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StarCraft could return, according to Blizzard president, but not necessarily as an RTS (www.pcgamer.com)
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While Blizzard is very much focussed on its big money-makers like its various Warcraft games, from WoW to Hearthstone to Warcraft Rumble, as well as Diablo and the much-maligned Overwatch 2, he's still open to StarCraft making a comeback. That said, RTS fans shouldn't get their hopes up. While the series might return, that doesn't necessarily mean it will be an RTS, and whatever shape it takes will depend on the person or team who goes to bat for it.

"It's not me saying, 'Go make a StarCraft game,'" Ybarra told Bloomberg. "I need to have someone who has the vision and passion that comes with the idea, and I'll bet on that team."

A vision and passion he - according to his own words - clearly does not have. πŸ˜‘

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (8 children)

that doesn't necessarily mean it will be an RTS, and whatever shape it takes will depend on the person or team who goes to bat for it.

So... it's not Starcraft, then. It's just another game.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

You know how in Starcraft, Infestors could take over a unit and parade it around to do its bidding?

It sounds kind of like that, but with the Starcraft brand.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So… it’s not Starcraft, then.

I think Starcraft has enough story and character development by now that its identity is more than just the mechanics that it started with.

It’s just another game.

It would still be a Starcraft game. If we were to ignore the lore and only consider the RTS format, then even the first Starcraft was "just another game". Those mechanics weren't unique or new.

Similarly, World of Warcraft is still a Warcraft game, even though it's hung on a different framework from the original.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think Starcraft has enough story and character development by now that its identity is more than just the mechanics that it started with.

I can imagine that, but I don't think anyone but RTS fans know that.
I feel like, if they want to 'bring it back' as a brand, they would need to do an RTS game with all the marketing and such, to please the fans and bring it back into the public's memory, and then they could follow it up with a non-RTS spinoff.

If they don't do it like this, they'll likely have another debacle like with Diablo Immortals, where fans are waiting for a full-fledged title in that series and they're announcing something that's just not that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I mean Warcraft was originally an RTS. No one thinks about that now.

A StarCraft game in the vein of Mass Effect would be dope.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

The name is moneygrab

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

StarCraft extraction shooter confirmed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Would you claim if Starcrft ghost had not been canceled, it would not be a starcrft game?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

StarCraft Pinball! I can't wait.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Fans of Starcraft Mahjong unite!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

StarCraft Ghost is making an appearance.