(Its 4 in the morning here, the grammar is probably non-existent)
 
I will try to justify to you all why I believe BW is the better game (unlike some others with their pointless complaining) 
 
At the heart of any game is its gameplay, and SCII fall short of the benchmark its predecessor. I'm sounding like a pompous ass but I have played a ton of SC on ICCup (the international gaming platform, the place to face the best) and watched the pro scene in Korea (Grand Finals is this Saturday!) That being said, I am really disappointing by the mechanics in SCII. Starcraft has always been about the careful balance between micro and macro, a thin line only the best can tread. This balance is something that must always be in the game, built into the game engine and be the foundation of the game. In BW the greats showed how to play, iloveoov the alltime macro beast and pros like Bisu showing fantastic micro. It is here I believe SCII fails. The micro.
 
 

(Its 4 in the morning here, the grammar is probably non-existent)
 
I will try to justify to you all why I believe BW is the better game (unlike some others with their pointless complaining) 
 
At the heart of any game is its gameplay, and SCII fall short of the benchmark its predecessor. I'm sounding like a pompous ass but I have played a ton of SC on ICCup (the international gaming platform, the place to face the best) and watched the pro scene in Korea (Grand Finals is this Saturday!) That being said, I am really disappointing by the mechanics in SCII. Starcraft has always been about the careful balance between micro and macro, a thin line only the best can tread. This balance is something that must always be in the game, built into the game engine and be the foundation of the game. In BW the greats showed how to play, iloveoov the alltime macro beast and pros like Bisu showing fantastic micro. It is here I believe SCII fails. The micro.
 
 

When SC first came out is was unbalanced as crap and all round pretty bad game, give it time.

Interesting point that I didn't realize initially, but I completely agree with. 
 
Post your comment in the battle.net forums. This is something that Blizzard wouldn't be unwilling or unlikely to include in a future patch if they were aware of the fact / the dissenting argument.

obligatory "the original game was better. this new one disappoints". check.

I micro with hellions, its a very very fast unit. If it could fire and move it would be overpowered imo. I'm still playing through the campaign so I can't comment on they're effectiveness in a competitive match but I can see how they could be used to great effect.

" When SC first came out is was unbalanced as crap and all round pretty bad game, give it time. "

While I'm nowhere near a level of play where I could adequately critique the relative benefits of micro in the different games all I can say is wait for patches. Seriously anything that causes a big enough problem will undoubtedly be addressed by Blizzard over the coming months and years so I don't think it's worth getting worried about just yet.

I'm extremely rusty at Starcraft so I decided I would play the campaign, get use to the keybinds, go to the challenges next and then get my butt kicked in Multiplayer as I relearned the game. That being said, I'm watching a lot of youtube videos and I agree that a lot of it is big armies crushing the smaller one, you don't see much of micro to overcome the enemy. Want to see more old school Brood War videos though where crazy things happen on screen and you have Koreans screaming in joy over what happened.

" Err, reapers can totally pull off that vulture thing. Easily. What's more, they can cliff jump. "

So, basically, "BAWWW this game doesn't take as many mouse clicks as the old one!"  You say the foundation of starcraft is micro and macro.  I disagree.  Starcraft is a strategy game first and foremost, the foundation is reading your opponent and responding in such a way to gain an advantage.  Micro and Macro are simply the tools to do so, and streamlining them a bit so that fingerspeed is not such a deciding factor in a match does not make the game "worse".  In fact, a bit of streamlining can go a long way in introducing new players to the game and the genre.  More players means more strategies getting figured out and evolves the metagame more quickly.  And it does so without sacrificing the true core of the game: the strategy.
 
I'm sure you know that Brood War has been around for quite some time.  Since you follow Korean leagues, I'm also sure you know that the game was not always like that.  It has constantly evolved since it came out, and that's what truly makes starcraft great.  You can STILL watch a game and be amazed at an unorthodox strategy a player is utilizing.  To say that the thing that makes Starcraft incredible is that you can kill a bunch of units with only a few units as long as you press buttons and click faster is doing the game a disservice.  Yes, it's exciting to watch and very fun to do, but there's much more to it than that.
 
Speaking of which, I've seen plenty of large armies get beaten by smaller ones in Starcraft II.  Defensive nukes, EMPs, Forcefields, psistorms, feedback, hunter-seekers, neural parasites, and other tactics and abilities all help to even playing fields if used correctly.  Just as there were abilities like that in SC1.  Not to mention I've seen 2-3 hellions do about as much damage as those vultures in your first post.  lzgamer loves going mass reaper and rolling over his opponent with micro in the early game.
 
