[raynor]

Originally posted by sharp:
Eh all you guys bashing Starcraft as a game "not for gamers" and what not... for the most part games on b.net are like that because people who suck or the "non gamers" play on massive money maps. At a pro, or even good skill level the game is VERY strategic (yes there is alot of clicking), dropping, taking cliffs, flanking, countering, intelligence etc. etc.

I still don't really understand the appeal of playing on a "money" map in which your starting base has more than sufficient resources to preclude the need to ever expand. For me, the real thrill of the game was determining where to position my forces as I expanded. If I didn't defend my expansion bases, then I wouldn't have enough resources to compete with the enemy. If I moved all my defences to the expansion base but left a hole in my defences, then the enemy might go straight for my jugular and destroy my home base. If you don't have to expand to another base, then you aren't really playing StarCraft. It was even more fun when you played with two or more players against two or more either human or AI players. Then, the enemy might combine their attack, and you had to coordinate your defence.

I *thought* WarCraft III was going to be a lot of fun. But even though they have a number of special abilities that the units automatically use, there is still a considerable amount of clicking that must be done. The game centers around your heroes that have multiple special powers that are hotkeyed as well as a half dozen inventory items that are also hot-keyed. I played through the single player campaign and then uninstalled the game. It is truly disappointing that Blizzard is now focusing their efforts on an Online Version of WarCraft instead of working on a successor to StarCraft.