StarCraft 2 Report

StarCraft 2 Report

StarCraft can be played in a client that is ran by the "Blizzard Launcher". This is downloaded from battle.net and has a number of games besides StarCraft in the Launcher however each need to be installed separately. This makes StarCraft 2 fairly platform dependant although due to the game being only on PC where as some other popular RTS's are on consoles and PC compared to other games SC2 is fairly Platform Dependant.

        The Operating System Windows is needed to run the game and It can only be played on a PC OS. Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 can all be used to run StarCraft II. You can also run on a mac which requires from Mac OS X 10.9 to Mac OS X 10.10. The reason that these OS's are needed is because you are required to play on a PC that can, atleast, support one of these systems. StarCraft 2 cannot be played on Linux.

        Whilst Windows XP can be used to play SC2 it should be noted that not much technical support is available anymore for XP when running SC2. Below is a list of requirements to actually run heroes of the storm but considering SC2: Legacy of the Void (the newest expansion) runs on the same engine as this it's the closest ideal requirements/drivers for the game that we know of.

https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/heroes-of-the-storm-system-requirements

        C/C++ (one of the popular programming languages which is also event based) was used to create StarCraft 2 through blizzard's own engine. The Starcraft 2 engine is a very popular engine among MOBA games and RTS games that are currently or have been in development in recent years. Due to the Engine being extremely stable and C++ being event based meaning the game engine and the actually game itself is far more flexible due to event's calling from the API and past events in the game (very suitable programming language for RTS).

         Only the core audio API for Windows/Mac is required to run StarCraft 2. As shown by the image above there are video requirements but the Media display has no reccomended requirements this is due to the fact that there are no add ons for audio or plugins. In terms of Graphical API it recommends a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon 7790. This is because of StarCraft's very intense graphics especially on Ulta quality. The "TV" requirements are the Resolution which is 1024x768 minimum which is fairly good for a real time stratergy game, but 1920x1080 is definitely recommended.

http://cdn.pcgamesn.com/sites/default/files/Starcraft%202%20Legacy%20of%20the%20Void%20pre-purchase.jpg

Below is Gameplay of Esports (Tier 1 Dreamhack) - StarCraft 2 Competitive Scene