Yoon 'free' Yong Tae is a StarCraft progamer from South Korea who played Protoss for Woongjin Stars. He currently plays in amateur leagues on Afreeca. Toggle navigation. Toggle navigation. From Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki free; This article is a Player stub. Nov 30, 1998  Four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, Jim Raynor fights against the Dominion and begins a search for artifacts when at the same time zerg attack once again. Director: Nicholas S.

•: June 30, 1999 Mode(s), StarCraft: Brood War is the for the. Released in 1998 for and 1999 for, it was co-developed.

The expansion pack introduces new, map, music, extra units for, and upgrade advancements. The campaigns continue the story from where the original StarCraft ended, with the sequel continuing from the conclusion of Brood War. The expansion was released in the United States on 30 November 1998. Brood War was critically well received, with reviewers praising it for being developed with the care of a full game rather than as an uninspired extra. As of 31 May 2007, StarCraft and Brood War have sold almost ten million copies combined.

The game is especially popular in South Korea, where professional players and teams participated in matches, earned sponsorships, and competed in televised matches. As of April 19, 2017, StarCraft and its Brood War expansion are free to download and play from Blizzard's website.

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A of StarCraft and Brood War was released on August 14, 2017. See also: StarCraft focuses around three distinct interstellar species: the, the adaptable, and the. The game revolves around players collecting resources to construct a base, upgrade their militaries, and ultimately conquer opponents. Brood War's gameplay remains fundamentally unchanged from that of StarCraft, although it made small alterations to unit costs and some abilities, and added some new units.

These changes make tactics—a factor that gained some criticism in the original StarCraft—less practical. The single-player campaign has an increased difficulty; missions are no longer entirely linear, and a greater focus on strategy is needed to complete missions. In addition, the game's (AI) has been augmented so that AI-controlled players are more intelligent and tend to use tactics more effectively. Brood War introduces seven new units.

Each race is given access to a unique ground unit: the Zerg can create a defensive unit that can attack from the concealment of its, while the Terrans can train combat medics. The Protoss are able to produce units, a powerful cloaked unit only given to the player in special missions of StarCraft. Protoss players can merge two of these units to create a special unit. Each race is also given access to a dedicated air-to-air attack unit.

Synopsis [ ] Setting [ ]. See also: Brood War takes place in the StarCraft universe, set around the early 26th century. Terran exiles from Earth have colonized a distant area of the galaxy called the Koprulu Sector, having established several governments. Eventually, a civil war breaks out and ends with the formation of the. However, humanity soon becomes caught in a war between the Protoss and the Zerg, which culminates at the end of StarCraft with the death of the Zerg leader, the, on the Protoss homeworld of. Without the Overmind to command, the Zerg rampage mindlessly across Aiur, while the —the secondary commanders of the Swarm—attempt to regain control. After the discovery of alien life in the Koprulu Sector, the (UED)—the international body governing Earth—decides to send an expeditionary force to secure the sector and prevent the aliens from finding Earth.

Brood War begins two days after the conclusion of StarCraft. Characters [ ]. Main article: The player assumes the roles of three anonymous characters over the course of the game. In the first campaign, the player assumes the role of a Protoss fleet commander.