In my opinion, it is BY FAR the best of the three when it comes to what you read matching what you play. Then there's the bits about the Xel'Naga, which were written about in the original, touched on in-game in the expansion, and seem to be pretty important for the sequel. The Zerg have very little apparent lore to speak of, but the Protoss are chock full of it, and the Arcturus Mengst storyline brings out a decent bit of Terran history. Starcraft comes the closest to integrating their lore. Your hero from D1 defaulted to a warrior, and he was called 'The Wanderer.' Compare that to the vast encyclopedia of characters from Warcraft and Starcraft. Frankly Warhammer Dawn of War is the true 'Starcraft 2' in my opinion, and that is the game Blizzard needs to beat. I thought Warcraft III as incredibly lame, but fortunately they will NOT be going that route with SC2. After 10 years of Starcraft 2 I play my first matches on Warcraft 3: Reforged + find some great custom games There are pros.and some serious cons.Note that. This is ALWAYS a problem when it comes to lore. You know, I am not really that impressed with Starcraft 2 (SC2) so far. The other problem with Diablo is that it's the one series out of the three where you name your own characters. Tyrael and Cain give you tidbits, but what you actually do rarely really seems to tie into the 'rich history' of demons and archangels, etc. My problem with the Diablo lore is just how little of it actually comes up in game. Then some of these characters appear from game to game. If you read your instruction booklet though, you'll find all kinds of info about the different Orc tribes, different Human kingdoms, their history, the history of the war, etc. Warcraft II was all about tactics, and the story was somewhat of an afterthought.

Warcraft II had a ton of backstory (lore) that might come up in a mission briefing, but was mostly skipped over. This is especially true of the earlier games. 2- I love Starcraft because Im a big fan of Star Trek and I just wish it was less fantasy and more science. Most of the 'lore' comes in the instruction booklets, and is stuff that you can play through the entire game without knowing. 1- Warcraft because its Tolkiens universe.but Im not a WOW player, also I hope they make more movies. I think a lot of people are mistakenly confusing 'lore' with 'storyline.' They're two different things.

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