When comparing StarCraft: Brood War vs OpenRA, the Slant community recommends StarCraft: Brood War for most people. In the question“What are the best RTS games for PC?” StarCraft: Brood War is ranked 18th while OpenRA is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose StarCraft: Brood War is:
The game is fairly well balanced, so nobody gets an advantage by choosing a certain race.
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Pros
Pro Well balanced
The game is fairly well balanced, so nobody gets an advantage by choosing a certain race.
Pro Remastered Version!
The Remastered version brings updated graphics and widescreen support to the best RTS game ever!
Pro Very balanced
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 Large focus on micromanagement
Do not get this game if you are more interested in building massive armies and fighting wars of attrition.
Con Old
With the original release dating back to 1998 the game is quite old now and graphics are not at par with current game offerings.
Con No widescreen support
Starcraft is only available in a 4:3 resolution. A hack to make it work in widescreen can be found here.
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.