Blizzard's Last Chance | Asmongold Reacts

[@timothysoh9102]

Dont worry, we'll get another 'Last Chance!!!' in the next Quarter at December too

[@Helloworld.11122]

So a sequel!!!

[@FilipRanogajec]

I'm sick of hearing it. Blizzard and Diablo are both dead now.

[@Salmacream]

@@FilipRanogajec Diablo is fine. Its playerbase is alive, and it gets updates. Im a poe player to be clear. No bias. But we are the vocal minority. Use your head for once.

[@ninocraft1]

​@@Salmacream diablo IS dead, i loved 2 and played 3 for a bit, but i didn't even touch 4 nor poe

[@jordywillaert-rt9qt]

@@Salmacream 5000 daily players is alive for you? xD npc

[@j_lemy]

"Blizzard's Last Chance" part 7

[@lnguyen-1290]

Same when Fast 7 said "one last ride..." 😂

[@matsmith2507]

Part last final

[@HOLEECHIT-p4i]

Blizzards last chance season 1 episode 7 is more accurate

[@thsudy]

Blizzards Last Chance 3 part 2 episode 4. By Zack Schneider

[@kaviramyead7987]

"Last" in "Blizzard Last Chance" has the same meaning as "Final" in "Final Fantasy"

[@masonhales]

Blizzard's last chance was in the boardroom during the hostile takeover by activision in 2008 they lost

[@AngryAlfonse]

Oh please. They got worse alongside the gaming industry as a whole. They wouldn't be any better without Activision.

[@sadkat9162]

@@AngryAlfonse can't say that when their old guard was completely pushed out by activision on any pretense they could use

[@Meilk27]

​@@AngryAlfonsenah. this has to be bait.

[@Lucyhehe_]

@@Meilk27 cope

[@Meilk27]

@@Lucyhehe_ aw you learned a new word today go try it somewhere it actually applies saddo

[@daveyvantilburg23]

16:54 I love the fact that blizzard chose to make her lift up the weapon that does not have a scope to her eyes, but then also choses to make the pirate, with an eye patch, to close the unpatched eye. She shooting blind baby

[@danielkim1574]

LMAO i didnt even notice this. When u compare this to souls devs where they dont miss even the smallest details, it makes me wonder 😂

[@mugshade]

Yup this is what happens when you don't care bout your job, u half ass it.

[@benboyer2776]

Attention to detail.

[@Malxer]

"bLizZaRD pOLiSh" they say

[@bananajoe9951]

NO ONE HAS PASSION ANYMORE. The original team left. The team now thinks they know the story better than the original team. There is ZERO passion with this new team.

[@jenzv1679]

Passion for money and rainbow politics with the new team

[@zwan1886]

DEI, glass ceilings, ego is more important

[@atom6911]

It’s actually kinda good. Passion is for indie devs. Passion when your company makes billion of dollars and pays you shit is not the solution. Pay better wages, hire strong talents, make good games. Passion isn’t remotely useful and only serves as a way to underpay employees.😊

[@robertourena4903]

Their passion is being inclusive instead of story telling. Also the original team was men and well lets be honest men used to be male teens and know what they wanted to do. Blizzard is like 90 female creators today and the other 10% are LGB

[@maysaveyougaming248]

@@zwan1886dude you’re not lying. I had 12 years of Network Security real world experience. They refused to hire me because I am a protected veteran. They hired some people right out of college.

[@bossdoor]

“I don’t get it we removed cleavage from so many hearthstone cards but people are still angry”

[@-8h-]

Lol I quit years ago, did they?

[@engintonguc2756]

@@-8h- Yes quite recently, too.

[@Djuntas]

Bro, the p0rn pictures in wow they edited. At least thats how Blizzard see's their previcous work, as something obsene.

[@Halicos93]

Because they removed cleveage xD.

[@Helmutlozzi]

@@Djuntas There's nothing obscene about any of their previous work. They are just mentally ill at Blizzard.

[@adamkaangambrill]

I like how when listing the games made in the past 20 years, he mentioned Overwatch and not OW2, because it isn’t a fucking game.

[@Revz8bit]

OW2 was a shop patch

[@adamkaangambrill]

@@Revz8bit Yep, and it isn't even a good shop.

[@RIP_ZYZZ1738]

And the Overwatch community is still defending the game. They don’t realize they’re a laughing stock as long as they keep the OW2 branding

[@ocoolwow]

it was a graphics pack that took away features and ran worse somehow

[@jasonvrba4644]

⁠@@RIP_ZYZZ1738 99% of OW players and all the content creators I’ve seen are fully aware how shit the game is rn and

[@Fingolfin455]

### Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe #### Ingredients: - 12 oz (340g) spaghetti - 4 oz (115g) pancetta or guanciale, diced (bacon can also be used) - 2 large eggs - 1 cup (100g) grated Pecorino Romano cheese (or Parmesan, if preferred) - 1 garlic clove, peeled and lightly crushed - Salt and black pepper, to taste - Fresh parsley, chopped (optional, for garnish) #### Instructions: 1. **Cook the Spaghetti:** - Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. - Add the spaghetti and cook according to package instructions until al dente. - Reserve 1 cup of pasta cooking water, then drain the spaghetti. 2. **Prepare the Sauce Base:** - While the pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet over medium heat. - Add the pancetta or guanciale to the skillet and cook until crispy, about 5-7 minutes. - Add the garlic clove to the skillet during the last minute of cooking to infuse the oil with garlic flavor, then remove and discard it. 3. **Mix the Eggs and Cheese:** - In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and grated Pecorino Romano cheese until well combined. 4. **Combine the Ingredients:** - Turn off the heat under the skillet with the pancetta. - Add the drained spaghetti to the skillet and toss to combine with the pancetta. - Pour the egg and cheese mixture over the hot pasta, stirring quickly to create a creamy sauce. The residual heat from the pasta will cook the eggs without scrambling them. - If the sauce is too thick, add some of the reserved pasta water, a little at a time, until you reach the desired consistency. 5. **Season and Serve:** - Season with salt and a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper. - Serve immediately, garnished with additional grated cheese and chopped parsley, if desired. Enjoy your classic Spaghetti Carbonara!

