In the distant future, a small group of human exiles have been doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy. Through military strength, espionage, and deceit, a unified Terran government has maintained an uneasy peace. But a previously unknown species, the Zerg, had started overrunning their colonies. A second alien species, the enigmatic Protoss, came intent on stopping the Zerg. However the Protoss solution is to extinguish all life on the Zerg-infested planets, including many Terrans. At the same time, rebel factions within the Terran government are gaining popular support during the Zerg crisis. The time for war has come.

Gameplay in Starcraft has clear similarities to Blizzard's earlier Warcraft 2. Building units requires credits and a power source, and once completed you can direct them into combat with foes. You only know the layout of terrain you have visited, and only the exact whereabouts of enemy units which are range for one of your units, due to the Fog of War.

Each of the 3 races has a distinct range of units and general strengths; Zerg units are quick to build, Terran units cost the least, and Protoss units are the most powerful individually. In a change from many strategy games the base style for each race also varies significantly, resulting in a very different playing experience with each. Missions vary from destruction to infiltration. Realistic line-of-sight calculations make the correct result more likely. A full map editor is provided, with many user-created maps available online.

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Alternate Titles

"星际" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"SC" -- Informal abbreviation

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User Reviews

Good but annoyingly overrated	Maw (828)
Those wizzards at Blizzard have done it again; Starcraft breaks all the bad habits that the real-time strategy genre had gotten into and looks good doing it too!	Wanderer48 (3)	unrated
The world needs another Starcraft review...	gamefan87 (4)
Difficult strategy game with great equipments	Atif Shahid (23)
The greatest RTS of all time.	Wizdon Alexi (3)
A good, solid, fast paced RTS game for beginners or pros.	Courtland Funke (45)	unrated
A MUST play Real-Time Strategy Game.!	MajorDad (485)
An amazing game by all standards.	Tomer Gabel (4480)
Thou shall behold and bow down to #1 RTS of ALL TIME!!	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (12749)
Best strategy game ever made for the pc, it has all that you are looking for...	Ulwiz (2)

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The Press Says

Gamers' Temple, The	Apr 08, 2002	96 out of 100	96
GameBlitz	1998	95 out of 100	95
Svenska PC Gamer	May, 1998	93 out of 100	93
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	May, 1998	92 out of 100	92
GameSpot	Apr 15, 1998	9.1 out of 10	91
Computer Games Magazine	Apr 20, 1998		90
PC Player (Germany)	May, 1998	88 out of 100	88
JeuxVideoPC.com	Sep 13, 2001	17 out of 20	85
Christ Centered Game Reviews	Oct 28, 2005	77 out of 100	77
Game Revolution	Dec 05, 1998	B	75

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Trivia

The "Medieval Man" cheat code found in StarCraft is an obvious homage to WarCraft II, where a song named "I'm a Medieval Man" was composed to celebrate the game's release.

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