Possibly the greatest game of all time, definitely the greatest strategy game of all time.
Starcraft was released in 1998 and continues to play a major role in the Progaming scene. With millions of dollars in sponsorship, it's amazing to believe that this is still going on today! This game is based in the future and has three races that you can choose from. Either the Terran, or humans that are further from Earth, the Zerg, a spreading almost mindless group controlled by a pulsing living overmind, and the Protoss, a group trying to protect their planet of Aiur. In the end, all three races end up meeting with each other. At first everyone is at odds, but then the Zerg reveals itself to be the real threat. Suffice to say, the characters in the single player campaign are endearing. In fact, they are endearing enough to have four books released on the matter.
The constant patches are a real patch. Why is that? It means that though Blizzard makes no monthly money from people who play on Battle.net, they continue to take care of the fan base because it is so large. What other games has done that over nine plus years? How's Westwood chat? I thought as much.
What's really nice about this game is the fact that the gameplay is so equal. Though many professionals would claim there is an imbalance, it is more balanced than imbalanced. How they managed to get everything so near perfect is astonishing to me. Even today, someone who picks Terran versus a Zerg or a Protoss versus a Terran, has a chance of winning. All the unit sounds are perfect and the music is so memorable, I could be humming it right now and not know it that's how catchy it is. There is so much replay value, it's scary. There's so many mods and players online, it seems like it never ends. From the tower defenses, to the crazy RPGs, the game seems to be more full of life than ever before.
If you've never played Starcraft and love video games, the question you have to ask yourself is why you betrayed the human race. Okay, that's a tad dramatic but you seriously have to give this a whirl and those that have played it, should pick it up again because you won't regret it.