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What do you need to know about computer games:
Cartoonish stylized simplified graphics in modern gamedev are just a form of cost-cutting production, aimed at the mass market where quality is never valued. Photorealistic graphics are the only right way for AAA games. Quality stylization of graphic art can only exist within the bounds of photorealism. Keep politicians and marketers away from art - they've already corrupted too much.

Where do virtual games start?
For me it was 8-bit and 16-bit games on NES and SEGA MD 2 (Genesis). My favorites on NES is Super Mario Bros, Felix the Cat, Aladdin (port from SNES), Tiny Toon Adventures, Darkwing Duck, Samurai Pizza Cats, Battletoads & Double Dragon, Super Contra, Contra Force, RoboCop 2, Batman, Wacky Races, Battle City, Tetris (Tengen). And on MD 2 its Dune II, Disney's Aladdin, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe series, Boogerman, Pocahontas, Sonic the Hedgehog, Road Rush 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Earthworm Jim.

What are my favorite classes in WoW WotLK?
Human Warlock (all 3 specs) Ench/Tail, Ork Shaman (enh or res) Ench/Skin,
Night Elf Warrior (all 3 specs) Mining/Skin, Night Elf Druid (I'm a feral cat!) Alch/Herb.

And yet, things could’ve gone not toward a mass audience and kung fu pandas in dark fantasy, but toward fleshing out a class system and territory capture. A Guardian class with pole weapons and chainmail armor, and a Necromancer class with leather armor and maces... balance, esports... something we’ll never see in this dimension.

List of things that should not ever have been put into Horadric cube:
1. Blizzard + Vivendi + Activision = Undead abomination of corrupted game francises;
2. Piranha Bytes + Indian freelancers + JoWood's management = Gothic 3 release;
3. Bethesda + TES V + licking console users' a**** = TES V interface;
4. Famous franchise + token storyline + no RPG system + eyesore lighting effects = Fallout 76;
5. Diablo 2 Res. + game as service + broken online DRM system = My money refound;
6. Source Engine + plastiline-style Disney cartoonish modeling + PBR = Source 2;
7. CS + Source 2 + empty sunny skyboxes + mass market trends + CASINO = CS 2;
8. Well-known brand + 10 years of dev + focus on a modern audience = "VtMB2" & bankruptcy;
9. ...

Good remakes/remasters:

Black Mesa, Total War: Rome Remastered, TES IV: Oblivion Remastered, BloodRayne 1 & 2 Terminal Cut, Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates, Resident Evil 1/2/3/4, Silent Hill 2 (2024), Diablo II Ressurected (Cured but without LAN! Monthly DRM check!), CS: Condition Zero, CS: Source, CS: Legacy, CS: Classic Offensive;

Failed remakes/remasters:

Warcraft III Reforged, GTA: The Trilogy (Definitive Edition), CS:GO, CS2.

Games I'd like to see in Steam:
Heroes of Might & Magic IV, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Sea Dogs 2 (Pirates of the Caribbean), Unreal Tournament 2004 (Get it back!), Neverwinter Nights 2 EE, Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Battlefield Vietnam, Dungeon Keeper 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 1 & 2, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, first 3 parts of Harry Potter game series, American McGee's Alice, Alice: Madness Returns, The Punisher, Minecraft.

Something else?
Minecraft is one of the best phenomena in computer games industry. That's what stylization is. Unfortunately, M$ bought it, and after that development is dead. Now you can get a single mushroom cow per year. Is that game worth its money? Definitely not.

Something else?
I don't play sports simulators, souls-like games and JRPG. They are absolutely not my cup of tea.

Something else?
YES - HoMM IV is better than overrated HoMM III.
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