DuDe said:
I don't see how does that comic has anything to do with how good the game is. After all, Blizzard didn't create WC3 either, it was Blizzard North which is a division of Blizzard, and WC3 was good.
By WC3, Blizzard North has already proven themselves with D2. What has Nihilistic done before Ghost? All ive found is a game from 2000 called "Vampire: The Masquerade"...not nearly as good as blizzard's lineup of legendary games. In my eyes, they have yet to prove themselves worthy of a starcraft caliber game. And these guys are responsible for Artwork and Coding, two major part of any game. So the thing is, yes StarCraft Ghost may very well turn out to be an awesome game, but right now, its not garenteed to be killer app (unlike zeldas, marios, gran turismos).
StarCraft: Ghost may not necessarily have a big impact on whatever system it comes out in.
Tag: Tell me, since Blizzard is doing design for this game, what awesome third-person stealth shooter has Blizzard done in its history? Again, another unknown, and thus another possiblility for fuck up. With all these unknowns, its too soon to assume Ghost will be good when it comes.
The thing that StarCraft: Ghost has going for it (and this is a big thing, all that any game can ask for), is the Blizzard Polish(tm). As you all know, Blizzard polishes every one of their games till it shines like a bastard. And this takes time. So its either going to come out early with a big possiblility that its going to suck, or come out late, with a heavy blizzard coat of polish goodness, and not matter by then, as this generation of 'system wars' would probably be over by the time blizzard is done.
ps: Is it just me, or is some of the abilities sorta gimmicky? the call down nuke worked well in sc, but has anything of that magnitude ever worked on any shooter without being overpowered or restricted to a near scripted event?
