StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Overview

Is fun, simple, and will last you about 10-12 hours. If you've never played Starcraft... try the free demo for Wings of Liberty instead. If you've already tried that and liked it, HotS got the hots for you.

-- As reviewed by CVG

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 30 expert reviews

Excellent:

20
Good:

9
Average:

1
Bad:

0

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Last revision on January 8, 2024

Reviewers Liked

Extremely polished
The most solid, familiar RTS around
Varied, fun missions
Replayability
Briskly paced campaign

Reviewers Didn't Like

A big bag of cliché
Expensive for an expansion
Not so good dialogue
Matchmaking still has a few kinks

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Expert reviews and ratings

Starcraft has been a running for some time now with its most recent Terran based Starcraft II ”Wings of Liberty” title so we all knew it was only a matter of time until there was more to the story, and today we take a look at just that in the new “Heart...

By bjorn3d.com on April 18, 2013

The original StarCraft is well known in gaming circles. That game was one of the biggest factors in making eSports mainstream, and is still counted as one of the most finely balanced games ever created, to the extent that it is still played in a lot of...

By FirstPost on April 16, 2013

100

As Starcraft players go, I might be one of the outsiders. Though the much-celebrated multiplayer aspects of Blizzard's sci-fi RTS grasp me intermittently in any given year, I'm driven to each new release primarily by an enthusiasm for the campaign rather...

By avforums.com on April 02, 2013

NameStarCraft II: Heart of the SwarmSummary:Heart of the Swarm is enjoyable, but it's not a huge leap forward for the franchise.Rating:3.5/5Games Info:Developer: Blizzard Entertainment; Publisher: Blizzard EntertainmentClassification:MPlatform:Mac OS...

By PCWorld New Zealand on April 01, 2013

Heart of the Swarm delivers a fun single player experience and updates to the multiplayer portion of the game. It took a while to get here and the 20 or so missions available is a little shorter experience that I would've liked for waiting two and a half...

By Gaming Nexus on March 25, 2013

Released earlier this month the first StarCraft 2 expansion, Heart of the Swarm, focuses on the Zerg race. We follow the story of Sarah Kerrigan, picking up where the plot in Wings of Liberty left off. Wings of Liberty was of course the initial...

By HardwareHeaven on March 25, 2013

Round 2, fight! Blizzard has finally given us the second chapter in StarCraft 2’s soap opera and it arguably has the best of the factions take the star role because, well, everyone likes being the ‘bad guy’ right? Well that might just be me, but the...

By Strategy Informer on March 20, 2013

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm's fantastically diverse campaign and entertaining online play make up for its lackluster...

By GameSpot on March 20, 2013

Blizzard knows that you don't fix what isn't broken. An amazing game that pushes the definition of expansion. From the story nut, to the hardened multiplayer veteran, to the new guy who wants to get into the eSports scene, this game offers something to...

By lazygamer.net on March 20, 2013

Heart of the Swarm isn't a radical reinvention of the StarCraft universe, but its tweaks and enhancements make an already excellent RTS even better, while the single-player campaign sits right up there with the very best. If you already love StarCraft...

By Trusted Reviews on March 20, 2013

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