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A WASTE OF MONEY! Another clone

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 42
Date: August 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First of all, Starcraft has the worst, most confusing storyline ever. I mean, first of all, evolution can never happen. But about the gameplay, this game gets SOOOOOO annoying! Like when you train a firebat, when they come out of the barracks, they say something like, "Burn" and how would you like 50 firebats saying, "Burrrn, Baabbby" at the same time? Plus, why can you only select a few units at a time? The sound effects are annoying and so fake, and I can't help it to say that it's the worst game I've ever played. The view is too close and at a bad angle, and the graphics are really horrible, I mean, have you seen the nuke? It's smaller than a tank and looks like a satellite! Plus, some of the missions make it look like you're playing on a hovering platform, and the Terran ship looks like a Star Wars graphic cutout. The gameplay gets boring after a few multiplayer games and after you beat the game, and the codes are so easy to find! The units aren't good, the gameplay is boring, the storyline was written by a 5 year old or a 40 year old man in a mid-life crisis. Go for Command and Conquer, Red Alert, TS, Dark Reign 2, or any other RTS game that doesn't have to do anything with Starcraft.

this game is very poopy..........

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 34
Date: December 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Its all about C&C RED ALERT2.......

A discrace to strategy games!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 18
Date: December 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just can't figure out where these people get it! Everywhere I go I hear, and I quote, "This is the best game, nothing beats it!". Well, sorry guys, but for me, nearly, no not even that, everything, beats it. All this game is is a cartoony and futurisic Age of Empires II. The graphis are horrible, the plot is stupid (at least Age II had some historical accuracy), and is a complete waste of computer space, money, and time. I, personally would never even consider buying this game, but if you really like it, be brave, go ahead, but I wouldn't recommend it; save your computer the grief, and use your money on a more practical game. If I could have given it no stars, I might have considered it, but my one star goes to the game's cinematics and "movies", which I, to much embarassment, admit are pretty darn good.

C&C Red Alert 2 is so much better than Starcraft

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: April 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There are a couple things that annoy me about this game. First, you can only select 12 units(in Red Alert 2 you can select way more units at a time.) This makes attacking an enemy base really hard. I don't know why other people say that this game is so awsome or incredible. In Red Alert 2 there are more units and possibilities(tech buildings, garrasoning civilian buildings, and blowing bridges.) Second, the movies are really horrible(think Saturday morning cartoons.) The opening movie in Red Alert 2 is awe inspiring(unlike star craft.) The missions in Staecraft are either increadibly easy or immpossible. The units in RA2 are cooler and better designed. I don't know why every one says graphics in Starcraft are so much better than the graphics in RA2. When you chrono an Appocalipse Tannk into the water you can see it sinking. There are so many bad things about Starcraft I should probably mention more. In the movies the people's mouths don't actually coincide with what they're saying(ha ha ha.) The movies are cartoons probably because Blizzard was to poor to get proffesional actors. Also, Kerrigan is reallly ugly(even when she is not infested by the zerg.) Tanya, on the other hand, is a different story. 2 zerglings costs the same amount as a marine , but two zeglings can beat a marine. Now to discuss the super units in Starcraft. First there is the Reaver. As you probably know it launches Scarab drones that cost 15 minerels. The Scarab drones do 110 damge. Four of these Reavers could do significant damge to a base. Next, there is the Ghost. This "insignificant" unit can imobilize many times its own cost in mechanical units. The cut scenes in RA2 are NOT cheesy or laughable. How are you supposed to mount a succesful assault on a base with 12 units.
In conclusion, if you are planning to get Starcraft don't. If you are looking for awesome game that is worth every penny get RA2, ehich is about fifty times better than Starcraft.

