StarCraft Battle Chest

Manufacturer:	Vivendi Universal
Release date:	24 October, 1999

StarCraft Battle Chest

Average rating: Stars

The storyline will suck you right in.

I don't normally play computer games- in fact, the only ones I'd really played were Civ 2 and Civ 3 (and its expansion packs). I love Civ 3 to death but had gotten bored with it and wanted to try something new and different, not a civ-building game. I was ready to buy a Sim game when my boyfriend stopped me and suggested I get the Starcraft Battle Chest instead. He mentioned that he used to play this game with a group of friends and that it was loads of fun. He figured that since I enjoyed strategy and war while playing Civ, I would really like Starcraft. So I put down the Sim game and got this instead.

That was in May. It's now August and I'm still playing the game (Brood War). It has pretty much taken up my whole summer!

While most of the levels are composed of you building up your army to destroy the other guy, there are different versions of this. Sometimes you may have to stay alive for a half hour while they assault you. Or you may be allowed a pre-emptive strike. Or you may need to actually protect your enemy while someone else is attacking you.

While I like these full on, "kill everything on the map" levels, I sometimes prefer the slower installation missions which are usually composed of you controlling just a small group of units trying to get to a goal (retrieving something, destroying something, finding someone, etc.) During these sorts of missions you don't get to build anything- you just try your best to get to your goal while keeping your small strike team alive. I sometimes find them more challenging and fun since they require you to be more tactical (as opposed to just amassing a huge army and laying waste to the enemy).

I agree with many others who have said that this game is extremely well balanced among the 3 races. One isn't more powerful than the other; each race has their strong units and their weak units. That being said though, I like playing as the Protoss the most.

The game also has a wicked sense of humor. Click on a unit over and over to "piss" them off and you may be surprised to hear the things they say!

But I think that what I enjoy the most is the storyline in both Starcraft and Brood War. I'm often impatient to finish a level because I want to see what happens next. The folks at Blizzard have crafted such an engaging and detailed universe, it's almost like a movie. It'd be cool if they actually took the plot and made it into a movie someday! Many of the main characters have such complicated and detailed personalities that you really start to care for some and hate the others over the course of the game. I myself am such a HUGE fan of Tassadar that I bought his action figure!

I really, really hope that they make a sequel to this game, but not just because I want to play more-hell, I can just download the maps from Blizzard. No, I want to see what happens next in the story! The end of Brood War definitely leaves the door open for a sequel!

Anyway, buy the game. You will not regret it.

StarCraft Battle Chest - Vivendi Universal

Real cool but short and flawed!

This is real cool! Great price for a great game! There are the guides inside the battle chest so u can find every stat and walkthrough as well as cheats.

Pros: Great graphics
Nice sound
Nice jokes when u annoy the soldiers
Lots of replay on multiplayer

Cons: Not much replay for single player
Only 3 civ.
Not many units or tech.
Editor is so annoying!!!!!!!

Great if u have internet access because u'll get 100s of hours(...)

Vivendi Universal - StarCraft Battle Chest

fun game better online

BEST RTS GAME EVER PLAY, FAST MOVEMENT MAKE EVERY THING GOOD, NOT LIKE OTHER STRAGITY GAME THIS ONE RUN FASTEST.