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Ex-World of Warcraft developer's thread about China and the gaming industry

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408 points seapunk | 2 comments | 09 Oct 19 10:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.498s | source
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euix ◴[09 Oct 19 13:11 UTC] No.21202809[source]▶
blizzard hasn't made a good game for about 15 years now. When I was kid Blizzard produced games like warcraft 2 and Diablo. That all ended when they discovered the cash cow of mmorpg. The last unequivocally old blizzard quality game was frozen throne.
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cdelsolar ◴[09 Oct 19 16:02 UTC] No.21204473[source]▶
um, have you heard of Starcraft 2?
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1. etiam ◴[09 Oct 19 20:00 UTC] No.21207323[source]▶
Quality-wise SC2 was a huge disappointment for many of us.

"At this point, as had been hinted in the last two games, StarCraft’s story has morphed from “war between nuanced characters with their own motives and feelings” to “good heroes vs. evil demons,” which is a real shame."

https://kotaku.com/starcraft-ii-legacy-of-the-void-the-kotak...

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2. greendestiny_re ◴[09 Oct 19 21:38 UTC] No.21208426[source]▶
>If you have been living in a supply depot for the past 20 years and have never heard of StarCraft, here’s a brief explanation: This is a real-time strategy game, with a top-down perspective.

SC2 actually has an isometric perspective but I wouldn't expect Jason Schreier, of all people, to know the difference.