StarCraft enhanced on its predecessor Warcraft II, which showcased two quite related playable factions, by introducing asymmetry amongst 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-acknowledged 1996 SSI release War Wind. The unit styles accessible to Just about every race outline its racial identity. The Protoss can field 헬스 impressive and highly-priced warriors and equipment, although the Zerg count on sheer quantities and velocity to overwhelm their opponents.

The protoss OST was meant to be "deep, highly effective, and cerebral."[28] It had been a lot more orchestral compared to the terrans, and Stafford centered on instrumentation that could hold them sensation extremely distinctive from Warcraft, getting inspiration from Jerry Goldsmith's score into the Film Alien. Wary of parallel development, he purposefully prevented the film Starship Troopers.