StarCraft enhanced on its predecessor Warcraft II, which highlighted two quite related playable factions, by introducing asymmetry among the units and technologies accessible to its a few races (Protoss, Terran, and Zerg). This asymmetry was just like that pioneered while in the lesser-identified 1996 SSI release War Wind. The unit styles accessible to Every single race outline its racial identity. The Protoss can field impressive and high priced warriors and equipment, although the Zerg count on sheer quantities and pace to overwhelm their opponents.

The protoss OST was made to be "deep, powerful, and cerebral."[28] It absolutely was additional orchestral as opposed to terrans, and Stafford focused on instrumentation that would continue to keep them experience really distinct from Warcraft, having inspiration from Jerry Goldsmith's rating for the movie Alien. Cautious of parallel growth, he purposefully avoided 킥복싱 the movie Starship Troopers.