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| Subject: Starcraft Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:59 am | |
| Metachronos overall score = 9.3 / 10 Starcraft offers a lengthy single-player campaign featuring ten missions for its three diverse races, totaling 30 single-player missions in all (there's also an unsupported veteran campaign included as part of the campaign editor). The story is compelling enough to make playing through all three worthwhile, and the campaign difficulty is tiered so that each is more challenging than the last. While this may seem like an uninteresting point, it helps Starcraft to avoid the problem that has plagued every other game in the genre: Each side is not the same. You don't have to go through a set of training missions once you've already mastered one side. The missions themselves mainly stick to the "gather, build, and conquer" philosophy, but there are a few innovative missions thrown in, and Blizzard has added some narrative elements to the missions themselves that help to keep things interesting. With the exception of the installation missions (in which you are given a handful of units to raid an enemy base, an attempt to break from the mold that is only occasionally successful), the missions are well designed. The solo player also has the option of skirmish missions, though the computer opponents have the annoying ability to see everything you are doing and defend accordingly, making the dreaded "rush" tactic one of the only viable means of emerging victorious. Starcraft's personality goes a long way towards rendering its minor shortcomings obsolete. The game has so much life in it - whether in the great, narrative-driven single-player campaign or the multitude of multiplayer options - you won't grow tired of it anytime soon. And even if you blow through it all, there's an incredibly versatile editor that allows you to create your own full-featured campaigns, right down to spoken introductions and triggered events within missions. It all comes down to this: Starcraft may not do anything particularly new, but it does the real-time thing as well or better than any game before it. If you're willing to give the formula another go, Starcraft is highly recommended. This game was released in 1998, and its one of the best of that time. After a decade a.k.a. ten years, Starcraft 2 has been announced. The game will continue upon the first. The release is still unknown. | |
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gamemaniac Ultimate User
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| Subject: Re: Starcraft Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:19 pm | |
| this is a really old game | |
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Tymon Admin
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| Subject: Re: Starcraft Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:07 am | |
| - gamemaniac wrote:
- this is a really old game
it still looks good tough | |
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gamemaniac Ultimate User
Number of posts : 249 Age : 32 Job/hobbies : Tennis, Xbox 360 Awards : None Currenty playing : GTA IV Registration date : 2008-04-14
| Subject: Re: Starcraft Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:25 am | |
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