[@blindroth5170]

Delete this comment now

[@doingitsidesways]

the guanciale is essential.

[@seanblacky1596]

I’ll try this, just need to get the ingredients

[@herrwahnsinn4229]

salt goes in at boil

[@krummi666]

good to see proper carbonara recipe but you can add some pasta water in the egg/cheese mix to meld it a little bit

[@lazydeer4843]

What's sad is custom games on Warcraft 3 frozen throne and StarCraft 2 have already made all the mini games/ spin offs for blizzard for decades. Yet blizzard is to stupid to even notice it.

[@Valorhammer]

pretty sure all the game genres that came out following MOBA's - which in itself is from an SC, Brood War mod - are just mods from those 2 games finaly standing alone Edit: Brood War not SC2, somehow I mixed the 2 and thought the latest release was SC3 haha

[@Someothername2134]

@@Valorhammer was it originally sc2 or wc3? I played on both dont remember which was first

[@Valorhammer]

@@Someothername2134 SC, the OG was called Aeon of Strife. The format was ported to WC3 as Defense of the Ancients. And the rest is history.

[@thamutha]

Rune forge modding community does more for league of legends than riot.

[@Pandareen]

What you need to understand is that they don't care what you, me or anyone else want, you clearly have no clue how big companies like Blizzard are working, to you they are game developer but they actually are another big company that only wants money, they don't care about player base or enjoyment, and i don't think they are stupid i think you are stupid same as I'm stupid and everyone else, that we still consume their products even if we should stop and when we stop that will make them make a complete new game.

[@Illucient]

"Heroes of the Farm " A farming simulator like stardew but you can romance characters from the blizzard universe. "My crops for Aiur!"

[@PeferG17]

fuck it, I'd try it lol

[@glimglam1153]

Blizzard has been on their "last chance" for years now. It's just sad at this point, people really think that Blizzard could somehow just bring it back one day.

[@borrow4654]

Prettt sure the last chance thing is a meme now

[@JaysSavvy]

StarCraft Broodwar Expansion was one of the greatest "Expansions" ever made. It made the game BETTER and the story went from "Good" to "Great."

[@RichyRich2607]

So like tft

[@WorldWalker128]

And it was actually challenging. I decided I wanted to play the old games again and did so. I blew through the first game with ease. The expansion was easy at first, and then it was like I hit a wall. Once you were brought up to speed the kiddie gloves came off and the AI began fighting you HARD.

[@mattandrews2594]

Yeah, but one single WoW mount made more money for Blizzard than the entirety of SC2, so why bother making new games when people will shell out for mounts?

[@RichyRich2607]

@@mattandrews2594 This is still such a lie people spreading. No. Not the entirety of SC2, just WoL. And it made more revenue, not more volume (because of costs of shops and physical editions, development, servers, advertisment etc). The whole thing has been relativized with the following expansions, in-game shop and co-op commanders.

[@mattandrews2594]

@@RichyRich2607 The point still stands, what's their financial incentive to make games anymore when WoW mounts will generate more revenue?

[@XnathOW]

Overwatch "2" took like 6 years, with hundreds of developers.. and basically made nothing. People at Blizzard are spinning pencils and holding meetings on what flavor coffee they need on their office coffee machines. Talent is gone

[@juxozo5918]

Everyone is just going to work for the paycheck. Working has become a meme

[@r3dr4te963]

And people are angry about the FAILED promise. The end result basically 1.5, not "2"

[@francescogigli5844]

Just creating skins, and no content

[@Mr.Gnome731]

When I am in the Blizzard hating competition, and my opponent is Asmongold’s comment section.

[@jaylapointe4907]

Welcome to the Echo Chamber, friend.

[@josef10101010]

Instant Money Printer for Blizzard: StarCraft Extraction Shooter... Imagine the Zerg army growing as you wait for your dropship to land.

[@rugedas87]

And it never comes because reasons (like Mengsk at New Getysburg or Stukov and duGalle in Brood War intro), leaving you alone to feed zergs.

[@yourfeedYT]

This is Blizzards 34th last chance

[@JimSmith-g2d]

You guys are so close to getting it. It's almost like you should stop listening to brain dead outrage streamers who will say anything to get your money

[@gohabs8918]

and yet, millions and millions of players. blizz players always say "wah wah last chance" but pay 15 bucks a month every month

[@hadoobieboi]

35th time is the charm

[@rudymoralesjr]

34th, huh? I guess I know what type of game they should make based on the number 34......

[@Spiffo0]

@@JimSmith-g2d Literally don't even bother, they will never ever realise it.

[@RippDrive]

Games used to be made by computer engineers who liked games. Now theyre made by "game developers" who purchased a university course that was marketed to them as a gateway to easy high paying jobs.

