The game that all others are measured against, the original real time strategy. This game has yet to get old. The disk comes with the map editor feature to allow you to create your own customized levels and play them on the battlenet with others. You can design it how you want, add as many resource nodes as you like, and set their value anywhere from 1-50000. You can create different types of missions to go along with your map designs. Heroes are able to be placed for your use if you so desire and you're not limited to just 1 hero (yay) or just 1 copy of a hero (YAY)! You can put multiple of the same hero on your map if you like. Very good value for the money if this kind of game is what you enjoy.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Real-time strategy goes to new levels as three intergalactic species fight for survival. Control the vagabond Terrans, enigmatic Protoss, or the bloodthirsty Zerg as they wage war on the edge of the galaxy. Includes support for Internet play over Battle.net, Blizzard's on-line gaming service. The full versions of StarCraft and the acclaimed expansion pack Brood War, as well as complete strategy guides for each, make StarCraft: Battle Chest a treasure chest for real-time strategy fans. Instead of two similarly powered enemies facing off, the three distinct races in StarCraft have unique capabilities and strategies. Everyone still competes in the RTS genre's typical race for resources, but that's the only shared trait. Terrans can move their bulky mechanized bases as necessary, while the reptilian Zerg grow their colonies and warriors from mutating larvae. Meanwhile, the noble Protoss warp in equipment from their home world using psionic powers. Not only does game maker Blizzard juggle the races' playability and match it with superb art and sound effects, it also weaves together an engrossing three-act plot. Early on, as a Terran magistrate, you spend a breathtaking 30 minutes defending against a Zerg onslaught. As the story unfolds around you, you'll experience the Zerg's hive mentality and decipher the mysterious Protoss by the game's dramatic conclusion. Missions vary in scope and are effectively framed with dialogue, chapter screens, and in-mission exposition. Multiplayer games are also very well represented by Blizzard's own free Battle.net service. If you'd rather play over a local area network, StarCraft will generously "spawn" up to seven copies so your friends can join in. In keeping with StarCraft's groundbreaking design, Brood War presents you with three sides of a galactic conflict. Scheming humans, insidious Zerg, and proud Protoss collide again, with stunning new cinematics setting the stage. Old friends and foes and ominous new arrivals give the story a breakneck pace, while a handful of additions to each race's arsenal makes for tense battles. Brood War also features stellar new environments and ambient art, as well as more than 100 additional multiplayer maps. Some missions require a bit of finesse, breaking the resource-gathering routine while making good use of the new units. Humans now have Valkyrie missile frigates as well as medics who automatically try to heal your grunts. New for the Zerg air force is the acid-spewing Devourer; the new Lurker unit provides heavy-duty (under)ground support. Along with the Corsair fighter, the Protoss reenter the fray with Dark Templar, which can merge to form the devastating Dark Archon. Unfortunately, units old and new still suffer from weak artificial intelligence in path finding. Real-time strategy games don't get any more epic or any more satisfying.Read full review
GREAT Real Time Strategy game that "started it all" for SciFi RTS that is still played today and even professionally in Korea. It was great to reminisce and finish missions I didn't finish before. I've since moved onto Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of WAR series since it has a lot more variety in factions and animation and a deeply detailed universe. I'd rather see Warhammer 40,000 MMO before a Starcraft MMO, of which Warhammer 40,000 MMO was announced a year ago!
First of all, lets start this off by saying that Starcraft is a great game for anyone to pick up. It is the definition of easy-to-learn difficult-to-master game. For a real time stragety game, they rarely get better than this one. Look back to the release date - 1999. And yet people still choose to play this game, not only alone or with friends, but online as well. Why, you ask? Its all about being balanced and stragety. You are a given a choice of 3 groups of races to play as. One is not simply smarter or at a serious advantage over another. They are all equal in their strengths, and weaknesses. Its up to the player to find out what works well against others. There are appx 10-15 units per race, and while not alot, it makes for a simple yet great game. The replay value on this game is amazing. I'm not simply talking about a week or even a month. You find this game laying around and pop it and you are hooked. The best part about it is you can put it down and come back to it later, and most of the multiplayer games last within time limits that normal people have between work, school, etc. Meaning that usually the games dont take over an hour or two, and you still get the feeling of planning out an attack and stragetically defeating your opponent. The online portion is someting to behold. Blizzard has brought us this classic game, and unlike most other games nowadays, you don't need some monthly fee that bites into your budget to play. You just hop on, and play someone. Your record is stored and you can even play ladder matches agaisnt some of the greater players if you feel up for a good challenege. And there are constantly new patches being developed so you know that the creators didnt just make their money and forget about you. For about 20 dollars now you can get one of the best classic games for your PC. Again, it is for new gamers and old pros as well. You can't go wrong.Read full review
I was never a PC gamer until some of the games my friend show was PC. Starcraft was my first favorite then Warcraft III. It has a awesome strategy and futuristic graphic even though it quite small in size from game camera view (Top View only). It is also consider be a collection for me. The only thing that I hate about it is hard to master because you have to master of all force against different force like a counter. How to use each different soldier against the other soldier to be efficiently effective like water against fire element thing. You have to become a true military leader that master all of your opponents weaknesses and you must be efficient with computer via using pace mouse and hands moving. The major part to become master is your quickly thinking decision and vision.
