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Realbigdeal22
11-14-2008, 02:37 PM
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/6010.html Gameplay multiplayer.

It seemed kind of fun. Good feature and a good class base fps game. Why blizzard cancelled it? Do you think they will try to do an other starcraft fps one day? We could be like anything we saw in starcraft rts when we play multiplayer.

Anyway, i blame wow because SCG was in dev phase from 2004-2005 and wow came out in 2005 i think.
BlackVolgan
11-14-2008, 02:39 PM
they cancelled it because it probably would have sucked. thats probably why.
epicor
11-14-2008, 02:39 PM
they are already making too much money from WOTLK and decided they only need to release 1 horrible waste of time per year?
Realbigdeal22
11-14-2008, 02:42 PM
I enderstand that, but why they want to make diablo 3 over starcraft fps?

When i 1st saw diablo 3, i was like omg! and now that i think of it, i bet it will get boring very fast.
Marrik
11-14-2008, 02:42 PM
they should make a Planetside style SC game, theyd make a killing.


of course they never will. but even if they just made an SC game where you play as a marine, thatd still be pretty cool.






also, to the guy above me, D3 will make billions in Korea alone, theres definitely more cash in that than a totally new genre of game based on the SC strategy games
Weeking
11-14-2008, 02:43 PM
I thought they released it for console only.
EagleEye
11-14-2008, 02:43 PM
It's because the game had been built from the ground-up for the last generation of consoles (PS2, GC, xbox), and there's no way in hell they were going to be ready to ship when those were still highly selling systems. By the same token they weren't about to scrap the graphics engine and start from scratch.

In the end they decided to move most (all?) of their console staff into other departments, namely focussing on WoW and other games which at the time hadn't even been announced, such as early work on Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2.

I'm personally still hoping for a new Lost Vikings game.
KalTheo
11-14-2008, 02:45 PM
I think they should redesign it for PC. Fap fap fap.
Mazer
11-14-2008, 03:01 PM
I think they felt the game wasn't turning out the way they wanted it to and just decided to move on. Granted, last I heard the game was not officially 'cancelled', moreso no longer being worked on. They may come back to it eventually.

also, to the guy above me, D3 will make billions in Korea alone, theres definitely more cash in that than a totally new genre of game based on the SC strategy games

You mean SC2, right?
Atnas
11-14-2008, 03:10 PM
Not satisfied with it, or maybe because they wanted to focus on Starcraft 2?
Beeblebrox
11-14-2008, 04:23 PM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.
Xzi
11-14-2008, 04:26 PM
They couldn't decide on a single design plan.
Blixa
11-14-2008, 04:30 PM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

I agree. They probably want to wait until they really are able to provide these graphics.
Tzacharu
11-14-2008, 04:51 PM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

Dayum!
Feyrband
11-14-2008, 05:00 PM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

i need some pants that go that far up my asscrack without bunching up.
Ankh
11-14-2008, 05:18 PM
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/6010.html Gameplay multiplayer.

It seemed kind of fun. Good feature and a good class base fps game. Why blizzard cancelled it? Do you think they will try to do an other starcraft fps one day? We could be like anything we saw in starcraft rts when we play multiplayer.

Anyway, i blame wow because SCG was in dev phase from 2004-2005 and wow came out in 2005 i think.

They did it because they knew you'd make this thread in the future, and didn't want to rob you of that joy.
Aragoni
11-14-2008, 05:23 PM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

Pixel-porn ftw!
Arlex1
11-14-2008, 05:25 PM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

I'd tap dat.. Lulz.
Tharkon Fargor
11-14-2008, 06:08 PM
Blizzard is the demon child of EA...or has somehow become. So who knows.
Mulambo
11-14-2008, 06:26 PM
Why did blizzard cancel that Thrall adventure game? that's what I want to know.
Realbigdeal22
11-14-2008, 10:14 PM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

Damn!! didnt saw that in that angle. She's hotter then samus zero suit from ssbb.
Sho'nuff
11-14-2008, 10:39 PM
looked like Tribes met Clancy
Metal Wolf
11-14-2008, 10:45 PM
They probably spent to many polygons on the characters ass and tits and found out they didn't have enough left to render the level.
Dazarthas
11-14-2008, 11:19 PM
They probably spent to many polygons on the characters ass and tits and found out they didn't have enough left to render the level.

