When I look at StarCraft, I see a game that is between generations. Before the X-box was made, and the gaming world was still young, greatness was born. The very slogan at the back says it all: “The only allies are enemies.” In South Korea, this game has a national cult devoted to competitions between people playing this game. They treat it with the same sort of casual obsession as baseball fans in the USA, or soccer fans in Europe.
There are three races in this game, and all of them are perfectly balanced. Terrans (humans), Protoss, and Zerg, all of whom could conceivably beat the others. Depending on your playing style, you'll favor one or the other. Want to create a lot of units quickly and cheaply? You'll probably work best with the Zerg, and make all who face you fear the Swarm. Do you feel quality is better than quantity? Then march your Protoss warriors into battle, and slay all that stand between you and your goals.
With the sequel of this game finally coming, there is no reason for me to hold back talking about the story line. I won't mention everything, of course, but enough to set the scene. After all, most people just play it because of the free option to face other players on Battlenet. I, for one, am ‘very’ interested in how they'll send the story in the sequel, because this is a ‘very’ intricate tale.
A Terran colony system was attacked by both the Protoss and the Zerg at once. The first to fall, Chau Sara, was blasted from orbit by the Protoss in an attempt to slow the coming Zerg. The second, Mar Sara, where you begin the game, is slowly but surely overrun by the Swarm. The ruling interplanetary government doesn't raise a finger to save these colonies or the people on them, and seems to ignore the problem all together. A rebel group, led by a charismatic leader, saves the people of Mar Sara and takes them under his wing, fighting against both the corrupt government and the incoming aliens .. on second thought, it would take too long to describe the story, and writing about it is just making me want to play it again.
If you haven't played StarCraft, you should
have. I’ll end this review with some words from an old friend
from StarCraft called Jim Raynor. “Wow, touching speech .. does
this mean we're gonna get back-up?”