will Starcraft 2 be enjoyable? I've seen it played, but never tried it myself. I tried Halo Wars a while back, but it wasn't my cup of tea. I've never been much into RTS in the past, but SC2 has caught my interest.

StarCraft 2 is amazing.  I've never loved RTSs much but I love StarCraft 2. 

What about Halo Wars didn't you like? Was it the core idea, the clunky interface, some other thing?

Wait, your benchmark for RTS's was Halo Wars? 

Download the demo and give it a go.

https://us.battle.net/account/sc2-demo.html

Halo Wars is an awful game, Starcraft 2 is like 5 billion times better, so if any game is going to get you into RTS' Starcraft 2 is the game.

@Slaker117: I kinda think it was using the 360 controller actually. I felt like I had very inaccurate control over my troops, especially if I was in a rush.

That's pretty hard to compare.

Definitely don't judge RTS games based on Halo Wars...

@xobballox said:

StarCraft 2 is amazing. I've never loved RTSs much but I love StarCraft 2.

I agree. I've never been a big fan of the RTS genre (except for Age of Empires II), but I really enjoyed the time that I spent with SC2. The level of polish on every aspect of the game is insane, and the single-player and multi-player are both setup in such a way that they can be enjoyed by pretty much anyone regardless of skill level.

If Starcraft 2 can't make someone like RTS games then nothing can.  I think I've replayed the campaign 5 times.   Didn't play regular mp much but the custom co-op maps made by blizzard and the community are amazing fun, especially the base and tower defense ones.  But yeah the biggest selling point for sc2 to non-rts gamers is its super noob friendly, good tutorials, good challenge maps that teach you basics, normal campaign is very forgiving and casual is downright tard-friendly. 
 
In summary; even if you never touch the "serious" multiplayer portion of the game it has tonnes and tonnes of awesome to offer that anyone can play. 

Starcraft 2 is the RTS to play imo. 
 
Warning: It is seriously addictive and may consume your life.

Halo Wars aside, if you didn't like RTS before then I see no reason you'll like Starcraft 2. The single player is a totally run of the mill, RTS-ass RTS. It plays like any traditional RTS.

Umm... did anyone like Halo Wars?

Umm... did anyone like Halo Wars?

It's really hard to tell without knowing more about how you react to RTS games. Halo Wars was by no means your conventional RTS.

Ew. Don't let Halo Wars inform your opinion on the strategy genre at all.

That's like saying I didn't like Fracture, will I enjoy Uncharted 2?

@Pinworm45 said:

@FreakAche said:

Umm... did anyone like Halo Wars?

I did. I think it's an extremely underrated game, and I think the majority of people who don't like it never played it and are just assuming RTSs on consoles are bad. Combine that with the game having Halo in the title and I'm actually pretty confident in that. It was actually a pretty decent game. But in regards to OP, yeah, you'll like starcraft 2.

I liked it, too. Me and my buddy beat it on legendary, and every level was pretty intense and a ton of fun. Can't say I tried any competitive multiplayer though, probably because there was just too much for me to play at the time.

And as for this topic, if the issue is the controls, then a PC will be a remedy. But as said before, try the demo to get a feel for it.

Its a sad state of gaming today if you base the entire rts genre off halo wars.