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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great addition to an already great game. For those who dislike many games beacuse of lack of replayablity, this is the game for you. Instead of playing the normal RTS game, you can also choose to play UMS (use map settings) to allow the entire game to be modified. Some examples include a monopoly, and paintball (a 3rd person shooter). In addition to this game, I would suggest WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, and its recently released expansion, WarCraft III Expansion: The Frozen Throne.

Starcraft = Addicting

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you have ever played the regular game of Starcraft, you probably have enjoyed it. If you did enjoy it, you will enjoy it even more as there are new landscapes, objects, and units.

Protoss - Level 1 - The protoss race contains a dark templar which will allow you to mind control other players units. Mind control is simply this: once you click the mind control button and then another players unit, you will control their unit. The dark templar is very useful as you can build all three races (if you mind control another player's drone or SCV and build a hatchery or Command Center). This race also includes an anti-air air craft which is not as significant, but it can put some kind of shield around anti-air ground units (such as the creep colony thing and the turret).

Terran - Level 2 - Terran also includes an anti-air air craft which is not very significant (I think it can do the same thing as the protoss one can). The significant unit that has been added is the medic. The medic can heal your units and other units (must not be mechanic e.g. goliath), very useful.

Zerg - Level 3 - The Zerg race contains a new unit called the lurker. The lurker works like a sunken colony, yet, the enemy units cannot see the lurker (as it can only be burrowed in order to hurt other units) thus making it very effective. The lurkers can only be seen with a detector of some sort.

The above reviewed are only the things I have noticed, there are probably much more. Also the landscapes include landscapes such as snow, etc.

Now, those of you who have never played starcraft before may be thinking that this review is not helpful at all. Well I am now getting to you...
Starcraft is a game basically for teens (as it is rated). The reason? The Terran race (at least in Starcraft original) swears in the movies. I'm not sure if you want your kids to experience this. They are the only race that swears and their are very few movies, that can be skipped if you click your mouse button. This game is very complicated and I suggest you buy the original game and play it first (you need the original game in order to play the expansion anyways) as it contains the tutorials. Once you are familiar with all the races, then go ahead and get the expansion (or install it if you get the battle chest) and play it. Also, after you are familiar it is not complicated at all. The expansion is much more fun, and addictive.

This game also allows you to play online for free (must have internet access) with other players. Online is also very fun as people create maps that are not missions (use map settings games) and are just to have fun with.

I hope this review was helpful to you.

Brood Wars A Warclan Gamer on battle.net

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Now one of the best real- time strategy games I have ever played is the Starcraft series of games. Most games by blizzard will blow you away but not like this game. Brood Wars has a different environment of war. A future fighting of war and not a boring first person shooter or something like that. Brood Wars gives the gamer a thirst to play for endless hours over the internet, or just on single player. Some pros of this game that there is a whole new storyline and there are over 5 new units to control at your disposal. The cons consist of the unit movement and how it is still a little hard to get one unit from one place to another. The movement still requires a little bit of training wheels. But overall the Brood Wars expansion pack revolutionizes the computer gaming world and will for years to come.

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