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[Ford_Prefect]

Starcraft is the game to which all other RTS games are compared with.
Since it's debut in 1998, Starcraft has never declined in popularity since.
It is honestly the first and probably only RTS game in which i have sat and played for hours on end.
Forget your fancy, awesome graphics games, Starcraft is where all the fun is!

[shaldengeki]

Starcraft is the game to which all other RTS games are compared with.
Since it's debut in 1998, Starcraft has never declined in popularity since.
It is honestly the first and probably only RTS game in which i have sat and played for hours on end.
Forget your fancy, awesome graphics games, Starcraft is where all the fun is!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've gotta agree. Though it's been a long time since it came out, Starcraft really hasn't declined too much in popularity or playability. The map editor and triggers within it make this game almost infinitely versatile and variable.

Though I have to admit, some of the maps are getting repetitive, the enjoyment I get out of nuking a bunch of carriers when my opponent least expects it hasn't decreased since I started playing.

[silenx]

It's funny, just a couple days ago when my WoW server was down, some of my friends wanted to play it. I couldn't find my cd to install it and almost head out to buy the SC Battlechest !

It's one of the few games where 1 player is able to take on 2 or *maybe 3 other players. I've took on 2 players many times in instances where my partners is dropped or disconnected. Unlike War3, there is no way you can take on 2 players unless they are absolutely new to the game.

Only 3 race, but each one is very unique and fun to play. I usually play random, but if I really must choose a favorite... I'm gonna have to go with the Zergz.

The reason I stopped playing this game was due to D2. I was amazed to find some very good players dont even use the keyboard shortcuts, shocking .

[Xeon]

Yeah, Starcraft is a pretty good game and its online multiplayer is pretty fun to play also. The races are also pretty balanced which makes it fun to play online.

[Xaine]

I agree. Starcraft is like the ultimate game of the genre, simply because it is the perfect base for any RTS games. It is that way because it's so simple and base compared to some other RTS games that try to be so different from one another that they ruin the best part of the kind of game.

But still, the three races are unique from each other, providing balance between each other and special attributes. I really don't find that in WCIII...

Anyway, it was an awesome game. Yeah. There it is.

[ndhill]

You guys are right. I have the original and the expansion and just for the heck of it, I thought I'd install them again and when I signed on to battle.net, I was very surprised to see it as active as ever. Really, when you compare SC to WCIII, WIII is mostly just a graphic improvement. Even then, the SC sprites still retain their charm.

[hihihihi88]

I have play this game . It is a great RTS game , I agree with Ford Perfect : Starcraft has never declined in popularity since.

I also play Age of Mythology , both Starcraft and Age of Mythology are my favourite . If you don't play Age of Mythology , you try it , you can feel it also a good RTS game .

[Caderay]

I played Starcraft for years and loved it, then came Warcraft III and that was even better. Blizzard doesn't seem to dissapoint when it comes to strategy games.

[Killer008r]

SC, WC, and C&C (only normal c&c, tiberian sun, and red alert though) all those classic RTS's will never be able to be beaten, they will allways be in the top 10 rts games.

[roylazarovich]

Starcraft is a great game and one of my favourite real time strategy games but I believe the game that every RTS is compared to is actually Dune 2, the game that pretty much started the genre

[basketball07]

I think C&C is better than sc. Although i dont play alot of games.

[mitchellmckain]

I am surprised that no one here has mentioned the best feature of Starcraft of all, and that is its extremely easy to use, stable, and wonderfly flexible Campaign editor. I have played a campaign where someoned used starcraft to set up a fantasy RPG, where you choose a class for your character: fighter, magic user, archer, shapechanger or mechanic, and then you advance through levels as you gain experience points.

It is wonderful for me an my young boys because they never want to play against me but on the same side against the computer. So I can developed challenging campaigns that compensate for their weaknesses while keeping things interesting.

[AiRSoFt]

Damn man i've been playing this game since the week it came out. I can't get enought of the friggen game. I've been in like every clan possible and im just amazing. Next time anyone of you are one send me a pm if im on. My name is AiRSoFt or PuBe on StarCraft. Thats all for now. Adios!