[@hiddenflowerto]

Not the devs fault. Stop buying games from publicly traded companies.

[@Ljrobison]

Game dev is probably the lowest paying field in the industry compared to other careers with the exact same skill set. Switch to software engineer and you make at least 50% more.

[@vondreas]

Someone told me computer related fields are over saturated, so I’m going to the medical field

[@kekk3809]

​@@vondreas theres no end on a supply of sick patients

[@KaiserAfini]

Software engineering is not easy, game development is one of the worst paying branches of it. The main issue is that, if an exec orders macrotransactions, day one DLC or whatever, you have no say in it. You could get fired, lose your source of income, be blacklisted for speaking out. Devs know when something is a stupid money grubbing scheme, but they can't do anything about it.

[@danielpotts1172]

You know when you will ACTUALLY quit? When you quit Blizzard, not when you quit "WoW" or quit "Diablo", but when you quit Blizzard themselves. I said the same thing, then one of their games (WoW, Diablo, Starcraft etc) rolls round with a DLC. The thing that stopped me, was a combination of Dragonfight, following Shadowlands, following BFA...then Diablo 4 ontop of all that....I actually decided to give up Blizzard...and it feels so nice :D This is the first WoW expansion I won't be playing...and to ensure I didn't return, Blizzard added an early access price lol! Thanks! If i was ever faltering, I will certainly remember that extra price tag for entry to play with fellow addicts.

[@ForOne814]

But Dragonflight was good.

[@DerusGrindz]

​@ForOne814 was thinking the same thing. I don't think this person hates the quality. Wow just isn't a game they enjoy anymore.

[@AngryAlfonse]

This. WoW sucks, I quit Overwatch after the "2" fiasco, Diablo 4 was boring, Hearthstone and COD have become too predatory with their monetization so I quit them too. The only thing that was enticing me to come back was my desire to get into an RTS again, but then I found Beyond All Reason which is better than SC2 could ever hope to be. So I'm just done with Blizzard as a whole. Don't even have their launcher installed. I originally said I'd consider coming back after Bobby leaves, but even with him gone I just don't care to give them my money again.

[@ForOne814]

@@AngryAlfonse Hearthstone is way easier to play F2P now than it has ever been. What are you talking about? People have got legend on a new account in less than a week.

[@AngryAlfonse]

@@ForOne814 is it? I stopped playing a few years ago because of the monetization, wasn't aware it has gotten less P2W Still not going back though

[@Kaamos123]

Blizzard doesn't realize that their old games are the only reason why the new games sell copies. The old games are still good even today.

[@breikio]

Blizzard: makes billions in existing game titles KZbinrs: LAST CHANCE BLIZZARD YOU HEAR ME!!!

[@memoman29]

so true

[@reviewthereviewer7034]

Then why do blizzard keep admitting their games have failed?

[@guisellapalacios1751]

Wow still exist? How many players are active in 2024 when you compare with 2013

[@Coffeehouse1977]

​@@guisellapalacios1751 it has been hovering around 6 million subscribers for at least the last 8 years

[@breikio]

@@guisellapalacios1751 12 mn in 2013, now at 8 mn. For a 20 year old game, 11 years after its peak which requires a monthly sub and a paid expansion every 2 years, doesnt sound too bad. Microsoft is pouring a lot of $ in it as well to produce expansions faster now and they arent known for wasting their money on games and WoW isnt even Blizzard's flagship product anymore.

[@Monsteroflopogis]

Blizzards issue has been their focus on making money. Everyone wants to make money, but you can 'feel' the intent in modern Blizzard games. When you play Mobile, you can feel the fact that it's all designed around making money and that's why people rip on mobile. People might not be very smart, but we feel stuff very well. There is no heart or soul behind Blizzard game design and it feels obvious to people. And that obviously feels bad.

[@crimson3859]

It ultimately comes down to shareholders ruining everything as usual.

[@Pandareen]

This is exact message that should be printed on like billboard and post it in front of Blizzard entertainment co.!

[@bemlok]

Microsoft: I can fix her

[@spyder335]

Who else remembers when a blizzard logo on a game cover used to be a mark of quality, now it seems to be a sure sign of predatory microtransactions.

[@goosyloose4115]

Idk man.. Ever since I was a kid, I always thought it was funny you had to pay to play a game you already purchased.. it seemed that way since beginning lol.. sorta kidding

[@fwam2k7]

You bang on about predatory micro transactions but literally everything in wows store doesn’t enhance gameplay in anyway. EA on the other hand, oh boy. That’s predatory.

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

I do but that was 25 years ago. There have been people born, raised, grown up and died of fentanyl overdose since that time.

[@lource]

@@fwam2k7 if you didn't know p2w and micro transactions are 2 separate things

[@sebastiankalinski2718]

I do!!!

[@DeadKavaiol]

4:10 well outsourcing is not always a bad thing, Bethesda outsourced Fallout New Vegas to Obsidian and it's subjectively the best part of Fallout. It's different but in line, has all the benefits with less issues, and made this series interesting with a wider audience eventually resulting in Fallout 4 being less of a grimdark in comparison to Fallout 3

[@spbynum]

Blizzard doesn’t attract talent anymore. They aren’t price competitive in their hirings and have coasted far too long on reputation. This results in high turnover, incompetency, and overblown budgets over time.

[@Bleiser3]

Good. Nobody should be able to exploit their workers by paying way less and demanding more work time just because of a brand name.

