Originally Posted by
therealstegblob
It's not that Blizzard isn't "talented" enough to play a long-form story game, it's just that so many people have their fingers in writing it and everyone is constantly nixing and retconning already planned ideas. If you've ever tried to work on a group project that involved multiple people having a hand in writing a long-term story, you'll quickly know what I mean. It's more like the company lacks strong overarching leadership on writing, so instead of a cohesive story following one dedicated thread we have a bunch of randos writing bullshit that flies in the face of what might've been planned three years ago, and the story is a mess because of it.