StarCraft improved on its predecessor Warcraft II, which showcased two incredibly very similar playable factions, by introducing asymmetry amongst the units and technologies available 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 device styles accessible to Each and every race define its racial identity. The Protoss can industry highly effective and high-priced warriors and machinery, while the Zerg depend on sheer figures and pace to overwhelm their opponents.
The protoss OST 헬스 was meant to be "deep, highly effective, and cerebral."[28] It had been a lot more orchestral compared to the terrans, and Stafford focused on instrumentation that could hold them sensation extremely distinctive from Warcraft, using inspiration from Jerry Goldsmith's score into the Film Alien. Wary of parallel enhancement, he purposefully averted the film Starship Troopers.