When compared to StarCraft, the complexity of games like Total Annihilation and Settlers 3 seems absolutely terrifying. The appeal of StarCraft lies in its well-developed tactical component and its extremely fast action. What do I mean by “product”? Well, in spite of what the community will tell you, StarCraft is a strategically simple real-time strategy game. The other being that, as a product, StarCraft has an extremely low barrier of entry. (For instance, 1995’s Warcraft II would not be adopted for until 1999, long after the rest of the genre had stolen its thunder.) Warcraft II and Command and Conquer were played through popular third-party services like Kali, but they simply couldn’t get the same exposure as “online gaming service coded and built directly into the game client”. Unlike most of the popular real-time strategy games of the day ( Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Total Annihilation), StarCraft got the benefit of a centralized, company-endorsed online gaming service at the time of its release. Michael Lowell: There’s two reasons, the major reason being. Southern Cross: Why was it StarCraft that gained so much popularity, and not, let’s say, Total Annihilation or one of Command and Conquer games? The interview was conducted in February of 2013 and withheld until publication of the subsequent article was finalized. In-text links and citations have been added for reference. * While the answers have been checked for grammar, spelling, and other errors, they are otherwise unedited. This interview was conducted with site reader Southern Cross and formed the basis of a publication in the Polish-language game magazine LAG.
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