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Originally Posted by noisereductions
Peterpuff, you nailed it. "It does what Blizzard does best." Bliz is able to take a genre that others might find intimidating and say to them "no, no, don't be shy. C'mon in. Welcome, Friend!"
I could never get into MTG, but I've spent hundreds of hours playing Hearthstone. Like, the first time I played it, I did so for 6 hrs. :0
I NEVER NEVER had any interest in MOBAs, but I've been obsessed w/ Heroes Of The Storm for a year now.
I have tried to get into TF2 more than once. Just doesn't click. But Overwatch is fantastic.
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Ha, my experience is pretty much identical. Did not get into MTG, but loved Hearthstone. Only really played it through the first Naxx expansion. After that, I just could not keep up the changes enough. Still a great game in that vein.
And same with HOTS. I tried LOL, felt overwhelmed, and the realized quickly how toxic the community was. Started with HOTS on release day, shelled out about $50 since then, and still love coming back to it time to time.
Never played a "team shooter" game until Overwatch, but love, love, love it.
I am not sure where exactly I heard this, some WOW Podcast or something, but they always would say Blizzard creates games that are, "easy to pick up, diffucult to master." So I can't really take credit for the idea. I always really loved the way they phrased it. Very much like the way you said it, they take away that intimidation of hopping into a new game genre really well. "no, no, don't be shy. C'mon in. Welcome, Friend!" fits perfectly. But then their games do have a depth and richness to them that really keeps you improving and enjoying the improvement.
(I have been accused of being a "Blizzard Fanboi" several times by friends if you can't tell, ha). But I stand by it. They do what they do quite well, and that has only increased more and more these past few years and releases.