EPTBlizzard cancelled StarCraft FPS game to focus on OW2, Dia…
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CicadaSC
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renaissanceMAN
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Tchado
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chipmonklord17
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Bleak
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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  Terrible, terrible damage. | ||
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j2digital
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They were probably having a hard time figuring how they could nickle and dime their potential player base without alienating them "too" hard. Or even though they said it was using the OW engine they probably were going to try to shove it on a phone behind pay to win walls. Funny they are making an OW2 instead of just regularly releasing content for the first one. I just think- Fortnite is doing great for years and its the same map? Because they constantly add new seasons, new weapons, and change things on the map/have events. I don't even play or enjoy Fortnite but they have it figured out. Blizzard is probably are having a hard time monetizing OW this late into its life and didn't build it modular enough to add some of the above. So instead of a FPS SC game: Welcome OW2 where you pay for the (same) game AND have payable seasons! And probably payable characters! Why not payable maps too!? Why isn't the amount of time you play charged too? Who knows what mess they'll make of D4. Blizzard is a joke. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23759 Posts
I’d absolutely prefer to see some new mainline RTS titles myself, but to make out there’s no demand for other IPs or new ones outside of that genre is preposterous | ||
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Jan1997
Norway671 Posts
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Doink
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I thought the hype was gone years ago. Hero shooters are sooooooooo boring. Sacrificing. a SC game for that is lol | ||
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franzji
United States581 Posts
also that overwatch 2 stuff, my guess is it's gonna be a large overwatch expansion you have to buy or something not a standalone game. | ||
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
Still, Blizzard is in something of a pretty serious mess right now, and it's probably not looking too good going forward. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
Instead we get Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2? Like what Overwatch has barely been out that long and the last 12 months has dive bombed but they have also made a whole massive financially draining franchise league of it...seems bit crazy to be like yeh lets make Overwatch 2? | ||
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Vutalisk
United States679 Posts
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BadHabits
Canada45 Posts
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washikie
United States752 Posts
On June 07 2019 18:57 InfCereal wrote: That's not fair to DB. Heroes of the storm is a fun game, could definitely have been a blizzard brawler type of game. The *foundation* of SC2 is fantastic, but it was marred by forcing it in a direction it wasn't designed to go. The whole idea in WoL was small maps, low eco, high action, and it did that pretty well. That's just not what the community wnated. I disagree I played a lot of wol and I think the game today is allot better than back then. Just look at how bad some of the matchups were on the small low eco maps that blizzard started with. Remember steps of war where Terran could realistically push from their base to yours with bunkers turrets and tanks? Rember the 4 gate PvP meta? Remember 2 rax meta? Rember 5 rax reaper meta? Rember how underpowered Zerg was prior to queen buffs and bigger maps and how over powered they were after. Wol was fun but problem ridden the game is so much better today. | ||
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parrotpitaya
Germany37 Posts
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
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darhumewin
United States16 Posts
On June 07 2019 10:38 riotjune wrote: Were they spending entire meetings focusing on the design of the marine's boot again probably | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
FPS is boring as hell. Diablo is mildly entertaining but lacks substance. The only Blizzard games I have ever liked is SC2 and WC2. WC3 is one of the worst games in gaming history. It is not even a RTS but it pretends to be. It is a gloried action game more shallow then the Kardashians. It is also spawned the MOBA genre which is unforgivable. Blizzard was a great company but those days are gone. I doubt we will ever get another SC2 from them. | ||
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