I just wonder why do people destroy… and why do people recreate. Why would you improve one thing that’s already at it’s maximum potential? Why would you do that? Why a developer will not stay faithful to it’s fan base? As a general line… many things start with the whys and of course to the most of them the answer is one : m o n e y .. Or are there more answers than that… I think not… you keep destroying and abusing the old school so you will rip the benefits of that… I remember the long nights with Starcraft and Heroes II and Diablo 2. Where can possibly be all those moments fitted? Where is the hard-core need to perfect yourself? I remember countless chance runs for uniques in Diablo2… where!?... where?!... In the need for money Ubisoft and ActiBlizz let me tell you – you’ve destroyed 2 or more of the best franchises out there. Maybe you should hire a team of professionals on a watch for the better forums out there dedicated to the respective franchises… ironically you function exactly in the same way a totalitarist system works… give nothing – take everything. The worst thing is that communities don’t do anything to correct that therefore somehow we deserve the crap that you give us. I’m very happy with myself as I almost bought Starcraft II but fortunately for me you announced that Heart of the Swarm will rip the Protoss of their Carriers… That ship was a special mark of that team… it’s also nice that the Zerg were ripped of their Lurkers… Moving on to Heroes franchise… Just a couple of questions : In Heroes VI where the f word are the following teams : Dungeon, Wizard, Rampart, Fortress?!? Why does the Castle team have a full time Harpy? Why 30 Champions only destroy 20 lvl2 units and the retaliate of 10 lvl2 creatures will almost always kill a champion?! Why all heroes may have mass Vampiric at level 10… what did you do with my favorite game? I can’t see any reason to even try again to play the game… I will stay faithful to H3,2 and V… I can’t tell you enough how much you’ve disappointed… and I also can’t tell you enough times that I hope you fall for your sound decisions [I need to include EA here too as they also destroyed a lot of old-school flavor of many of my favorites]. In the same time a small team develops a dungeon crawler that can easily compete with D3 in my eyes… guess what… take a look at their motto : “We believe that the best business model is to do what you love, to give it everything you've got, and to make something you'll be proud of.” Congratulations Max… my deepest congratulations…
Now don’t get me wrong, it’s not a child’s frustration that speaks through me, it’s just maybe I’m getting too old and I only appreciate old things… things made from the heart… things developed from the heart… things developed at that time where your creation was the most important thing and not the money you’ll rip off that creation. Maybe I was stunned at some point and I remained to live in the past. What the hell is the problem with that… a small one… there are very few new things that are properly done… We’re brewing Starcraft II for Korea and Starcraft television… well… Dear Vince you will have hard competition in some time from now… the disgusting entertainment is coming from all angles and sides. What is this new entertainment?!... I have this strange feeling that the low-level action movies of the 80s that depict a controversial future where people in the real life are controlled by some freaks behind a keyboard can actually become a reality. All this gaming thing has evolved into an ugly mutant… Players don’t play for fun as they used to play. [just some random examples : I can’t quit playing Megaplex – the Win7 Clone of the famous Supaplex… it’s too much fun to do it; once or twice a year I need to return to Diablo2 for building 5-6 characters and also maybe find one of the 23 missing pieces of the grail; each and every time I meet [at the moment a couple of thousands of miles separate us] my best friend we have to have a couple of heroesIII hotseats…].
Recently, although I’m totally against MMORPGs, I’ve tried EVE again… EVE is that kind of universe where you can do whatever you want and you create your own experience of the game, of course there are dicks in-game but yet again dicks are everywhere… the dimension of the imaginary dick-size and Ethernet-dick-size is in reversed-proportion to the individual’s mass of brain and emotional intelligence. Dick-fighting is everywhere… but we… we are just having some fun… maybe in time collect all the nice ships of the game… having some fun in imponderability. I love that feeling of weightlessness and the fact that you can go wherever you desire. I’m not into corporations and do the hard-core thing. I can’t afford that anymore as I don’t like getting close to professional playing anymore. I just want to have fun. I will roam the space in my Abaddon in one of these days. I always felt that working and making money and then spending them on toys is a boy’s life… why not have some fun?!?...
I’m waiting you mate… we can build here everything that we couldn’t back in our older realms…
