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vik7
Profile Joined May 2009
United States227 Posts
June 07 2019 01:32 GMT
#1
source: https://kotaku.com/sources-blizzard-cancels-starcraft-first-person-shoote-1835285125

Kinda Curious on Communities thoughts that Blizzard was working on another shooter based on Starcraft Universe?
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riotjune
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States3394 Posts
June 07 2019 01:38 GMT
#2
Were they spending entire meetings focusing on the design of the marine's boot again
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-07 02:10:56
June 07 2019 01:48 GMT
#3
An FPS from a zerg's perspective sounds interesting. But at the same time I don't think there will be anybody too upset that a Starcraft FPS got cancelled. And it never ceases to amuse me that sites like Kotaku still use the pictures from WoL alpha that they got permission to use from Blizzard way back when.
seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
5527 Posts
June 07 2019 02:04 GMT
#4
good call imo .diablo is in a fuckery situation right now
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
June 07 2019 02:26 GMT
#5
Just want to say that this project was being headed up by Dustin Browder, and between this and Heroes of the Storm and arguably the foundational design vision of SC2 (further discussion about that is happening in the Starcraft II - A Lifecycle thread), seems to be a tough streak for DBro
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lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4186 Posts
June 07 2019 02:35 GMT
#6
One thing I don't think people are talking about, which is kinda important, is that I think this is Team 1. Which means that they havent been working on a new RTS game after Nova Covert Ops was finished.

As much of a fan of RTS I am, I love the idea of a Starcraft asymmetrical battlefield type of game. I hope they can explore that option once they ship D4/OW2.
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Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2631 Posts
June 07 2019 02:39 GMT
#7
Eh, more Starcraft story content is always cool. Especially since its been like 3 years since the last campaign in Starcraft 2. But if they are going to make more Starcraft content, I'd actually kind of prefer if Starcraft remain in the RTS or Strategy genre still.
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seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
5527 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-07 02:49:05
June 07 2019 02:48 GMT
#8
On June 07 2019 11:35 lestye wrote:
One thing I don't think people are talking about, which is kinda important, is that I think this is Team 1. Which means that they havent been working on a new RTS game after Nova Covert Ops was finished.

As much of a fan of RTS I am, I love the idea of a Starcraft asymmetrical battlefield type of game. I hope they can explore that option once they ship D4/OW2.

half of them are running multiplayers the rest has been doing this project for 2 years i assume ? but sc2 multiplayers aint so hot lately and i think they only need 20 or 30 employees for balance team and the rest will move to another rts project
DreamlnCode
Profile Joined December 2018
United Kingdom77 Posts
June 07 2019 03:42 GMT
#9
Doesn't surprise me that they scrap another FPS after Overwatch didn't get the reception and longevity they expected.

Wake me when they work on a new RTS.
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-07 03:50:08
June 07 2019 03:47 GMT
#10
Overwatch 2? Hm, I find Overwatch to be the perfect multiplayer shooter for me, hope they don't ruin it with 2.
On June 07 2019 11:26 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Just want to say that this project was being headed up by Dustin Browder, and between this and Heroes of the Storm and arguably the foundational design vision of SC2 (further discussion about that is happening in the Starcraft II - A Lifecycle thread), seems to be a tough streak for DBro
A rocky path.
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vik7
Profile Joined May 2009
United States227 Posts
June 07 2019 04:02 GMT
#11
On June 07 2019 12:47 figq wrote:
Overwatch 2? Hm, I find Overwatch to be the perfect multiplayer shooter for me, hope they don't ruin it with 2.
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On June 07 2019 11:26 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Just want to say that this project was being headed up by Dustin Browder, and between this and Heroes of the Storm and arguably the foundational design vision of SC2 (further discussion about that is happening in the Starcraft II - A Lifecycle thread), seems to be a tough streak for DBro
A rocky path.

Hmm I disagree Blizzard missed opportunities with overwatch like they did with starcraft 2, they hardly ever admit a mistake give a noncomital answer, remember the days when players asked blizzard to disclose mmr, and how long it for them to finally show it?
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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12632 Posts
June 07 2019 04:06 GMT
#12
I am not too bothered with it. Honestly I am afraid of whatever blizzard will come up next in its current form.
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blunderfulguy
Profile Blog Joined April 2016
United States1415 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-07 05:11:46
June 07 2019 05:04 GMT
#13
"Battlefield in the StarCraft universe" sounds cool, but I'd rather have a different shooter or a different SC game, a third-person SC game I'd be more into. "Gears of War" or "Evolve" or "Dead Space" or "Lost Planet" or "Splinter Cell" or... "[whatever] in the StarCraft universe" sound much more fun to me (even as a pretty big Battlefield 2, 2142, and 3 fan). However, if it was actually "looking pretty good" after 2+ years of development time on Terran and Zerg gameplay, it does hurt to hear about that going to waste, and hurts more after seeing that Browder was part of it. That kinda sucks.

