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If Blizzard's next mmo doesn't succeed I'll change my name to CockLurker

Why should Blizzard do anything creative when they have found the one formula that always works ?

1. Low hardware requirements
2. Simple gameplay
3. Beginner friendly
4. Massive advertisement

And tada, the new Starcraft/Diablo/Warcraft/whatever is ready.

Originally posted by Josher

Not nearly as well.  You can't wrap up Eve in a different package and expect people to sudenly love it.  The basic gameplay is boring as sin and not user friendly. 

Besides, much of what makes Eve, Eve is that its in space, there are little to no art assets needed to make the universe limitless in size and travel takes forever to keep that illusion of endlessness, there are exploits galore that the playerbase welcomes, no balance what so ever and nasty death penalties.   Basically taking the sci-fi away, sticking everyone on the ground with massive travel times, boring point and click control, no content, and a harsh death penalty, sounds like a whole lot of boring most people would skip playing, just like with Eve=)

What do you think Blizzard did with WOW.  They took just about everything that made MMOs boring, tedious, unintuitive messes and made it suddenly fun and interesting for the non RPG computer geek.   Eve is what it is BECAUSE its designed specifically for the biggest sci-fi, Trekkie, geek nerds who enjoy squabbling over virtual property.  The average WOW player is the opposite of that.

Blizzard would have to put a whole new spin on it and make it fun.  Basically if Blizzard made a game as open as Eve it would sell better than Eve, but not as much as WOW.  MOst people can't handle a sandbox.  Too exploit heavy, too unfair and too boring.

obvious you haven't played many sandbox mmo's do you. Saying it is boring is totally your experience. Hey i say linear games are boring since it is to repeative and to one sided ( linear) while in open ended games, i get more for my money since i can enjoy it longer. 

I am not even a geek, trekkie fan ( wtf is that)  and i enjoy EVE. You may not enjoy EVE but there are people who do so you don't have ot insult those games.  You can play world of warcraft and E-Z mode games, i cna enjoy mine. 

unfair and boring= your opinion, no need to do like it is a fact since it isn't. Zero, 0%

Originally posted by Adamantine

Why should Blizzard do anything creative when they have found the one formula that always works ?

1. Low hardware requirements
2. Simple gameplay
3. Beginner friendly
4. Massive advertisement

And tada, the new Starcraft/Diablo/Warcraft/whatever is ready.

Exactly.

Blizzard has never done anything creative in their entire existance.  They take ideas that are rough from other companies and polish them up and sell it as a brand new idea.  They only take what is popular though. 

I expect Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 will basically be a lot like the last games in the series just with improved graphics. 

Originally posted by Cabe2323

I expect Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 will basically be a lot like the last games in the series just with improved graphics. 

Yes, but that's a good thing.