one of the best multiplayer games ever played..

fast, and you can play a lots uf use maps settings (new minigames)

Learning Curve: Instant!

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The Expansion to one of the best selling games in history, Brood war takes place immeadiately after Starcraft- the Zerg's Overmind has been defeated, turning literally billions of Zerg on countless planets into mindless animals. Auir, the Protoss homeworld, is in ruins and overwhelmed with Zerg, and the Terrans have a new threat from their past. During all this, the Queen of Blades makes her move for power.

Starcraft adds a more indepth editor, new map tilesets, including the deserts of Korhal and the Cool blue planet of Shakuras, as well as additional units for each side;

The Zerg get the Lurker, an evolution on the infamous Hydralisk, who attacks while hidden deep underground, and the Devourer, who is an evolution on the Mutalisks, shoots spores that can slow an enemy down and make them easier to kill, although as with all new air units in Brood War, it can only attack air.

The Protoss return with the mysterious Dark Templar, who are now a buildable unit, and now can join to create the new Dark Archon- a far cry from the Blue Ball of Chaos, the Dark Archon is a spell casting unit that really nerfs all other sides with the ability to control enemies minds, including builders. The Protoss AA-Air Unit is the Corsair, who fires rapid splash damage attacks while also having the ability to stop all ground units and buildings from being able to attack

Lastly, the Terran appear back in the Koprulu Sector with two new units- A Medic, who can quickly turn the tide when dealing with an army of Marines, and the Valkyrie, who fires rockets wildly at any flying unit that gets close to it.

Starcraft continues the storyline while uping the difficulty, to what some news sources have reported as impossiblity difficulty, and has a secret level that hints at a new race in a future game

Starcraft Brood War is an excellent title, and though there are some balancing issues, it is definately a title worth picking up

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Shortly after StarCraft, Blizzard released the expansion pack Brood War. The game itself has improved, there are new units to choose, new upgrades, new missions, new heroes, new maps, and even new colors. For each race, there are two new units. The Terran get the anti-air Valkyrie and the medic. The Protoss get the Dark Templar and the Dark Archon. And finally, the Zerg get the ground burrowing Lurker, and the Flying Devourer. New maps range from a desert wasteland, to the Dark Templar homelands. There are also new neutral units as well. (You can make the neutral units explode if you constantly keep on clicking on them. =3. Note this only works in SP.) Anyway, the multiplayer hasn't changed much.

Learning Curve: Takes a second

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Building on the success of the first Starcraft, Blizzard released this baby. Though not all of the new units see a lot of action, there's enough here to completely balance Terran Vrs. Zerg. Needless to say the campaign mode is pretty interesting, as you follow the exploits of infested Kerrigan.

Unfortunately, the new Valkyrie unit just didn't cut it for me.

Learning Curve: Takes a while

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