[@christianalanwilson434]

@@Bleiser3 I think you misunderstood, my dude. Being competitive in hiring actually means paying workers MORE in order to attract good talent, and Blizz hasn't been doing that for a long time. Their current employees are the ones being impacted by all these bad practices so if anything its worse now than its ever been.

[@yunglean69420]

You misunderstood man, they're agreeing

[@Bleiser3]

@@christianalanwilson434 No, you misunderstood. :D It's good that they are not attracting good talent because they won't be giving them more pay anyway. Blizz is notorious for not paying enough. They need to get a reality check and stop thinking talented people will work for them for no pay at all.

[@VanWinger]

SC3 UI: "Not enough Platinum" "You require more Overwatch coins" "You must construct additional Runestones"

[@Arcexey]

@VanWinger you try to buy something in game and it opens a browser to purchase in game currency. Purchase 20,000 ZergBucks for $9.99?

[@sendL546]

Last chance was 15 years ago

[@Mordrain]

Should, but not.

[@darkfireguy]

Last chance in the future

[@Maas_Grande]

Concur. Quit and just watch from the sidelines now. No regrets

[@NotOlzen]

True wrath of the lich king was so ass amirite

[@AngryAlfonse]

What was 15 years ago?

[@SolSystemDiplomat]

Pal world was massive and showed that advancement in survival games is a tap-able resource

[@fialovanna]

"WoW fans are the most persistant consumers." - honest Blizzcon

[@LordAlbrecht]

I think the word was "resilient", which is possibly funnier

[@henrychurch6062]

How to fix Blizzard. It's not hard. "Make better games and put your customer's first." Blizzard USED to do this, and we loved them for it. Larion is doing this now, and we love them for it. Fromsoft is doing this, and we love them for it.

[@Brade]

Nah! I really think what would fix blizzard is more POC lgbt characters shoe horned into stories written by interns.

[@henrychurch6062]

@@Brade You know, it's interesting that they had their "Blizzard Diversity Tool" release during Shadowlands that went over so poorly that each department head disavowed any involvement with it... Then Blizzard said they hadn't used it for anything and it was only a prototype... and then released Dragonflight and Overwatch 2.

[@KaiserAfini]

Blizzard used to take AGES to make a game, and they made such a polished experience that it redefined the industry with each launch, making massive profits for years. Blizzard was an artesanal kitchen with slowly cooked meals. Activision came, made them into a fast food joint with cheap ingredients, then they wondered why people didn't come to the restaurant or why they didn't want to pay the price of a gourmet meal for a cardboard tasting burger.

[@vahidoph]

There is no fixing it. They are far too deep.

[@filidhdeklend893]

How to fix Blizzard, the REALLY easy method: Fire anyone with dyed hair and face piercings.

[@jamesedwards6319]

Blizzard is stuck between two competing problems: 1. Leaning on existing IPs. 2. Being completely at odds with what made those IPs good. How does a company that hates masculine white men capitalize on Starcraft? Listen to the SC2 opening cinema and tell me that modern Blizzard wants to lionize white men with heavy southern drawls talking about how war and techno slavery are awesome content, actually. WC has been irreparably damaged as an IP by the modern WoW writers. Diablo's game design reputation has been dragged through the mud. Everything SC wants to do, Games Workshop has been doing for the last 5 years. Where do they even take their current IPs at this point?

[@scarletsletter4466]

💯 & Blizzard’s games actually had the highest popularity with women due to their pretty/ charming character designs, specifically in WoW & Hearthstone. But now that’s changed bc they’re making women characters unappealing. My friends & I were discussing this the other day. All the joy is gone out of these properties. Fantasy is supposed to be about escapism, so everybody’s wants appealing designs

[@paulturner4684]

Asmon: My health is declining and I'm overstressed Also Asmon: *Continues swilling soda*

[@ZackMeetsWorld]

Pretty sure he’s addressed that there’s usually water in his cup

[@paulturner4684]

@@ZackMeetsWorld that was some dirty fucking water he was drinking in this video then.

[@domehammer]

@@paulturner4684 Maybe he mixs water with his soda?

[@Drett25]

Our boy assmonfold believed to be immortal, now he felt bad and realized he is human, hopefully he gets a healthier lifestyle

[@christianalanwilson434]

Sadly getting older is gonna hit him like a brick. He's about the point where his metabolism will slow down and he'll start gaining weight. His overworked immune system is also gonna give out eventually and succumb to all the mold and filth in his house. When it does, he's probably gonna fold quick.

[@Kaiddou]

Damn that guy was being generous when he said it's been over for blizzard for the last 5 years. It's been atleast 10.

[@nick_pappagiorgio]

The WOW developers in 2004 were geniuses - and composed 99% of white and Asian males. That ship has sailed at today's rainbow Blizzard.

[@rox282]

I think you should see a doctor before it gets worse

[@noahpeleikis229]

as if ethnicity or sexuality had anything to do with their games being awful lmao

[@afsfas3245]

@@noahpeleikis229 It does.

[@jenzv1679]

@@noahpeleikis229it does bro

[@tyler7629]

​@@noahpeleikis229 it does

[@arcadius3257]

The problem isn't that games take long to make. The problem is that after taking so much time they're either unfinished or garbage.

[@christianalanwilson434]

True, but taking 10+ years to make a sequel for a popular IP (*cough* Elder Scrolls *cough*) is pretty damn ridiculous though.

