When comparing The Ur-Quan Masters vs OpenRA, the Slant community recommends The Ur-Quan Masters for most people. In the question“What are the best open-source games?” The Ur-Quan Masters is ranked 14th while OpenRA is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose The Ur-Quan Masters is:
Many species to meet and learn of, each with their own personality, history and goals. Could they help you? That is for you to find out.
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Pros
Pro Great story
Many species to meet and learn of, each with their own personality, history and goals. Could they help you? That is for you to find out.
Pro A vast universe to explore
With hundreds of stars, each with many planets, some of them with a surface that can be landed on, some of those harboring life, some of which is even intelligent, there are always places to visit and "people" to talk to.
Pro Modern improved recreation of the classic game
Classic Command and Conquer with overhauled UI, rebalanced gameplay, replays and observer mode.
Pro Fosters creativity
Features an in-game map editor and is geared towards modding.
Cons
Con In a grey zone
(The C&C guys are actually well aware of this project and are fine with it... so this isn't true.)
All CnC assets are still copyrighted by Westwood/EA and not freely available anymore, so per law, it is illegal to share them as mods. Also, Dune was never available as free download, which makes the whole mod illegal as well.