Rock solid real-time strategy

User Rating: 9.1 | Starcraft PC
By deathtok | Review Date:
Starcraft is arguably one of the best executed real-time strategy games to have ever been released. There are a variety of options, none of them too complex that they aren't accessible to first-timers and novice players. It certainly is telling how popular this game is when 8 years later patches are still being released.

You have the option of three different races, the Terran, the Zerg, and the Protoss. All of them have unique abilities, pros and cons. The single-player campaign is decent for all three races and is recommended so you can gain valuable experience necessary to compete on Battle.net.

Battle.net is Blizzard's online service for Starcraft. The best part is that it's free and you can usually find good competitors online. The true value in this game lies in its multi-player so learn to build strong armies and you'll find yourself putting a lot of time in. The only complaint I have as that between races there can be some balance issues.

This game is visually impressive though it was released in 1998 I'm giving the graphics a score comparable to games of that era. It's a shame that in Blizzard's numerous patches they never did some tweaking so you can go higher than 640x480 but the game is still strong.

Starcraft delivers and has stood the test of time very well. You can still pick it up with the Brood Wars expansion for about $19.99.

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