[@MrPikawa]

The reason for longer development production is the fact that 70% of time devoted for development is directed towards how to monetize the game xD

[@mendelian8768]

Don't forget breast milk collection.

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

If not spending enormous amounts of effort on how to fuck over players, then what are they spending their time doing? The games are shorter, the gameplay is not really unique or new or different from genre standards. They look prettier but IMO we're on the asymptote of diminishing returns for graphics.

[@Meilk27]

​@@Mister_Phafanapolisof course there's diminishing returns at this point look how close we are to realism

[@Mori-ey8wj]

Corporations never put customers first. Investors Fund them, they have to be happy not you or me

[@Desmond-Dark]

@@mendelian8768 Wtf??

[@Venator1230]

Freudian Slip at 8:19

[@bisky-z3s]

💀

[@Drizzle52693]

It’s Blizzard in name only at this point. The original employees at blizzard 20 years ago were some of the best in the industry (they also were worked to death), a lot of the employees there now are not nearly as good. It is what it is. Theres new indie developers now that are making games of the quality that blizzard did 20 years ago

[@slain4ever]

27:00 the best example of this is no mans sky. Supposedly it's actually decent now, but it wasn't on release so everyone just gave up on it

[@seripah8852]

"Been over for the last five years" How many chances did you give them? I was done 2013.

[@jacobsmith8377]

I was done when instead of making the next warcraft they made WOW.

[@leroyengels9597]

​@jacobsmith8377 u trolling 🤣 wow has been amazing there is a reason every1 played it, early wow mmo was theeee shit

[@jacobsmith8377]

@@leroyengels9597 yeah, my dad loved it too. i was a kid at the time though, and i wanted single player, campaign games.

[@Meilk27]

Diablo 3 was when I lost faith. I still play some Diablo 2 resurrected, and wow sod which is decent at best

[@yammytime4273]

@@Meilk27ya sod abilities are way over the top for classic

[@hightierplayers2454]

Its never a last chance so long as there are such large numbers of faithful idiots who buy no matter what. The same people helped production companies ruin every once-popular iconic media franchise (star wars, star trek, dr who, MCU, DCU, etc), installed themselves as "the new fanbase", and attacked old longer-time fans who protected OG lore and canon.

[@DillonMeyer]

"We realize you guys miss the old quality we had in the past, and as a reaction to it, we will instead be doing quantity. Sorry, we just don't have that quality anymore; everyone who lent us that talent has basically left so we're just gonna do what Activision does. Hope you enjoy!" - Blizzard

[@HonestMan247]

At this point, Blizzard making "smaller games" and "taking more chances" is going to mean: 100% woke garbage.

[@Xnate13X]

42:00 OSRS gamer for 20yrs, Rust since Legacy.. I'm impressed with your choices here, you may be surprised, but there ARE actually a LOOOOOT of OSRS players that love Rust. It definitely pulls the same types of players. I have found a lot of OSRS players on WoW, but I have never found many WoW players on OSRS(a few over the years, but not many). It seems to me that you are definitely on the right idea here. I do agree too. OSRS you can pick up and put down whenever you want. Rust, you can pick up and put down after a week of a wipe or even a few days if you've warmed up. They both can be intense or relaxing depending how you want to play. They both can be played solo or with a team. WoW, you pretty much need a team/large group and everyone on the same schedule to play end game content, which divides players. People want to work for their items, they don't want to rely on other people for their items. The greediness of some players, ruins the drive for others to want to help them, since those people may never get those types of items. Everyone needs a chance of the rare loot and everyone needs to be able to work towards obtaining it themselves. This works in OSRS and many other games. GW2 for example, the loot system was lovely. You could make legendries by collecting and saving up for items/parts/materials by working with teams or farming solo(original GW2, before expansion ruined the game). -Edit: I'm invested in AOC, and hope that they can manage to do things right and keep an audience. It's the ONLY thing that the MMO community has left before the scene completely dies out from large *new* games, IMO. I'm hoping that it can manage to be a massive success and do nothing but get better, rather than get worse and lose people. Which, seems to be how every game goes these days. They cash out and dgaf about your average player besides the whales/people that don't lose hope too early, but then just get dragged on with nothing positive happening.

[@wilczur335]

This is like watching addicts relapse for like the 50th time telling themselves "THIS time, I won't get addicted."

[@MrTkrenzke]

More lives than a cat. Then they microtransaction that cat.

[@diegovillamagua4656]

More like a cat dying every time, chasing the microtransaction mouse.

[@DOOMStudios]

Knowing Blizzard they’re just gonna drop the ball.

[@mendelian8768]

Microsoft dropped the ball on Halo. Not sure if we have a good combination here.

[@Quobie]

Blizzard lost that ball 10 years ago.

[@Meilk27]

Do you know blizzard though? I played Diablo II Lord of destruction and world of Warcraft beta. I don't even recognize the company anymore.

[@desmien679]

The issue with the frequent releases of new games from a franchise isn't just the fact that the quality goes down but the fact that the market becomes saturated with inferior versions of the franchise. This is similar to a major factor that caused the crash in 83, an oversaturated market of very bad quality games.

[@i_am_geopi]

Cant compare Blizzard to Riot. Riot never advertised their games. Its easy to check, if you log into battlenet you get an ad for warcraft rumble, if you log into riot client you never see a mention of wild rift.

[@coldflames1D1A5]

"You always say that. You always says this the last time" Eminem - Stan

[@StevenSRizzo]

Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 are directly linked and 2 can import your BG1 save to continue your character’s story.

