StarCraft

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Summary: BEST GAME OF THE MILLENIUM!
Review: This game rocks. I don't know how to explain it but it's more than perfect! Better than the N64 one. More maps. Easier. And I recommend you get Brooadwar with it. I think it has been about 5 years now and I'm still playing it. It's still the game I love that really has stardegy. They might be releasing starcraft 2 but blizzard didn't make any annuncements. Just go to [the website]...I RECOMMEND YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS!! Play on [the battle website], you challenge a lot of people and there are games created by the map maker like there's even Grand Theft Auto, The Simpsons... The units are different but look the same though. Get it when it's still cheap and will always be. I expected this game to be more expensive because of how fun it is. Get it and you'll play it as long as me. The graphics for Warcraft III are better but who cares, it gets borin'! And it's expensive although I have it and I'm gonna sell it. Starcraft forever baby! Yeah! Get it!!!!!!!

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Summary: I LOVE this game!
Review: I played this game years ago and was hooked emmediately. Blizzard has never let me down as one of thier customers and I will gladly pay full price for any of thier games(as opposed to waiting for the game to hit the bargain bin). This game still holds true as an exciting experience, single player or multi. I just bought a new computer and cant wait to play over the LAN. This game is easily better than some of the games that are comming out lately. Blizzard has such a user friendly attitude that they give you the option to copy the games multiplayer data onto 7 other computers to play on the LAN, unlike another game I purchased last week that wants you to buy a whole new copy to play in your own house.
Anyway, the replay value for this game is higher than any I have ever played. This is one of the first games i ever bought for my PC and I love it still. The gameplay is great with 3 diverse races that demand various strategies to master. New units are eased into your missions and the game is easy to learn. The game doesnt necessarily boast screaming 3d graphics like todays market, but then, todays market isnt all that great. The game is pleasing to watch and listen to. The developers have included plenty of unit responses and command acknowlagments that you will not get bored clicking on your units. Click on them enough times in a row and BLizzards crew have added funny responses or strange saying to the units, like in warcraft. The sound is awesome. The music is good, never gets boring, and keeps you in the action.
To top it al off, I think that Blizzard is really devoted to thier fans and customers, unlike some other greedy corporate shmucks. Blizzard has always been on top of thier games online, trying to make DiabloII un-hackable so players could enjouy it more. Little things like that show and buyers notice these things. I will not hesitate to give them my money for Warcraft3 or any of thier new games because they have a perfect track record with me so far. Check out DiabloII and the expansions for Starcraft and DiabloII. Youll never be ripped off by Blizzard.

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Summary: Starcraft The Game Of the Centurie
Review: Starcraft is my favorite game and its really cool my favorite race is the terran but starcraft unlike a lot of strategy games all the races are totaly equal and plus you can play over the internet ...and there are more maps than on the n64 version and if you get brood war then its even better so i suggest you buy it now.

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Summary: GO Starcraft!
Review: Wow!This game is the Civil war all over again! With the acception that the graphics [are bad], this game is an age of empire dad. This has most of the age of empires speacialties, and more. This also takes place in the future so there is some un-realistic feature. Well, pick up a copy today.

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Summary: Sweeeeeeet![.]
Review: This is one of the sweetest games ive ever played. I like the way that you can control an entire army and make them do almoast everything. I dont own it but I am SURE getting it. I think that you should get some cash and buy it 'cause its definatly worth the money.

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Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: If you're looking for a good strategy game, look no further. Simply put, this is one of the top 5 real time strategy games ever made!!!

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Summary: best RTS ever??
Review: STARCRAFT and TOTAL ANNIHILATION = two best RTS. TA was RTS of the year in 1998 (i think) and starcraft is probably the most popular rts of the past 5 years. These two are far more addictive and offer a lot more than aoe, ra and warcraft.

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Summary: An Addictive RTS Game
Review: I enjoyed playing StarCraft, and could potentially do so for quite a long time. It's fun and addictive. However, in recommending this game to anyone else, I have to include a few caveats. Though it's got a lot going for it, there are still a few negatives which some gamers might feel they wish they'd known before buying. I'm sure there's not that many people out there who would like this game and don't have it by now, but it's held up to the technology boom over the last few years. So there may still be people out there saying, "What's all this I hear about this StarCraft thing?" Well, here's what you should know.

