Blizzard Entertainment: Five games with sequels twenty years apart.

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#1  Edited By TheHighWind
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What do you think of Blizzard? think the main reason they bought Activision is because they have very little amount of games.

Also do you play World of Warcraft? I heard they are trying to make it "Neverending." Me? I've gotten so bored of WoW I hardly play it. What do you think of WoW expansions? I know a lot of people said it ended with Legion..

Starcraft is a good series, the original is FTP and is very entertaining. The sequel has amazing graphics and gameplay.

Warcraft 3 Reforged is kind of hit or miss. They promised a lot more than what was in the final product. But I think it is: O.K.

Diablo is going strong, I think this is Blizzard's best franchise and I really look forward to IV. Playing as a male rouge will be interesting to say the least, I know it's hard to come up with new classes for these games. I would also like the Warrior to come back instead of Barbarian but it's okay.

Other than that... Lost Vikings? Lol!

You, SW?

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#2 Nirgal
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I only cared about the StarCraft franchise, but they won't develope it because they can't make it always online and hyper monetize it.

Now, i don't give a shit about them , i ignore them like i ignore Mobile game and gatcha developers

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#3  Edited By mrbojangles25
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I genuinely would like to see them take a crack of "World of Starcraft".

I think we need more MMO-action games. There's enough MMO-RPG's, I want to see an action game done on an MMO scale and I think Blizzard with the Starcraft license could do it justice.

Otherwise I think they can keep carrying on as they have been. Yes, the Blizzard of my youth is long-gone, but they still make good games with a lot of longevity, and they are well-supported and Blizzard learns from their errors and listens to their community.

I would like to see some new IP's though.

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#4 madrocketeer
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A studio that I used to respect, even if I didn't always care for their games. I didn't like StarCraft 1, but I still acknowledged that they playtested the Hell out of that game, and supported it like no other studio would.

Now? They're just a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, wearing the skin of its old self as if in mockery of it.

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#5  Edited By hardwenzen
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Dogshit company that i never cared about. Diablo 4 will be the first game i ever purchase from them.

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#6 Djoffer123
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Well Diablo immortal was the worst scam I ever seen, but D4 seems very promising and will probably go play the hell out of that! What they have revealed so fare of battle pass seems ok, but still a bit skeptical about the whole ordeal

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#7 pyro1245
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I don't **** with Blizzard anymore.

At this point, I don't think they are capable of creating an in-game economy that is not built around the idea of spending money on microtransactions and premium currency. They are truly lost, incapable of respect for their players. Fun is not their objective. Anything they create is innately compromised.

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#8 Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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Wife and I played the crap out of Diablo 3. It was a great console experience and made things a lot more fun with the local co-op. Looking forward to giving Diablo 4 a go.

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#10 Mesome713
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Diablo 4 plays like trash, so not excited about anything else yet.

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#11 hardwenzen
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@mesome713 said:

Diablo 4 plays like trash, so not excited about anything else yet.

Will be sending your a coop invite. Remember to bring your Labo castle for maximum immersion.

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#12 Howmakewood
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They didn't buy Activision tho

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#13 Pedro
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Not sure why the ABK is a big deal for some when it is the most expensive nothingburger if it goes through.

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#15 Basinboy
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Their quality bar is high, which is awesome. But they’re owned by an entity that wants to squeeze every last dime out of them, which hinders their risk-taking and project management.

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#16 Archangel3371
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Well first off Blizzard didn’t buy Activision, it was the other way around.

Anyway they do make some really good games that interest me. Haven’t kept up with PC gaming in the longest time so missed out on StarCraft II which kind of bummed me out. Am very much looking forward to Diablo IV though.

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#17 SOedipus
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Blizzard used to be my favourite developer. Starcraft 1-2, Diablo II, Warcraft III are up there in my favourite games. But I was also burnt by Warcraft III Reforged. They promised a lot and did not deliver. They couldn't even release a stable remaster as it crashes online and offline. Diablo III is meh. It can be fun but it also puts me to sleep. The best games they've done recently imo are Starcraft HD and Diablo II Resurrection. With their record I'm not excited for Diablo IV. I think Blizzard sucks now.

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#18 dimebag667
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Before Warcraft 3 they were untouchable. That was their first misstep. It wasn't a horrible game, but instead of frothing at the mouth to play it, like I did with all their other games, I just walked away. Then WoW came out and was a spectacle, but I fell off after my 6 month sub ran out. Fast-forward another seven years and we get StarCraft 2. I'm still not into the 3D Fisher-Price proportions, but it grew on me. But when I tried to replay it, I couldn't get into it. Then I tried HotS and tapped out after a couple missions. Maybe that and the Protoss one are good, but I've lost my interest. Then Diablo 3 sealed the deal. Short of probably Halo 2, I've never been so disappointed with a sequel. There is almost literally nothing that I liked better in that version than in 2.

I care so little about their other games that. They're dead to me.

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#19 theAM0G
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I never jumped into WOW as a kid because I figured my parents would never lend me $20 a month to play one game.

I was a Runescape kid.

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#20 Mozelleple112
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Blizzard used to be an A-tier developer (right below the S tier devs like Naughty Dog, Kojima Productons, From Software and Rockstar North) but now they have pretty much turned to shit.

Last great game they made was Starcraft II back in 2010.

Here's to hoping Diablo 4 will be half as good as Diablo II.

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#21 Litchie
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Don't care anymore. Instead of doing cool shit, we get season passes to Overwatch 2, Diablo 3-2 and more WoW bullshit.

StarCraft 3, WarCraft 4, a real Diablo, World of StarCraft, or something new would be cool, but Blizzard doesn't agree.

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#22 R4gn4r0k
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Used to be a huge fan of Blizzard, but I'm not even that excited for Diablo IV anymore.

Like Litchie said: why can't their business model be about making new games?

Instead it seems to be all about lootboxes, skins, battle passes and microtransactions. They fit right in with Activision. A company I have giant reserverations buying from.

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#23 WitIsWisdom
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I'd take a new Lost Vikings... just saying.

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#24 Jag85
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Streets of Rage 4 came out 26 years after Streets of Rage 3.

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#25 DaVillain  Moderator
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Are you surprised TC? When you hear the name Blizzard back in the old days, you was getting that quality game from them and no, I was never a true Blizz fan, but I did enjoy StarCraft & WoW, but nowadays, they are a crappy company. This company used to give Valve a run for their money and that's saying something.

As for Diablo 4, even if I really want to buy it on PC, I just don't have the time to put efforts into it, and Diablo 3 took much of my time. After trying out the beta, I couldn't bring myself to play more. 2013 was a different time for Diablo 3 but now, not so much.

Baldur's Gate 3 on the other hand is looking more promising by the day. But sadly, that game is releasing at a pretty bad time for me that is.