When comparing Starcraft vs Virtua Racing, the Slant community recommends Starcraft for most people. In the question“What are the best and the most revolutionary games of all time?” Starcraft is ranked 17th while Virtua Racing is ranked 76th. The most important reason people chose Starcraft is:
There are three selectable races in the game, Terrans, Protoss and the Zerg. The Terrans being human, while the other two are alien races. What makes the game stand out is that each race feels exceptionally different from one another, each with their own personalities. This makes for a different experience depending on what race has been chosen to play with.
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Pros
Pro Tons of personality that keeps the story and gameplay interesting and entertaining
There are three selectable races in the game, Terrans, Protoss and the Zerg. The Terrans being human, while the other two are alien races. What makes the game stand out is that each race feels exceptionally different from one another, each with their own personalities. This makes for a different experience depending on what race has been chosen to play with.
Pro Built-in offline LAN support
Being an older game, Starcraft suports offline LAN due to not as many people having internet back when it was released. This is something that many games (including Starcraft 2) regrettably do not feature anymore.
Pro Well balanced race selection keeps the gameplay fair
The game is fairly well balanced, so nobody gets an advantage by choosing a certain race. While each race will have their own unique abilities, the balancing of these abilities allows the game to play even handed, with no real advantage to any race.
Pro This game can be downloaded for free
Blizzard is now offering the original Starcraft (titled Starcraft Anthology) as a free download.
Pro Highly specialized units that are easy to learn but hard to master
This helps keep the game challenging and interesting even at a high level of proficiency.
Pro Started as a demo for 3D technology
Virtua Racing was originally only intended to be a demo for the new 3D platform - Model 1. It was such a hit though, that Sega ended up releasing it as a full game. Virtua Racing was one of the first major stepping stones into 3D gaming, and many other games were built upon Model 1's platform.
Pro Player preferences were taken into consideration
For the first time ever, players could choose what angle they wanted to use when playing games. Also, Virtua Racing allowed the player to pick whether they wanted manual or automatic transmission.
Pro Extremely detailed graphics for 1992
Virtua Racing had a much higher polygon count than other games of its time - that is more polygons were used to make shapes which makes object look better defined and less blocky.
Cons
Con Old and outdated
With the original release dating back to 1998, the game is quite old now and its graphics are not on par with current game offerings.
Con Lacks widescreen support
Starcraft is only available in a 4:3 resolution. However, a hack to make it work in widescreen can be found here.