Well Starcraft had really different teams, but Warcraft 3 had less. They mostly differ in resource gathering, and a little bit in building, but the 4 different factions are overally less distinct from each other than the 3 factions in SC.
[et:qw]: Other games / mods with asymetrical teams
BR1GAND
(BR1GAND)
#22
Yeah Bizzard really does it right in that area. Wcft 3 has 4 team types with unlimited replayability. I think Alien vs Preditor-2 did it right for the FPS genre. Not sure why it wasnt more popular.
Deth_Metal
(Deth_Metal)
#23
Well unfortunately AvP2 suffered from gross imbalance: The Aliens killed the Preds, the Preds killed the Aliens, and both of them killed the Humans (there were actually two factions of Humans: Corporates and Marines, bringing AvP2 to 4 teams instead of 3). Basically the only reason you were human in that game was because you had 1337 skillz and/or were just a stubborn cunt willing to die an inordinate number of times. On the plus side though, the human sides really encouraged teamplay! 