What makes Starcraft Orignal so good?

The original Starcraft was quite unique in many ways at the time of release. Which was... a very long time. i think

 

It was about 10 years ago.

Excellent gameplay and graphics for the time period.

 

Starcraft mainly still played today because of this:

It´s a great game to watch on pro level.

I came into starcraft because i saw a starcraft VOD...
It´s also played because of the balance, three races etc.
But the reason its till played in Korea (2 24/7 TV channels ), is because its nice to watch the game with all those new tacticts...

 

To be honest, the best competitive games were made for casual gamers or even singleplayer.

If you design a game for pro gamers it won't turn out too good on the pro level :/

I mean, look at Command & Conquer and Command & Conquer Red Alert. They were very popular and had alot of high price tournaments.

And yet, they were designed for single-player.

Look at StarCraft and WarCraft II. They have tournaments with prizes, and they were still designed to please the normal gamer.
I mean, pro gamers can play games that aren't designed for them.

Edit: Oh and one more thing. How to counter Charging Zealots as Zerg:

Get Banelings. They are zerglings that blow themselves up, causing splash damage (Kindof like Infested Terrans).

That would rule vs Zealots. No matter how fast the zealots are, they have to go melee... And when they do, the banelings will blow themselves up, and the zealots.

 

Not to much units, with alooooot of different strats. GJ blizz

 

For me, what made the game great was competive online play that was balanced and where you could try exploiting your opponent to win.

What made the game great for many of my friends that are much more casualy sc gamers than I was is that it had a great campaign. Personally, I never played the campaign and it blows my friends minds when they hear this. The day starcraft was released in stores I bought it and got on bnet and have never desired to play the single player when I can play against a real thinking person.

 

Well for me i loved StarCraft Because of its beautiful Storyline