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However, their forces have lengthy and expensive manufacturing processes, encouraging players to follow a strategy of the quality of their units over the quantity. The psionic and technologically adept Protoss have access to powerful units and machinery and advanced technologies such as energy shields and localized warp capabilities, powered by their psionic traits. All units are unique to their respective races, and while rough comparisons can be drawn between certain types of units in the technology tree, every unit performs differently and requires different tactics for a player to succeed.
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The original game, along with the expansion, was released for free in April 2017.Ī Protoss force attacking a Zerg colony, shown from StarCraft 's isometric perspectiveīlizzard Entertainment's use of three distinct races in StarCraft is widely credited with revolutionizing the real-time strategy genre.
A sequel, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, was released in July 2010, along with two expansion packs and a campaign pack between 20, while a remastered edition of the original and its expansion pack was released in August 2017. StarCraft has had its storyline adapted and expanded through a series of novels published between 20, the expansion pack StarCraft: Brood War, and two officially authorized add-ons, Insurrection and Retribution. It has been praised for pioneering the use of unique factions in RTS gameplay, and for having a compelling story. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide by February 2009, StarCraft became one of the best-selling games for the personal computer. The game is also said to have raised the bar for developing real-time strategy (RTS) games. Many journalists of the video game industry have praised StarCraft as one of the most important, and one of the greatest video games of all time. Set in a fictitious future timeline during the 25th century AD in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector, the game revolves around three intelligent species fighting for dominance: the Terrans are humans exiled from Earth who are now skilled at adapting to any situation the Zerg are a race of insectoid aliens in pursuit of genetic perfection and obsessed with assimilating other races the Protoss are a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities who are attempting to preserve their civilization and strict philosophy about their way of life from the Zerg.
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The game's multiplayer is particularly popular in South Korea, as of 2006, where players and teams participate in professional competitions, earn sponsorships, and compete in televised tournaments. As a result, the project was entirely overhauled before being showcased to the public in early 1997, at which time it received a far more positive response. The first incarnation debuted at the 1996 Electronic Entertainment Expo, where it was unfavorably compared to Warcraft II.
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A Classic Mac OS version was released in 1999, and a Nintendo 64 adaptation, co-developed with Mass Media, was released in 2000.īlizzard started work on the game shortly after Warcraft II, another real-time strategy game, was released in 1995.
The game spawned the StarCraft franchise, and became the first game of the video game series. StarCraft is a 1998 military science fiction real-time strategy game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows.