Should I buy StarCraft 2?

It's worth every penny if you like RTS
Just don't forget the campaign missions and multiplayer have both very different tastes.
Also, "Live for the Swarm"

i want to buy it too, but is very expensive in my opinion for a game from 2010

Get the Trilogy, or better on sale maybe in a year or so. Preorder trilogy if you like RTS.

Whatever you do, BUY THE WHOLE FREAKIN TRILOGY DO NOT BUY THE BASE GAME ONLY!

buy the base game with the 2 exp

Legacy of the boid will be a stand alone expansion
And for those who vote about Blizzard's games coming to steam, that will never happen

I never liked playing 1v1 matchmaking myself, too much pressure. I did play some 2s/3s/4s but mostly just played 1v1 with a friend or bot matches (either 1v2 or 2v3/2v4 with my friend) and had plenty of fun with just that. If you have a few friends to play with it's great fun playing private matches without all the competitiveness/pressure of playing ranked games. even without all that, it's still a great game just for single player.

Also, if you just like micro'ing, check out Infested Planet on Steam, it's a bit simpler than most RTS and lacks any type of economy/resource management that you have in RTS but the unit controls feels and plays like RTS games

My Life for Aiur

SCII is Awesome! If you don't like RTS like me, but for the single play story, value the price!

I've never played it, but I love the original one. My brother just installed the second one yesterday to replay it single player only and highly recommends it.

I always get expansions as well and will be picking up this trilogy at some point.

I loved the first StarCraft and have been patiently waiting for all three SC2 games to come out so I can buy the Battle Chest (not paying full price each for 3 parts of the campaign). It is absolutely worth it for SP only.

Duh. One of the greatest games ever made, like the first one. I have only played the single player so far, but invested years in SC1 multiplayer back in the day. It's tons of fun either way.

En Taro Tassadar! If you like the first SC, the second is great too, I'm not big on RTS multiplayer either, and coming from Bliz, I'm kinda in it for the story, so short answer, BUY IT! but if you want it to be more like the original, put it on Hard from the start, I found it very hand holdy (modern) compared to the original. AI in story mode just doesnt have many teeth :(

Well the base game is $20 and if you buy it with both expansions it scales to $60 but it seems the solo campaigns will take you around 20h each, and if you played SC1 then you know that the campaigns are excellent, it was the first game that I fell in love when I got my first (family) desktop back in the 2000s.

En Taro Adun! En Taro Tassadar! FOR AIUR!

I am sure, that if you wait some more until Wings of Liberty & Heart of the swarm will be on sale around the release of Legacy of the Void (10th November).

For my part, I bought SC2 when it was out for the single player mode only, because of the many hours I spent in the past with Wc2 or SC. Well, it turned as a big deception, I just hated the game. The single player campaign is clearly designed as a training for multiplayer competition: it's all about frenetic clicking, forget about the idea of relaxing gaming.
Of course, this is my personal thoughts on this, I'm part of the minority who dislike that game, but the vast majority of people think it's awesome. Color and tastes...

The base game campaign was fun along with arcade stuff which is something like Warcraft 3 in Starcraft 2 (better engine, moar stuff...). I left game when that first DLCshowed up, it's price was ridiculous but my retail game still lies in front of me.

You should definitely buy it for the campaign. One of the best single player RTS campaigns ever, I would say.

I actually have a spare key which I'd be willing to trade, If you're interested.

It's awesome enough to warrant a purchase only for the single-player. I've never played SC2 multiplayer, and the single-player campaigns are just breathtaking. Also, compared to other AAA titles, you can actually obtain the game for about €35 from the right stores (whereas other AAA titles are often in the €50 range).
Also, even though SC2 completely broke custom mapmaking, you can still get unlimited fun with mods and the like.
EDIT: I just noticed you're talking about the base SC2 game which can be obtained for way cheaper now since it is several years old. It's definitely worth it then. But I do recommend getting the entire trilogy if you like the base game.

hmm i'm waiting till they have a Star Craft 1 & 2 collection also waiting for Warcraft 1,2,3 collection maybe i'll be waiting forever

So both Wings of Liberty and HOTS just went on sale today for $10. What timing.

Thank you all for your input. I went ahead and made the purchase today. Thought I should give this thread a bump .....again...
StarCraft II is currently on sale for $10 for those of you that are also interested.

I'm waiting for them to be out in a single retail pack, probably next year, before i buy them. There's already a Battlechest(i think it's called) but it only includes WoL and HotS.

I don't play much rts at all and never play multiplayer. I purchased Wings of Liberty and HOTS and thoroughly enjoyed the single player both have. I think it's the first and only rts I've actually completed the campaign. I would definitely recommend both and am looking forward to Legacy of the Void.

buy SC + broodwar instead, much better.