[Ford_Prefect]

Anyone know anything about Starcraft 2? This is what the folks at blizzard say: "Although we have not made any announcements and do not have a development or release timeline, we do fully intend to revisit the world of StarCraft on PC at some point in the future." I hope so. What with 3 Warcraft titles in a row, I seriously hope they won't end it with some lame FPS like Ghost. I mean, come on! The thing's not even going to be out for PC!

Also, they have touched Diablo in ages.

[ultimategamers]

I used to play this game almost every minute I possibly could. The only problem was I only had dial up when the game came out and it was a little difficult sometimes staying in a full game. I love the map editing tools that came with the game as it inspiried me to become a programer in the first place. I was making custom maps in starcraft when I was only 12 years old

[ultimategamers]

After reading this topic last night I fealt this strong urge to play it. The time was around 9:00 p.m. and I told my friend that we should play it again so then we're both in his room looking all over for the CD.

Well, half hour later we can't find the disc so I came up with the idea of going out and trying to buy it for like $5 or whatever it costs now. We, get to Wal-Mart and they don't have it anymore, and then I go out to the mall, they just closed down. I go over to BestBuy they only have it in a $20 Battle Chest (I still had my Brood War disc so I didn't need that). I even found a piece of paper with my CD key on it and my friend found his old CD jewel case with his.

Long story short we never found it but we're going to have to get it today because we want to play it so bad again.

[Anomaline]

Starcraft is one of the greatest strategy games out there, even today. The unique and powerful engine for each race adds infinitely to the playability, and the different combinations really make the game a nice experience. If you get tired of the plain melee mode, there's a new genre in Use Map Settings games that have so many more types of games, from remakes of the melee to RPGs to new classical games, as well as the traditional Bunker Wars and Golems massing games. To me, the game never seems to get old, although I've had to rebuy it a total of three times before because I lost the disk or the key, but it's well worth the money. The graphics are beautiful for a 2d game, and it seems Blizzard is doing all it can to keep the game lasting, which is a great thing.

As a side note, I beleive Blizzard announced that Starcraft II was going to be a 2d game. I could be mistaken, but it's wonderful news, as the beautiful views of Starcraft were a pleasure to my eyes, and Warcraft III's graphics looked blocky and unimaginative in my opinion.

[KDEWolf]

Starcraft was the best RTS I've ever played in my whole life, and man, I've played tons of them.

I'd like to point out this Total Conversion mod, Project Revolution. They're bringing Starcraft to the Warcraft 3 engine, as close to the original as possible. It's worth a look
http://www.astahost....-sc-t13161.html

[BitShift]

I have a large group of friends in my school and all we basically do every is play online games with each other.

WE play these games:

Diablo2 - expansion
Starcraft -expansion
Counter-Strike:Condition Zero

Titan Quest - our newest game, its pretty awesome


However whenever we are in an argument over who is better then who, or need to settle any dispute it all goes down on Starcraft.

Starcraft is the best all around game there is. So many awesome custom maps and stuff and you still can't be the standard ladder play. Strarcraft = <3

[Valkyria]

I still enjoy playing Starcraft, and what I like most about it, apart from the great playability and amazing races to choose from, is the great storyline it has behind it. The campaigns that walk you through the three races make you love each of them. When you first start with the Terran campaign, you begin to hate those "bugs" (Zergs), and those strange Protoss beings. Then when you're playing with the Zergs, you love the collective intelligence, so many and each not important as much as the whole race survival. Later on you play the Protoss and you're amazed at their loyalty and great technologies. I couldn't wait for the expansion and the new campaigns, and couldn't help to love Kerrigan as a hybrid and queen of the Zergs.
From them all I like Zergs best, because of that collective race concept, that differs from all the rest of the races, in this game and others.
The map editor is great too, and with some other programs you may find, you can get really cool mods for the game. We could make Devourers fire land missiles, Valkyries nuke, or Broodlings fire orange clouds and multiply themselves - invencibles.
For me it's still the best RTS game ever.