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Originally Posted by Skane
I don't quite get why people are vilifying WC3 so much for, when it was WC2 that set the foundation for SC. SC evolved from WC2, and WC3 was just the next step. If SC2 evolves from WC3's engine, it would just be the next natural step, especially since SC evolved from WC2's engine in the first place.
Whatever SC is, you will need to thank WC2 for making it happen. WC2 was the game of choice during its time, and its popularity no doubt aided in SC's development.
The WC-series is immensely popular, and people don't seem to get this. Low figures for WC3? You want to compare the number of people playing WoW to SC now? Why do you think Blizzard made a Battlenet-compliant version of WC2 (years after the fact)? People migrated from WC3 to WoW. SC-players don't have such a choice (yet).
There is only ONE SC game, plus an expansion. The WC-series has spanned over a decade or so already, with FOUR different incarnations.
Changes will happen. It is inevitable. The differences between the four games of WC were pretty radical. I don't see why it would be any different for SC.
Cheers.
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I am not vilifying WC3. As I said, WC3 is simply going off in its own specialisation. But you can't honestly claim a SC game that has its gameplay revolving around half-a-dozen super-units with everything else as window dressing, and penalties for possessing large armies, is truly Starcraft. WC3 is a Hero game, SC isn't. If people want more Warcraft, they can ask for more Warcraft. Blizzard would hopefully prefer to have two separate fan-bases who have different RTS tastes, than to just have one fan-base and leave the rest of us out.