Originally posted by Ushgarak
You know, I think the issue is that Blizzard really does not awant to just do a 3-d Starcraft, Starcraft updated like Warcraft 3.
Oddly enough, Starcraft itself was highly traditional, it was just the best and most balanced blend that was ever done in the genre.
How do you improve on that? In a straightforward sense, it would be nearly impossible.
No, they want to do something innovative, to push boundaries and so on. But working out exactly how to do that is a killer. And Blizzard are happy to sit on ideas or even cancel them if they don't think they are going to make the grade.
I'm aware. I think that is the main reason it's taken even THIS long to even imagine Starcraft 2. The original was damn near perfection - incredibly balanced, involving storyline, great interface. Like was mentioned...how do you improve upon that?
Who knows? But Blizzard knows for fact that it would be economically inviable to NOT do Starcraft 2. The original was one of the best selling games of all time. The damn thing is a decade old, and is still selling copies, still has a following in the tens of thousands playing online per day. It is played competitively across the world for (sometimes, VERY) large sums of money.
Blizzard knows they left a huge unexplored avenue open with the ending of Brood War. They know that the fans want a culmination to the story.
However, they also know it'll be hard to improve upon perfection.
Still, if Blizzard is Hiring an RTS game balancer, we know they are working on something. Either Starcraft 2, Warcraft 4, or a new RTS series.
AND, we've heard that Blizzard is slated to let us know some big news come 2007. While any of the three possibilities would be considered news, what would be the most earth-shattering, fan-response-wise? Starcraft mother ****in 2.
It's all speculation right now, but I am hoping and praying that it's what Blizzard has in store. Warcraft just can't compare. Diablo just can't compare.
Starcraft is where it is at. And Hopefully, we'll be seeing the next step in that direction in the upcoming months.
Announced in Jan 2007? Out in Jan 2010? Me owning people left and right, without sleep, in the days following.
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