[@prickly10000]

Actually Outsourcing your spin-off game to a different studio is the best way to do it. That's how you end up with Fallout New Vegas and not Mass Effect Andromeda lol

[@Wogrim]

or you get warcraft 3 reforged

[@prickly10000]

@@Wogrim what are you talking about? Warcraft 3 reforged was produced by an in-house classic team. The best part of the game what are the updated character designs which were the only things that were outsourced

[@hachnslay]

"When it's done" used to mean "When we are satisfied with the state of the game." Now it will mean "When fans are ready to buy it."

[@ClarkHendrickson-c9v]

"When it's passable enough that we can convince someone to buy it and believe we will update it"

[@plattbagarn]

"When investors decide they want their money back so we release it in whatever state it's in."

[@Ishaan_A]

Now it's "when we can get away with being sued for selling a turd with micro transactions"

[@iller3]

just another Paradox / Ubisoft / Bioware husk of a once-good developer now

[@christianalanwilson434]

Nah, now its called "minimally viable product." Meaning a half broken barebones shell that's just playable enough to support microtransactions while they spend the next 1-2 years slowly patching the game into a finished state.

[@CptMooney]

Its not just in gaming... Bureaucracy is plaquing all of IT. A task that literally takes to 2 minutes will effectively suck up at least a week, all due to approval processes etc that are largely unecessary.

[@squalltheonly]

The new PoE league mechanics is not that good IMO. It was fun while doing the campaign but once you get to map it forces you to run maps non-stop, because you need to encounter the different mining spots or trees and let's not forget about gold. They should had made it so the miners from the town get ore passively, like the farms, the only thing you get from maps is gold. Such a bad mechanic for casuals

[@SuperJohnsmith]

"Guys, Elden Ring." - Asmongold (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026... 2057...)

[@ajhicks9869]

He's right though

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

WWE wrestler Randy Orton has said he's logged 600 hours in Elden Ring. Also admits to spending $1,000 in transactions for unlimited widgets.

[@mufasafalldown8401]

It's an amazing game. Perfect example to bring up when he is trying to think of aspects of good game design.

[@ajhicks9869]

@@Mister_Phafanapolis that's pretty cool I like the WWE so I'm shocked I've never heard that before

[@Jose_Doe]

​@@ajhicks9869wrong doe cause demon souls original or dark souls 1 and 2 better

[@hideshisface1886]

Making smaller games will just speed up the death of Blizzard in my opinion. As a company, they still cling to this myth of Blizzard quality - and effectively a shovelware designed to milk the IPs will kill it - and Blizzard will join the fold of factory line devs. What they need is to focus on quality, actually making their stuff good. I mean, seriously - do we really expect people to be happy with people receiving a spinoff or a glorified minigame after waiting nearly 10 years for next Star Craft release or over 20 for next Warcraft? Do we really expect these people to be satisfied with table scraps? I would tell them to go to hell with this kind of bollocks.

[@leonardbritofigueiredo2107]

Microsoft Just want to squeeze the last milk of the cow Before It Is too late , even blizard dont Care about quality in their games anymore , ITS dead

[@Fismajster101]

It went from actual last chance to joking about last chance to just pure sadness to whoever actually thinks there is a last chance...

[@Elunvira]

Kalandra was basically "just do maps, and the feature is w/e" so you got newer players trying the game, Sanctum required a good build to get more out of it

[@TrajanTC]

I gave up on Blizzard after D4. I held out for a long time, but after OW2 & D4, I will never get excited about a Blizzard product unless it is actually good and delivers ON & AFTER the release.

[@PhotosaurusFlex]

The blizzard strategy: MAKE IT GAY AND PUT A WOMAN IN IT!

[@bryanm255]

There has always been women in blizzard games... what are you going on about grandpa?

[@TheDarkLasombra]

​@@bryanm255 he just wants updoots from people that call everything they dont like "woke".

[@Aeniva]

@@bryanm255 He's talking about the 'woke' culture that's destroying Blizzard from the inside.

[@danthecanadian]

​@@Aenivayes, representing people differently is woke. Don't like it? Don't buy it then

[@nonameimpotantlive9233]

Vulperas... ....

[@thsudy]

If only I had a dollar for every person that gave blizzard “a last chance”

[@legionofanon]

Easiest number i can find is Q2 of 2023, thats around 26 million players. Lets say half that are saying "last chance" and youd have 13 million give or take a little.

[@pewthepuny2849]

@@legionofanon Anecdotal, so take this with a grain of salt, but if my personal experience is anything to go by, the return rate for people giving Blizzard "one last chance" is like 95%. Everyone I know who's quit WoW "forever" has been back every single expansion, the only exceptions being myself and one single other person. People are addicted to this company, whether they love or hate their products they'll be back.

[@legionofanon]

@@pewthepuny2849 well, add me to the list of people that you know that wont touch anything related to blizzard as of 3 years ago

[@christianalanwilson434]

Nah, Blizzard gets that dollar instead.

[@pcdjrb]

0:20 5? More like 15 lmao

[@catzel1ps452]

I really hope he's aware metal gear rising has an awesome dlc where you get to play a unique mission as jet stream Sam and another one as wolf

[@LodanSD]

Diablo was made by "Blizzard North" aka Condor by David Brevik, Erich Schaefer and Max Schaefer, and their versions of Diablo III and Diablo Jr were rejected by Vivendi; So they went on to work on Fate and Torchlight I&II, while David Brevik also went on to work with later versions of Path of Exile. Ron Millar, designer of The Lost Vikings and Starcraft, I can't seem to find further info about, since his wikipedia page redirects to a game page that doesn't talk about him at all. The Founding Fathers of Blizzard as we knew it, no longer work for the company; And the people that replaced them, seem to want to change everything about the source material. edit: I guess Chris Metzen did return to Blizzard and is working on Warcraft.

