Its strange I constantly hear people complain on EA and Ubi soft. But none mention anything about Blizzard. Especially reviewers rarely critcize anything from them.
As if they are this sacred company that does nothing wrong. But Blizzard are not what they used to and they are exploiting their loyal fans as much as they can.
So im gonna list the shit they are doing:
Diablo 3
1. At launch 60 euro for a mediocre game, Okay thats no big deal many companies charge that.
2. Real money auction house. No the 60 Euro that people had payed for the game wasn't enough. People could now pay/earn money from the auction house while Blizzard got a some of the money.
The entire game was balanced around the auction house and had a terrible impact on the game.
RMAH got removed eventually to get more people to come back and buy Reaper of Souls.
3. Microtransactions is now on its way to D3. So far only cosmetics but who knows whats next. The game is starved on content yet they put the resources on shit like this. That doesn't feel right.
Diablo 3 will also be launched in China and it will be free to play and all out pay to win.
4. Maximizing profit by getting as mainstream as possible. Anything from dumbing down the game and the cartoony graphics where obviously there to lure a new young audiance.
5. Online DRM. Any way to prevent losing money to piracy. But many don't want to play online and the game had major issues at launch when the servers didn't respond.
World of Warcraft
1. More expensive expansion packs(WoD) but we get less content. According to Blizzard they got bigger staff then ever working on WoW. Then how come Warlords of Draenor had like half the content the 8 year old Burning Crusade had? And how come it receives less content in patches today then what it did 7-10 years ago? No wonder people are quitting faster then ever.
2. Microtransactions. Since people are paying every month for content it shouldn't even exist. Shouldn't they spend resources on adding more content for everyone?
3. Buying gold and levling services was something Blizzard once upon a time banned people for. Now its all possible to do in the game.
4. Dumbed down and streamlined game. Like Diablo 3 changes made for the sake of reaching as big audiance as possible. Even if it has a negative effect on the gameplay.
Hearthstone
Overall I have been enjoying the game without having to pay alot of money.
But the game is still new and im worried how much they will milk this cash cow...
1. The small expansions. Concidering how little content you get its kinda pricy. There is usually a few must have cards that force you to pay up.
2. Pay 10$ for a different portrait of your hero. Okay its no big deal and I know its totaly optional. But its still greedy and could be alot lower.
Heroes of the Storm
1. Well its obvious they are jumping on the Moba free to play train because they know it yeilds more money then for example making a Warcraft 4.
2. Dumbed down version of Lol, which in return is a dumbed down version of Dota. Not saying its all bad, but once again its all about catching as wide audiance as possible.
3. The price on the Heroes you can buy is more expensive then other Moba games. You also got rediculus prices for mounts. 20$ for a unicorn mount..wtf.
Starcraft 2...can't say anything about it because i haven't played it.
But people are free to mention things I have missed.
I don't think Blizzard are as bad as EA, but its kinda alarming. They used to be one of my favourit developers, so it hurts to see what they have become.
Not only have they gotten more greedy but it feels like there less passion behind their products has decreased.
Especially in WoW and Diablo, they also haven't made anything really grounbreaking for a long time now.
Im afraid Activision has had a bad influence on them.
As if they are this sacred company that does nothing wrong. But Blizzard are not what they used to and they are exploiting their loyal fans as much as they can.
So im gonna list the shit they are doing:
Diablo 3
1. At launch 60 euro for a mediocre game, Okay thats no big deal many companies charge that.
2. Real money auction house. No the 60 Euro that people had payed for the game wasn't enough. People could now pay/earn money from the auction house while Blizzard got a some of the money.
The entire game was balanced around the auction house and had a terrible impact on the game.
RMAH got removed eventually to get more people to come back and buy Reaper of Souls.
3. Microtransactions is now on its way to D3. So far only cosmetics but who knows whats next. The game is starved on content yet they put the resources on shit like this. That doesn't feel right.
Diablo 3 will also be launched in China and it will be free to play and all out pay to win.
4. Maximizing profit by getting as mainstream as possible. Anything from dumbing down the game and the cartoony graphics where obviously there to lure a new young audiance.
5. Online DRM. Any way to prevent losing money to piracy. But many don't want to play online and the game had major issues at launch when the servers didn't respond.
World of Warcraft
1. More expensive expansion packs(WoD) but we get less content. According to Blizzard they got bigger staff then ever working on WoW. Then how come Warlords of Draenor had like half the content the 8 year old Burning Crusade had? And how come it receives less content in patches today then what it did 7-10 years ago? No wonder people are quitting faster then ever.
2. Microtransactions. Since people are paying every month for content it shouldn't even exist. Shouldn't they spend resources on adding more content for everyone?
3. Buying gold and levling services was something Blizzard once upon a time banned people for. Now its all possible to do in the game.
4. Dumbed down and streamlined game. Like Diablo 3 changes made for the sake of reaching as big audiance as possible. Even if it has a negative effect on the gameplay.
Hearthstone
Overall I have been enjoying the game without having to pay alot of money.
But the game is still new and im worried how much they will milk this cash cow...
1. The small expansions. Concidering how little content you get its kinda pricy. There is usually a few must have cards that force you to pay up.
2. Pay 10$ for a different portrait of your hero. Okay its no big deal and I know its totaly optional. But its still greedy and could be alot lower.
Heroes of the Storm
1. Well its obvious they are jumping on the Moba free to play train because they know it yeilds more money then for example making a Warcraft 4.
2. Dumbed down version of Lol, which in return is a dumbed down version of Dota. Not saying its all bad, but once again its all about catching as wide audiance as possible.
3. The price on the Heroes you can buy is more expensive then other Moba games. You also got rediculus prices for mounts. 20$ for a unicorn mount..wtf.
Starcraft 2...can't say anything about it because i haven't played it.
But people are free to mention things I have missed.
I don't think Blizzard are as bad as EA, but its kinda alarming. They used to be one of my favourit developers, so it hurts to see what they have become.
Not only have they gotten more greedy but it feels like there less passion behind their products has decreased.
Especially in WoW and Diablo, they also haven't made anything really grounbreaking for a long time now.
Im afraid Activision has had a bad influence on them.