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116 points cybersoyuz | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 17:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source
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GeekyBear ◴[18 Jul 25 20:44 UTC] No.44609626[source]▶
I keep a Windows 2000 virtual machine with no network access around just to occasionally play HOMM 3.

There aren't many games from that era that are as infinitely replayable. Command and Conquer: Yuri's Revenge and Starcraft come to mind.

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dfex ◴[19 Jul 25 01:22 UTC] No.44611671[source]▶
Yuri's Revenge never gets old - it's just the right balance of RTS with a bit more of an arcadey feel. Sadly I missed the original Starcraft train (finished Starcraft II), but one of these days I'm going to sit down and work my way through it.
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1. ktallett ◴[19 Jul 25 08:01 UTC] No.44613506[source]▶
The story still holds up really well. Plus if you can't deal with the classic graphics there is StarCraft remastered.
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2. ferguess_k ◴[19 Jul 25 19:13 UTC] No.44618415[source]▶
Back then I was crazy about the story of Starcraft and I thought that was the best of the RTS games. I used to dip into the level editor too but it was kinda limited, missing some of the scripts Blizzard used in the expansion.

By pure coincidence, both Starcraft 2's writers and /me believed that Kerrigan should be brought back to her human form in Starcraft 2 :)