Warcraft: Curse of the Casual Gamers

So, as you might have heard blizzard is green-lighting the creation of a Warcraft movie done by Sam Raimi. That's right a Warcraft movie, NOT a World of Warcraft movie. Yet the media and the casuals do not seem to get this? The press release that blizzard did announcing the movie they made it clear it was a WARCRAFT movie, not a World of Warcraft. What's the difference? A lot, is the difference. World of Warcraft is based off the Warcraft series and uses the storylines and the lore from the series to craft a vast world for people to play in and create THEIR OWN STORIES. A World of Warcraft movie would make no sense, since the plot of World of Warcraft is that you control a person in the world. You can't do that in a movie (As of yet. Technology etc..) so it would have to be based off some past storylines.

Blizzard fans who've played the old Warcraft and Starcraft games know this. Hell, most of us want it to be basically the movie version of Warcraft III, since theres so much action and war in it that it's storyline is equal to the lord of the rings books, in one package. Sure fans might rage on me for that (No clue why, I love Lord of the Rings) but it's true. Warcraft 3 covers an entire world being invaded by the Burning Legion (Army of other-worldly demons), an undead scourge, like 3 of the main human kingdoms falling, Arthas, Thrall, bunches of awesome. The plots of the first 2 warcraft games set up for 3, but were pretty lacking. 2 was alright though, since it covered the destruction of the orcish homeland, so that was fine.

But plainly, I'm just saying that people need to get facts straight. I like Blizzard, but since World of Warcraft became a well known phenomenon it seems like that's ALL they're known for. Hell, a friend I know who atleast has played Warcraft 3 asked me yesterday what Starcraft was. How do you not know what Starcraft is? It's f-cking Starcraft. It was released OVER 10 years ago and is still claimed to be the best real time strategy game. Which I agree with.

Just makes me sad how a good company is only known for one game now, since it became popular with people who don't really play games. Casuals. And I don't even dislike casuals, it's just the fact that you say Warcraft in a room and EVERYONE think's you're talking bout the World.

Depressing.