[Old] StarCraft 3 Reportedly in Development - Page 4

CicadaSC

United States2003 Posts

November 09 2023 10:04 GMT

#61

On November 09 2023 19:01 Harris1st wrote:
I don't think there will ever be a SC3 but rather a new IP with RTS elemtens because this way they have way more freedom in development, balancing, story and even ways to make money of off. And it would always be compared to BW and SC2 and probably shitted on as a result. There is no winning there.
Take some elements out of all the successful games and mash it together in a new IP. RTS, Heroes, Moba elements and some hacking & slaying and voila. Skins, battle passes or, my personal favorite, a cheater free P2P (or earn 2 play) ladder

i dont think that makes much sense. if ur making a game with rts elements then you already have an established fan base to the genre and ip you would be foolish to not capitalize on. new ips are a risk whether people will like the characters and universe or not. the only time a new ip really makes sense is when you are diving into a new genre of game you haven't made before or your previous iteration flopped. imo if a new game with rts elements is going to come out from blizzard it will be either starcraft or warcraft. besides, blizzard is already working on a new IP in their survival game codenamed Odyssey.

Harris1st

Germany7420 Posts

November 09 2023 10:12 GMT

#62

On November 09 2023 19:04 CicadaSC wrote:

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I don't know. I basically don't like any characters besides Tassadar and the story in SC2 is the worst. Nevertheless I played the game for 13+ years now.

ChuChuRocket

8 Posts

November 09 2023 15:38 GMT

#63

My 2 cents, gotta be an MMO. I couldn't imagine a better idea in their minds.

WGT-Baal

France3561 Posts

November 09 2023 16:33 GMT

#64

On November 10 2023 00:38 ChuChuRocket wrote:
My 2 cents, gotta be an MMO. I couldn't imagine a better idea in their minds.

I saw this post and now the music is stuck in my head "mouse mania!". Chuchu rocket was such a gem ^^

SC is a very recognizable IP, even beyond RTS, so they could absolutely make a bunch of stuff with it. The universe is pretty rich. Sc2 story was terrible (particularly LOTV) but the elements of being in the BC with Raynor and new characters/upgrades can be re-used in a mass effect/kotor like way.

PurE)Rabbit-SF

United States758 Posts

November 09 2023 19:58 GMT

#65

On July 16 2023 04:04 ilikeredheads wrote:
Starcraft: Immortal

Starcraft 3: Immortal

I see where this is going :D

cha0

Canada518 Posts

November 09 2023 20:52 GMT

#66

On November 07 2023 00:42 Vindicare605 wrote:

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Blizzard for the last few years have made it very clear that they are much more interested in breaking into "new" markets rather than continuing to leverage their dominance of the few they already have.

Blizzard absolutely dominates the MMORPG and RTS markets and has for a decade and 2 decades respectively. One could make the argument they are the biggest player in the ARPG market as well, although to say they dominate this market would be a little bit of a stretch.

Prior to the launch of Diablo IV (which has gone SWIMMINGLY let me tell you /s) all of their focus in their new games has been on the FPS, and mobile game markets, while continuing to develop and milk their WoW cash cow.

Diablo IV has gotten almost no serious developer attention since it launched because their only interest has been pushing out a new expansion pack for it.

SC2, Warcraft 3, Heroes of the Storm have all been abandoned.

I don't know what in all of that tells you guys that you think Blizzard is interested in investing back into the RTS market. They are doing the absolute bare minimum to hang onto their control of the MMO market, and their place in the ARPG market. All of their focus and attention has been breaking into the mobile and FPS markets.

Keep in mind that Blizzard != Activision and from all we've heard over the past few years, Kotick(Activision) has been using a very strong hand to guide Blizzard towards bigger monetization. For example for the Overwatch team there have been many accounts of Kotick personally stepping in and prioritizing his own ideas/projects over what the team's current goals/target were.

With Microsoft now taking over and given the huge freedom they've been giving their acquired studios so far there is a decent chance that Blizzard returns to the RTS space or at least slightly eases up on monetization. Now I'm not saying it's a sure thing - maybe Blizzard management has been gutted so much that no one with the old vision is left(Ybarra comes across as very Acti corp profit maximizing, but Aaron Keller[dir OW] comes across as more genuine and caring about the game) but I still have some hope that they can get a second wind and get a silver age of greatness.