StarCraft Battle Chest

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Summary: Applause for Blizzard
Review: StarCraft will truly go down in the annals of history as an RTS classic. This groundbreaking game truly changed the course of all strategy games with three races that *gasp* DON'T have units that do exactly the same thing. Until that point, pretty much every strategy game had races that did the exact same thing up to a certain point (including Blizzard Entertainment's truly revolutionary WarCraft). The choices of race are as follows:
The Terrans, whose strength lie in their flexibility and technological skill. With the Yamato Gun at their disposal, they can destroy virtually anything, given enough time.
The Zerg, a buglike race that has genetic flexibility and a hive mind. They make up for individual weakness with incredible power in numbers, low cost, and the ability to pump out troops at an incredible rate.
The Protoss, a psionic race with incredible power and the ability to summon buildings right after another, rather than having to wait for one building to finish before building another. They are expensive and slow to produce, though.

All in all, StarCraft is a wonderful game and yet another feather in Blizzard's hat. I recommend you buy this Battle Chest from Amazon, seeing as it has the most value for the lowest price.

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Summary: This is the best game ever!!
Review: Starcraft is by far the best game I have ever played. Not only is the story line good, but the gameplay as well. It's not one of those set games where you have to beat it a certain way. You can pick any strategy you want to long as you fullfill the objectives you have for each mission. But this is not all. The best features of the game are the map editor and the multiplayer. The map editor is by far the most use full tool. Blizzard could have made the whole game with the map editor (not including movies). The most interesting thing about the map editor is that you can set triggers. A trigger hs 3 parts - the player it applies to, the conditions, and the action. You could tell it if player 3 steps on location 3 player 3 gets 5 marines (you may set locations). But the most awsoe thing is that you can make a multiplayer map, go online , make a game with use map settings on, when people join the download then and there, and play your map. Right now there are a lot of maps out there, most original and new. My favorites are golem madness (you have a structure and keep getting units, you try and get kills with those units so you can make a reall good golem so you can kill their structure and win. It's a lot more complicated then that.) and Team Matrix Defense (you try to stop enemy units from getting through five players defenses.) Plus you can go and download other peoples maps and play them. You never get bored of Starcraft unless everyone else does too. Don't kill me if you don't like though. It's a strategy game with a twist and everyone I know does.

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Summary: The most popular RTS of all time!
Review: I had this game back in 1998. I played it so much that my dad broke the CD along with Warcraft 2 telling me that I can't play any games from now on. So I recently bought Starcraft Battle Chest Secretly (my dad doesn't know that I have this game) again. This game is so good because the system requirements are so low that I can turn off the game without turning off the whole computer. My dad leaves on the PC the whole time so I have to leave it on all the time. If I turn off the whole computer, he might suspect that I have been playing a computer game. I always play when he goes to some place until I hear a keychain or a footstep. I probably disconnect off the game more than any other players on the planet. This is not about the game but I just wanted to share it with you (every game that I own, my dad doesn't know that I have). Now, I'm going to talk about the game. The requirements are no problem unless you haven't bought a new computer since 1998. The gameplay is great and the graphics and sounds are good. The best part of all is the Battle.net. You can play 7 vs 1 comp stomp when you are in a hurry and play 4 vs 4 experts only when you have nothing to do. It is very addictive to play with others online and it it keep you entertained for hours everyday. If you want wins, play lots of comp stomp but it will not raise your skill as much as in expert games. I assure you that this game will keep you entertained. This is one my favorite RTS of all time and I highly recommend this game just as much as I recommen Warcraft 2 and 3.

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Summary: Greatest RTS
Review: Seeing this game as a young boy blew me away. My brother would log onto battle.net and play. I always wanted to try, but was never allowed to. I played another RTS, and it didnt even compare to it.

Starcraft was built so a small group of units, say 12 marines, could do alot of damage. That is why control groups are so small. The graphics on the game are good even for 2003. The different races are just that, different. If you are zerg, your workers become buildings, and you must always build with in the creep. If you are a terran, you can transport buildings. Protos buildings must be powered, but they also provile the food/shelter. The campaign is great. A twisting story that goes through all 3 races under the same story. Battle.net provides hours of fun and you can test your skills. Blizzard, has always included a little thing with their units. If you click the same unit over and over again, they will go through some very funny lines. The expansion pack contiunes the epic story, and provides new units and features (spawning pool requires more money, helps prevent zergling rushes). If this doesn't please a gamer, what will?

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Summary: Beware! This Game Is Like Drugs.
Review: Yep, as the title goes, the game is like drugs to kids and teenagers. Just like to warn parents and potential buyers.

I've played it the second year after it came out, stopped, and went back. Clan leader of 4 clans and second rated general to the leader of 12 clans, so I'm pretty sure I know this game quite a bit. Oh yeah, I would say the rating is 4.5 not 5 as there are flaws even though insignificant.

Even though the graphics aren't super, it is still great and I wouldn't want to change it, maybe just add a little more detail to each craft and individual.

