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Re: any rts better than starcraft?

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From: RogerM
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 15:38
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data64 wrote:
> 
> "Spork" <no@no.com> wrote in
> news:z9Hjb.295610$mp.233617@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net:
> 
> > is starcraft still the best rts game out there? i tried warcraft 3 and
> > it was alright but it didnt have the same feeling as starcraft. i
> > havent played a good rts in a year or so i was just wondering whats
> > out there.
> >
> >
> 
> Not trying to be a troll, but after seeing some of the responses to this
> post it makes we wonder,
>  what features of StarCraft would make it better than some of the more
> recent RTS games such as AOE/AOK or RON or Empire Earth. What about
> HomeWorld2 ?
> 
> data64

Really, the only thing that sets SC apart from the other RTS games I
have tried is the great difference in how the three races play, yet are
still well-balanced.

This one thing is still enough to keep SC as my favorite RTS game,
although I am also a big fan of WLBC 2.

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