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(August 7th, 2013, 18:12)Krill Wrote: Red Alert was better. The game that turned me into a gamer. Worse than Meth.
This 100%. Made me a gamer.
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I never actually played Starcraft until I was 15, when a friend lent it to me. And to be honest, I really liked it, but I think if I had encountered that at age 8 I wouldn't have become as addicted to it. Simply because the joy of building a billion tanks and rushing people just has a more emotional connection to me than a bunch of bugs.
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(August 8th, 2013, 12:47)Krill Wrote: I never actually played Starcraft until I was 15, when a friend lent it to me. And to be honest, I really liked it, but I think if I had encountered that at age 8 I wouldn't have become as addicted to it. Simply because the joy of building a billion tanks and rushing people just has a more emotional connection to me than a bunch of bugs.
starcraft has tanks and rushing people too...
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BUT DOUBLE BARRELLED TANKS! Yeah, I know, but they have tanks surrounded by creepy elves and weird creepy bugs. Not really the same thing
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there are no elves in starcraft!
Starcraft is just aliens, predator, and rambo all crammed into one universe.
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That's a great point. I might actually have to go get a copy...
Also, Plako, please put the game on Toroidal and make them play on Emperor. I'd appreciate the chance to lurk a remake of PB3. I still need to perfect my evil cackle.
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Dune II was what started the RTS genre as far as I'm concerned. It was awesome.
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@Bigger: I do actually own Starcraft, it's just that I only picked it up after tasting the forbidden fruit of turn-based strategy, at which point there was no turning back for me. I played the 100-turn demo of SMAC a disturbing number of times before I even got CIV, or finally found a Mac copy of SMACX. But I still revisit AoE II for the nostalgia from time to time ...
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starcraft + brood wars is the crown jewel of RTS, imo, you have to at least work through the campaign.
im pretty sure the MP community is still alive for starcraft 1 on blizzard, even w/ starcraft 2 out and the game being about as old as Civ 2, if that gives you any indication.
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Yep, I did play through a bunch of the campaigns. I don't think I played through all of them, but I did have that experience.  What do you think of Starcraft II?
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