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I have such fond memories of Blizzard from back then. Such a shame at what they've become.
by tjpnz 4y ago
I have such fond memories of Blizzard from back then. Such a shame at what they've become.
- m12k 4y agoDoes it ever happen that a company manages to grow that big and not become something like that?
- ralusek 4y agoI think that the only way for large companies to stay cool is to remain private.
- vintermann 4y agoIn the games business, Valve is surprisingly OK. Also they're private and not interested in becoming part of a roll-up. I don't think those things are unrelated.
- gabereiser 4y agoThey also got that steam train they've been riding which makes it pretty easy to say they're not interested in being part of a roll-up.
- sdwr 4y agoGood point, uh, GabeR
- Thaxll 4y agoValve dooes not make games anymore though. One game ( VR ) in the last 10 years?
- vintermann 4y agoThey're still very much in the games business, though. And it's better to have published few games than to milk their "franchises" dry in the usual way.
- Thaxll 4y ago"better"? The only reason they don't make game anymore is because Steam is a printing money machine.
- vintermann 4y agoWell, yeah. But it is better. I'll trade not having HL3 for not having "spend P2W gems to boost production" type games. But sure, Valve has loot crates in TF2, so they're not saints, it's very likely true that it's just because they're printing money that they're not shovelling crap (of their own). But other companies shovel crap despite printing money.
- Aeolun 4y agoThat game was really good though. I was reminded of a comment I read earlier to the extend that HL3 was never made because they couldn’t find a way to make it as much of a game changer as HL1&2 had been.
- lcw 4y agoWhat have they become? I think most of the issues that have haunted them lately were related to people that worked on the games early on in their history and the culture that carried. I assume bad people can't hide there anymore with as much scrutiny that company has received. Or maybe your talking about the quality of games? I don't think Diablo Immortal is any indication of Diablo IV seeing as Diablo III is still releasing content without crazy monetization. I look forward to Diablo IV personally. However I do feel that sense of nostalgia for the early Blizzard games. It's fun to see a post like this. Not sure the company is done with good content though. I still play their games a lot... I'm biased.
- atoav 4y agoIMO the sense of wonder and the defined dark aesthetics of both the worlds created for Diablo 1 and 2 are something Blizzard will have to proove it can still pull off.
- philistine 4y agoDiablo 1 and 2 were made by Blizzard North, a different group of developers than Blizzard. There's a reason Diablo 3 feels so different.
- nonethewiser 4y agoThere is that... and then there is explicitly mocking the fans who wanted the dark/gritty asthethic.
- Fnoord 4y agoDo you have a smartphone though?
- Fnoord 4y agoD3 was initially also developed by Blizzard North. But then it got overhauled, multiple time. I'd say Diablo 3 became a good game... but it started out terrible. The RMAH has taught me a great thing though (something I should've learned by playing MtG back in the days).
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