EPTWhen I was roughly eight years old, my older brother would let me watch him playing Diablo I. One day, he'd even let me play a new character. Having a child of eight play Diablo I is probably not the best thing to do, however, I managed to get to level 2 and encounter the butcher. To be honest, I ran away, frightened of the guy. Up until today, I never faced the butcher again, I had nightmares due to that figure. One day, I'll overcome my biggest fears and face him though
. After Diablo I (and a few more years of me doing normal kid things like playing football and stuff) I managed to get a copy from WarCraft II: Orcs and Humans, again via my older brother. I adored that game, even though I did not understand too much (my brother was playing the english version after all). Also, I played the campaign of StarCraft I, though for some reason, I missed out on Brood War for a very long time. I junked on Diablo II a lot, grinding and grinding the ladder over and over again, having very fun times.
When WarCraft III came out, I loved it! I loved the campaign, loved the whole story, and when Arthas chose to completely go nuts, my feelings were utterly destroyed.
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However, having Arthas face off vs. Illidan at the end of The Frozen Throne was great, too!
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Inevitably..
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..I got in to the World of Warcraft.
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I'm telling you, I loved the trailer and I still do. Whenever I hear that awesome hymn, I get excited in a way that wants me to conquer the Barrens again, enrich the countless trophies of the Horde, slay Alliance members and raid Stormwind! I loved every single moment of classic WoW and Burning Crusade and I do not regret having my grades lower a lot :D. Well, a bit I do regret it by now but not really.
So what happened around 2010, when I had lost my interest in WarCraft III, lost my interest in playing World of Warcraft, and was rather close to shifting my interests from gaming to other things? Yeah, you guys are right. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty happened. I was crushed when I wasn't able to obtain beta access. However, I bought the game the day it came out. I am really proud of having a hard copy of it, and I went through the campaign in a rush! I wanted to know exactly how to help (or kill) Sarah Kerrigan.
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Get me right: I never was a competitive Brood War player but I always loved the story lines of Blizzard games. I hated Mengsk for leaving Kerrigan behind, I loved Raynor for his valiant yet dirty style of fighting for the right thing. Up until today, Jim Raynor, as weird as it sounds, is someone I look up to in real life. He's the person I somehow want to be (however, I also look up to my older brother and some friends) but I'm rather often failing to be like.
So having the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty campaign fold out in front of my eyes was a great thing. While the ending was rather lame (c'mon, we need a dead Kerrigan and a sad Jimmy, not a "look I'm back and now it all gets even more complicated and there's a superpower from space that wants to kill us all"-story (fun fact: this is the first time I actually think a Blizzard game's story line has a bad ending, even Diablo III was great in terms of that)), the overall plot was freakin' awesome.
Wow. That went long. Originally, that was planned to be a short introduction, containing some experience that I made with Blizzard games. Feels more like a love letter to me now and I'll just leave it as it is. Well, I'm a grown up man, I may show love without it being perceived as a weakness! I'll say it out loud: I love Blizzard games.
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I dare you to suck, Overwatch
