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[IbizaPocholo]

StarCraft has been one of the most played games in internet cafes in South Korea for 24 years. These gaming hot spots, called PC Bangs, house dozens to hundreds of PCs, and when StarCraft launched in 1998 it fueled the massive expansion of PC Bangs, spawned an entire esports industry, and made 15-year-old kids rock stars. Here's why StarCraft is an immortal game, and still holds a top 10 spot in PC Bangs to this day.

 

[.Pennywise]

Everything will die

 

[TintoConCasera]

This game blew my mind the first time I played it. I was like 12 or so and the only RTS games I've saw where Warcraft II and the AoE games. Those game's where great ofc but man, Starcraft really won me with it's graphics, settings, races and that damn OST, specially on the Terran missions.

Guess I should stop creaming over this post and go get the remaster. Do we know if it's good?

 

[Plantoid]

Too hard for me, but the lore is outstanding, I hope MS makes a fps or tps in the starcraft universe

 

[TheMan]

24 years old, jesus christ.

Do people still play SCII? I bought the first release way back when but never bothered to get the subsequent expansions. Worth it?

 

[Paulxo87]

starcraft is one of the best RTS games of all time. Almost completely perfect balance. The remastered edition makes the game completely timeless for decades to come. IDK much about SC2 however.

 

[Complistic]

Maybe the franchise will be actually managed properly now?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Too hard for me, but the lore is outstanding,

The lore is a rip-off of Warhammer 40K, nothing original there. Warhammer also does it way better (can't believe I am saying this, since I detest GW with passion).

 

[Torrent of Pork]

The lore is a rip-off Warhammer 40K, nothing original there. Warhammer also does it way better.

To quote Bricky on how StarCraft was originally going to be a 40k game, "You fucked up on that one Games Workshop."

 

[BennyBlanco]

24 years old, jesus christ.

Do people still play SCII? I bought the first release way back when but never bothered to get the subsequent expansions. Worth it?

SC2 is still fun as hell

 

[Skifi28]

IGN sucks, but the statement is true. Professional matches are better than ever, can't get enough of the game.

 

[The Cockatrice]

The lore is a rip-off of Warhammer 40K, nothing original there. Warhammer also does it way better (can't believe I am saying this, since I detest GW with passion).

And yet, it gave us one of the best sci-fi stories ever made. I should replay it.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

It's owned by MS.

It's merely a matter of time now.

 

[jshackles]

24 years old, jesus christ.

Do people still play SCII? I bought the first release way back when but never bothered to get the subsequent expansions. Worth it?

I really liked the follow-up entries for the Zerg and Protoss. I only ever played the single player campaigns...

 

[Nautilus]

Yeah, Starcraft is one of the best games of all time. It holds just as well today as it did when it launched.

Its one of those games that will eternally be in people's mind.

 

[dwish]

24 years old, jesus christ.

Do people still play SCII? I bought the first release way back when but never bothered to get the subsequent expansions. Worth it?

Yes. If it's multiplayer you're interested in most of it is F2P nowadays.

 

[Tg89]

Brood War still the goat rts.

 

[Tg89]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

A look into how Starcraft became a juggernaut for video games

 

[TexMex]

Prefer Warcraft 3, but still occasionally play StarCraft 2.

 

[Topher]

 

[Bragr]

The first one is a top 10 all-time game. The second is still superb and is the best modern RTS available.

 

[Fools idol]

Broodwar multiplayer is the greatest RTS ever created by a mile. Back in the days I would spend entire weekends watching replays and trawling through TL for the Bonjwa's (savior) games, during his reign of 2005-7 or so he was absolutely fucking unbeatable. It was almost like watching a computer AI play with maphack on.

To this day I don't think I've ever seen a competetive player so dominant for so long, shit was crazy. He constantly innovated Zerg and made all the Terran and Toss players look like chumps. When he was implicated in the max fixing scandal I was not surprised one bit, he was clearly tired of the lack of competition from the mortals.

Such a beautifully intricate game.

 

[BennyBlanco]

The first one is a top 10 all-time game. The second is still superb and is the best modern RTS available.

Aoe2 definitive edition has entered the chat

 

[Fools idol]

Aoe2 definitive edition has entered the chat

nah bro you trippin

 

[ManaByte]

Just one reason why 1998 will never be topped for the number of legendary game releases in a single year.

 

[BlackTron]

The first one is the best game of all time. But I play the second one even though it pissed me off with the botched story and lack of LAN mode, because I'm an adult and can't be arsed to micro clumsy dragoons.