Starcraft a real craft of art.

Advantages: Great storyline, top graphics and effects, brilliant gameplay
Disadvantages: bit old but not bad in any way, possibly hard to get hold of

...I got Starcraft a long time ago, played it and then for some reason left it before i completed it. I have recently found it on my shelf and thought to myself: "What the hell, I remember this game being something like starship troopers hmmm sounds cool lets play!" And that thought is true the game acts like the film starship troopers. Their are 3 races, human marines, zerg aliens and protosss advanced humanoids. Each race has a different difficulty level in the single player missions. The races also have totally different units, buildings and playing strategies and tactics. The marines are the easiest to start off with, the zerg are next difficult and then the protoss being the hardest. The story lines for each are very involving and do not look cocked up when you play the game, each race has a main enemy and encounters there own...

totalweb 14.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of StarCraft (PC)

Starcraft is the beginning of strategy games

Advantages: Awesome in every way.
Disadvantages:

...Starcraft is still one of the most popular games online. It offers 3 highly distinct races and possibly the most involving stories yet seen in real time strategy gaming. It may look a bit old nowadays (with the 640x480 resolutions) but on the other hand it will run like a dream if you're still hanging on to your old P90 system. Starcraft has made such an affect on strategy games players, that even the latest of strategy games are often compared to this masterpiece. In my opinion, no game yet has come close to the playability offered by this classic title. Blizzard have captured a type of play in Starcraft that is compelling and something you will want to go back to again and again. The Battlenet online option always gives you access to an online community that will be ready to challenge you, and this service is still going very strong...

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A Brilliant Sci-fi Strategy Game

Advantages: Superb gameplay, good balance of units, full of character, lots of longevity
Disadvantages: In-game are dated in style, if still attractive

...most enjoyable when played against real computer opponents over the internet. Despite the game being over ten years old, it remains hugely popular online, with Blizzard running its own specialist server by the name of Battlenet. Gameplay is fast-paced and immensely enjoyable, and the game's low specs mean that it internet games run speedily even on the ropiest of connections. Starcraft has near-limitless longevity, and it even comes with an easy-to-use level and campaign designer bundled in as well. Blizzard have been working on a sequel for some time now, but however good this turns out to be the original will still remain a hugely playable RTS classic in its own right. Summary: One of the best RTS games ever made...

Burning_Darkness 03.08.2009 · Read review
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STARCRAFT a real contender for the R.T.S crown

Advantages: first game i think to use rally points for building such as barracks n' factorys
Disadvantages: no replenashing money supply

...I bought starcraft and was astounded by the wealth of diferent buildings and weapons the game had to offer,not to mention the wide variety of different ways youcan play multiplay. One nice feature i think is the inclusion of the SPAWN feature which lets you play with a friend on a LAN or NULL MODEM connection with only one cd. In the game you have the choice of three races the Terran,Zerg, and Protoss. The terran of course is the first set of campaign missions to do butr you can start on any one of the three, the cut scenes in the game are second to none and are well worth watching. The Zerg race has a handy little feature all to themselves which is they can heal themselves without the need for any assistance from any thing or one The Protoss on the other hand have shields that you have to get through before you can start to...

davith38 19.05.2001 · Read review
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Veni Vidi Vici

Advantages: Easy To Get Into
Disadvantages: Hard To Get Out Of

...As a result of the fact that I don?t booze quite so much anymore - coupled with the fact that I?m also in the Arts faculty of Glasgow University ? means I have far too much free time. Before the boozing, I spent my time playing on computer type things [I still do, but no one wants to hear about older boys playing video games]. StarCraft is in the same vein as ?Command & Conquer?, or ?Total Annihilation?. This genre is referred to as ?Real Time Strategy?. You have total control over your forces. There are three main things to do in these games: Harvest, Build and Destroy. Harvesting means acquiring resources so you can Build. Building your forces up enough in turn allows you to finally Destroy whatever needs destroying. Simple really, but strategy games aren?t called so for no reason. There?s a common theme, especially in StarCraft...

dudeglove 27.02.2005 · Read review
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Star Craft- Perfect RTS game

Advantages: perfect
Disadvantages: of course not

...Star Craft, the second son of Blizzard entertainment after War Craft in the Real Time Strategy-RPG game type.Released in 1997, through years, it has become the most successful RPG game in the world with millions of player in nearly 100 countries. Especialy in some Asian countries,like Korean or China where Star Craft is the most popular game, competitions are held every year and attract lots and lots of gamers. -----Story----- Years after the century, technology developed with unimaginable speed, even Third World's countries know about nuclear power and modern computer science. The world devided into factions, they stop science from developing, especialy evolution and robotics. In the begining of 23rd century, world's population reached number of 23 billions .With the need of resources, land and fuel, the world is full...

minhhon 16.07.2007 (07.08.2007) · Read review
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Best of its genre

Advantages: Different races offering different play styles, brilliant real-time strategy game, graphics are still good despite its age.
Disadvantages: Some people may be put off by its age, but you shouldn't be.

...Before I bought this game all I knew about blizzard was that they had created my favourite game on the PC Diablo. I had never played warcraft and therefore had no expectations of how it would compare, however after now playing warcraft I feel I wouldn't have been disappointed. A wonderful real-time strategy game that in my opinion is the best of its genre, replacing Red Alert as my favourite game of this type. For people who don't know about this type of game the basic idea is that you produce units and buildings and have to completely destroy the other teams (although objectives differ in missions). It sounds simple, but when you have to work out when to expand your base into a new area to ensure resources don't run rare, how to defend your base while ensuring you can attack others enough to stop them getting too powerful...

Defiler 24.04.2001 · Read review
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StarCraft

Advantages: Excellent gameplay, Good game for the net, Good futuristic weapons , Good storyline with excellent fmv's
Disadvantages: Graphics are not very good

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Zeofriendly 11.02.2001 · Read review
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Live for the swarm!

Advantages: New units, campaigns, levels and a fluid plot. Did not tip the balance of units but some cool idea
Disadvantages: Requires full working version of Starcraft.

...Starcraft is a futuristic real-time strategy game in which the player can choose to play as one of three races, the Protoss, a hypersentient warrior race with advanced military technology and a strict code of honour, the Zerg, a brainless canibalistic swarm of fleshy and venemous abominations controlled by a hive mind, and the Terrans, the remainder of the human race. Despite modestly calling itself an 'expansion pack,' Starcraft - Brood Wars could quite easily be considered a sequel. Picking up from where Starcraft left off, it has three more campaigns for each species which actually contain more levels than the original itself, as well as new characters and units for each race. There are only seven new units, but too often in RTS expansion packs has the introduction of a new race or a plethora of new units done a lot of damage to...

Mutalisk 11.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of StarCraft: Brood War Add-On (PC)

Starcraft not to die

Advantages: New units
Disadvantages: I don't know

...Brood War continues a history about galactic wars. On a background impressing a battle before you the fascinating plot is developed. Set of intrigues, insidiousness and fanatical fidelity, where dynamical action, invincible evil, and the friends die by hand of traitor... For you wait three completely new campaigns continuing the subject line Starcraft. New types of military engineering. New landscapes of the unknown worlds. A new animation and music. 100 new cards for network game. Enjoy!!! If you like Starcraft, it is necessary to you to play in Brood War. The atmosphere of game grasps from the very beginning...

pops7 20.08.2000 · Read review
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