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Just what is Starcraft?

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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 10:25 AM
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I used to play Starcraft I when I was an elementary student back in Korea. If you know anything about Korea, then you will know that this country alone accounted for about 40 or 50% of Starcraft I sales. Yeah, it's a way of life.

Anyway, I only played the game occasionally against the "computer" (you know, where you start out with a little fort and some small robot things..)

But can someone explain what the game's story line is? And does the game have a story line mode or something?

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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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It has a story line, and plenty of single player missions. However, the main reason so many people play it is the online multiplayer. It gets pretty competitive.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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I thought it was a company that made tent trailers.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 11:01 AM
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http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/StarCraft_storyline
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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Basically the game "type" would he a command and conquer. You build up an army by gathering resources and creating warriors. And you have 3 races to choose from. Zerg, which is an insect race who are high numbers but not very strong. Protoss, which is an alien race who is low numbers but high powered. And a human race, Terran, who are medium numbers and medium strength.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by GateCrasher,Aug 11 2010, 02:01 PM
"StarCraft features three races: the renegade human terrans, the noble psionic protoss, and the horrific insectoid zerg. The storyline covers the fortunes of these three races and their leaders, fighting for dominance in a remote region of the galaxy. Typically, the player's race makes gains during an episode, but never completely conquers the other races.

The Xel'naga
The xel'naga are a seemingly extinct race of extragalactic scientists. They arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy in their worldships, and there they began manipulating various species, intending to create something with purity of form and purity of essence, as a necessary part of their life cycle.
They first modified the protoss, an intelligent psychic species they discovered on the outlying world of Aiur. To their joy, they discovered the protoss had both purity of form and essence. However, the xel'naga pushed their creation too far, causing their psychic link to disappear and their purity of essence to vanish. The protoss fell into madness as the xel'naga abandoned them.
The xel'naga discovered another species, the zerg, on the central world of Zerus. These small insectoids demonstrated purity of essence. The xel'naga created the Overmind, which contained their sentient desires, holding them together with a hivemind. However, the Overmind became aware of the xel'naga's presence and, upon acquiring space flying breeds, ordered its minions to attack the worldships. The greater whole of the xel'naga race was wiped out..."



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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Anything different from the original?
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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So are they continuing the story line after like 15 years?
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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If you can remember the original story then the starcraft 2's story is actually pretty good
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 09:44 PM
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horrific insectoid zerg
ooooh tell me more
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