I hope it's good, but it's really disappointing to not just have starcraft 3. Instead we get diablo 5? I wish I could feel positive about any of the blizzcon announcements, but it all feels like an out of touch joke.
The game itself doesn't have to be dumbed down (i.e., removing base building, etc.). Making the RTS simpler is NOT the solution to player adoption. Starcraft II has some extremely complex mechanics (Zerg production) which have survived for 16 years without significant changes.
The reality is that RTS is very much alive if you are willing to get your ass beat constantly. What I think many people are actually asking for is that nostalgic experience where everyone kind of sucked at these games and they could cheese their way to easy wins. RTS felt better when everyone was kind of bad. In a shooter you can still get lucky shots and catch people off guard. In an RTS, if someone is 1000 ELO better than you, the chances you defeat them are essentially zero.
I play AoE2 and it’s still growing.
And there isn't much variation.
The cutscenes were almost the best part of the original game. Now they're really the only reason to even look.
I believe Destiny proved an open world shooter in this genre can work.
Also, didnt they announce a Warcraft HOTS?
A full warcraft III expansion is not nothing
They did announce a new Warcraft 3 expansion at Blizzcon too.
That said i do not trust blizzard to make anything that isnt lame and slop.
Meanwhile how many AAA hero shooters and extraction shooters have we watched get released and been massive commercial flops? Yet we don't consider those to be dead genres?