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Other than Diablo 4, what should Blizzard make next?
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Seems like that would be a mess. Though I really wouldn't mind if they did an RTS that was pre-Cataclysm. Literally any period before it, so that the characters are more consistent.
Wouldn't it just be easier to update the existing game? As mentioned before, it just feels too soon (by Blizzard standards) for a full-on Overwatch 2.
Heroes of the Storm should have been a Smash clone from the start, the Smash community is dying for a high budget Smash game with proper online, the Moba genre was tied up with LOL & DOTA & Blizzard might make the same mistake with Battle Royale, Fornite, PUBG, Black Ops & now Apex have got the market cornered & i don't know if Blizzard can take a slice of that pie, they should do something different imo.
Blizzard needs a true sequel to World of Warcraft, like Square-Enix did when they moved on from Final Fantasy XI to XIV. WoW of today feels incredibly dated in the genre. I know MMOs aren't hot right now compared to serviced-based BR and loot shooters, but a high-quality WoW 2, or an MMO version of Starcraft, would revive the genre. Right now WoW is in a slow death phase and as a long-time fan it feels bad.
Ooff. Yeah, Warcraft 3's custom game support is vastly superior. With lesser tools.
Unless they find some ways to shake up the RTS genre, that's gonna be a no from me, dawgs.
RTS space is just not what it once was. The poor performance over the lifetime of StarCraft 2 is going to be the reason why we don't see a Warcraft or StarCraft RTS sequel for a very long time if ever.
Then again, they did say they were going to focus on their core franchises. If they have some new ideas to breath life into the RTS genre, I'd love to see a new Warcraft or Starcraft. It just...it can't be the same formula that it used to be. I don't know what that looks like.
Classic is the only thing I care about coming out of blizzard and if they fuck it up in any capacity I'm done with them.
Oh I wasn't envisioning it anytime soon. Blizzard doesn't put out games all that often. I imagine we'll see the mobile Diablo, Diablo 4, another WoW expansion etc. before any major new game or sequel to another franchise. So in case of my comment of Overwatch 2 with more modes etc., I'd think that's 5+ years away and would hit when the next gen consoles had a solid install base to sell loot boxes to.
I think the people / team that made the magic happen is no longer there and if they are not for long...
How about a Starcraft MMO? Could be fun to use that as a fun excuse to explore the worlds in Starcraft and set it up where you have the three factions and the various classes you can make from them. Mind you that probably would be even bigger than WoW, so who knows if they would actually consider doing such a thing.
That or actually do what they previously thought of doing and make Starcraft Ghost.
That or actually do what they previously thought of doing and make Starcraft Ghost.
Same. It's kinda sad that the only game to look forward to from them is an 13 year old game..
Blizz has so many different routes they could go. I just want them to actually DO something.
WoW2; either mmo or shared world but put it on consoles dammit!
Diablo 4...hell Diablo whatever just make a new one!
StarCraft mmo/rpg...do it!
Overwatch 2; good lord at least try make a single player or BR game out of it...do something!
WoW2; either mmo or shared world but put it on consoles dammit!
Diablo 4...hell Diablo whatever just make a new one!
StarCraft mmo/rpg...do it!
Overwatch 2; good lord at least try make a single player or BR game out of it...do something!
I think the only truly broad consensus is that Diablo 4 should be their next big game and it should have been confirmed as on the way long ago.
It's the clearest next game for them as there could be.
It's the clearest next game for them as there could be.
Only game I look forward to from Blizzard is 16 years old. Beat that.
As bad as its writing was, Starcraft 2's campaign design was still some amazing stuff so I'd certainly have a great time with a Warcraft 4.
Of course, that's never going to happen. Like some publicly traded AAA juggernaut is going to invest into RTS in 2019. Not to mention all the WoW business that itself makes this extremely unlikely.
Of course, that's never going to happen. Like some publicly traded AAA juggernaut is going to invest into RTS in 2019. Not to mention all the WoW business that itself makes this extremely unlikely.
WC4 would be cool, but probably won't happen so.....fix WoW, so much of what made it great is gone now and everyone saying make a WoW 2, that would be cool but I truly don't know if that would even be good. A lot of the people that helped with WoW are gone and the team they have now just....well....ugh. So WoW 2 could work and be cool but they are probably going to have to go out and find some fresh people to work on it more than likely.
It seems like for better or worse (or more accurately better and worse) classic is going to be as close as possible to a direct copy of the game pre-Burning Crusade. If that's what you are looking for, you shouldn't be disappointed.
Warcraft 4. It's time for a new RTS in that series.
Or try their hands at Starcraft Ghost again and aim for the AAA single player market on consoles and PC.
Or try their hands at Starcraft Ghost again and aim for the AAA single player market on consoles and PC.
Yea ive been following the game, i played the demo, everything sounds good so far but we'll see how things develop a year after its release. It wouldn't surprise me if they tried to implement things like levels boots and character transfers to retail etc. despite them saying they have no plans to go this route. It all depends on how successful/unsuccessful it is and the pressures from activision that could result from that.
Eh, I wouldn't worry about that. It's a product that by design is going to have no new content development and is attached to a $15 a month sub. I don't think classic is going to have a huge playerbase after the first few months, but it would have to be real low for Blizzard to feel any kind of pressure.
But just imagine how good a Diablo would be if it was Diablo 2, but with the better combat of 3. Mmmmmmmmmm
Why is it too soon? It released 3 years ago. It would be in development for a few years. So you're saying that 5 years in between games is too soon?
For a Blizzard game, yeah. They're known to continually update their games for years. I'd personally save Overwatch 2 for when we're well into the next console generation at the earliest. And even then, Blizzard could get away with just updating Overwatch for even longer.