Starcraft or Warcraft? Which is better?

[evilwart-dragon]

Which do your prefer?

 

[VGsatomi]

Ah...that is a really hard question...so far, I think Starcraft is the most balanced RTS existing thus far. Each race requires completely different tactics, but none are at a particular advantage or disadvantage on any given map. Warcraft 3 on the other hand, requires the same tactics for every race...with the only variation being in the combination of units people choose, but essentially evey match is the same (usually a 2 min rush). But however, as far as costom mapping goes, warcraft 3 in infinatly more versatile.
Ive played over 700 games of Starcraft and only a little over 30 WC3...but if I had to choose a game, I would say WC3...simply because of the costomization and mapping.

In starcraft, if you loose your entire army in a blotched attempt to take out your enemy, you can replace it quickly and easily enouph to still stay in the game, whereas in Warcraft, if you loose your army and particularly your heroes in the first major encounter, you've already pretty much lost the game since you never have enouph time to revive your heroes by the time they reach your base, and as you all know, heroes are everything. That is one thing I really don't like about WC3...that and they NEVER STOP PATCHING IT!! One day I WILL be able to safely save a replay without worrying bout it being invalidated the next month.
-VGsatomi

 

[Sopho]

I prefer warcraft - I don't know anything about starcraft.

 

[B-L-O-O-D-E-D]

When Blizzard will make a Star Craft 2 (if thats ever gonna happen), only then I think it will be fair to judge the two. Right now, i chouse WC

 

[Dread The Undead]

B-L-O-O-D-E-D is right... but for now i prefer wc3 because the enchanter map editing and the hero idea (think about it, that what realy make wc3 to special, allmost every map got heros)

 

[Sopho]

Warcraft III 's WE is so advanced and good I think its the best in the world, you can make so many kind of maps and things with it!

 

[gerco2]

Yea! Id choose WC also any time .. just that u know .. i`ve played all the series of WC thus far .. this games rules

 

[matt75]

I prefer warcraft...coz.....

starcraft sucks..poor grahpics,sounds,unit responses,music and much more...it takes a lot of time. Boring.....

 

[DarkShadow]

LOL you can't say "poor graphics" because for it's time the graphic wasn't that bad for a rts. And the graphic wasn't that important those times, story and balancing were more.

 

[Sopho]

Blizzard did such a good job making Wc3... Why didn't they do the same to Starcraft? It should be like Warcaft you know.

 

[VGsatomi]

You are forgetting how OLD starcraft is...comparing the graphics and music to wc3 is simply unfair....SC first came out when 3D games were in their infant stage...and 3D RTS was simply unheard of. So why didnt they make it like wc3? That's pretty frigg'n obvious...
But SC is better in some ways then WC3 and worse in others...SC is an overall faster paced game that involves more strategy and doesnt revolve around a few heroes, but management of armies and economies in ways that make WC3 look simple. I just hope Blizzard revisits the series in an RTS format. And as far as 2D goes, the graphics arent that bad...
-VGsatomi

 

[I_won-2]

You cant say that Wc3 is just about the controll of the heros. Good players dont send there entire army into the fight and then just focus on the heros. Thats how a noob play (Im talking about melee games)

 

[VGsatomi]

That's not what I meant. I meant that heroes are the key. No one has ever won a battle (that ive seen) without heroes, its like the game revolves around them. So micromanaging your heroes is almost more important then micromanaging your armies...
-VGsatomi

 

[SeaGull1723]

You can't blame the graphics of Starcraft like VGsatomi said. It depends on your strategy. Do you prefer large armies like Starcraft or micromanagement with units like Warcraft 3?

 

[Sansui]

Well i personally think Starcraft was the worst game Blizzard ever made. Starcraft and diablo are the only games I only purchased the first one and deleted the day after playing.

Granted I hate wc3s normal games because all it is is a race to level heroes.

But the reason I like Wc3 better is because any RTS is better when there is orcs and elfers + requires more strategy when heroes are not used.

 

[Sopho]

I don't know anything about starcraft. I thought it would just be like warcraft except for in " space " but I guess it wasn't

 

[VGsatomi]

Yeah, that was a common misconception, mainly because it was a 2D RTS that came out shortly after WC2 and had the worl "----craft" in the title, so natually people put two and two together and thought that. But WC2/3 play very differently, nonetheless.
-VGsatomi

 

[Alien Render]

Starcraft is good. i like it but it gets annoying when ur not playin it and ur sis is wit loud volume so for now (until world of wacraft comes out) i perfer WarCraft III TFT

 

[evilwart-dragon]

The only way to truly compare the two would for a Warcraft and a Starcraft to be released within a year of each other. Then it would be game on.

 

[orcfan32]

When Blizzard will make a Star Craft 2 (if thats ever gonna happen), only then I think it will be fair to judge the two. Right now, i chouse WC

O.O Well, there WILL be a StarCraft 2! They're in the proccess of making it RIGHT NOW!

