StarCraft improved upon its predecessor Warcraft II, which featured two very similar playable factions, by introducing asymmetry concerning the models and systems available to its three races (Protoss, Terran, and Zerg). This asymmetry was similar to that pioneered in the lesser-recognised 1996 SSI launch War Wind. The device styles accessible to Just about every race outline its racial identification. The Protoss can area powerful and highly-priced warriors and equipment, even though the Zerg rely on sheer numbers and velocity to overwhelm their opponents.
The protoss OST was created to be "deep, potent, and cerebral."[28] It was extra orchestral when compared to the terrans, and Stafford centered on instrumentation that will maintain them emotion particularly unique from Warcraft, taking inspiration from Jerry Goldsmith's rating on the movie Alien. Cautious 킥복싱 of parallel progress, he purposefully averted the film Starship Troopers.