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Excuse me? Keep recycling over and over?
Let's look at the latest fifteen years of history Blizzard has written:
Diablo was one of the first RPG-likes to show you don't need a hundred different stats to make a good game.
Warcraft 2 was, admittedly, a step in the mainstream direction.
Starcraft was the first RTS to have proper "different" races and unit selection (no game has still come near the ankle of Starcraft's diversity, period), was the first RTS to actually have a competitive multiplayer and a parsec-high skill ceiling, not to mention the humongous number of custom maps and new games its editor spawned.
Diablo 2 completely shattered and recreated the concept of "action/RPG" and the focus on items. It left scars so deep in the action/RPG genre that every game similar to it from then on has been called a "Diablo clone", unprecedented thing in gaming.
Warcraft 3 single handedly defined the RPG/RTS hybrid genre. Not to mention, once again, the legions of new games its editor spawned.
World of Warcraft turned every odd against it inside out and has become the benchmark for every MMO that wants to be released. Its innovation lied in the dedication Blizzard made everyone put in it.
Starcraft 2 is the first RTS to have a SP campaign where not one mission is similar to any other and a network that actually works with it rather than just existing to provide matchmaking support. It also is a step in the opposite direction RTSs are taking - Starcraft 2 is actually an RTS, not a RTS-lite.
Mazoch
what you only accomplished with that post is to show how much love you have for blizzard. You didn't really post anything that we didn't know (and you overexaggerated the games way too much. The first to do this and that) I agree with wildflower, blizzard games are good, not amazing, but good. But they need to broaden their horizons, rather than release the same stuff over and over again with new coats of paints. I mean do something new for once. And saying no game has come near starcraft diversity is a pure b.s fanboy statement. period.
I will never understand this insane blizzard loyalty. I mean sheesh, it's not like they pay you for it.
In all fairness, very few game studios focus on multiple genres. I'd say that Blizzards games seem to cover a broader collection of genres than most major studios out there. Id only makes FPS's Epic, only FPS's Relic works on RTS's Bioware does RPG's and now an MMO, Valve does FPS shooters. For blizzard to have been so successful in three different genres is pretty impressive imho: Diablo being the grand daddy of Action RPG's, WarCraft and StarCraft some of the most successful RTS's and WoW of course being the biggest MMO on the market.
I would agree that SC2 did relatively little to change the core SC gameplay formula, but with that exception I think every blizzard game released have made some very significant changes to the gameplay formulas of their games and franchise.
Last post. I am not disputing their contributions to the gaming industry. I actually enjoy their games. But to answer you danieldust............what I meant was, why is it that anytime someone puts out a negative (mind you minor negative in the broad spectrum of things), there will be a rabid fanboy spouting the usual "warcraft did this, starcraft did that! worship or you are stupid" tripe. No game is perfect. There is a major difference between having an opinion open to debate and just pure trolling.
Your post so far danieldust had reasoning behind it, unlike some other poster who decided to strike with the usual, "The truth hurts. it burnnnnnnnnnnnnns"
I liked, not loved, starcraft 2.
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