بلیزارد می‌گوید استارکرافت همان فضای «ریگ» را خواهد داشت و از «وسترن بین‌ستاره‌ای» RTS اصلی الهام می‌گیرد.

Blizzard says StarCraft will have the same 'gritty' atmosphere and be inspired by the 'interstellar western' of the original RTS — 'Our real world has asymmetry to it, and so I think leveraging that and putting that into this world was key for us'

StarCraft will adopt the same "gritty" atmosphere of the original real-time strategy (RTS) game, according to Blizzard Entertainment.