I am once again asking you to stop giving money to Bobby Kotick no matter how much nostalgia or other brand loyalty might pull you back toward Blizzard games.

  • bigboopballs [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    So, they’re 1 for 2 in remaking their classics.

    they remastered SC:BW, but I never hear anything about it

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Damn, I completely forgot about the BW remake. They mostly just redid the graphics, added an APM counter, and made other QoL changes. D2R and WC3R both had gameplay changes as well as graphics updates.

      • bigboopballs [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        weird that I never hear about it. Is the remaining SC1 player-base much smaller than remaining WC3 player-base?

        • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          The remake was done mostly for the esports scene, who do not want the gameplay to change. Besides the APM counter, I think the Starcraft remake also has native spectator mode. It didn't really add a whole lot if you just played the campaign. They didn't manage to fuck it up like they did with WC3, and they haven't made changes to the gameplay like they're doing with D2R, so that's probably why it flew below most people's radar. All the patch notes from the remake onwards are just bug fixes. Meanwhile, D2R has already introduced new runewords and added new endgame content called terror zones.