thirdworldgamer

For more info, check here: http://playground.ph/2010/10/23/blizzard-to-offer-prepaid-game-cards-for-starcraft-2/ I just heard this news today out of Blizzcon 2010, Blizzard is offering prepaid cards for Starcraft 2! Honestly, the price point of 3,500 PHP was a little ridiculous for the game (considering other PC games here cost about 1,200++ PHP) so even if I wanted to buy another copy to play with other gamers here in the house, I just couldn't justify the price. But with this new pricing plan in place, I think there will be more players who will get to try Starcraft II. It seems really affordable (a 3 day pass only costs about as much as a short taxi ride).

After playing the beta for a bit, I got convinced that SC2 works well on my laptop; well enough for me, at least. Yes, the framerate is not that great, but I can't expect it to be 60FPS given that my laptop only packs an Intel 4500M GMA Integrated Graphics chip, Pentium Dual Core T4300, and 4GB of RAM (Asus K40IJ series). But, miracle of miracles, the thing is playable! And now that I've seen the pre-rendered cutscenes, I'm even more awed. I never thought my laptop could render the cutscenes in this game smoothly. Yes, the graphics have lesser textures, but damn, they're watchable....they're bearable. This is coming from a guy who is used to Xbox 360 / PS3 graphics. Starcraft 2 is a gem, no, a crowning achievement, when it comes to forgiving minimum system requirements :D

I can't believe this, Starcraft II works on my laptop! Laptop specifications: Asus K40IJ-VX092 Intel Core Duo T4300 2.1GHz 800 FSB 1MB Cache 4GB DDR2 320GB HDD Intel GMA X4500 Video Chipset Super DVD Writer Gigabit Lan WiFi 14" LED BackLight Display 6 Cell Battery