Diablo 4? I'm craving more Diablo, badly. Overwatch 2? ... Why? I guess I'll just hope that whatever cool ideas the team had for Ares will go into OW2 or a new IP. Or, who knows, maybe more SC2, SC3, or War4.

*I'm also... hesitant about War3: Reforged. I haven't gotten to check out anything new with it in a while, but I hope that it turns out awesome in general and sales-wise otherwise there probably won't be any good RTS news from Blizz in a long time. (Has there been anything new with that since the Culling of Stratholme demo? New model/texture/graphics or gameplay stuff?)
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pzlama333
Profile Joined April 2013
United States281 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-07 05:43:25
June 07 2019 05:42 GMT
#14
Starcraft: Nova Die Twice

Anyway, the good news is that we have Diablo 4 (not the mobile one) and Overwatch 2 at least.
fastr
Profile Joined February 2011
France902 Posts
June 07 2019 05:48 GMT
#15
I'm a long time CS and Battlefield player so I would have loved to see a Battlefield in the Starcraft universe and I'm sad to see it scrapped. On the other hand like people have mentioned, this was lead by Dustin Browder who contributed to kill WoL with his casual friendly vision of the game. He then went on to work on Heroes of the Storm, based on Starcraft 2's game engine. I thought the game was a pretty refreshing take on the MOBA's genre, but there is an argument to be made that the game failed because it was once again aimed at casuals and it couldn't compete with the more unforgiving LoL and dota 2.

I don't understand Blizzard's vision for the future. Their 2 most succesful franchises are Warcraft and Starcraft. 2 RTS in different universe with incredibly complex gameplay and skill ceilings, 2 of the most successful esports title in history. Blizzard became the pc gaming juggernaut it is today based on those 2 franchises. Then WoW came along and redefined MMO's while providing what seems to be an inexhaustible amount of cash flow.

Since Blizzard published Starcraft 2 in 2010, what games have they made that were a success for esport? Diablo 3 sold well but it's mostly a solo game with almost no competitive facet. Hearthstone was another success and still makes a lot of money for Blizzard, but I'm not one to consider a card game an esport. Heroes of the Storm was an esport failure and Blizzard lost a lot injecting cash in a still-born game that didn't bring anything new and exciting to the genre. Overwatch is a fun and casual fps with interesting new ideas, but as an esport it's a joke, stale and repetitive metagame, utterly boring to watch, I feel overwatch league is going to turn into another artificial life support from Blizzard, losing them more money, and the game will probably die as soon as they pull the plug.

Diablo 4 will sell incredibly like the third one, but will they achieve any sizable player retention? Overwatch 2 barely 3 years after the first one sounds like a confession that they didn't achieve what they want with the first one.

At this point I don't care if it's Starcraft 3, Warcraft 4 or a new lore, I just want Blizzard to not abandon the RTS genre completely. They're the last developers I trust to keep the flame alive. If they don't, I fear we're gonna be stuck with MOBA's and battle royale's for the foreseeable future.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-07 06:07:10
June 07 2019 06:06 GMT
#16
On June 07 2019 10:48 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
An FPS from a zerg's perspective sounds interesting. But at the same time I don't think there will be anybody too upset that a Starcraft FPS got cancelled. And it never ceases to amuse me that sites like Kotaku still use the pictures from WoL alpha that they got permission to use from Blizzard way back when.


Aliens vs Predators was good ! (Espacially the second one when you start to play as facehugger)

But from all of those discussion i'm wondering if i'm the only person that don't want multiplayer focused games. I would very much like a good title for Single player with a nice story etc...

I mean... BioShock didn't need multiplayer... Right ?
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gotchaman
Profile Joined May 2019
18 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-07 06:08:12
June 07 2019 06:07 GMT
#17
I want a SC2 match between Serral and Maru in which each unit of supply for Serral is a FPS foreign pro and each unit of supply for Maru is a FPS Korean pro.
LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1513 Posts
June 07 2019 06:11 GMT
#18
[image loading]

Its been out for a long time...

Seriously now, Im not surprised so I cant be disappointed...

Give em another 20 years or so... They will come around to it.

Gotta be optimistic!
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GreasedUpDeafGuy
Profile Joined August 2018
United States398 Posts
June 07 2019 06:22 GMT
#19
wow...so shocking....sigh...
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AlgeriaT
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden2197 Posts
June 07 2019 06:41 GMT
#20
As an oldtimer, all I want is a Starcraft 3 where the visuals aren't designed mainly for kids.
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