The_hunter
Member
Game's art stinks, looks like league of legends and generic.
It's a term from Warcraft. "Arclight spanner" is the only instance I'm familiar of, but one assumes "Arclight" is just some catchall for Gnomish type things.
newtypepilot
Member
do you guys not have phones?
abstract alien
Member
The game itself doesn't look too bad for what it is, but the video presentation was legit abominable.
TransTrender
Gold Member
Yeah, I remember that from WoW, but the standalone Arclight seemed random to me.
worldwithpyramids
Member
i hope blizzard shuts down and all of these people lose their jobs. i don't even care. fuck 'em.
lughnasadh123
Member
I'm really liking the cute miniature aesthetic they're going for, just wish it wasn't attached to a strategy game.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Good god, I mean I was expecting mobile trash, but I, jesus I wasent expecting something so paint by numbers designed by committee, if someone had shown me this without a video title I would just say its some cheap super generic phone game from China.
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TwiztidElf
Member
Blizzard are intentionally antagonizing their veteran (and lapsed) fans at this point right?
This is intentional provocation and aggravation.
This is intentional provocation and aggravation.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Kacho
Gold Member
Nah. All the key creative talent left and what's left is a bunch of nobodies desperate to please their corporate overlords.
I think it was a couple years back when Kotick assigned some woman from Activision to ensure Blizzard starts shipping products regularly going forward. Stuff like this is the result of that.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I honestly couldn't finish that video. This is something that nobody wanted. It's gonna bomb and rightfully so. Also you couldn't have made a more annoying video if you tried to show it off with.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
holy shit actual bannable offense
Bernd Lauert
Banned
I'll play it while on the shitter for five minutes and then likely uninstall.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Will there be a setting to crank the graphics up to a level 2022 iphone 14 like that CGI cartoon trailer? Or am I stuck with 2008 iphone 3 levels of visuals?
Games free. I'll check it out.
Games free. I'll check it out.
Interfectum
Member
I kinda agree. I don't see this game lasting even two years. It's way too derivative and it lacks that Blizzard magic to make long time fans try it out.
I'll play it in hopes it lasts long enough for a Lich King hero.
anothertech
Member
Yes, because this is what your decades old fanbase has been asking for.
Clusterfuck smfh
Clusterfuck smfh
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Blizzard laughing all the way to the bank.
Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
Now that I can take warcraft on the go I threw away all of my gaming pcs
Elder Legend
Banned
I don't mind this, I like tower defense games, why is everyone so hateful? It's a mobile game, what did you expect really ??
worldwithpyramids
Member
I mean, they could have made a cool mobile game. It's not impossible. But they didn't. Everything about this game looks like it's ripped from any other numerous shitty predatory cashgrab junk-piles on the app store. From the art style to the "collectibles" to the overall tone to the gameplay. It's a paint by numbers generic piece of mobile shit we've been seeing for over a decade at this point. What did I expect? Well, this is what I expected from New Blizzard. They make shit now.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
Man they could do anything with the Warcraft universe, and they go back to the early 2010's with a tower defense game?
Man. I'd rather see something we haven't seen before - like a family friendly virtual board game. Hell, even a partnership with whoever owns Monopoly so we can have multiplayer, online Warcraft Monopoly. Even that sounds better than a simple tower defense.
Man. I'd rather see something we haven't seen before - like a family friendly virtual board game. Hell, even a partnership with whoever owns Monopoly so we can have multiplayer, online Warcraft Monopoly. Even that sounds better than a simple tower defense.
Warcraft these days is a lot like the gaming equivalent of Bruce Willis's career.
Going from once loved by a dedicated fanbase to a low budget by the numbers cash grab mobile gaming.
I think they'll be surprised by the competition in the mobile space who have already matched or surpassed this.
IMHO, these days the name Warcraft may not have the weight that Blizzard still thinks it does. The sooner Blizzard recognizes this the better.
While I would say I'll always have the past and that can't be taken away from me. Blizzard literally proved that they can indeed take it away from me with their remastering efforts.
Going from once loved by a dedicated fanbase to a low budget by the numbers cash grab mobile gaming.
I think they'll be surprised by the competition in the mobile space who have already matched or surpassed this.
IMHO, these days the name Warcraft may not have the weight that Blizzard still thinks it does. The sooner Blizzard recognizes this the better.
While I would say I'll always have the past and that can't be taken away from me. Blizzard literally proved that they can indeed take it away from me with their remastering efforts.
March Climber
Member
Nadella showing Spencer he paid 70 billion for a free to play mobile game.
Disgusting.and what a cringe video from the devs
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venturebeat.com
A lot of people here tend to underestimate the giant behemoth that is the mobile market. It's honestly shocking that all 3 console manufacturers even bother doing what they do for us. I agree about the video being uncomfortable to watch.
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Goalus
Member
Don't these dislikers have phones?
