Exactly. That is why of all the speculation to date, unless it was a deliberate ruse, the Atlas rumors, being set in the SC universe but hundreds or thousands of years before SC1 are probably correct. Technically it is part of the SC IP but it would be so far removed from anything we know about SC it would be entirely new. That also plays into the quote from Kaplan I believe, which said something like Titan will be set in the future and the past. SC would be the future, Titan would be the past.
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People left due to the acquisition but they were still making D3 until Vivendi closed the studio down. One of the major reasons cited was that Vivedni was not happy with what they deemed to be poor development of D at the time. So it is kinda of both. Major players left and the game was pretty much crap. So Vivendi put the kibosh on it and started anew. If it was anything of quality BN may have been around to finish it.
Atleast from what I remember, Bill Roper who was one of the earliest members of Blizzard and in later date more associated with Blizzard N. left the studio because Vivendi started meddling with WoW developement relatively late in the cycle, pushing for more EQ like experience and tarnishing what he considered to be the original intent.
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"People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an excercise of power, are barbarians" - George Lucas 1988
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bill-...rd-58892.shtml
Take that for what it's worth. It doesn't really mention anything about WoW, but was basically a failed power play for his team. I also chuckled when the article mentioned Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 in 2007. Lol.
I don't know why people claim Roper is so amazing. He hasn't done anything great since he left Blizzard. Clearly it was more than his talent that was making him successful. I am highly critical of Disney's decision to hire him for the head of their game division. After the recent busts they've been having there, it's a very odd choice indeed to pick someone who hasn't proven worth in almost a decade.
He must have had some really amazing ideas or laced their drinks with PCP.
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Could it not be a 'warcraft' mmo but instead about the war between the titans and the burning legion? thats not warcraft, warcraft was between orcs and humans.
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Technically if it's cogs and gears as opposed to steam, it's clockpunk (based on the earlier technological revolution of clockwork mechanics as opposed to the later steam power revolution) :P
Mmm, debatable I suppose. Steampunk is often a literary homage to the style and works of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and other classic science fiction authors, which is where the Victorian thing comes from. The genre began in the 60s and the seminal works definitely had that whole Victorian aesthetic and theme. It was a pretty kooky minor genre for a long time but has had a big resurgence in recent years with CGI making its look a lot easier to achieve. It may have gotten to a stage now where it's possible to divorce the visual iconography of steampunk from its Victorian literature roots but that's a very recent development if true.
Whatever it's going to be, due to all speculation it will not live up to the peoples expectations.
So in other words, you could say it will suck.
Now onto the subject of Titan itself:
Blizzard allrdy has 3 "mmo's" with different genres: WoW, SWtor2, and Diablo, so lets assume it has nothing to do with either of them as they claim. It wont be involving intergalactic stuff, hellish demons and shit from diablo, Horde/alliance, orcs, humans, panda's etc.
What are titans? We all know they were the gods that created azeroth. However, wiki has this about it:
"In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν—Ti-tan; plural: Τιτᾶνες—Ti-tânes) were a primeval race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Heaven), that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. They were immortal huge beings of incredible strength and stamina and were also the first pantheon of Greco-Roman gods and goddesses. In the first generation of twelve Titans, the males were Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius and Iapetus and the females - the Titanesses - were Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea and Themis. The second generation of Titans consisted of Hyperion's children Eos, Helios, and Selene; Coeus's daughters Leto and Asteria; Iapetus's children Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius; Oceanus' daughter Metis; and Crius's sons Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses." (haha uranus)
So going on that, and the fact that it will have nothing to do with wow, swtor and diablo, i think it will be a MMO RPG, focused around the greek/roman era. With several factions (greek, spartans, perzians, etc.) and several world bosses based on old mythology (Hades, etc.). There will be homestead options (thats why they tried tillers farm), and a big open world with myhological creatures because of a BS story along the lines of: "Titans are pissed, they pee down on us from heaven and they unleash stuff on the earth".
Im the first that stated this, so credit me if im right in about a year. Cheers
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Project codenames often have absolutely nothing to do with the content of the final product.
EX: Starcraft 2's code name was Medusa. Diablo 3's was Hydra. Etc.
Blizzard just has a thing for Greco-Roman mythology when it comes to throw away names.
No. You really, really aren't.
I really hope its not an fps... we have too many fps on the market as it is. And the last thing I want is another game to cater to the CoD crowd just because that sort of thing is popular.
I woulnt mind a modern day scenario game. But not in first person, maybe a third person action rpg, something new, blizzard have already proved they are kings of the RTS, I wouldn't mind seeing them put their cut on something fresh.
I love Warcraft, I dislike WoW
Unsubbed since January 2021, now a Warcraft fan from a distance
...my mind is blown. Did this really happen? I can't believe that didn't catch on to other games. I could have saved a lot of time back in the day if they had an in game delivery service for local food joints...
O.O brb, I need to go patent software that works inside MMOs to do this very thing. The next time you see me, I'll be a millionaire.
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Its probably gonna be something to appeal to all masses.
Some form of questing/raiding for the PvErs thats portable to consoles as a single player part.
Arena but balanced properly instead of the fail engine of WoW, where every PvE and PvP change destroy each other.
And stuff like Pet battles and farmville inside for the rest.
Pretty much the same as WoW is now, but on a new engine and on a different environment without the limitations of the 12 year old engine while portable to consoles, i doubt its gonna be something old, probably a new franchise and stuff.