E:TW

[Geoffrey S]

It is true that you can't make a proper comparison between StarCraft and TW but you talk about StarCraft in a condescending manner (or so it appears). Yes... 3 factions, with near perfect balance + human opponents to keep the game endlessly replayable (sorry, AI will never match a brain (especially TW games to date :))) The campaign isn't really that linear if you immerse yourself in the storyline (i.e. the books that were published in relation) but it is true that the campaign is rather boring. But how many people that play StarCraft do you see playing the single player campaign? I would imagine close to none since about 1998 with the availability of battle.net. I don't know, maybe I read into that wrong but I've seen a lot of Blizzard bashing on this forum and it irks me because their games in comparison to others are resoundingly better. (resource gathering... buildings mines, planting merchants... sounds pretty similar)

Hello, sorry I trod on your hobby-horse. If you can point any moment where I was condescending about Blizzard and/or Starcraft I'd be most grateful. Far as I can see all that my post contains is a short list of the most obvious differences between the TW series and Starcraft, both of which I consider brilliant in their own right; it's you who seems to have negative associations in connection to, I quote:

Starcraft... three factions, linear campaign, resource gathering, let alone the style of play...

That's not condescending. This post is.

[Galapagos]

Well I can say that starcraft is a better game than all Total War games.It's more entertaining.But have a look at this http://compactiongames.about.com/od/.../tp/topRTS.htm

[Csargo]

Obviously they are insane...

[Bootsiuv]

Starcraft is legendary for it's multiplayer modes. The game is fairly well balanced, the races are unique enough to feel different, and the community is still fairly strong. Overall, a great game.

Comparing Starcraft and a TW title isn't even really worth discussing. The games are just too different.