The History of Blizzard, from Warcraft to Xbox | "PLAY NICE" REVIEW
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Jason Schreier's new book is 386 all-encompassing pages about the life and times of Blizzard Entertainment (Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Overwatch). You really can't get any more intensely journalistic about a games company like Schreier can.
Thanks to Grand Central Publishing for sending me a pre-release copy of this book. I did not receive any compensation or benefit from this review.
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What's your favorite Blizzard experience? Mine was questing all night to get my mount at level 40 way back in 2005. God I feel old.
@@NthReview I never got into WoW, but a classmate always told me how he played it all night and interviewed for guilds. I think my favourit moments were actually discovering Diablo, StarCraft and Warcraft separate from another, borrowing the discs to and from the few other nerd kids around in my village or at school. That was a special time in my gaming live in general. This way I finally discovered the old Gothic RPG. That became my hyperfixiation for most of my Teenage years. All before that was Blizzard games. Heck I still shed a tear about some of those cinematics.
You’re doing a good job, Nth.
I do want to pick this up, along with Console Wars and Masters of Doom...to add to the pile of books I haven't started on yet.
With StarCraft, the 3 Terran mission songs are still nostalgic for me. With World of WarCraft, I remember getting started on Teldrassil, my first trip to Stormwind, reading the lore and getting the Well Read achievement. Later down the road, I was the only one in my guild to actively participate in the Argent Tournament in Northrend. I still cherish the red Turbostrider mount I got from it. Years later as i was burning out and thinking about quitting, Blizzard threw out the WoW Annual Pass, a deal where if you pay for WoW for a year, you get Diablo III for free, an exclusive mount, and access to the Mists of Pandaria beta.
I beat Diablo III, and Reaper of Souls really made the game better. My favorite thing about it was the customizable player banner, and being able to see other peoples' banners when you play with them. I still haven't bought D2:R or D4. I played through StarCraft II, but it also meant having to patiently wait for the Legacy of the Void expansion, and of course I got the Collector's Edition and ate that expansion up.
I got into Hearthstone because it was basically a WarCraft version of Yu-Gi-Oh, which I was already familiar with. Then they kept changing what cards are acceptable and unacceptable in official rules play, and I accidentally deleted my Paladin deck that wasn't perfect but I could do good with. I played Heroes of the Storm enough to get the special portrait frame for Diablo III. Speaking of, I did love the cross-game bonuses Blizzard did. I played some Overwatch, only taking advantage of free weekends, but was never that good at it.
I could imagine to buy this book as a christmas gift for my bestie. Would've probably never heard of it. If it wasn't for you. So thanks.
It’s out October 8th, too!
Sounds like a good read!
Never got into really any of their games. But I know how popular they were. Just never my genre thing. I still find this to be interesting. May give it a go sometime. We need more like this about our favorite studios, genres, games, etc.
Schreier's books are incredible, even if you're not into the games he's talking about. The human and technical drama behind the scenes is just so compelling. Again, highly recommend his other two books for insights on the industry.