The game play is very nice. I suggest practice in single player for a short period, say a week an hour a day. Than you MUST, I emphasise on must, start playing it online with other player, this is what makes the game worth while. Playing by yourself with cheats can be fun but also very boring later on. This is what makes the game great. I suggest getting $29.95 or so broadband DSL, why? If you have 56K internet, you will usually lag, shown by the red bars next to your SN(screen name). If you lag in a game, the creator will very likely boot/ban you. This is where you'll get stuck playing by yourself again. Please take note, having 56K doesn't necessarily mean you'll lag so chear up. It just means you'll lag more of the time than those with fast DSL/Cable internet. Having super fast internet also doesn't mean you'll never lag, but you'll lag rarely, depends on server. Single player is great because you can fight other players, fight with a friend or by yourself against computers, or have a third whole new option, which makes this game excellent, called, uh oh I forgot, haven't played in 2 years. UMS, used map setting? This is where you can play maps made by ordinary people just like you to play. They can be totally different from the Melee counterpart. RPG and such. So when you're bored of melee go to UMS and vice versa. There are many options but you find out for yourself, I'm not your mom!

The type of class you can get is nice as well. Terran, protoss, and zerg.

Terran=Great defense, medium build time, requires more strategy than usual to play. As you'll usually see, terrans are used regularly in melee 1v1s. Tanks, flying buildings, vultures with mines, and Battlecruisers are some of the strategies you'll see used against you.

Zerg=Fast build, between mixes of defense and offense. You must use the swarm to your advantage.

Protoss=Best in offense. Slowest building time, more powerful men however.

There are many other details into it but I won't spoil it for the new peoples to it.

Please remember, limit yourself to this game. Its very, very time consuming. Its the kind of game where you start playing at 1:00 and the next minute you look at the clock, 3:00?? An hour or two on a free day. Take my word, don't waste your life too much with this game.

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Summary: Starcraft is fun for everyone, even for a girl like me!!!
Review: I used to think pc games were for geeks and that the real OGs play console. But after coming to Korea, where Starcraft is really big gaming, I found myself sucked into this whole new world and arena of real-time strategy games. At first, Starcraft (and I'm sure all pc games) may be a little difficult to get the hang of because you have to cordinate your mouse and keyboard skills. Then, you have to get your building order in order. And after that, you're ready to enter battle and wipe out your opponent's base. There are three tribes to pick from: Terran, Protoss, and Zerg. Each has its weaknesses and strengths and after playing for two years, I realize it's good to be familiar with all three. Otherwise, you're gonna learn the hard way, like finding out in the middle of a game that the other tribe has invisible units and you've got nothing to see them with. As you get more comfortable with building and unit control, you might want to go up the tech tree and research spells and other tricks. I think most people play brood war only these days because there's a lot more units and spells.
The basic premise of the game is to collect minerals and gas which allow you to build more workers (mineral/gas collecting units) and later, build buildings and fighting units. Then, you must attack while protecting your base. In order to win, you must annihilate every enemy structure if you're playing agaisnt the computer, or else, completely overpower your opponent and wait for his or her surrender. Although you can play single player missions which are quite boring if you ask me, playing IPX with friends or on Battle.Net is the best. I do advise you get some practice runs against the computer with the MULTI-player option, but you won't really learn or improve until you take the plunge and get on Battle.Net. The only problem I have with Battle.Net is that everyone is worried about their "record" which leads to such misuse of map hacking and disconnections when they're losing. I know this happens a lot in Korea and players from around the world are weary of Korean Starcraft players. But there are still a lot of honest Korean players who hate hackers just as much. This is a great set to get started with because you get the official Blizzard guide. It goes through all three tribe's building order and units. But there's a new patch, Ver 1.08, which stabelizes the playing field since many players felt that Terran was weaker than the other tribes. I believe you can download this off the internet. What I haven't mentioned so far is how much fun Starcraft is for men and women and children alike. I'm a woman and I can't get enough of it. When I first started playing I would play for 8-10 hours non-stop. Yes, it is very addictive. But wheher you play by yourself or with friends, it's really enjoyable and it's very satisfying when you win. And even if you don't win, pulling off a successful drop into the enemy's base is just as satisfying. I knew a lawyer here in Korea whose whole family, wife included, played together on their five computer IPX at home after dinner. It's that much fun. Get on it now and buy your Starcraft Battle Chest. And once you get started, I'll see you on Battle.Net.

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Summary: i have this game
Review: I have this game but I havent installed it yet. I dunno if i should. Im to lazy and the grapics dont look good. I havent decided wether it looks fun enough to dounload. I probably will this weekend or sumthing.

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Summary: The Best 2D Real Time Strategy Game Out There
Review: Blizzard is one of those companies which toil away quietly only to release masterpiece after masterpiece. Real time strategy wasn't invented by Blizzard, instead they looked at what others had done and made improvements, the end result was Warcraft, which was followed by the hugely successful Starcraft in 1997, then the follow-up Brood War in 1998. They have been assembled here in something called a Battlechest, which is actually just a bigger box, but Battlechest sounds better. They also include the strategy guides for both games, making it an excellent value for the money given how routinely over priced strategy guides are.

