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A Tribute to the Greatest Game Ever - Starcraft


Gamespot, [Click on the title of post to go the link in Gamespot] arguably the best source for gaming on any platform (pc/ps2/xbox) has come out with its Greatest Games of all time- Which includes not surprisingly, my fav game of all time,Starcraft.



I was playing Age Of Empires, which I thought was God's gift to me when my pal in school (10th std) told me that he just got a copy of this really new aweomse si-fi RTS game, Starcraft. He described it to me so well about how there are three completetly different Races- The nomadic Terran, The Voracious Zerg and the Mysterious Protoss- ..I was enthralled by it. He gave me the CD the next day and once I started playing the game,and was in front of my computer for 14 hours that day. I even skipped school the next two days feigning a fever.

Everything about the game was so perfect. The realistic sounds made by the alien zerg, the shouts of "my life for Aiur" by a Protoss Zealot, the Tactical Nuclear blast by a Terran Ghost taking out an entire Zerg colony! The graphics although 2d were animated for every single unit. You haven't seen anything until you see a Hydralisk Salaivating.

The story of the campaign was so moving I really felt I was one of them. The Cut scenes 1st time ever for an RTS were so well taken and added so much to the lovely story. The Characters are what made Starcraft- Raynor's wry and rebellistic way against the Confederate, Arcturus who deserted Kerrigan to the Zergs ,Then Kerrigan became an infested Zerg due to Arcturus' betrayal ,Tassadar blind faith and wisdom in the Dark Templars , The Terran and Protoss teaming up as unlikely allies to take on the overmind and finally Tassadar sacrifising himself so that Aiur(the Protoss Homeland) could be saved..I really was in tears when that happened. I never wanted the campaign to end. Ever. I played it about 12 times fully so far.


When Starcraft: Brood War the expansion pack came out, I was almost fainted with joy. It was the happiest momment in my life and will be more than my admit to any damn B school. New units- medics for terran, Lurkers for Zerg and Dark Archons for Protoss. And the kick ass story line with Kerrigan playing the pivotal role and the return of my hero, Jim Raynor. The campaign was so well done, and impossibly betters the original. The line where Raynor tells Kerrigan " It may not be today or tommorow..but rest assured darling..I'm the man thats going to kill you" was my all time best Starcraft moment. It gives me hope that SC-2 will come out in the near future. No other game can ever be as great as Starcraft. Ever. If there is, then let me not hear you as I would have to kill you.

A recent screen shot of a game me vs my pal- Terran Vs Protoss..I better stop now or I will never stop writing about Starcraft..

Dude! that's SOME detail u've gone into. For unassuming jackasses like me who just played SC for its many hours of 'productivity' destroying and mind numbing guilt from missing a test for playing the game, it took such a toll on me that SC finally made me miss one of my all time fav movies "Dude! Where's my Goliath?". But i never went so much into the story as u have. It was interesting at first but it got boring listening to old men grunting and make snide comments abt how the other one dresses. So i'd just wait for the female with the sexy voice to brief me(I hope i could have inducted a pun but unfortunately i don't think it'd be appropriate) and then get on with the game.
One of the reasons i liked the game was it was the first game i did'nt suck at. And i got hooked onto it like 5 years ago when i barely scraped thru my 11th std exams. Although , i had to pay the evaluator a couple of thousand bucks and him getting caught in a tehelka style sting operation was the highlight of that year. But thats a story for another year.
Coming back to heaven, the post was really good. Although it was like a paragraph out of a J.Peterman Catalog describing the luscious feel of a 'kashmir polar bear fur coat'. I.e The storyline involvement in the post was pretty confusing. U need someone as crazy abt SC as u to post comments on this blog dude. I'm all outta juice now![:D]

Stop playing SC man...I can see the level of addiction you have got into!!! this is dangerous than dope dude..er...infact dope and gaming give tremendous kick for ya but u better stop playing SC or else the heat is gonna make ya impotent!
on a seriuos note...great description! didnt expect it to be with such passion...:D hope i can improve and beat ya sometime!

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