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Azzanation on 09 June 2016
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Scisca said:
Azzanation said:

If your paying attention, you will know i am not trying to compare Blizzard to Naughty Dog, thats an unfair comparison. I did mention Nintendo and Rare in my Main Post so im sure you have read it.

Just to add, this isnt about tastes, this is about crowning genres as your own which is what Blizzard has been doing for years. Yes genres, not genre.

But in your replies you keep on going about ND.

I think it's debatable whether they are crowning much. They are making good games that work, but really when was the last time they made a truely great game? Not one that sells well, but one that is truely great? Best in the genre? WoW? Everything after that was only very solid, but nothing has been spectacular or worth remembering down the line. To me it always seems like they are taking the path of least resistance and are mixing the ingrediences that have already been proven to work by other companies or their previous games. The time when they actually pushed the industry is long gone. When I was younger I was waiting for another Blizzard game with anxiety and between StarCraft, Broodwar, Diablo 2, WarCraft 3, WoW - these were all legendary games with many unprecedented aspects. When these games were released, it was something special. Nowadays, nothing like that can really be said about their games. StarCraft 2, HearthStone, Diablo 3, Heroes of the Storm or Overwatch... Good games, but they don't really mean that much to the industry and neither one will become a legendary staple.

Let's face it, a lot of the incredible sales come not from these games being that great, but because of them being sequels to legendary games.

Theres alot of bait that happens in threads on VG which cause articles to get closed down. I am no longer responing to those who want to troll my article with off topic or no understanding on whats written. I did debate the facts however this only leads to off topic decussions. I didnt bring it up, and i will no longer continue with it.

As for best in the genre, let me give you some examples. What RTS game is better then the current StarCraft 2 series? Whats a better Hero based shooter then OverWatch? Whats a better MMO then WoW? Whats a better Hack and Slash, Loot and grind game then Diablo 3? Thats kind of my point, all of these games are top of there food chain, i am sure there are games that come close like Assemble Studios with there Total War series and Guild Wars 2 however Blizzard has not only made the best possible games in those genres, they continue to create newer experinces. There very first attempt at a FPS game beat Valve on there first go, and Valve specialise in the FPS market.

That leads to an amazing company, when they focus on something it becomes a game that not only sells extremly well, it will also last for years. There games are filled with so much value and qaulity. No company i know today delievers like what Blizzard do when it comes to makeing modern games and testing newer genres with the exception of Nintendo because they are truely amazing aswell. Blizzard and Nintendo are far from 1 trick ponies that many keep comparing them too.