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Blizzard Ends Development on Heroes of the Storm, Leaves it Running in Maintenance Mode | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited July 2022 in News & Features Discussion

imageBlizzard Ends Development on Heroes of the Storm, Leaves it Running in Maintenance Mode | MMORPG.com

Blizzard has decided to end active development and shop updates on Heroes of the Storm. The game will continue to run for the time being, with future patches only for necessary bug fixes and maintenance.

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  • ACommonMuggerACommonMugger Member RarePosts: 563
    I thought this already happened?
    Uwakionna
  • GinazGinaz Member RarePosts: 2,572
    HoTS was a pretty decent MOBA but it arrived WAY too late on the scene to make an impact. Reminds me of the situation with the MOBA Epic made a few years ago, Paragon, but shut down during it's beta phase. Fun game but LoL and DOTA2 already had the market cornered.

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  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,489
    It's been in Maintenance mode for a least a couple years now, I guess they just got around to making it official?


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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,429
    This rather dovetails into discussions we were having about when a studio should announce no more dlc are forthcoming. The game is still there for those who want to play, but platforms selling the game do need a notice about what the studio has said.
  • HeadquakeHeadquake Member UncommonPosts: 23
    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.
  • EldrachEldrach Member RarePosts: 465
    Headquake said:
    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.
    Well not really - but it shows the public that unlike Cd Project Red and Hello Games, Blizzard is willing to abandon games instead of improving them. Warcraft 3 Reforged is the worst remaster in history, including Blade Runner. That game should’ve been made free and all funds should’ve been returned. 
  • TheDalaiBombaTheDalaiBomba Member EpicPosts: 1,493
    edited July 2022
    Eldrach said:
    Headquake said:
    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.
    Well not really - but it shows the public that unlike Cd Project Red and Hello Games, Blizzard is willing to abandon games instead of improving them. Warcraft 3 Reforged is the worst remaster in history, including Blade Runner. That game should’ve been made free and all funds should’ve been returned. 
    I dunno, checking out WC3: Reforged's reviews, the only positive cited was that the original core experience is still good. D:I received similar praise- it's still that core Diablo you love!  It's just everything else that's been changed for that release that sucks now.


    That speaks, to me, to a studio coasting on prior talent that has since lost that talent.
    Scoteoloe
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,990
    Eldrach said:
    Headquake said:
    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.
    Well not really - but it shows the public that unlike Cd Project Red and Hello Games, Blizzard is willing to abandon games instead of improving them. Warcraft 3 Reforged is the worst remaster in history, including Blade Runner. That game should’ve been made free and all funds should’ve been returned. 
    No. The only thing abandoning HOTS shows is that Blizzard aren't complete idiots. It was a decent effort from Blizzard, and they gave it decent support. But the problem is when no-one can figure out a way to improve it so that it could compete against LoL and Dota, at some point you just have to give up with the project because there's no realistic way forward.

    eoloe
     
  • FrodoFraginsFrodoFragins Member EpicPosts: 6,057
    Technically it has been in maintenance mode for quite a while, but they had been doing some balance patches and had released a hero or two since then plus some skins. I assume this means they now have zero bodies working on it at all except maybe to make sure events run OK.

    HOTS was a big misstep imo. They thought it was better to remove key features that existed in WC3:DOTA, LOL and DOTA2. Namely they got rid of items and last hit mechanics. They also chose to spread XP more across the team and make individual players less able to carry a team.

    For a casual like me the changes were fine, but there was zero chance they'd ever be a real player in the MOBA market. They probably didn't even consider it a MOBA and hoped to create an offshoot Team Brawler or something along those lines.
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  • FrodoFraginsFrodoFragins Member EpicPosts: 6,057

    Headquake said:

    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.



    D2R is great mate. But it was done by Vicarious Visions who are now under the Blizzard name.
  • UwakionnaUwakionna Member RarePosts: 1,139
    Ironically I liked HOTS, but not as a MOBA. I mostly liked the variety of play presented by the characters.

    Kinda think it would have worked better as a lighthearted ARPG celebrating their various IPs with a offbeat crossover plot about the Nexus they'd established. Yeah sure toss an arena in there for some lite MOBA, but give a framework to let people derp about a little and just enjoy the mechanics with little tie-in events to their current primary game releases.

    Making a MOBA that most MOBA players don't want to play though, wasn't a great strategy.
  • eoloeeoloe Member RarePosts: 864

    FrodoFragins said:



    Headquake said:


    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.






    D2R is great mate. But it was done by Vicarious Visions who are now under the Blizzard name.



    But beside graphics, did they improve anything upon the old formula?
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    Real shame. It's the only currently running moba that I actually like. League is too rigid in its meta, DotA2 is too inaccessible, and Smite's balance is a joke.
  • UwakionnaUwakionna Member RarePosts: 1,139
    eoloe said:

    FrodoFragins said:



    Headquake said:


    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.






    D2R is great mate. But it was done by Vicarious Visions who are now under the Blizzard name.



    But beside graphics, did they improve anything upon the old formula?
    On one end, yes, they added new QoL features along with them building the 3D graphics wrapper and doing some updates to skills, hotbar with quick-cast, new items/runewords/recipes, and even updates to environments and mob scaling.

    On the other end, how much of and what parts of the formula do you want them changing on a remaster? They did what they could to preserve the core gameplay that made D2 what it was in the first place while modernizing surrounding features. Change the gameplay itself and you're quickly moving from remaster into something different.
  • WarlyxWarlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,368
    im not much into moba but i liked HOTS it was simple and fun to play
  • FrodoFraginsFrodoFragins Member EpicPosts: 6,057
    Uwakionna said:
    eoloe said:

    FrodoFragins said:



    Headquake said:


    This , warcraft 3 reforged and diablo immortal are proof that blizzard ain't capable of creating good game anymore.






    D2R is great mate. But it was done by Vicarious Visions who are now under the Blizzard name.



    But beside graphics, did they improve anything upon the old formula?
    On one end, yes, they added new QoL features along with them building the 3D graphics wrapper and doing some updates to skills, hotbar with quick-cast, new items/runewords/recipes, and even updates to environments and mob scaling.

    On the other end, how much of and what parts of the formula do you want them changing on a remaster? They did what they could to preserve the core gameplay that made D2 what it was in the first place while modernizing surrounding features. Change the gameplay itself and you're quickly moving from remaster into something different.
    Thanks for answering!

    It's a remaster and was masterful at being that.  All anyone wanted from WC3:Refunded was that it play exactly the same, have the same features and look a lot better.

    If they do decide to make bigger changes, an expansion would be the place for that.  and frankly people don't want big changes.

    My biggest disappointments with D2R is that they didn't give more mod support, don't allow for private servers and didn't add a /players command or difficulty slider for bnet. 

    Group play in D2 is really not fun when it comes to loot as it's FFA and so offline play is more rewarding with the /players command.  The alternative would be to have a game creation option of 'personal loot' and then playing with 7 other players wouldn't be about who clicks first or uses a pickit.
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