Starcraft is a real-time sci-fi strategy game where the player takes control of one of the three races and takes their forces to battle against their enemies on different scenarios and storylines.
Races
Whether you're playing the Campaign or Multiplayer, there are three available races / factions you can take control of:
Terrans
The mighty terrans hold a supperior firepower and heavy equipment.
Zerg
The deadly zerg are in continuous evolution, their sharp and poisonous teeth rip through the flesh of their enemies.
Protoss
The psionic protoss manipulate energy around them for a great offense or defense.
Your Mission
Campaign
Starcraft takes a unique approach when it comes to campagins. Even though Starcraft I and its expansion, Brood War cover each race in sepparate campaig chapters inside the same game, Starcraft II focuses on one race with each expansion. Wings of Liberty dives through the story of the Terrans, Heart of the Swarm focuses on the Zerg and Legacy of the Void concludes with the Protoss.
Multiplayer
As you start with one base and 6 workers, your mission in multiplayer is simple: gather minerals, build a base, create an army, smash the enemy. The only problem is how you achieve this because the enemy will also atack you. Take advantage of the environment and create new bases in key points or use heights to overwhelm your enemies and make them unable to see you coming!
Strategy Elements
Resources
Each race relies on two resources to sustain their game economies and to build their forces: minerals and vespene gas. Minerals are needed for all units and structures, and are obtained by using a worker unit to harvest the resource directly from mineral nodes scattered around the battlefield. Players require vespene gas to construct advanced units and buildings, and acquire it by building a refinery on top of a geyser and using worker units to extract the gas from it.
Environment
Starcraft battles take place on maps which vary as size and tileset. Feel the chilling breeze on Kaldir, your skin melting between the deadly cliffs on Char, the very beggining of Zerg life on Zerus or the infinite warfare in plain Space. Each map offers players a unique way to exploit the heights, destructibles and base locations and to overwhelm the enemy.
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How to play Starcraft II
Gathering Minerals and Vespene Gas
Your main base is your Command Center (Terran) / Nexus (Protoss) / Hatchery (Zerg). Every main base can train workers which gather Minerals or Vespene Gas. Minerals are the blue crystals you use to train or build pretty much everything in Starcraft. Vespene Gas is used for more advanced units, upgrades and structures.
To gather minerals select a worker and simply right click on the blue or yellow Mineral Fields around your base. For gas though, you must first build a Refinery (Terran) / Extractor (Zerg) / Assimilator (Protoss) and then set your workers to gather from there.
Building your Army
There are structures which allow you to train and upgrade combat units. These units compose your army and define your highway to victory.
Crushing your Enemy
Probably the most satisfying moment in a match is using your army to eliminate your foes. Use your army to overwhelm your enemy and achieve victory.