And Warcraft is better btw

 

[mr.szing]

mmh i liked warcraft more than starcraft even before reign of chaos had been released, ok i have everything of it:
warcraft: human vs orcs (what a piece of crap ^^)
warcraft 2 +b.net edition: tides of darkness (oh i loved this game)
starcraft + broodwar
warcraft 3 (roc & tft) (sure its the best of all, who wonder?)

what i try to say is, even if a "starcraft 2" based on the warcraft 3 engine is released and even if the graaphic looks better than reality i think the world-design of warcraft is more lovely... starcraft is the every-day-stuff u know: zerg, slimy aliens like in AlIeN or Natural Selection, Humans like... ok humans..., and a high tech mega race... protoss

now u could say: "blah... in wc there are ogres, orcs, humans, elves and undeads like in lord of the rings... but it aint the same, the charakters are so nice...4example...: grom, uther, lothar, gul'dan, perfect! and in sc: JIM Rainor... the all-american hero..OMG!

i guess noone will read my 4min efford of writing this post ^^

 

[Slave Master]

I haven't played starcraft much, but i have always liked wc better, simply because i'm not a sci-fi fan, and i'm addicted to fantasy. WE is the best part about wc3, it's advance and you can do anything with it, i don't play regular games on bnet anymore, because the standard iq there is about the same level as a monkey, the bnet society is simply BAD. If the maps were made with better terrain and the maps were beigger, then you would really feel that you were leading your troops to war. So basically, i like wc better then sc.

 

[TheWickerMan]

Of course Warcraft is better! And you CAN compare graphics, the question was; "Starcraft or Warcraft? Which is better?", not "Which was better for it's time", the topic was about the game you prefer most, not about how impressed you became when it was released.

There are some Starcraft-mod-projects going around in wc3, but just the thought of making a Wacraft-mod in Starcraft is ridicolous. The WE is MUCH better in wc3, no question, and i spend most time in the WE, so it's an easy choice for me.

The Medieval story and gameplay in Warcraft is much more enjoyable than the futuristic in starcraft, where you can put more weight on heroes, who were missing in Warcraft I and II. It is natural to have a leader in combat, or else the combat becomes messy (like starcraft)

Now to the facts: WARCRAFT IS THE BEST GAME EVER, NOT THE STARCRAFT RUBBISH! :twisted:

 

[Sprite_Boi]

Both Starcraft and Warcraft are good games. But Warcraft 3 is better than Starcraft Im mapping alot and the WE is MUCH better in Warcraft

 

[Boom_Heffer]

Starcraft isnt that good.. i got banned from it, i dont know when.. but i did.. my parents bannned me from it. I got wc3 reign of chaos.. i was like: " Woah! this is so much better then starcraft! THIS IS AWESOME!! THIS IS SO COOL!!"

Now.. when The Frozen Throne came out.. i was like: " AH ITS SO COOL! ITS ALOT BETTER THEN STARCRAFT AND WC3 Reign of Chaos COMBINED!!!! AND LOOK! They even have a new cool unit: "penguin"!! I am going to looooooooooove this game!! i am going to worship it!!!!!"

I am very weird..

 

[Mr. Level Maker Person]

poor grahpics

Well duh, Starcraft is 2D!

But anyway, STARCRAFT ROCKS !!!!!
If you don't think so, I'll get my avatar to mind control you into thinking so!

 

[DarkShadow]

Just playing Starcraft and Brood War atm :lol:
Yes, Starcraft rocks. For me the background story is of most importance. WC3 and SC have great stories, and that's what counts.

 

[The Nord]

Well, as somewhat of a connoisseur of the two games, I would have to put a reluctant foot behind WC. Mainly because of the sheer customize-ability of warcraft. Although im a sucker for the classics, and face it, SC thought of every single idea for maps. You cannot invent a map that wasnt first in Starcraft. Hence my reluctant foot. But more units, four built-in races and absolute creativity editor bring Warcraft way ahead of poor, underdeveloped Starcraft any day.
This is a sad day for the classics, a sad day indeed...

 

[Mr. Level Maker Person]

When Starcraft II comes out, Warcraft III will be completeley destroyed by the awsomeness...

 

[TheWickerMan]

When Starcraft II comes out, Warcraft III will be completeley destroyed by the awsomeness...

When Starcraft II comes out, everyone will be playing World of Warcraft...

 

[Anonymous]

False!
a) man cannot live on RPG alone
b) some ppl dont like RPG's (and i think a silver bullet should be placed in their upper left buttock)
c) some ppl wont play WoW cause of the cost and therefore will be anxiously be waiting for Starcraft 2
d) by the time Starcraft 2 comes out WoW will be old and a lot of RPG fans would of gone over to Everquest 2, which would be newer.
e) hardcore starcraft fans whom at this point in time playing Brood Wars, will instantly jump on it
f) alot of people (including myself), will jump between the two like people jump between Diablo 2 and Warcraft 3 now.
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[Kidtofu]

I say Warcraft. never played starcraft.

 

[Anonymous]

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Everyone has a right to their opinion, but people who say starcraft sucks because of its graphics/sounds(etc.) Have no right to call themselves gammers, they're fan boys who are to stuck up about wc3 to notice that starcraft usees a whole different type of strategy. Its only a massing game if someone doesnt get a templar(difler, or science vessel will work too) and psyonic storm all the massed units in seconds, wasteing there oponits recources and time spent. Wc3 is MOSTLY about heros.... but i still see massers, even if its 1vs1. They're both balanced, both are equal in its own way.

 

[TheWickerMan]

i am no gamer, i am a map creator, and if you compare the both World editors, then the Starcraft WE is cowshit (Yes, i have tried it). And the heroes just gives it a bit more strategy, not only about pressing out units as fast as you can. And the middle-age fits alot better into a strategy game than future. I can't see any point where starcraft is better, so warcraft is MUCH better in my opinion.

 

[Kidtofu]

Im Just Saying I like Warcraft. I Never Played Starcraft So i Don'tknow what its like. I don't Care About Graphics That Much