/thread
SentrySteve
11-15-2008, 12:19 AM
The actual reason is because Blizzard does not continue to produce a game unless they feel it has, at least, a 10 year life span in the market. Most of their games (SC, Diablo, probably WoW) currently fit this bill, while a handful have lead a good life but may not still be popular come year 8/9/10 (Warcraft 3).
Saturday Saint
11-15-2008, 12:28 AM
they should make a Planetside style SC game, theyd make a killing.


of course they never will. but even if they just made an SC game where you play as a marine, thatd still be pretty cool.

That would be awesome. Can you imagine playing that, and then, all of a sudeen...

"Nuclear Launch Detected!"
Killuminati
11-15-2008, 12:31 AM
Blizzard is the demon child of EA...or has somehow become. So who knows.

are you basing that solely on WoW? They are one of the few companies that still produce quality games.
Hyster
11-15-2008, 12:50 AM
they cancelled it because it probably would have sucked. thats probably why.

that would have been my guess if my memory is right it was a fps
Tharkon Fargor
11-15-2008, 01:30 AM
are you basing that solely on WoW? They are one of the few companies that still produce quality games.

im basing it on the greed concerning SC2 and the betrayal in D3!

And ofcourseeee wow.
Kekshorts
11-15-2008, 01:35 AM
are you basing that solely on WoW? They are one of the few companies that still produce quality games.
that was the first of a bad precedent, we'll only really be able to tell what blizzard has turned into after sc2 and diablo 3.
t1337Dude
11-15-2008, 03:12 AM
Blizzard realized they didn't have the talent to do something new.
Saturday Saint
11-15-2008, 03:54 AM
I'm pretty sure this was before the purging of decency that occured in Blizzard, so I really doubt SC:G would have sucked. Why the hell is everybody bashing Blizzard, anyways? Blizzard created the standard for RPG's and RTS's back in the day.
KalTheo
11-15-2008, 03:59 AM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

QFT. Fap, fap, fap.
Beeblebrox
11-15-2008, 04:55 AM
I turned this thread into: "Let us praise the wonders of the digitalized bootay!"

And it was good.
heroshade
11-15-2008, 04:59 AM
If they were to make it seem as if you were a very small part of a very large war like Starlancer, Wing Commander, or CoD did, then I think it would have been cool, but more than likely you were a badass cigar chompin' Rambo who was going to mow through the Zerg hordes with a fifty cal in one hand and a flame thrower in the other...
Mo0rbid
11-15-2008, 05:04 AM
Pixel-porn ftw!

everything on your monitor is pixels
Beorg
11-15-2008, 05:22 AM
The main character (http://next-games.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/starcraftghost.jpg) was too hot to be in a Blizzard game.

I never thought Blizzard would stoop to such a level as to try to market a game with such things as gimmicks. I'll admit, it's quite a good tactic to try and rope people into playing their games, but I doubt it'll work--we all saw what happened with Age of Conan, who's to say that couldn't be Blizzard if they tried to do something like that?
I'm pretty sure this was before the purging of decency that occured in Blizzard, so I really doubt SC:G would have sucked. Why the hell is everybody bashing Blizzard, anyways? Blizzard created the standard for RPG's and RTS's back in the day.

Because they're the greediest bunch of pigs I've ever seen. They produce low-quality games and expect people to actually pay for them (World of Warcraft namely). They're designed to keep you playing as long as they can (Ex. Raising level caps, expansion with "uber" gear and whatnot). Moreover, they make them addicting as well, not only increasing the likeliness that you'll continue playing, but that you'll play again as well. They're not the standard, they're what we've settled for. They've taken the MMORPG market by the jewels in a time lacking any major MMORPGS, and setting the bar so low that we don't even seem to search for an alternative, we just settle for what we've got. Now that Darkfall has shown some of us what a MMORPG can truly become, we won't go back, and that is why we despise of Blizzard Entertainment, or at least why I do.