Made one of the top 5 best PC games ever EVEN better
IT'S MOTHER******* HARD!
And that's ok. Blizzard obviously assumed that people who are playing the 3 new Campaigns have beaten the first Starcraft without cheats (and if you have, I salute you) the new campaigns continue the on-going story of the war-torn Koprolu sector, and the war between Terran, Zerg, and Protoss.
Anyone who played Starcraft knows that by the end of it, things were looking pretty pear-shaped for all the races, and this is reflected in Broodwar. The story gets much more desperate, and while it may not be apparent (probably because of the character's smugness) the three races aren't just fighting for kicks anymore, its for survival, (though that still dosn't mean you cant waste as many of your poor units as you wish)
Mission design surpasses that of the original, but by the start of the Zerg campaign it seems like the devs were running out of steam. The Zerg missions are mostly comprised of "use this meagre force and base to completely annihilate this overwhelming force CAUSE WE SAID SO!" While there were missions in the original like this, I still find it kind of annoying that the missions feel like your outnumbered, outgunned, and out maneuvered to the point of artificiality.
Despite that, there a great joy and challenge to play, and I'll take a good mission in Broodwar over some Sudoku any day.
By today's standards, multiplayer seems quite dated. There's a few things that I feel could be added (seriously, is it SO HARD to make so that I can queue multiple builds when I select multiple workers?!?!??!??!?!?!) and while these can and will detract a little from multi-player nowadays, its still great fun. But beware, you could get your butt UBER-PWNED a couple* times and that wont be fun. Just stick with it and you'll be surprised how much you can pick up.
So if you have starcraft, but not Broodwar, buy it now. The new campaigns are a great challenge, multiplayer stands up well, and the units which I have failed to talk about until now are a much-needed addition to the races.
As an expansion pack, Broodwar definitely delivers.
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