Starcraft 2 - worth buying?

[Thecla]

I feel that the exodus of Blizzard North happened for a reason, and that its effects are greater than most want to believe.

Though Blizzard North never had anything to do with Starcraft --- that was done entirely by Blizzard in Irvine.

It does seem like Blizzard wasn't happy with how Blizzard North was developing D3 and completely redid D3 their own way after closing Blizzard North in 2005. I think that has had huge effects on D3 --- whether they're for better or worse I guess we'll find out in a year or two.