StarCraft Short

Released in 1998 Starcraft was and still is an incredibly popular SCIFI RTS, with tournaments for the remastered version still being played today. The campaign tells a story over three chapters and with each chapter you play as different species. As well as learning unit abilities and strategies for each race you also gain an insight into their drives and rivalries.

The missions generally follow a standard build up and attack model with a few commando raid missions to mix it up a bit. The one minor issue I have with game is I couldn't select more than a dozen units at a time but the units I did select had their own clearly visible health status displayed.

This version is available from starcraft.com and includes the Brood War expansion. Multiplayer is a true test of skill with veterans of over 20 years dominating with a wide variety of well tested strategies. It's best to play in the Brood War lobby as the original is pretty much dead.

Starcraft 2 is also available free to play but I will cover this another time.