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Mutaller
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
United States1051 Posts
July 15 2023 19:04 GMT
#21
They can make a side project which plays like Halo Wars with the sc ip. Simplified controls and cross platform. SC3 would need to be keyboard and mouse. I think they should make a smaller property that pulls more people in and restore the starcraft name first, before dropping a mainline game
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Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
July 15 2023 19:24 GMT
#22
Please no.
BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8910 Posts
July 15 2023 20:04 GMT
#23
On July 15 2023 20:56 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2023 07:28 Blargh wrote:
Doubtful.

I'm fairly certain StarCraft has been their least profitable game series in the last 10 years. Possibly even worse than Heroes of the storm which I frequently forget existed.

But I wouldn't be that surprised if they tried to spin something out of the StarCraft world.

Starcraft 2 didn’t make WoW/League/Fortnite kinda money but it’s still pretty high up there in terms of all-time PC sales

It just seems the publisher wants these perpetually monetisible games and it doesn’t naturally fit into that. But it still was wildly successful.

If an SC3 launched with co-op, regular skins and announcer packs, the odd war chest etc, I think there’d be tons of potential for squeezing some extra cash out.

Unfortunately it felt like it got the structure in place too late for many of the non-hardcore players who’d already moved on to other things.

it absolutely COULD fit into that, but they opted for a box model with the shop coming in far too late to save the development in the game.

they'll figure it out with diablo and hopefully come in with something compelling if Starcraft 3 is real.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33592 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-07-15 20:50:24
July 15 2023 20:49 GMT
#24
It's completely realistic that some kind of new StarCraft IP game is in the works, but I seriously doubt that it's a traditional RTS. Honestly, I'd be surprised if Blizzard ever made a PC-only game again (besides WoW expansions & remasters).
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Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9575 Posts
July 15 2023 22:34 GMT
#25
On July 15 2023 22:17 dbRic1203 wrote:
In no World this is going to be a RTS Game.
They ->might<- work on something that is using the lore/setting/IP of SC, but I can t see them making a RTS game.
They simply Don t even have the know-how in the Company anymore.


This is my take on it as well. All the competent and seasoned veterans of the RTS genre have long since departed Acti-Blizz.
If anything, I'd expect a shooter a la Starcraft: Ghost: RE.

If Acti-Blizz would already be under Microsoft, I could see a snowball's chance in hell for a Starcraft 3 spearheaded by the people who made Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, but since it's not the case yet, as far as I'm concerned Blizzard in-house RTSes are dead and buried.
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BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8910 Posts
July 15 2023 23:13 GMT
#26
On July 16 2023 05:49 Waxangel wrote:
It's completely realistic that some kind of new StarCraft IP game is in the works, but I seriously doubt that it's a traditional RTS. Honestly, I'd be surprised if Blizzard ever made a PC-only game again (besides WoW expansions & remasters).

this is more true today than it was yesterday that's for sure haha
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Profile Joined September 2022
11 Posts
July 16 2023 07:40 GMT
#27
Rule No.1
Do not trust Bl**zard.
Ludwigvan
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany2371 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-07-16 11:31:59
July 16 2023 11:26 GMT
#28
does that mean that I have to watch BlizzCon?

EDIT:
I looked at whom Blizzard is hiring. And they are hiring a lot of people for an "unannounced survival game". I hope that that is not it...
Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9575 Posts
July 16 2023 14:05 GMT
#29
On July 16 2023 20:26 Ludwigvan wrote:
does that mean that I have to watch BlizzCon?

EDIT:
I looked at whom Blizzard is hiring. And they are hiring a lot of people for an "unannounced survival game". I hope that that is not it...


Supposedly that one is a completely new IP. There were leaks from it already. Unless they decided to slap a SC skin on it now...
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17476 Posts
July 16 2023 14:15 GMT
#30
On July 15 2023 20:56 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2023 07:28 Blargh wrote:
Doubtful.

I'm fairly certain StarCraft has been their least profitable game series in the last 10 years. Possibly even worse than Heroes of the storm which I frequently forget existed.

But I wouldn't be that surprised if they tried to spin something out of the StarCraft world.

Starcraft 2 didn’t make WoW/League/Fortnite kinda money but it’s still pretty high up there in terms of all-time PC sales

It just seems the publisher wants these perpetually monetisible games and it doesn’t naturally fit into that. But it still was wildly successful.

If an SC3 launched with co-op, regular skins and announcer packs, the odd war chest etc, I think there’d be tons of potential for squeezing some extra cash out.

Unfortunately it felt like it got the structure in place too late for many of the non-hardcore players who’d already moved on to other things.

SC2 continues to be awesome. The game has a metric tonne of content. A person with full time IRL responsibilities can play the game forever.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1004 Posts
July 16 2023 14:32 GMT
#31
On July 16 2023 23:15 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2023 20:56 WombaT wrote:
On July 15 2023 07:28 Blargh wrote:
Doubtful.

I'm fairly certain StarCraft has been their least profitable game series in the last 10 years. Possibly even worse than Heroes of the storm which I frequently forget existed.

But I wouldn't be that surprised if they tried to spin something out of the StarCraft world.

Starcraft 2 didn’t make WoW/League/Fortnite kinda money but it’s still pretty high up there in terms of all-time PC sales

It just seems the publisher wants these perpetually monetisible games and it doesn’t naturally fit into that. But it still was wildly successful.

