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I don’t know how many of you are gamers, but I’ve always been a really big fan of the RTS’s out there, and for those that don’t speak geek, RTS stands for “real time strategy.” I truly believe that such games stimulate the brain by making the player think in many diverse ways to get around his/her opponents defenses and keep up their own while their enemy is knocking on their front door.
One of my all time favorite RTS’s would have to be Starcraft, which was released in 1998. There are a variety of different game styles within Starcraft however the most common and usually favorite for all is just a deathmatch. In a deathmatch the whole point of the game is to destroy all of your opponents buildings while defending your own. You start off with a few men that will gather resources and build buildings and a command center which produces more of these same types of men. You eventually get enough resources to build other buildings which will allow you to produce more types of men which can be used to bring down your opponents base. There are also other buildings which can be used to increase the abilities of your units, which becomes very important later in the game. Last but certainly not least would be the defensive buildings which will auto attack air/ground units that have come to bring havoc to your base. There are three different races in which you can choose to play as, Zerg, Protoss, and Terran. With each race comes a whole different play style that you have to become accustomed to, which makes the game so much fun because if you get bored of playing as Zerg then there’s two other races that you can jump to till you feel like going back to the one you really enjoy! There’s a ton of information on starcraft alone that you find pretty much just by typing in the name in google, but here’s one of the main websites for more info! http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/sc/
But the main reason I brought up Starcraft is because at the end of July Blizzard is going to be releasing the new and improved Starcraft 2! Something I forgot to mention about starcraft was the Campaign mode, where you can go through the story of each race and play through a series of levels to find out what happens to that race at the end of the road. Well with Starcraft 2 Blizzard decided that they would break it down into 3 separate expansions. The first players will only have access to the Terran (human) campaign mode, but they’ll still be able to play all the classes in the multiplayer mode online. There are tons of new units and buildings and lots of new tricks to discover with each race. The most fun to be had with this game is just sitting down with some friends and going head to head till there’s a victor! Here’s some more information on this upcoming game of the year: http://us.starcraft2.com/index.xml