I am curious whether this and Diablo Immortal will be successful or bomb. The traditional fans obviously hate it, now the interesting question is whether enough of the huge number of potential new fans will care. I guess we will see in a few months.
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Mech_Warrior
Banned
Orbital2060
Member
I think it looks great 
Despiralman69
Member
I actually envoy blizzard for not giving a fuck about there fans and doing what they want, i enjoy tower defense games on phones and still play heartstone to this day so looking forward to this
Orbital2060
Member
Yeah I play HS a lot on my phone, but there arent that many great games made for mobile out there. Also Mario Kart Tour try to keep up with that every week just to see what Nintendos up to.
I pre-signed up for Diablo Immortal, I think that looks great too. Just need to play it to see how it feels, but it would be awesome an actual Diablo game that works on mobile.
I pre-signed up for Diablo Immortal, I think that looks great too. Just need to play it to see how it feels, but it would be awesome an actual Diablo game that works on mobile.
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VN1X
Banned
Haha this fuckin' thread. I know it's hip and cool to hate on Blizzard these days but holy shit every company is dabbling in mobile games or at least has an outside division doing just that for them. This is nothing new and obviously these types of games are never going to hit it big with a core audience such as the ones on GAF or other enthusiast forums.
I saw the trailer and thought that, for a mobile game, it looks very decent. I'll never play it obviously because screw playing games on mobile but you guys sound a like a bunch of old men yelling at clouds and I'm supposed to be the ancient one here.
I saw the trailer and thought that, for a mobile game, it looks very decent. I'll never play it obviously because screw playing games on mobile but you guys sound a like a bunch of old men yelling at clouds and I'm supposed to be the ancient one here.
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darth.shrimp
Member
killatopak
Member
They kidified wow.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I cant find the game in the store. If this thread slips off the first page I might forget the game is a thing.
March Climber
Member
Which is why they revealed this now and not at Blizzcon, because they most likely have learned not to reveal these types of games at conventions full of hardcore fans.
nkarafo
Member
Member when a bunch of sweet summer children claimed mobile gaming isn't going to ruin console/PC gaming? And how these can co-exist?
Well, they do for now for the most part, but this game is how the mobile market ruins gaming. You get devs such as Blizzard completely abandoning PC gaming and their fans in order to attract the normie hordes who don't think videogames are more than disposable apps to kill the time in the bus and completely forget about them after the next batch is released.
Basically, mobile "gaming" steals developers from console/PC gaming. Only rarely it's the other way around, if there's any.
Elder Legend
Banned
What mushrooms are you on if I may ask? Blizzard is NOT abandoning pc gaming whatsoever. They even made Diablo Immortal for PC after the backlash to satisfy who asked for it and it's cross platform.
Diablo 2 Ressurected came last year for PC and console and now also has a whole official ladder system and is a highly praised well done Remake.
They are also developing a next gen brand new IP that is the Surival game for PC ane consoles that was announced back in Janaury.
WoW still getting expansions. Diablo 4 looking sexy as fuck and coming out next year. Overwatch 2 beta on PC just started and they have plenty of more unannounced games in development if you look at their official job listing.
As for mobile they have 2 warcraft based games, the one they just announced and 1 more. Hearthstone was their 1st mobile game back in 2013 and is very popular and is a huge success. Everyone did hate Hearthstone and was pissed when it was announced, then when people played it everyone got quiet and now it's a massive success and that was in 2013. We're in the year 2022, no one has abandoned anything. Call of Duty mobile exists and so does Apex Legends, did EA and Activisin abandoned those IPs on the PC/Console. Yeah, absolutely not.
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March Climber
Member
nkarafo
Is this the same dev team? I don't hate mobile games like many here do, as they've been slowly improving over time. Mobile games are even keeping certain genres alive. The main 2 things against mobile are simply energy systems/pay to win and how they have zero regard for game preservation. I've tried looking for top 5 android and iphone games of each year to try them out and once you go past 3-4 years at most, unless it's an insanely popular game, it's gone from both stores. I've even seen games gone after just a year. To me that's the more dangerous thing about the phone gaming industry. They truly treat the medium like buying toys.
Blizzard traded the edgy, cool, dramatic, and sexy for this whimsical toon shit for some reason. Even though 90% of the crap in the market all looks like the same generic cartoony shit they all pretend to be overly excited for it. It's cringe as fuck.
I am not saying there isn't room for these games for the casual market here and there, but look at their output for the past few years. Their focus is clearly this mobile shit with a few botched remasters in-between.
It seems this is the only type they hire for prominent positions nowadays in the west, or at least the ones they put in front of the camera. It's not just them either.. it's the whole industry. I've played Destiny since launch and watching their content update videos over the years you can really see the change in both the developers and their attitudes/philosophies.
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March Climber
Member
It's a lose-lose situation when doing trailers like this. Either devs do it and have to force a smile and try their hardest to be charismatic, or they hire a famous actor, YouTuber, or voice actor and it ends up appearing just as forced for different reasons.