A player can choose one of three races to command, Terrans and two alien races. The Terrans are ordinary humans using futuristic military weapons. The Zurg are a hive of "Alien"-like creatures whose weapons are all organic and grown with specialized purposes. The Protoss are highly developed aliens with Warp technology and force fields. All three races are very well-balanced, and if the player runs through the storyline included in the game, he will get a chance to play each one in turn. Though the player doesn't have to, it is recommended that he play the races in order. Doing so allows the player to get the full storyline as it is meant to be told. A player can run through the story, or play multiplayer scenarios over the internet. A player can also play the multiplayer scenarios alone by setting the opponents to computer players.

The game is divided into individual scenarios, or battles, which are handled completely idependently from each other. These scenes are introduced in a pre-scene "communications panel" view, which sets up the story background and describes the mission objectives. The missions themselves are generally divided into those where you have to build and defend a base, those where you have to take the offensive and defeat the enemy in his base, and those where you have to run through a corridor.

There are many good things I can say about the game. The first is that I thought it was a lot of fun to play. You get as many tries as you need to complete a scenario, and you can save at any point in the battle, so if you like your progress up to a certain point, you can save it there and any mistakes you make thereafter can be removed with a simple "Load Game" command. The scenarios generally build in difficulty, so as you get more practice in the game, the battles become more challenging to meet your growing skill. These things make it an enjoyable real-time strategy game.

A few things keep me from saying this is a perfect game. One thing I found annoying is that there is no carryover from one scenario to the next. No matter how well you do in one battle, any benefit you gained over and above the mission objective is lost. Part of the basis of the game is harvesting minerals. If you harvest far more than you need in one scenario, they are gone when you reach the next scenario. There is a score awarded at the end of each scenario to show how well you did in comparison to the enemies you hopefully defeated. However, the score doesn't accumulate over the course of the game - it is just a score for that scenario, which the game doesn't even save for posterity. You get your score and then it's gone. If you didn't write it down, it's gone. Similarly, the scenarios have the player develop "new" technologies to build bigger and better weapons and fighting units. After a scenario ends, the player has somehow forgotten those technologies and they must be "researched" again in the next scenario. It helps with game play, of course, but it doesn't make a lot of sense the way they phrase it.

Another thing that I was a little disappointed in was the fact that the storyline is set in stone, completely immutable by the player. Either a player completes a scenario and can go on to the next chapter in the story, or the player must repeat that scenario, but the story will not go on if the player does not pass each stage. Therefore, nothing the player does will affect the story. Even if they fail at a scenario they can just try it again.

It would have been nice to see more variety in the types of missions. It seemed to me that most of the scenarios could be won by taking your time and building a big force, and attacking your enemy with a massive amount of troops after he'd run out of resources. In that way, it was a bit of an arms race at times, and it would have been good to see more cerebral ways to combat your enemy using more complex strategy.

Still with all that, it was a good game. It makes a nice contrast to a lot of the turn-based strategy games or first-person shooters. And if you enjoy this, don't hesitate to get the Brood War expansion. But I recommend trying the basic game out first, unless you get the BattleChest (which has both).

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Summary: Challenging, Genre-Defining Real Time Strategy Game
Review: Starcraft (in addition to the Brood War Expansion) is an incredibly challenging and engaging game. The balance between different races is great, and the multiplayer option adds an entirely new dimension to the game. This is defnitely worth ten bucks.

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Summary: One Word: GREAT!
Review: What else can we ask? A great game from the creators of the Warcraft and Diablo sagas. This game is pure strategy, you have to build your own encampment (because that's what they are, they are not cities or full-scales civilizations) in the middle of God-forgotten planet or on the remains of a long-lost space platform. This game is just like the classic Warcraft II, you control each unit, from the SCV (who basically are those who build your structures and gather resources)to the BattleCruisers.
You control 3 races: Terrans (humans), Zergs (bug-like creatures) and the Protoss (Aliens); every race has its own way of living, they work in a different way, so you'll have to practice a lot to master them.
It includes free access to BattleNet, where you can play great MultiPlayer matches, and test your skills.
There's one glitch though, once you start, you won't stop; so, get some chips, a good soda, and get ready for Battle!
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