| Slimebeast said: But I'm only happy that Sony doesn't have any mega franchises. I don't like mega franchises because they always tend to dominate everything else and overshadow other great games (at least in the eyes of casuals they do). I always hated GTA for being so huge. In this generation that game is Call of Duty. All other shooters are compared to Call of Duty and they even have to adjust release dates in fear of CoD. I love Assassin's Creed but I'm starting to feel it's getting too big (I mean AC II is on track to sell 10 million. 10 million!) I hate Mario because everyone buys Mario instead of other platformers which I think are far more interesting. I love Xbox but I don't like the extreme hype for Halo as if it's the only game on earth. Same with Gears of War. And most of all I hate World of Warcraft and Starcraft because I don't like the style of Blizzard and it pisses me off that everyone is playing WoW and ignoring better MMOs. I will get Diablo but I think it's extremely overrated and it pisses me off. And Age of Empires slays Starcraft. |
Well,
I am glad that you have your opinion, and no issues with sharing it, but many of us DO like how Blizzard does things. Blizzard has a committment to polish, and furthermore, it seems rather hypocritical to laude the virtues of Sony and then trash Blizzard in the same post. Both companies are very good at taking pre-existing ideas to new levels of refinement. Blizzard's style is fine, Sony's style is fine.
I don't like WoW either, but I don't like MMO's in general. Still, the fact is that (while long in the tooth) WoW is still the most recognizible MMO and it was the best of its kind at release (unless you seriously believe that EQ and its ilk were good). All pre-WoW MMO's sucked, and neither WoW or any MMO since has changed the formula enough for me to give it a second thought. Note, I don't lump Guild Wars into that mess because of its use of instancing.
Finally, I own Age 1, Age 2 Conquerers and Age 3
Age 3 sucks, Age 2 was the pinnacle of the series. Starcraft, while lagging behind Age 2 in some respects was the MOST fun I had in a single player campain EVER. So, how exactly does Age "slay" starcraft???
Reviews: NOPE
Popularity: NOPE
Sales: NOPE
Cultural Impact: NOPE
Single Player: NOPE
Graphics: NOPE
Production Values: NOPE
AI/Pathing: YEP
Multiplayer: PERHAPS*
* And that is only if you are still burned about LAN and other features removed from BNet2 (which I don't like, but still.)
