How much will I miss of the StarCraft II plot if I have not played the original?
Halo 3 is the worst offender thus far in this respect – things are not explained for gamers who did not slog through the first two parts.
Is SC2 the same, or does Blizzard actually take new players into account?
Best Answer
During the install, the Adjutant describes the events of the first game in an overview fashion to get you caught up. In addition, they do a good job of giving you key information from the first game throughout whenever they reference events from it.
Starcraft II does have its own plot that is not entirely dependent on the first game, so they went to lengths to ensure that you need not have played the first one to fully enjoy the second one.