But it would be a totally different game in a totally different genre...also when they got such a good referance as WC3 how can it be bad?^^
SC2 wasn't such a failure was it? When they make WC4 they would ofcourse try to improve what they didn't fully succeed with in SC2
It can only be better, they learn from failing, and with Hive's help i'm sure we could come up with enough new cool features and improvements to make WC4 worth it, as yvx said, they just lack inspiration and ideas, which is something i feel we could provide if we made an effort
In terms of success neither of their newest games are actually fails.
But here is how I see it, I really think that their previous games were more or less masterpieces and true art. I am talking about SC:BW, Wc3, WoW TBC, D2. On all aspects. Cinnematics, storyline, everything. I Would agree that mechanics wise, those games had their faults.
I was super excited about SC2, like really excited. Got the game asap and started the campaign. Finished it in one playthrough of 10 hours. I was super excited for this game. The missions were so awesome, so I thought, until I actually finished the game. When I realized that that was it, that I finished the campaigns, that the ending was Raynor holding Sarah in his arms on Charr walking towards... sunset or whatever that was, I really felt empty and screwed over. Gameplay wise, yeah great missions.... story wise? Incredibly bad and overused. The game didn't feel Starcraft anymore, so many rehashes, Tassadar is not dead but a spirit, the Overmind wasn't truly evil. Where was the backstabbing? Whats with all this "end of the world" shit where "all races must united against the big bad unknown one foe". I am not going into details about this. There is a thread on SC2 forums, which is the most hot topic over the entire forums, and that is just how much the game was a let down story wise. And I play games to experience a feeling, not to prove myself that I am the best player in the world. I want my single player experience, which was great in SC:BW, D2, WC3, WoW TBC.
WotLK wasn't as much of a letdown, but Cataclysm truly was.
So I expected D3 to be a letdown too. D3 is, hmm, I personally think it's a let down. I haven't played D3 tbh, but I know about mechanics, and watched streams and it's basically WoW with an isometric view. I really liked the part where Tyrael becomes human, but other than that... no, not really.
For me D2 was something simple "see demon, kill demon". As story too. With D3 just seems like they overcomplicated things in order for everything to make sense. And with this being the ploy started by Diablo himself tens of thousands of years ago, simply, ugh, retarded.
So actually I'm afraid of Blizz trying their best. I want Blizz to try different. But that won't happen, because they have share holders who want more and more profit.
I said it a thousand times and I will say it once more. Blizz games are not games anymore, they are products they earn profit off.