[@Ragatokk]

Blizzards last chance was a long time ago..

[@brycegreene3022]

Warcraft would’ve been a decent game if they didn’t come out with 200 different games their community is split up between

[@giulsen2028]

3 games, classic, retail, warcraft rts

[@guisellapalacios1751]

Im aware that warcraft4 never gonna be anounced because of wow. If wow die warcraft4 can finally born

[@giulsen2028]

@@guisellapalacios1751 Thats pretty braindmged, its 2 completely different genres, if they really wanted they could make another warcraft game, but rts is a niche genre even more than mmos, nobody would play it on the long term.

[@crazykillerchimera]

If a game is bad nobody buys it. Unless your a blizard fan

[@RichyRich2607]

Or COD, Fifa, AC etc. So what's your point 😅

[@belongaskip]

your'e

[@yous2244]

​@@RichyRich2607COD, Fifa are actually good why are you comparing them?

[@SpaceElvisInc]

​@yous2244 "good" yea copy and paste is pretty good, wake up babe time for you 300 gigabyte download

[@yous2244]

@@SpaceElvisInc yes it's the same because it's good. If it's working don't fix it. The only new things they need is better graphics and fedelity. I mean what more can you do in a football game? It's just football. Also the current problem with all of these genre of games, Helldivers etc. Devs think balancing means destroying the fun and nerfing everything, they also think all metas are bad when they're not

[@AnimeAffair]

If i go to a resturant and the food takes 3 hours too arrive at my table, that better be the best meal of my life.

[@emilm8603]

25:00 The perfect example of this, which is always brought up when someone talks about marketing and profitability, is the Nike store at Times Square. The store will always run at a deficit due to rent costs in the area, but Nike will gladly pay that price for the exposure and marketing value of the store.

[@camelhoarder850]

They will never learn - "last chance" does not exist in mega-companies dictionaries.

[@MojoJojoJunior]

1:44 We don’t actually have phones so it doesn’t count.

[@beefcakeman1525]

Blizzard spin off idea: Waifu simulator with your favorite blizzard waifus; Kerrigan, Sylvanas, Lillith, etc

[@khebre6032]

Considering how much they used to simp for Sylvanas that they destroyed the foundation of Warcraft lore for her they might as well go and make *World Of Sylvanas: The Dark Lady Returns*

[@zachgrim7416]

Getting into a hotspring with Illidan and getting ravaged.

[@jacobsmith8377]

Thatd make too much money, theyl never do it 😂

[@Revz8bit]

Heroes of the Storm?

[@dansawlivich8595]

​@@zachgrim7416 You are not prepared

[@caster269]

One thing worth mentioning about RIOT Forge. The games themselves were all at least on the level of good. They were made by established indie developers who were given the League IP. The problem is that the indie market is largely filled with mountains of different niche audiences outside the occasional breakout hit. Forge released a number of great indie games, but successful indie games are usually defined as making enough money to fund the next game. While the IP did give the games better marketing, it didn’t change the mainstream player perception of indie title. ie- anything that isn’t a 10/10 in at least one area won’t even be on the radar of 90% of gamers. Charging an IP premium against comparable titles is the final cherry on top to performing below expectations.

[@drg9812]

Back in the day Command and Conquer did this with Renegade - went from a top down strategy game to a FPS, it helps expose new types of players to your franchise when you branch out like that

[@murray821]

Microsoft is neglecting their own IPs, what gives them the right to advice others about sequels 😂

[@Kiryu_Kazuma01]

And not just any IP, an IP they have had for over 2 decades, with Halo. They helped destroy that series, what makes people think they will help Blizzard?

[@murray821]

@@Kiryu_Kazuma01 Indeed, I don’t trust Microsoft for one bit. I was heavily opposed to the takeover but too bad it went trough

[@RLHvanDijk]

Yeah i never understood why ppl thought anything would change. All it was is that it's a power move by Microsoft and they just want some more control on the market (aka getting closer to a monopoly, which most companies want).

[@oldwilly7594]

I cant wait for this small group to create a great game that hits all metrics, but still doesn't make enough for shareholders so they close it down like HIFI Rush

[@CJ-wh7ik]

6/10 game didn't sale well? Gamers have spoken!

[@oldwilly7594]

@@CJ-wh7ik HIFI Rush? it's an 8/10 on most sites, even user scores are 8.8/10

[@gzb4l421]

"last chance" The funniest thing about all this is that people still believe in Blizzard

[@KrugerFS]

D4 is really good atm, 2 things that makes D4 better than POE for me is, first, in D4 I can skip the campaign, making alts is a breeze. 2nd in D4 I can experiment with my build, if I mess up I can reset and start over and test and reset. I hate the fact that I need to follow someone's guide just to play POE, I need to download POB just to be able to play POE because respeccing is so difficult in POE that I don't have the time for it.

