Starcraft is the best computer game EVER! After a purchesed the battle cheast I never needed ANY other game. It ever blew away Harry Potter. You can be the Protoss(they rock), the Zerg and the Terran, each with a special ability. Single player missions rock, but to get a good map that you don't need 50 MINERS, I suggest to go to Battle.net and get some SWEET maps. It is the most fun to play agaist friends and smoke m'. If you like this, get Starcraft64. I give it 5 stars.

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Now that Blizzard has announced that it is developing Starcraft 2, this is a great time to go back and pick up this classic real-time strategy game. It's pretty much accepted amongst serious RTS enthusiasts that Starcraft is the gold standard of the genre. As many other reviewers have mentioned, this game is polished, incredibly well balanced, and a lot of fun to play. Both the single-player and multi-player features are enjoyable (pretty amazing that you can still get games on battle.net, considering that this is product is ten years old), and Blizzard still provides patch support for the game. The included strategy guides are rather small, unfortunately, and are difficult to read, but they aren't particularly good anyway, so it's no big loss to not read them.

What makes this game so great? This game doesn't have the flashy graphics of modern games, but that's not an issue, since the units are distinctive and possess clean, crisp animations. The unit count for each faction is less than most RTSes - but every unit (this is no exaggeration) has a distinctive role at every phase of the game. No unit is obsolete in the end-game, not even the lowly zergling. As a result, this game makes you seriously think about what kind of army you want to field and how you use it in combat. The mix between battle tactics (micro), base management (macro), and strategy is unlike that in any other game.

Incidentally, this game is still incredibly popular in South Korea, with the top professional players earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. It is primarily due to the enthusiasm of the Koreans that this game has had its amazing longevity. Not only has their support kept this game on the international gaming stage, but has allowed professional players to develop new and innovative strategies. As a result, it's impossible to ever master this game. There's always something to improve on, and better players to compete with - which are both marks of a truly great game. Even though casual players will never directly interact with the top professional players, the pros keep the game fresh and exciting for everyone.

This really is a great time to buy Starcraft - the price is reasonable, there are still many people who play this game, and the community has been revitalized by the announcement of Starcraft 2. Long story short, if you don't own Starcraft, and have even a passing interest in strategy games, you owe it to yourself to buy this product.

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This game is great for anyone looking for a challenging stategy game and someone looking for a great time playing with up to 8 players online 24 hours a day. Its an awesome price!

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I recently bought this product and I must say it was GREAT! I got the demo to this game and I loved it and decided that I must have it. The Starcraft game is about the battle between the Terrans, Protoss, and Zerg for supremacy. The expansion set, Brood War, is a continuation of the story. The included Prima's Strategy guides are very useful in winning the game (especially the cheats in the back ;-) )

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This is one of those games that are never out of time! you always find someone to match on SC!!!

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I'm a pretty big video game fan. I usually get the hit games kind of late because I won't pay full price for them, but Starcraft is worth every penny I've spent. This game is the most addictive game I've ever played. There are so many things that make this game great and there are really no serious knocks that can be thrown at it.

The story line to Starcraft is pretty simple. You can pick from three different races Terran, Zerg, and Protoss. In the stroyline they all have different goals they want to achieve. The terrans are the humans in the game. They have there pros and cons. They have medium range units that are pretty cheap to build and are all around pretty effective. The Zerg are the buglike species. They have cheap and quick units. The protoss are the alien species of the group. They have expensive but very powerful units.

Single player mode is pretty fun. The missions aren't really all that bad. The story is decent and I enjoyed playing it all the way through. The gem to this game is the multiplayer options.

If you get this game you definetly want to get on the internet and play on Battlenet. Thats what makes the game so addictive. It's a great game, but it gets even better when you can sign on and play against millions of other players. You can also get a hold of crazy maps on battlenet which add new and fun life to the game. We have a 20 port hub at home and this is are favorite multiplayer game to play. Like the guy in the review before me said, you really need to watch the clock when you get on battlenet because you will lose track of time. I will get so into this game, I'll stop for food and the bathroom. The rest of the time you are so engrossed in this awesome game.

This is one of the best games I've ever played. I have no real flaws with the game that are even worth bringing up. If you want a fun game to play then pick this one up and enjoy.

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Simply put, this is the best game ever. Stop reading this review and go buy it now. Online play is free. Plenty of campaigns and missions to enjoy. The online play is revolutionary.

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they still make bug fixes for this game after how many years?? that is freaking awesome.

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Seems like everything Blizzard releases sells like wild fire. And Starcraft is no different. An awesome and challenging game with many different units and sructures to make you dizzy. And given they still release new maps for free download on the internet about every week, this game is still going strong. I would actually give this game 4 1/2 stars. The only thing keeping it from a 5 is the multiplay is that when you play someone as good as you are, there were never enough resources. Me and my friend hooked our computers together and played around 30 battles against each other. I won 1 and the other games ended in ties as we ran out of resources and guys to attack with. Other than that, what a game. I can't wiat until Starcraft 2 come out.

