If competitive StarCraft has become an art, then Legacy of the Void’s campaign offers a colour-by-numbers alternative for those still developing their abilities.
The competitive game has been allowed to change in ways that make it deeper, but the package as a whole is broad and generous in its provision of entry points for new players. The reason Legacy of the Void comes highly recommended, however, is that it also supports the idea that you should be able to have fun regardless of how good you are. I had time to take a picture, because I was losing. Suddenly, new strategic pathways open up: around entrenched positions and into worker lines, past the enemy’s own targeted abilities and (hopefully) into victories that go beyond cheeses and strict counters. These are invulnerable and after seven seconds the Adept teleports to the ghost’s location. In and of itself, it’s capable enough-but it’s real power comes from Psionic Transfer, which creates a ghostly duplicate of the Adept that is controlled separately. One example is the Protoss Adept, a ranged infantry unit that can act as an alternative to Stalkers and Zealots. That elevated skill ceiling is thanks to new units that become dramatically more powerful if you’re capable of micromanaging them effectively.
It is easier than ever to lose evenings to the ladder in this way.
You might get caught out by a rush strategy you didn’t see coming: you type ‘GG’, surrender, tab out to TeamLiquid, read up on your counters, tab back, and you’re playing again within a minute. Fights happen faster and, as a consequence, matches are shorter. You begin your match with more worker units than you used to, and the business of setting up your economy has been streamlined. There’s a greater emphasis on making big decisions early. It’s a suite of new units, features and balance changes that will define the character of the game for the next couple of years.įrom my position of limited skill, I can tell you that Legacy of the Void’s changes make the competitive game faster, more skill-intensive, and less fiddly. For the long-term fans who know StarCraft primarily in this regard, Legacy of the Void marks the start of the game’s new era. That makes sense: it’s the original stadium-filling esport and one of the most skill-intensive games ever made. StarCraft’s competitive element has become the thing it is best known for over the course of the series’ long life.
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