StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

I last played StarCraft in 2006. It took me a bit to get into it but I ended up really liking it. Recently, I was thinking about StarCraft II and how I never got around to playing it. Therefore, I installed Battle.net and started playing StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. This first game in the trilogy featured the Terrans (aka humans). It didn't take me too long to reacquaint myself with StarCraft II's game mechanics. The familiar Zerg and Protoss were there as well as many of the units I remembered. I played through the campaign with a total of 25 missions. There were primary missions and quite a few optional missions. I tried to do them all. Your home base throughout most of the game was the Battlecruiser Hyperion. The ship has several areas in which you can watch news, upgrade units, recruit mercenaries, and pursue research. That is where earning credits and research points in the optional missions paid off.

As usual, Blizzard delivered a very polished product with professional voice acting, and cinematics. Because I played the first StarCraft 19 years ago, it is hard for me to make a detailed comparison between the two. For a game released in 2010, I thought StarCraft II held up pretty well in 2025. It was one of the best games I've played this year.


Jim Raynor