Suprisingly Yawnish

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: July 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes, 1 star. While there are some very commendable traits, such as the hugely varying species, and an OK upgrade system, I did not like this game at all. It was really boring. The plot was real good but it was the combat that drove this game right into the ground. How often can you find two guys in helicopters, hovering 12 feet apart exchanging fire. Units do not evade in combat, they do not really do anything exciting (with exception of a few units). I would recomend you borrow this game from a friend before touching it.

THIS GAME IS A WASTE OF MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 28
Date: November 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought Starcraft because I liked Warcraft and loved Warcraft2. At first I thought it was okay. Then it got boring, and the mission objectives kept on changing. The whole game is just to shoot and kill all your enemies. I mean come on! The whole game is just boom, boom, boom. There is no strategy. It's the same over the internet. Blizzard could have done a lot better. I want my money back. You shouldn't get this game. By the way, I don't know why it's called STARcraft. almost all the battles are on land. This game is just a waste of money. I would have rated it -500 if I could. Get Warcraft2 instead.

Disgrace to Bargain bins

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 18
Date: April 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

_I managed to retain enough interest to play for a few days. But the gameplay just wasn't interesting in the slightest. The dark setting and levels just depressed me after a while. The map editor was the only hope for salvation of this title... and it too turned out to be a flop. Maps were long and hard to make, with the controls and interactions way too complicated for it's own good. And despite many, many hours of trying to figure out how to actually make enemies attack (including going to FAQ's OL, asking friends who've played this, everything I could think of) I couldn't find any answer. At best, the map editor is for experimenting with units and target practice.
_The lack of any sea units was dissapointing. And even the specialty units like airborne carriers didn't make up for no navy's to play with.

_The funny thing: Warcraft II was better in every way. The game was a bit cartoonish and had BRIGHT levels and such, so I never got "game depression". The map editor was quick and easy to use, and to make enemies attack, you only had to CLICK ONE OPTION! In fact, the map editor to WCII is the par to which all other game editors should be judged. Nothing can compare to it's user-friendly interface and easiness to use.
_Blizzard should be embarrased by Starcraft. Playing it just made me appreciate all that WCII had to offer. I ended up throwing Starcraft away and just playing WCII.

Not a War game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: April 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game excels in its map making ability. You can easily change unit stats and victory conditions. When it comes to War gaming, this game does not fair well. Where is the navy? It is easy to put tons of guns on a boat and place it in the water, then attach a engine on it and go shooting things, and blizzard has demonstrated its ability to have boats in WCII. A hovering terrestial battleship is illogical. The war strategy in this game is minimal. If you play on islands, you method of winning is 1. use aircraft. 2. use big aircraft. 3. use aircraft and land some troops. 4. use aircraft. With each side having ~4 aircraft that leaves little variety.
After 5 years of playing this game, it has lost its luster. I only play it with custom scenarios, which is where this game shines. For a better wargame, get Total Annihilation with its expansion. It has been modified far more that SC, and with mods has about 5 different races.

Command and Conquer is better

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 16
Date: July 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Starcraft is one of the most annoying games ive ever played. Sure, terran marines give u a little laugh now and then but the controls are frustrating. You have to right click(why not the usual left-click?) to select units and you cant deselect them. Building times are extremely long- and so are the units. Gameplay on my PC is overall boring and slow( on a Pentium II 400, voodoo3, 96mb RAM). I have only got up to the third terran mission then finally gave up. And whats up by only controlling 12 units at a time? The Command Conquer series lets you control all units you have on screen.Starcraft's ingame graphics aren't that good, FMV qualty is terrible and Battle.net gives you a pain in the a** because of its slow server and few options. Westwood online gives the player more options and is also faster. All in all, i say the command and conquer series is better - go play tiberian sun or red alert or any other C&C game - SC isnt worth your time or money.

Very disapointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 23
Date: November 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

{YAWN} Very boring disapointing game. Terrible gameplay, graphics, bla bla bla. The cinematics run at an extremely slow frame rate. At least the music is kinda good. I don't recommend this for any god damn gamer. =[...

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