Bleargh. I like how pretty much every other game community I go on has been ragging on this game since we first pfound out it was an RPG-oid.
You can have your good 3PS and you can have your bad 3PS, just like any other genre. Metal Gear is famously good- but it's one of the few. Absolute ****bags like Nocturne are far more common. And I don't care how pretty Blizzard games are- they can NOT make a decent character-oriented game to save their corporate lives. The pathetic attempts they made in StarCraft and WC whatever are perfect examples- the stilted dialogue and moronic plotlines of the first detracted significantly from the fact that it was downright cool-looking and a decent introductory-level strat. And I don't think I need mention the horror that is the new WarCraft- talk about pandering to the uncritical masses.
I like Blizzard. Compared to most of the major strat game corps out there (like the W-word, which is not to be said n my presence), they're fantastic, and they actually include a degree of strategy in their games. You're still not gonna get much outa a pincers movement in StarCraft if you're outgunned, but there are certain tricks and counters to learn, and Blizzard's interfaces aren't half as rough as most real strats'. But they're not good at anything involving a plot, or fewer than a thousand people. They just aren't. And part of being a good game maker is knowing where your weak spots lie, and avoiding them like the devil. Blizzard seems intent on poking said weak spots until we all get sick of them and storm their offices, and that's (naturally) bad for everyone involved.
