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Is it possible to improve upon Starcraft? Several attempts have been made to capitalize on the game’s popularity, but they never have surpassed expectations. Mind you, some of those add-ons were not made by Blizzard. That is why expansion packs need to do more than add missions and multiplayer maps. They need to enwrap themselves around the original idea and make it better, fill the holes off which the ...

Updated 06-09-10 at 07:32 by SteveSawyer

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It is fairly uncommon to see video games being entitled as cultural phenomenons. There are a few games that have been universally recognized as landmarks of gaming. A lot of people would argue that this designative is only applicable for a certain crowd of gamers, but it is hard to deny the fact that some had a tremendous impact on gaming culture.

Starcraft sprung from a rudimentary build based ...

Updated 06-09-10 at 07:32 by SteveSawyer

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For a very long time, real-time strategy games had found the perfect playground on PC. The mouse made movements fluid and precise, while hotkeys were terribly simple on a keyboard -- That’s not saying that RTSs didn’t have their place on home consoles, but it was definitely clear that the PC had many advantages. Several PC-based games made the jump from home computers to consoles by the end of the ...

Updated 06-09-10 at 07:32 by SteveSawyer

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Starcraft had been released for a couple of months now, and was very well received. The game was followed by the first add-on pack, and another company ceased the opportunity to create another authorized endeavor, to bite into Starcraft’s magnificence. It was also a great way to cash-in some quick bucks before the release of the hosted expansion pack, entitled Brood War. So, Wizard Works took the lead and published ...

Updated 06-09-10 at 07:37 by SteveSawyer

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One of the great features in a real-time strategy game is to have the opportunity to create or edit campaigns as we see fit. It permits us to work our creative minds in the creation of new worlds and multiplayer maps. Blizzard has always had a great campaign editor in pretty much all of their games; it led to spin-offs that sometimes, became even more popular than the original release (Defense of the Ancients ...

Updated 06-09-10 at 07:37 by SteveSawyer

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PC , Classic / Retro