It's a shame I didn't play this game when I was much younger and addicted to RTS games. Nonetheless, it was a good journey, a quite enjoyable campaign with very diverse missions. The wall of fire level and the final stage are good highlights, with a nice level of difficulty. Others have good setpieces, like the mission where you have to transport your troops by ships and release invisible specters to pre-emptively kill enemies.

Many good moments on this one. That said, the upgrade system is kind of dull, and I couldn't get used to the camera using arrow keys instead of WASD. Probably a problem from a casual gamer of RTS games but as someone who never played much RTS competitively, things are as they are. Oh, interesting lore too. Eventually, I should play both expansions.

A huge QoL upgrade from Starcraft 1, but still not a replacement.

The campaign was awesome, being chock full of upgrades, old units, and characters to talk to. It has a lot of content for being so old, and it's my favorite RTS to watch competitive too.

Definitely give it a shot if you've never tried RTS, it's easy to jump into!

finally finished it on brutal

One of the best RTS, if not the best RTS ever made.


Man, I remember all the hype there was when it was announced. People have waited for this game for so long, and I didn't care to be honest. I haven't played SC before so yeah. I was a big big big fan of W3 tho, so I was somewhat interested

After a couple of years after the release I finally played it and OH BOI. I fell in love with this game. The campaign is soooooo good. Intractable HUB between the mission..... probably my fav way of games filling in the extra space in between missions.... You can talk to your people, you can upgrade different things, you can find easter eggs... The story affects the location and people in this HUB area... Man, I just focking love this shit.

And the missions.... Oh, man the mission. Blizzard at its finest. There is no way people can come up with so many different and interesting levels for an RTS game, it's just insane.

Then you have the story and the settings... BUgs are attacking the humans and there is a war between them??? Starship troopers?? I LOVE IT. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. it's just my jam all the way through. The only big complaint I've got is the protoss. Why the fuck zergs couldn't be just fucking evil bugs, why does it have to be some old fucking advanced race of wizard naked bois. Man, I fucking have this shit soooooooooo much in SCI-FI, and SC is probably the universe that hurts the most

And then you have the multiplayer.... Man oh man, you can go competitive, which is just insane ESport. I have never been too invested in that, but I do watch competitions from time to time, but playing it? naaaah
But custom games, MAN. It's one of the best gaming experiences you can have. There are like 100000 different games that you can find in custom games, that could be a standalone game (dota, different TDs, and other games have proven that)

Overall, one of my most fav games ever. I just wish it didn't have protoss in it deadass

If I was a fan of RTS games this would definitely go higher, maybe an 8 or even a 9 (I suck at them).

This game went hard back in the day - countless hours spent playing and making custom maps, everything from MOBAs to Single player RPGs and Left 4 Dead clones and Slender Clones, this game was fucking awesome. The story was generally decent as well, it wasn't 10/10, but it was serviceable and enjoyable, and when I was a teenager some of the moments were pretty spooky.

Luckily, in Blizzard fashion, the game's art style leans more toward style than graphical fidelity which meant it has aged better than some games. Unfortunately, this does not count for much, given that Blizzard essentially let the game die. It has two expansions, one that I couldn't be bothered to play (HOTS), and one that was pretty much DOA, no one even knew it had came out (LOTV).

This is the kind of game that was good at the time and you had to be there. The ship has unfortunately sailed, unless you can still get all the custom maps these days, but I have no idea. This game is mostly abandoned by both Blizzard and fans as far as I am aware.

Narrative: 4 - Gameplay: 5 - Visuals: 4 - Soundtrack: 4 - Time: 4
Stars: 4
A real-time strategy gem, Starcraft II has one of the best gameplays of the genre. With a few different races, but with a lot of density and depth within them, the game does magic. Relying in the well-known quality stamp of Blizzard, the spiritual heir of Warcraft III delivers a full package, with a mistake of two.
My experience was, as usually is, kind of messy. I enjoyed the story just as the next guy, but I need to say that it lacks something. I don’t know if I hadn’t the best time because I had a huge gap (precisely 2 years, which damaged my experience) or if it flops a little. The whole plot is very interesting and the way that all the main characters come together is amazing. I think the problem lies in the charisma of each one of them. I had a hard time to relate to any of them, though it needless to say that cool moments arrive every 3 missions or so.
Perhaps if I played in one run, I would think differently, but I kind of doubt that. Like I said before, it’s not like I didn’t like it, it’s just not as memorable as Warcraft III. Even the choice of not having hero system is sort of upsetting, even knowing that it was probably for the best possible game-balance. Anyways, it’s a must for any real-time strategy or blizzard fan.