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BlizzCon 2023: What Does Blizzard Need To Annouce To Excite You This Weekend? | MMORPG.com
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BlizzCon 2023: What Does Blizzard Need To Annouce To Excite You This Weekend? | MMORPG.com
It's no secret that buzz around Blizzard has waned in recent years. However, with the first BlizzCon set to happen in person since before the Pandemic, there just might be something that sends a spark through the community once again.
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Probably this, but at the same time, i can't even imagine being excited for what Blizzard announces at this point; they've proven to me that whatever content they want to make, it isn't tailored to the type of entertainment expectations i now have; my bar is just set way too high.
Speak of expectations to vault over- in blizzard's case, that bar is so low that they could skip over it- but they'd instead trip over the bar, tumble through the wall across the room, and land themselves in the arms of another scandal, or lawsuit, and still somehow manage to make some type of slimy backroom deal with a Chinese developer.
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For Diablo 4, my hopes are very dim here. But perhaps if they announce the first expansion that brings with it many changes to existing class skill trees, more depth and branching customization paths, it might catch my interest again.
This is highly likely honestly. Kotick is for sure gone, so there's no one there to protect anyone else. Every job will be under review and everyone who is redundant or not willing to tow the Microsoft line will be shown the door. Microsoft has plenty of middle and senior managers with decades of experience. The only people they need to keep are the technical SMEs and even that only as long as it takes to document where the bodies are buried. Once they have a run book of how the online games work and how the source code is organized everyone at Blizzard is expendable. Ever had to interview for a job you already have? Blizzard employees are about to find out what that is like.
This.
Frankly I'd say they're too concerned with shit like flavor of the month and what can change on a daily/monthly basis, than core gameplay. Play Diablo 1 or 2, the Blizzard intro feels goooooood. Newer games, eh, wheres my stuff, and what's new (mostly cause whats there can't hold its flame after a week...)
Now? Let's chase random cars ... meh.