In an incredible StarCraft design piece, some dedicated fans of the space game remake the first in their own sequence. StarCraft: Mass Recall is a fully playable recreation of StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War, in StarCraft 2, and you can play for free.
Version 8.0 of the project was released this week, as posted on the SC2 Mapster by one of the project leaders, karlprojektorinski, containing 59 maps from Brood War, three that have been removed in some way and another six that came in a 1998 demo. According to a long-standing topic on the Team Liquid forums, all of the progression and dialogue from the original StarCraft has been transported and preserved, but the difficulty curves have been altered to look more like the modern strategy game experience.
In addition to the main Mass Recall mod, you can download the Enslavers Redux, made by the OmegaWeaponX modder. In four episodes and nine maps, Redux is based on the Enslavers campaign for StarCraft and has new missions, enhanced heroes and delves into the story that leads to StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. You can find complete instructions, including troubleshooting, on the SC 2 mapper page. All of these mods are compatible with any version of StarCraft 2, including the free Starter Edition.
Here is a look at the previous version 7.0 in a project trailer, posted last year:
This is the third StarCraft redux we’ve seen. In 2017, Blizzard released Starcraft: Remastered and, in 2019, StarCraft: Cartooned, which redesigned the look to look like a Saturday morning cartoon, in collaboration with Carbot Animations.
Blizzard said it is delaying the development of StarCraft 2 to pave the way for the next chapter in the series. We spoke with the company earlier this year about the fundamental launch that completed 10 years and all the trials and tribulations in it.