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StarCraft

1998 88 / 100 Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy
StarCraft is a real-time strategy game set in a distant sector of the Milky Way galaxy in the 26th century. Players command one of three species across separate campaigns: the Terrans, resourceful human colonists cut off from Earth; the Zerg, an insectoid swarm that assimilates other species; and the Protoss, a technologically advanced race with powerful psionic abilities. Each species features distinct units, struct Show full summary

StarCraft is a real-time strategy game set in a distant sector of the Milky Way galaxy in the 26th century. Players command one of three species across separate campaigns: the Terrans, resourceful human colonists cut off from Earth; the Zerg, an insectoid swarm that assimilates other species; and the Protoss, a technologically advanced race with powerful psionic abilities. Each species features distinct units, structures, and strategic options. The game includes a story-driven single-player campaign for each faction and competitive multiplayer via Battle.net.

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Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Multiplayer Game feel
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In the distant Koprulu Sector of the galaxy, human colonists known as the Terrans have established competing governments far from Earth after their colony ships went off course centuries earlier. Two alien species also inhabit the sector: the Zerg, a ravenous insectoid swarm driven to assimilate other organisms for genetic perfection, and the Protoss, an ancient and powerful race that has secretly observed the Terrans for years. When the Zerg begin targeting Terran worlds to absorb their psionic potential, the Protoss respond by destroying infested colonies to prevent the swarm's spread, plunging all three factions into open conflict. As the Terran Confederacy crumbles under attacks from rebels, Zerg, and Protoss alike, a new authoritarian government rises from the chaos while the Zerg Overmind sets its sights on the Protoss homeworld, seeking to assimilate the one species that could grant it genetic perfection.

Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreReal Time Strategy (RTS) GenreStrategy ThemeScience fiction ThemeWarfare Traita.i. companion Traitalien invasion Traitaliens Traitancient advanced civilization technology Traitartificial intelligence Traitassassin Traitbased on - comics Traitbattle.net Traitbloody Traitbook tie-in Traitcheat code Traitcollective conciousness Traitconstruction Traitcontroversy Traitcorruption Traitcutscene menu Traitdeath Traitdownloadable content Traitdrone Traitesports Traitexplosion Traitfreeware Traitfury Traitfuturistic Traitgood vs evil Traitheal over time Traithealer Traithero turned evil Traitheroes Traitheroic sacrifice Traithotkey Traithuman Traitin-game announcer Traitin-game map editor Traitinsect infestation Traitinteractive achievement awards 1998 Traitinvented language Traitinvisibility Traitleaderboard Traitmacromanagement Traitmech Traitmelee Traitmeme origin Traitmercenary Traitmicromanagement Traitmilitary Traitmind control Traitmultiplayer lan Traitmutants Traitnever-ending Traitnon-player character Traitnuclear bomb Traitonline Traitoriginal soundtrack release Traitpc to console port Traitplanet destruction Traitplanet jumping Traitprofessional gaming Traitpsychic abilities Traitqueens Traitreal-time Traitregenerating health Traitreligion Traitresistance Traitresource gathering Traitrivaling factions Traitrobots Traitrpg elements Traitsatire Traitsaving the world Traitsouthern american themes Traitspaceship Traitsplash damage Traitstatic defense Traitsurprising character switches Traitswarming enemies Traittank Traittech trees Traitteleportation Traittext dialogue Traittournament Traittower defense Traitupgradeable weapons Traituser generated content Traitvillain Traitvoice acting Traitwar Traitwarp zone Traitwarping Traitwilhelm scream

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher
Blizzard Entertainment
Franchise
starcraft
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Science fiction, Warfare
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Platform releases

  • Mac Mar 29, 1999
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Mar 31, 1998
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) 1998

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