Starcraft gives the player command of 3 races: The Terrans, who are allied in a sort of Confederacy and boils down to red necks in space; the Zerg, a race of xenomorphs created by an ancient race known as the Xel-Naga. The Zerg are the ultimate predator and hyper-evolutionary beings; finally we have the Protoss, a race of psionic and technological masters, but were also created by the Xel-Naga. Each race has 10 missions that the player must complete, enabling them to 'win' as each race while a larger story unfolds.

The Zerg are spreading across the galaxy trying to find the next stage of their evolution, in this case it's the humans whom they plan to absorb in order to gain psionics. The Protoss, aware of the Zerg Overmind and his plans to infest the human colonies, dispatch one of the greatest warrior templars-Tassadar, to deal with the threat. But when he discovers that the humans have potential, he refuses to incinerate the infested planets. The Terrans meanwhile are in the midst of the revolution as Governor Mensk intends on becoming Emperor Mensk by leading a renegade faction of humans known as the Sons Of Korhol. The game also introduces a host of unforgettable characters like Tassadar, Fenix, James Raynor, and Sarah Kerrigan.

While graphics may begin to appear a little dated, they are well detailed and colorful even though the game does not have any 3D support. What this also means is that they game will run on slower machines like Pentium 90s. It has both Internet and Network support, and both Starcraft and Broodwar include a native campaign editor that enables creative players to design their own missions to share with friends. Both the sound and the music are first rate, with one of the more enjoyable aspects of the game being the different one-liners delivered by the different characters and vehicles whenever you click on them multiple times. Especially good are the standard Terran Marine, the Science Vessel, and the Dropship.

Game play, however, is second to none in the RTS arena. All three of the races are exceptionally well balanced between each other, though the humans are by far the most versatile and solid. The Zerg regenerate damage and can be 'built' quickly, but aren't as tough as the humans so they make up for it in greater numbers. The Protoss are the toughest of the three races, but their units also take the longest to build and cannot be repaired if damaged. And one of the more fun aspects of Broodwar is using Prostoss Dark Templars to mind control enemy units, such as the Terran SCV or Zerg Gatherer, with it you can then build and control all of the Terran or Zerg units as well.

Starcraft delivers it all: Terrific story, unsurpassed game play, great and often funny CG full motion video, and replayability. No two missions are alike, and range from capture, search and destroy, to all out warfare that will take hours to complete. End missions are inhumanly tough, forcing the player to really think about what units he should build and how he should use them. The game rewards success with more missions, especially considering that between the two, there are well over one hundred multi-player maps contained on the disks as well. However, as with all internet multi-player games, beware of dirty filthy stinking rotten cheaters.

Straight up, this is the best game within its class, outmatching even Command & Conquer who really created the genre in the first place. Starcraft's sense of humor, epic story and scale, coupled with Blizzard's uncompromising production values make for a truly memorable game, one that delivers hours of play in a well thought out universe. This game is pure fun!

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Summary: Starcraft Battle Chest Review
Review: Starcraft is a real-time strategy that involves real fun game play and has a great plot involved in it also. It has three races you can choose from, that include Protoss, Zerg, and Terran. It requires a lot of strategy and skill,... Starcraft is a spectacular game that is just as good, if not better than the fantastic Age of Empires 2.
Blizzard Entertainment has made many of the best real-time strategy games, such as Warcraft 1, Warcraft 2, and their newest game that they are making, but is not yet released, Warcraft 3. Also, they have developed an another fabulous set of games, the Diablo set. ...
I think Starcraft is a stunning game, because there are hardly any glitches in the game. One major glitch, though, is that the units themselves are dumb in that they run in a line instead of staying in a group, and they can't find their way around the map, so they get caught. The game design is great, because it has many main characters and many different units you can use, depending on what your tactics are. ...
I enjoy Starcraft's thinking involvement and mind-boggling game play, but something they could have done different in the newer game, Starcraft:Brood War, is to make more races, and the Protoss don't have a long distance shooting unit, while the other races do.
I suggest someone who is ten years of age or older to play this game, because it involves a lot of thought process, and there is some animated violence in it.

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Summary: Still a great game
Review: I took a several year break from computer gaming until I recently bought myself a PowerBook. With my new machine I decided to try out StarCraft because the Battlechest was cheap. Even years after it's release, StarCraft is still a great game. The three races (Terrans, Protoss, and Zerg) have such different play styles it's like having three games in one. The storyline does a great job of keeping the gameplay fresh; otherwise, it would be another game of "build up your forces and rush your opponent."

I recommend the Battlechest for another reason: the two hint books that come with the bundle. If you're in school, you may have time to burn playing the scenarios two or three times until you get it right, but I have to hold down a full time job. I usually play until I've figured out the gimmick for each scenario, then I check the hint book because I can't waste a lot of time getting to the next mission (I told you the storyline was good). This goes doubly for any married StarCraft player: unless you're spending quality time with your kids playing this game, you'll jeopardize your marraige by spending hours in front of the computer trying to finish this game. The hint books make it possible to have some fun and still get on with life.

Get the Battlechest: you won't be disappointed.