What Blizzard does well
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I'm as pissed as anyone about Starcraft Ghost, but the the reality is that Starcraft is practically the National Sport in Sourth Korea, and it's incredibly popular everywhere else too. Plus the fact that pretty well any computer can play it. As for Warcraft III, DOTA is in itself a huge phenomenon. Blizzard's games are probably played the most of out of all games 5 years after their release. People never get bored of them. I think that's what makes them great. And if someone says it's that part of them that ruins people's lives, I'm going to smack you. What do you want them to do, make games with a maximum quality standard? A minimum badness standard? Perhaps the government should step in and make exceptionally good games illegal in a free market economy. If people are weak minded enough to do nothing but play games all day they deserve the treatment they give themselves.
wait you mean people pay for Runescape now? Has it improved in any way in the last 8 years for it to even warrant payment?archwiccan said:
I suppose they're more willing to experiment, really test their mechanics to the fullest. For example in the alpha build of Wwarcraft 3 they experiment with tripling the unit costs, leading to more tactful and more strategic games. Unit caps were almost ablolished. And with WoW of course they put their subscription money to good use updating servers, steadily increasing content.
I do like thier games. I sunk so much time into Diablo 2... I am a bit sceptical about Diablo 3 though, as it's not the same team that made the first two (as most of them left to make Flagship Studios, which recently fallen into a blackhole). I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not following it religiously.
The issue is with the MMO is that because there is so much stuff consumers will keep sinking money into it to get this stuff. Once they have realised they wasted their lives they'll dump more money into it so they can use this vast amount of stuff they now have, justifying their quest for digital booty. Vicious cycle.
I do like thier games. I sunk so much time into Diablo 2... I am a bit sceptical about Diablo 3 though, as it's not the same team that made the first two (as most of them left to make Flagship Studios, which recently fallen into a blackhole). I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not following it religiously.
The issue is with the MMO is that because there is so much stuff consumers will keep sinking money into it to get this stuff. Once they have realised they wasted their lives they'll dump more money into it so they can use this vast amount of stuff they now have, justifying their quest for digital booty. Vicious cycle.
We all lost time on that game, but it was fun while it lasted, the pricks attempting to lure you out into the wilderness to kill you and take your goods was entertaining, that was probably why they took PvP out.archwiccan said:
Well, let's see.
They've completely dominated the MMO market with World of Warcraft.
Made the best strategy game of all time in Starcraft.
Diablo 2 is still being played by many, many people, and it's successor is coming.
WC3 DOTA still has games going on.
Their expansion packs always seem to be just as polished as the main games (although I know plenty of people who wouldn't play Brood War online).
They never release anything that isn't good.
They've completely dominated the MMO market with World of Warcraft.
Made the best strategy game of all time in Starcraft.
Diablo 2 is still being played by many, many people, and it's successor is coming.
WC3 DOTA still has games going on.
Their expansion packs always seem to be just as polished as the main games (although I know plenty of people who wouldn't play Brood War online).
They never release anything that isn't good.
... Wait, what?Anonymouse said:
Unbalanced is the last word anyone should use to describe Starcraft. As long as you have a relative skill level to your opponent, it doesn't matter which race you choose. It all depends on whether you're able to play your race like it was meant to be played.
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Oh, God, tell me you're not someone who plays the Protoss like the Zerg and says the game sucks.
Blizzard is good at two things. Making great games, and sucking money out of people like a mosquito sucks blood.
You made a big mistake. You mentioned a popular and successful company. Naturally everyone must hate them for being sellouts.
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