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I am a gamer who likes action, stratigy, and just plane fun. This game definatly had all of that and more. With the ability to play multiplayer on the internet, my friends and I are able to play with or against each other. The is a "must buy game."
You'll Love It!

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I remember playing this game years ago when I was 10 years old and having the hardest time in the world beating the first 5 single player missions. I finally gave up and started using cheats like "power overwhelming" to blaze through the missions. The last few protoss missions in the original I proclaimed "impossible" without cheats because none of my ten year old friends at the time could beat it as well. However I still found the game addicting and played for hours with my friends via connected modems.

Now 11 years later, starcraft 2 is coming out so I decided it was time to build a whole new i7 computer to replace my 5 year old Pentium 4 rig. I also picked this game up to try and beat it again without cheats but also to refresh my memory of the story. Amazingly however I somehow have become good enough that I managed to complete the whole game. Honestly it felt like a real accomplishment and I was very happy about it despite knowing in the back of my head the ridiculousness of my happiness.

The gameplay of course has aged quite a bit, it isn't as tactical as recent RTS games like Empire Total War. But I cannot deny how much fun the simple mechanics are. I found myself playing for hours on end, skipping entire meals like dinner on weekdays or lunch on Sundays. It is also a game that I found myself constantly thinking about even at work which to me is the mark of a classic. There are few things in video games as satisfying using psionic storm on group of mutalisks or the sound of a siege tank blasting incoming zerglings.

The way the story is told is "cute" with transmissions from the main characters and a few cg scenes. It is cute because back in the day the starcraft narrative and delivery of that narrative was nothing short of groundbreaking, of course now it seems crude and simplistic. For me however nostalgia overcomes those problems.

In the end starcraft battlechest at 19 dollars is a great value with over 60 hours of gameplay for singleplayer alone. I only played through the single player because I was scared of getting absolutely and completely owned on battle.net which was my experience when I was 10 (my opponent would laugh uncontrollably at the sight of my meager base and units)

If you played and liked starcraft before then this package is essential for your collection and will refresh your understanding of the incredible story in time for sc2. If you like rts games already then you should try this game out it is incredibly fun and can actually be very deep strategically if you chose it to be. People who's first video game experiences were fps games on their xbox 360 might not enjoy it, still it never hurts to try new things.

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I thought that this game was really fun. I know that this is supposedly the best RTS game ever. Personally, I think that Age of Empires is a better game than Starcraft, but after AoE this is probably the best RTS game ever. I really love how challenging the campaigns are. I mean, I beat 'um, but they were hard.

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Classic RTS game that everyone should have played. If you ahve never heard of this game then please crawl out of your cave and give it a try.

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In my opinion this is one of the best games of all time. THe best things about this game is the diversity in units, the cinematics, the outstanding voice acting, and the games plot design.
In the game there are three races: Terrans, Zerg, and Protoss. The Terrans are like nomads, and their buildings can move. The Zerg are a viscious race, they can regenerate health and tend to attack by outnumbering units instead of using powerful ones. The Protoss are the most advanced species and atttack with power. Each races building techniques also are different. Terrans use SCV's to build, SCV's also repair buildings. The Zerg sacrifice a Drone, the Zerg basic unit, each time they build a structure since the drone morphs into the structure. And the Protoss use Probes to warp in their structures.
The game's cinematics are really cool. My favorite one is the ending cinematic for the Protoss. Thats because of all the explosions. The voice acting is very well done. The voice acting has a lot of feeling in the conversations. Starcraft's plot is very good. The game contains 3 campagns, one for each race. First is the Terrans, then the Zerg, and finally the Protoss. Each campaign takes place after the last one.

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I've given up on Starcraft, due to its addictive nature and my own inability to practice 6 hours a day, but the world hasn't.

Even today, 6 years after the original Starcraft was released in 1998, this game is played obsessively worldwide and has practically become the national sport of South Korea. Millions are recreational gamers, though there is an elite class of professionals who actually make their living playing Starcraft tournaments and often practice up to 10 hours a day.

The game is extremely enjoyable without that kind of dedication, of course. It is without a doubt one of the most impressive Real Time Strategy games ever made. Starcraft is considered sheer genius by its legions of fans, and not without merit. The fascinating, carefully balanced and differentiated interplay between the 3 distinct and realistic races is by itself a brilliant achievement. Starcraft's smooth gameplay, with an exciting and challenging single-player campaign, not to mention the incredibly popular multiplayer, makes it an epic of the computer-based RTS genre.

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