StarCraft Expansion Pack: Brood War - Mac

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This add-on for Starcraft expands your playing world with new story lines, weapons, worlds, and music. The game begins as Terran Emperor Mengsk I, having achieved his goal of total power over the human colonies, must now turn his attention to both the rising power of the woman he betrayed--Kerrigan, the infamous Zerg Queen of Blades--and a conspiracy deep within his own ranks. You must have a complete version of Starcraft for this product to function.

Review

Brood War, an expansion set for Blizzard's hit real-time strategy game Starcraft, has finally arrived, and Mac gamers are sure to go berserk over its new army units and terrain types. To play Brood War, you must already own Starcraft. As in the original, the objective is to build structures and command your army to victory, either in single-player mode or against up to seven other nents on a LAN or over the Internet. Brood War adds two new unit types (more would have been appreciated) to the three different species - Terrans, Zerg, and Protoss - each with its own unique technologies, attributes, and abilities. There are entirely new campaigns for each race that pick up where the original Starcraft story left off, plus over 100 cool new multiplayer levels, providing hours of bloody - oh, so bloody - gameplay. Also, each week you can download new levels from Battle.net, Blizzard's free site for multiplayer gaming.

The Scenario Editor allows you to create your own campaigns with objectives that players must achieve to be victorious, such as protecting a certain character unit and bringing him to a particular location.

Although the number of new units is limited, there are more than enough new campaigns, multiplayer levels, and battlefields to make Brood War truly a must-have for all hard-core Starcraft gamers. -- Peter Anderson

Good News: New units and scenarios. Awesome multiplayer options. Scenario Editor.

Bad News: Requires original Starcraft. Not enough new units. Difficult campaigns.

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