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Starcraft is simply unmatched in the history of computer gaming. In my opinion, only the Civilization series comes close, so it's just a choice between real-time and turn-based games.

Here's why Starcraft rules real-time strategy:

Great story. You spend time playing each of the three races, fighting against every combination of enemies, and yet it always makes sense. You won't always see it coming -- there are a few surprises -- but the fantastic storyline keeps you believing. The high quality cinematic cut scenes don't hurt, either.

Perfect balance. The three races in the game aren't just different graphics over the same units. And yet they are fairly matched.

Good learning curve. You'll generally have to work to beat the scenarios, but they don't hand you an entire task force in your first mission.

Superb replay value. Name another game from the last decade that you still play. Did you actually come up with one? I'll bet it's your favorite, right? OK, well Starcraft will be your other favorite. You can replay the original campaigns (yes, they actually work more than once!), download more from Blizzard for free, or play your friends on the internet. This game was built to last.

I give Starcraft five stars because Amazon doesn't allow six stars even for the truly exceptional. Buy one. Enjoy!

This game I got three years ago, and I still play it. No game I've ever gotten has had my attention for that long. The most for any other game has been a few months, but anyway. Starcraft is based around three races in another galaxy, the Terran, or human, the Protoss, and Zerg. I won't go into their history and specifics and stuff. That's all in the instruction manual. This game is all around superior. Single-player mode itself is excellent, providing hours and hours of fun real-time strategy as you try to defeat the skilled AI in 30 different missions, 10 missions for each race. In multiplayer mode, you can get onto battle.net where you can play regular starcraft against other people, or play map setting games people have created in the campaign editor that comes with the starcraft game. Some of these maps people make are amazing, ranging from things such as escaping a volcano to completing obstacle courses, all made using starcraft. The storyline is great as well. All in all this makes a great game that anyone should consider getting. You'll have very little disappointments, guarenteed. But even if you still don't like it, you can't sue me for that.

this game is sooo fun. i SERIOUSLY reccomend this AWESOME game for anyone who likes games like civilization, rise of nations, age of mythology, ect. i play this all the time and really think that lots of people would appreciate this game. you get to choose which species that you want to be, there are three options, and each has its pros and cons. then, you can play computers or other players over the internet, and you can work towards beating the game. this is a really cool game and i think ANYONE ovar about 10 would LOVE it.