time being) is a no-brainer. If you are still playing WoL multiplayer, you're missing out on the new units and an ever-growing e-sports scene. There's not too much to really persuade you on if you enjoyed WoL since there's a high chance you'd fit right in with HOTS.Some of the biggest changes including the new units have to do with Battle.net. Adding Spawning back in (meaning if someone does the free trial of SC2, which has limited options, or just WoL and they party with a friend who has HOTS, while in the party they will have access to everything HOTS MP as well. It's awesome!), improving the League algorithm for both Ranked and Unranked, and adding in more portraits and awards, like unit skins, make it all greater experience. Also I've heard in the rumor mill that Tourney modes and Clan support are a matter of time away.Of course a major component in the expansion is the campaign. If you hadn't guessed by the cover it is focused on Zerg. Like WoL and SC1 the story is no Titanic, but if you enjoy the lore you won't feel like you're wasting your time. I'm still going through the campaign, so I'll display how long it took me to complete once I do so.Stay tuned for updates as time goes, but seriously if you enjoyed WoL I'm not sure why you haven't bought HOTS yet, and if you are a newcomer who enjoys RTS's at least give WoL a shot.

In the interest of disclosure let me say that I love playing strategy games. As for the delivery of the item it came via UPS with some difficulty. I however will focus on the game itself.In terms of strategy itself you have your traditional resource gathering of crystal and gas with workers, that you build. You have an army with a cap size that you can expand by expending resources to a set level, usually 200 troop points per level/match. In this iteration you play as the Zerg Queen Sarah Kerrigan and you get to use the various zerg troops to battle Protoss, zerg - both swarm and wild zerg as well as terrans. The zerg give you the option to research ( three ) different upgrades for each zerg unit with only minimal differences between them so each one gives you a small edge in one particular area such as increased attack speed. This is a nice touch even if it does not generally make a huge difference to game play. However a wrinkle that DOES affect your gameplay is the 'evolution' of each unit with the chosen choice being final for the duration of your campaign. This adds a level or replayability to the game which is nice.Thus far I have found the overall level of game play to be easier than the Wings of Liberty game as well as a generally shorter campaign so far. This game is definately a worthy addition to the Star Craft franchise, but like many fans I feel as though this game should have been included with the Wings of Liberty campaign combining all playable factions into a single game rather than making the 2nd faction become an expansion game. This is a money grab by Blizzard - fine $20 - $30 tops which is the range I paid for this game. Any more than that and you really start to lose value for money on this game.Overall a good game with decent graphics and some replayability, which IF you can pick up at bargain price is well worth playing.

After I saw the images for the Tempest, I knew that I just had to try this. :) So, I bought this expansion pack for both myself and my brother last year from Amazon so that we could play the Beta. I was unimpressed at first, but Blizzard did a real nice job over the following months in improving the graphics, unit balances, and AI capabilities. At present, I think that it offers a new level of fun in the matches.I have not played the campaign, yet. I played the original campaign, but I more enjoy playing live games online, so that's my experience so far with this. My brother and I play together against the AI (yep - we're scared of getting our butts handed to us by a bunch of 12-year-olds :D), and so far we both really like it. The AI has more levels of difficulty, and it definitely seems more sophisticated to me - with more complex tactics. While the AI still often defaults to attacking along ground paths even when it has air units, it does sometimes attack from an unexpected direction with air in ways that my brother and I never saw in the original. Another thing is that the AI's use of the Raven's seeker missile is at a whole new level - they use it often and effectively, just decimating my brother and I. We're still developing new tactics to try and get around that, so I think this has been money well spent.What I don't know is if Blizzard has upgraded the AI and other things in the original version to the level of this expansion (I know they've upgraded some of it), but I do like some of the new units that you only get with this expansion. All in all, I recommend it.