You come across as a person who played Brood War a lot, who got very comfortable with their micro and macro and a stable build order.  You sound like you went into Starcraft II totally expecting to "pwn some scrubs" with elite patrol micro, but you began getting outstrategized.  So now you complain that your units can't hit people while moving, because you've got it so ingrained in your head that if you just do a standard build and click faster than the other guy, you should win.
 
You sound like a surface player.  Get out of the APM=skill mentality, and see it for what it is.  Micro is just another tool in your arsenal to help you carry out your overall strategy.

" Err, reapers can totally pull off that vulture thing. Easily. What's more, they can cliff jump. "

I'm indifferent about it right now. I'm sure that more tricks will be discovered as the game moves on. Even right now, SC2 are pretty low leveled and people aren't used to the game yet (compared to SC:BW). That being said, I do not like the SC2 thing of "hard counters" that much. 
 
SC2 could probably do with or without these but I personally would much prefer the:
 

" When SC first came out is was unbalanced as crap and all round pretty bad game, give it time. "

Like I've said in boards time and time again, give it TIME. People like SlayerS_`Boxer` and Flash and Stork don't come around every day. Hell, before Brood War there wasn't even that big of a scene compared to today. I'd say, wait until Legacy of The Void comes out before even taking about balance. Then after that, wait another 2 years. Give it time.

" Like I've said in boards time and time again, give it TIME. People like SlayerS_`Boxer` and Flash and Stork don't come around every day. Hell, before Brood War there wasn't even that big of a scene compared to today. I'd say, wait until Legacy of The Void comes out before even taking about balance. Then after that, wait another 2 years. Give it time. "

It's not going to take 2-4 years to suss out the balance this time. Upon release SC2 already has a huge competitive following that already understands the basic concepts of the game 100x better than people understood 1 week after the release of SC or BW. We'll know if the game is balanced in 8-12 months if you ask me.

@gunslingerNZ said:

" While I'm nowhere near a level of play where I could adequately critique the relative benefits of micro in the different games all I can say is wait for patches. Seriously anything that causes a big enough problem will undoubtedly be addressed by Blizzard over the coming months and years so I don't think it's worth getting worried about just yet. "

I wouldn't get my hopes up for anything requiring micro like BW. Blizzard already added in a moving to the phoenix, and it was nothing like anything in BW.

I love the commentary in those videos.

As I recalled, SC was not originally as balanced as one thought. It was pretty unbalanced and needed a bunch of patching to make it work.

Give it time you will figure out how to play the new one eventually ;) 

Would the OP say that SC2 is better than SC without broodwar?  Cause you are comparing apples and oranges right now.  SC:BW has an expansion included and had years to mature.  SC2 still has 2 more expansions to go and many, many years to mature.

I really have no idea what you are talking about.  The stuff with those vultures happens ALL the time.  I did it the other day, and I'm not even that good.
 
Every replay I've watched almost always has exactly what those two videos are showing.

" Err, reapers can totally pull off that vulture thing. Easily. What's more, they can cliff jump. "

Eh, I think in some respects the game is easier and doesn't require as much micro to play well, but in other respects it requires as much or more, and micro will become more important as the game goes on.  And I don't see how you come to the conclusion that the larger force always wins.  Good sentry play with force fields can easily make the difference between a win and a loss for a Protoss group.  Infestors with fungal growth can be decisive and overcome much stronger forces.  Proper baneling play (or anti-baneling play) is crucial.  There are lots of ways that more skilled players can come out on top in battles, though they may be different than SC1's microing ways.
 
To go along with what everyone else has said, I think as the game goes on Blizz will perfect and balance like crazy and certain units will fall into or out of favor (as happened before), and the players will learn more and more the little tricks that can be done and how to properly micro units to win in battle.  Judging this game a couple weeks out seems way overblown.   More skilled players will develop strategies and figure out how to use units to their best.

Fair enough, I realize tons of people will stick with the old game.  I'm excited to see what people pull off in the new game, and how the patches and expansions add to the game in the future.

" @Shirogane said:

" Err, reapers can totally pull off that vulture thing. Easily. What's more, they can cliff jump. "

Yeah, i did it yesterday.  8 zealots killed by 2 reapers.  It didn't help me win at all. "

I just proxy'd a base next to some toss and with three reapers took out 4 zelots and all of their drones.  So i have no idea what you are talking about.  I think in some ways with the abilities they gave, especially to zerg and toss make the micro more important already in this game.