[@Usmc913]

Every time I watch one of your videos involving WoW or Blizzard it makes me want to get back into WoW but then I remember it's not going to be the same experience I had in 2004 and the following years nor do I have the time required to play it now that I have a wife and son / run a business. It just reminds me how much I took the time period of my life for granted. I love my life now but I truly miss that experience I had as a freshman in highschool rushing home to play WoW everyday and staying up late to the point where I had the chance to maybe get a few hours of sleep before school. Even the memories of playing CS 1.4-1.6 / Source and DoD bring back those feelings. Life really moves fast. Sorry for the long comment 😅 but I wonder if other people think about this too.

[@nu1x]

You cannot just make Hollow Knight. You craft Hollow Knight over a decade, lovingly and with great care.

[@HonestGhost21]

The reason silksong is taking so much time. It's going to be great!

[@CJ-wh7ik]

​@@HonestGhost21or suck. Just because one title was good doesn't mean that The other will. Gaming companies, no matter if indie, aa or triple A deserve much trust.

[@rowlandbuck2703]

4 years? Been over since panda. I know everybody says the content was good but I couldn't bare babified warlock, especially affliction.

[@legionofanon]

WotLK was the last good expansion imo, cata changed so much, but kinda the point, and MoP is when i felt the enshittification starting to seep in. My last chance was the launch of classic, and even then that didnt hold me for more than a year

[@xxargonautxx9790]

Yep, that’s when i dropped off. Cata i could see their changes and it just didn’t become fun anymore.

[@tompearce0308]

Lookin aged there man.

[@KeNurD]

To be honest, Blizzard should do what if remix. I know that's kind of the thing nowadays, but honestly for blizzard its not entirely a bad thing. You could have new talents within classes and new story lines within the expansion instead of making a new expansion. It's not meant to be taken seriously its ment for trail and error for new ideas in the future. Would be pretty cool to DH's going to the light be opposites of DH. Even arthus not getting frostmourn deathnights would just be a neutral character depending on quest completion is which faction you would take

[@SounDz206]

imagine blizzard actually capitalizing on some of the most famous wc3 custom games. Troll Tribes, Hero defense, Angel Arena, etc etc.

[@bigyoshi5170]

*”Another last chance? THERE IS NO LAST CHANCE!”* -Waltuh Whitish

[@gelgamech303]

Blizzard is still staffed with activists. Anyone remember Jill?

[@Lusterburn]

VERY underrated comment.

[@Obsidian0Sky]

Absolutely WRONG about Riot Forge. Every game was fantastic. They just had zero marketing for some reason and then recently shut it down. As their internal projects have ramped up. But for quality? No question they were very good games.

[@theSato]

ehh. I heard about the games, they were OK. but just ok.

[@BoxheadBB]

4:48 The community did managed to do the Vampire survivor type of game in Starcraft 2 arcade. But yeah, Blizzard don’t really care anymore and SC2 has to live by community’s life-support.

[@kushspatel]

The Riot Forge issue wasnt the games themselves they were working with other indie studios to make them anyways, it was just ended at the same time as layoffs for costs.

[@darthtc23]

Last good game from Blizzard: Starcraft II.

[@dimvots6729]

Overwatch , heartstone , legion , dragonflight , diablo 4 , Because you dont like them its doesnt mean they are not good games its mean you are an edgy asmonood simp.

[@darthtc23]

@@dimvots6729 oops, woke mind detected...

[@High_Gamer191]

This is like the 20th "last chance"

[@PalaWootje]

I actually deleted my blizzard account this year after giving them about 3 last chances. I don't miss it.

[@nickmagrick7702]

1:17 They didn't just all have expansion packs, they are widely regarded among the best games ever created. All of them. In a 4 year window. Its almost like they had a good competent team that knew what they were doing and loved games

[@iller3]

I was a teenager during Silicon and Synapse's rise and a young adult during Blizzard "Golden age". They could release several RTSs and RPGs back to back like that simply because they didn't have the competition. They also **stole** all of their features back then from other games which hasn't changed at all really over the decades... but what has changed is the number of completely fleshed-out features everyone expects which are mostly being fulfilled lately by indie devs who literally pour a whole decade into making just a handful of features nearly perfect.

[@Ascendsean35]

Your girlfriend Blizzard is txting you that she's hanging with her friend, while getting her back blown out by Chad for the 9th time. Let her go..

[@ink3478]

I’m just sick of woke companies.

[@Ikular]

Regarding corruption from the end of bfa, not only blizz ditched the idea after implementing it once (like many other in the past) but they "learned" the complete wrong take from that by instead adding diminishing return on secondary stat that feel so antithetical to what should be gear progression in a mmo. They just never learn and they never get it right.

[@ChrisGodown]

You're absolutely right about the current Blizzard staff not having the right insight. There was a lot of talk about how WOW needs to make the game playable without addons. Where you could tell what you needed to react to without WeakAuras telling you or someone's special Plater profile letting you know what casts need to be interrupted etc. But, you can already see they have done none of that with the beta dungeon guides for War Within. I don't think this is just a Blizzard issue, though. The devs of Helldivers 2 are just as bad. They had a massive launch and massive falloff because the early and mid-game was awesome, but the late game sucks because the weapon power doesn't scale enough, but they just keep acting like the players are just being whiners.

[@stef-w5j]

Pretty sure the reason why riot forge got cancelled was because they didn't sell as many copies as they wanted to. The games are good and rich in lore for those who crave the lore of Runeterra. However some of these games didn't had much advertisement. Besides from Ruined King and tales of nunu(idk the name) very few knew about the other games..it was a complete failure on Riots side and the games are not to blame