Overview

Starcraft II continues the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types will do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival.

Features

Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft II will present a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue. In addition, Blizzard will again offer unparalleled online play through Battle.net, the company's world-renowned gaming service, with several enhancements and new features to make StarCraft II the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game.

• Fast-paced, hard-hitting, tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on the magic of the original game
• Three completely distinct races: Protoss, Terran, and Zerg
• New units and gameplay mechanics further distinguish each race
• Groundbreaking single-player "story-mode" campaign
• Vibrant new 3D-graphics engine with support for dazzling visual effects and massive unit and army sizes
• Full multiplayer support, with new competitive features and matchmaking utilities available through Battle.net
• Full map-making and scripting tools to give players incredible freedom in customizing and personalizing their gameplay experience

A worker can now queue buildings consecutively. When one building is finished being constructed, if there is another building in the queue line it will go right ahead and begin constructing that building.

A new game mechanic in Starcraft 2 are destructible doodads. These doodads can be rock formations, statues, trees or other objects to block a units path. These doodads usually block a ramp to a mineral expansion, or a path behind to an enemy base. These doodads have high hit points and defense but can be destroyed by any unit.

There is a new type of mineral this time around, a yellow high yield mineral. This mineral gives an extra +4 (totaling at +12) for every batch a worker gathers. This high yield mineral patches are rare and sparse. If one does find a high yield mineral patch, they will need to defend it greatly from enemy units.

The Xel'Naga play a bigger part in the storyline and with that you can find many neutral Xel'Naga structures scattered around the map. One of these structures is the Observatory. When a unit stands next to the Observatory, it activates and reveals an area and dissipates fog around the Observatory.

Source: Starcraft 2 : Blizzard Entertainment