The competitive play is far too over-caffeinated and unforgiving to be approachable for the casual player. But when I look at the big picture, StarCraft II unquestionably stands as one of the best games I've ever played in any genre. Despite the hiccups mentioned above, the story is by and large moving and exciting.

What is so great about StarCraft 2?

Starcraft games have been successful because they are accurately balanced, well supported (patches, tournament features, expansions) and most of all entirely centered around player skill. Because random elements are kept at an absolute minimum, players can rely on knowledge and practice to achieve considerable results.

Is StarCraft 2 good for your brain?

New research has found that frequent players of the real-time strategy video game StarCraft II have greater connectivity between regions of the brain associated with visuospatial cognition. The findings appear in the journal Human Brain Mapping.