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that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be an RTS, and whatever shape it takes will depend on the person or team who goes to bat for it.

So… it’s not Starcraft, then. It’s just another game.

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ono@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

So… it’s not Starcraft, then.

I think Starcraft has enough story and character development by now that its identity is more than just the mechanics that it started with.

It’s just another game.

It would still be a Starcraft game. If we were to ignore the lore and only consider the RTS format, then even the first Starcraft was “just another game”. Those mechanics weren’t unique or new.

Similarly, World of Warcraft is still a Warcraft game, even though it’s hung on a different framework from the original.

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- Knusper@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  I think Starcraft has enough story and character development by now that its identity is more than just the mechanics that it started with.
  
  I can imagine that, but I don’t think anyone but RTS fans know that.
  I feel like, if they want to ‘bring it back’ as a brand, they would need to do an RTS game with all the marketing and such, to please the fans and bring it back into the public’s memory, and then they could follow it up with a non-RTS spinoff.
  
  If they don’t do it like this, they’ll likely have another debacle like with Diablo Immortals, where fans are waiting for a full-fledged title in that genre and they’re announcing something that’s just not that.
  
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  - EssentialCoffee@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I mean Warcraft was originally an RTS. No one thinks about that now.
    
    A StarCraft game in the vein of Mass Effect would be dope.
    
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The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You know how in Starcraft, Infestors could take over a unit and parade it around to do its bidding?

It sounds kind of like that, but with the Starcraft brand.

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TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The name is moneygrab

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Toribor@corndog.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
StarCraft Pinball! I can’t wait.

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- Illecors@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Fans of Starcraft Mahjong unite!
  
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c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
StarCraft extraction shooter confirmed.

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Chozo@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
StarCraft doesn't have to be at RTS, you know.

RTS is a dead genre, but that doesn't mean the SC universe has to die with it.

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- AustralianSimon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The next Total Annihilation is going to be balls to the wall good. Check the trailers.
  
  Storm Gate and Zero Space are being made by ex Blizz staff. Both in alpha.
  
  RTS is back on the menu, boys.
  
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GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
StarCraft Ghost is making an appearance.

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