Blizzard real-time strategy games are some of the very best and this package gives you both the Original StarCraft as well as the official add-on to it; called BroodWar. You can play through as 3 unique tribes or races, each with specific strengths; Terrans, Protoss or Zerg. StarCraft contains some unseen twists and turns with betrayals and alliances. In some missions you need to build a base and start builing up an army to battle your enemy, and in others you have a small army and need to capture a base or explore a base or installation. BroodWar continues on with similiar types of missions, and is a continuation of the storyline from StarCraft. You will face different obstacles and challenges and unique sets of objectives in both games. If you have played Warcraft 1 or 2, the layout and controls of this game will seem very familiar. StarCraft came out in 1997, but at 10 years of age it does not feel nearly that old. BroodWar followed up in 1998. They can be played on newer computers running XP or Vista without any issues. There are sets of single player missions that you can play through with each of the 3 races in both games, as well as multiplayer games which you can play against the computer, against others over a local network, or on Blizzard's battle net against others across the internet. This allows you to go head to head or play cooperatively against other people if you ever grow tired of playing against the computer. The gameplay in both StarCraft and BroodWar is very smooth with a game speed adjustment meter which allows you to speed things up or slow them down as you please. The game is relatively bug-free and in my 10 years of playing it I have never once had it crash on me. In my opinion it is nearly flawless and I still enjoy playing both games.Read full review
Even after over an entire decade, Blizzard still impresses. I purchased this game a long long time ago in the year 1998...sounds crazy, right? I haven't played this game in years and just purchased the Battle Chest containing both the original and Brood War expansion set to brush up on my skills and to get ready for playing Starcraft 2. I have spent many sober and drunken nights playing this game and still remember the razor sharp gameplay that we all have come to know and love from Blizzard. If I hadn't lost my original copies, I would still be playing! Anyway, all I'm worried about right now is getting this thing to work in Windows 7 with an nVidia GeForce GTX 480. That could be a problem. Definitely purchase if you are into Real Time Strategy games!
You can easily get this for free if you know where to go(and play it online), but it doesn't play the music easily and is pretty buggy(not to mention dishonest). There is such a high level of competition in this game right now that its almost absurd. Competitive gaming in Korea has made this game a favorite of a large group of people that gives this game a freshness and changing nature that you would not expect from such an old title. This game is still changing, there is no optimal build, the meta game is constantly shifting, the game play has no cutoff, there is no real perfection, there is always something you could be doing faster. If you buy this game I suggest you take a look at ICCUP. Be forewarned you will probably lose your first 10 or 20 games if you have no experience with this game, just look up some build orders, try some cheese, figure out what information you get from scouting and how it should effect what you are doing. Additionally, people are much nicer on ICCUP and manners actually mean something. If you are interested in pro gaming search youtube for KlazartSC, my favorite English commentator of the Koreans.Read full review
I played this game years ago and recently purchased it online for like 4 bucks, both games together (no manuals, though, or walkthroughs). It was fun for the first disk, though the non-resource missions are very boring, running around looking for something without getting killed. The graphics are puny, like 800@600... yawn Best thing about this game is the "Polishing"... it doesn't have any glaring flaws and it works very nicely. Still, it is a very basic game. It is an early RTS that got the genre right back in 1999 or so. By today's standards it is wimpy. The second disk is lame. Like they thought they could make people happy with stuff like "medics". Lamest character ever, it shoots a medic-ray-gun at wounded soldiers. I gave up about halfway through the missions, don't even want to play it at all anymore. It is old. Starcraft 2 better be way, way, way, way better that starcraft I... after 10 years... cmon!Read full review
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