Is Blizzard the Best in the industry?

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Veknoid_Outcast said:
Hmm. That's an interesting and convincing case you lay out in the OP. And the comparison to Rare makes sense - being able to master several different genres isn't easy.

I still need to play some of the games listed in the OP but right now I'd feel comfortable ranking Blizzard in a second tier with developers like Epic Games, Naughty Dog, and Valve.

Warcraft took an embarrassingly large portion of my life when I was younger.  Not the MMO but the real Warcraft :).  However, it may not hold up well.