Time to mod-up and revisit Starcraft, an RTS legend that has aged like a fine terran wine over the years since you first played this game. This classic game maybe blowing out eleven candles on its cake this year but you would never know this RTS game was advanced in age. Mod support for Starcraft has been slowing down lately, but people are still adding to this game every day.
Blizzard has recently announced that Starcraft II is on the way and this will certainly get Starcraft's mod-community working overtime and give them a welcome boost of energy. Until Blizzard actually ships Starcraft II for you to play with, why not spend a little time playing a few of the best mods for the original Starcraft, to get yourself in the mood for the new adventure.
Aeon of the Hawk is a five map adventure by designer Metathrom for StarCraft fanatics and takes place in and near the Terran colony planet of Athlys III. Aeon of the Hawk was developed in 2004 to be an extreme challenge and similar in many respects to the extremely challenging Flame Knives (read the section below for information on Flame Knives). Aeon of the Hawk is an adventure for the gamer who loves a great story, with loads of graphical additions and well-written dialogue with funny and entertaining references to Star Trek and the first StarCraft adventures. Bring your A-game though, this addition is one of the hardest I've tried, and I rate if as expert level. All the ground scenarios are intense wars of endless action, with you desperately trying to fight off waves of enemies.
Brood War Artificial Intelligence Project is recommended for StarCraft fanatics who are tired of beating-up on computer generated opponents. The home-made version 3.1 includes nine of the top gamer-designed AI scripts for StarCraft and Brood War, as well as a useful program to help you get the mod up and running. Once these mods are up and running, the Zerg, Protoss, and Terrans start to get a lot more intelligent and their choices become a lot harder to predict. These mods make the old maps that you played until you lost interest, now seem new and entertaining again. You can also try out the tutorials available at the mod designers website on how to make your own AI scripts.