If an SC3 launched with co-op, regular skins and announcer packs, the odd war chest etc, I think there’d be tons of potential for squeezing some extra cash out.

Unfortunately it felt like it got the structure in place too late for many of the non-hardcore players who’d already moved on to other things.

SC2 continues to be awesome. The game has a metric tonne of content. A person with full time IRL responsibilities can play the game forever.


On top of just being head and shoulders X10 above any other RTS on the market, I'm in mid diamond and never have to wait for more then 30 seconds for a match and anytime I hop on the arcade it's either 30 seconds or a few minutes and I'm in game. This game has a surprisingly stable player base over this decade and some change.

Tbh I know everyone (myself included) is stoked for StormGate but looking at the alpha or pre alpha or whatever test video they put out I'm kinda.....yeesh....looks like they are trying to stray away from a Starcraft type RTS and make some type of futuristic version of Warcraft 3 and AOE 4. Obviously it took years and years for SC2 to take it's current peak form but I'm very much so hoping they design SG with a SC2/SCBW approach and not the other RTS games which to me quite honestly just kind of suck as far as an E-Sport goes.

WC3 and AOE are great games, but do they hold a candle to SC as far as a competitive RTS? Hell no.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17476 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-07-16 15:07:30
July 16 2023 15:06 GMT
#32
Interesting..
My mmr ranges from D-1 to P-2 depending on how out of practice I am; I find games fast.
My sister in law is in Gold and she finds games quickly as well.
I play the game when I have time. So in any 6 months time period I will go several weeks without playing.
My great experience with SC2 is part of what convinced me to give D4 a shot. So ATVI is seeing some kind of return for it's continued support of SC2.

A lot of old games disappear. 87% of all games released before 2010 are unplayable without piracy. Pretty brutal. "We won't sell you this game but we will litigate if you try to play our game." This is the absurd state of the video game industry. It is a tragic-comedy.

Examined from this context Blizzard and ATVI have done a great job supporting a 13 year old game.
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13995 Posts
July 16 2023 22:54 GMT
#33
On July 15 2023 06:10 mutantmagnet wrote:
He didn't confirm SC3 only that something SC related is coming.

I would bet on it being a third person shooter instead of an RTS.

Starcraft: Fire Emblem or just a Hearthstone Expansion would be sick
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IIEclipseII
Profile Joined February 2016
Germany157 Posts
July 17 2023 00:52 GMT
#34
Starcraft 2 remastered xD
AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2574 Posts
July 17 2023 03:09 GMT
#35
I would not take this seriously at all based on the context.
Gescom
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada3510 Posts
July 17 2023 05:47 GMT
#36
Dude is already backtracking his initial statements. Silly..!
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7159 Posts
July 17 2023 07:54 GMT
#37
I can absolutely see them milking the Starcraft IP for all its worth. It'll definitely be a cross plattform casual money grab game though. Starcraft: Clash of Clans races
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26675 Posts
July 17 2023 10:14 GMT
#38
On July 16 2023 23:15 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2023 20:56 WombaT wrote:
On July 15 2023 07:28 Blargh wrote:
Doubtful.

I'm fairly certain StarCraft has been their least profitable game series in the last 10 years. Possibly even worse than Heroes of the storm which I frequently forget existed.

But I wouldn't be that surprised if they tried to spin something out of the StarCraft world.

Starcraft 2 didn’t make WoW/League/Fortnite kinda money but it’s still pretty high up there in terms of all-time PC sales

It just seems the publisher wants these perpetually monetisible games and it doesn’t naturally fit into that. But it still was wildly successful.

If an SC3 launched with co-op, regular skins and announcer packs, the odd war chest etc, I think there’d be tons of potential for squeezing some extra cash out.

Unfortunately it felt like it got the structure in place too late for many of the non-hardcore players who’d already moved on to other things.

SC2 continues to be awesome. The game has a metric tonne of content. A person with full time IRL responsibilities can play the game forever.

It’s still an awesome game but it took a long time for them to get it right with additional content for more casual players.

They did eventually get it right, but it launched as a pretty antisocial experience, things like Co-op that worked great weren’t implemented for some time etc. Warcraft 3 was a more social experience and custom games felt a bigger part of the overall experience

Things a hypothetical SC3 could nail easily out the gate.

And they’ll probably have to, it really depends what model they go down, F2P or a retail purchase.

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SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1153 Posts
July 17 2023 12:34 GMT
#39
I don't sense a strong desire for SC3 among the fanbase. mixed reactions everywhere. personally I don't care for it because SC2 doesn't need a sequel right now. SC2 looks and feels like it was released yesterday rather than 13 years ago. I prefer an "expansion" quality balance patch for SC2 with new units (+ units removed?), big unit design changes, changes to race mechanics (especially protoss), etc. the kind of shit that you'd need developers for, rather than just stat tweaks. I'd be super hyped for a WC4 under Microsoft and I think it would be much more successful than a starcraft RTS. WC4 would instantly suck in the curious LoL / DotA / WoW fans and probably a lot of starcraft players too
gTank
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria2606 Posts
July 17 2023 13:40 GMT
#40
With he way they handled Warcraft 3 Reforged, I am afraid they already suck at making good RTS (or even just remastering their own games). Just fix your games before you release new ones.
Also, I hope they wont do another "dont you guys have phones" move on us.
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