星际争霸2

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StarCraft II： Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The game was released worldwide on July 27， 2010. It is divided into three parts： the base game pack Wings of Liberty， an expansion pack Heart of the Swarm， as well as an upcoming expansion pack Legacy of the Void.

星际争霸2：《自由之翼》是一款军事科幻即时战略游戏，由暴雪娱乐为微软Windows和Mac OS X平台开发和发行。游戏于2010年7月27日全球发行。它被分为三部分：标准游戏包《自由之翼》，一个扩展包《虫群之心》，以及一个即将面市的扩展包《虚空之遗》。

The game develops around three species： the Terrans， human escaping from Earth； the Zerg， a super-species of evolved life forms； and the Protoss， a species with vast mental powers. Wings of Liberty focuses on the Terrans， while the expansions Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void will focus on the Zerg and Protoss. The game is set four years after the events of 1998s StarCraft： Brood War.

游戲围绕着三种种族开展：人族，从地球逃离的人类；虫族，一种超级物种进化而来的生命形态；神族，一种拥有巨大精神力量的物种。《自由之翼》聚焦在人族，而扩展包《虫群之心》和《虚空之遗》将分别聚焦在虫族和神族。游戏剧情设定在1998年的《星际争霸：母巢之战事件》的四年后。

The game received very positive reviews from critics and got score of 93% from Metacritic. Similar to the original StarCraft， StarCraft II was praised for its attractive gameplay， as well as its introduction of new features. The game was criticized for not having the features that are included in the original StarCraft game including LAN play and the ability to change between multiplayer regions. At the time of its release， StarCraft II became the fastest selling real-time strategy game of all time， with over three million copies sold worldwide in the first month.

游戏收到了来自评论家非常积极的评论，并从Metacritic网站得分达到93%。类似于原始《星际争霸》，《星际争霸2》因为引入新的特点以及吸引人的游戏情节设计而受到称赞。但是，它受到批评的地方则在于其缺乏原始《星际争霸》游戏中具备的局域网游戏和在多人游戏区之间切换的功能。《星际争霸2》在发行时即成为有史以来即时战略游戏的销售速度之冠，第一个月的全球销量就超过 300 万册。